Madam Pomfrey told me you were here all night until she chased you off just before curfew," confessed the blonde girl. "She also told me you had an argument with the Headmaster when he tried to claim he wasn't going to do anything because he had no witnesses."
Hermione snorted and said, "I put paid to that. He tried to ignore how I was with you, at the time. He was shocked when he found out I saw Flint cast the curse. I think he wanted to think I was already unconscious, at that time. Then Harry forced him to call your parents and tried to force him to also call the aurors."
With a sigh, Harry explained, "I succeeded in the first but not in the second. It was your father who tore further strips off him and forced him to call the aurors in. They took away Flint, first; then came back and got Derrick and Vaisey."
"Two other aurors came and interviewed me as to what happened about an hour later," continued Hermione, "and I also gave them my memory of the event. Flint, at least, we won't be seeing back here for quite some time, if ever. He's legally an adult and, therefore, entirely responsible for his actions."
"Huh!" exclaimed Harry. "I wouldn't put it past Dumbledore to convince the... whatever... to free Flint because 'he was sorry for what he did'."
"You're being fatalistic, Harry James," Hermione scolded him. "You don't know that, for sure."
"It's a pretty fair bet," Harry defended himself. Then, with a pretty fair impersonation of Dumbledore said, "Ah! You must learn to... forgive! Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle!"
That had both girls snorting and giggling. "That's not bad. Can you do Professor Snape?" asked Daphne.
"Well, I can get the sneer down; and I'm pretty sure I can get the droll-like manner of speaking. But, I just don't have the voice to... get the depth of his hatred."
The two stayed for as long as they could before they each kissed their bondmate again and dashed down to get breakfast.
After breakfast, they hurried off to class and got it out of the way, with homework, before hurrying back to the apartment to grab Daphne's book bag, spare parchment, quills and fresh ink. Once they gathered up everything they needed, they dashed back down to the infirmary.
Together, the three set to working on their homework until it was time for lunch. However, instead of going to the Great Hall, they called Dobby; who made up and excellent lunch for the three of them. They ate their meal while continuing to talk and work on assignments.
Both Harry and Hermione thought about skiving off the single class they had in the afternoon - much to the surprise of Harry and Daphne - but thought, as Harry already had detention, attended it to get it out of the way. They returned immediately afterwards.
"Are you two going to get a nap in before you have to go to Astronomy?" Daphne quietly asked.
"That's a class we can skive off," stated Harry. "It's all about memorising stars, star clusters and formations, anyway. We can do that without attending, and just grab the night's notes off another 'Claw."
"That depends," said Hermione turning to Daphne. "Has Madam Pomfrey given you any indication when you can escape this place?"
"Tomorrow morning," she replied. "I just had to be a 'good patient' today, and she'd let me go tomorrow. I'm pretty sure she'll have no complaints."
"There's still time for me to be disappointed," said the medi-witch, as she came around the corner of the screen. She was carrying the jar of new-skin balm.
"Sit forward please, Miss Greengrass," she ordered.
Dutifully, Daphne sat up straighter before she leaned forward, a little.
Miss Granger, Mister Potter, other side of the bed, please," instructed the medi-witch.
Harry and Hermione went around to the other side where they could see Daphne's bare back. She was wearing one of those hospital gowns that open at the back and were only tied together.
However, the gown was already loose, and Daphne only needed to drop the gown slightly off her left shoulder for Madam Pomfrey to have access to the entire length of the now, much reduced, mark.
Madam Pomfrey showed both how to apply the balm and lightly massage it into the skin. "Not too firm, now," she said. "You're only after spreading the balm over the affected area in a thin layer."
Once she's finished, she said, "It'll take a minute or two to dry. And, once it's dry, you can cover the affected area back up."
"How often do we need to apply it?" asked Hermione.
"Twice a day," the medi-witch replied. "Once after a shower in the morning; and again in the early evening. Just make sure you keep the jar sealed at all times when it's not in use. Otherwise, it'll dry out within the jar and become useless."
After the balm was given the minute or two to dry, Daphne recovered her shoulder and sat back. And the other two teens moved back to their seats.
"Now, I'll give you more complete instructions for the balm and the salve tomorrow morning," offered Madam Pomfrey. "I take it you'll both be here before breakfast?"
"Of course, Madam Pomfrey," answered Hermione, as Harry nodded. Turning to Daphne she said, "We'll bring you a fresh uniform down with us tomorrow morning, alright?"
Nodding, Daphne said, "Thank you, Hermione."
"Off to class, you two," Madam Pomfrey demanded. "Go on, now."
So, after a quick word that they would see her soon, Daphne watched her two bondmates leave the infirmary.
After their single class the two headed back to their apartment and collected some more books. They'd both decided to just pick up some advanced text books and took them back to the infirmary to read with Daphne in companionable silence.
At dinner, they left their books with the other girl, apologising that they'd be trying to get in an early nap before Astronomy that night, and made their way to dinner.
At dinner, just as she did during breakfast and lunch, Luna kept grinning at them. Finally, Hermione had had enough, sighed and asked, "Alright, Luna; what has you so excited. It's the bond, isn't it?"
With a rapid nod of her head, the younger Ravenclaw leaned forward and quietly said, "It must have been a really good night for you, two. Your bond has strengthened up a lot."
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