Death Eater's Daughter

One Hundred Twenty One

Fred's POV

I stayed watching her sleep
She was so beautiful when she slept
And she looked at peace
When was the last time she did this?
Does she still suffer at night?

  "Ehmm" I heard Hermione said

I looked over and she was glaring at me
  "Yes Granger?"

  "Stop playing with her" she said agitated

  "I'm not, I've left her alone for a while now. She told me she wanted me to so—"

  "So why are you here now?"

  "She needed my help up the stairs"

  "She needed help, not yours specifically. Why are you here still?"

I looked from Hermione to Cora again
Her eyes were shut softly and I watched as her chest raised and then lowered calmly
"I messed up Hermione"

"Obviously" she snapped

"I really love her. I was afraid to lose her to someone else, and the night of the ball I was so anxious about it that I drank. I fucked up then I know I did"

"Yup" she said dryly

I placed my hand on her head and began stroking her hair lightly
"Do you think she'll take me back?"

"Give her time, let her finish the tournament and then try again"

I nodded my head and let her hair fall through my fingers before I took my hand back and walked out of the dorm room
Everytime I left her I felt a piece of my heart stay behind
Shes so loving and caring
So beautiful and charming
She's perfect

"Did you talk to her?" George asked when I walked down the steps

"No, she was exhausted. I don't know why though" I sat down on the couch and looked over at Harry and Ron who showed up while I was up there "what's going on with Cora?"

"Wouldn't you like to know" Ron said

"Ron piss off" George said "is there something going on that we should know about?"

"If she wants you to know she'll tell you" Ron said

Harry shrugged his shoulders
"It's nothing serious, it's just a new problem that's surfaced"

"A new problem? Does it have to do with the last challenge? Wait when is the last challenge?"

"It's on next months full moon..." Harry said solemnly

"Is that why she's exhausted has she been trying to figure out a way around the moon's affects?" I asked nervously

"No, but that's a bigger problem that what she's dealing with now. Madame Pomfrey isn't sure of a way to help her without making it look like cheating"

I looked at George and he nodded his head
We both got up at the same time and walked over to our corner that we used to write down inventions

"What are you two doing?" Ron asked from the fireplace
We ignored him and sat down in our usual seats

"Can we figure out something for her?" I asked my twin

"Not sure, but we will try" he replied

The clock chimed a few times while we were here
Day light disappeared into the night sky
Hours went by trying different varieties of inventions for Cora
"This isn't something we can figure out overnight" George said

"I know, but if we can figure it out by next week that would be helpful"
Next week was this months full moon, I wanted her to try whatever we came up with before the challenge happened

"We need some kind of barrier" George said

"One that is invisible, and won't block spells. Though I'd prefer that honestly"

"Yeah but if we do that, they'll disqualify her"

"What if we make something that pumps wolfsbane into her blood stream?" George suggested

"We can ask Madame Pomfrey about that, I don't know the long term effects that the potion would do to her if she was having it constantly flow into her blood. But that's not a bad idea"

He nodded his head and got up
"Let's go"

"She's probably sleeping"

"Doubt it"

"Ok let's" I said getting up from my chair too

We walked to the hospital wing using the underground tunnels we knew about to avoid being caught by a Professor
When we arrived she was tending to a student who was projectile vomiting onto the ground

"Oh boy" she said looking at us "what prank?"

"None, we want to pick your brain about Cora" I said

She nodded her head and gave the student some potion before motioning for us to follow her into her office
Once she closed the door she pointed her wand to the ground to summon two seats
"Do you two have any ideas?"

"We thought about something that'll pump wolfsbane into her system the whole time she's in the maze" George said

"She shouldn't be taking it more than she already is, I'm afraid it'll hurt her if she takes it for a long period of time like that. We don't even know how long this challenge will be as well" she looked disappointed "I know you two want to help, but I'm not sure on how to...it's the first time I've been lost"

"What if we make her a personal cloud" George joked

Madame Pomfrey and I looked at him
"I don't think that'll work, it has to be subtle"

"What about something she can wear that'll protect her skin, like a cream?" I suggested

She thought about it
"A cream could work...I wonder if we add wolfsbane to the cream if that'll help"

"And that way it wouldn't be entering her blood stream, it would just be covering her like a barrier" I said

"Brilliant, the Professors around here don't give you two enough credit for your minds" she said smiling "what's her favorite smell we can make it that"

"She likes anything fruity" I said confidently "peaches, mango, strawberries, anything like that"

"I'm going to begin working on it, when the full moon hits next week she will have to try it and see if it works. For now, here are some notes to get you back to your dorms safely"
She passed us notes but we declined

"We prefer the art of sneaking around" I winked at her and she laughed

"Get to sleep"