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Chapter 1

" Visiting hours are now over. They will resume at 8 a.m. tomorrow." a voice on the loudspeaker announced. Hermione glanced down at her watch.

"Tempus" It was nine o'clock already? How had the time gone by so quickly. Hermione grabbed her stack of charts and walked to the staff lounge.

"Healer Granger, a word if I may?" a deep voice came from behind her. She spun around and saw Healer Hawthorne standing there.

"Of course Healer Hawthorne. How may I be of assistance to you?"

"I know you normally work in the Artifact Accidents ward, but I could really use your help in my department. I've spoken to Healer Brown and she has agreed to let you help in my case." Healer Hawthorne explained showing Hermione a seat at the table.

"I'd be glad to lend my assistance if possible Healer Hawthorne. Could you present the details of the case to me?" Hermione grabbed a quill and parchment to write notes.

"I have a young man, around your age in fact, in the Spell's damage Ward. Someone has cursed him and now he can no longer walk. I've tried everything I can think of but have had no success in helping him walk again." Healer Hawthorne looked extremely stressed and agitated.

"How long ago was the damage done? " Hermione inquired.

"Sadly, since the final battle at Hogwarts." He replied grimly. Five years! Hermione couldn't believe what she was hearing. That was a very long time ago to start treatment only now.

"He did not start feeling the effects of the curse until about two years ago. It's been slowly deteriorating his spine. I've tried to use skele-gro to grow the bones back and all it does is temporarily alleviate his paralysis." Healer Hawthorne ran his fingers through his hair in annoyance.

"Please, Healer Hawthorne let's go up to your patient's room so that I may meet him, and hopefully come up with some alternatives we can work on together." Hermione said patting Healer Hawthorne's shoulder.

They walked up to the fourth floor Spells Damage Ward. Hermione hated this floor. She had to visit Harry here too often now that he had become Head Auror. She wondered who this patient possibly could be if they were around the same age. She saw her friend Daphne Greengrass running around helping the other healers. It was still funny to her how she had managed to become such good friends with Daphne after everything that had happened between Ginny and Harry. She still couldn't believe that Ginny and Harry had broken their engagement just a year ago. Harry had met Daphne here in the Spell's Damage Ward and had fallen in love practically instantly. This made no logical sense to Hermione obviously, as she needed facts and reasoning to make all her decisions. That's how I lost Ron though, isn't it? She thought to herself. She was too rational he had said. He needed more from their relationship than she could give. It took awhile but Hermione and Ron had moved past their discomfort and became good friends once again. She loved his new wife Paisley, a witch from America. They just had a little girl they named Emily Rose and Hermione was her Godmother.

Ginny had gone on playing Quidditch for the Holyhead Harpies, where she met and fell in love with her new husband Blaise Zabini. Blaise was easy to love though. He had a natural charisma that just lured all of the girls in their small group to him. He was fun and silly, just what Ginny needed to be honest. Harry had grown into a mature responsible adult ,which was not a good match for Ginny and her wild ways.

They turned the corridor and came to room 201. She saw a glimmer of pale blond hair. Why was Draco here? She knew that head of hair from a mile away. Luna hadn't mentioned anything about him being ill.

"Draco? Why are you here?"

"Oh thank Merlin, Mi you are here." Draco said tears brimming in his eyes. He stepped into the hallway to talk. Draco was disheveled,which was not the Malfoy way. He looked like he had been crying for hours.

"What's going on? Why are you so upset? Is this someone you know?" Hermione asked soothing her friend in a warm hug.

" It's Theo Nott. He's been my best friend since we were three Mi. I didn't know he wasn't well because he was travelling for work. He never mentioned it once! What am I going to do? He has no one Mi, his dad is in Azkaban. His mother died when he was a child. I'm all that he has left." Draco was sobbing uncontrollably.

Theodore Nott? She hadn't thought of Theo in years. She didn't realize how close Draco and he must be because Draco had never cried in front of any of their friends. Not even when Lucius had passed away due to the trauma he endured in Azkaban.

"Draco, do you want me to owl Luna? I'm sure she would like to be here with you." Hermione was half tempted to send her patronus to her friend to get her the message quicker.

"Mi, she shouldn't be here not when she is so far along in the pregnancy." Draco said wiping the tears from his eyes. Hermione scolded herself. Of course he was right Luna was due any day now, but she knew Draco needed her.

"How about this then. I'm here and you know I will do everything I can to help your friend. You need to get home to Luna and those babies." Hermione smiled trying to reassure her friend.

"You're right. I will go home let me just tell Theo goodbye for the night." Draco walked back into the room.

"Expecto Patronum, Luna love, Draco will be coming home soon. He's had a rough day." As Hermione's Patronus swam off, she straightened her shoulders and prepared to go talk to Theo Nott.