Bellatrix pushed past her sister and broke into a run down the hallway, doors flying by her as she felt her vision start to tunnel. "No, not Hermione." She thought as she was running towards her lover's room. "This can't be happening." She slid into the room, throwing the door open. The lights were dimmed and her girlfriend was lying motionless in the bed. To anyone else, it would appear as if she were asleep. Bella felt in the pit of her stomach that something about this whole scenario was off. She had a cast on one of her hands, her dressing gown was open and had bandages across her abdomen, chest and part of her neck that were bloodied and in need of being changed.
"She's in a coma," Andy said, coming to stand next to her sister. "The boys are in the waiting room. I've filled them in."
"How?" Bellatrix said as she slowly approached the bed, conjuring a chair and sitting down next to Hermione's head. She ran her hand through the chestnut hair and placed a soft kiss on her forehead.
"When she went down, she hit her head pretty hard. The doctors aren't sure what to do. She'll probably need to be transferred to a muggle hospital. They were able to stop the curse and close up most of the wounds. The doctors said they will still bleed for a few days but that it isn't life threatening. She's on a blood replenishing potion. It also would appear that when she fell, she broke her wrist so they cast it just out of precaution, they used a bone setting spell but didn't want to take any chances." Andromeda took a breath and watched as her sister started to tear up. "I'll give you some time with her. The doctors will be in soon to talk to you. I've let them know you are here" without waiting for Bella to respond, she backed out of the room and closed the door softly behind her.
"This curse," she ran her fingers gently over the bandages on Hermione's middle, "was meant for me, love. It should be me laying here, not you. You didn't deserve any of this." Bella laid her forehead gently against her girlfriend's, "it's over. You are finally safe from that horrible woman and we can't even properly celebrate because somehow I still failed. I still managed to fuck everything up. I am so sorry that this happened to you. It should be me." Bella let the tears flow freely, clinging to her girlfriend as gently as she could. "This isn't over. You'll come back. Forever then." Bella kissed Hermione's cheek and felt herself drift off into a dreamless sleep.
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Bella roused from her sleep by a hand slightly shaking her shoulder, "piss off Andy. I'm sleeping."
"Madam Black? My name is Stephanie. I'm the Healer in charge of Ms. Granger. Your sister informed me of what happened at the scene but I'd like to ask you a few additional questions if that's okay."
Bellatrix looked blearily between her girlfriend and the doctor trying to piece together everything that happened before she ended up in this chair bedside next to Hermione. "Sorry. Healer? I'm sorry. I didn't hear your name."
"Healer Swan." She held out her hand which Bellatrix hesitantly shook. "But please, call me Stephanie."
"Bellatrix."
"So, can you tell me how Ms. Granger fell when she was cursed?"
"Umm," Bella said, closing her eyes and the horrid memory of the event flashed before her eyes. "She went down sideways, landing on her arm which is why I assumed it's broken and her left temple."
"She didn't hit the back of her head then?" The healer asked, sounding surprised.
"No, not at that time." Bella sighed. "She was there for sometime before we arrived and had bruises on her face so I'm assuming some sort of altercation happened prior to our arrival. It's possible she hit her head more than once."

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Blurred Visions of Tomorrow
FanfictionPart 2 in the Shades of Grey series. You should read that one first. This story is also complete: 13 chapters. Part 3 is in progress Two years after the end of Shades of Grey. Bella gets a job at the ministry. The girls development their relations...