𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐀 𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐌𝐀

Chapter 30

Chapter Warnings: Some violence

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The Veela Enigma

Chapter 30: Veela Rescue 101

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"Mr. Potter? Mr. Potter, are you awake?"

A pause.

"He's not responding. Miss Granger, can you try?"

"Harry? Harry, can you hear me? We need you to swallow something, okay? Can you wake up enough to swallow?"

Harry could hear Hermione's voice but it was garbled, the words difficult to interpret. He felt like he was listening to his friend from underneath the lake. He wanted to respond to her, to tell her yes, he could swallow, but he was so tired…so very tired…

"Can't we just use Enervate on him, Madame Pomfrey?"

"I'd rather not risk it, Mr. Weasley. Not so soon after he's been healed. Miss Granger, please try again."

"Harry? Harry listen to me. I need you to swallow something. That's all. Can you do that for me? Please Harry?"

 

Harry wasn't sure if he was dreaming or awake. His muscles felt like lead, and his eyelids seemed to have weights on them. But Hermione was pleading with him, and so with a great effort of will Harry managed a croak.

"…Her...mi…."

"Oh my God, did you hear that? That was Harry!" Hermione's voice said eagerly, sounding excited. "Oh Harry, you're awake. Here, Madame Pomfrey has something for you, alright? You just lie there and swallow, okay?"

"…'kay…"

Harry felt his jaw gently pried open, and then a bitter liquid was poured into his mouth. He would have choked but Hermione was right by his ear, gently coaxing him to swallow.

Harry managed to swallow the unknown elixir, and then relaxed again. He immediately began drifting back to sleep, back into that heady dream world of exhaustion and -

Suddenly, he was wide awake.

"Whoa," he said, sitting upright on the bed. He blinked at the fuzzy room, feeling energy surge through his veins. "What just happened?"

"You have barely slept over the last couple weeks, Mr. Potter. Your body was only functioning because you are taking a potion twice a day. It would seem that while you were injured, the potion you were taking wore off and your body absolutely would not wake. So, we gave you an Energy Potion," Madame Pomfrey explained, handing Harry his glasses.

Harry gratefully slipped his glasses on to find himself in the hospital wing, lying in bed. Madame Pomfrey was already bustling off, presumably to get more potions or do more tests. Ron and Hermione leaned anxiously over him.

"The Energy Potion was Hermione's idea," Ron said, nodding his head in Hermione's direction. "She's the one who realized why you wouldn't wake up. We were all so confused - you were healing just fine but you were out like a light and wouldn't wake no matter what we did. Then Hermione remembered that Snape's potion had probably worn off so of course you were still sleeping."

"Well, I should have thought of it sooner," Hermione added. "Anyway, that's just a regular energy potion in you now, not the one Professor Snape gave you. Didn't seem right to give you the lust potion part when Draco's not even -"