Because We Are Snakes

Chapter 10

Because We Are Snakes - The Cursed Day

It was near two in the morning on Halloween and Harry Potter was dead.

Madam Pomfrey had not been pranked since before the twins second year.

Harry Potter was dead...

The twins were formulating plans of action and it all led back to Madam Pomprey and why she had not been pranked for so long.

Madam Pomfrey had been a Ravenclaw in her time. She had been pranked along with all the other teachers as soon as the twin menaces found their footing at Hogwarts not even a week after the start of their first year and she did not much care for it. Being the sensible woman that she was and having much more important things to mind other than the possibility of a potentially disastrous prank, she solved to work out a deal with the red devils. It was simple, really, given their tendencies to dangerous experiments and their propensity to get hurt while at it which often led to detentions. The solution was very advantageous in several ways, for one she did not have to constantly treat the after effects of their idiocy and second she did not get pranked... there were other benefits she kept a very tight lipped secret. It had been such a genius idea and she never regretted it, truly to this dy she congratulated herself every morning for this spot of absolute brilliance.

One day she had approached them and placed her offer on the table; in exchange for prank immunity she would teach them the finer points of the healing arts. "It will serve you to be able to heal yourselves -and that idiot boy Lee who follow you everywhere- and help you know which appropriate potions to use when one of your experiments back fires and in turn that will help you avoid pesky detentions for reckless and dangerous behavior." She had said and the twins agreed to the proposition, they clandestinely had lessons in the middle of the night three times a week for four hours. She secretly thought McGonnagal, Snape, and Flitwick had worked out similar deals but had yet to confirm such suspicions. There was just no way that they could be such inventive geniuses at mixing Charms, Transmutation, and Potions for their products otherwise. Regardless of their obvious high intelligence. Extra tutoring had to be involved somewhere, she was certain.

So Harry Potter was dead.

But it was for less than thirty seconds.

Mainly, because the twins were at this point in their academic career the equivalent of a walking apothecary and an apprentice level Mediwizards ready to take their licensing tests, which they would do upon leaving school along with their Mid-Level Potions Apprenticeship test -It had something to do with the licenses they needed for their future business endeavor-, they had never told a soul about it.

The Potter luck was very convenient, as was the fact that it was the twins with Harry, and not someone who would panic and do nothing of worth to help.

George pulled Harry out of the bloody water by the arms while Fred helped by lifting his legs and they deposited the limp boy on the floor after a quick warming charm was thrown at it and at Harry. They worked in perfect synchrony earned of years of healing Lee form their experiment's explosions and of healing each other of the same. With a variation of the Shock Spell, in intervals of two seconds, and mouth to mouth they re-started the boy's heart. Then they used the Revive Potion - which Fred Spelled directly into Harry's stomach- to wake him from unconsciousness and got him to be aware enough for George to run Diagnostic Scans while indicating to Fred to feed him the necessary potions. Fred poured vial after vial onto Harry's mouth and coaxed him to swallow.
There was Blood Replenishers for obvious reasons, Liquid Essence of Dittany and Murtlap to treat internal wounds, Girdin Potion to augment Harry's endurance of the painful internal healing process, Grand Pepperup Potion to keep him awake through the whole ordeal since the common Pepperup seemed to have no effect - they suspected immunity to the weaker potion due to continued over dosage -, Invigoration Draught to give an extra boost of energy to speed up the healing and the antiseptic Wound-cleaning Potion due to the location of the laceration being Harry's large intestine. Finally, a combination of paste of Murltlap Essence and Essence of Dittany was applied to heal the tears to Harry's sphincter caused by the egg's exit along with a Soothing Paste, and Star Grass Salve.