It had been one thing to wake surrounded by people. Ally, stalkinghorse, even the Nurse. However, once they'd left, Harry Potter was left with a very disquieting feeling. As if someone was sneaking up from behind him, no matter where he looked. He was stuck here, stuck in a bed. In a very obvious place that said I Was Hurt.

And someone had just tried to kill him.

Harry tried to think - there hadn't seemed to be people he didn't recognize at the game. Certainly the Weasley's Mum and Da hadn't shown. Maybe that was normal?

But that just meant someone here, still here, had tried to kill him.

It wasn't Snape - not only was it ridiculous, Harry somehow felt that it wasn't Snape either, in some way that he truly didn't understand.

And definitely, definitely didn't have time to think about.

They might try again. And what better place for him to be a target than the Infirmary. One of the few places in Hogwarts where anyone could just walk in - because after all, couldn't anyone get hurt and need treatment? At any time of day or night?

It had been one thing when people were out for his blood. A punch a kick, something like that. Hell, Harry even understood it, to a point. Probably they'd lost their parents too. Not that Harry felt at all bad for making it difficult for them to take out their Id on him.

Harry wanted to convene a council of war. Make sure that he hadn't misunderstood a prank, or even something meant merely to incapacitate him. Malfoy might have tried something like that - Harry didn't sense any latent bloodthirst, though, so he probably wasn't actively trying to get Harry killed (unless he was under orders. And frankly, who'd bother with an eleven year old?).

No, this was tricky flashy business, which was like saying "I Can Do Whatever I Want, and you can't Stop Me!"

Harry needed to get out of the infirmary before the bastard came back.

It felt like an itch, all over himself.

Idly, he wondered if the Nurse would mind if he slept under the bed. No point to it really, he couldn't guarantee being the first awake, and sleeping was dead, in this case

[a/n: Yes, Harry's a bit more hurt than in canon. Or someone cares a bit more about checking out his health.

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