CHAPTER SIX: PAIN

Harry snapped open his eyes and then he tried to sit up but he was too weak to so he just stayed put.

"Harry can you tell us what you saw." Asked Dumbledore.

"Dumbledore can't it wait until the morning. Look at him he is exhausted and weak. He is also in a ton of pain." Asked Lupin.

Harry just realized that Lupin, Ron, and Hermione were also there. Ron and Hermione looked terrified at what had just happened to Harry.

"W-what happened?" eagerly asked Harry. "Where am I?"

"Harry, you are in the hospital wing and we don't really know what happened to you. All we really know is that one moment you were standing next to me and the next you just started to twitch and scream. Then we got madam Pomfrey and Dumbledore." Replied Hermione.

"Harry can you remember what happened when you were screaming?" asked Ron.

"Ron! Can't you be considerate. Why would Harry ask what happened if he could remember it?" Stated Lupin.

"Harry I want you to stay in the hospital wing until I think that you are back to your normal health. I want to hear that you have made a full recovery without any more pains in your scars. I will come back every day to see how you are doing." Ordered Dumbledore. After that Dumbledore left, closely followed by Lupin. Now Harry was alone with Ron and Hermione.

"You guys I have something to tell you." Informed Harry.

"What?" asked Ron eagerly.

"Yeah what?" Asked Hermione just as eagerly.

"Remember the night that Voldemort attacked me?" replied Harry.

"Yeah, why?" replied Ron and Hermione together.

"Because when my scars started to hurt in Lupin's classroom, I could hear and see You-Know-Who planning to kill me again." Replied Harry.

"Harry can you tell us how you know that You-Know-Who is after you?" asked Hermione.

"Yeah Harry, can you tell the future?" asked Ron.

"Ron!"

"What Hermione, can't I ask?"

"I guess you can Ron. But Harry can you really predict the future?" asked Hermione.

"No, I can't. At least I don't think that I can. But as Hermione asked before I can tell that You-Know-Who is after me because of the vision that I had when we were talking to Lupin after class had ended. I saw him talking to Malfoy's dad, telling him to be a spy for You-Know-Who and that he was going to-" Harry paused because his scars busted with pain again. "Oww! that he was going to kill me by the end of the year." Harry finished. Hermione looked over to him and noticed that he was clutching his scars.

"Harry what is it?" asked Ron and Hermione nodded.

"My scars there burning like mad. Owwww! The pain is horrible. I can't take it anymore." Stated Harry. "they have never hurt this much for this long."

"Should I get madam Pomfrey or Dumbledore Harry?" asked Ron.

"I don't know if you want to you can though." Replied Harry wincing with pain. "Just go quickly maybe they know what is going on with me. I can't stand the pain much longer."

"Okay Harry I'll get him. Hold on here he comes now." Replied Ron. Right as Ron said that Dumbledore strode in. "Dumbledore we need to ask you something."

"Okay what is it Ron."

"Well we want to know why Harry's scars keep on hurting him." Replied Ron as Harry let out a yelp of pain again.

"Harry I am sorry that I can't tell you why your scars are bothering you but you have been looking healthy now but I think that you are still not ready to go back to the Gryfindor Tower so stay here for a few more days" Informed Dumbledore.

To everyone's amazement Harry got out of bed and ran out of the door. He ran all the way up to the Gryfindor Tower and gave the Fat Lady the Password. He climbed through the hole and he went into the common room. Hoping that Ron, Hermione, and Dumbledore wouldn't find him there, he sat down in one of the armchairs near the fire. The common room was full of students that were doing homework. There were also some students playing Gobstones, Wizards chess, and/or exploding snap. Fred and George realized that Harry was there and they walked over to him.

"Harry where have you been for the last two days?" asked Fred.

"I have been in the hospital wing." Replied Harry.

"Oh anyway there is a Quidditch practice right now if you are up to coming." Replied George.

"Okay I will join you but give me a second to get ready." Replied Harry

Harry went upstairs to the boys dormintary to get his firebolt and his Quidditch robes. Then he followed Fred and George to the Quidditch pitch. Harry started to wonder that if he was caught by Dumbledore, would be kicked off of the team. Hoping that that wasn't the case Harry continued to follow them down to the pitch. Once they got there they got on their brooms and started to fly around the pitch.

"Harry we are letting out the snitch now so get ready." Stated Fred.

"Okay." Replied Harry.

"Harry watch out because we are also sending out the bludgers." Replied George.

Harry sped up following the golden snitch. He tried to avoid the bludgers while he was reaching out his arm to get the golden snitch. Then...BOOM... one of the bludgers hit him in the stomach while the other one hit him in his left leg. Harry grabbed the snitch and clutched on to the broom for support. Harry then drifted back to the ground and limped back to the hospital wing.

"HARRY WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING WALKING OUT OF THE HOSPITAL WING LIKE THAT WHEN YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO STAY HERE UNTIL I SAID THAT YOU COULD GO." Screamed Dumbledore as Harry limped in. "YOU ARE STAYING HERE WITHOUT ANOTHER WORD AND I WOULD LET YOU OUT IN A WEEK!"

"Sorry professor. I wanted some fresh air. I was feeling better and you said that I looked fine so I left I saw Fred and George. They said that there was a Quidditch match tomorrow and I need to practice it. Sorry." Replied Harry.

"It is okay now I'll get madam Pomfrey and you see if you can stand on your injured leg without wincing so that madam Pomfrey doesn't realize that you were out of bed when you weren't supposed to be. Harry try it then." Stated Dumbledore.

Dumbledore watched Harry as he gingerly put his weight on his injured leg and walked over to Dumbledore, Ron, and Hermione. Once he reached them, he plopped down onto the hospital bed.

"Harry, do you want a pillow to elevate your leg so that it not as painful?" Respectively asked Ron. Harry looked over to Ron and noticed that he was holding up a pillow from the bed next to him.

"Okay thanks Ron." Replied Harry carefully lifting his leg up so that Ron could put the pillow underneath it. After Ron pulled up Harry's sheets so that Madam Pomfrey wouldn't notice.

Soon after Ron put the pillow under Harry's leg, Dumbledore came back with Madam Pomfrey. She went straight over to Harry's bed to see how he was recovering.

"Harry you look like you have been recovering fine, so you can go back to Gryfindor tower if you want to. All you have to do is take this Pain Killer whenever you get a headache.

So when Madam Pomfrey left Harry's bedside, Ron and Hermione helped Harry out of his bed and up to the Gryfindor tower. Once they got to the Fat Lady, they gave her the password. Then Ron and Hermione helped Harry into the portrait hole and into the common room and onto one of the armchairs near the fire. Ron and Hermione grabbed three more seats (one for Harry's leg, and one for each of them). They all started to have a conversation when Hedwig flew in through the window with a letter tied to her leg. She landed on Harry's bad leg and he winced with massive pain. Grabbing the letter from Hedwig's leg, Harry started to read it out loud.

"Dear Harry, Ron, and Hermione,

Just so that you know my name was just cleared. Fudge caught Wormtail last week near Harry's muggle house. Fudge summoned a dementor to do its "kiss" on Wormtail. You can now live with me as soon as I get a house. Write back as soon as you can and tell me everything that is happening at school.

Love,

Sirius"

Harry finished reading it as he winced in pain once again as Hedwig stuck her talons into his injured leg.

"Harry, do you want your pain killers?" asked Hermione as Harry let out another howler of pain.

"Yes please give me as much as you think that I am going to need to not be in this much pain." Replied Harry.

"Ok I will. I think that you are going to need one flask full." Informed Hermione

"Ok that sounds fine." Replied Harry clutching his leg because it hurt so much.

"See if this helps the pain." Replied Hermione handing Harry a flask of pain killer medicine. The second that Harry received the medicine he drank it.

"Harry are you sure that you can play in tomorrows Quidditch match?" asked Ron hopefully.

"Yeah I think that I will be able to if my leg feels better tomorrow morning. If it doesn't then I will just take some medicine to make it feel better. See you in the morning." Replied Harry as he heaved himself up out of the chair and limped up to his dorm room. He hoped that his leg was going to feel better in the morning so that he could play Quidditch.

Harry lied down on his bed and tried to go to sleep but couldn't. He was thinking about his injured leg and if he could play in the match tomorrow. When he finally fell asleep it was near day break. Soon after Ron came into his room and shook Harry so that he would wake up. Harry got up, got dressed, got his firebolt, and went downstairs into the common room.

"Harry how is your leg today?" asked Hermione when she saw Harry walking down the stairs.

"Its not that bad. Thanks for asking Hermione." Replied Harry. "But it still hurts a little." Added Harry when he spotted Hermione's disbelieving face.

"Harry your Quidditch match is in a half of an hour. Good luck." Replied Ron while he nudged Hermione.

"Yeah Harry good luck. I suggest that you go down to the Great Hall and grab something to eat before going onto the Quidditch pitch." Suggested Hermione.

Harry said good bye to them and then he scrambled out of the portrait hole. Then he headed all the way downstairs until he reached the Great Hall. He went over to the Gryfindor table and spotted Fred, George, and Mandy all talking to each other. He took a seat right between Fred and Mandy.