Jason woke up in the hospital wing the next morning.
He opened his eyes and immediately closed them. The light hurt them.
Hermione said. "Wait here, I'll go get madam pomfrey."
Jason couldn't do much, he laid there until he heard madam pomfrey come over to him.
"How are you feeling Mr. Todd?" She asked.
"I feel lousy." He said in a low voice.
"I'll take lousy over vegetative." Madam pomfrey said with a sharp tone in we voice. She was mad but not at him.
After she was gone Hermione said. " she's not mad at you. Crookshire the guy that used the cruciatis curse on you. He's the one she's mad at."
"The what?" Jason asked. There's a spell that causes pain. He had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach.
"Yes." Hermione said. "It's called the cruciatis curse. It's one of three unforgivable curses. The imperius curse. It takes away the victims willpower. The cruciatis curse which tortures the victim. It locks onto the victims pain receptors and makes the victims feel the worst pain they ever remember feeling."
That explains why it felt like he was being hit with a crowbar again. Jason thought.
"And the last unforgivable curse is avada kedavra." Hermione said. A little breathless. "It's the killing curse."
"Jason." Hermione said. "Will you tell me how you got PTSD?"
"Only if you tell me how you know about it." Jason replied.
"I have done research into it because one day I'd like to help people. -the magical and muggle community alike.- deal with PTSD." She said.
"A deals a deal." Jason said. "When I was six years old my mom died and my dad left me all alone. I ended up on the street. I worked for a guy that told me he would take care of me as long as I brought him stuff. I did so and I only screwed up once the first year on the street. So I went without food for that day. The next year I screwed up again and I had to fight for his entertainment.-I learned how to fight the first year on the street.- and then the third year on the street I screwed up twice. What he did to me on the third time I screwed up should never be done to anyone let alone a child. And then after the fourth screw up he kicked me out and my dad found me."
Hermione had her hand to her mouth when he looked over and she said. "I'm so sorry."
"It's not your fault." He said
Madam pomfrey came over and asked Hermione to leave so that Jason could rest. Hermione left and madam pomfrey gave Jason a drink that made him drowsy and he fell asleep.
AN: yes you die hard Red Hood fans out there I did alter Jason's backstory a little bit. But I did so for a reason. Please forgive me and continue reading. Thanks.