its all about blood - angelrider93

Chapter 1 - Transfusion

Hermione Granger sat in the Hogwarts infirmary between the beds of her two best friends. Harry Potter was unconscious. He had been found on the Hogwarts grounds with none other than Draco Malfoy. Both young men had been severely injured by a rogue Manticore who had escaped the ministry of magic's custody and had gone on a hunting spree. Both Harry and Draco had lost a lot of blood and both required transfusions. Hermione glanced to the bed where her other best friend, Ron Weasley lay. Madam Pomfrey, the medi-witch at Hogwarts had given Ron a dreamless sleep potion after he had provided the blood needed to save Harry's life. It had been sheer luck that both Ron and Harry had the same blood type. Hermione was brought out of her thoughts by the sounds of voices coming from the curtains that surrounded Draco's hospital bed.

"I'm sorry Mr Malfoy but there is nothing more that I can do" the healer who Madam Pomfrey had called in from St Mungo's explained.

"What do you mean there's nothing more you can do?" Lucius Malfoy demanded.

"Your son needs blood or he will die"

"Well give him a blood replenishment potion then you stupid man!" Lucius snapped.

"I'm afraid that won't work, your son has lost so much blood that he does not have enough for the potion to work"

"Well then find a donor"

"It's not that simple Lucius" Dumbledore said sadly.

"What do you mean? You were able to save the Potter boy" Narcissa Malfoy asked, her voice husky from crying.

"Harry has a common blood type, his friend Mr Weasley had the same type as him. Draco on the other hand has a very rare blood type, unless we can find a donor who has the same blood type as him, we cannot give him the transfusion. Giving him the wrong blood type will kill him"

"How rare is this blood type? Could Narcissa or I have the same type?" Lucius asked, Hermione was shocked at the fear and concern that she heard in the elder Malfoy's voice,

"Draco's blood type is AB+, only one in a thousand people have it, But although one of you is certain to have the same type as your son, Draco's blood has antibodies in it, we have to find a certain donor blood or it will react with Draco's blood and kill him, we have already checked both of your medical records and neither of you match I'm afraid" the healer replied

"What about someone else? The professors? The students?" Lucius asked,

"I have already asked the students and professors, not one of them has the same blood type as Draco. His blood type means that he is a universal recipient, but again the antibodies are preventing that, he must have a donor of the same type that is compatible with the antibodies" Dumbledore replied sadly. Narcissa burst into tears and rested her head on her son's lap as he lay, pale as a ghost in the bed.

"Are you telling me that my son is going to die?"

"Without a donor, yes. The blood replenishment potion that we are using for him is keeping him alive for now, but it will only work for three more hours at the most"

"My son can't die! Albus I may be a heartless bastard, but I do love my son, I don't want him to die" then Lucius turned to the healer "What about a muggle? Surely a muggle hospital would have some of this blood type stored away"

"That they would Mr Malfoy, but using muggle blood in itself would cause other problems"

"What problems? Quite frankly I would be willing to use hippogriff blood if it meant saving Draco's life"

"Because of the amount of blood that Draco has lost, if we were to give him muggle blood, he would lose his magical ability" Dumbledore replied. Narcissa gasped, and Lucius paled,