[HPforGrownups] wizards and sickness (slightly fanficcy in places)

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 55882

Fandulin wrote:
>Voldemort. I was just thinking that young wizards, especially those
>from muggle backgrounds would sometimes see the chaos and sadness of
>the muggle world and wonder if they should be doing something. I
>
>struggles that most of the world has to put up with. I do agree that
>if their interference was discovered, it would be an extremely
>slippery slope from then on.

Probably an easy dilemma to fall into.

Let's surmise.

Hermione is home for the holidays. She is helping her dad in the garage. Dad
falls off the stepladder, there is a sickening crack and it's obvious that
he's broken his leg rather nastily. He's in a lot of pain. Even if H goes
and calls an ambulance on the fellytone, Dad is still going to be suffering
for a while. He'll also be off work for weeks (which given that he's self
employed will affect the family's income). So H whips out her wand and does
the Leg Repair Charm that she learned while doing wizardly first aid last
term. Dad's leg is as good as new.

In fact it's slightly better than new, because not only is his broken leg
better, but the arthritis that he's got from the position that he has to
stand in while doing people's teeth has also got better. He asks whether her
charm has done this. "Yes" says Hermione. "I wish you'd do my leg" says Mam,
who is in the same occupation, "My knee is giving me gyp this wet weather".

So Hermione repairs her Mam's leg too.

That afternoon. Mrs Granger is talking to her mother (H's granny) on the
phone. "Oh" says granny, "my arthritis is really bad now, I can hardly
walk". "Why don't you come round" is the reply, "Hermione's got a, um,
alternative healing technique, it's worked wonders for us". "Marvellous"
says granny, "Can I bring Auntie Vi as well?"

Next day, granny arrives, bringing with her Auntie Vi and also Brenda from
the old folks' club.

What does Hermione do? She can either refuse to treat them, meaning that
she's left with the guilt of her granny's (whom she loves dearly) suffering,
the disappointment of her parents, and so on, or she can treat her granny,
Auntie Vi (who's actually granny's neighbour, Hermione doesn't really like
her very much), and Brenda, in the _knowledge_ that the following day
there's going to be a coachload at the door. And reporters. And a tv crew.
And eventually the heavy mob from the MoM armed with a shedload of Memory
Charms and an arrest warrant for Hermione for breaking the secrecy laws.

Not an easy decision to make.

Cheers

Ffred

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