Half Blood: Philosopher's Stone

Ending the Year

When Maddy woke up she was extremely confused as to where she was but then she remember the shenanigans of the previous night, no it might have been longer than that. How long had she been asleep for? She looked around the hospital wing. Harry was lying in the bed next to her, completely knocked out. What had happened to him? What happened past those black flames?

She wondered what had woken her up and realized that Madam Pomfrey was sitting beside her with a goblet of pumpkin juice and a tray of food in hand, she was scowling. Maddy was positive that a lecture was about to come.

"It's about time you woke up," she scowled even more. "What were you thinking?"

"I tripped?" Maddy tried.

"Do you take me for a fool? You were obviously off gallivanting around with Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley, sticking you're nose in the headmaster's business." Maddy really wanted to tell her that the very existence of the stone was 'sticking it's nose' in her family's business, but she had no way to explain that to her as she was sure to demand an explanation. "You nearly died."

"It was just a couple of deep cuts," she grumbled.

"A couple of deep cuts," Madam Pomfrey scoffed. "One of your ribs broke, and it was right over your heart. If your broken rib had moved just a bit then it could have punctured your heart!" Maddy stayed quiet. "You're lucky you came at the time you did otherwise I would hate to think of what could have happened."

The rest of the day went by slowly, Hermione, Bellona, Ron and Elliot visited, Ron apologizing for the chess match again after finding out just how badly she'd been hurt, but she reassured him by saying that she heals extremely quickly and she had rather delicate skin and bones -her bones aren't extremely delicate but she did once trip and break her ankle and her skin was extremely easy to cut and bruise- it didn't seem to rid him of any guilt though. They also informed her that she had been right about Snape being innocent and Quirrell being the one they should have been worried about, which lead to loud gloating from Maddy.

The next day Maddy woke up when Dumbledore entered the hospital wing, he said hello to her and wished her luck in recovering, then stood in front of Harry, who had yet to wake up.

"Good afternoon, Harry," he said when Harry woke up.

"Sir! The Stone!" Harry suddenly exclaimed after a moment of silence. "It was Quirrell! He's got the Stone! Sir, quick-"

"Calm yourself, dear boy, you are a little behind the times," said Dumbledore. "Quirrell does not have the Stone."

"Then who does? Sir, I-"

"Harry, please relax, or Madam Pomfrey will have me thrown out." There was a moment of silence then Dumbledore said, "Tokens from your friends and admirers," said Dumbledore, beaming. Maddy saw that Harry was looking at a pile of sweets at the foot of his bed. "What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally, the whole school knows. I believe your friends Misters Fred and George Weasley were responsible for trying to send you a toilet seat. No doubt they thought it would amuse you. Madam Pomfrey, however, felt it might not be very unhygienic, and confiscated it."

"How long have I been in here?"

"Three days. Mr. Ronald Weasley, Miss Hermione Granger, Miss Bellona Nerva and Miss Elliot de la Mare will be most relieved you have come round, they have been extremely worried."

"But sir, the Stone."

"I see you are not to be distracted. Very well, the Stone. Professor Quirrell did not manage to take it from you. I arrived in time to prevent that, although you were doing very well on your own, I must say."