Chapter 202
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After I left the secret chamber I closed the passage, putting some monitoring and blocking wards on the sinks just in case, as even with the chamber no longer having a mortal creature living there and the passage only being opened by the parseltongue, it was still a place that it would be best to prevent anyone from getting in, as I didn't know if there was anything else there besides the snake.
On my way to the bathroom I had already cast a few cleaning spells on myself, taking the blood and dirt odor off my body and also leaving me clean, or at least as clean as a spell allows.
With me still feeling pain all over my body, but already wearing some normal and clean clothes, I made my way to the hospital wing, already bracing myself for the attack I was about to receive from the medicine mother dragon.
Sometimes I think Madam Pomfrey likes to lock others up in the Hospital Wing just for pettiness and revenge... And thinking about it scares me.
But then I remember that every time she sees me she looks at me with a frown or a critical and suspicious look, as if she's expecting me to do a stupid thing that would probably result in a lot of injuries to me... And her distrust hurts my feelings, since I've only done something like this once, and it was an accident...
Okay, if I count the confrontation I had with the Basilisk today, then I did something stupid like that twice... But it was only twice! And it was for a good reason!
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-Hospital Wing - Mommy dragon's nest... I mean, Madam Pomfrey nest... Err... you understand what I mean...-
"Two broken ribs and a slight bruise on the left side of the head..." Madam Pomfrey muttered, looking at a parchment with the results of her inspection spell and with each paragraph her eyes widened more, "What kind of potion do you was doing?!" she exclaimed, eyeing me critically.
"That's the funny part... I don't know what kind of potion I was making" I laughed, rubbing the back of my neck awkwardly.
'Glad I managed to heal the other injuries before coming here' I thought, sweating as I looked at the matron who was pacing muttering around, taking some strange items from her closets.
"The youth of today... More and more irresponsible, thinking they can create any spell or potion" she said, sitting down in a chair next to my bed.
And I, like the polite and innocent young man that I am, wisely decided to keep quiet.
She then gave me a light blue potion and a green potion, which I recognized as an anti-inflammatory potion and a potion for anesthesia and accelerated healing.
After I drank these potions with horrible tastes, Madam Pomfrey brought her wand up to my body, and then she began the healing process, first mending my broken rib bones.
'My next project is going to be creating a chocolate and strawberry flavored essence to put in these horrible potions... I'm pretty sure these potions were made to have these bad tastes on purpose' I thought, unable to decide which was worse, the taste of the potions or the feeling of my bones snapping back into place with audible pops.
"Perfect" Madam Pomfrey said, getting up as she looked at me satisfied, "Now you'll just need to get some rest, maybe a good night's sleep will be enough... And I don't want to see you here again because of another accident experimenting with potions, do you understand me?" she asked me, her eyes narrowed, pointing a scalpel at me.
'Why does a magic healer have a scalpel?' I asked myself, and I confess... I was a little scared.
"I asked... Do you understand me?" Madam Pomfrey, seeing that I hadn't answered, repeated her question slowly, word for word, bringing the scalpel even closer to my face.
"Affirmative," I said with a salute, swallowing hard, causing the matron to snort with a satisfied look.
"Well... Now get out of here, I have other things to do" she said, shooing me away, "Or maybe you'd rather I make you stay in this bed for a week? Well, I can..."
Without her needing to say it twice and without letting her continue with her sentence, I stood up quickly, and I didn't stop to appreciate the feeling of being able to walk again without feeling pain, as I quickly walked out of the Hospital Wing.
"Hmph... Boy troublemaker" Madam Pomfrey huffed in amusement.
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-Outside the Hospital Wing-
'Hmm... As I'm whole again, I could go to the Chamber of Secrets right now to explore the place, but I'm so tired I just want to lie down and get some rest' I thought, stretching a little, hearing a satisfying pop that came from my bones that were thankfully in their proper places.
'Phew... Yeah, I think I'll take a little nap'
And with that, I started toward my common room, feeling tiredness take over me now that there was no longer any pressure on my shoulders.
Well... at least not the pressure of having to resolve an issue with extreme urgency.
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-The next day-
"Well... I guess I was really tired" I said to myself with a yawn after I woke up, realizing that I hadn't just taken a little nap, as I could see some rays of sunlight coming through a small gap between the closed curtains in front of my window.
I then stretched, and cast a wandless [Tempus], seeing that I had woken up at 5:30.
"Now that I'm 100% healed, and that I've properly rested, I can finally go to the Chamber of Secrets again," I said, but then I was interrupted by Nyx.
"Meow!" she said, and I looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"What Nyx?" I asked.
"Meow!" Nyx meowed, gesturing with her paws and her head.
"Do you want to walk with me? But I thought you liked walking around the castle alone," I said confused.
"Meow! Meow!" Nyx meowed, raising her left paw.
"Sigh... Okay, I'll take you for a walk today... The Chamber of Secrets can wait, it won't just suddenly disappear," I said, shrugging my shoulders.
Nyx then came over to me and rubbed her face on mine happily before she jumped out of bed.
"Meow!" she meowed, turning her head and looking at me, as if hurrying me to follow her.
"Okay, Okay Ma'am" I rolled my eyes, pulling the covers off my body and standing up.
'Women...' I thought, huffing.
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-Great Hall – Breakfast-
"Hey dear friends and Michael," I said, sitting down at the Ravenclaw table, with Nyx on my lap.
"Hey" Terry said, writing something on a parchment with Anthony looking over his shoulder.
"Good Morning"
"Morning"
"Why did he say my name separately?" Michael asked confused, turning to our friends.
"Good morning Ethan Night and Nyx" Luna said happily, waving at Nyx who waved back, much to the girl's delight.
"How was your day yesterday?" I asked, feeding Nyx some omelets.
"Well, yesterday was as normal a day as any other day... I was reading and studying like a good student and Ravenclaw, Anthony was sleeping... Lazy idiot" Terry said, whispering the last part, but we all listened and and Anthony looked at him dryly, "Sue spent most of the day scolding Stephen who as usual forgot to do one of his homework, Michael probably spent the day pissing someone off or bragging about something stupid, and Luna went to Hagrid's Hut to look for a strange creature" he finished.
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"Why are you all looking at me like that?" Terry asked confused, seeing all the blank stares he was getting.
"Sigh... Ignoring the comedian over there..."
"Hey!"
"...What were you doing yesterday Ethan?" Lisa asked me, ignoring Terry's indignant exclamation, "We haven't seen you at the castle all day"
"We even thought you were eaten by the Giant Squid" Anthony said, and Luna turned to him excitedly.
"I thought you murdered someone and that you were finally arrested in Azkaban" Michael said, and I looked at him in disdain.
"First, the Giant Squid is very docile and doesn't eat people... Sorry Luna"
"Awn" the innocent and curious girl said dejectedly.
"Second, if I happen to kill someone..."
""I'm sure you already killed""
"...I would never get caught" I continued, ignoring Stephen and Michael, "And Azkaban would never be able to keep me locked up for long either"
"And third, I was practicing my spells and experimenting with potions from some old books I found in the library," I finished, shrugging my shoulders.
"So you spent yesterday just studying?" Terry asked me, a little disappointed.
"Yea?" I said confused.
"I thought you were creating some incredible and difficult new prank, or trying to break into one of the other common rooms to terrorize some rival... Or even that you were doing something stupidly dangerous" he said, and those around him nodded in agreement.
'Even you Luna?' I thought, feeling betrayed.
"What do you think I am? Some kind of suicidal madman?" I asked indignantly.
"Err... I wouldn't say it in those exact words, but yes"
"Maybe a little"
"A suicidal madman is the least offensive thing I think of you"
"You're funny too"
"Meow!"
'Are you on their side too Nyx?!'
"..." I then stared at all my friends with my right eye twitching, wondering if it was too late for me to ask the Sorting Hat to sort me into some other House.
'Wait... Now that I think about it, yesterday I was really doing something stupidly dangerous' I realized.
I then looked back at my friends and shrugged.
"You know what, maybe you're right," I said, and then went back to enjoying my delicious breakfast.
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"See... He just confessed, I said he had already killed someone!" Michael said victoriously, only to be slapped on the back of the head, courtesy of Lisa.
End.
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(End AN: My friends and I are planning a movie night to watch all The Godfather movies.
I've watched the first and second movies, but it's been a long time, but I know this is one of the best movie triologies I've ever watched.
What's better than watching The Godfather eating popcorn? Obviously watching The Godfather wearing a formal suit, with his hair slicked back and a glass of wine in hand, and maybe even a cigar to go with it.)