A/N: More at bottom; worry about reading the story first.
To Snarky Bitch (no comment on name so that I don't appear rude) If you were smart enough to look at my profile you would see that I do have other stories on the go and this is not a Mary Sue due to the fact that Elizabeth looks nothing like me, nor does she even have the same name. She may act a little like me but I do that with all my stories and characters because it gives me the ability to say "hmm, if this happened to me, then what would I do?" It makes the situations more realistic... Anywho, bye.
Reunited:
Dumbledore sighed from his chair as he looked at the glowing ring that he had moved away from the door to the side of his desk to keep away from others as it continued to pulsate a bright light in time with, what he assumed to be Elizabeth's heartbeat. He couldn't even hold it for more than a few seconds without getting a severe burn so Dumbledore had barely moved it as far as he would have liked. He had wondered when Elizabeth kept hovering over the ring if she was the destined one but had never perused the idea and now he wished he had taken the time before.
It had been one week to the day since Elizabeth had returned to Hogwarts on her homemade broom and she still had not woken. Draco was frantic, unable to stay in class very often because of his low concentration levels, the only thing keeping the blonde sane being Harry offering support and his hourly visits to Ms. Moon's bedside.
Something would have to be done if the young girl didn't wake soon but Dumbledore was pretty sure, and Madam Pomfrey agreed that the girl had just fallen into a magical coma, her body refusing to let her wake until her magical and physical strength had returned to normal. Even with her obvious magical potential, it was taking a lot longer than was normal, hopefully just because she had completely drained her magical stores and not for some worse reason.
The final bell rang for the day and Albus was sure that both Harry and Draco were headed to the Hospital Wing, if they hadn't left class early like the rest of the week, the possibility of Ms. Granger and Mr. Weasley going along being quite probable. The girl had grown on everyone, 'including Severus,' Albus thought with a smile. He hadn't seen the Potions Master show any caring towards anyone, let alone a student, for many years and the Headmaster was happy to finally see him opening up.
He sighed once more, he wanted to see how the girl was doing before heading down to dinner which would be started in about 1 hour so he hid the ring away quickly before being burned and locked the rooms before heading down the spiral staircase towards the Hospital Wing.
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Draco lovingly traced the design on the right side of Elizabeth's face. How he missed her voice, her personality, and her smile. He sighed again, how long would it take for her to wake up? Madam Pomfrey had said 1 week, maybe 2 but he could tell that Dumbledore and Poppy were getting nervous and anxious.
Elizabeth had been moved into a private room for her stay so that others didn't know that anything was wrong with her besides the rumor that she had a bad case of the flu. Harry was sitting at the end of the bed, looking worriedly at Elizabeth but letting Draco stay close to her, knowing he needed to be close to keep his sanity. Those moments where they had seen Elizabeth fall into the lake and watch Severus carry the limp body to the Hospital Wing was one of the scariest moments in Harry's life and he hoped that it would never happen again.
He was curious about the dimly shining design on Elizabeth's face but figured Dumbledore had some idea and would tell them more when Elizabeth woke up. Seeing un-ushered tears in Malfoy's molten silver eyes, Harry put a comforting hand on Draco's shoulder for a minute before leaving the room quietly to talk to Madam Pomfrey about the girl's progress.
When Draco was sure he was in the room alone with Elizabeth he leaned forward and began whispering in his love's ear, "Lizzie you need to wake up, before I lose it. I'm pretty sure that Harry knows I'm going crazy…" Draco smirked lightly but when there was no giggle like normal he couldn't stop the tears from falling. "Please Lizzie…please wake up. I don't know what I would do without you and I don't want to know…" he continued on, hoping she could hear him.
He brushed a few strands of her red hair out of her face but the tears continued, a few landing on the black design he had been adoringly tracing a few minutes before. For a minute he thought the light radiating off the design grew in intensity as the tears landed on it but before he could really consider the possibility, he heard voices coming closer through the closed oak door and quickly made himself presentable, brushing away the tears.
Harry reentered the room, giving him a small smile before moving out of the way for Madam Pomfrey and the Headmaster to enter the now rather crowded room. One last tear fell before Draco put up some sort of mask; the salty teardrop landing on the design and making it glow. Dumbledore's eyes filled with understanding but he put the idea aside for a moment, there would be no way to be sure until the girl woke up and that was why they were here.
Draco and Harry each sat on one side of the bed while Albus took the end of the bed as Madam Pomfrey talked about the girl's recovery. "I don't understand it, she was doing fine, magic and physical strength are both returned to normal so the coma should be done now, but for some reason her body still does not react to the outside life and there's nothing either I or Severus can do to change it," she explained sadly, unsure of what to do. "This has never happened before so I don't know why her body won't wake, maybe its missing something…" she said dejected, with a sad shrug of her shoulders.
"I think I may know something that will wake her," Dumbledore said, hoping it was true with the hopeful looks he got from the 3 other occupants of the room. "We'll go get dinner, just in case Elizabeth's waking is rather time consuming. Then we shall all meet in my office and if things go the way I hope they do I think we'll be able to get Ms. Moon awake tonight."
Harry shot Draco a happy grin but the blonde was too busy whispering in the girl's ear again, "you hear that? You're going to wake up soon and I'll get to see you smile again…" his voice broke with emotion and he hugged her limp body close to his, more tears falling.
The adults excused themselves to be there for the beginning of dinner and told the two boys to get some food before long as the closed the door. Harry let Draco hold the girl's fragile body for a while before suggesting a quick dinner. Draco shot him a glare so Harry had to explain the possibility of Dumbledore not helping her wake until they had eaten. That did it and after Harry cast the same spell on Draco to cover his tears, they headed to the Great Hall.
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After the quickest dinner possible, Draco and Harry excused themselves from the table, Harry whispering a small explanation to Ron and Hermione before disappearing up towards the Headmaster's office. They had decided that it would be easier with less people around so Ron and Hermione had agreed to visit later so there would be more breathing room.
The two boys had to wait a while for the Head Nurse and Albus to arrive seeing as they had to stay at the Great Hall for most of the dinner without raising suspicion but finally the old man and nurse were visible down the hall. After Dumbledore muttered the password and the 4 had quickly made their way up the spiral staircase, they all sat down in the comfortable chairs provided.
"Now, I believe that Elizabeth's design on her face has something to do with her not waking. I have no idea what it means unfortunately, all we can do is wait and ask when she is awake and is well enough and well rested. But," his hand disappeared briefly into a drawer and he dropped the glowing ring on the desk, "I believe this is part of the same thing."
"I can't hold this for more than a few seconds without getting burnt, but when I saw today when Mr. Malfoy's tear hit the design on her face, it began to glow brightly and I felt a strong magical surge. I think there is more to Draco and Elizabeth's relationship than meets the eye and, I believe, Draco will be able to hold the ring without side effects," Dumbledore raised his hand encouragingly towards the ring.
Hesitantly, Draco reached his hand out and clasped the ring loosely in his hand, ready to drop it if he felt any pain, but there was none. Minutes passed with baited breath but Draco was not burnt, the only thing happening was the light coming off the ring temporarily flaring before returning to the pulsating beat of the girl's heartbeat. Draco sighed happily and looked at the Headmaster expectantly.
Dumbledore smiled and looked around happily, "let's go wake up Ms. Moon now shall we?"
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Everyone was in Elizabeth's room with baited breath, Madam Pomfrey and Severus each on one side of the bed in case the girl needed potions or anything for stabilization, while Dumbledore was on a chair in the corner to be out of the way and Harry was sitting at the foot of the bed, out of the way yet still there for support and to be close.
Not quite sure what was going to happen or even what he was doing really, Draco sat on the right side of the bed, level with the girl's waist area and he slowly picked up the girl's limp left hand, fingering the ring which was glowing brighter by the second in his other hand. Looking at Dumbledore for confirmation, Draco slipped the ring on her left middle finger until it rested soundly there.
Everyone held his or her breath but as time ticked by, nothing seemed to be happening. Refusing to give up, Draco leant forward, balancing himself with his right hand on the mattress, he whispered to the girl again, so faint the others could barely hear, "please Elizabeth, wake up…I need you…I…love you…"
To seal his statement he leant forward a bit more and kissed her slowly on the lips, the fact that the lips didn't respond at all nearly broke Draco's heart there and then but he did what his instincts were screaming at him to do so he continued.
Harry and Dumbledore suddenly started, as the felt a very strong magical surge. Looking at each other, they smiled, something was happening! Severus and Poppy noticed this and raised their eyebrows at the two in an annoyed fashion as if saying, 'would you like to share?'
They both opened their mouths to explain but were cut off by a little squeak-type sound that was let off by a startled Draco. The lips he had been kissing had suddenly responded and he had pulled back, completely in shock. Elizabeth's eyes fluttered open and a deep blush took over her face when she saw everyone in the room.
"That was certainly a nice way to wake up," she said when Draco looked at her and she blushed deeper, trying to match the famous Weasley blush, when everyone began to laugh.
"I'm so happy you're away Lizzie," Draco held her tightly in his arms, making her feel loved and supported. He kissed her once more on the lips before he realized that the design on Elizabeth's face was slowly beginning to fade along with the light from the ring that was newly situated on her left middle finger.
She looked around and at seeing the people she was closest to, she smiled, "I'm happy to be back."
A/N: Well, its not as long as I would have liked but I just felt so bad for making you all wait so long I decided not to keep it to add onto it. I promise that every weekend I'm going to set time aside and will write and write and write until I have the next chapter ready so that you don't have to go through that again. Please don't kill me! I hope you liked it and reviews would be very welcome. Even cough not so nice ones because I like opinions and suggestions. But if you want a reply back don't expect me to put messages on my stories, so either log in or give me an email. Anywho, I will update ASAP.
A/N2: Has anyone looked at the fanfictions I posted in my notice? Also, I had this chapter ready before but was acting up so, sorry for the wait but I outsmarted it! P