A/N- Warning! Extreme cheesiness coming up! You have been warned!
Disclaimer- I don't own Harry Potter.
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Chapter 20- Injuries Healed
It was black here. Very black. There was… mumbling… outside the curtain. A black curtain. The mumbling grew louder, and louder. Draco tried to lift the curtains. They wouldn't open, not matter how hard he pulled. Then- she was there. And she lifted the curtain, and he could see.
"Is he… is he awakening?" A voice came from above Draco. "Hey- Harry! He's awakening!" Suddenly, there was a rush of commotion, and a crowd of people surrounded Draco.
His vision was hazy; he could only see swirls of colors at first. Then the swirls turned into people, there were four duplicates of each person. Then the duplicates merged to form their own person. He squinted, trying to identify them all.
"He's awake- go get Hermione!" someone said. At the sound of her name, Draco forced himself up, causing pain to shoot up his back- but he didn't care. Memories were flooding back to him.
"Where- where is she?" he asked. "Where am I? Who… who…"
Ron snapped his fingers in front of Draco's face. "I'm Ron Weasley? You hate me?"
Draco's vision was slowly clearing up, and he could make out Ron's face. Harry was next to him, then Ginny, Luna, Neville, Mrs. Weasley, and… no Hermione. "Where is she? Where am I?" he repeated.
Ginny looked at him pityingly. "You're in your house."
Draco barely registered this, he just kept asking. "Where is she?"
"Who?" Harry asked, acting as if he didn't already know.
"Hermione." Draco whispered.
Mrs Weasley bit her lip. "Draco, dear," she said. "I don't know if you know me, I'm Molly Weasley, I-"
"Where is she?" Draco repeated.
Mrs Weasley looked to Harry questioningly, and he nodded. She offered Draco her hand, and he took it. It wasn't until he got up that he realized he had been in a bed. When he got up, he was surprised to see other beds and cots set up with people that weren't even fighting. "They got called here to help round up the last of the Death Eaters," Mrs Weasley explained as they walked down the rows. Finally, they reached a bed at the very end row. Laying on it, almost angelically, was Hermione. Draco gasped.
Her body had become as skinny as it had been when he had first gotten her, and he could barely make out her breathing. Her fingers were curled up, making fists out of her hands, and she was obviously clenching them hard. Her skin had turned pale and waxy- she looked barely alive.
"What- what happened?" Draco asked. He couldn't recall much.
"She took your curse for you, dear." Mrs Weasley said. It was then that the moment came back to him- the curse hurling back, and Hermione stepping in the way.
"She took that curse?" Draco said in a panic. "She took it?" Mrs Weasley nodded solemnly.
"That was… that was the Locaslica curse!" Draco rushed. "Its effects depend on the mental, physical, and all-around situation and status of the person when they're hit! If she… she dived in front to save me then…" Suddenly, he breathed a sigh of relief. "She should survive."
Mrs Weasley gave him a confused look.
"If she was saving me for love, and got hit when she was pure of heart, she should survive," Draco explained, then thought for a moment. "Merlin, I sound sappy."
Mrs Weasley still looked confused. "Well, of course she's okay. She was awake about an hour ago."
Draco gave her a bewildered look. "Wha- what?"
"Sorry dear, it slipped my mind."
"How? That's… that's… kind of important! Wait- so she's okay? She doesn't have any health problems, nothing?"
Mrs Weasley pondered this. "Well, there was-"
"Draco?" a gentle voice interrupted Mrs Weasley. Draco spun around to find Hermione wide awake, her gaunt face filled with joy. "Draco!"
Mrs Weasley thought this a good time for her to leave.
Draco took two long strides over to her bed, and was right at her side. "You're okay!" He wrapped his arms around her and held her close. She felt so frail, yet so strong.
After a moment, he loosened his grip and held her out, inspecting her face. She did the same. "Draco…" she said, tracing her finger over something on his face. "What happened to you?"
Draco moved his finger over to his face, and realized that he had scars. "Oh… Greyback."
Hermione gave a little gasp. "They're worse than I thought." Then she smiled a little, and moved closer. "I think I can make it feel better." She leaned forward, and gently brushed her lips over every single one of his scars. When she was done, she smiled even more, but Draco didn't wait for her to finish- he closed the gap between them and kissed her full on the lips.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, cut the snogging!" A loud voice broke the two apart. "We have someone here to see Hermione." Ron grinned, seemingly proud to have ruined his best friend and worst enemy's romantic moment. "Plus, Malfoy's got to be seen too. You were both injured."
A medi-witch walked out from behind him with a clipboard. "Can you all please leave? I need to thoroughly inspect Miss Granger for any harm she could have gone through before she possibly falls back asleep. Thank you, thank you." She said as they dispersed. Only Draco was left. "You too, Mr Malfoy."
Hermione grinned. "It's okay- I'm fine now." He nodded, and stood up.
"I know."
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"So- let me get this straight. She's going to be forgetting things, but she's fine otherwise?" Draco asked, reviewing the notes on Hermione's condition with the medi-witch. "It won't get worse?"
The medi-witch shook her head. "No, it won't. She'll just be forgetting things here and there, then remembering them later. It's just how the spell affected her. We're not sure how long the symptoms will last." She took out a bottle. "As for you Mr Malfoy, just put this on your injuries, and they should decrease soon enough."
"Thank you." Draco said, taking the bottle. "I'll just be off now."
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A/N- Okay, one more chapter after this really short and cheesy one. I just really needed it.
Note to people reading this: I'm looking for a beta (possibly) for "Captive Memories", the sequel to this. I want someone to explain beta-ing for me, please, and then tell me how it works. If you do want to beta it, please make sure you are REALLY FAST. Thank you!
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