Cadence held her breath as Healer Ashford warned to brace herself. She knew what was coming. She had felt this pain when she broke her wrist. And then it came, and she let out a loud, "OUCH!" as tears rushed to her eyes. She clamped her hands over her mouth so she wouldn't scream, knowing more pain was about to be inflicted on her knee. When her knee was popped back into place, she bit her tongue to keep from yelping again. uuuuugh.... bones being shifted around in your body was NOT a pleasant experience, and it just worsened her feeling of nausea. And then it was over. She laid back as slowly as possible when the Healer told her to rest. "Okay. I'll just... lay... right..." and then her eyes were doing that weird thing again, and she fell into an uneasy sleep.

Torin really wanted to know what was going on on the fifth floor. He was getting anxious. So with that, he got up again and left the room to go back to where the action was.

"I can help." Celandine whispered, her eyes still fixed on the ceiling. There were things happening up there. She tipped her head to one side as if listening to something and stroked Raiden's hand gently.

"I think your arm is still your arm and not just an arm." She murmured.

Cela's eyes flickered with a bit more life and she looked at Barry. "Oh!" She held up a damp cloth and began to dab the blood off of his face. "Your nose is broken." She lowered the cloth and held up the wand. Jake's wand, not her own. She concentrated and flicked the wand, casting Episkey non verbally and straightening her friend's nose. She offered him the damp cloth so he could finish cleaning the blood off his face and caught Raiden's hand up again.

Celandine got a strange look on her face and stood up.

"I'll be back in... I'll... back... a second..." She left the area.

Gabriella jumped a little when the girl yelped out in pain. She gave Cadence an apologetic look, but otherwise just continued the healing process. When it was all over and Cadence was lying down, the healer dropped her wand and stood to scout the area for more incoming students. She glanced up just in time to see Celandine leaving, and although she knew where the girl was headed and knew how dangerous the situation was, she didn't say anything.

While she waited around to see if anyone else needed her help, she rummaged though her medical bag and checked her supplies. She was getting a little low. Perhaps in a little while when she was really, really low, she could get a student to run to the Hospital Wing and retrieve additional supplies.

Celandine wobbled back into the seating area only minutes later. She smiled bleary eyed at Healer Ashford and sort of collapsed in a Cela!pile at Raiden's side again, immediately grabbing his good hand and just sitting there without saying a word, though her expression was dazed and not entirely there.

Sidney has tried her best to stay out of everyones way. The last thing they needed was a first year under foot. From the chair she's been sitting in Sidney sees Celadine walk back and plop on the foor next to Raiden. Sidney can't help but notice the wand Celadine has brought back with her. Professor Truebridge's wand. It has to be. I doubt there can be two of those wands at Hogwarts. Sidney walks over to where Celadine and Raiden are on the floor. "Professor Truebridge is in trouble; isn't he?" Sidney doesn't know what she can do to help him. Bring him his wand back maybe. [I]Right this cazy bartender everyone is talking about is just going to let me walk in and hand Professor Truebridge his wand. After all, don't you allow your opponent an oportunity to retrieve his wand when you duel.

Cela shook her head and blinked at the little girl, her head still tipped to the side as if she were listening and a spaced out expression on her face.

"No. He's okay now. He's sleeping." She commented lightly in a voice that wasn't quite her own. She was more worried about Professor Lawson, though she knew the baby was going to be okay.

Chris walked into the room the Headmaster's seating area, which he had been told was where Ashford was to heal the injured students from fighting. He levitated Tibi infront of him until he reached the area Ashford and Cela were. "Ms. Ashford Tibi was knocked out and he is pretty banged up. It looked like he hit his head pretty hard when he went down and he might have a concusion." he said summing up the Ravenclaws injuries for the nurse. He then unlevitated Tibi.

It had only taken a half a second for Raiden to swallow the potion offered by the nurse; his dry throat welcomed the liquid, slightly untasty as it was, but the feeling that remained behind after made him cough.

Which made him ouchy. He did not like this at all. At least the poti-

!!!!

"Cel-" Gone gone GONE. Raiden's fingers snatched at where she had been, moving far too slow and only managing to pass through air. He had no clue what was going on. People were coming in, and they were bleeding and hurt. Barry had a broken nose. And Cela had just LEFT.

"I can't remember anything," the boy mumbled to himself, halfway to hysterical but somehow managing to hold it down. He had gotten hurt before, but this was the first time he couldn't recall how it had happened. This was too much; he closed his eyes and fought to remember.

Entrance Hall... and Lina. They'd been talking. Someone had asked what they were doing... and then had run at him.

Jake's insane laughter. His cheek cracking under Raiden's fist. Rai's fingers tightened around Cela's as she took them up again, her absence short but still enough to make his stomach squirm.

"There's... a fight." A big one. Students were attacking each other. The last clear thing that he remembered... was being bound, his hand hurting from his own spells passing through it, and... Cela. Screaming. The bartender from the Hog's Head dragging her.

Past that, the only memory he could conjure up was... a rabbit. And everything going red.

Eyes blinked open, and he gave a small tug on Cela's hand.

"Could... I wanna sit up." His tail hurt. His shoulders pulled away from the floor, and he kinda fought his way up, leaving a nice smear of red on the floor where his back had been.

Messyyyyy.

"Mmmmmmff," Tibi muttered as he came to a rest on the ground.

"Hurts," he groaned, eyes squeezed shut. He was awake now... but probably not for long.

Sidney looks over at Raiden. "Yeah, he's sleeping. I'm not very good with spells, but I'm small and fast. I could try and get Professor Truebridge's wand back to him and leave before I get into too much trouble. He's going to need it if he's going to defeat the man who hurt you and everyone else." Sidney's not sure Celadine understands what's she saying. She doesn't want to upset her too much. Celadine looks like she could use some sleep too.

"Silly." Cela chided. "Not Raiden." No. Raiden was awake. She stroked his hand and then leaned forward to caress his kitty ears. Those were new but it didn't occur to Cela in her little spacey world, to comment on them. She meant professor Truebridge was sleeping. He wouldn't need his wand for a while.

She helped Raiden sit up, ignoring the blood and propping him up against her as best she could.

huuuuug?

"You're sure he's okay? Then I'll just mind my own business then." Sidney doesn't want to be in the way.

Lina's normally light footsteps were heavy pats on the floor as she finally stumbled down the last set of steps. She wasn't going to pass out there. There was one last thing she had to do: she had to check on Raiden. His was the only one she no longer had. Hopefully someone had brought him in here like everyone was told to.

THUD!! She'd stumbled into the doorframe and with the last of her determination she looked around. It looked like Raiden was awake, and everyone made it. "Still fighting... upstairs... Everyone... made it back... right?" Please let no one have died on the way down. She fought so hard to keep that from happening. She was breathing hard, and the little crabs on her chest and sleeve each were glowing brightly and rapidly to prove it, beeping wildly with her fluttering heart beat. It looked like some could still use help. She pulled out what last potions she had. Two doses of blood replenishing, three healing potions, and the two last doses of pain killer. She stepped forward, holding them out to the healer... then everything went black.

Celandine nodded at Sidney and then smiled. Professor Truebridge wasn't okay. Nobody was. But then, other things had distracted a floaty!minded!Cela. She didn't even notice Lina or Tibi or Chris come in.

"I like babies." She told nobody in particular.

Sidney turns around and sees Lina stumble into the room and then collapse. Sidney runs over. She turns Lina over and sees the little crabs on her arm. They are flashing and making funny noises that Sidney doesn't understand. She tries a levitation spell, but Sidney can't even budge Lina. "Healer Ashford," Sidney yells.

Woo. Sitting up made things wobble. That was... not fun. But now he could tell where he was; not even bothered by the feeling of the remains of his shirt sticking to his back, he leaned into Celandine, fingers working almost desperately to make sure that she wasn't going anywhere.

"You have no idea how worried I was." His voice was muffled, face turned in against her, but his words were mostly audible. "Don't ever.... never again, okay? I might up and die next time."

A threat that had every chance of fulfilling itself.

The Healer's potion had gone to work on him, slowly but surely, and a minute or so later, he finally had enough energy that he could spare a thought for the others nearby. Eyes strayed to Tibi, who looked to be in far worse condition than himself; Raiden bit down on his bottom lip worriedly, but he had no spare hands to reach out and comfort the boy with. He didn't know nearly enough healing magic to help, either. Bandages and ice packs could only do so much.

A familiar voice caught him, its words filled with fatigue, and he jerked slightly as he searched her out.

"Lina." She looked so... tired. And things were blinking all over her. He'd barely noticed the blinky thing attached to his own chest. Not knowing what it was, assuming it was something placed there by Healer, he was about to call out for his friend to come and sit when... she wobbled and went down.

Ack.

"Cela, she..." There was no way he'd be able to get up just yet, much less help Lina. A hufflepuff - the one who had blown her cauldron in potions - hurried to her, and Raiden squirmed. She would have to do; the second he even tried to stand up, he was sure the room would tilt just to put him back on the floor.

And Cela was... spaced out. Right, how... did one make someone think straight? She was on about babies...

"Cel?"

People were... talking. Tibi turned his head slowly in the direction he thought the voices came from, eyes open just the slightest bit.

He tried to make out what they were saying... or even to just be able to see them clearly. But neither happened. His head throbbed and his body ached and even the slightest movement felt as if it took all of his energy.

Tears gathering at the corners of his eyes, Tiberius let his eyelids close with a whimper as he slipped back into sleep.

The rapid beeping of the little crabs monitoring her slowed suddenly, beeping soft and slowly. She didn't look as though she were bleeding, but the little crab on her sleeve with her name on it dimly pulsed in a slow pattern. She'd pushed herself past the limit, and her body just barely had the energy to sustain her. If she could have, she would have beamed at Raiden. Look! she would say, pointing to the little crabs and blobs. I labeled them! She wasn't anywhere near death, of course. Though she was exhausted enough she could certainly sleep a day or two, given the chance. Somewhere in her deepest dreams she had a little thought: I'm hungry.

Sidney looks down at the crabs on Lina's arm. She hadn't noticed before they were labeled. The one labeled Lina was beating slower now. "I wish you would wake up and tell me what that means. You should know from Herbology class that I know nothing about healing. You were a big help then particularly stunning the Venomous Tecatulas. I probably wouldn't be here without your help." Sidney doesn't know what else to do, but keep talking. Sometimes it's not good for someone to go to sleep. They can lapse into a coma and die. "You aren't going to die on me Lina. I won't let you. After what's happened in Potions and Herbology, you're probably the only one brave enough to partner with me."

Sidney watches the crab marked Lina and her breathing. From what Sidney observes, her breathing is matching the sound the crab is making. It's shallow, but still steady. Her breathing isn't irratic. That should be good. Her heart is beating normal just not as fast as it probably should. Sidney looks over at Celadine and Raidon. How does she know Professor Truebridge is asleep, and what does she mean by asleep? Could he be unconscious? Sidney gets up and walks over to Celadine. She sits down next to her. "Excuse me, Celadine, could I ask you a few questions? I'm curious about how you got Professor Truebridge's wand. Were you recently up on the fifth floor?"

Barry was surprised to hear that their relative Harry was alive, his father had never really mentioned his family much so had just assumed that they had passed on. But it was a good thing that he had let Jason have it. "Oh thats good. Get better soon Kay!" he said and he watched as the two left for the castle. He`d visit later.

Then a patrounas came and he watched as the headmaster left to go help. And who the hell was Remi? "Why does he want Lupa?" he muttered to himself. He wished he could have been upstairs helping but he was tired now and wandless. He wouldn`t be much help.

Then all of a sudden someone was dabbing his nose. The healer? No it was Cela. He lit up again. She did care. Well of cource she did the were friends. He felt his nose straightned up and took the cloth from Cela. "Thanks" he said but before he could say anything else she was gone. He hoped she was alright.

He watched as many more children started pouring in. His nose was nothing. He gave Cela a little smile as she came back and finshed off cleaning his nose. What an end to the term!

OOC: If those needing healing could either add a little OOC note or have their character tell their injuries, that would be awesome. Also, if I'm missing anyone that still needs healing and isn't currently being tended to, please PM me. Thanks!



When the Gryffindor prefect arrived with young Tiberius Pryce in tow, Gabriella hurried to their side to see what she could do to help. She nodded a few times as Chris explained what had happened. "Knocked out...banged up...concussion," she quickly summarized, turning around only to make a quick grab for her medical bag. "Ohh, I know it hurts, dear, but just hold on and I'll have you doctored up in no time," she told Tibi. It was nice to be optimistic, even in the midst of a battle.

Gabriella cleaned Tibi's wounds then applied ointment to all the necessary areas. She followed that by wrapping him in bandages to help with healing and prevent any additional bleeding. Chris was right, Tibi was pretty banged up. She lifted his head and began guiding him to drinking a strengthening potion. "Try and drink, Mr. Pryce. This will help your body have the strength to heal itself," she said.

As Gabriella supported Tibi's head and tried to assist him in drinking the potion, she turned to see an injured Slytherin girl making her way into the area. She was trying to give her...potions! Gabriella needed those, as she was running low on her current supply. For a moment, her eyes darted between both Tibi and Lina, as she realized two students needed her help at once.

"Mi---...," she started to say, but everything started happening at once before she could get even one full word out. "Miss Marlowe!" she called out, her gaze turning to the nearby Hufflepuff. "Catch her!" Thinking quickly, she gently placed Tibi's head back down and held her arms out to catch Lina. When she finally did, the force of the near fall caused her to stumble to the ground, Lina in her arms.

A few moments later, when she'd had time to pull herself back together again, she gently placed Lina on a part of the floor the cushioning charm had been placed on. "Miss Marlowe, monitor her while I quickly give Mr. Pryce his potion," she said. "I'll be back in just a moment..." She hurried back to Tibi's side, lifted his head once again, then repositioned the phial towards his lips.

ooc: He's also got a broken nose. He'd lost a fair bit of blood, but Lina gave him a blood replenishing potion and healed those wounds, as well as his broken ankle. So, his pants are torn and bloodsoaked, too.


Tiberius stirred as Healer Ashford tended to him, keeping his eyes clamped shut. As she lifted his head and pressed the phial toward his lips, he parted them, swallowing the potion slowly and with much effort.

When it was all swallowed down, Tiberius coughed, the sensation of it against the back of his throat tickling. He tried to sit up, but when he did, it felt as if the world were spinning around him and he quickly laid back down.

"Thank you," he whispered softly, eyes still closed.

It was her third trip here, but Gold had yet to get used to this. Her eyes were, in fact, more anxious than words can explain, this time round -- and yes, there was a reason behind that.

Candy.

The fifth year swallowed the lump that rose in her throat, as she lowered the first year, that she was levitating. "Healer Ashford -" It was a wonder that, despite the knot in her stomach, in her throat - that gaping absence in her heart! - she could still sound so calm. "Candy, she ...." She took a deep breath. "I have no idea what happened, she collapsed, all of a sudden. I think she couldn't take the fight anymore."

She took another deep breath, then went on. "She hit her head on the floor, it's bleeding, I gave her an Energy Potion -" She looked at Candy, whose head would be matted with blood from her fall, by now. "She was unconscious when I levitated her."

Still was, in fact.

Gold lowered herself into a seat, and gripped her head in her arms. Only for a moment, though. Because two seconds later, she had risen to her feet, again. She couldn't waste time on brooding. Not this way. She had to be strong. For a lot of people.

For Candy, too.

Somewhere in Lina's mind it registered that she was no long on the cold, hard floor. The beeps and glows remained fairly steady as the ones labeled with the other students matched their states. Many of the little red angry blobs had turned happy and green again... a sign that the students whose names they bore were no longer under the imperius curse. It probably happened long ago, but she had been focused on other things.

ooc: Lina did not follow her own advice. She has quite a bit of bruising along her side, a very small hairline fracture in her collar bone (enough she didn't notice), and her ankles are slightly swollen from having been strained, then continuing to run around. She took one stunner in the early part of the battle. She has taken an extra dose of her own pain killer potions as well as a potion to keep her awake, though didn't replenish her energy, so she's been sort of 'numb' to the damage she was doing to herself. On top of that she was feeding off of adreniline from everything happening. She came downstairs when she realized if she was still for too long her energy was getting so low she probably wouldn't be up much longer, and used the last of her reserves getting down here.