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Herminny 
Herminny saw the nurse pour some sort of liquid down her throat and it tasted so gross. She coughed on it as she felt herself transforming back into a human being which was not pleasant. It hurt and felt weird as her body stretch back to it's normal form but by the end she did not care. She was so happy just to be her normal self again. However she quickly noticed she was still bound to the the table. She looked toward the healer and and said, "Thank you so much for making me human again, but could you please release from this table.".
With her breath held, Gabriella waited and watched to see if the girl would properly transform. This was, of course, the Healer's first time transforming a human back into a human, but she was still confident that her concoction would work.
When Herminny thanked her, the corners of Gabriella's lips tugged up into a bright smile.
"You're quite welcome, and of course I'll unbind you. I had to make sure you would properly heal first, but now that you have...," she said, trailing off as she raised her wand. A few swishes and flicks led to the spell being lifted, which meant Herminny was free to go.
"You may go now, Miss Telerino. Have a nice day," she added.
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Antarctica! Kiri's ears were itchy. She really wanted to scratch, but the last time after taking Pepperup Potion, she'd basically scalded her fingers on the steam rising from her ears. Instead, she drummed them on the surface of the bed she was sitting on, wishing very much she was able to twitch her ears.
To distract herself, Kiri watched the healer prepare potions for Herminny. As they disappeared down the girl's throat, she wondered idly if any of them tasted as bad as the Pepperup, and decided that they probably did not.
Would Kiri have switched her flu for a pair of cat ears and the ability to sniff out rat farts?
Maybe not. But she was going to make very sure that, from now on, she would wear a thick scarf when hopping onto a broomstick. When Healer Ashford was done with Herminny, she turned around and walked over to Kiri's bed again. "It's not easy being ill," Kiri confirmed, nodding, "but I'm especially, er, not fond of Pepperup. I... had to take a lot of it two terms ago, and I've got some memories connected to that that I'd rather not be reminded of." She took the second phial, popped the cork out and, squeezing her eyes shut so tightly that stars flashed in front of them, gulped down the potion.
With the first patient completely healed and dismissed, Gabriella was free to focus her attention on administering the last two doses of Pepperup Potion to poor Kiri. Poor, of course, because the potion looked to be putting the girl in a rather miserable mood. Upon hearing that she'd suffered from an unfortunate incident two terms earlier, though, Gabriella completely understood.
"Ahh, I see. Yes, yes, sometimes situations in our lives have a lasting impact on us," she commented. She didn't ask what happened, as she figured Kiri would tell her if she felt it appropriate.
The conversation came to a halt when Kiri lifted the phial to her lips and drank the second of the doses.
"You're doing just fine, Miss Starstalker. Just one more, and this will all be behind you," she said, passing the last of the phials to the girl.
"When you're ready..."