The Enemy of my Enemy

The End is Nigh

This Chapter contains flashbacks!

Last time...

"Avada Kedavra!"

Cerberus froze as the jet of green light him in the chest. The words of his last spell had not quite left his lips as his eyes widened.

Teddie felt her breath leave her body again, although this time it was due to the shock of what she was seeing, and not because some sadistic woman was punishing her.

Then... someone screamed.

Now...

Teddie awoke with a start.

She pushed herself up, realising quickly that she was lying in a bed, the blankets of which pooled around her waist. She looked around, her gaze scanning the white curtains pulled around several little beds, the great stone pillars and ceiling that hide her away from the outside world.

She was in the Hospital Wing.

"Ah. Good, good. You're awake," said Madam Pomfrey, rushing over. Her hair askew under her hat, and she was pulling the ribbons of her apron around her waist, tying them at the back. She smiled sweetly as she stopped beside Teddie's bed, quickly taking hold of her arm and checking her pulse.

"What happened?" Teddie asked. "How did I get here?"

"The headmaster brought you here," said Madam Pomfrey. "He said you'd been hurt, and you needed immediate looking after."

"How long -?"

"Only an hour, dear," said Madam Pomfrey. "Your friends have been to see you, but it's still quite late, and you were unconscious. I sent them away. They can see you in the morning."

Teddie's gaze turned back to the Hospital Wing. She cocked her head to the side as she found one of the beds opposite her had a curtain pulled around it, she then remembered that the rest of her friends had been hurt down in the Department of Mysteries.

"They're all fine," said Madam Pomfrey. "Your friends, I mean. I have pulled the curtains around their beds to give them some privacy while they heal and sleep. Them, too, you can see in the morning."

Teddie sighed and leaned back against her pillow. She wasn't tired, but she was confused. What had happened at the Ministry? What had happened after she had passed out? Why had it been Dumbledore that had brought her here? Where was Harry? Where was Theo? Was he behind one the curtains? Was he alright?

She sighed. Thinking of Theo made her heartache. He was probably really mad at her, and she couldn't blame him. After agreeing to come and find Harry with her - twice - she had led him straight into danger, she had reunited him, unintentionally, of course, with the man that had made his life a living hell for years, and the man that had killed his mother right in front of him.

All the questions raced through her head, causing her to spend the rest of the night staring at the ceiling.

~X~

The next morning, Teddie opened her eyes to find Mason, Daphne, Astoria, Blaise, and Theo sitting around her bed. She smiled at them, although she knew that she was in trouble. The look on Daphne's face was enough to tell her that she was not out of the woods, and she would suffer through their talking to before they could welcome her back with open arms.

However, before Daphne could speak, Mason launched himself onto the bed and buried his face into Teddie's shoulder. His cold tears splattered against her skin, and she rolled over, hugging him to her and kissing the side of his head.