Chapter 27

Ginny supported Harry all the way to the hospital wing, it took them quite a while because they were both under the cloak, Ginny knew Harry wouldn't want the attention. When they got to the ward the Hogwarts matron lead Harry into the room he was in before, quickly flicked her wand casting a spell to change his clothes into pyjamas and tuck in into a bed. She then started muttering some diagnostic spells before addressing the red headed Weasley.

"Thank you, Miss Weasley for returning Mr. Potter. He will be okay"

"What is wrong with him?"

"As he might have told you we are using a muggle method to weaken the immune system, it however has harsh consequences."

"When will he be over all of this?"

"Harry has seven treatments left and after the incident this morning he will be staying on the hospital wing until he has finished them"

"But!" croaked Harry

"No buts Mr. Potter, you obviously did not listen to my warnings about this and so you must be kept here. I will inform Mr. Weasley and Miss Granger to collect your schoolwork and will inform Professor Dumbledore and Professor Lupin to inform them of this change. Now drink these" Pomfery replied as she handed 3 potions to Harry which he drank one after another. After the third he felt rather drowsy, dreamless sleep he thought before he fell into the depths of sleep.

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"Harry!" spoke a muffled voice. "Harry are you awake?" the same voice continued, Harry recognised it this time and opened his eyes to see Remus sitting next to him. He looked in the other direction and saw that Professor Dumbledore and McGonagall were standing by the bottom of his bed.

"How are you feeling?"

Harry let himself feel for a second, the results of that morning had afected him, he felt like he had a bad bout of flu, he was cold, achy, sick and he could hear a very high pitched noisse that was but he replied "I'm okay"

"Okay" Remus finished.

"Harry my boy, you seem to be holding up well. Now I think we both know what I expect from you. I have discussed with Poppy that you will be allowed out of the hospital wing between one o'clock and three o'clock each day to comlete your mission"

"Mission? Albus what is this!"

"Ah Minerva, it is all well removing the piece of soul from Harry but we need to find the other horcrux's one I think is hidden in the school, Harry's mission is to find the horcrux so I can destroy it."

"Understood"

"Now Harry, I think I have found one horcrux already, I found this in one of Tom's favourite abandoned places to go while he was still a young man,I have only had it for a few days and already it is burning my hand" Dumbledore quickly took off one of the rings on his fingers, the skin beneath it was red and starting to brown, he then handed it to Harry. When Harry took it the high pitched noise increased and all of a sudden he could hear his mother screaming. HArry quickly dropped the ring, trying not to let the emotion overcome him, she sounded in pain nd she did for him he should die. "As I thought"

"What Albus!" cried Remus and McGonagall.

"The ring I found is indeed a horcrux. When the two pieces of soul are close together, they start attracting each other and so causing Harry to have that reaction."

"And so when two pieces of soul are close enough, the one in Harry and the lost one, Harry will be able to find it" continued Remus

"Right you are there Remus"

"But Albus! It caused him pain!" exclaimed Minerva

"Professor it's okay, this needs to be done" replied Harry

"Albus you have influenced him too much!" continued Minerva

"Minerva, I agree with Albus, the Dark Lord needs to be stopped, Harry has lost his parents to him and currently the lif of his Godfather lies in the balance, I think Harry should Have his opinion about the situation and its obvious he wants to be part of getting justice for the past, maybe we should let him"

Harry nodded in agreement with Remus.

"That is settled, I will come for an update in a couple of days, now I will let you get your next dose and sleep for the night." All three Professors left, and he was given the injection before some food and dreamless sleep.

The following day started by being violently sick again, Harry was embarrassed when Madame Pomfrey came every time he threw up. Harry spent a lot of time in a hoodie because he was oddly cold and it let him take down his glamours for a while, he had noticed it was very hard to keep them up, and it was something he really wanted to fix, to find an alternative for the next few weeks of find a stronger spell.

Hermione brought his homework that morning and fussed over him, Harry let her and thanked her, he didn't deserve for her to waste her time coming to him. After finishing his homework and a check-up from the matron he made his way to the seventh-floor corridor and did as Dumbledore instructed. A grand door appeared in front of him, he pushed the doors open and closed them quickly.

The room showed a desk and many books about glamour charms and a shelf full of different creams and balms for Harry. He was confused, he thought about the room of missing things, but he got this instead. He looked and studyed the books and quickly realised that the desire to make sure his problem was hidden from everyone was priority.

Harry read through the books and realised the charm he was using was only temporary and difficult to keep going, it drains your magic. However, there was a particular spell he could use that would last a month if performed correctly, this charm also would not be detected and would not perish by medical magic. The book was obviously a dark arts book, as in other sections there were ways to become a death eater and how the tattoos work on the forearm. Harry did not want to read into this too much, and only focus on the parts he needed, there was enough on his mind already. In the end he decided to try the spell in the middle of the night and try to now get the room of missing things.

However, the bell chimed for three o'clock and he and to go back to the hospital wing. Ginny visited him that evening she was gentle and kind, she sat on the bed next to him and let him rest his head on her shoulder, there wasn't much conversation, but it helped him fall asleep peacefully.

The next thing Harry knew it was the middle of the night and he shot up sweating, the temporary glamours fell quickly and the urge to cut identified, he looked around desperately to find something sharp but because there was nothing in this room he had nothing so he scratched hard at the cuts on his arm, the pain came and it was instant relief.

Now the urges had subsided he took out the notes he had made earlier that day and studied them in the moonlight. He then took out his wand and quickly cast silencing charms around the room so that no one would disturb him. He then collected the things he needed which included a few of the pots and thigs he had picked up in the room of requirement he then rubbed a couple of pots onto his arm and onto the other old injuries on his body, he then had to wait for the creams to sink in.

Harry then looked at the incantation of the spell and went over the wand movement a couple of times before he took a deep breath and made the wand movement one last time by running his wand across his arms and around his torso while stating "Nemine Vidente Toto Protegat".

All of a sudden it felt like his skin was closing in on itself and stretching and re-stretching over his body, purple sparks flowed around him, a whisper filled his ears of the incantation. Harry looked down at his arm and saw the cuts fading more and more. When they were completely gone the tightness stopped, the whispering seized, and the purple light faded into nothing.

Harry put his wand down for a second and scratched hard at his arm, it hurt, and it started bleeding, but as soon as it stopped bleeding the scars were recovered and looked very normal. Harry put his wand back on his bedside table with his glasses and put the parchment back in his bag before laying down and smiling properly for the first time in months, though he felt awful at least he didn't look bad anymore. He drifted peacefully to sleep, knowing now he could concentrate on finding that horcrux.

Note: another chapter done! What do you think of Harry in the room of requirement?