A Happy Ending After All
Chapter 9 of 9
felinefelixfelicisOur heroes find happiness.
ReviewedWhile Severus took advantage of feeling reasonably well to brew for his clients, Hermione spent the rest of the morning going back and forth between her book, the microscope, and her notes. After a hasty lunch, she dressed in Muggle clothes and went out.
Just as Severus had finished pulling together a rough dinner and was wondering whether he would be eating alone, Hermione returned carrying several packages and looking smug.
"Take these." She handed him several pills. "If I'm wrong, they shouldn't do much damage, but if I'm right, you'll start feeling better."
He nearly dropped them. "You think you've found the problem?"
She nodded, looking again like the over-eager 11-year-old who had first entered his classroom. "You have an autoimmune disease. Your immune system thinks that all the scar tissue in your body—and you have a lot of it—is an intruder and is attacking it and causing internal bleeding as well as pain. It's probably a side effect of the venom. I'm putting you on a fairly standard Muggle prescription for this sort of thing, and we'll tweak it as needed."
Relief washed over him. His pain might be nearly over.
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Epilogue:
"Detention, Robbins, and twenty points from Gryffindor. If you cannot grasp simple laboratory procedure, you should not be in an advanced Potions class."
Just outside the door Hermione and Minerva traded looks and decided it was probably a bad time to enter. They had persuaded Severus to come in for a few hours a week to teach a Potions elective for the upper year students hoping to train as Healers, and he was in fine form. These students had never before had him but had heard plenty of (mostly exaggerated) stories about him, and he was relishing their fear. Although he still used a cane much of the time and could no longer swoop around quite as impressively, he still had quite a presence.
"Tea?"
"Don't mind if I do. It sounds like he'll be here a while yet cleaning up whatever just exploded."
"How is business going?"
"Oh it's booming. With both of us to brew, we're filling so many orders that we had to put another extension charm on the basement to fit all the batches of Wolfsbane we have simmering at a time."
*Author's Note* Yup, this story is over. I ran out of inspiration for it. Please click here to tell me which of my WIPs you want to see next.
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Well, while not 100% at least he has regained his vigor and most of his mobility.
Poor Severus. Unknown ailment and now he gets Hermione's retreating back as she sprints for books before sharing her theory.
See, that wasn't too bad? At least he got through that.
Poor Severus getting subjected to the way her mind works. Hopefully she can find something to help him.
ah nothing like assembling anything. At least she has a starting point to help him.
Ah, yes, Hermione and her search for more knowledge. Thank goodness she reads and can help.
Well, she's starting to get an idea of what life is like for the recovering Severus. Wonder how much he'll let her in?
Poor Severus, so broken and so desperate for contact with others and help that he'd ask Miss Know It All. And just her luck, isn't it? Or is it fate?
Well, that is an interesting twist by Hermione there. Good on her for realizing that she and Ron aren't long term compatible. And poor Severus, ignored after all that he did.
Im sorry that you lost your way with this one, it was very good, but you need to go where your muse sends you. Focus on the storylines that you feel have something to offer. If the inspiration is there, the stories (and the readers) will come. :D
Response from felinefelixfelicis (Author of Angels With Broken Wings)
Yeah, this was a good idea but I knew from the start where it was going to go so it kind of drew itself straight in that direction instead of exploring before stumbling onto a conclusion. I should try not to post stories that I already know how they'll end.
Response from felinefelixfelicis (Author of Angels With Broken Wings)
Yeah, this was a good idea but I knew from the start where it was going to go so it kind of drew itself straight in that direction instead of exploring before stumbling onto a conclusion. I should try not to post stories that I already know how they'll end.
I'm glad they found a happy ending. I would have liked to have known a little more, but hey, as long as they made it there, that is what is important.
Well, what did she give him? and which autoimmune condition did he have? Are they partners or something more? It was a good story, but you ended it so abruptly that it kind of fell flat, sorry to say.
Response from felinefelixfelicis (Author of Angels With Broken Wings)
The specific autoimmune condition I invented for him does not match any documented Muggle one that I found doing research, but it is consistent with what was said about Arthur's healing process after HIS encounter with Nagini, and, considering that it had a magical origin (and he went much longer without treatment than Arthur did), it makes sense that it would not have developed exactly like any of the Muggle conditions and he would be hit more severely than Arthur was.They're experimenting with different combinations of drugs for quite some time, it doesn't make sense to list them all. Nor do I know enough about this branch of medicine to predict which specific drugs would work best on his condition.
Response from felinefelixfelicis (Author of Angels With Broken Wings)
The specific autoimmune condition I invented for him does not match any documented Muggle one that I found doing research, but it is consistent with what was said about Arthur's healing process after HIS encounter with Nagini, and, considering that it had a magical origin (and he went much longer without treatment than Arthur did), it makes sense that it would not have developed exactly like any of the Muggle conditions and he would be hit more severely than Arthur was.They're experimenting with different combinations of drugs for quite some time, it doesn't make sense to list them all. Nor do I know enough about this branch of medicine to predict which specific drugs would work best on his condition.
I normally adore your work. But this ending..... Fell flat.I was so excited to see an update. Then i read it, and "Oh.."balloon deflated..hate to say it.. but it was an Awful last chapter..You didn't resolve anything.It had such great potential to be a great fic...
Response from felinefelixfelicis (Author of Angels With Broken Wings)
Problem: Severus is very sick. Solution: Hermione tracks down the problem and he immediately starts getting better.Problem: Hermione has lost everything. Solution: By stumbling across Severus, she finds something to do that makes her feel useful in the short term and that eventually results in work to do in the long term that she enjoys.Initial problems which caused the events of the story resolved.
Response from felinefelixfelicis (Author of Angels With Broken Wings)
Problem: Severus is very sick. Solution: Hermione tracks down the problem and he immediately starts getting better.Problem: Hermione has lost everything. Solution: By stumbling across Severus, she finds something to do that makes her feel useful in the short term and that eventually results in work to do in the long term that she enjoys.Initial problems which caused the events of the story resolved.
I hope he's cooperating because he trusts her and not because he is just too weak to do anything else, LOL.
Having all of this busy work is surely good for Hermione to take her mind off of her recent issues with Ron. I do hope she can help Severus.
Well, if you have a researching Hermione on your side, things are looking up.
Oh, Hermione, give the guy a break. He has an awesome library. :)
This seems mutually beneficial. How can they go wrong?
Oh, this can't be good.
LOL. Even the toughest men can pale before a needle. :)
Now she gets it. It'll be good for her to have something to do.
She'll work out he's actually quite weak soon and feel like a right heel.
Opportunities for both to help each other now. :0
Not happy campers, then. :0
Great story! Thank you!!