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Who: Gellert, Lithium and Albus.
What: It's time to shift a curse.
Where: Fayren forest.
When: Early december-ish.
Notes: There might be mentions of blood/death and of course the nastier aspects of the curse. I will update if necessary.

He was ready. The shift will require a potion paired with a spell, which makes it a more convoluted process, but he is confident is will work. Still, to be cautious, he sends his Phoenix Patronus off to alert Albus. The bird will relay a simple message:

"I'm ready. Meet us in Fayren."

Once he has all he needs, Gellert ties his hair back and Apparates to the mouth of the cave. He peers inside and grins, knocking on one of the walls.

"Rise and shine, darling, it's time to free you!"

If it all goes well. It has to. He refuses to accept any other outcome. Lithium has suffered enough for ten lifetimes - if not more.

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Albus watches intently, one hand clasped with Gellert's on the wand, the other still pressing blood into Gellert's palm. He is ready to do more if the spell does not work -- but it does, and the cave seems freer as it vanishes, the air easier to breathe once it is vanquished.

When it's gone, he turns to Gellert right away, tugging him towards him so that he can lean against him while Albus looks him over. All the while, he mutters spells and lets the wand carry them out -- a charm for healing, a charm for vitality, a charm for stability.

While the spells are appreciated, the dragon blood is well on its way out. Gellert gently, but firmly, pushes Albus away and staggers outside to rid himself of the brew. Blood, strangely, cannot be digested by a human stomach, at least, and so it must come out one way or another. Once his stomach stops screaming in protest, Gellert waves a hand cleaning the mess away with an unspoken spell. He also uses a similar spell to wash out his mouth.

"Albus..." he stumbles back to the man, pale, shaky and looking feverish, yet triumphant nonetheless, "It's gone."

Albus politely stands off to one side, letting Gellert heave himself with some semblance of privacy. The curse does seem to be well and truly gone, and the rest is just cleansing -- Gellert's body ridding him of the toxins that had briefly aided him.

When Gellert is finished and stumbles back to him, he catches him in his grasp, looking grateful and still worried all at once. Still, there is a hint of relief in his expression as he pulls Gellert against him, holding him shaky against him. "It is. It's gone. It's all right."

What a gentleman. Gellert is happy that Albus won't have memories of him...doing that. When he returns to the man, he is covering his mouth with a handkerchief. It feels difficult to catch and keep his breath, but the minty spell he cast on his mouth is refreshing at least.

Albus's arms are a nice place to land and he leans against him, his heart thudding in his chest.

"That was awful. I can't believe she dealt with that so long." he hardens himself and holds onto Albus with all his strength, "Take us to her."

He nods slightly, gathering Gellert against him, arms wrapped warm about him. With a flick of the Elder Wand, Albus Apparates them both away, holding firmly onto Gellert until they arrive at the lake, hovering over it as he had before with Li.

This time, he casts a spell so that they seem to stand on the water itself, gently riding any movements of its surface. He kneels on it to look out for where Li might be, assuming she must be still enjoying her newfound ability to swim in her true form. Which he could not blame her for in the slightest -- it would be good to see her freely able to move about.

When they finally reappeared and went looking for her, they would find her swimming at the bottom of the lake, chasing schools of fish and catching some to devour easily before twisting around to gaze up at them.

Li floated at the bottom of the lake looking up at them for a few moment before lunging up and swimming towards the surface. She surfaced a few feet from them and tilted her head to the side to get a very good look at them. Though, it was obvious she's eyeing Gellert to see if he's okay.

He shakes off any dizziness caused by the travel, hanging onto Albus with one arm around the man's waist. He looks pale and exhausted, but desperate too. Gellert won't rest until he sees her.

A smile blooms on his lips as she swims to the surface and he has no shame in throwing his arms around her neck in his joy.

"Lithium!"

All of it had been worthwhile and in his relief, he feels his eyes burning strangely.

"I'll see you well fed with or without him." that part is whispered into her ear before he pulls back, "I can't believe you endured that damn..." his lips tighten, "It's dead. It can't touch you again."

Albus smiles when Li reappears, staying kneeled at the edge of their small platform as she swam closer. He watches Gellert as he embraces her, watching his joy with gratitude in turn -- while also careful to watch that Gellert did not fall into the water in his weakened state.

Looking at Li, he says, "It is good to see you in your true form. And able to enjoy it, as well."

Somehow, she wasn't surprised that she had Gellert's arm around her neck as she tread water before them. Though his comment did get a slight flicker of her ears as he mentioned getting her back to well fed. Somehow she felt they would have to do a little hunting without Albus around.

Still, she nudges her head against Gellert and perks up when they told her the curse was gone. Was it really gone? They defeated it? She whinnied softly and felt relief and joy at the news! She pulls away from Gellert's hold after a moment and swims around them, twisting and thrilled!

She stopped beside them again, shifting back to her human form with a look of joy on her features as her black hair floats around her shoulders and not even caring she was nude at the moment.

"It feels amazing to have my true form again." She hesitated for a moment. "Are you sure it's gone? Absolutely positive? I don't want to go back to that hell ever again."

He is soaking wet and feeling light-headed from joy and from expending all of his energy on breaking the curse. The water swirls from her activities and he has to close his eyes, clinging to consciousness by bare inches.

Then he isn't. Everything goes black and he tips forward, heading for the water's surface - and it definitely won't keep him afloat. He really is sorry. The effects of harboring dragon blood in his body and tapping into their blood pact has left him at his limit.

Albus moves fast, the wand still in hand, immediately leaning over the side of the little platform as Gellert tips forward. As Gellert hits the water, he casts a spell that lifts him back up next to them, where Albus immediately scans him and notes all of his signs of illness.

"I need to get him back to his house," he says, quickly casting a spell to dry him off. He'll understand if Li wishes to stay at the lake, but he needs to take Gellert somewhere where he can rest and be looked after, somewhere he can heal properly.

If Albus hadn't managed to catch him, Li would have. Thankfully, he acted fast enough. Watching Gellert pass out had Lithium really worried as she moved in closer to the platform.

"Then go. If you want, I'll come with. I owe you both my freedom from that nightmare.. and the lake's not going anywhere if you need help making sure he's okay."

The indistinct sound of Albus's voice begins to wake him - of course hitting the water had helped too. Gellert opens his eyes with difficulty, feeling drained of all of his energy and strength. It takes him a moment to remember and then he hears Lithium.

"Why 've you changed...?" he begins to feel panicked. Had he broken the curse? He had been so certain he had rid them of it. (He has also forgotten that she can change her shape as she wills. Forgive him, he isn't on top of his game.)

"Everything's all right, Gellert," he says soothingly as Gellert starts to unsettle, wrapping one hand around his wrist, running his thumb over the inside of his hand. Glancing at Li, he holds out his otherhand to her, saying, "Let me Apparate us all away, then. I'd ask you to look after him while I get some potions together that might put him at ease. Besides, I think he'll feel more at ease if he knows you're all right."

She shifted closer when Gellert started to panic and reached up to brush her cool fingers against his cheek. "Listen to Albus. I'm fine. I just can't talk to either of you in my true form." Next she glanced to Albus and nodded as she reached to take his hand.

"Yeah, you're probably right. I'm gonna need a robe or something when we get to wherever you're taking us. Unless you like a nude woman wandering around." At least she hasn't lost her bluntness. But, she was also willing to help take care of Gellert. Hell, she owed him as far as she was concerned.

He lets out a long breath, stumbling back a step to rest against Albus. His fingers curl towards the touch and he nods carefully, understanding that he might not be seeing things right. The cool fingers calm him further and he covers her hand with one of his own, giving it a squeeze.

"Albus can give you a robe." he smiles tiredly, "You can wander around in just your skin all you want, Li. It would be an interesting experiment."

His poor neighbors.

He smiles slightly at their jesting, slightly relieved to see Gellert aware enough to joke a little. But he wastes no more time talking. Instead, he wraps his fingers tight around them both before Apparating, tugging them cleanly through the air and landing in Gellert's bedroom.

Albus wastes no time, using the wand to levitate Gellert onto his mattress as he addresses Li. "There should be some robes in his closet. Please look after him while I gather some potions. If he starts to act strangely or grows worse, please alert me."

And then, without waiting for a response, he dashes into the other room to look for what he needs.

"An experiment I doubt Albus would appreciate." She sounded slightly amused at least. The next thing she knew, there was that tugging again and they were in a bedroom. Li nodded as she listened to Albus's instructions and moved to grab a robe from the closet while he settled Gellert in bed.

"Will do. Though, hopefully I won't have to shout for you." She hoped. Li was tying the robe shut as he dashed out the door and made her way back towards the bed to sit on the edge to keep an eye on her blonde friend.

"...Don't think I can thank either of you enough for this."

Deep down he thinks Albus is being too vague. He has always acted strange; how will she know the difference in time to save him? But he keeps that to himself and instead enjoys the soft mattress. His body is feverish - perhaps from experiencing such strong Magic - and he begins to shiver, his teeth chattering faintly.

"Aw Albus can appreciate a beautiful female too." he glances at her when she is close, smiling as if the endeavor was nothing at all, "It was easy for us. Don't worry about it."

Albus does not hear much of what they say as he darts about Gellert's home, sending 'Accio's flying through the air as he summons every potion he might possibly need. He is perhaps overcautious in the number of draughts he summons -- but then again, he has not dealt with a curse of this nature before.

When he returns, there are several bottles hovering in the air about him, and he plucks three from where they dangle before sitting on a chair next to where Gellert lays. "Here. Take these first. They should make you start to feel better."

"Easy my tail. You're feverish and you're shivering." The fact that her curse had this much of an affect on him really worried her. It was really gone, right?

Lithium pulled the blankets around him, tucking him in and rubbing his shoulder to try and get some warmth in him when Albus came back in with several bottles hovering around him.

"Hope there's something for chills and fever in that mess. If I would have known the curse would do this, I would have insisted on another way." Li was just.. worried, okay?

"So? This is nothing." Gellert grins in the face of her fussing, but the blankets do feel nice. Now if only she could light them on fire.

Or not. The deep chill will surely go away eventually. Maybe if he sleeps first...

Albus's voice rouses him and he narrows his eyes accusingly. Not that he could ever be truly mad at the man. There is something about Albus that repels that emotion.

"...fine." he frees a shaking hand to take a vial. This is probably a bad idea.

He wears the tiniest of wry smiles when Gellert stirs, handing him the vial.

"My apologies, but you need these," he says. "The first one should dampen your fever. If you can take the rest, then the last will help you sleep all of this off.'

Li gives a faint snort at his candid attitude and shifts out of the way so he has an easier time reaching for the vials. She was more keeping an eye on Gellert to make sure he actually took the brews.

And perhaps ready to move further out of the way if it seemed like they wouldn't stay down. "You sure he's going to be able to stomach these?"

"Potions...are Magic. Once I swallow, they will do their duty. I won't bring them back up." Gellert doesn't know why she inspires him to...teach? Maybe this is how Albus feels with his many students. Strange.

He downs the first vial and then the second, grimacing at the taste. But his shivering quiets almost immediately and his body relaxes against the mattress.

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