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'Harry get up, come on mate. Mum won't let us start breakfast until you are down stairs.'

Harry groaned, 'here we go again,' he thought.

What he wouldn't give for a headache potion or several.

'I'm up. Go on down stairs I am just coming.'

'OK mate, the headmaster will be over later for the forms. Have you signed them yet?'

'No Ron, I told you last night that I will not sign them until I have read them. And as I still have a headache I won't be doing that any time soon.'

Ron was up and at the door in a flash, 'you still have a headache? I will just go and tell mum.'

Harry was out of bed and carefully following Ron before he even realized what he was doing. Creeping down the stairs he could here the murmur of Ron's voice followed by Mrs. Weasley saying, 'we must fire call the headmaster immediately.'

Harry grimaced, even though he had been expecting it, it still hurt that they were more concerned with letting the headmaster know rather than the fact that he was in pain.

Carefully Harry returned back up the stairs. When he got back to the room he hurriedly got dressed and them returned down to the kitchen.

When he entered the room the conversation stopped, Mrs. Weasley hurried over and started to fuss over him. Harry almost stepped back in disgust. If he hadn't of known what the Weasley's were really like would have fallen for it all over again.

"Oh, Harry dear, Ron said that you weren't feeling well?"

"No, Mrs. Weasley, I'm not feeling at all well, I think that if it is OK with you I will try and eat some breakfast and then go back to bed for a little while." Harry said.

"Well, really I don't think that…"

Harry interrupted, "I think that that is exactly what I need."

He quickly sat at the table and got himself some toast and juice.

As he sat there he could feel everyone's eyes on him they weren't even trying to make conversation around him. When he had finished he thanked Mrs. Weasley and returned up stairs. He went over to the window and opened it.

Hedwig flew in and landed on his shoulder. Gently he ran his fingers through her feathers enjoying the peace that she bought him.

A couple of minutes later the sound of a Weasley coming up the stairs drew Harry away from the peace that he had found. The door was flung open and Ron stomped in.

"What are you doing up, you told my mum that you were going back to bed?" Ron said accusingly.

"I 'was' enjoying the peace, Ron. Did you want something?"

"Oh, nothing really mum sent me up to see if you wanted anything?"

"No thanks, Ron, I will be fine."

"Well as you are still awake, the headmaster called to remind you to sign the forms, so here they are."

"Thanks, Ron – just put them on top of the dresser will you."

"But aren't you going to look at them now."

"No, Ron, I'm not feeling well remember?"

"But, Harry, the headmaster…."

"No, Ron, enough."

Ron huffed and stormed out of the room slamming the door as he left.

Harry smiled to himself and took of his outer clothes and lay down on the bed. He had a quick look at the clock. It said 11o'clock, not long to wait now.

Harry was sleeping peacefully when the headmaster stormed into the room.

Before he had even seen Harry he started in on him.

"How can you be so lazy, Harry, I know that you are a guest but really you can't spend the day sleeping – and a slight headache is certainly not a reason to go to bed. Surely you could have asked for a headache potion if it was that bad."

Harry rolled over and blinked blindly at Dumb as a door, he could not believe what he was hearing. Slowly he sat up and faced the blustering old man.

"Headmaster, what are you doing here? I really do feel dreadful and you feel that you have the right to just storm into the private room that I have been given."

Harry carefully looked at the clock behind the headmaster. 11.30 – half an hour to go. Damn

"Nonsense young man you must get up this instant, there are lots of things for you to do, and you can start right now by signing these forms that I was good enough to send to you."

With a flourish the headmaster produced the forms and a blood quill.

"No way an I am signing anything with a blood quill." Said Harry, hiding his hand.

"Nonsense, boy, this is the way that things are done in the wizarding world. You really must learn to do as you are told." The headmaster went on flourishing his wand.

'Not good.' Thought Harry. With the air desperation around him he quickly called to Tom 'curse someone now,' nothing happened.

The headmaster was looking at Harry in a very funny way.

'Tom,' called Harry desperately. 'TOM, curse someone NOW!'

Suddenly Harry was filled with the pain of the cursciatus curse. It soared through his body like, like the effect of having a large alcoholic drink. Normally Harry would hate it, but from the look on the headmasters face – it had arrived just in time.

Harry collapsed onto the floor next to the bed and writhed around with the force of the curse, he hanged his head and wrist against the bedside table. Then the darkness claimed him.

The headmaster shook Harry back to his senses.

"What is happening, Harry, where is he attacking?"

Harry considered not answering, but the thought of the veritaserum made him change his mind.

"He is just unhappy at the moment, he has cursed someone. I don't know who."

Carefully and slowly he pulled himself onto the bed and lay back. The headmaster just stood there watching him.

"Are you sure Harry, usually you can see what he is doing and to whom."

As Harry went to answer his reply was cut off as he screamed. When he was able to he rolled over the edge of the bed and was very sick.

The headmaster grabbed him and gave him another shake.

"What is happening, come on Harry you must have seem something."

Harry slowly opened his eyes and looked at the headmaster, "Diagon Alley," he whispered.

With a twirl of his robes the headmaster was gone leaving Harry alone, which was fortunate because if he had stayed he would have seen a small smile appear on his lips as he thought to himself, 'he is to late – Tom has already done it.'

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