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Sirius stirred blearily, in a bed, wearing the average Hospital Wing blue-and-white striped pajamas. He groaned and felt his face. Most of the injuries were gone, but his left eye was swollen shut, as it was before. Madam Pomfrey bustled in just then, and said briskly
"That's a record, I suspect. Fastest anyone's ever landed in the Hospital Wing."
"What happened? Groaned Sirius, hand over his swollen eye.
"I believe you were trying to tell Miss Evans something, but you fell unconscious. Many number of bruises you had, Sirius. How'd you get them?" Sirius pulled a face, and muttered something along the lines "same person".
"You mean the same person who cast the curse on you last year? Who, Sirius? We can administer aid, if necessary." Said Madam Pomfrey earnestly.
"I, literally, can't tell you. I tried to tell them, on the train, but I fell unconscious. What happened to them, anyways?"
"You've got good friends, Mr. Black. Mr. Potter sent an owl ahead, and Miss Evans and Mr. Pettigrew took you up here." Sirius nodded slowly, and James, Peter, and Lily all came in. Once they spotted Sirius, they called,
"Sirius!" and a torrent of conversation came forth,
"Sirius, you've got to tell me, but you cant, I see that now, and Sev-"
"Honestly, mate, you gave us a right scare-"
"Sirius, you can't go back there for Christmas, or they're gonna-"
"They're going to what, Mr. Pettigrew? Who?" cut in Madam Pomfrey.
Sirius gave him a glare worthy of his mother.
"Haven't you done enough, Pete?" he spat out. Peter looked down at his shoes.
"Mr. Black, though you may not like it now, this is for your own good! Now, Mr. Pettigrew- who?"
Peter squeaked, "His parents." Then stared down at his shoes again. Madam Pomfrey drew back, then at Sirius, and exclaimed, "Oh! I know the curse now! I can cure you!"
She waved the other 3 back, cleared her throat, then said impressively, "Dimmittere maledictionem!" Sirius fell back against the cushions, struggling with something no one could see.
"What happening to him?" asked Lily, her voice higher than usual.
"He's fighting the curse. He can hear us."
The next memory came. Remus was sitting near Sirius, whose eye was still slightly swollen.
"How long have you had this?"
"Almost the beginning of summer." He whispered. Remus slammed his hand down next to the bedside table, and rose, eyes flashing dangerously.
"Damn it, Sirius! Why the hell don't you tell us?"
"I didn't get a chance to! My owl was at Hogwarts and YOU never wrote me!" Sirius yelled back. Remus stared down at him, looking a little confused.
"Course we wrote you! You sent those replies, you know, Don't worry about me, all that stuff? We wrote each other!"
Sirius stared at Remus as if he'd sprouted another head called Louise that spoke Chinese.
"Either I came across a Memory Charm," said Sirius slowly, "Or someone's been posing as me."
Remus sat down again slowly. He pulled out a piece of parchment, cleared his throat, and read,
"Dear Remus,
How have you been? My summer's been alright, I suppose. How's your furry little problem behaving?
Write me soon, don't worry about me,
Sirius."
"You sent me that. It has your handwriting and everything…"
Sirius glanced at the parchment, took it, and sniffed. He coughed, gasping,
"That's my mother's perfume. She puts it on everything. That's her parchment."
Remus's eyes widened. "You mean… She knows?"
"Remember in second year? When Lucius and Bella came after us? She was about to call you half-breed, which isn't true. I think they told her."
Another memory came. Sirius was on the floor, shirtless, bleeding, crawling weakly away from his cackling parents.
The next memory showed Sirius in the Hospital Wing again. He looked weak, and he was leaning heavily against some pillows to remain upright. James, Peter, and Remus were all sitting next to him
"You've got to leave."
"How?" offered Sirius bitterly. "Can't do magic until I'm of age. Soon. I will, once I'm seventeen. Promise."
A/N- So, we all know what's happening next chapter… Sorry, Sirius-lovers, but he's going to be in pain…
A/N FUNNY NEWS- I was reading the newspaper, and imagine my surprise when I noticed that they were talking about fanfiction! Basically, they were talking about the new book, Fifty Shades of Grey, and explaining a few terms to the laypeople. I thought you should know, as they mentioned on there.
