Hogwarts Is Where The Heart Is

Chapter 43

Genevieve still found herself exceptionally irked by the lack of ability to practice practical magic. Nurse Blainey did slowly allow her to perform short periods of magic. But the increments almost made it harder with how she was forced to hold back.

It was an agonizingly slow process made only slightly better by the visits from her close friends, and even a few more distant ones like Amit, Adelaide, and Nerida.

To add insult to injury her father was given leave to go a full week before her.

"Oh, come on!" she pouted with her arms crossed as he sat on the edge of her bed in his blue and bronze robes. "You were the one hanging between life and death!"

"I'm not the one who makes the rules dear one. And what you did could have been equally lethal." He told her.

"Well, it takes a lot of energy to defeat an evil goblin and contain a repository of corrupted magic." Professor Fig raised an eyebrow and leveled her with a look that told her he knew she was deflecting.

"You were tired, but you weren't near deathly levels of exhaustion when I passed out..."

"You mean died. Your heart literally stopped. And you'll get an apology for that when I get one from you for pushing me out of the way of the dragon," said Genevieve.

"I'm not asking for that. I'm asking that you promise not to do something so reckless again." He said gently. Genevieve paused.

"Fine. If you agree to the same." She knew she had him.

"Genevieve, I'm your mentor and now your parent it's my responsibility to protect..."

"Yes but that's not why you did it. You didn't shove me out of the way because it was your responsibility as my mentor. You did it because you cared, and you didn't want to lose me. Well, I feel the exact same way." It felt strange to say something like that even though she knew it to be the truth. Professor Fig sighed.

"We're never getting anywhere with this conversation, are we?" Genevieve shook her head.

"No. Did you think the parent card was going to change things?" her father chuckled.

"Well, it was worth a try." Genevieve sighed.

"Look I can't promise if the situation arises, I wouldn't do something like that again. But I do promise to ATTEMPT to avoid ending up in a situation where that becomes an issue."

"I suppose that's the best I'm going to get," responded Professor Fig wryly as they embraced.

HL

Eleazar was pleased to be out of the Hospital wing even if he did feel bad about poor Genevieve getting left behind. The girl was not one who did well sitting still when forced to. He could see her desperately itching to get back to normal. Mind you he was still under instructions to take things gently. He exited the hospital wing and was met by Dinah and Mattie.

"Hello," he said.

"Good to see you up and about Eleazar," said Matilda.

"Thank you, Mattie. I must say I appreciate you covering my classes for me while I was out." The deputy waved away his thanks.

"It was no trouble and at least this time I'm doing it for a more legitimate reason than the whims of Professor Black." Eleazar noted the more serious look on Dinah's face.

"What's wrong Di?"

"Genevieve's paperwork for the adoption process is getting through rather slowly. Oddly so if you ask me but maybe I'm paranoid. It's not going to be signed off by the Ministry in time."