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Dimensions chapter 10
The next time Harry awoke he was feeling a lot stronger. He felt virtually no pain from his injuries. As he began to come to slightly he noticed Ron and Neville sitting next to his bed playing exploding snap on his bedside table. Hermione was reading an advanced transfiguration book.
"Hi guys." Harry said groggily.
"Dudley!" Hermione exclaimed. "when we heard that Sirius Black and Harry Potter had kidnapped you - we were all so worried! We thought that he'd murder you!"
"Yeah. Sorry I said that you were in league with them mate." Ron said rather guiltily.
Harry felt slightly at a loss for words. Maybe he wasn't as 'over' the situation as he would have liked to believe. "Yeah. Well I'm still here - breathing in and out, heart beating - and stuff." Harry rambled unsure as to what exactly to say. He couldn't tell these people the real pain of what he had experienced. The betrayal he felt.
Neville, biting the head off of a chocolate frog that said very boldly "so - are you going to tell us what happened?"
Harry raised his eyebrows in shock and a bit of horror. "uh - I - no!"
"Shut up Neville." Hermione said catching the expression on Harry's face. Harry smiled at her gratefully.
"When are they letting you out of here then?" Ron asked.
"I dunno. Soon hopefully."
"I was here a week after I got hit by a bludger." Ron said in understanding "It's a bit like a prison isn't it? I mean you can't get up you can't do ANYTHING without permission."
"At least the healer is my aunt." Harry said. "Friendly face and all that."
"True." Hermione said. "Has your uncle visited you?"
"Yeah. he took me outside for lunch yesterday. We sat by the lake."
"he's so cool." Ron said "didn't he storm into the Black's palace with Lupin and that other bloke to rescue you?"
"Yes." Harry said - starting to feel vaguely nervous about the direction of the conversation again.
Ron nodded in appreciation of what Harry could only assume was his idol and looked off into space muttering again "so cool."
"you three are late for class!" came a voice behind them. Snape was towering over the four Griffindors.
Hermione gave a small shriek of fear and sprinted from the room. Ron and Neville cast surly looks at the professor and slouched out of the room.
Snape sneered at Harry "I think you should know that not everybody in this castle worships that MAN as an idol, Dursley. I don't want you labouring under any misconceptions of his brilliance. He -"
Harry cut across him "I'm not. I know what sort of man he is and I know what he was like when he was younger."
Snape cast a glare Harry's way and swept from the room, collecting the empty potion bottles that were lined up on a shelf on Lily's desk.
Harry relaxed back into the pillows and stared into space. The school was eerily silent with everyone in class. the nurses office door opened and his mother came out humming to herself and mixing healing and pain relieving potions into a goblet. Harry watched her work.
After she finished stirring she turned towards his bed and jumped slightly when she noticed Harry was awake.
"Good morning !" she said brightly as she recovered herself.
"Feeling better today?"
"Yeah. a lot." Harry said, hoping she'd mention when he could get out of there.
"This should be your last potion. In a week come back here and your cuts should be healed enough for me to make sure that no scars form, if your not still here then, I'm sure the mediwitch from your world can heal them."
Harry choked on his potion. "What?!" he spluttered.
Lily looked down and smoothed Harry's blanket out. Harry could've sworn he saw her eyes fill with tears. "James didn't mention it yesterday?"
"No! Mention what?"
"Dumbledore's been looking into how to send you home. He thinks he's found a way. He's inventing a spell to send you back. Thinks it will be a matter of days."
Harry's jaw fell open in shock.
"Don't you want to go home?"
Harry felt a sudden stab of guilt. Since he met Lily and James he hadn't missed any of his friends or members of the order at all. But then for the first time (except Sirius) in his life he felt a true attachment to parental figures. He felt truly accepted, loved. How had it happened so fast? He hadn't been here a month even!
"No. I don't." Harry said shocking even himself. Now that he thought of it this world wasn't the same, he did miss his Ron and Hermione. On the other hand, Harry knew that he would give it all up for another hug, for another lunch by the lake. Horrible things had happened to him in this world, but his life in his world wasn't exactly danger free. This was the first time however that anyone, any adult had BOTHERED to try and help through it. Had talked about it and tried to make him feel better.
"Excuse me?" Lily asked "but your friends are there, your life. Surely you want to get back to it?"
"no." Harry said, and added in almost a whisper, his face hot with embarrassment "You're not there."
Lily sat beside Harry on the bed and wrapped her arms around him. Harry leant into the warmth. "Since the second I clapped eyes on you in Azkaban, I knew that you were the teenager that my son should be, could have been. But as much as I wish it, I can't change what happened to him. When I see your soul being slowly chipped away at by the horrors that you've been forced to experience, I know that I can't loose you like I lost my Harry. I loved you the second I saw you. If you truly want to stay here, I'll fight for you."
Harry was speechless. He rocked back and forth in her arms, wanting the moment to never end.
Eventually they broke apart. "lets go down to the great hall for lunch, celebrate the fact that you're fit to return to class tomorrow. I want you to sit at the staff table though, just incase you start to feel ill."
Harry nodded and they went to the great hall. Harry sat between James and McGonagall, both of whom seemed pleased to see him up and about. Most of the students in the hall were pointing and whispering at them.
Dumbledore stood up and addressed the school "you may have noticed that we have Mr Dursley back among our number. I ask you not to hassle him for information about what happened, and a few of the teachers are finding the pointing very disturbing so could you please cease?"
The main culprits lowered their heads and the people in the hall were soon talking as normal.
A/N until May I am working on a full time placement. It might be harder for me to update. Don't worry though. I am not abandoning this fic till the end. Might even do a sequal when its finished.
THANK YOU TO ALL REVIEWERS!!!!!!! YOU'RE GREAT PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dimensions chapter 10
The next time Harry awoke he was feeling a lot stronger. He felt virtually no pain from his injuries. As he began to come to slightly he noticed Ron and Neville sitting next to his bed playing exploding snap on his bedside table. Hermione was reading an advanced transfiguration book.
"Hi guys." Harry said groggily.
"Dudley!" Hermione exclaimed. "when we heard that Sirius Black and Harry Potter had kidnapped you - we were all so worried! We thought that he'd murder you!"
"Yeah. Sorry I said that you were in league with them mate." Ron said rather guiltily.
Harry felt slightly at a loss for words. Maybe he wasn't as 'over' the situation as he would have liked to believe. "Yeah. Well I'm still here - breathing in and out, heart beating - and stuff." Harry rambled unsure as to what exactly to say. He couldn't tell these people the real pain of what he had experienced. The betrayal he felt.
Neville, biting the head off of a chocolate frog that said very boldly "so - are you going to tell us what happened?"
Harry raised his eyebrows in shock and a bit of horror. "uh - I - no!"
"Shut up Neville." Hermione said catching the expression on Harry's face. Harry smiled at her gratefully.
"When are they letting you out of here then?" Ron asked.
"I dunno. Soon hopefully."
"I was here a week after I got hit by a bludger." Ron said in understanding "It's a bit like a prison isn't it? I mean you can't get up you can't do ANYTHING without permission."
"At least the healer is my aunt." Harry said. "Friendly face and all that."
"True." Hermione said. "Has your uncle visited you?"
"Yeah. he took me outside for lunch yesterday. We sat by the lake."
"he's so cool." Ron said "didn't he storm into the Black's palace with Lupin and that other bloke to rescue you?"
"Yes." Harry said - starting to feel vaguely nervous about the direction of the conversation again.
Ron nodded in appreciation of what Harry could only assume was his idol and looked off into space muttering again "so cool."
"you three are late for class!" came a voice behind them. Snape was towering over the four Griffindors.
Hermione gave a small shriek of fear and sprinted from the room. Ron and Neville cast surly looks at the professor and slouched out of the room.
Snape sneered at Harry "I think you should know that not everybody in this castle worships that MAN as an idol, Dursley. I don't want you labouring under any misconceptions of his brilliance. He -"
Harry cut across him "I'm not. I know what sort of man he is and I know what he was like when he was younger."
Snape cast a glare Harry's way and swept from the room, collecting the empty potion bottles that were lined up on a shelf on Lily's desk.
Harry relaxed back into the pillows and stared into space. The school was eerily silent with everyone in class. the nurses office door opened and his mother came out humming to herself and mixing healing and pain relieving potions into a goblet. Harry watched her work.
After she finished stirring she turned towards his bed and jumped slightly when she noticed Harry was awake.
"Good morning !" she said brightly as she recovered herself.
"Feeling better today?"
"Yeah. a lot." Harry said, hoping she'd mention when he could get out of there.
"This should be your last potion. In a week come back here and your cuts should be healed enough for me to make sure that no scars form, if your not still here then, I'm sure the mediwitch from your world can heal them."
Harry choked on his potion. "What?!" he spluttered.
Lily looked down and smoothed Harry's blanket out. Harry could've sworn he saw her eyes fill with tears. "James didn't mention it yesterday?"
"No! Mention what?"
"Dumbledore's been looking into how to send you home. He thinks he's found a way. He's inventing a spell to send you back. Thinks it will be a matter of days."
Harry's jaw fell open in shock.
"Don't you want to go home?"
Harry felt a sudden stab of guilt. Since he met Lily and James he hadn't missed any of his friends or members of the order at all. But then for the first time (except Sirius) in his life he felt a true attachment to parental figures. He felt truly accepted, loved. How had it happened so fast? He hadn't been here a month even!
"No. I don't." Harry said shocking even himself. Now that he thought of it this world wasn't the same, he did miss his Ron and Hermione. On the other hand, Harry knew that he would give it all up for another hug, for another lunch by the lake. Horrible things had happened to him in this world, but his life in his world wasn't exactly danger free. This was the first time however that anyone, any adult had BOTHERED to try and help through it. Had talked about it and tried to make him feel better.
"Excuse me?" Lily asked "but your friends are there, your life. Surely you want to get back to it?"
"no." Harry said, and added in almost a whisper, his face hot with embarrassment "You're not there."
Lily sat beside Harry on the bed and wrapped her arms around him. Harry leant into the warmth. "Since the second I clapped eyes on you in Azkaban, I knew that you were the teenager that my son should be, could have been. But as much as I wish it, I can't change what happened to him. When I see your soul being slowly chipped away at by the horrors that you've been forced to experience, I know that I can't loose you like I lost my Harry. I loved you the second I saw you. If you truly want to stay here, I'll fight for you."
Harry was speechless. He rocked back and forth in her arms, wanting the moment to never end.
Eventually they broke apart. "lets go down to the great hall for lunch, celebrate the fact that you're fit to return to class tomorrow. I want you to sit at the staff table though, just incase you start to feel ill."
Harry nodded and they went to the great hall. Harry sat between James and McGonagall, both of whom seemed pleased to see him up and about. Most of the students in the hall were pointing and whispering at them.
Dumbledore stood up and addressed the school "you may have noticed that we have Mr Dursley back among our number. I ask you not to hassle him for information about what happened, and a few of the teachers are finding the pointing very disturbing so could you please cease?"
The main culprits lowered their heads and the people in the hall were soon talking as normal.
A/N until May I am working on a full time placement. It might be harder for me to update. Don't worry though. I am not abandoning this fic till the end. Might even do a sequal when its finished.