By: Savoy Truffle
Rating: R
Warning: Child abuse, violence, rape.
Disclaimer: Last chapter was not an Author's note, if you thought it was. I accidentally made it loo like one.
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Ron looked around Harry' hospital room in search for his friend. And there he was, pale and sick in a hospital bed. Harry was attached to all sorts of machines and his face was swollen from his uncle's abuse.
"Hey Harry," he whispered sadly
Harry looked over to where Ron was standing, his face brightening up slightly.
"Hi Ron"
Ron walked over to Harry and took a seat on the edge of the bed. He took Harry's hand in his, allowing a few tears to roll down his cheeks.
"I can't believe they did this to you"
"I know, nobody did"
Ron couldn't believe that Harry was so calm after something like this. Is this happened to Ron he would surely be crying and freaking out. But Harry wasn't, he was so calm.
"How can you be so calm right now? Do you know how serious this is?"
"Yes, I am aware of how serious this is"
"Well, you sure aren't showing it!"
"It hurts too much. It hurts to move and scream, let alone talk"
Ron's face immediately softened. He should have known that it would be would be painful for Harry. Something like this had never happened to him so he knew nothing about it. He felt horrible for losing his temper.
"Harry…I'm so sorry…I didn't know"
Harry smiled sadly.
"It's okay"
A small tear rolled down Harry's face and into his mask. Suddenly Ron did what Harry least expected. He threw his arms around him, pulling him into a tight hug. Harry was in pain but tried to hide it, he just let Ron cry into his shoulder. He felt slightly awkward though, he never expected Ron to cry.
"I can't believe it Harry, of all people! You! How could they do this to you?!"
"My Uncle was a horrible drunk, what do you expect?"
"But why were you burdened with this family, you never did anything wrong"
Ron tightened his arms around Harry. The pain was becoming unbearable for Harry. His throat felt blocked up. He gasped out in pain causing Ron to let go. Ron paled when he saw that his friend was in pain.
"Shit, Harry!"
Harry began breathing shallow, clutching at his chest. Ron was now frightened. He didn't know what was wrong with his friend.
"Harry, what's wrong?"
"Can't…breathe…"
Ron jumped up from his seat. Harry couldn't breathe! He would die if he didn't get him help!
"I'm getting Sirius!"
Ron stormed out of the hospital room over to where Sirius, Remus and the rest of his family were sitting. All eyes were on Ron as they noticed him panicking in the doorway.
"Ron, what's wrong?" asked Sirius
"Harry can't breathe!" Ron gasped out
Sirius immediately jumped from his seat and stormed into the hospital room, nearly knocking Ron over in the process. He quickly ran over to Harry's side.
"Harry?"
"My throat" Sirius noticed how raspy Harry's voice was "All…closed up…can't breathe…"
Harry tired pulling at his breathing tubes but they wouldn't come out. They're jammed in his throat, Sirius thought. Sirius noticed that Harry's face was turning purple. He was suffering.
"Sirius?" came Remus's voice from the doorway
Sirius turned to him.
"Moony, go get a Healer!"
Remus stormed out of the room and down the hallway. Sirius turned back to his godson. He took one of his hands in his and began to stroke his hair.
"Don't worry Pup, Remus'll be here with a Healer soon. You'll be just fine. Hang in there for me, you'll be okay"
Sirius noticed that Harry was weakening. He wished that Harry would go back to being the healthy Harry that he had been the year they had met for the first time in twelve years. But he knew that Harry couldn't do that. Not yet, no on his own. (A/N: People can go for about ten minutes without breathing so don't ask me why Harry isn't dead or brain dead).
Suddenly the sounds of footsteps were heard. Sirius spun around and saw two Healers entering the room.
"What happened here?" asked the brunette
"He can't breathe, I think his throat might be closed up"
"We'll check him over" said the blond "You'll have to leave the room while we test him."
Sirius reluctantly left the room. In the hallway, the five Weasleys and Remus were sitting on the bench, all looking scared and inpatient. Ron was sitting on the edge of the bed his face buried in his hands. Sirius walked over to him and took a seat next to him.
"Ron, what happened in there?"
Ron lifted his head from his hands and looked at Sirius with bloodshot eyes.
"It's all my fault"
"Just tell me Ron"
"Well I was hugging Harry and I squeezed him a little too tight. All of a sudden he started gasping for air and saying that he couldn't breathe. See? It's all my fault."
"That was an accident, it's not your fault"
"Yes it is! I didn't even think that it would hurt him before I hugged him. I was stupid. If I would have used my head I would have know that that would hurt him physically"
"Yeah, but you didn't mean to hurt him"
Suddenly the door opened and the blonde Healer emerged from the room, looking slightly relieved. Sirius looked up at her.
"Is he okay?" he asked
"Yes, he's just fine. The glands in his throat had severely swollen up, preventing him from being able to breathe. Also, his breathing tubes were stuck in there. We preformed a small two minute operation on his neck to remove the tubes and injected him with a small dose of Aldepharine. (A/N: Aldepharine is not a real word!)
"What's Adelarime?" Remus asked
"It's Aldepharine. It's a wizard antibiotic. It helped bring down the swelling along with a swelling potion"
"So he's okay?"
"Just fine. You can see him if you'd like to. I must go and inform Healer Mortus about the situation"
The blonde Healer left down the hallway along with the brunette who followed after her. Sirius turned to his friends.
"I'm going to see Harry first. You guys can see him later."
Sirius entered the hospital room. Harry was lying on the bed staring up at the ceiling. He was back to using a gas mask again, though this one was smaller. Sirius guessed that the Healers didn't want to risk another accident.
"Harry?"
Harry's eyes flicked over to where Sirius was standing.
"Hey Siri"
Sirius walked over to Harry and pulled him into a loose hug, hoping that nothing serious would happen this time. Harry draped his arms around Sirius's neck loosely, letting them hang there.
"I thought I'd lost you" Sirius whispered
A few tears dripped down from Sirius' eyes, landing on Harry's neck. Sirius pulled away and looked at his godson. He couldn't believe that this was Harry Potter, his godson, staring back at him. His face was so swollen, that he didn't look like himself, or remotely like a human at all. He was so skinny that his body was like that of a corpse, his bones sticking out of his skin. He looked nothing like he had at the end of his fourth year. Sirius would have done anything just to see Harry healthy. Healthy like he had always been.
"Harry?"
"Mmm?"
"I promise you that you'll never have to go through this again. Never ever."
"I know, you told me yesterday"
"I know, but I don't want you to ever forget it. I'll always be there for you, no matter what. You can tell me anything you want. Girl problems, fights with friends. problems with school, pimples…even your hormones if you want to!"
Both Sirius and Harry laughed.
"Okay, I'll remember that"
"Yeah, because I'm a cool godfather"
Harry snorted.
"Are you sure?"
"Hey!"
"Joking, joking. You're the best Sirius"
"Really?"
"The hippest and coolest godfather in the world"
"And you're the smallest and shrimpiest godson ever"
"Oh, that's nice"
"You may be small and shrimpy, but you're the sweetest and bestest godson ever!"
"You think I am sweet…"
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