I solemnly swear that I am up to no good | Professor Remus Lupin

Chapter 70 - "Celare"

After a deep deep sleep filled with nightmares and pain I couldn't escape, thanks to the spell on me, I woke up and opened my eyes blinking. At first I was confused on why my left eye seemed to be covered by something, because I only saw black and it hurt moving it. I slowly sat myself up and held my head, only to be pushed back into the bed. I smiled softly when I looked into the one green eye and the hectically moving prosthetic eye.

„Moody..." I said softly and he smiled at me weakly.

„I-I did my best..." he told me and this time he let me sat myself up. Madam Pomfrey greeted me and walked to my other side and handed me a hand mirror.

„It is not gone...and the pain and the wound is still there. It is healing and it will take time and...and y-you lost your eyesight..." Madam Pomfrey told me and placed a hand on my shoulder to comfort me. „But Alastor managed to hide it, he can teach you the spell..." she gave him a quick nod.

He stepped closer to the bed and started to take off the bandaid, that covered the left side of my face. I sucked in my breath when I saw the deep cuts that went from my forehead down to my cheek. When Moody continued to unwrap it and removed it fully, my left eye was revealed. It was white and even though it moved around like the still functioning one, I realized that the bandaid hadn't been the reason why I only saw black on this side...

„At least your eye is still there..." Moody commented and his prosthetic eye spun around. He smiled weakly and I let out a small chuckle.

Madam Pomfrey squeezed my shoulder before she left me and Moody alone. He sat down on the side of my bed and let out a long sigh.

„I don't want to give you a lecture on lying.." He said and looked at me. „So I'll make this quickly and knowing your skill, I know you'll probably be able to perform it rather fast."

I nodded and looked at him, waiting for him to show me the spell. He let out another sigh and took out his wand.

„Watch" he ordered before he performed the spell and said the word „Celare!"

After the flick of his wand I looked at myself in the mirror again and watched the deep cuts slowly disappearing and my eye turning from white to my brownish green again.

With the same flick and „Ostendo!", the cuts returned and my eye lost his color again. „Try it." Moody said and handed me his wand. Before I actually tried it on my face I tried the wand flick a few times until Moody thought it was good enough. I looked at him nervously before I posted the wand directly at my face.

I performed the spell and it worked. As I watched my face to transform like nothing ever happened, I smiled at Moody widely, but flinched because of the pain from my left side.

„The pain will stay for a while...this is just like a mask, beneath it the wounds are still there and you'll feel them..." Moody explained and took his wand back, before he got up. „It doesn't need refreshing spells or anything...but I would check the wounds once a while..."

I nodded and smiled at him, ignoring the pain that the smile caused me. And before I could properly thank him he rushed out of the hospital wing. Standing up wasn't that big of a problem, but the pain coming from my head seemed to numb my body, so I only walked really carefully and hold onto the metal bed frames. As I got closer to the door I looked up at the clock on the wall to check the time, it was almost lunch time.

„Where are you going, young lady?" I heard Madam Pomfrey's voice behind me.

„Can't you see I'm healed, Madam" I said towards her and winked dramatically, which had been a very bad idea. I whined in pain and hold my hand over my left eye, which I had just tried to wink with. „Fuck" I muttered under my breath.