(A/N: I'm back. Sorry for all the delay but have been brain dead on stories (non-original at least) and busy with the GED. I've finally got my Potter brain back for this story. Thanks for coming back (if you do). Though you'll hate the cliffhangers I have planned until I end this. And OOP! I realized I called Ginny Harry's wife and that hasn't happened yet… {blushes embarrassedly})
Chapter 6Ginny, Ron, and Hermione were in the forest a couple of hours after arriving at Hagrid's Hut and following the map. They followed the path laid out on the map until they decided they needed to eat. They came to a clearing and set up food there.
Harry had been talking with Sirius since Ginny and the others had left. Sirius still couldn't grasp that Harry had cancer. Harry didn't want to believe it either. "I do Sirius. As much as I wish it weren't so I really do."
"I know… I was just hoping the article was lying since it was malicious otherwise." Sirius said.
"What're you talking about Padfoot?" A familiar voice said.
"That article about Harry. Turns out it's not all false, Moony." Sirius said with a mysterious tone and wink at Harry.
"Oh? He really should live unhappily ever after?" Remus asked.
"Nope." Harry said. "The part about the cancer."
"Harry!" Remus exclaimed. "How are you?"
"As well as I can be considering." Harry said and coughed a bit. "Oh and don't do the overprotective and sorry for me thing. I don't need that. Got any food though? I did everything but eat when I visited Dobby."
"Sure Harry." Sirius said.
It had been 2 days since they'd started and they were finally getting close to the portal. Ginny was worried for Harry though, she knew he'd be miserable with them gone and hoped he didn't get himself hurt.
"We're almost there." Ron said.
"Yeah." Ginny said.
"Cheer up. We get to Apparate after we finish with the caves." Hermione said.
"Yes that will be nice but we aren't even out of the forest yet and the map for the caves is longer than this forest one and we still have to try to get the dragon to help us…" Ginny said.
"Cheer up for once sis!" Ron said.
"Let's just go." Ginny said.
It's all working out according to plan. The spell hit Potter and now it's only a matter of time. He'll be dead soon and master's plan will have worked. That worthless Potter will finally die!
Harry lay in bed a few days later feeling the worst he'd felt in a while. He tasted blood and spit it out forgetting he had the mask on. He took it off and went to the bathroom to spit out the rest of the blood when he started coughing violently again. Fresh blood ended up in the sink and Harry sank to the floor holding his chest.
Sirius walked in a couple hours later. "Harry! Wake up call! I'm here. Like you asked me to be…" Sirius entered what he knew to be Harry's bedroom. He stopped short when he saw the red stains on Harry's pillow. "Harry?" Sirius called with a bit more worry in his voice.
Harry heard Sirius calling for him but he didn't have enough breath to call out at the moment since the mask was still on top of the sink and Harry was still on the floor below it. He started coughing again and heard Sirius approaching the bathroom.
Sirius opened the door to the bathroom and gasped in shock. Harry had blood running down his chin and his robes. Harry was clutching his chest as well. "I'll be right back." Sirius ran off to Harry's fireplace. He threw in a pinch of silvery powder into the fire. "Serena Black, Black House!" Sirius yelled and soon the face of Serena appeared.
"Sirius? How's Harry?" Serena said.
Sirius ignored that. "You were going to be a healer at one point weren't you?"
"Yeah but…" Serena started and got cut off.
"Get over here now!" Sirius said. "And contact Alexander Phoenix at Phoenix Memorial."
"I'll be right there." Serena's head disappeared.
Harry heard Sirius coming back and knew he must look awful. Probably more awful than he felt. Sirius entered the room and looked him up and down. "Are you ok?"
Harry nodded and pointed up at the sink. Sirius looked puzzled until he noticed a mask with blood in it. He cleaned it out and dried it and then he handed it to Harry.
Harry put it back on and felt a little better. "Thanks."
"No talking." Sirius said. "Just stay here or get into bed. I contacted my wife and she is getting a hold of Alexander Phoenix. Cause there's quite a bit of blood around and…" It can't be a good thing was cut off the end of the sentence.
Harry nodded and got to his feet to get out to the bed and he had just got through the door when he collapsed. Sirius barely caught him in time. "Harry. Harry! Stay with me Harry." Sirius lifted Harry up and put him in the bed. "Hang on Harry."
