Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns all the characters of the Harry Potter series. This fanfic is based on the original series by JK Rowling. No money is made from this.
A/N: Sorry this chapter took so long. I wanted to leave you people hanging as well as working on my other fanfic; A Promise Made. I've just noticed how small Ron and Hermione's roles are in this fic, I'll try to incorperate them in the next chapter. Please review! I want to get to 50 reviews before the next chapter. Thank you and... Enjoy!"Is he going to be alright Madame Pomfrey?" A female voice asked. It bolonged Cho.
"He just had a bad scar-attack, as we call it, he'll come around soon." The other person must be the
school healer, Mdme. Pomfrey.
Harry tried to speak but his voice was drowned by the many voices that suddenly began to speak in the hospital wing. He spoke "Cho." that could barely be heard by himself and collapesed. He fainted again. Cho though, distincted Harry's voice immediately and ran towards him to find him asleep once more. Was she starting to imagine things?
"Cho?" A male voice said. Cho was sobbing in a corner in the Heads' Common Room."Harry?" SHe said, her spirit suddenly lighted.
"Sorry to disappoint you, it's just plain old Cedric." He joked and sat beside her.
"I feel so bad, so hopeless, not being able to help him at all." She continued sobbing.
"I'm sure he wanted you to be happy, and not moping around and crying over him all the time."
Cho wasn't able to tell him that he was actaully the reason she felt so bad. Right before he had the attack he had saw them kissing and was furious. There was a long silence so Cedric decided to break it by slowly putting his arm around her and pulling her into a kiss. Cho quickly broke away.
"What is wrong with you?" She shouted. She was in distress and he tried to kiss her.
"I thought you might needed to get your mind of Harry for a while. I'm sorry"
"What made you think I WANT to not think about Harry?" She said coldy. "I'm sorry to break it to you but he's still my boyfriend and you, Cedric are not."
She angrily walked out of the room leaving a perplexed Cedric behind.
"Damn! Now I pushed her even further. Damn you Harry. This would all be easier if you weren't around!" Cedric shouted to the empty room, the echo made him realise that he was alone. But he wasn't. Cho was still outside and heard it all. She was instantly buried with guilt and ran to the hospital wing.
She bumped into Ron and Hermione, who just came out and were holding hands.
"Cho you look terrible, what happened?" Hermione asked concerned. Cho just nodded.
"Is he .... awake?" She stuttered, tears were still flowing down her face.
"Sorry, not yet. But you can still go inside and talk to him. Dunno if he'll hear ya but maybe your voice will trigger something. He's been out for quite a while now, huh?" Ron said.
"5 days to be exact. His attacks have never gone this far." Hermione stated. "Hey, don't worry he'll come around soon. In the meantime, take care of yourself." Hermione said and flashed her a big smile. Cho felt a little better from Hermione's comforting words.
"By the way, ar you two together?" cho asked in a mischievious yet casual voice.
"Yeah, but it's not final yet. Go tell him if you like. That should wake him up." Ron joked and winked.
Cho tried her best to look presentable just in case Harry was awake. He wasn't. She sat on a chair beside the bed and looked at him. His almost lifeless body haunted her. She had been told that he had a second attack two nights ago and that the effect was having a toll on him. Dumbledore thinks that this way, Voldemort can furfill the Prophecy and not have to be near Dumbledore.
The Old Riddle House
"Wormtail!" A strong voice called.
"Yes Master?" A small, weak man crawled up to his master and kissed his master's robes.
The master was badly bruised and was sweating madly, his shirt clamping to his body. He looked like
he'd been turtured many times.
"I finally found it, I now don't have to torture myself the muggle way anymore as the crutatious curse does not work. None
of you cowards is brave enough to torture your master and being sly enough to enjoy it."
the master said, gulping down a
glass of fuming green potion. Suddenly he began to twitch and turn on the ground. Immense heat was erupting form his body.
After a minute or two he rached for his wand and stopped the effects.
A young boy, many miles away was experiencing the same affects of the potion. Smoke was escaping from his ears, nose and mouth. His body was twitching on the bed and he cried out in pain. Cho was watching her boyfriend suffer every hour or so and tried her best to comfort him. But when the attacks started she couldn't touch him or even go near him as he grew to great temperatures. Little recovery was made as Harry grew weaker and weaker. Dumbledore was working around the clock to find out how Voldemort was doing that to his young pupil.
Hermione and Ron were doing something similar. It had been a routine now ever since the attacks started. They would go to the library after every meal for an hour and after the classes were done for hte day. They would often spend their whole night in the restricted section of the library where Madame Pince would now and then give them help.
"Albus, any progress?""Little Minerva, only Harry or Voldemort himself understands what's happening."
"Does Harry feel all this pain?"
"Unfortunately, I think he does, he has been screaming in pain during the attacks these past few days. I have reason to believe tha Voldemort is trying to kill Harry this way, he has to hurt himself but he is much stronger physically than Harry. He might be using some potion to torture himself like this. He has taken advantage of the bond between them once again, this time to kill Harry." Dumbledore said calmly.
professor McGonnagal covered her mouth with her hands and shook her head in disbelief."This can't be happening." She said in a small voice.
A/N: Well, I hoped you like this chapter. I see that action is to be followed. I am hoping to explain Hermione and Ron's realtionship in detail in future chapters. Please review! I am hoping to get 50 before the next chappie!
