Summer sun

Chapter 1 The hospital

Hermione and Ron waited in the emergency room of a muggle hospital. They had received owls that morning from their headmaster, professor Dumbledor, to take a port-key there. They had been in the middle of a potions class and wondering where their best friend Harry was, when they received the letters. Hermione showed them to professor Snape and convinced him that they really were from Dumbledor, and after a brief argument, and some house points for the use of strong language, he let them go.

'Oh, I hope Harry's all right!' She said through tears. 'Why didn't Dumbledor take him to the hospital wing? It must be really serious! W-what if magic can't help him? What if he's too sick for even magic to help him? What if-'

'Hermione STOP IT!' Ron had to practically shake his petrified friend to calm her down. 'It'll be all right, Harry can get through what ever it is!' I hope. Ron added on silently.

They sat in silence for a while. Ron held Hermione, who was trying not to cry. They waited for hours it seemed, not knowing why their friend was in there. Ron couldn't think about it because he knew he would start crying, and he needed to be strong for Hermione. So he spent the time watching people, or staring at the white walls. Once, he got up to get them some coffee and something to eat. But mostly he just held his girlfriend, hoping that his best friend would emerge out of those double-doors, perfectly all right.

Time seemed to pass slowly as they waited for the news. And when the time came for their headmaster to come out, all the two could accomplish was to stare at the girl that came out with him. She walked up to them with professor Dumbledor and smiled, flicking her shoulder length brownish hair out of her face. Then she spoke, revealing a soft quiet voice that was obviously not her usual tone. 'Hi, I'm Elena, a friend of Harry's.'

'I'm Ron and this is Hermione.' He said gesturing at Hermione.

'It's nice to meet you Elena.' Hermione spoke up.

'You too.' She said.

Ron couldn't take not knowing any longer. 'What happened to Harry? Is he okay? Why is he in this muggle hospital?'

'Calm down Mr.Weasley. I can assure you, Harry is just fine.' Dumbledor said this with great certainty. Which did calm the two down a little bit. But that was only one question answered. There were still many more burning in the minds of the two troubled friends. Who was this girl, and why didn't Harry tell them about her? Where they just friends? Or was there more to their relationship? What was Harry doing in a muggle hospital? Why was he here of all places? And why was professor Dumbledor acting so...normal? He wasn't being cheery, and he didn't have a twinkle in his eye. And he was wearing muggle clothes, normal muggle clothes, not like what he usually would wear. These thoughts made the duo even more nervous. And professor Dumbledor knew it, so he decided to let them know what was going on before they had heart attacks. He pulled up a chair for himself and Elena, and sat down.

'Before I begin to explain,' he said slowly. 'Let me tell you that Harry will be fine, after the doctors take care of him and get everything sorted out.' He took a breath. 'You might have noticed that Harry has been acting odd lately? He's been constantly thirsty, going to the bathroom a lot. Maybe complaining of headaches?'

'Does this have anything to do with you-know-who, sir?' Ron piped up.

'No, Mr. Weasley. What has happened to Harry has nothing to do with Voldemort. Miss Granger, you probably know what this is, you have taken muggle science in the past.'

'Yes, sir. I think I might have an idea of what it is.'

'Then you know that it is serious, but with the proper treatment, it will be just fine. Sadly, there is no cure, not in the muggle world, and not in the magic. I'm counting on you to support Harry.'

'We will, the both of us, we'll do anything to help him stay in control.'

'Stay in control? STAY IN CONTROL OF WHAT?! Could somebody tell me what's going on here!?' Ron was getting pissed off. And then Elena spoke up again.

'Ron, Harry has Diabetes.'

A/N: well that was the first chapter. Hope you all enjoyed it! smiles feel free to trash it! I just want reviews, hopefully good ones... I'm so hyper I think I'll do the dance of Joy! does dance of joy see ya all later!