When it's all Black and White

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Chapter 7 Recovery

Harry was lost in the hospital, all the walls looked the same and he couldn't find the way back to his room. The stragest thing was, there was no one around. He vaugely remembered Sirius taking him to the hospital then the doctor told him that he would need surgery, but he remembered nothing after.

"Harry."

Turning down a white hallway Harry followed the sound of his godfather's voice.

"Sirius!" He yelled trying to get a sence of where he was going.

"Harry it's time you woke up, I think Remus will be here in a little while."

'Woke up?' Harry stopped running and finally realised why everything was so wierd. He was asleep, so why couldn't he wake up?

"Sirius I'm awake." He said, hoping that speaking would cause his conscious mind to respond.

"Come on Harry please, we can get out of here sooner when you wake up."

"Sirius I'm awake! Where are you?"

Then out of the corner of his eye, Harry saw Remus Lupin enter a room down the hall.

"Remus!" He yelled and ran towards the room his friend just entered. It was the only door on the whole floor.

Quickly walking inside Harry was shocked to see a normal room. Three nurses went around trying to look busy, the curtains were open to let sunlight in, and Sirius was sitting on a chair next to a hospital bed with Remus standing next to him.

"It's been over twenty-four hours Remus. The doctor said if he stays unresponsive like this much longer he could go into a coma."

Closing his eyes Harry took a step forward, opened them and looked upon himself laying in the bed.

"Sirius it's okay. I'm okay, I'm just....what's happening to me?" Harry watched as a nurse left, he caught sight of a normal looking hallway right outside the door. Hurrying to catch it before it shut Harry ran to the door and looked out. Everything was white again.

"Have you had anything to eat Sirius?"

"I'm not hungry."

"Did you get any sleep last night?"

Sirius waved off his friend and focused on Harry again, hoping his will to get the boy awake would work.

"Damn it Sirius! You need to stay strong and healthy so when Harry does wake up you can take care of him."

"I have to be here Remus, I have to be here and awake when he decides to wake up. He needs to know I'm here."

"He knows Sirius." Remus said putting a hand on his friends shoulder. Taking out his wand he sat a plate of food on the table next to Harry's bed.

"Eat it. If you get too tired drink this."

"What is it?"

"Coffee."

Sirius smirked and took the cup from Remus.

"Now it will keep refilling itself after you drink it, but please keep the caffine to a minimum." He said and started for the door.

"Where are you going?"

"I have to go see Dumbledore. I should be back later tonight."

Sirius just nodded and looked at his godson.

Harry was watching the whole time and felt kind of bad that he was causing Sirius to worry so much. Then again, he never had anyone to worry about him before and it made him feel better. Whenever he was sick the Dursleys would just leave the house, leaving him to deal with it alone. Looking down Harry felt a warm sensation on his hands.

"You're too cold Harry. As soon as you wake up I'll give you some hot chocolate if you want."

Harry sat on the edge of his bed watching quietly as Sirius took his hand in between both of him. He could feel it, maybe his subconscious was awake, but that didn't make any sense, but right now nothing was making any sense.

"Mr. Black?"

Both Harry and Sirius looked up at a doctor who just walked in. Harry noted that the hallway was normal again.

"Yes?"

"I wanted to inform you that we cannot find anything physicaly wrong with the patient. However, we do not know what is keeping him asleep."

Sirius looked up from Harry and to the doctor, "Is it mental?"

"No we don't believe so. I have never had a case like this personaly and I am reluctant to give him any kind of potion. I do know of another doctor who had a similar case."

"Well, what happened?" Sirius demanded, squeezing Harry's hand.

"The patient died within fourty-eight hours."

Sirius closed his eyes and put his head in his hands. Harry walked over to him from the other side of the bed and put a hand on his back. He went right through him, Harry started to panic.

"Maybe I am dead." He said out loud but shook his head as the monitors told him he was alive, at least his heart was beating and he was breathing.

The doctor left and Harry was shocked to see a tear travel down his godfather's face.

"It's okay Sirius, I promise I won't die." He said sadly and sat on the bed.

Five hours later Harry looked up to see Remus and Albus Dumbledore walk in. Sirius hadn't ate anything and his friend was quick to notice.

"Sirius what did I tell you about eating! You have to eat something or..."

"The doctor said Harry will die within fourty-eight hours if he doesn't wake up."

Remus looked stunned before walking over to his friend and placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Harry will be fine."

"Yeah Sirius, I will be." Harry said forcing away his own tears. He wasn't afraid to die, but he was afraid to leave his godfather alone.

Sirius shook his head and closed his eyes, trapping tears behind his lids.

"Interesting."

Everyone looked at Dumbledore who had been watching Harry sleep.

"What?" Sirius asked taking a hold of Harry's hand again.

"It seems to me that his body and mind are completely normal."

"Yeah that's what the doctor said. He said he never had a case like this before, but someone else did..." He trailed off.

Dumbledore smiled which only angered Sirius who was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

"If you know something we don't please share it! I have no idea why any of this would make you happy! I'm loosing my godson! WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING!"

Dumbledore was now laughing to himself at Sirius' outburst.

"Because I'm just imagining how Harry is handling your emotions."

Harry looked up in amazement. Dumbledore knew he was there, he know he was awake.

"Harry can't be handling it at all! He's been asleep over thirty hours."

"I believe he is awake Sirius."

Looking at Harry, Sirius sighed and closed his eyes trying to remain calm and peaceful towards the aging wizard.

"Please explain Albus." Remus said, not trusting Sirius to speak.

"I said that it looked like Harry's mind and body were fine. However, I think his spirit has accidently left his body and is wandering around watching all of us."

Remus and Sirius looked at him as if he was crazy.

"Right! I'm supposed to believe that Harry is casually walking around watching as we all worry about him?"

"I do not believe that he is casualy walking around Sirius, I don't think he knows what to do."

Harry looked at himself, he wasn't transparent or anything so how could he be a spirit? And if what Dumbledore said is true, how can he get back into his body?

"Harry if you're listening I want you to follow my instructions." Dumbledore said and paused, "Lay down in the bed and line up with your body. He waited as Harry did as he was told.

"Then repeat these words, 'corpus de primo'."

Harry looked up at Sirius who was watching his face intently, as if waiting for him to speak.

"Corpus de primo."

Suddenly everything went dark and Harry heard voices.

"Dumbledore are you sure that this will work?" Remus said but went silent as he saw Harry move his hand inside of Sirius's.

"Harry?"

Slowly opening his eyes he looked at the face of his godfather then Remus and finally Dumbledore.

"Thank you sir." He said in a strained voice and Sirius gave him some water. "I didn't know what was happening."

Dumbledore smiled and looked at Harry. "The same thing happened before to someone I know, he wanted to try to break away from his body and was successful. He figured out how to return of course, before he tried it, and has been obsessed with immortality ever since. Anyway now that you're awake I believe someone had better eat something before taking a very much needed nap.

Everyone looked at Sirius who sat straight up in his chair.

"I'm not tired."

Remus snorted and Dumbledore sat down.

"It's okay Sirius, everything is alright now. I tried to tell you that before but you didn't hear me."

"No he just wasn't listening."

Harry looked over at Dumbledore who winked at him.

"You could hear me?"

He nodded slowly and Harry looked at his godfather. "I think you need to work on your listening skills."

Sirius laughed and kissed the top of Harry's head.

"I'll be back in a few hours. Don't get out of bed, and don't stay awake too long, you need your rest. Make sure the doctor gives you the right kind of foods to eat because I don't want you getting sick..."

"Okay Sirius you'll never get to bed at this rate." Remus said and started pushing him towards the door.

"...and don't do anything I would do!"

Dumbledore laughed at Sirius' last comment and looked at Harry.

"I guess you won't be doing much of anything."

Harry smiled and fell into a peaceful sleep, despite all the hours he spent sleeping he was tired, and he had no dreams. No white walls.

TBC

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