Sick tank?
The next morning I woke up to someone tending to my tail. " Of course they weren’t weren’t carefully with something as precious as a mermaid. " The person tending to me muttered as she wrapped bandaging around my tail. I started to panic. I don't like people touching my tail. " Hey hey your ok...... she looked at me expectantly but when I didn't answer someone else answered for me instead. " Y/n." A male voice replied. I turned my head to see who had answered for me it was George. He was being tended to by a different nurse.
" Thank you...... " George. " George replied. " I'm Nurse Pomfrey. " She said. " Well Y/n the net some how managed to cut threw some of your scales. That would explain the bleed on your tail. George was lucky to get away with just rope burn. " Nurse Pomfrey continued. " Nurse Pomfrey how are they looking?" A new male voice asked. " Professor Lockhart I think that they need to spend a week or two in the sick tank to rest and recover before being put into regular tanks in the aquarium. " Nurse Pomfrey said. Hearing the words tank made me sick I didn't want to be some kind of circus pet.
Upon hearing the word tank I tried to run but failed forgetting I had my tail instead of my legs. " Y/n if you don't calm down we'll have to sedate you!" Nurse Pomfrey said. That got me to calm down and George was confused as to why I had been freaked out by the word tank. " What’s a tank?" George asked. " You have prisons in your kingdom correct?" I asked him back he looked at me confused but nodded.
" What do prisons have anything to do with tanks?" He asked . I replied " That's basically what a tank is a tank is a prison." George’s face paled. " Also if we put them in the sick tank it we'll give us time to study them figure out what portion of food to give them a day before introducing them to the other two. " Nurse Pomfrey said. " I know I know. It's just I told my son about the two new Merpeople and he's excited to see them. " Professor Lockhart said.
" Just give them two weeks to rest and recover and adjust Also for us to study them and figure out their diet. Your son will be the first to see George and Y/n I promise. " Nurse Pomfrey said. " You have yourself a deal." Probably Lockhart said and he shook hands with Pomfrey. Two stretchers were brought out I was placed on one while George was placed on the other. We were carried into a room up some steps then gently placed into the water. Well.......at least I was gently placed into the water the people who had been carrying George had accidentally dropped him into the water because they were tired.
They apologized to him though. " This is a tank? It doesn't seem that bad." George said. Just then a large glass cover came to the top ceiling us completely in. " Well I spoke to soon." George said. " NO!" I shouted desperately swimming upward and trying to push the top off. " Calm down Y/n the top will only be on at night. Get some rest you two. " Nurse Pomfrey said as she left
I sank to the bottom hugging my tail close to me realizing it was no use
Although the tank was big and had plenty of comfortable places to sleep I choose to sleep in the cold corner.