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Is There Hope?

Ch 13

He needed to get away... he needed to stop shivering... he needed Draco... No! Harry wrapped the blanket tighter around him as another shiver ran through him. He was sitting in the Room of Requirement - away from Madame Pomfrey's smothering, Sirius scolding, and even Remus's mothering... he wanted to be a lone... why couldn't he be left a lone? So much has already been taken away from him what else is there left for him to give besides his life?

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"Have you found him?" Sirius's panicked question was responded by an impatient sigh.

"Sirius?" Remus called.

"This would go a hell of a lot faster if you helped you know." the Animagi snapped as he once again, for the fifth time, looked under the infirmary bed.

"Sirius?"

"What!?"

"If you will just calm down for a moment and listen -"

"Remus, we have -"

"To find Harry, I know." snapped Remus from where he sat, irritation clear. "But Harry doesn't want to be found at the moment, he wrote us a bloody note saying the same thing. If you would just calm yourself for a moment and listen to me then you wouldn't be stressing your self for no reason."

Sirius's face clouded with anger. "No reason? Damn it Remus! My godson is practically a walking corpse! It scares the magic out of me knowing - knowing -" Sirius closed his eyes as he sat on the floor trying to hold back the tears. Remus was quick to move out of his seat and hold on to his mate.

"Harry's strong Siri, Harry's strong." Remus soothed.

With a sob Sirius clutched onto his lover burying his face into the side of a scarred neck. "He's just a boy Remus - my godson is knocking on deaths door."

"Everything will work itself out. It just has too."

Sirius pulled away, tear stained face inches from the werewolf's own. "But - but what if doesn't work out? What if Harry stops fighting? I can't loose him Remus -I've lost too much already."

"Shh... Harry's strong..." Remus tried to sooth his obviously distraught mate but even in the back of his mind he was hesitant to believe his own words.

Draco removed the folded parchment from his robe pocket. "I found it under the Mud - Granger's pillow."

Dumbledore sat back in his seat, a thoughtful expression on his face. "Is it the original?"

"Of course." answered Draco, slightly offended.

"Give it here, If that boy has done this to himself for no reason I'll strangle him myself!"

"Now, now Severus."

"Albus, don't start. You know damn well Potter -"

The conversation was quickly halted by a shout from none other than Draco. "Enough!" the Slytherin was clutching the hand rest with a white knuckle grip. "It doesn't matter if Harry knew if the damn contract was actually binding or not? The fact remains that those two - two shitters had him choose and in the process he ended up using that stupid spell! Now, how about we concentrate on two things. First, Severus you figure out if this -" Draco handed over the folded parchment to a scowling Potions Master. "Is binding or not. Second, we discuss the fact that I might have found a cure but it also might cause some problems."

"A cure?" Dumbledore questioned with obvious delight.

"Yes, took me ages but found it. The only problem is it might kill him in the process."

"Is it another incantation? Spell?" Dumbledore asked.

"If only it were that simple. No, it's something only I can do - well, I know it'll work if I do it."

Dumbledore was prepared to ask a question but a bright light from the corner of his eye caught his attention. "Severus?"

Snape dropped the ashes in his hand to the floor. "Stupid Gryffindors." he growled.

Draco's mouth snapped shut and he glared at the Potions Master. "What the hell did you do?"

"It combusted Draco. Some sort of Defense mechanism or something. 20 points from Gryffindor for almost enflaming my hand."

"Did you find anything out?" Dumbledore chose to ignore the deduction of points.

"Yes. The contract was binding," Draco cursed under his breath. "but before it caught fire I felt two different pools of magic not three." Snape frowned slightly. "I wasn't able to tell who's magic belonged to whom but one was female so Granger is definitely bound, problem is which of the other two are."

"With Harry's luck I can already tell you it's him." Draco closed his eyes and willed the head ache that was forming away. "Damn."

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