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XVI

Draco Malfoy

I knew she was too scared, too shocked and flabbergasted from me disappearing and reappearing.

So I think this was enough for tonight, don't want to piss her off too much, she asked me to leave and I was going to say something when I feel my bandaged arm burn in agony. That fucking Venom.

She had her eyes closed and I took my chance to Apparate back into the wizarding world, in front of the healers house, clutching onto my arm as I feel it burning into my blood.

The healers house? the burning in my arm is getting serious, it's not just the pain anymore it's the heat burning throughout the entirety of my arm, there is something wrong.

I Apparate quickly and walk up to the front door and bang on it with my good hand, my right arm clutching my left arm, this might be serious.

A male Healer with red hair, and a pair of glasses opens the door. the same that treated me before tonight. Liam Fisher

he looks at my bandaged arm and takes a step back, a shocked expression plastered all over his face.

"You need to come in immediately," he says with a serious look on his face, "I need you to sit down, I don't think it's a good idea to stand."

This doesn't look good. I nod my head, not trusting my voice in my current state. My right arm seems to be getting worse by the second.

Liam takes me in and brings me right into his treatment room, it's empty at this hour and I sit down on one of the chair.

"What's wrong? what is it" I ask without turning to see him.

"Nothing that can't be healed, dark lord wouldn't kill off his right hand, but this could take a lot while, maybe could get worse in between," he says pushing his glasses at the bridge of his nose.

"If this can be healed, then do it," I demand him, this pain and burning in my arm has become insufferable.

Liam sighs, a frown on his face as he examines my arm for a couple of minutes, this is just getting out of hand. is this my punishment, to live with a crippled arm for the rest of eternity now?

"It started burning again because, the potion I put on ran out, you have to change the bandage every now and then, preferably every four hour." he says

"Every four hours..?" I repeat, not sure if I heard him correctly.

I shake my head, and close my eyes, this just adds another thing to the list of "Inconveniences" in my daily routine.

"I can't have it burning like this again, that was horrible," I tell Liam my voice low.

Liam nods, "Yes, yes I can feel how it feels."

I shake my head, this is really not good at all.

He keeps the bandage beside after removing it, I could see the ink mark on my arm moving in my skin my hand is all black and blue. the snake venom still dripping blood from the wound. he then takes some cloth and wipes it, removing the blood.

I wince after he wipes the venom off, the burning is spreading, up to my hand now, the veins visible on my palm. I feel as if all the blood in my entire body is being replaced by the venom, I feel the poison seeping into every nerve in my body. it starts to hurt so bad that I can't even speak, I just want to scream with pain but no sound comes out.

I can see him from the corner of my eye, he was examining the bandage, the venom soaked the cloth he was wiping it with.

"I will make a different potion for you, one that can last through the night as well. this should prevent the burning" Liam says, wrapping my arm up again.

I nod my head, anything that could prevent the pain and the burning in my arm is worth it.

Liam makes me wait for a few minutes, I close my eyes I'm exhausted and could feel my eyes getting heavy.

He comes back with the bandage, he has a potion bottle in his other hand.

I took in a deep breath closing my eyes for few minutes as Liam did his job, I tried to distract myself from the pain and burning. He then took the same potion, I don't even know what's in it and pour it on the cloth, then he wrapped it around my arm. it stung.

I try to calm myself down, thinking about Roseline. imagining her face instead of Liam's.

My sweet relief, Roseline. I imagined her face, I imagined her wrapping my hand with a bandage instead of Liam. I recall how she asked me what happened to my arm earlier.

Her blonde hairs falling to her sides, her blue eyes staring at me. I imagined if she was here, I wouldn't feel any pain at all.

She would be the perfect cure, the pain just melts away when I think of her. wrapping my arm with a bandage while her other hand rests on my forehead to check if I have a fever. just like she does to her other patients.

I feel a strange calmness come over me, my body relaxes and the pain starts to ease a little. I can't believe this, is it my relief? is this some sort of magical effect or am I just imagining things.

Liam leaves me alone for a moment, I guess he thinks I need some time to relax alone, but I don't. not if Roseline is in my thoughts.

I open my eyes and look at my arm. My eyes are wandering on it, on the mark that's moving under the bandages, my hand with my dark blue veins. The burning isn't that bad now, I have to give it to Liam, the new potion he made might actually be working.

He comes back again after few minutes, with a potion bottle in his hand, "Here, you know the drill, take it now and again after four or five hours," he says handing me the potion bottle.

I take the potion in my good hand and swallow it down in one swallow. The pain is barely there now and the burning sensation is completely gone.

"Thank you," I say to him

"Yeah, and if it gets worse, out of control and you can't reach me, make sure you don't touch anyone," He says raising his eyebrows.

"What do you mean by that?" I ask, confused as to what he is suggesting.

"This venom is potent, if the venom was to take full effect, it can take over one's body, their mind, and make them go on a rampage. if it gets worse it'll spread don't touch anyone when that happens" Liam says in a monotonous voice

"You're kidding, this can happen?" I ask shocked. The venom in my arm is already deadly, and now it can spread as well?

"Yeah," He says looking at me seriously. "And it can get real bad, if you touch anyone you risk infecting them, your touch can infect them and your venom can take over them as well. it's dark lord serpent's venom ofcourse it's dangerous, but don't worry it won't kill you,"

"It won't kill me?" I repeat that part, making sure I heard him correctly.

"Yes, you won't die from the venom alone, but the pain may become unbearable and you could get so lost in it that you can't think straight. it's a dark beast you're dealing with here, but don't worry I'm keeping close tabs, you'll be fine," he says in a soft and reassuring tone.

"Well that's really reassuring" I say sarcastically, I can't believe this is my current situation.

"Yeah, be careful and keep those bandages on, change them every four hours, and don't miss the dose" Liam tells me and I get up to leave.

"You'll be alright, but take this seriously. If it gets worse and you touch anyone, anyone at all that has a weak mind and body it might not go very well for them" Liam tells me again.

"I get it, I get it," I say rolling my eyes. I am getting pretty tired of this whole thing.

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