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CH 39 A testing of the potion
�St Mungo�s? Headmaster that is the worst thing you could have done right now. We have to get her back here, I shall treat her myself.�
�Severus, St Mungo�s is a wonderful hospital, you know that. She is perfectly safe there.� Poppy Pomfry told him.
�No Poppy she is not safe there.�

�Headmaster, if my suspicions are correct, the ones responsible for her �injuries, will already have made it know to certain parties that she has a large wound on her right leg. Word travels fast in certain quarters, the Dark Lord will soon associate her injury with the one inflicted in Spinners End. You will have to remove her, as her legal guardian you are the only one who has the authority to do so. I cannot be seen with her now, otherwise the Dark Lord will know that I am aware of her true identity as far as the attack on me is concerned. Get her out of there and bring her straight to my quarters. NOW.� He ordered, turning and leaving the room.

He did not even realise he gave the Headmaster a direct order, his thoughts only on Lou and how best to deal with the situation.
He went directly to his private quarters and called for Kreatcher.
�What does you want? I serves the Miss, no one else.� He told the Potions Master scathingly.
�That is why I called you Kreatcher, Louhi is in danger. I want to prepare my spare room, make it habitable for her. She is to be kept here and no one is to know. Her life depends on this Kreatcher and I need your help, she has been �assaulted, and her leg once more damaged. The culprits cannot be brought to justice without endangering her life more than it already is.�
�Kreatcher will help, Kreatcher will do anything for the Miss.� The elf immediately set to work on the room while Severus went to his private laboratory to make certain he had the potions and salves necessary.

When he returned, his arms full of phials, jars and bandages, he discovered Kreatcher and another elf, hard at work. The room was decked out in pastel shades of green and lavender, apparently the new elf had decided this and Kreatcher did not argue with her.
When Severus raised a questioning eyebrow the smaller elf told him.
�I is Pegnose, I is to be Kreatchers mate. We works together and I is waiting to be bound to the Miss Black. I keeps her secrets like Kreatcher.�
�Very well, I do not have time to argue. I want the drapes removed from the bed, I need access to her without the hindrance of hangings. Her belongings are to be collected from her room and brought in here, including that infernal owl.�
He went to his study and sat at his desk, wrote a short message and as soon as Validus arrived, sent the owl off to deliver it.
Hermione was sat in bed reading when there was a tap at her bedroom window. She scrambled out of bed to find Lou�s owl hopping from one leg to the other impatiently.
�Validus, what are you doing here?� She asked once the owl was inside. She gave him a treat and opened the small missive he gave her.

�Thank you Validus, I�ll be right down.� She told the owl.
He flew out the window and Hermione quickly dressed before leaving her room and heading down to the dungeons, wondering why on earth the Potions Master was requesting, no demanding her presence. And why did he use Lou�s owl? And why all the secrecy?
Hermione barely had time to raise her hand and knock when the door was yanked open and she was pulled inside.

She started when the door closed behind her and was heavily warded.
�P �Professor?�
�Miss Granger, what I am about to tell you is of the utmost secrecy, the only reason I am telling you anything is because I need your cooperation. Will you take an oath not to reveal anything I tell you or anything you see in these rooms tonight?�
�Yes, if it means that much to you.�
�I Hermione Jane Granger, do swear never to reveal anything I see or hear in these rooms this night.�

A small swirl of magic surrounded her and disappeared.
�Sit down Miss Granger.�

He took his own place behind his desk and studied the young woman in front of him for a moment.

�You are the only one capable of assisting me with the task I have ahead of me, as a member of the Order, that makes you doubly valuable at the moment. I need you to take charge of some of my classes, first through fourth years. You will of course revive distinctions with your NEWT�s pass for this. It will interfere with your other classes I know, and I apologise for that, The Headmaster will arrange that you have additional time to catch up before taking your NEWT�s. Miss Granger, Miss Black has been seriously assaulted, I believe the Dark Lord will soon realise that she is the one who assisted me in Spinners end and will pull out all the stops to eliminate her. I cannot punish the culprits without endangering my position in his ranks, at least not yet. Are you willing to help?�

Hermione looked at him wide eyed. �Of course I will help Professor. It goes without saying. When you say Lou was assaulted, what exactly did you mean Professor?�

�She was raped Miss Granger, raped and obliviated, Also her leg was damaged, possibly beyond repair. Until I have examined her myself, I cannot say for sure. Do you know of her background Miss Granger?�
�Only that she was in care and then lived next door to you.�
He removed a small pensive from a shelf and using his wand, pulled a long silvery strand from his temple, wound it around the wand and deposited it into the pensive.
�What you are about to see Miss Granger, is extremely sensitive material. You shall not let Miss Black know that you are aware of these memories, they were shown to me in the strictest confidence, but I need you to be aware of why the assault on her would be even more traumatic than would normally be the case. She does not know of the rape and I would prefer it stays that way for the time being. Go ahead.�
Hermione took a deep breath and placed the tip of her wand into the pensive. She was immediately taken to a muggle house where she saw a little girl sitting on a sofa, she watched the memories Lou had given the Professor right up until the time she was standing outside the bedroom door when she, Ron and Harry were discussing whether or not Lou was a fraud. She did not see the part where Lou walked in on the Potions Master, but she did see the times Lou watched them all, wanting to join them and being shunned and ignored every time she approached them.
Severus did not need to put that into the pensive, but he wanted a little bit of payback for their share of hurt they�d inflicted on Lou.
Hermione was grey when she came from the pensive, tears slowly trickling down her cheeks. Her mouth opened and closed several times but she didn�t speak.
�Now you understand Miss Granger, are you still willing to help?�
�Yes Sir, even more so.� She told him, her voice croaky with the emotion she was struggling to hold in.
�Good. Here is the timetable and lesson plans for the classes you will teach, I believe you already know the wards to my potions store. Should anyone ask, you are thinking of taking on a Potions Apprenticeship and I have graciously allowed you to instruct classes for a short term before deciding whether or not you are suitable. You do realise that you are the only student in this establishment that I would trust with this task Miss Granger?�

�Y �yes, thank you Sir. I wont let you down, I promise.�

�You had better not. It would also be prudent to let it be known that Miss Black has had a nasty fall and is at present being treated in a private hospital of an unknown location. I do not want it known that she is here. That includes your friends Miss Granger.�
�I wont tell anyone where she is, you know I wont. You wouldn�t have called me down here if you didn�t trust me Sir.�
�Thank you Miss Granger, you had best go back to your room. You have an early start tomorrow and Miss Black should be arriving soon. Goodnight.�
Albus and Poppy arrived at St Mungo�s and went straight to the floor where Lou was being treated. They could hear her kicking up a fuss as soon as they entered the corridor, she sounded terrified and was screaming at them to leave her alone.
As soon as she saw Albus, she tried to reach her arms out for him and pleaded with him to get her away from here.
He immediately removed the sticking charm.
�It�s a hospital. I can�t be in a hospital, I can�t. Please take me back with you, I don�t want to be here.� She clung to Albus tightly, sobbing into his robes.
�Do not worry child, that is the reason we are here, to take you home.�

�Honest, you wont leave me?�

�No, we shall not. Now you need to let me go so I can sign the release forms.�

�No.� She cried. �I�ll come with you and we can sign them together. You might leave me.�
Poppy meanwhile, was speaking with Lou�s consultant. She told him they were taking Lou to a private hospital out of the country and needed her release papers immediately.

She refused to give the name of the consultant or the name of the hospital that would be taking over the care of the young girl, saying only that it was an exclusive family run hospital in the far east.
The consultant at St Mungo�s was not that sorry to see the girl go, she�d fought against them constantly and refused to let them near her. She seemed terrified at the sight of a doctor and they�d had to place sticking charms on her to prevent her from trying to get out of bed. Unfortunately this only served to make her even worse. Quite frankly he�d be glad to see the back of her.

Even Lou didn�t know why she was so afraid of being fastened down to the mattress, only that something bad would happen if she didn�t get away.
When she saw Albus and Poppy, she was so relieved that she grabbed hold of him and wouldn�t let go. All she wanted was to get out of this hospital, they�d hurt her, she knew that from the last time she was in one.
Poppy Pomfry entered the room with the consultant and two young doctors. The two younger males, one blonde and one dark haired, both jumped a mile when Lou caught sight of them and let out a blood curdling scream.
She didn�t know why she was afraid of them, but only stopped screaming when they were ushered from the room.
Albus signed for her release and placed a calming spell on her before wrapping her in a blanket and picking her up. He carried her to the nearest floo and he and Poppy flooed her back to Hogwarts, directly into the Potion Masters study.
Severus was pacing up and down waiting for their arrival and immediately relieved the Headmaster of his bundle when he stepped from the fireplace.
Carrying her through to her new quarters, he told Albus of the arrangements he�d made with Miss Granger, and the rumour she was going to circulate about Miss Black come morning.
�It is similar to what we told them at St Mungo�s Severus, a private hospital in another country. You have done well readying this room for her.�

�Not me, Kreatcher and his �mate.� He added distastefully. �The very idea of elves �ugh.�
He laid Lou on the bed and removed the blanket, Poppy went to the other side of the bed and helped remove her clothing.
The medi-witch gasped when she saw the words carved into Lou�s breasts. �Circe I had no idea.� She said.
�Nor does anyone but us Poppy, and we would prefer it to stay that way.� Albus told her.
Poppy felt insulted that they would think she would gossip about this, but said nothing, more concerned about the girl on the bed at the moment. She spelled a nightgown onto Lou, leaving her lower half exposed so that she and Severus could examine her leg.
Not much had been done at St Mungo�s because of Lou�s resistance. All they�d managed to do was fasten her down and call the consultant. He�d not been on the ward for more than a few minutes when Albus and Poppy arrived to remove her.
Severus gave Lou a strong dose of sleeping draught, which she took without preamble. She was back with the people she trusted and that was enough for her.
As soon as she was asleep, Poppy removed the dressing. The wound was still closed, but a preliminary check with her wand still showed the ligament inside was snapped clean in two.
�Damn it all to hell.� Severus grumbled. �What did they do to cause this?�
He didn�t really need to ask, he already had a pretty good idea that she�d been forced to bend her leg.
�Are you going to open the wound again Severus?� poppy asked him.
�It has already been opened four times, any more and we may as well remove the leg. I have a potion I have been working on, to re-grow wasted muscle and tendons, repair damaged nerve endings. I am not entirely sure it will work, I have barely begun testing it, but I can see no other option at this moment. Do you both consent to me trying the potion on her? If it does not work, there should be no ill effects, though I cannot be one hundred percent certain of that.�
�As her legal guardian, I give my consent.� Albus told him.
�As a qualified medi-witch, I also give my consent Severus.�
The Potions Master removed a blood red bottle from his pocket and carefully measured a small amount into a beaker. He added an equal measure of water and renervated Lou.
As soon as she opened her eyes she winced in pain, but she did not cry out when her eyes met Severus� black ones. Instead she gave him a slight smile. �I�m sorry.� She whispered before he brought the potion to her lips. She drank it and he laid her down again.
�You have nothing to be sorry for.� He told her softly as she drifted off to sleep again.
Poppy ran her wand over the sleeping girl several times, studying the symbols that floated above Lou, her face growing more distressed with each new test she did.
�Poppy? Something is wrong, what?� Severus asked her.
�I ran a pregnancy test, I doubt a contraceptive spell was put into effect before �well, she isn�t pregnant.� She told them.
�But there is something, that is evident by the look on your face.�

�There is, though it is not a result of the assault. Her uterus is badly damaged, it has long since healed, but not as it should. It is deformed, mangled if you like, she must have suffered some trauma to it in the past. She will never have children.�
�That is extremely sad, is there nothing that can be done for her?� Albus asked the medi-witch.
�I�m afraid not, perhaps at the time it happened, but even then, I would not have been able to guarantee success. What do we do now?�
�Now we wait. I shall need to re-administer the potion every three hours, she still has a certain amount of bruising from her �I shall let you deal with that Poppy.� He told her and left the room, closely followed by the Headmaster.
�Drink?� Severus asked, once they were in the sitting room of Severus� private quarters. Without waiting for an answer, he accio�d a bottle of cognac and three glasses, pouring a generous amount into each.
Poppy joined them ten minutes later and flopped onto the sofa before picking up her glass.

�What about the ones who did this to her, is something going to be done?� She asked the two wizards.
�Indeed it is, but I shall deal with that Poppy. Severus told her. �I would appreciate it if you would stay with her until I return, you know the dosage and when to give it.�

�Headmaster.� He nodded to the older wizard and left the room.
Donning his Deatheater mask and robes, he left the school grounds and apparated to the Dark Lords place of residence.

�Snape, what brings you here at this hour?�
�It is the Nilsen girl my Lord, she has been assaulted, raped, badly injured and Obliviated, not very well I might add. I can only deduce you did not order this, as you ordered that I gain the girls trust and bring her over to our side.�
�Of course I did not order it you fool. Do you know who is responsible?�

�I have my suspicions my Lord. Draco Malfoy and Blaize Zabini have been harassing her since she boarded the train to Hogwarts. I have already walked in on one incident and been informed of several others involving the two boys and Miss Nilsen. Incidentally, I trust you received my missive informing you of her lineage to the Black family also.�
�I did. Leave the matter of the boys punishments to me Snape, I shall deal with them personally. How does the girl fair?�

Not well my Lord, her life hangs in the balance as we speak. I would request that I be allowed to return to her side, I have taken control of her care personally, knowing that I serve you in doing so.�
�I am also informed she came to Hogwarts with a leg injury, one consistent with a hex thrown by Goyle in the not too distant past.�
�She did my Lord, however, her injury differs in that the boy that Goyle failed miserably to kill, was maimed with a slicing hex, whereas Miss Nilsen has a bone injury that refuses to heal. It was doing quite well until this recent attack.�
�Good. You please me greatly Snape, you may go. Keep me informed as to her welfare.�
�Yes My Lord.�

Severus was more than relieved to return to Hogwarts without being crucio�d and made his way directly to his quarters. He�d only been gone a little over an hour and found Albus waiting for him, a fresh glass of brandy in his hand.
He related the details of his meeting with the Dark Lord and told Poppy she was no longer need.
The witch did not argue, she was exhausted and still had several students in the infirmary that needed tending to first thing in the morning.
Albus left the dungeons in the early hours of the morning, Severus administered the next dose of his experimental potion and left instructions with Kreatcher and Pegnose to keep an eye on her while he slept. He was to be wakened should there be any change, other than that, twenty minutes before she was due another dose of the potion.
This routine continued for one week, Severus gave fifth, sixth and seventh year Potions classes while Hermione took first to fourth.
By the following weekend, Severus was pleased with the results Miss Granger had produced with his classes. There had been only one minor accident, and she�d adhered to his lesson plan. Even the marking was up to date and he developed a great respect for the girl. Not that he would tell her so. No student had left the classroom unscathed, Miss Granger being almost as hard a taskmaster as himself. The only difference being that she showed no favouritism between the houses and was fairer with the points.
Lou was unconscious during the duration of her treatment, and Severus decided now would be a good time to let her wake up and see if the potion had the desired result.
Albus and Poppy were present, as was Kreatcher and Pegnose, all eager to see if Lou would walk again.
Five hours earlier, Severus gave Lou her final concoction of potions, this time omitting the sleeping draught. Now she was beginning to stir and they all watched intently, waiting for her to open her eyes.
He and Poppy were both pleased with the readings they�d been getting from her leg, although not fully functional, it would at least be usable.
Lou felt groggy and sick. She opened her eyes to a blur of shapes and closed them again to rub them. This time when she opened her eyes the shapes were less blurry and she started to recognise faces.
�Seurs� She managed, her voice slurred. �Serus. Ohh.� She groaned.
�Shh. Do not try and talk, you are still heavily sedated and it will be a while before you are fully coherent.� He told her as he sat on the side of the bed. �Lou, I need to do what I tell you. Do not try and speak, just do as I say.�
He pulled down the covers and lifted her left leg slightly. �Bend your knee for me Lou.�
Lou didn�t want to bend her knee, she wanted to go back to sleep.

�Bend it Lou.� he ordered.

She did.
He lowered the leg and lifted the right one. �Bend.� he said.

Lou bent her left leg again and he slapped it down.
�Your right leg, bend your right leg at the knee.�
She opened her eyes, trying to focus on Severus as he barked orders at her. She didn�t want to do this, it would hurt, she knew it would. But he raised his voice and told her again and she knew he wouldn�t stop until she did as he said.
Bracing herself she tried to bend her knee just a tiny little bit. �Ahh. Hurt.� she shouted.
�Again.� Severus told her.
Lou did but tears streamed down the sides of her face. It hurt like buggery and she didn�t want to do it any more. �peas, hurt.� She cried.
After five bends, Severus lowered her leg and covered her up.

�You did well, the leg will need to be exercised four times a day and, painful or not, you will do these exercises.� He told her.
He turned to Albus and Poppy. �It would seem my potion has been marginally successful, the rest is down to her. Providing she sticks to the regime I have set out for her, she should be up and walking in a week.�
Lou heard nothing, she�d slipped blissfully back to sleep.

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