Great chapter, Connie!

I loved the effective use of the Blimppen Blobbers. Who knew that mosquitoes could cause such dammage! I liked how you used the insects to bring out Harry's true feelings for Ginny. I was, however, heart broken for Ginny when Dumbledore revealed that Harry would remember nothing of the day.

Another intriguing part was the strength in which Ginny held onto Harry during their adventurous broom riding. She must've been scared witless to have caused such bruises... mind, it was nice to see that she trusted Harry enoght to keep quiet and enjoy the thrilling ride.

I found Minerva to be very touching in this chapter. She always seemed such a hard, self-disciplined soul. It was nice to see her true feelings come to the surface for all to witness. It made the scene of peril appear even more realistic... but Minerva has always had that special soft-spot for Harry thought, hasn't she...?

I felt so sad for Ron in this chapter. I can't imagine the grief and self-hatred he must be feeling... imagine doing something to your best friend, which in turn, may cause his ultimate death.

Okay, I lhave some questions... When Sirius and Crookshanks were watching Harry fly, they were bothered by the "mosquitoes". Does that mean that he too was bitten? Is he going to get sick as well? What heart-felt feelings will he reveal? Perhaps we will learn more about him and Miss Lissydove...? Only six more chapters!!!!

Great writing! Keep it up!
Katie

Oooo, I'm so excited. I can't wait for it!!!




Aww. Does that mean that everything Harry told Ginny he didn't really mean to say?

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Oh Ronald-two words, be quiet!


Noooooo!!! Somebody Help Harry!!! Please!!! Don't kill Harry


Thats so lovely Connie

Aww bless him. The wee soul.

Nooooooooo!



Hey Connie Great Post Please don't kill Harry. That would be soo sad. I hope he wakes up and tells Ginny all the wonderfull things he told her before. Can't wait for next weeks post!
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Awe, Dumbledore to the rescue
Hehe, when I FIRST read this, I totally thought he was kidding, but now I KNOW he isn't.
Awe, poor Ginny.
Awe, Ron is so adorable. *snuggles*
I have to say, that you are a genius for coming up with such things. It's a brilliant idea.
That whole part about Harry's nightmare was sooo sad. It made me want to cry. You wrote it amazingly.
What?! NO! PLEASE PAMS!

omg i cant wait to k now what happens next!

Miss Weasley: Hey Katie girl!

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I was, however, heart broken for Ginny when Dumbledore revealed that Harry would remember nothing of the day.

It does seem to be the way the ball always bounces for her.

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She must've been scared witless to have caused such bruises... mind, it was nice to see that she trusted Harry enoght to keep quiet and enjoy the thrilling ride.

Remember they went down and started flying right at breakfast. They flew all day, up until evening meal time. And Ginny did need to hang on tightly because of the critical moves Harry was doing.

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but Minerva has always had that special soft-spot for Harry thought, hasn't she...?

Yes, and we see more and we remember why in this upcoming post.

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I can't imagine the grief and self-hatred he must be feeling... imagine doing something to your best friend, which in turn, may cause his ultimate death.

I can't even imagine such a thought, but sadly it does happen to people.

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Okay, I lhave some questions... When Sirius and Crookshanks were watching Harry fly, they were bothered by the "mosquitoes". Does that mean that he too was bitten? Is he going to get sick as well? What heart-felt feelings will he reveal? Perhaps we will learn more about him and Miss Lissydove...? Only six more chapters!!!!

Great writing! Keep it up!

Let's see... yes, Sirius was. Remember Sirius slapping his neck and commenting how the mosquittos were bad? Remember Crookshanks thinking hecouldn't believe Sirius thinking so recklace, just shrugging off the plan, and saing he was going to kill Scabbers... Yes, I think you can assume he was bitten. As far as heart felt feelings and revealing things of him and Lissydove... you'll have to wait and see.
Thank you sweetie.

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Aww. Does that mean that everything Harry told Ginny he didn't really mean to say?

Oh no. He did mean them. The insects cause you to reveal things that you would never speak of. Harry did mean every word of what he said. It's just that after he is cured, he won't remember any of it.

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Noooooo!!! Somebody Help Harry!!! Please!!! Don't kill Harry

Awe sweetie, don't despare.

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Thats so lovely Connie

I love coming up with charms! Thank you. I'm glad you loved it.

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Can't wait for next weeks post!

Have tissues ready when you read it, but don't despare really. Thank you Sophie

Emily Black: Hey Emily. Hope you're having the time of your life!

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Awe, Dumbledore to the rescue

Actually, I was going to keep him from interfering. But, I thought it would detract from what was going on. It wasn't time appropriate for it to happen.

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I have to say, that you are a genius for coming up with such things. It's a brilliant idea.
That whole part about Harry's nightmare was sooo sad. It made me want to cry. You wrote it amazingly.

Wow! Thank you Emily. That means a lot to me.

Tina6080: Hey sweetie!

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i cant wait to k now what happens next!

Well, here ya go then. Read on, cause here it is.

To all my readers: Thank you so much for being faithful and reading. I do love sharing this with you all, and it gives me great gratification that you read it. Thank you so much.
Five more chapters till The Reunion.
Next Thursday or Friday will be Chapter 36, "Sometimes the War is Won, but the Battle is Lost.


CHAPTER THIRTY- FIVE

The Mirror of Erised
　
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” -Nietsche

Dumbledore put the memory back in Harry. Quickly, Poppy, the Imps are gone, you can mend him now. He stepped back shaking his head in disgust. “When will I ever learn? Once again I have taken too much precious time gathering information for the greater good.”

Everyone had wet eyes with tear streaked faces as they all stood in distress watching Harry. He was whiter than the sheet he was lying on, except where it was soaked with his blood. Madam Pomfrey and Lissydove worked feverishly over Harry, till finally they stepped back and announced,

“We’ve done all that we can do. We’ve stopped the bleeding, albeit, he didn’t have hardly any left to loose, and the skull is still cracked open, but I’m afraid to mend it because his brain is still swelling. When, and, if it stops, then I can mend it. And there’s one other thing,” she said pausing, trying to continue without caving into a fit of crying. Lissydove was sobbing into her hands, covering her face.


“What is it, Poppy?” He looked at Harry and took Harry’s other hand that McGonagall wasn’t holding in his own.

“Poppy?” he said softly, urging her on.

Madame Pomfrey drew in a deep breath and shook her head, not able to speak at that very moment. She held up her finger as tears began to fall, asking for their patience while she collected herself.

“Poppy?” McGonagall asked through her own tears, her throat constricting, keeping her from saying anything else.

Madame Pomfrey proceeded cautiously. “If he pulls through, and I have to stress the ‘if’, he will have significant brain damage.”

“What does that mean for him?” McGonagall asked barely louder than a whisper.

“I’ll have to wait for a final assessment after his skull can be mended, but for now…” she took another breath and made herself more professional sounding.

“It means he will never be the same. He’ll be in a vegetable state.”

“NO! … NO!” McGonagall whispered within her throat. She was staring at Harry as she backed away from him. She started twisting her handkerchief tightly round and round her finger, then unwinding it, and then twisting it round and round again, over and over. Her mind went back to the wedding of Lily and James. Being given permission to be Mom to Lily, and then Grandma to their children. The blessed day of Harry’s birth came and he was such an adorable baby. Then the deaths of his parents. Having to be raised by those awful Muggles. She had wanted so badly to raise him herself, but was denied the request.

She looked at Dumbledore with imploring eyes. Her breasts rising and falling with each great sharp gasp of air. Her throat was constricted as she told him it was all her fault. The tears that sat threatening to fall in the wells of her eyes did at last fall over and ran down the creases of her wrinkled face.

“It’s all my fault,” she said again.

Without taking his eyes off of Minerva, Dumbledore reached around and got hold of the first hand behind him, which happened to belong to Ginny, and pulled her up to where he was standing, and put Harry’s hand that he had been holding into her hand. He walked around to her and said, “This you’ve already said, and I can’t figure even with my vast amount of gray matter, what you are talking about. Here you go now,” he said kindly as he took her handkerchief from her and wiped here tears and nose. “Let’s have another go at what you’re trying to say.” He smiled at her, but his brilliant blue eyes bored through her.

“Albus, Luna, Miss Lovegood, (she corrected herself) came to me early this morning in the Great Hall as breakfast was being served. She told me she was afraid she had detected a swarm of …blubber blinkers, or something of the sort. I was very upset with Severus for going on about how Malfoy was so much better at Quidditch than Potter, and how they were going to win the next match. It just unnerves me so that he is so unjust to Harry, Mr. Potter. I am afraid I quite lost my temper with him and berated Miss Lovegood in front of all her classmates. I told her to quit making up such silly things or I would take points away from her House. I should have taken her seriously, and instead, I was demeaning. I should resign my post immediately.”

Silence filled the room, but for Hagrid blowing his nose on his great handkerchief. Crookshanks tried to touch Harry’s mind, but couldn’t get passed the nightmare of his parents being murdered. Then he called out to Dobby with his mind. “Dobby, please go to Sirius and tell him that Miss Lissydove is involved with an emergency and will not be able to meet him tonight as planned, and that I will be down later to explain what has happened. And tell him it’ll be late, but I’ll wake him up. Thank you, Dobby.”

“Minerva, I will not hear another word of such nonsense,” Dumbledore told her. “We are commissioned to fill the heads of a great many students in this castle with the knowledge we believe to be factual. The reason we don’t teach the likes of Blimppen Blobbers is because the Ministry doesn’t except the evidence as factual. And the reason they don’t is because it is people like the Lovegoods, bless them, that make the discoveries. I’ve always said we do ourselves a great disservice by not giving credit to the, ‘odd’ for their acute ability of detecting the unnatural.”

“But the Ministry haven’t proven that these ridiculous things they come up with are true,” she said.

Dumbledore sighed heavily and offered these questions to ponder: “Why leave everything for the Ministry to prove or disprove? What makes their proof right, and what we know to be right, wrong? Why should we take their word when they say things like; people without the use of magic, although magic is in their family, are ‘Squibb’s’ and cannot ever do magic? They have no right saying what they think is right and making it right by law.”

Everyone stood looking at him, not knowing what to say.

Ginny spoke up then, and all eyes were on her. She looked at Harry, as if she was gathering courage from him. “Harry taught me today that when you have love in your heart, your soul starts singing, and your heart dances to the music. So, if I was dancing to the music in my soul and heart, and Fudge walked in and saw me dancing a waltz to no music, he would say I was insane, because he doesn’t hear the music. I’ve seen Luna dancing without music. I asked her how she can dance like that, and she said she loves who she is. The fact that other people don’t see what she sees doesn’t bother her. She said as long as she hears the music, she’s happy, and she’ll dance to celebrate it. I didn’t know what she meant and thought she was crazy, till Harry told me what I just told you, and about him wanting to have love in his heart more than anything.”

Hermione put her head on Ron’s shoulder and cried softly. His face turned red, but he didn’t move her off. The twins were about to tease Ron, but just didn’t have the heart to be happy. Hagrid blew his nose again and mumbled about something being beautiful. Minerva smiled adoringly at Harry.

“I guess we’re lucky you knew what the Blipping … things are and knew how to get rid of them. But how are we to know if things are real and not made up? How do we teach about Blip… oh blast it all! Why can’t these things they find have decent names? Honestly! Snorkacks, Nargles, Flaming Flappers, Whack Spurts! How can we take them seriously?”

“You’re getting yourself worked up over this, and you don’t need to. I made myself recall a book on these such oddities. I performed the spell to get rid of them in the chance that there really was such a thing as Blimppen Blobbers, and as it worked, then I will document the facts that we have found to be true and present it to the Ministry. These will be taught to our students at the very next term. And they, of course, will be renamed something more decent.” He smiled kindly at her at the last thing said.

“Now, Minerva, as I can’t leave here, would you please in my stead, go to the Great Hall and excuse my absence then inform the other professors of this occurrence. Also, tell them we’ll have an emergency meeting at ten o’clock tonight in my office. I must clean up the castle and the grounds of this nuisance. After I’m done I’ll be back here till we know whether Harry… Please Minerva, if you would dear.”

“Lissydove, I will be back in twenty minutes time. If you could think of anything the Muggles have that would help Harry, maybe we could come up with something.”

Dumbledore left in haste and immediately started waving his wand in wide arcs, chanting spells throughout the rest of the castle and all that the grounds encompassed.

Lissydove went to the office and rummaged through some books she brought with her. She came back out just moments before the Headmaster returned.

“Sir, I’ve been thinking and the idea I’ve come up with is this: The Muggles have machines that show vital statistics of the patient it is hooked up to. Things like blood pressure, temperature, heart beats, pulse… Then there’s an x-ray machine that shows things inside the body. Other machines that, well sir, all these machines shows the different functions inside the body. If you could come up with something that could show us what these machines do, then we could see what was causing the swelling in his brain and fix the damage.”

“Are all the machines and functionalities in these books?” he asked her.

“Yes sir, and how to read them.”

“May I have them for a moment?”

She handed him the books and he stood there holding them as he thought with his eyes closed. “Please stand back everyone. Except you Ginny, you may continue to hold his hand.”

Everybody stepped back and watched with wonder etched in their faces.

Dumbledore pointed his wand at the foot of Harry’s bed and the Mirror of Erised appeared. He flicked his wrist and another one appeared at the head of his bed. Then he took each of the books and with a stirring motion over them said:

From these books, permeate, this Mirror of Erised,
As they pass, though show not pictures but, the life instead;
What’s wrong and, what needs to be,
This is my, desire to see.

As Dumbledore finished he put the books to the mirror, and they went into the mirror and the pages turned as if they were being read. Afterwards, the books came back out. Next, he tapped the Mirror of Erised, and then, the other mirror at the head of the bed. “Another from the mirror’s image.” Then he sent away the Mirror of Erised. “The original mirror is one, this one is Mirror Times One, another mirror would be Mirror Times Two, and so forth. If you ever need more of these made, simply with your wand, touch this mirror, and say, ‘Mirror Times Two,’ and then on from there for whatever the need calls for.”

He turned and spoke to the mirror. “Harry Potter” and the image of Harry lying on the bed came into view. He turned to Lissydove and told her to tell it what she wanted to see, according to how it would be in the books.

“Vital Statistics” was all she said and a menu showed Harry’s blood pressure, temperature, heart rate…

“Oh my!” Madame Pomfrey exclaimed in awe. “Make it show his skeletal system -” but before Lissydove said anything, Harry’s skeletal system showed up. She moved up to his head. “Can it show me an enlargement of his skull?” And at that, an enlarged view of Harry’s skull was on view. She caught on quickly. “I want to see the back of his skull.” That image came into view, and she clapped her hands in wonder. “There it is child, do you see it?”

“Yes I do!” said Lissydove. “Brain,” she commanded the mirror. “Look, it’s lodged here, and this is causing the swelling.” The two studied the view before them, and talked amongst themselves. “This is an incredible instrument you’ve made us, Albus! Thank you so much!” Lissydove tried to smile while she acknowledged Professor Dumbledore. For some reason, she wasn’t as happy as she was trying to seem. Madame Pomfrey added her thanks as well and then said, “It’s a shame we won’t be able to…” She stopped mid sentence and shook her head. “Why does everything have to happen to this child?”

Oh can't you give us a little spoiler. Just a wee one. I'm so excited. I can't wait !


Nooooooo! Then how will he defeat Voldemort???

That would have been so nice for her to raise him. She would make a great Granny!



Aww Hagrid. :consol: don't worry he'll be better soon! And I agree, It is beautifull. You really do write beautifull passages Connie.

Personally, I love the names and Ithink the English language could take a leaf out of the Wizarding world's book!



You see we muggles are useful for something-We saved Harry Potter's life!


Incredible it is. That is sooooo cool. I don't know how you come up with things like that. It's amazing. Your so clever!

Thats the one question I've been asking myself throught this post.



Great Chappter Connie. I really hope Harry will be ok . I feel sorry for Ron, Hermione and Ginny. They must miss Harry so much. I hope that brain swelling doesn't do too much damage. I miss Harry too I think we all do! I hope that nightmare of his parents death doesn't haunt him too much. Looking forward to the next chapter .
Soph x

p.s I actually had wrote this reply last night but then my internet died on me!

Just being honest
I'm really liking this quote
You mean when, right? You can't kill Harry Potter!
Oh no! He c-can't!
Awe I love McGonagall.
Dumbledore is very wise. And I agree with everything he's saying. I hope the Ministry was put right after the final battle in the seventh book.
The Muggle stuff was very clever of you by the way. It was all too long to quote, so I'll just tell you that it was brilliant
Great post! PLEASE PAMS!

Connie!

What can I say... another great chapter, as always! The best part of the whole chapter? The Mirror of Erised, of course!!! I absolutely loved how you had it work. You were truly inspiational. Can you imagine if it was real and the doctors had that sort of technology? Life would be so much easier. (Imagine if students could feed their textbooks into it and have the answers to their questions instantly appear? )

Okay, so, I'm a little concerned about Harry and his sweeling brain... and what's he got stuck in it? Is whatever it is important? I mean couldn't they just 'accio' it and then, plug the hole? (Too easy, right?) But Harry can't die, right, because he's one of the main characters... so, how are you going to cure him? (I'm a thinker!)

So, McGonagall is Harry's 'adoptive' Gramma? Does Harry know this? I wonder if Harry knows that she was really close to his parents?

So when Sirius finds out that Lissydove isn't going to show up, will he go crazy? How about when he finds out that Harry is on his death bed? I mean, he was bit too, right? So, he might just go on a rampage of his own... is he going to be as sick as Harry, because he's had a lot of pain in his life too... I wonder...

And for the record... Luna isn't as dumb as she appears!!!

Great writing, Connie... five more chapters!!!!!!!
Katie

man...Connie...you seemed to put in a lot of thought to bring real different characters in your post...pams when you can...

Morag: Hello Sophie. Hope you are having a great time. I sure miss you, and can't wait to read more of your FF, Love You Too-Sa16+.

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Oh can't you give us a little spoiler. Just a wee one. I'm so excited. I can't wait !

Sorry, you'll have to wait.

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Nooooooo! Then how will he defeat Voldemort???

You know, I honestly didn't think of that when I wrote this. Should I re-write you think?

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Incredible it is. That is sooooo cool. I don't know how you come up with things like that. It's amazing. Your so clever!

Thank you

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I actually had wrote this reply last night but then my internet died on me!

It happens to everyone I think. Thank you Sophie. Let me know when you get back.

EmilyBlack: Hello Emily, it's good to have you back.

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I'm really liking this quote

I thought it was fitting.

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Dumbledore is very wise. And I agree with everything he's saying. I hope the Ministry was put right after the final battle in the seventh book.

I know! Right?

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The Muggle stuff was very clever of you by the way. It was all too long to quote, so I'll just tell you that it was brilliant
Great post! PLEASE PAMS

Thanks Emily

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The best part of the whole chapter? The Mirror of Erised, of course!!! I absolutely loved how you had it work. You were truly inspiational.

Thank you sweetie. I s'pose i should acknowledge that the Mirror of Erised, is the property of JK Rowling, and I'm just borrowing it for the sake of fixing Harry. I made a copy, and the original was returned.

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(I'm a thinker!)

Thinking is the best thing for you to do. Keep that in mind while you read tonights chapter. Your questions will be answered.

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So when Sirius finds out that Lissydove isn't going to show up, will he go crazy?

This is what Crookshanks was thinking when he gave that message to Dobby. Sirius won't know anything about Harry's peril till Crookshanks goes to him later. But, you was thinking correctly.
Thanks for reading and commenting Katie.

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man...Connie...you seemed to put in a lot of thought to bring real different characters in your post...pams when you can...

I love thinking. Sometimes it gives me a headache though.

Prongs.RJGirl: Hello Tina. Thanks for reading and letting me know how much you enjoy my story. Be good, and do your best in school.

To all my reader's: Thanks again for reading. I hope everyone is still enjoying it.
Four more chapters till the Reunion. Next week, Chapter 37, "Serius Shows His Rage"



CHAPTER THIRTY SIX


SOMETIMES THE WAR IS WON, BUT THE BATTLE IS LOST
　
A/N Please be advised that this chapter has a lot of medical MADE UP STUFF, and let it also be known that I haven’t got any notion as to what I am saying, as I am only taking terms that sound impressive from a medical book and putting things together to make it look good. This is all fiction. Please don’t take anything that is written here to be factual.

Lissydove tapped Harry and his body became rigid, then she levitated him off of the bed. “We need everyone to please give Harry some privacy while we get these dirty, bloody things off of him and clean up the area.

With a tap of the wand, Harry was cleaned up and pajama bottoms were put on him. Madam Pomfrey turned him so he was face down. A warmed blanket was fixed around him, and then they began to move their wands over Harry’s skull. The mirror showed exactly where their wands were pointing to.

As they worked on Harry, Ginny inconspicuously pulled Harry’s T-Shirt to her, with her foot. She stooped over to scratch the side of her leg. The others looked at her then looked back to Harry, as it was very interesting watching them work on him. Ginny picked up the T-shirt then and stuffed it quickly in the pocket of her robe.

“Okay,” Madame Pomfrey was saying. “The chip off of the skull is lodged into this area of the Corpus Calliosum, blocking off the Thalamus and the Hypo Thalamus.”

“This is why we can’t regulate his blood pressure and why we can’t warm him. He was already way too cold, and this didn’t allow the Hypo Thalamus to operate.” Lissydove continued on.

“And the swelling here,” interrupted Madame Pomfrey, “is due to the chip blocking the placement of the Cerebrospinal Fluid. So, what would the Muggles do for this? Just do it Dear, and I’ll learn from you.”

Lissydove looked up at the mirror, then back down at Harry’s head, and put her wand over a spot, then looked back up to the mirror. She shook her head. Then her face brightened. “Mirror Times Two Miniature Size for the Hand.” A small mirror appeared in her hand. She set it by Harry’s head and very efficiently explained everything as she operated on Harry, watching the small mirror the whole time. “I’m making a hole and now I’m inserting a shunt to allow the fluid to drain into the area it’s s’pose to be. Now the chip, ‘Reparo,’ is back where it’s s’pose to be.”

“Well done, dear. Vitals.” She looked at the mirror and wrote down this new information. “I’m going to go do some charting. Will you bandage his head please?”

“Ginny, would you like to help me?”

“I, er well, I don’t know what to do. I might hurt him,” she said, surprised that she would be asked to help with such an important thing.

“You’re perfectly qualified to help me with this. The operation is all done, and I’m going to wrap his head. We didn’t shave his head like the Muggles would have done, but I don’t want his hair against the wound. If you’ll hold his hair away from the wound till I get this pad, and several wraps around his head, then we can put his hair back and finish the wrap. I need to wrap it pretty tight to keep even pressure all around. Can you do that for me?” Lissydove smiled kindly at her young assistant when Ginny quietly nodded her head.

Lissydove waved her wand over Ginny, and said an inaudible “Just in case you may have gotten contaminated again by getting Harry’s shirt off of the floor,” she whispered with a knowing smile at Ginny.

When the bandage was applied, Lissydove turned Harry back over, then caught from mid air a free flow water pillow with the middle out of it. She put the pillow on the bed and lowered Harry back onto the bed, and lifted the spell off of him that kept him stiff. She pulled back the blanket and started rubbing a cream on his bruised ribs.

“Can I do that?” asked Ginny.

“Sure, it won’t heal them completely, but it will start the process.” While Ginny busied herself with the cream she spoke softly to Harry. “I’m so sorry I hurt you Harry. You never complained even once. Thanks for giving me the best day of my life. And, although you won’t remember, I’ll know that in your heart, you love and need me. I can’t wait for the day to come when you know this, and our hearts will dance together.”

She finished and put her hand on his chest. She spoke excitedly to anyone around. “I think he’s starting to get warm!”

Just then Madame Pomfrey returned from her office. She looked at the vitals and said it looked like everything was going in the right direction. “If things continue to go like this then Harry will be -”

“100% AOK!” said an over exuberant Ron. The twins did a high five, and a “yeah!” Ron and Hermione hugged each other and laughed. Hagrid beamed and said, “Awe, at’s a ticket!”

But, Dumbledore and Ginny looked somberly at Madame Pomfrey and Lissydove, who weren’t celebrating.

“Poppy, what is it?” Dumbledore inquired softly.

“He isn’t going to get better?” Ginny asked, disbelieving what she was afraid of hearing.

“Well, I was going to say that it looks like our Harry is going to live, but, as I said before, and this mirror shows my fears correctly, Harry has suffered significant brain damage. It will be a very slim chance the damage will heal.

Hehe, when I read it, I was very impressed. It sounded like you knew what was going on and everything

Hehe, adorable
Awe, precious
Oh no! Not good! He has to heal!

Great chapter, Connie! PLEASE PAMS!

Ah, I've been lazy

Haha! lol Yeah, I agree about Ginny and Harry in the movies. It's a bit like she popped up out of nowhere Then again, how do you depict "a raging monster rising up" in Harry on film without all the characters noticing? XP

OMCGEE! ROOOOON! *punch* Oooh *nods* That's why

Khehehehehhehe You write Dumbledore brilliantly

Okay...so I'm nit-picking again...but the bit of magic Dumbledore does doesn't seem very plausible to me :/ Then again, it's old magic so how would I know? I can't believe Dumbledore let them watch Harry's memory Bad move DD, bad move

Will catch up soon!

OH and Congrats for the Goblin win! :party: :dance:

Connie!

I loved the medical mumbo-jumbo, but I think you know alot more than you're letting on. It was well done. I'm so glad that the chip was extracted successfully from Harry's brain and put where it was supposed to be, and the excess fliud removed! Random... Now we just need Peter Pan to help wish him into a full and complete recovery... Can we do that??? Right now??? Please???

Oh, oh, oh, I loved how Ginny tried so very, very hard to sneak Harry's t-shirt into her cloak, and she actually almost did! Boy, that Lissydove sure doesn't miss a trick does she? Must've been from hanging out with Sirius and James as a teen... I bet they'll make the perfect couple... (only four more weeks?)

I'm also glad that Lissydove allowed Ginny to assist in Harry's recovery. I think it will help Ginny to heal after this tramatic event!

Excellent chapter, Connie. I can't wait until next week!
Katie

Hey Connie I miss everyone too but I've been having a great time and yesterday we took a boat out to Cape Cod. I've already told emily this but I'm using my I pod for this and it's terrible for doing replys with quotes so when I get back I'll do one big quote of all the posts while I wad away. I don't think you need to worry about us not bwliviblng the medical terms used cause I thought it was brilliant! I liked how they let Ginny help clean up Harry. She knows he loves her really. But then madam pompfry reminded us just at the end how harry will never be the same we'll love him just the same though
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Hey Conners, you really should write shorter chapters I miss your story, how's the cat? I loved your invention of the cat/kid/person, I hope you haven't killed him off. If you have I'm proud of you because it's not easy killing off characters we've created anyways, I'm not reading, I'm afraid your chapters really are too long and the days are too short and blah blah blah the kids You know about the kids Conners. I'm very happy you won your 1st Golden Goblin. Congratulations I'm sure if you keep writing fanfiction there will be more.

As for me, you should be proud, I haven't touched fanfiction since I left last. I've only written my own stuff. Sadly not too much of it, and it isn't very good though I did finish that short story I was writing on my Lj, the one about the girl who was dying. I'm thinking of editing it and submitting it somewhere. I'm working on more short stories. Lemme know what you've been up to ... you know where to find me, or at least my stories ...

your pal,

~Otty

Caught up! I've got to say the Mirror's usage was GENIUS! but I forbid you to vegetablize Harry. Ron would never forgive himself

Can't wait for more!

hmmm...interesting...waiting for more...but whatever those small thingys did to Harry, Lissydove better get him right!!!*crossing hands against chest and pouting*...lol...pams when you can...

Werecats are indeed people too, Connie, which is why I'm stealing your idea again and using it in my new Twilight fic ... erm Harry Potter fic Can you guess which one it is? Neways, is there any chance you have this whole fic saved or maybe you could e-mail it to me? I dunno if I can go over it all. Would you mind if I just started from here? Lemme know, 'kay? Not much time in the day but I'd really love to know what happened to my favorite Werecat.

TTYL

Emily Black: Hello Emily! Thanks for reading and commenting.

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Hehe, adorable ...Awe, precious

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Oh no! Not good! He has to heal!

Great chapter, Connie! PLEASE PAMS!

We shall see. Thanks Emily

Obi-Wan K'Lari: K'Lari! Hey there, good to see you again!

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Ah, I've been lazy

Isn't that what summer is for?

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You write Dumbledore brilliantly

Thank you very much!

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Okay...so I'm nit-picking again...but the bit of magic Dumbledore does doesn't seem very plausible to me :/ Then again, it's old magic so how would I know?

Sorry, I was mainly wanting him to do something that used a lot of movement. It'll be revealed why in the next chapter.

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I can't believe Dumbledore let them watch Harry's memory Bad move DD, bad move

I know right?! What's up with that? Has he gone off his rocker?Or maybe we should trust he has his reason not to be worried about it.

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OH and Congrats for the Goblin win!

Thank you very much!

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Caught up! I've got to say the Mirror's usage was GENIUS! but I forbid you to vegetablize Harry. Ron would never forgive himself

I am rather proud of the mirror idea. I think it was writing Dumbledore so much, I may've gleaned some of his gray matter he is so proud of having. LOL And we'll see how Ron does with taking the responsibility of Harry's Vegetable state. I recieved my siggy thing and stuff, but I don't know how to get it on my FF. Did you notice my tags?

Miss Weasley: Hey Katie girl!

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I loved the medical mumbo-jumbo, but I think you know alot more than you're letting on. It was well done. I'm so glad that the chip was extracted successfully from Harry's brain and put where it was supposed to be, and the excess fliud removed! Random... Now we just need Peter Pan to help wish him into a full and complete recovery... Can we do that??? Right now??? Please???

OK, First off, I do know more than I let on. I know that you tape a broken toe to the adjoining toes to keep them straight, and unmoving. But, listen, don't take my word for it, always consult your Dr. when in doubt.And secondly, I think we would need Peter Pans fairy, Tinker Bell to do the wishing on. Right?

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I'm also glad that Lissydove allowed Ginny to assist in Harry's recovery. I think it will help Ginny to heal after this tramatic event!

Yes, I believe you are correct.
Thanks for reading and commenting Katie.

OK Sorry everyone. We are having a huge thunderstorm, and i'm probably going to loose internet any time. I'm going to post quickly then after the storm come back and edit on the rest of the replys.

OK So, I'm back now. It was a big storm, and we got a massive amount of torrential rain. Our grass will be green tomorrow! Yea!!!! So where was I?

Morag: Hey Sophie. It seems like you've been gone forever. I'm glad you're having a great time.

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She knows he loves her really.

Yes, I think that will be helpful to her. Thanks for reading an commenting. I know it's difficult the way you're doing it. I wouldn't be able to.

OtterySt.Catchpole: ~Otts!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hello! It's great to see you! Hehehe, The cat is fine. I could never kill him off. He, I'm sure is what won me my Golden Gobblin Award. Everyone incudind myself loves him, I couldn't kill him off.

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You know about the kids Conners. I'm very happy you won your 1st Golden Goblin. Congratulations I'm sure if you keep writing fanfiction there will be more.

Yes, I do know. Kids are wonderful though. How are yours doing? I bet the baby is growing so fast! And thanks ~Otts. It's all to you I was even able to write this FF. Thank you.

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As for me, you should be proud, I haven't touched fanfiction since I left last. I've only written my own stuff.

I am very proud of you! But, I am soooooooooooooooooooo glad you've come back and put up your new FF, 48 Hours: A Human Nature Side Story -Sa13+ in the Epic/Adventure section. And I know the story you're speaking of. I'll go finish it. I have been wondering about her. Good luck with your short stories. And I love your art work.
Yes, of course, I'll be happy for you to join in here! I'd love it! And I'll be happy to e-mail the whole story. You'll have to PM me your e-mail address. You've missed a lot! hehehe. I'm so glad you're back ~Otts!

Harita: Hello!

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hmmm...interesting...waiting for more...but whatever those small thingys did to Harry, Lissydove better get him right!!!*crossing hands against chest and pouting*...lol...pams when you can...

LOL Those little Imps have proven to be such a big problem haven't they!? I'm sure Miss Lissydove has done everything in her power to put Harry right. I think she's pretty amazing. We'll have to see how he comes along.

Thank you everyone for reading. After tonight's post you'll be reading, "The Reunion" in 3 weeks. Next weeks Chapter 38, "Hope, to be Forgotten"



CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

Sirius Shows His Rage

“I can try to repair it, but I’m not confident that it will work. If it doesn’t work, then what we can expect is… well, Harry will more than likely be blind, deaf, mute, and have very little motor skills. Although, we may be able to teach him to walk, he will never run, or… fly again.”

She stood shaking her head, as Professor Dumbledore told her to “do whatever you can for him.” She and Lissydove went to her office to discuss options they had, and everyone else remained frozen in shock by Harry’s bed.

Ginny was the first to say anything. She simply looked at Ron, and said, “Why did I have to be your sister?” She turned and walked slowly towards the door. She knew what she said hurt Ron, but didn’t care. His pain couldn’t come close to the pain she felt at the moment.

Ron looked at the Headmaster and asked, “Sir, what kind of job can I get that will make top dollar? I know I’m not worth anything, but I’ll work every minute of every day. Then, when I turn seventeen, I’ll go to Romania and ask Charlie to train me to work with him to handle dragons.”

Hermione’s breath caught in her throat. “Ron, no!” she cried in a whisper. Tears were streaming down her cheeks as she clasped her hands around his arm.
He shook her off and rounded on her.

He raised his voice and with a red face and his voice shaky said, “What! You think the Dursley’s are going to be okay with this? Are they going to take him back with open arms and take care of him the rest of his miserable life? Hermione, they HATE him! The only thing they’ve ever given him is a single worthless Christmas present each year. Last Christmas his present they gave him was a toothpick! They’ll put him in some sort of institution!” With each sentence, he lost control of his voice and ended up crying out with his fists doubled, “He’s got nobody in his life to take care of him. He’s alone!” He put both hands over his face and rubbed it hard. Regaining some composure he turned back to the Headmaster. “I need a job, Sir, until I can leave for Romania. I’m responsible for Harry, and I’ll pay for the best care he can have.”

Dumbledore looked admirably at Ron. “I believe we’ve already established it’s not your fault, Ron, and furthermore…” But he was unable to finish, for, at that moment, Professor McGonagall barged in, thrusting the doors open and knocked Ginny off of her feet. Without missing a step, she reached down and pulled Ginny to her feet. “Goodness child! Watch where you’re going!”

Minerva half ran over to Dumbledore, then noticing the somber looks on everyone’s faces, she looked at Harry. “He’s not…”

“No, Minerva, there is no change in him, except to say he’ll most likely live. But tell me what has you in such a state!”

“It’s Sirius Black, sir, he’s in the castle! We need you at Gryffindor Tower. The Fat Lady’s picture has been assaulted and she’s abandoned her post. I’ve got all the students confined to the Great Hall with the Head Boy and Girl watching them. The staff is searching the castle, Filch is searching the secret tunnels and sealing them. Hagrid,” she turned to direct an order to him, “you’ll need to search the grounds.” She turned back to the Headmaster, “I think this lot can stay here if we seal the doors. Don’t you?”

“Thank you, Minerva for handling my job superbly. Yes, they can stay here. No doubt Peeves has seen something. We’ll send for Peeves and talk to him. Well, come then, let’s go find him.”

Madame Pomfrey and Lissydove had stepped out of the office when McGonagall came in with her news. Lissydove put her hands to her chest and drew in her breath sharply. Madame Pomfrey put her arm around her and took her back in the office.

Ginny went back to Harry’s bedside. “He’s so white still, when will he start getting his color back?”

“Maybe when his mind tells his body he’s going to live.” It was in a dazed state of mind Hermione said this.

Ron and Hermione gathered around Harry’s bed with Ginny. Ron looked up at the vitals and said with determination, “This mirror says that he hasn’t warmed up very much at all. How can a guy’s mind tell his body to warm up if he’s lay’n in a freez’n bed, uncovered, and half naked? I’m going to cover him. I know how he sleeps. He’s most comfortable on his right side, with blankets pulled up around his neck and his left foot uncovered.” He started to pull up the blanket, but Hermione took his arm and told him to stop.

“Let Ron cover him!” Ginny said scowling at Hermione.

“But, I mean we should record his vitals for the record before we cover him. That way they’ll be able to see if his recovery is coming along as it should be.” She looked at Ginny, abashed at the tone Ginny had used on her. “But I don’t think we should move him though. Ginny?” Hermione wanted to make sure she wasn’t going to get her head bit off by Ginny for the suggestion she made.

“You’re correct, Hermione, we need to record his vitals, then we’re going to try and repair the brain damage. After that; we’re going to make more of his blood circulate in him. He lost too much, that’s why he’s so white. With the repairs made to his brain, (and you see the fluid has stopped making his brain swell, due to the shunt in there) he should be able to get his color back, and his temperature should start to come back to normal.”

Lissydove was kind and her explanation was spot on, but her mind was on Sirius and if he was safe. Of course she couldn’t blame the kids, but she was so looking forward to her meeting with her beloved Sirius later into the night. The years had been long and hard to endure, but it seemed she was going to get to be with him at long last. She prayed they wouldn’t find him and that he was okay.

Madame Pomfrey set to work with magic charms, and Lissydove put a catheter in Harry’s arm. Next, she drew a syringe of blood. The blood she put in a sealed container and said a spell, and the amount of blood he needed appeared in the sealed container. Then she connected a tube from the container to the catheter in his arm. Lissydove picked up the container and held it about four feet over Harry. She said something and tapped it. When she let go of it, the container stayed where she left it.

They finished with their respective jobs at the same time. Stepping back, they looked at each other and smiled. Lissydove said that the intravenous transfusion would take only a short time. They checked the mirror, and satisfied with what it was showing, they went back to the office and sat down.

The three decided to sit down with the twins. They all sat in silence till Madame Pomfrey and Lissydove came back out and took the catheter out of Harry’s arm.
“This will be enough for him to live on, and we’ll see if he can start making up the rest he needs.” They recorded his vitals and gave Ron some blankets, motioning for them to cover Harry.

They spread the blankets over him and Hermione pulled them around Harry’s neck. Ron uncovered his left foot and Ginny covered it back again. “He can shake it loose after he gets warm.” They sat back down and they all snuggled close and got comfortable.

Hermione looked at Ginny then back to Ron. Her feelings were injured at what Ginny had told Ron. Ron sat with his head hung in shame and loneliness. Hermione looked back at Ginny, knitting her eyebrows together and pursing her lips. She wasn’t going to be able to stay silent much longer. She gave a huff then looked straight ahead. Then she turned and looked at Ginny about to say something, but Ginny rolled her eyes, along with a big huff of her own, and spoke.

“Ron,” she paused to think carefully what to say. He looked at her with such sad eyes. “You are such a prat and I’ll not have you smothering me the way you do. I can take care of myself.”

“Hear, hear,” joined in the twins. She snapped back at them hotly, “You’re just as bad, so watch yourself, both of you!” Her eyes darted to Hermione’s and it looked as if Hermione was about ready to step in for the kill.

“Anyway,” she continued quickly “it’s not your fault, not all of it. If you hadn’t been thinking the things you were, those Imps wouldn’t have gotten you. And if you hadn’t heard the little bit of conversation Harry and I were having, then you wouldn’t have gotten those thoughts in your head. Also, I guess I’m glad you’re my brother.” She looked at Harry and said, “I wonder what his life would have been like if he had family who loved him. I guess we should all be thankful for all we have.”

“Ginny, I am really sorry, but if only you hadn’t—”

“Don’t push it, Ronald!” Ginny glared at him.

“I wonder if they caught Sirius Black yet,” Hermione said quickly, wanting to change the subject. “Do you realize that we now need to assume Sirius is innocent, and Harry should be able to live with him now?” They talked till early in the morning, around three o’clock, and fell asleep huddled together under the blankets.

“Harry!” Everyone jumped at Ginny screaming. “Harry’s gone! Harry!” Madam Pomfrey and Lissydove came running out of the office.

“What is happening here? You can’t be disrupting—” She stopped when she saw the empty bed. “What’s going on here?”

“That’s what I’d like to know,” said Harry in a quiet, shaky voice as he stepped from behind the curtain.

good one and nice end of the post thank Merlin Harry is fine!!! now...Lissydove and Sirius meeting...me waiting........pams when you can though...

Awe, go easy on him, Gin, he had good intentions at heart. *Huggles Ron* This part kind of made me laugh. With Ron knowing how Harry sleeps and all.
I love all the sibling stuff. It was cute and I loved the bickering.
Yay! I'm glad Harry's awake
Great post, Connie! Please PAMS!

*snuggles Connie's head* Yeah, I guess you're right SUMMAH!!!

Ahhhh....there's always something with DD
Yay for Dumbledore's communal grey matter Aw! Poor Ronnie ;( Ohhhhh you should upload them to Photobucket and then use the image link things (the ones with [IMG])
I LOVE ITTTTT! Werecats are PEOPLE TOOO! hahaaaaaaaaa! I think I'll make a siggie with that Toooo funneh x

Ooooooohhhhhhh...owch...i felt that.

Wait...did I miss something?

HARRY!! Ohhh, but it looks like he's angry!!

Post soooooooooooon Connnnnnehhh!

Hey Connie. Sorry but I'm still posting with this iPod and it's killing me Great Post. At first I thought that they shouldn't have moved him but then T the end of the post when he was up and awake I was like , be my guest! Next tome it happens just do what ever it was you did because knowing Harry Potter, there will be a next time! Ginny was a little cold towards Ron and Hermione. She needed to sit down and think about what she said to them- Ron especially because whAt would she do without him? She certainly has a redheads nature- diving in withou. Really thinking about what your going to say. I would be the first to admit that. I'm guilty of it! Shame on me!!! I'm so glad Harry is alive. I hope he's well though and it hasn't done too much damage. :glomps: * gives Harry huggles* I hope ginny apologises to Ron and Hermione soon.
PAMS Connie. Your doing a fantastic job!
Soph x

i love your story so much! this was a awesome chapter

Another great one, Connie!

The two parts I enjoyed the most this chapter was when Ron tried, unnecessarily, to be the hero... Can you imagine Ron working in Romania with Charlie.... and Minerva! She pretty near knocked Ginny for a loop in her attempt to get to Harry... and then. she has the nerve to bark at Ginny! I love how she was so self-absorbed.

I also enjoyed the scene with Harry and the covers. Each person thought they knew what was best... personally, I'd have left his foot uncovered as well. A person needs to breathe.

HARRY LIVES!!!!! Way to go Connie. I knew my boy Harry was stronger than any old insect!

Great work, Connie... I can't wait until Sirius and Lissydove meet up again... Hey? What happened to my count down?

Katie