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Chapter 4: Waiting
St Mungo's had a number of patients but it was felt that some patients were best kept at Hogwarts as there was some security issues and not everyone would be generous towards the Headmaster while the young Muggle born heroine would also be at risk. Madam Pomfrey had placed the two of them in the teacher's private ward. Tinky and Winky were bunking in there with them to ensure that they weren't disturbed and that no harm came to the pair. Both patients were in a coma and it was not known when they would wake.
"Hey best friend please wake up for me! I miss the bossy boots who tells me what to do. We need you please!" implored the messy haired boy known to most of the world as the Boy who Lived. Harry sat for an hour to tell her about what was happening with the rebuilding of the castle and the clean up of the ministry after the Battle for Hogwarts.
"We got the Professor cleared of all charges in relation to Dumbledore. They have awarded both of you an Order of Merlin First Class," advised the boy while looking across at his former potion master who was like his friend, silent and unmoving. The pair of them did not look like alive until you noticed that they were breathing.
"Mr Harry Potter sir. Tinky be thinking that the snarky Headmaster Snape will be waking soon he is moving more and it won't be long. Miss Mia here I don't know she does not seem to want to wake. So you tell her and get all her friends to visit to tell her she has to wake. She saved me she did," cried the small elf that was patting at Hermione's hand on the other side of the bed from Harry
"It is a good suggestion. I also want to add some Muggle treatment in for both of them but we need Hermione to wake up so I can check on her injuries properly" advised Madam Pomfrey. The mediwitch was worried that the young woman would have some serious spinal injuries as a result of being crushed by the collapsed stone wall. The Mediwitch knew she would also have to pay a price for playing with time and she hoped that it wouldn't be as severe as what was happening to Hermione Granger.
"I will be busy the next couple of days with some of the trials but I will make sure we have a crew manning the fort talking to them both," advised the Boy Saviour before he kissed Hermione on the forehead and left the secured Hogwarts Infirmary ward.
Over the next couple of days there was a 24-hour rotation of individuals who were speaking to the comatose pair. Some individuals had conversations and talked about events from their past with the slumbering pair. Other visitors read from books or journals that they thought the patients would be interested in to see if they could engage their brains. Madam Price while rebuilding the library provided a steady supply of reading materials that she thought would be suitable for the highly intelligent pair.