It was 10pm and the Carnival was on, the night was filled with lights and fun. Caleb arrived at 8pm arrived in his car with Matt. They were together all nigh tlong, playing games, on the roller coasters, eating cotton candy and joking around. They held hands and kissed.
Jeremy joined them around 9:30 and they were having fun, but after he got a text from Elena he left without saying anything to not ruin their date. He, Elena and Damon went off to find Caroline who was now a newborn vampire and had tackled Damon to the ground with great ease.
Stefan followed Carter to the parking lot and witnessed the fight. Carter riled Tyler up and soon the fight was on. Stefan watched as Mason arrived and tried to break them up, Carter attacked punching Mason to the ground, he watched Mason leap onto a car and then again behind Carter. He saw Carter punch him to the ground and then saw Masons eyes glow yellow as Mason looked up at Tyler. Tyler was just as shocked. Mason turned knocked Carter to the ground and pulled Tyler into his car and raced off. Stefan rushed over to Carter. "Carter, are you ok?"
"Why did I do that?" asked Carter. "I…I couldn't stop."
Stefan wished he had the right answer. "You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time…I think you should go get a cold drink." Carter nodded and limped off. Fifteen minutes later he got a call from Damon. "What's up?"
"Caroline his here." said Damon. "She's hungry Stefan…and not for food."
MYSTIC HIGH PARKINGLOT – Damon found Caroline in the parking lot behind the school. Her face stained with blood. She was crying. "He's dead…I killed him." She panted, frightened. "What's wrong with me?" she cried.
"Hey, hey…It's ok." said Damon. "I can help you."
"You can?" asked Caroline.
"Yeah. I have to." said Damon. "You're Elenas friend."
Everyone, Caleb Matt Elena Jeremy and Harry, arrived. "Caroline!" called Elena.
Caroline backed off. "Get away from me!" she cried. "You killed me!"
"No no no, Caroline…" said Elena. "…that wasn't me. You know that. That was Katherine!"
"No!" Caroline was hysterical. "Then why does she look like you?! And Why? Why did she do this to me?!"
"We have to get her out of here." said Elena.
"Take her to our house." said Harry. "Caleb can take you." Caleb nodded.
"I'll go with Caleb." said Matt.
"Caroline?" Everyone turned to see Bonnie. Bonnie looked at the bloodstained Caroline. "No…You're not. You can't. You can't be…" She ran over and felt Carolines pulse. There was none.
"Bonnie…" whimpered Caroline. "Bonnie please…"
Bonnie backed away and turned her back on Caroline, she cried with anger.
Matt turned to Caleb. "Go get the car. Meet us outside the bathrooms."
"I'll patronus call Aunt Jenna and Fred as well." said Caleb. "He'll help." He waved his wand over his head and vanished in a puff of red smoke. Matt and Stefan took Caroline away.
MYSTIC HIGH – PARKINGLOT BATHROOMS – Caroline was sobbing. "She hates me!"
Matt and Stefan got some paper, damped them with water. "No." said Stefan. His voice was soothing.
"Bonnie hates me!" cried Caroline.
"No no no. She's just in shock love." said Matt. "It's gonna be ok."
"Caleb, Elena's brother is calling for help." Said Stefan. "We're gonna help you."
"Lets get you cleaned up." said Matt.
"I'm a monster." cried Caroline.
"Your emotions are heightened right not." Stefan explained. "It's part of the transformation. It's completely normal, I promise you."
"Why did Katherine do this to me?" asked Caroline.
"I don't know." said Stefan. "I wish I did, but we are going to find out."
"Hey." said Matt. "We promise. We won't let anything happen to you." He hugged Caroline and Stefan joined in on the hug.
MYSTIC HIGH PARKINGLOT – Bonnie was angry. "I can't believe this is happening."
Damon arrived in his car with a shovel. "No time to cry. We have a body to bury." He turned to Elena. "I thought you were calling the shots in this carnival?"
"Do you have a place to take him?" asked Harry.
"Yeap." said Damon. Bonnie looked at him and used her powers to give him a brain frying aneurism. He collapsed screaming in pain.
"Damon?" asked Harry running to his side.
Bonnie magically opened the hose, water poured down the street towards Damon. "I told you what would happen if anyone else got hurt."
"I didn't do this!" cried Damon.
Harry kneeled next to Damon. "Bonnie stop!"
Elena turned to Bonnie. "Bonnie, it wasn't his fault."
"Everything that happens is his fault Elena." Bonnie said coldly.
"Bonnie stop it now!" ordered Harry. He saw the water flowing to Damon. "Bonnie what are you doing?" He saw how Bonnie used her powers to light the water on fire. It raced down like if it were gasoline towards Damon who was now drenched in it.
"Bonnie stop it." cried Elena. "Bonnie stop it!"
Damon screamed as the fire lit up his soaking wet clothes, burning him up. "Aaarghh!"
"Damon!" cried Harry.
Jeremy looked at Bonnie and Elena. "Bonnie stop!"
"AaaaaaargghhhhhH!" screamed Damon. The fire was halfway up his body.
Harry had enough, he took out his wand and pointed it at the fire. "FINITE INCANTARTUM!" a blue beam of light shot from his wand hitting the fire, ending Bonnie's fire spell. He pointed the wand at Damon. "AQUAMANTIA!" a wave of water magically poured down on the vampire extinguishing the flames.
"Why did you stop me!" yelled Bonnie. "Why?!"
"Because this isn't us!" cried Elena. "This can't be us." Elena took Bonnie away.
Jeremy stayed with Harry who kneeled next to Damon and helped him so the vampire could lean his on him. "Are you ok?"
Damon was panting, trembling with pain and tried to nod his head. After a few minutes he calmed down and looked at his wounds. "I'm not healing…"
"Why isn't he healing?" asked Jeremy.
"These burns were caused by magical fire." said Harry. Damon shook in his skin.
"We don't all fit in Calebs car." said Jeremy.
"You can…" grunted Damon. "…you can take my car."
"Really?" asked Jeremy.
"As long as you don't scratch it. Yeah." said Damon.
"Well, Caleb's got Matt and Caroline in his car." said Jeremy. "You Harry and me can ride behind them up to the house."
Damon grabbed his keys from his leather jacket pocket. "Go get it kid." Jeremy took the keys and ran off.
Damon looked up at Harry and he smiled down at Damon. "Looks like I'm gonna have to take you home Damon. We'll make some potions and herbal salve to treat burns."
"My hero." joked Damon.
Harry chuckled. "I live to help mate." He helped Damon up, he and Jeremy helped him into the car. As the black and white panther de Vil drove past them, they followed down the road and out of sight.
THE DRAGONS NEST – Harry led them into the house, both Matt and Jeremy were in awe of the grandeur, splendor and majesty of the place. As they walked through the house the candles on the sconces, floor and table candelabras and chandeliers lit up. They followed Harry of the and up the grand staircase to the third floor. Caleb led Matt and Caroline to a room.
Harry took Damon and Jeremy to another room, which was across the hall from to his own. Upon entering the candles on the sconces, floor and table candelabras and chandeliers lit up as well as the fireplace. The room was huge, half the size of a ballroom, there was a sitting area by the fireplace on the left. They laid Damon on the large king size bed and Harry rushed into the bathroom, through the double doors near the bed, to get some first aid cleansing potions and towels.
"Matt go see Caroline." said Harry. "We'll take care of this." Matt nodded and left the room.
"What can I do?" asked Jeremy.
"There's a large pot of mint and lavender on some pots outside in the court yard." Said Harry. "Go get a large handful of each." Jeremy nodded and ran out the door.
"Harry…" grunted Damon.
"Shhh…" said Harry.
"It hurts!" he whimpered.
"I know." said Harry. "I'll make it better." With a wave of his wand he magically vanished Damons clothes, underwear included. Harry stood there for a moment, Damon was gorgeous, his body was beautiful, strong but lean arms, a nice well built chest, chiseled six pack abs leading to a clearly defined abdominal V down to a his six inch penis and balls. His entire body was a smooth clean monument of flesh and muscle. As he took in the beauty he also examined the damage. Bonnies fire spell had burnt most of his thighs, hips and arms as well as some of his chest area and neck.
He waved his wand and conjured a long table near the right side of the bed by the window. There was at all five arm candelabra, whose candles were lit, a glass cauldron with a potion book and some basic ingredients. He waved his hand turning on the central AC and dropping it to 60 degrees before he stood there observing Damon.
Jeremy walked in. He saw a naked Damon on the bed and the wounds. "Wow. Bonnie did a job on him didn't she."
"Yeah." said Harry.
"At least his burns are second degree." said Jeremy.
"Yeah." said Harry. "Which is easier if they were third or fourth." He looked at the herbs in Jeremys hands. "Oh good, you have them." He took the vial of neon blue liquid and poured some on a small hand towel, the room filled with the scent of roses and jasmine, and placed it on Damons forehead.
"Mmmmm…" muttered Damon in his sleep.
"What is that?" asked Jeremy.
"Moon water." said Harry. "Not easy to come by. Wizard hospitals get it from sacred mystical temples in Asia. Mixed with flower oils, it's very cool and helps fevers from settling in." He moved away from the bed.
Shouldn't we cover him?" asked Jeremy.
"Not yet. The AC will help sooth the skin burns." said Harry. "Come on." Jeremy followed him over to the table, he snapped his fingers lighting a small flame under the cauldron. He added some water, halfway. "Caleb told me he gave you a herbology book." Jeremy nodded. "So I'm going to teach you to make your first potion class, call it Potions 101. There's a notebook there for you to take notes." Jeremy nodded, took the pen and opened the notebook. "Pop quiz. What are lavender and mint used for in remedial potions?"
"Um… it's a disinfectant to cleansing the interior tissues and affected skin of infections, bacteria and stop the possible growth of bacteria." said Jeremy.
"And mint?" asked Harry. "It's a plant used to oxygenate the blood as well skin cells. Together they work to heal the skin."
Harry nodded taking the herbs and cutting them finely minced. "Not bad Jeremy." He pointed to three bottles on the table, one had pink liquid, the other had white, another clear and the last was blood red. "Pick up the pink one and smell it."
Jeremy did. "It smells of roses."
"It's called attar of roses. A thin oil made with heavy concentrated doses of rose buds. It can vary in color from pink, to yellow, white orange and red. The pink attar is made with pink roses, which are softer on the skin and helps moisturize the skin, making it easier for the burnt skin to loosen up and therefore easier to remove." Jeremy was taking notes. "What does the white one smell like?"
Jeremy took a sniff. "Coconut Milk?"
"You're half right." said Harry. "It's chimera milk." The water was boiling so he added the minced mint and lavender.
"chimera? Like from Greek mythology?" asked Jeremy.
"Yes." said Harry. "They're quite real, there's actually a chimera reserve in Greece. The milk has nutrients, healing and rejuvenation elements, and it's used in many wizarding spas for witches. Once the attar of roses helps remove the burnt skin the new skin will have strengthened the newly grown skin beneath it." Jeremy took notes. "Next…" He stirred the mint lavender and water. Jeremy took the clear vial. "Hmmm…? This one is faint, but it smells of burnt spice and sea water."
"That is phoenix tears." Said Harry. "They have healing powers so they will quicken the healing process and fix what needs fixing…" He gave Jeremy the knife. "Cut your finger, a small cut." Jeremy did. "Now take an eyedropper and drop some tears over the cut. The smoke from the cauldron was light purple.
Jeremy did so and saw the small cut magically heal and close in less than a second. "Wicked!"
"Yeah." Said Harry. "But for Damons wounds we're gonna need the whole vial…Go on."
Jeremy added the vial of tears, the smoke turned dark purple. "What does that mean?"
"The potions strength is getting stronger. Which is what we want." said Harry. "Now… The last one." said Harry.
Jeremy smelled it. "Blood?"
Harry nodded. "Gryffins blood. It's strong enough to replenish whatever blood Damon's vampire body has lost. It's also strong enough to keep the vampire satisfied until he's well enough to start on oral blood stabilizing potions." Jeremy took his notes and added the blood, the smoke turned wine red. Harry flicked his wand they saw the potion was reduced to a oily goop. He got a large bowl of white cream. "This is cocoa cream. Take the spoon and mix the potion into it." Jeremy did so. "The cream will help cool it down."
Jeremy did. "Done."
"Now…" Harry sighed. "Lets apply it to the burns." They walked over to the bed. "How is the towel?" asked Harry.
Jeremy checked it. "A little dry."
"Add more moon water on and put it back on his forehead." said Harry. Jeremy did so. "…and stay there. The salve will sting a little." Jeremy nodded. He started applying the cream to the burnt skin. Damon started moving and whimpering and crying in his sleep. "Shhh… It's ok Damon. Listen to my voice. It's going to be ok." Damon nodded but still wept as he coated his entire body with it. Damon was in tears by the time it was done. "Shhh…It's over Damon. You did good." Jeremy went to the bathroom, grabbed a towel and placed it over Damons privates. "Thanks for doing that."
"Sure." said Jeremy.
Caleb walked in. "Wow… Are you done?"
"Yeap." said Harry. "I'll have to make another batch of healing cream for tomorrow night. His body will absorb it by then."
"I brought you a dreamless potion." said Caleb. He gave Harry a small syringe with a blue liquid.
Harry took it and injected it into Damon. "This'll help you sleep." In a minute Damon was fast sleep. Harry sighed. "How is Caroline?"
"Fred arrived an hour ago." Said Caleb. "He's talking Caroline, getting the Hogwarts vampire books for her. She agreed to have him be her vampire coach."
Harry sighed. "Lets go downstairs to the parlor and have some tea."
PARLOR – THE DRAGONS NEST – Harry Jeremy and Caleb sat in the parlor. Jeremy sat on the chair, which like all the other chairs in the house was more of a throne, with his legs on the ottoman looking straight ahead at the glowing candelabras on the dragons hands on the grand staircase. He took a sip of his tea.
"So how did Jeremy do?" asked Caleb.
"He helped me make the healing salve." Said Harry. "He knew the properties of lavender and mint and after one more supervised session he'll be able to brew the salve by himself."
"Not bad." said Caleb. "I'm impressed."
"I'm halfway done with the herbology book." Said Jeremy. "And I think I'm gonna like potions."
"Another potions master in the family maybe?" asked Harry.
"Possibly." added Caleb.
They looked up when the front doors opened and in walked Hermione and Draco.
***Hi guys. Peronsal recap. 1) I thought the Matt taking Caleb to the Carnival date was cute, and Caleb picking Matt up in the panther was a classy move. 2) Fred is here! 3) I have to say I love when Harry saves Damon and though this is the first in this story and not the last, I feel they get closer each time they save each other. That happens on SHADOWS as well. 4) I love the Harry teaching Jeremy class. It's the first time I see them bonding, how they bond over a cause to help someone in need. And…5) Draco and Hermione arrived! I wonder what reaction they'll have to all this mess! Hmmm? Please review!***