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Chapter 10
St. Mungo's
Ron stopped Draco, grabbed him, and pushed him against the wall.
"You bastard, don't you ever try and hurt Harry again. Do you hear me?" Draco just stood there, quivering a little.
"I said do you hear me?" Draco shook his head yes.
"Those two girls over there may be to dumb to see it, but I know you, I know you tried to kill my best friend."
"Ron, what the hell are you doing?" Hermione asked very surprised to see what she had just seen. Ron was now pushing Draco against the wall, almost choking him. She and Ginny were walking side by side, coming to find them two, but now had very curious looks on their faces.
"Yeah Ron, What are you doing?" Ginny asked. Ron quickly released Draco, who was now gasping for air.
"Oh, hey guys, Malfoy and I were just talking about…work." He answered, stammering over almost every word.
"Oh, what about work?" Ginny asked.
"Well, um…" Ron started.
"I was talking to Draco," She answered, hoping her boyfriend would give her the truth.
"We were talking about how hectic it has been, and how we don't want to got back Wednesday." Draco answered, having just a little bit of trouble lying.
"And that's why you had Draco in this odd position," Hermione asked.
"Well, no," Ron began. "Hey, wait what were you guys doing, spying on us?"
"No of course not." Ginny said.
"No, we came to tell you that we could go see Harry now." Hermione finished.
"What are we doing standing around here then? Why don't we go see the man?" Draco said, wanting to leave these very odd moments.
"Ron, can you do us a favor?" Ginny asked.
"What now?" He questioned, knowing not to say yes before he heard everything.
"Can you go and tell Mum and Dad that we can go see Harry now?"
"Why me?" Ron said, not wanting to do it, but go see his friend instead.
"Because…" Ginny racked her brain for the reason, but couldn't find one.
"Ron, please," Hermione pleaded.
"Fine," He said not to overwhelmed that everyone got to go see his best friend before he did.
He turned to walk away, slowly, not wanting to go. As he walked past Draco, he slammed into his shoulder, hard enough so he could feel it, but not so the girls could see it.
"I mean it," He said in a strong, threatening whisper. He walked into the lobby, where they had spent hours before, waiting for news about Harry. Now that they got some, he was leaving, without even a visit.
"What was that all about?" Ginny asked, knowing that everything that just happened was very strange.
"I don't know. He's been acting really weird." Draco answered.
"Come on lets get going," Hermione commanded.
They walked down the hall, across it, and into the room in which Harry was located. The room was about medium sized, with plenty of space for nurses and healers to walk around and operate in. There was only one bed in the room, with no tables anywhere in sight. Hermione concluded that this room was temporary, and Harry was to be moved in a day or so. Harry lay in the bed, which was placed in the middle of the room, half awake.
"Is he alright?" Draco asked, looking at him from afar. Hermione walked up to the bed, going to hold her hand, to be there for her lover.
"Yeah, he's alright." One of the healers said that was in the room, doing a check up. "I thought you four out of anyone would have known Potter can survive anything." With that she shut the door, leaving the four alone with Harry.
Relief filed the room. It felt like a huge weight had just been lifted of each of their shoulders. Hermione finally took Harry's hand and sat down at the edge of his bed.
"But… There is one slight problem; he may not be able to remember what happened when he was hit. So don't pressure him to try and figure out who did it."
"Alright," Draco said, understanding completely.
"Oh yes, and Harry's room will be moved to the 4th floor later tonight. Goodnight." With that the healer walked out of the room, going to find his next patient.
"Do you guys have any idea who did it, who tried to kill Harry?" Ginny asked, in complete thought.
"No, no idea." Hermione answered.
"It could have been anyone." Draco commented. "Anyone who was at the hotel or anyone that was in the ministry. There were so many people there, there are so many suspects."
About a half an hour of complete, dead silence, Draco purposed that he was going to get some tea, and wondered if anyone wanted some. Of course, Hermione did, she was still worried about Harry. Ginny also refused, not wanting to be a bother. He left the room, leaving the two alone, staring at Harry, and continuing with the utter silence. The door then opened, so abruptly that it made both Hermione and Ginny jump from the noise. I was only Ron.
"Mum and dad will be coming tomorrow." He said. "They want to see him when he wakes up. How's he doing?"
"Good," Hermione said. "According to the healer"
It was a day later, very early in the morning, probably about two o'clock. Harry had now been moved to a new room. He had been doing a lot better. Hermione spent the night in the hospital, to be by his side.
Harry was still lying in bed, asleep. Hermione sat next to him in a chair. Harry was not the only person in this hospital room now, there was two other beds contained in the small room. Harry was the furthest to the door, closest to the windows. The bed that was closest to the door contained an older man who was in very horrible conditions. The bed in the middle was empty, with its patient being released just the day before.
"Hermione?" Harry called out, waking up and seeing her next to him. Hermione quickly woke up, noticing he was.
"Hey Harry, glad to see your awake." She said.
"Hermione, what happened?" He asked, uncertain of why he was in this condition.
"You were cursed, Harry, someone wanted you dead."
"Who?"
"No one knows for certain. Draco found you after it happened. If it wasn't for him you probably wouldn't be here."
"Good man Draco. Where is everyone?" Harry questioned, noticing the room was empty and silent, besides the snores of the elderly man.
"Everyone went home late last night. They won't be here to later. Plus, it's only two o'clock in the morning."
"What about you?"
"I stayed here."
"You should've gone home, 'Mione."
"No, Harry, I wanted to be the first one you saw when you woke up."
"Well, why don't you come and sleep here?" Harry rolled over, making room for Hermione to come sleep in the bed.
"No, you need more sleep then I do."
"Come on 'Mione, please."
He smiled at her, making it impossible for her to refuse. She climbed in bed, lying right next to him. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her on top of her head. Soon, they fell asleep together, in each others arms.
"They look very cozy together." Ginny said.
"How come we never sleep like that?" Draco asked, smirking.
"Alright, no on wants to hear about your love life." Ron commented.
Hermione awoke, quickly, after hearing the noise in the room. She blinked twice making sure she wasn't seeing them. She gently nudged Harry, waking him up too.
"Harry, they're all here." She whispered.
Harry awoke and grabbed his glasses.
"What time is it?" He asked, in between a yawn.
"Noon," Ron said. "You must have had a nice sleep."
"Oh wow," Hermione said. She got up and sat in the bed.
"That's because Hermione didn't get anymore sleep."
There was a light tap on the window, making everyone turn their heads. It was a grayish-brown owl with a piece of parchment tied to the side of his leg. Draco walked over to the window and opened it, letting the owl in. The owl sat on the windowsill, waiting for someone to untie the message. He did, and passed it to Hermione, as it was addressed to her. She quickly read it.
Dear Mrs. Hermione J. Potter,
We have requested your presence on the day of September 16th, 1 o'clock, at the Ministry of Magic. This meeting is in regards to the event that happened yesterday. We would also like you to bring the following with you to meet at this time and place:
Draco Malfoy
Ginevra Weasley
Sincerely,
Rufus Scrimgeouer
Minister of Magic
"Bloody hell, talk about short notice." Ron complained that his friends had to leave him.
"Do they possibly think one of us could have done it?" Ginny asked, thinking of all possible situations.
"You never know," Ron said, eying Draco.
"Ron, don't be stupid. They just want to get all the details about it, so they can bring up possible suspects." Hermione answered.
"Are you sure?" Ginny asked, getting worried.
"Yeah, Harry and I have to do stuff like this all the time." She answered.
"Do you guys know we have to leave?" Draco asked, checking his watch.
"What, now?" Hermione questioned.
"Yeah, it says on the letter one o'clock." He said, pointing to it.
"What time is it now?" Ginny questioned.
"12:45"
"Guess we better get going. Bye Ron, Harry." She walked over and kissed him, then let the room following the others.
The three of them walked out of St. Mungo's and apparated to London. They found the correct telephone both, which all of them had to enter each day. When the voice asked them to state their business, they each answered 'investigation'.
"What's up mate?" Ron asked Harry, when they were finally alone.
He walked over to the seat which Hermione was usually occupied. The light conversation covered just about every subject, except the one Ron really wanted to talk about.
"How was work yesterday?" Harry asked him.
"Not to bad. They let me out as soon as they heard word about you." Ron answered.
"Well, I would much rather be at work then lying in a hospital bed."
"So wouldn't we all. Who did it?"
"What?" Harry asked confused.
"Tell me, Harry, who tried o kill you?"
"I don't really know." Harry answered, absentmindedly. He really had no clue about who did it when he was just informed of what happened a few hours ago.
"Was it Malfoy?"
"No," Harry said sternly.
"I mean come on Harry; it had to have been him. He was the only when near you."
"Ron it wasn't-"
"Harry!"
"Mr. and Mrs. Weasley how are you?" Harry asked when they entered the room. He was now very happy to change the subject.
"How are you Harry? We are both very happy to see that you are alright." Mrs. Weasley said nicely.
After a few minutes, Mr. Weasley made a quick gesture, telling both Molly and Ron that he wanted to be alone with Harry. Both of them left, going upstairs to get some coffee.
"I'm glad to see you're doing well." Mr. Weasley said.
"Look, Mr. Weasley, before you say anything, I should've listened to you when you told me about someone trying to hurt me. I'm sorry."
"Don't worry, Harry. I just wanted to talk to you in private about this. I just thought I needed o warn you that whoever behind this attack, is going to continue this until they do what they want to do, kill you."
"Yes, I know."
"So Harry, you need to stay protected at all times. You need to watch your back."
"Thanks Mr. Weasley. Is the ministry actually trying to figure out who did it?"
"Yeah, for once. Doubt they actually will, they never do,"
"At least this isn't as bad as Voldemort."
"Now, I wouldn't quite say that, Harry. This could actually be much worse than Voldemort. At least with Voldemort we knew who was behind him, so we could figure out what he was planning on doing next. This attack was just so random, no one was excepting it."
"Here, Harry. I brought you a cup of coffee. The healer said you have one. Dad," Ron gave each of them a cup, full of steaming hot coffee. He then put a cup on the table next to Harry's bed, obviously for Hermione.
"Did you run into Lockhart?" Harry asked, remembering one of their last adventures in this hospital, and the events that happened down in the Chamber of Secrets.
"No, thank god. I don't think I could stand another one of his autographs."
All Harry, Ron and Mr. Weasley laughed at this comment, but Mrs. Weasley snickered, since she loved this author. The door at the end of the room opened, making Ron who was quite bored, look faster than anyone else. The three were now back from the Ministry.
"How was it?" Harry asked, wishing he could have been there for this investigation, since it did happen to him and all.
"It was boring." Ginny commented.
"Yeah, and they were really tough on us to. Their really cracking down on this, try to find the person who did it." Draco said.
"Oh yeah, Harry, I forgot to tell you. I talked to your healer and he said since you recovered so quick, you can be released tomorrow."
"Oh, great."
"That is really good Harry," Mrs. Weasley said.
"Can't wait to have you home, its way to quiet in that big house with out you and Hermione there." Ron said. He started staring around the room, and noticed what he delivered earlier. "Hermione, I almost forgot to give you this." He walked over to the bedside table, picked up the cup and handed it to. It was now full of luke warm coffee, but it was still as good as before.
"I thought I'd give it to you since you and Harry had such a bad night."
"Thank you Ron," Hermione said. She slowly brought the cup up to her lips and drank it."
AN- Weird way to end a chapter, not really. For once it's kind of long, well longer than the others. Well, Review please.
Until Next chapter,
Kelly