Harry had been looking for the Hospital Wing for over thirty minutes and he still wasn't any closer to finding it.
"I should have asked Theo to wait so we could have walked up together." sighed Harry.
He was currently standing in a long corridor with no doors and full of portraits. He had tried asked if any of them could point his towards the Hospital Wing but they all argued with each other and gave him a bunch of different directions, and he now didn't recognise anything around him.
Harry leaned against the wall and slide down until he was sitting on the cold, stone floor. He bent his legs and rested his arms on his raised knees, and then dropped his head against the wall before releasing a heavy sigh.
He just shut his eyes when he heard a voice.
"Oooh, what have I found? An ickle little Firstie all by himself." The voice cackled and when Harry turned to see who was talking he found a little man with wicked dark eyes and a wide mouth, floating around in the middle of the corridor. He couldn't be anyone other than Peeves, Harry had been lucky so far to not have encountered him but it seems like his luck has finally ran out.
"Go away Peeves." Harry muttered as he leaned his head back against the wall, hoping the poltergeist was like a bully and would go away when they didn't get a reaction.
Unfortunately he didn't.
"Is the ickle little Firstie lost?" Peeves crooned, sounding delighted at the fact.
"Hey Peeves!" Harry heard a voice shout.
It was the Weasley twins. They both walked over next to Harry, one of them grabbed his arm and pulled him so that he was standing. He was now standing between the both of them.
"This Firstie is a friend of ours." the twin on the right said as the one on the left wrapped his arm around Harry's shoulder.
"Oh alright." the poltergeist pouted before zooming down the corridor, cackling away.
"Why did you help me? It's not like I'm friends with you or any of your brothers." asked Harry, confused at the turn of events.
The twins shared a look for a moment before the one on the right grasped at his chest and the one on the right leaned heavily against Harry, both of them groaning as though in pain.
"Oh it hurts Forge." Sniffed the twin on the right.
"I know Gred, this must be what heartbreak feels like." Groaned 'Forge'.
"Our favourite First Year isn't our friend." 'Gred' sobbed, dropping to his knees and burying his face in his hands.
Harry wasn't able to hold a smile back at the sight of the twins theatrics. They both grinned when they saw the smile.
"So why is ickle Harry down here all alone." 'Gred' asked.
"Neville got hurt in potions and I was going to the Hospital Wing to see him but I got lost." sighed Harry, looking up at both of the twins.
"We shall-" exclaimed 'Forge'.
"Escort you-" continued 'Gred'.
"To the Hospital Wing." The both exclaimed at the same time.
"Thank you." smiled Harry.
The twins guided him down the corridor and climbed up over ten staircases. The journey up to the Hospital Wing was filled with jokes and laughter.
"Well here we are." The twin Harry now knew was Fred said, as the stood outside of huge of wooden, double doors.
"Thank you, again." Harry said, grinning at the red heads.
"No problemo, ickle little Firstie." George grinning before reaching out and ruffling Harry's hair.
Harry just rolled his eyes before trying to straighten his hair out as much as possible, so that it at least covered his scar.
Harry grabbed the door handle and pushed open the heavy door to reveal the Hospital Wings. The Hospital Wing was a large, stark white room filled with hospital beds, which were surrounded by curtains, at the very back of the room was a doorway which probably lead the an office and there was a desk next to it.
Neville was sitting in the bed closest to the door, and sitting next to the bed was Theo. They looked to be in a deep discussion and when Harry got close enough he could hear that they were discussing the properties of a plant that Harry had never heard of before. He was happy to hear that Neville was comfortable enough to talk without stuttering, in fact he looked happy and sounded enthusiastic.
"Mr Potter why are you here? Are you injured?" a woman's voice asked, Harry turned to see her coming out of the office carrying something.
At hearing his name both Neville and Theo turned to face him. Harry nearly winced at the sight of the painful boils that were still covering his skin.
"I'm fine, I'm just to see how Neville is." Harry replied, smiling up at the woman.
The nurse just nodded before walking over to Neville's bed and handing his a glass vial filled with a thick green liquid.
"Drink this and I'll be back to check on you in a few minutes and if I find you healthy enough, you are free to leave."
"Thank you Madam Pomfrey." said Neville.
She nodded her head with a smile before spinning around and rushing back to her office.
Harry walked over to the bed and watched as Neville drank the liquid from the vial. As soon as it hit his tongue he pulled a face.
"It took you awhile to get here. Did Professor Snape keep you there the whole time?" Theo asked, shuffling along in the chair so that Harry could squeeze in next to him.
"No. I got lost and then Peeves turned up." answered Harry, squashing himself as close to the arm of the chair as possible so that he wasn't touching Theo.
"Peeves?" Neville gasped. "What did he do?"
"Nothing. Fred and George Weasley turned up and told him that we were friends, so he left me alone." explained Harry, still confused about why they did that.
"You got lucky!" Neville exclaimed, before explaining how the Gryffindor's had encountered Peeves on their first night and how their Prefect, Percy, had to threaten Peeves with The Bloody Baron before he would leave them alone.
As Neville was talking Harry watched as all of his boils slowly disappeared, one by one and by the time he was finished talking they had all gone.
'Magic is really amazing.' marveled Harry, watching as Madam Pomfrey walked over and said that Neville was free to leave.
Hey! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed! I know it's not as long as the last few chapters but I've had to go to the A&E yesterday and I really wanted it putting up today!