Quarantined Duo 5
Disclaimer: I don't own HP.
Author's Note:
Chapter 5
The next morning Daphne asked, "Madame Pomfrey? Are the pajamas we're sweating into being laundered or destroyed?"
"Good morning students!" the nurse replied. "I hope you are both well?"
Harry said, "Yes, we are but Daphne has been worrying about that question she asked. I am able to do permanent conjuration but I would like to know as well."
"Ah, well," the nurse started. Then she sighed and continued, "I'm afraid the experts we hired to make the antidote are keeping them for analysis and study. I do hope, Mr. Potter, that you will help Ms. Greengrass in the event she needs clothes upon leaving."
Harry grinned and winked at Daphne, "I will be happy to provide her with clothes once we are done and about to exit here."
"Oh, that's capital!" the nurse said. "Thank you for your cooperation. I'll be sending you your doses now although you should not take them until after breakfast." Two glasses of the antidote appeared on the table and the nurse said, "I'm afraid that the last analysis of the clothing you discarded shows that you need at least another day of antidote. Please remember to stay hydrated and try to enjoy your time here." There was a click as she ended the voice projection spell.
Harry sighed, "I was hoping to ask for our textbooks."
"We'd probably just stain them with poison and need to replace them when we get out," Daphne said. She moved the antidotes to a side table, "Speaking of breakfast, can you do pancakes? I feel like a few this morning."
"I can do pancakes," Harry said. "Coming to keep me company again?"
"Sure," Daphne said. "As long as you explain as you go. Maybe I will learn to cook a few things by the time we're out of here."
"If not we can continue after if you want," Harry said. "I can sneak you into the Hogwarts kitchens and we can watch the house elves cook."
"That might be fun," Daphne said.
Harry made blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup and some link sausage for breakfast along with a large pot of tea. After breakfast they took the second dose of antidote and washed it down with strong tea.
"So, shall we start the day with chess?" Daphne said.
Harry shrugged, "Sure. I'll probably lose again but by the end of the second game I'll probably be ready for another shower if yesterday was any guide."
As he had done before, Harry lost the first two games. "You've won again," Harry said. He took off his pajamas, posed briefly then headed for the shower. "I'll be back after I wash this crud off."
"I'll practice magic while I wait then go shower after you," Daphne said. "We can play Gin Rummy after we're both clean."
After she came out of the bathroom Daphne looked at her side of the wardrobe, "Five sets left. If I keep wearing them out I might be leaving here in a set of your conjured lingerie."
"I wouldn't do that," Harry said. "If we're going to date I owe you better treatment than that."
"But you have no trouble with me wearing skimpy lingerie around here until then?" Daphne said.
"No, I don't," Harry said. "It's just us here. Still, if you prefer you can wear those pajamas until they run out. You can even wear mine if you want."
Daphne smiled, "Thank you. That's what I wanted to hear." She closed the wardrobe and went over to the chair with Harry's conjured lingerie. "You've been a good boy so you get a treat." She then picked up a pair of translucent lavender panties, "Besides these will distract you and let me win more often and the bras you create do give better support than the pajama tops." She put her robe on a hook in the bathroom then came back out and put on the lingerie, "Besides you've seen all of me many times already."
"I'm in favor of this decision," Harry said and grinned.
They settled into a routine for the remaining two weeks before they were told they could leave. Harry usually started them off with a full English breakfast, they drank the antidote, played a game until Harry cooked a tasty lunch. They practiced magic after lunch and shared spells. Then Harry cooked a luxurious dinner. More games and spell casting followed until they went to sleep in separate beds.
Daphne started to use the pajamas only while sleeping but still ran out before they were cleared as did Harry. During the last few days all they wore were conjured underwear, boxers for Harry and lingerie for Daphne in a rainbow of colors.
Eventually they were safe enough to mingle with the other students. One morning the nurse said, "The experts say you are safe to touch now so we'll be letting you out tomorrow morning."
"Have our teachers been told?" Harry asked.
"We have kept them and your heads of house informed the entire time," the nurse replied. "Keep drinking plenty of water and don't kiss anyone other than each other or share any other bodily fluid, for another week. You're safe to touch but not totally clear, understand?"
"Yes, Madam," Daphne said. "We understand. We are dating now so that shouldn't be a problem."
"Very good," Madame Pomphrey said. "If you've lost track of days, you'll have only a week before winter break when you exit. I'll portkey in all the notes your friends took in class. You should be able to handle them now without getting them coated in poison. Professor Slughorn states that if you write up your experiences with this unusual and dangerous poison he will count it as your midterm. Professors Flitwick and McGonagall state that if you visit them they will coach you on what you'll need to know for the midterm but you'll still have to take it. Those are the only three classes Mr. Potter is taking. Your special classes with the headmaster will resume after winter break Mr. Potter. Ms Greengrass you are also taking Defense with Professor Snape, he said to tell you he will give you a practical test to make sure you haven't wasted your time instead of the standard midterm but he's certain you will do well. Remember, you'll need to dress for the castle tomorrow morning. After breakfast I'll send you the portkey that will take you back to the infirmary proper and from there you can head back to your respective dorm rooms."
The notes appeared along with their textbooks and supplies to write their experience up for Professor Slughorn.
"Shall we write it together and just produce two copies?" Daphne suggested. 'That way we have our story straight and we will know what to say to anyone who asks."
"That sounds good to me," Harry said. "I'm guessing you'll tell Tracey a bit more than we'll tell Sluggy though right?"
"Of course," Daphne said. "And I'm sure you'll tell someone as well but try to keep it to just one or two."
"I think I'll limit it to Hermione," Harry said. "Ron tends to be excitable about anything involving people from your house."
Daphne grinned at that, "I've noticed. Okay so we write that first then study. No games today."
Harry nodded, "I agree."
The next morning after breakfast Harry waved his wand and said, "Creatio!" Clothes started appearing and as they appeared Daphne put them on.
She smirked at the first one, "A full cup bra? I wasn't sure you knew what one looked like."
"Well," Harry said. "I'm assuming your roommate might see these so I'm making them look normal but any time you want more of the other sort just ask."
She followed the bra with green panties trimmed in silver then a skirt in the same colors followed by a white blouse, knee socks and flat soled shoes. Over all these she put on a conjured Slytherin robe and tie. Once he finished with her clothes he made himself clothes in Gryffindor colors.
"Madame Pomphrey, we're ready to go," Harry said.
The portkey appeared and they both gripped it. Five seconds after both had touched it they disappeared from quarantine and reappeared next to the nurse.
"Welcome back!" Madame Pomfrey said. "Let me just get one last diagnostic spell on you before you leave just to be sure."
Harry nodded, "Certainly."
Daphne just nodded.
Madame Pomfrey cast the spell then nodded to herself, "Safe to touch and well on your way to being completely safe."
"So, if I kiss my parents over Winter break I won't be poisoning them?" Daphne asked.
"Not unless you leave very early," the nurse said. "I wouldn't worry about it."
"Alright, I guess we should go see our respective heads of house," Daphne said.
"Yes, I'll talk to you at lunch then?" Harry replied.
"I might not be there," Daphne said. "It depends on what I have to do. I'll talk to you sometime today though."
Harry nodded, "See you then." When he got back to his dorm most of the students were in class. He went to his room to get parchment and a self inking quill. Then he went to Professor Slughorn's office and knocked, "Hello, Professor?"
"Come in my boy!" Slughorn called out.
Harry walked in and offered a scroll, "Here is my account of being poisoned and treated."
Horace Slughorn took it, "Thank you, I hope you are experiencing no side effects?"
"Not from the poison," Harry said. "The antidote made us sweat profusely. I'm glad I don't have to take it anymore."
"Are you drinking extra water?" Horace Slughorn asked.
"Yes, Professor," Harry said. "I need to go talk to my other teachers now. Unless you need something?"
Slughorn said. "I have no further requests but I do have something for you." He handed Harry an invitation in a cream vellum envelope, "This is an invitation for you and your lady to come to my Christmas party. I'm sure she'll enjoy it."
Harry wasn't sure he wanted to go but he didn't want to say either yes or no without asking Daphne so he said, "I'll ask and see what she says."
"I'm sure she'll appreciate your consideration," Slughorn said. "Have a good day."
Harry left and headed over to McGonagall's office, "Hello? It's Harry."
Professor McGonagall gave him a hand-out, "This should make you aware of what we did in the classes you missed. If you have trouble doing any of those transfigurations then come see me and I will help you."
"Thank you Professor," Harry said.
Professor Flitwick gave him a similar sheet of charms to practice then he headed off to practice before lunch.
He didn't see Daphne at lunch but she found him in the library before dinner, "Okay, I think I've spun our experience positively. It helped that I now know more spells now. I passed Professor Snape's practical test. Partly thanks to some of the things I learned from you." She kissed him, "So, thanks."
"Glad I could help," Harry said with a smile. "I got a list of what we missed in Charms and Transfiguration and what we'll need to learn for the midterm."
"I have a list as well," she said. "Let's see if they match."
Harry smiled after they checked, "I'm glad they match. Oh, and Slughorn invited us to his Christmas party. Do you want to go?"
"Yes, I do," Daphne said. "We can make it our first party as a couple. I wish there was a Hogsmeade visit first but we'll have to make do." She hesitated briefly then asked, "Do you have anything nice to wear?"
He considered that, "I have the robes I wore to Yule Ball. I'm a bit taller now but I can fix that with a spell. Do you have something to match that?"
Daphne smiled, "Yes, I do. Well good, we'll arrive in style. Meet you by the stairs to the great hall?"
"Sure, I'll see you at seven then," Harry said.