Chapter 8: Consequences
Harry woke up early in the morning to find that Ron and Hermione were asleep beside his bed. When he was awake Harry once again noticed the pain in his leg. He looked at his leg and realized that Madam Pomphrey hadn't put a walking cast on his leg yet. Harry lay there quietly for a few minutes. Then Dumbledore came into the Hospital wing to check on Harry. When Dumbledore walked past Ron and Hermione, he laughed and sat down onto a bed next to Harry.
"Harry I am going to get Madam Pomphrey to make sure that you should go to your classes today. I also want to tell her that you are up and that if she wants to put anything on your left leg then now is a good time." Stated Dumbledore.
A few moments later he came back with Madam Pomphrey. She went right over to Harry and magically put a walking cast on his leg. She also summoned a pair of crutches for him to use. Before she handed him the crutches, she made sure that they were the right size. After making sure that they were the right size, she handed them to Harry.
"There you go Harry. Now if you need more painkillers or anything else, just come back and I'll be happy to give them to you." Informed Madam Pomphrey. Just then the rest of the Gryfindor Quidditch team came in to see how Harry was doing. Madam Pomphrey left Harry's bedside to talk to Dumbledore privately.
"Hey Harry how are you?" Curiously asked Fred.
"Fine I guess. My leg is extremely painful." Harry Responded. "Fred, could you pass some of that pain killing medicine to me please."
"Ok, here you go Harry."
"Thank you. By the way did you know that Dumbledore is letting me play Quidditch when ever I need to." Informed Harry.
"Wow Harry, he is letting you do that even though he knows how dangerous it is." Replied George.
"Yes he is."
Ron and Hermione finally woke up and they were surprised that they slept there all night long.
"We should go to breakfast now." Stated Ron.
"Okay, I'll meet you there." Replied Harry.
"We'll walk with you Harry." Hermione responded nudging Ron, who nodded his head.
Harry grabbed his crutches and slowly got up from his bed.
"Could someone grab my medicine?" Asked Harry.
"Sure Harry. I'll grab it." Hermione replied while she got his medication.
"Come on, let's go already, I'm getting hungry." Irritably stated Ron.
"Ok let's go." Replied Hermione. "Harry do you need any help?"
"No thanks anyway." Replied Harry.
The three of them walked towards the Great Hall. Harry quickly got used to using his crutches, but he still couldn't "walk" as fast as Ron and Hermione could though. Finally, they reached the Great Hall. When Harry came in he say Malfoy get up from the Slytherin table and walk over to him.
"Famous Harry Potter, why can't you just die already. The worst you ever get is a scar or an injured leg. I can't believe that you would actually be proud to have that ugly scar on your forehead." Sneered Malfoy.
"What do you want from me Malfoy?" Harry asked trying to sound stronger then he really was.
"I want to do this." Replied Malfoy. Just then Malfoy started to beat Harry up.
"Fight! Fight!" Catcalled Fred and George.
"Malfoy stop it right now." Hermione cried as Malfoy was grabbing Harry's neck as if he wanted to strangle Harry.
"Draco Malfoy what do you think that you are doing. You could kill him. Stop it right now or suffer the dire consequences." Ordered Professor Mcgonagall. Malfoy still continued to beat Harry up even though Professor Mcgonagall told him not to.
"What is all of the commotion over here?" Dumbledore asked, walking over to where Professor Mcgonagall was standing. "Malfoy what are you doing to Harry?" Dumbledore added when he realized what all of the commotion was about.
"I'm finishing what I started during the Quidditch game. I wanted to kill him during the game, but I didn't succeed, so now I am trying to strangle him to complete my work." Stated Malfoy. "Oh hi Professor Dumbledore. It's nice to see you here." Malfoy quickly added when he realized that it was Dumbledore who asked him what he was doing to Harry.
"Malfoy let go of Harry and come with me to my office. NOW!" Ordered Dumbledore.
Malfoy unwillingly let go of Harry, and Harry dropped to the ground, then Malfoy followed Dumbledore out of the Great Hall and into his office. Harry was in too much pain to even think about moving. Malfoy punched Harry repeatedly in the face, so Harry's face was all bloodily. Malfoy also punched Harry in his injured leg so Harry's cast was ripped. There were also hand marks on Harry's neck from when Malfoy tried to strangle him.
"Harry lets see what we an do to clean you up." Stated Professor Mcgonagall walking over to Harry and pulling out her wand. "Ok so I'll put your cast back together and I can clean up all of the blood on you. Harry did he break anything else besides your cast?"
"No...I...don't...think...so..." Harry responded extremely weakly. He spoke so weakly, that everyone who was looking at him could tell that he was in a ton of pain.
"Okay Harry, I'm going to just fix you up and then you can eat breakfast. Don't move while I do this or I might aim at the wrong spot." Stated Professor Mcgonagall. She pointed her wand at Harry's face and waved it and then all of the blood was gone. She did the same with Harry's cast and it was back together on his leg. She handed him his crutches and then left.
"Harry, here grab my hand and I'll hoist you up." Ron stated realizing that Harry was in too much pain to get up by himself.
"Thanks Ron. What is Dumbledore going to do to Malfoy now? I hope that it is very bad punishment. For instance, being expelled would be just right." Harry asked weakly.
"I don't know, maybe he will be sent to Azkaban though." Replied Ron hopefully.
"Ron don't be serious, Dumbledore would never ever do anything like that to a student." Stated Hermione.
"But Malfoy beat Harry up and anyway, Malfoy confessed that he wanted to kill Harry. That should deserve severe consequences." Argued Ron.
"Ok so Harry are you sure that Malfoy didn't seriously injure you?" Asked Hermione.
"I can't tell because I was in so much pain before he beat me up and I am still in a whole lot of pain. I don't know if I am in anymore pain now then before. All I know is that I am hungry, so lets eat something before we go to class." Harry responded weakly.
After Harry said that the three of them walked to the Gryfindor table and sat down next to each other. Fred and George were sitting across from Harry.
"Harry, I over heard Professor Snape talking to Dumbledore and I found out that Dumbledore is going to send Malfoy to Casaban. Casaban is a kids form of Azkaban and it is also guarded by Dementors. I never believed that Dumbledore would ever do that to anyone before especially a student." Informed Fred.
"Yeah I couldn't believe my ears when I first heard it." Stated George. "I bet that Lucius Malfoy would be very upset at Dumbledore from making this decision."
"How long is Malfoy going to be in Casaban?" Asked Harry weakly.
"I don't know" Replied Fred. "I hope he is in there for years though."
"Dumbledore would never send any kid especially one of his students to Casaban for that long, no matter what that person did. It is just not like him to do that." Debated Hermione.
After they were all done with breakfast, Fred and George went to potions, and Ron, Hermione, and Harry went to transfigurations. They were 10 minutes late to class.
"Sorry Professor, we just finished eating since we were trying to get Malfoy off of Harry when he was beating Harry up." Exclaimed Hermione.
"Potter, Weasley, and Granger it is ok that you were late today under the circumstances, but if you're late ever again with out permission then you will be punished. I am letting you off of the hook today. As I was saying before you joined us is that we are going to be Preparing for the O.W.L.s. We are going to spend the next few weeks practicing and reviewing old materials and we will start covering new materials. Today we are going to transfigure tiny statues into birds by using the "Avifores" spell." Informed Professor Mcgonagall.
For the rest of the period, everyone practice the spell on statues. Then the bell rang and Harry, Ron, and Hermione headed towards the door with the rest of the class, but right before they left the classroom, Mcgonagall told them to come back in.
"Potter, Weasley, and Granger I want to talk to you for a few moments. Don't worry, you are not in trouble." Stated Professor Mcgonagall. She waited until Harry, Ron, and Hermione were all back in her classroom. "I just wanted to ask Harry what Malfoy exactly did to you when he beat you up."
"I think that all he did was punch me in the face and stomach several times each, and he tore off my cast with a knife that he brought over from the Slytherin table. He also tried to strangle me. That's all I think." Harry replied in a whisper. Harry was so weak that he couldn't talk any louder then that and he was following Dumbledore's orders.
"Harry, I didn't realize how weak you were. Maybe you should be getting bed rest." Informed Professor Mcgonagall. "I think that you should spend most of the day sleeping. It doesn't have to be in the hospital wing. It can be in your dormitory if you prefer. As for you two." Professor Mcgonagall added, looking at Ron and Hermione. "I want you to protect Harry from anymore danger until he is well again. At least help him until he is strong enough to fight danger by himself again. Got it."
"Yes" replied Ron and Hermione together.
"And Harry I will get you some stronger pain killer medicine as long as you get lots of bed rest. You don't have to sleep, if you don't want to, but stay lying down and off of you leg for the majority of each day. Got it." Ordered Professor Mcgonagall. "You only stand up to get to classes and if there is a Quidditch match. Ron and Hermione, make sure that he follows these rules. Harry do you understand what I mean."
"Yes Professor."
"You three may then be dismissed."
So Harry, Ron, and Hermione left the classroom and checked their schedule to see what they had next.
"Divination for us. What do you have Hermione?" Asked Harry.
"Muggle studies."
"See you later then Hermione." Replied Harry and Ron together.
"Harry how are you going to get up that latter to Divination any way?" Ron asked as they started to make their way to the north tower.
"I don't know. I'll figure out how to get up someway." Replied Harry. "Ron hang on a sec, I can't keep up."
"Sorry, I forgot."
"Its ok. By the way could you hand me my pain killer medicine?" Asked Harry.
"Sure. What is the matter?" Replied Ron.
"My leg is getting more painful. That's all." Informed Harry.
After Ron handed Harry his medicine they continued to walk up to their classroom. When they finally made it to the Divination room, Ron went up the latter, but Harry couldn't without putting weight on his injured leg. So Ron came back down, but this time he was not alone, Fleur Declorue was with him.
"'Arry, lets see how we are going to help you get up into my classroom...I have an idea." Stated Fleur.
"What is it?" Asked Ron.
"Well I was thinking that he could apperate into my classroom, but I don't know if you know how to."
"No I don't but what if I get someone to levitate me up there and back down after class ends." Harry suggested.
"That's a great idea, but you are too heavy to have levitated, so until we know what to do I am going to move the classroom down here." Fleur informed.
"If you say so" Harry replied. His voice sounded even weaker than it did before. "Just bring down an extra chair so that I can elevate my leg on it."
"Okay Harry I will, but can you wait for a few moments until I can do this complicated spell." Fleur responded.
In a few moments the class room formed right before their eyes. Ron went to grab some seats for the two of them. After he found some, he gestured for Harry to come and join him. A few moments later the class bell rang and class started.
"Welcome to your first Divitation class of the semester. This semester you would be learning how to read peoples minds and you would also be learning how to be a psychic." Fleur informed while the students all started to cheer. "I want all of you to now pair up and try to tell what the other one is thinking of and then you have to ask the other one if you guessed his or her thoughts correctly. You may begin once you are in pairs."
"Harry, do you want to be my partner?" Neville asked hopefully.
"Sorry Neville, but Ron asked me first and I already said that I'll be his partner. Maybe next time you can be my partner." Harry rejected.
"Ok well I'll see you later then." Neville replied. Neville went over to where Dean Thomas was sitting and they started to work together.
"So Harry, lets get started." Ron stated. "I'll try to read your mind first and then we can switch and you can try to read my mind. Ok Harry think of something and I'll try to tell you what you are thinking of."
Harry pondered on and on to try to think of something so Ron could figure it out. Then he thought of something. "Ok Ron I thought of it. See if you can read what I am thinking about." Harry informed.
"Ok now keep thinking of it and I'll read your mind." Ron replied. Harry then turned his attention back to his thought. You-Know-Who killed my parents and no he has been trying to kill me since that very same fateful night. After about 10 minutes of pondering, Ron finally guessed at what Harry might be thinking about.
"I think that you are thinking about You-Know-Who and the night that he killed your muggle family." Ron stated.
"You almost read my mind just then. I was actually thinking about the night lord Voldemort killed my parents." Harry informed.
"Can you please say You-Know-Who?" Ron asked angrily.
"Sorry. Ron try to think of something and I will try to read your mind." Harry informed.
"Ok here I go." Ron replied. After a few minutes pause he added," I got it now try and guess it."
"Ok here goes nothing. I think that you are thinking about the day that you made the Quidditch team." Harry guessed.
"Wow Harry. How did you do that?" Ron asked. "Because you did it really fast and you said it almost word to word of what I was thinking. Man you are good. So what should we do now that we finished the mind reading project?"
"If anyone is finished with their mind reading project raise your hands and then you may leave." Professor Decloure informed while she waited to see who would raise their hands. Ron and Harry were the only ones who were raising their hands. "Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, it seems as though you are the only ones who finished so you two may leave now."
Harry and Ron started to head off to the Gryfindor Common Room but on the way they bumped into Malfoy.
"Hey Malfoy, I hear that you are being sent to Casaban. Is that right?" Ron asked. "Or are they going to just expel you from the Wizarding world forever." Ron continued to taunt.
"For your information, Weasley it is none of your business. So canyou and your friends just leave me alone." Malfoy sneered. "Never fear Potter. I will be back to once and for all kill you, after I serve my time at Casaban."
Harry and Ron left Malfoy alone and continued to head back to the Gryfindor Tower. Once they reached the Gryfindor Tower, they went into the common room and sat down. Obeying Professor Mcgonagall, Harry laid down on the couch with his leg elevated. Harry winced when he tried to lift his leg to put the pillow under it.
"Harry are you ok?" asked Ron.
"Yeah I guess, it's just that my stupid leg is bothering me again. Can you pass me my medicine?" Harry asked.
"Sure Harry." Ron replied.
"Thanks. What class do we have next?"
"I don't know, let me check...we have lunch, then we have Quidditch Practice, and finally then we have Care of Magical Creatures." Ron informed.
"Thanks." Harry Replied. "Should we started heading down to the Great Hall?"
"Yeah, I guess so." Ron replied. "But shouldn't you stay laying down and off of your leg?"
"Professor Mcgonagall never said that I couldn't go to the great hall for meal times if she tells me today then I wouldn't do it any more." Harry replied.
Harry grabbed his crutches and used them to heave himself up. Then he headed towards Ton and then they started to walk to the Great Hall. Once at the Great Hall, they saw Hermione sitting at the Gryfindor table, looking worried. Harry and Ron gazed at each other and went over to her to see why she was so worried. They sat down and Hermione started to cry.
A.N Please review and tell me if u like my story or not. I will update at least once if not twice a week. Whole chapters would most likely not be up all at once.