Short, I know, so sue me.
"Is he going to be okay?"
"Yes, he should wake in a few hours."
"Can I stay here with him?"
"Child, if you had asked me that last year, I would have committed you straight to St. Mungo's."
"Good thing it's not last year, then…. I like it better here."
Laughing. "Yes, you can stay."
Whimpering.
A child running down a long corridor.
Running….
Running from something….
Someone….
Evil.
A door opens to the right.
A hand reaches out of the dark, groping for the child.
A scream.
The hand grabs the child's robes; pulls it inside.
Another scream.
The door slams shut.
Tortured screams echoing through a manor, overlooked by all but one.
A woman cries with the screams, and then….
Silence.
Draco's eyes shot open. He was breathing hard, not to mention sweating furiously.
Something moved to his left.
Draco sat straight up in his temporary bed.
"What is it?"
Draco sank back into the pillows. It was Harry.
"Are you all right?"
"Yes, I—I'm fine."
"Are you sure? God, it sounded like someone was trying to kill you."
"Really, I'm okay…. It was just a bad dream."
"Hmm…."
"What time is it?"
Harry looked at his watch. "Four forty-two."
"I'm assuming that's AM, unless we're having an unexpected solar eclipse."
Harry laughed. "Yes, it's AM."
"Just out of curiosity, why are you here?"
"Would you rather I had left you alone to wake up in the middle of the night in a completely unfamiliar place and have the life scared out of you? Because, I could have just as easily done that."
"What do you mean 'completely unfamiliar'? It's not like I've never been in the Hospital Wing before."
"True, but your brain doesn't exactly process things well at nearly five in the morning."
"Ah…."
"Why don't you just get back to sleep, I'll explain what happened in the morning."
"It is the morning."
"Oh, you know what I meant! Now go to sleep."
"Fine… goodnight."
"'Night."
But Draco didn't go back sleep. He stayed up, longingly watching the dim silhouette of Harry until the first rays of light shone brightly through the window opposite him.
Again, sorry with the shortness and such, but you're just going to have to deal with it for now. Sorry it's such a lame chapter, too. But don't let that hinder your reviewing. :wink: Hell, review just to tell me that it's shit, but still... review.