"Hermione! Just hurry up and tell me!" Harry exclaimed.
"Ok fine, Draco was attacked," she said solemnly.
"What happened?" Harry asked her quickly.
"Someone attacked him when he was on his way back down to the Slytherin common room. They have no idea though as to who it was," Hermione said.
"What do you mean he was attacked and no one knows who it was. Someone had to have seen it happen. I mean there are way to many people in this school for someone not to have seen anything. Is he ok though?" Harry was enraged, someone had better come forward soon, or he would have to take action himself.
"Madame Pomfery said that he is still unconscious and they still don't know if he is going to be ok. He was hit with some kind of hex. It is something very dangerous and deadly if it is done correctly. It's said that only Death Eaters know how to cast it. Someone probably did see and doesn't want to say anything for fear that whoever did it will attack them next."
"Well I'm not going to sit here and wait to see what happens, I am going down there right now. I have to see him with my own eyes to know that he is alright," Harry told her, getting up to leave.
"Harry its no use going down there. They aren't letting anyone in, much less you, since you are supposedly his worse enemy."
"I am so sick of all this. Why does everyone think that we have to be enemies? People change and so do relationships. When is everyone going to wake up and realize that?"
"Harry please don't start worrying about that right now. Draco is hurt and you don't need to be getting upset by things such as that," Hermione said, trying to calm him down.
"Please don't go down there either. At least not, right now. He needs to rest and let Madame Pomfrey look after him," Hermione added, not wanting him to see Draco in the state he was in. She had been the one to find Draco. When she went to talk to him after leaving Harry outside the Great Hall and found him unconscious on the ground near the Slytherin entrance. At the time, no one was around, which was unusual. She hadn't said anything to Harry about that because she knew it would only upset him even more.
"Fine, ok, I will on one condition," Harry said.
"What?" Hermione asked, fearing that she might not like the answer that she was about to receive. She knew she would agree with it anyway. Harry was her friend and she would do anything for him.
"You have to help me find out who it was that attacked him; I want them to pay for this," Harry told her with an odd gleam in his eyes that was starting to scare her. Hermione had never seen him like this and she hope that this new phase wouldn't last very long.
"Harry, I promise that I will help you find out who did that to him as long as you promise me that you aren't going to do anything stupid that ends with someone else getting hurt and you know I also mean you getting hurt yourself."
"Fine Hermione, I promise," Harry said.
"Now I'm going to bed and I suggest you do the same. I have the feeling that tomorrow is going to be a big day," Hermione said standing up and making her way up to the girls' dormitories.
Harry followed closely behind and headed up to the boys' dormitories. He looked over at Ron's empty bed and wondered where he could be at this hour. It wasn't like Ron to not tell the other two where he was going, especially if he was going to be out this late at night.
~**~**~
The next day turned out to be a big day. At breakfast, Dumbledore stood up and announced that Draco Malfoy had indeed been attacked the previous night. He also mentioned that anyone who had any information as to who was responsible for this attack was to report to him at once.
Harry went through his classes worrying about if Draco was going to make it or not. He hadn't even been able to see him. He had tried that morning to get into the hospital wing, but Madame Pomfery simply told him that no visitors were allowed.
"Can't you tell me how he is doing? If he is even going to live?" Harry asked her.
"Sorry Mr. Potter, but we can't release any information at this time." She then shut the door in his face, and left him standing in the corridor wondering if Draco was even going to live.
So, Harry had to go off to yet another class, knowing only that Draco was still alive for the time being.
At lunch Harry was finally able to breathe easily again when Dumbledore stood up yet again and announced that Draco was conscious and on his way to making a full recovery. They still had no idea who it was that attacked him. Dumbledore asked again that anyone who had any information needed to speak up promptly.
When Harry talked to Dumbledore at the teachers' table, he said that Draco had been attacked from behind, so he couldn't exactly tell anyone who it was.
"You should go down and see him after dinner," Dumbledore said, looking over his half moon spectacles.
Harry felt a great burden off his shoulders be lifted when Dumbledore reassured him that Draco was going to be ok. He nearly skipped to all his classes but decided some people might get the wrong idea. He didn't exactly need that kind of attention right now.
During his afternoon classes Harry tried his best to keep his mind on the subject at hand but most of the time he failed, giving in to the thoughts of hopefully seeing Draco after dinner.
At dinner he sat down with Hermione, Ron wasn't there, and began to eat. Harry hadn't seen much of Ron since dinner the night before. Come to think of it, he hadn't seen Ron at all since then.
"Where's Ron?" he asked Hermione, who was helping herself to the potatoes.
"I don't know. I haven't seen him all day and you know how unusual it is for him to miss a meal. He might be sick or something and he is just upstairs sleeping."
"I've been upstairs plenty of times and he wasn't there."
"I don't know then," she said.
They both shrugged it off and continued to eat.
"Hermione, I think that we need to start trying to find out who attacked Draco. At least before they try again, and next time they might not mess up," Harry said.
"Fine Harry, but where do we start?" she asked.
"Well I guess that the first thing we need to do is go and talk to him. Ask him if he remembers anything that happened. We also need to find out where he was attacked so we can go there and start looking around for any evidence as to what went on down there," Harry said.
"But Harry, how are we going to talk to him? The last time you went in there they said that you couldn't come in and no one would be able to."
"Yeah but that was because he was unconscious and they probably didn't want anyone to come in there and try to finish him off.," he said pointedly.
"Ok fine. But when are you going to go down there to ask him?" Hermione questioned.
"When I went and talked to Dumbledore he said I could go down there after dinner. I might as well get down there since I'm done," he said throwing his napkin down.
Harry made his way down to the hospital wing and knocked on the door, hoping that someone would hurry up, and answer. He was starting to get cold standing there in the hallway without his cloak.
When no one answered, Harry became suspicious, so he opened the door and walked in. Why wasn't anyone there to watch over Draco?
He saw Draco lying on the bed, where he appeared to be asleep. As Harry crept closer to the bed, he noticed a person standing there over the bed, only this one didn't seem to have a face of happiness. He couldn't see the face much since it was hidden in the shadows. The person had his or her wand out and looked about ready to cast some kind of spell over Draco's sleeping figure.
When the stranger stepped closer to the bed, the moonlight lit up his face and the shadow creature was revealed.
Harry was so shocked, he backed into a table of tools, causing several of them to fall to the ground with a loud crash. The figure moved towards him quickly, his wand still raised.
"Ok fine, Draco was attacked," she said solemnly.
"What happened?" Harry asked her quickly.
"Someone attacked him when he was on his way back down to the Slytherin common room. They have no idea though as to who it was," Hermione said.
"What do you mean he was attacked and no one knows who it was. Someone had to have seen it happen. I mean there are way to many people in this school for someone not to have seen anything. Is he ok though?" Harry was enraged, someone had better come forward soon, or he would have to take action himself.
"Madame Pomfery said that he is still unconscious and they still don't know if he is going to be ok. He was hit with some kind of hex. It is something very dangerous and deadly if it is done correctly. It's said that only Death Eaters know how to cast it. Someone probably did see and doesn't want to say anything for fear that whoever did it will attack them next."
"Well I'm not going to sit here and wait to see what happens, I am going down there right now. I have to see him with my own eyes to know that he is alright," Harry told her, getting up to leave.
"Harry its no use going down there. They aren't letting anyone in, much less you, since you are supposedly his worse enemy."
"I am so sick of all this. Why does everyone think that we have to be enemies? People change and so do relationships. When is everyone going to wake up and realize that?"
"Harry please don't start worrying about that right now. Draco is hurt and you don't need to be getting upset by things such as that," Hermione said, trying to calm him down.
"Please don't go down there either. At least not, right now. He needs to rest and let Madame Pomfrey look after him," Hermione added, not wanting him to see Draco in the state he was in. She had been the one to find Draco. When she went to talk to him after leaving Harry outside the Great Hall and found him unconscious on the ground near the Slytherin entrance. At the time, no one was around, which was unusual. She hadn't said anything to Harry about that because she knew it would only upset him even more.
"Fine, ok, I will on one condition," Harry said.
"What?" Hermione asked, fearing that she might not like the answer that she was about to receive. She knew she would agree with it anyway. Harry was her friend and she would do anything for him.
"You have to help me find out who it was that attacked him; I want them to pay for this," Harry told her with an odd gleam in his eyes that was starting to scare her. Hermione had never seen him like this and she hope that this new phase wouldn't last very long.
"Harry, I promise that I will help you find out who did that to him as long as you promise me that you aren't going to do anything stupid that ends with someone else getting hurt and you know I also mean you getting hurt yourself."
"Fine Hermione, I promise," Harry said.
"Now I'm going to bed and I suggest you do the same. I have the feeling that tomorrow is going to be a big day," Hermione said standing up and making her way up to the girls' dormitories.
Harry followed closely behind and headed up to the boys' dormitories. He looked over at Ron's empty bed and wondered where he could be at this hour. It wasn't like Ron to not tell the other two where he was going, especially if he was going to be out this late at night.
~**~**~
The next day turned out to be a big day. At breakfast, Dumbledore stood up and announced that Draco Malfoy had indeed been attacked the previous night. He also mentioned that anyone who had any information as to who was responsible for this attack was to report to him at once.
Harry went through his classes worrying about if Draco was going to make it or not. He hadn't even been able to see him. He had tried that morning to get into the hospital wing, but Madame Pomfery simply told him that no visitors were allowed.
"Can't you tell me how he is doing? If he is even going to live?" Harry asked her.
"Sorry Mr. Potter, but we can't release any information at this time." She then shut the door in his face, and left him standing in the corridor wondering if Draco was even going to live.
So, Harry had to go off to yet another class, knowing only that Draco was still alive for the time being.
At lunch Harry was finally able to breathe easily again when Dumbledore stood up yet again and announced that Draco was conscious and on his way to making a full recovery. They still had no idea who it was that attacked him. Dumbledore asked again that anyone who had any information needed to speak up promptly.
When Harry talked to Dumbledore at the teachers' table, he said that Draco had been attacked from behind, so he couldn't exactly tell anyone who it was.
"You should go down and see him after dinner," Dumbledore said, looking over his half moon spectacles.
Harry felt a great burden off his shoulders be lifted when Dumbledore reassured him that Draco was going to be ok. He nearly skipped to all his classes but decided some people might get the wrong idea. He didn't exactly need that kind of attention right now.
During his afternoon classes Harry tried his best to keep his mind on the subject at hand but most of the time he failed, giving in to the thoughts of hopefully seeing Draco after dinner.
At dinner he sat down with Hermione, Ron wasn't there, and began to eat. Harry hadn't seen much of Ron since dinner the night before. Come to think of it, he hadn't seen Ron at all since then.
"Where's Ron?" he asked Hermione, who was helping herself to the potatoes.
"I don't know. I haven't seen him all day and you know how unusual it is for him to miss a meal. He might be sick or something and he is just upstairs sleeping."
"I've been upstairs plenty of times and he wasn't there."
"I don't know then," she said.
They both shrugged it off and continued to eat.
"Hermione, I think that we need to start trying to find out who attacked Draco. At least before they try again, and next time they might not mess up," Harry said.
"Fine Harry, but where do we start?" she asked.
"Well I guess that the first thing we need to do is go and talk to him. Ask him if he remembers anything that happened. We also need to find out where he was attacked so we can go there and start looking around for any evidence as to what went on down there," Harry said.
"But Harry, how are we going to talk to him? The last time you went in there they said that you couldn't come in and no one would be able to."
"Yeah but that was because he was unconscious and they probably didn't want anyone to come in there and try to finish him off.," he said pointedly.
"Ok fine. But when are you going to go down there to ask him?" Hermione questioned.
"When I went and talked to Dumbledore he said I could go down there after dinner. I might as well get down there since I'm done," he said throwing his napkin down.
Harry made his way down to the hospital wing and knocked on the door, hoping that someone would hurry up, and answer. He was starting to get cold standing there in the hallway without his cloak.
When no one answered, Harry became suspicious, so he opened the door and walked in. Why wasn't anyone there to watch over Draco?
He saw Draco lying on the bed, where he appeared to be asleep. As Harry crept closer to the bed, he noticed a person standing there over the bed, only this one didn't seem to have a face of happiness. He couldn't see the face much since it was hidden in the shadows. The person had his or her wand out and looked about ready to cast some kind of spell over Draco's sleeping figure.
When the stranger stepped closer to the bed, the moonlight lit up his face and the shadow creature was revealed.
Harry was so shocked, he backed into a table of tools, causing several of them to fall to the ground with a loud crash. The figure moved towards him quickly, his wand still raised.