Love and Black Magic

Chapter Forty-Three: Visions

The girl kept blinking before she smiled.

"Lily, Meryl," she said, trying to get up, but without success.

Both girls went to hug their friend who was still lying in bed. Little Black tried to sit down so she could chat more easily, but observed that she couldn't move as before; the nurse noticed this and made her way between Lily and Meryl.

"Is there any chance that something was broken the night you were petrified, Miss Black?" Asked the nurse.

Calynn was silent for a moment, trying to remember everything that had happened before losing consciousness and saw herself falling down that trapdoor, remembering the pain that had caused her in the legs with the fall.

"Legs or hip," Little Black said with a shrug.

"Does any of them hurt?" Asked the nurse examining her.

"The upper part of the right leg," Calynn replied, complaining slightly of the pain, nothing compared to the way Lucius complained.

"You must stay one more night, this potion will serve to accommodate your bones that had been mistakenly petrified," the woman said as she took out a smaller jar from a warehouse and served it in a small spoon and then gave it to the little Black which she swallowed it as if it were the most disgusting thing she had ever tried, trying not to spit it on the nurse's face. In the end Calynn ordered a glass of water and once she had handed it to her, she left them alone so they could chat.

"Petrified? How long have I been like this?" Little Black questioned quite confused.

"About a month," said Lily, who was too excited to have her friend once more before her eyes and prove she was really alive.

Calynn was silent for a moment, for her the time had not been so much, it seemed that only one night had passed.

"What happened in my absence?" She paled for a moment and continued. "Longbottom, have he been here?"

Lily and Meryl looked at each other, the moment to tell her the truth had arrived and both were worried about her friend's reaction. Both sat on the bed next to Calynn.

"There's something you have to know," Meryl began nervously. Little Black noticed that tone in the words and began to worry.

"Frank Longbottom has revealed your secret to the whole school," Lily said without further ado, it was better to release it in that way than to try to hide it.

"What did he do?!" Shouted Calynn furiously.

"He has announced it to everyone, has made posters with offensive messages, Lucius has composed a song," she said, pointing to the blond with her head, "that's why he's here," she thoughtfully before shook her head. "But that is another issue, the important thing is that everyone in Hogwarts knows it, has come out in The Daily Prophet, there are aurors guarding the castle..." She was interrupted by a movement of her friend to try to get out of bed, which she achieved, but falling to the floor, hurting the body more.

"That Longbottom..." she said in a broken voice as she tried to get up, "he needs... his... deserved."

"You have to rest," Meryl said, trying to support her friend who was almost standing in the infirmary.

"Besides, we've already given it to him," Lily added, who had also risen to keep her friend from going after Longbottom.

"What do you mean?" Little Black questioned as she lost her balance and fell, Meryl took the moment to put her back in bed with Lily's help.

"James and his friends have helped us, we've played a good joke," Lily said with a laugh, remembering that day where Longbottom was scared was so much fun and Meryl showed it without suppressing any laugh.