Chapter Thirteen
WARNING: HP ISN'T MINE:( THE STORY AND NEW CHARACTERS ARE MINE:)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Nothing new really, just that there aren't that many chapters left before the ending of this story. For the rest see author's note chapter.
Chapter Thirteen
Fenrir's POV:
'Don't you dare die on me again Harry!' I thought as I landed in the infirmary and called to Poppy for help. She came running towards us and tried to take Harry from me but I growled at her and held him closer to me.
"Fenrir, if I don't get your mate on a bed and look him over I won't be able to help him." she said sternly yet gently. I growled again and picked Harry back up and laid him on a bed and sat right by his head on the bed and glared at Poppy to let her know I wasn't going anywhere. She seemed to understand and moved to look Harry over but only after looking at me annoyed.
I growled deeper at the look and she backed off scared. Just then the doors opened and Damion and Albus came into the room. I growled at Albus and he stopped and stared at me in shock.
"Poppy you have to ask for permission to touch mom now. Dad's mate was hurt and he won't let anyone that's not me near him without permission. And if he gives you permission you must be slow and gentle with mom or else he will attack. Right now he can't recognize anyone from the pack, anyone could be a threat to his mate or even me. That's why I'm keeping my distance from the two of you, to keep him from attacking. The only reason I'm not in his arms right now is because that'll require dad leaving mom's side. Once I'm in his arms it'll help him calm down enough for you to be able to talk to him. Just remember to speak slowly, don't look him in the eye, and be as submissive as possible, alright? That goes for you too Grandpa." Damion said but I was to busy warning the two others in the room to really know what he's saying.
I felt Damion climb into my lap and I wrapped an arm around him and calmed slightly but still growled softly at the other two. The woman slowly walked up to Harry and I glared at her and she stopped. "Fenrir, can I look Harry over? He needs to be looked at since he's very hurt. May I look at him?" Poppy said and I stared at her and sniffed the air around her and growled but nodded for her to go ahead.
She walked slowly to Harry and ran her wand over his body a few times slowly and stopped whenever I growled at her for getting to close. When she was done she turned to Albus and sighed softly. "What Damion said is true. The curse Voldemort put on him is slowly killing him from the inside out. Unfortunately he's not slipped into a coma just yet and will most likely wake up in extreme pain. I would place him in a magically induced coma if I knew if it wouldn't do more harm to him than good. I won't give him a pain-reliever potions for that very reason. We can't risk his death coming quicker than it already is." she said sadly and Damion whimpered from my lap and buried his face into my chest.
"There is a cure right? Can you find it?" I asked through clinched teeth and Poppy stared at me.
"I don't think I can find it. If what Damion told Albus is true and Voldemort is the only one who know where and what it is, then we're in trouble. Not only will he not give it us since his enemy is dying as we speak, but when Albus went to go and collect him from where you two left him it seems some of his death eaters got to him first as he was gone is what Albus told me." she said sadly and looked at the floor like Albus was doing.
Damion whimpered again and I looked at Harry and reached for his hand and grasped it tightly. 'Why can't Voldemort just leave us alone?!' I thought and shushed Damion quietly as he started to cry. Poppy and Albus left the room to give us privacy and When they were gone Damion Jumped down from my lap and turned it his wolf and jumped onto Harry's bed and curled up at his side and laid his head on Harry's stomach and continued to whine. I leaned over and petted his head and he lifted it to lick my hand before laying his head back down.
We just sat there in silence for awhile just watching Harry sleep when Damion broke the silence. "What are we going to do dad? I don't want mom to die." Damion said through the link and I looked at him.
"I don't want him to die either son. We'll find a cure. You're mother's strong, probably one of the strongest people I've ever met. He won't leave us son, he promised you that remember?" I asked him and he looked at me and whined and fell asleep laying beside his mother. I sighed and leaned back in my chair and closed my eyes and tried to get some sleep but seriously doubting I'd get any that night.
TWO HOURS LATER
Damion's POV:
A pain-filled groan woke me up and I looked over to see mom stirring. I lifted my head and looked at him with my tail wagging when his eyes opened and he looked at me and smiled slightly. "Hey sweetheart" mom said in a painfully hoarse voice and I flinched at it and leaned up and licked his face gently and whimpered when mom hissed in pain at the touch.
I jumped off the bed and turned human and looked at mom. "Voldemort said that you would've fallen into a coma because of both the curse and the pain you'd be in. Not that I'm not thrilled you're not in a coma, but why didn't you go into a coma?" I asked and mom looked at me and sighed.
"Truthfully baby I was very close to going into a coma. I was just a step away from the painless darkness when something stopped me and made me keep fighting even if it meant being in a lot of pain." mom whispered and I looked at him.
"And what was that?" I asked and he smiled and slowly raised his hand and placed it on my cheek.
"You baby. I remembered my promise to you and you gave me the strength to fight the darkness." he said and I smiled at him with tears in my eyes. I held mom's hand to my face and closed my eyes savoring his touch. Dad moaned and we looked at him as he opened his eyes and stared at mom before jumping out of the chair and sitting by his head.
"How you feeling love?" dad asked and mom just looked at him.
"I'm OK for now." mom said and dad nodded and began to run his hand through mom's hair. We sat there for awhile until Grandpa Remus and Grandma Sirius came into the room and straight over to Harry but stopped at a safe distance.
"May we see our son alpha?" Grandpa asked and dad nodded and they came over to mom and sat at the end of his bed. "How you feeling pup?" Grandpa asked and mom looked at him.
"OK for now." he said and the two of them sighed and Grandma placed a hand on mom's knee and froze it there at dad's warning growl.
"Can't you get through one year of Hogwarts and not be in a life or death situation?" Grandma asked and mom smirked at him.
"I think we all know that's never going to happen." and we all laughed at that but stopped when mom started to cough and groan in pain.
"We'll let you get some rest pup. We'll see you later." Grandpa whispered and he and Grandma got up and left the Hospital Wing quietly. Dad sighed and turned back to us.
"I think we all need to rest right now." he said and I nodded and turned back into a wolf and laid on mom's side again and dad placed a hand on my back and the three of us fell asleep.
Sometime later I was woken up by mom coughing uncontrollably and dad in a panic. "What is it love?" dad asked but mom kept on coughing. I whined when mom pulled his hand back and blood was on it. "Dame go get Poppy!" dad yelled and I took off to find her and Grandpa Albus. Luckily they were both in Grandpa's office when I barged in and turned back into a human.
"Poppy, Grandpa come quick! Mom's coughing up blood!" I yelled and they were moving in an instant to Grandpa's fireplace to floo to the infirmary. I traveled with Grandpa after Poppy went through first and came into the infirmary in time to see Poppy ask dad to get close to mom and dad allowing it.
I sat in dad's lap and Grandpa stood behind dad and gently placed a hand on his shoulder. Dad growled at him but didn't push the comforting hand away and looked back at mom who had passed out. After a while Poppy sighed and looked at the three of us. "It would seem that the curse is starting to take full effect now. There's really nothing we can do except make him as comfortable as possible and try to find the cure in time." Poppy said sadly.
I got off dad's lap with tears running down my face and I turned to the door. "Where are you going son?" dad asked as he also cried. I turned to him and just stared at him.
"I'm going to the library and looking through every book in there for a cure. Mom took that curse for me. It's my fault he's in pain and dying right now. It should be me lying there not him. I won't rest until I've found a cure." I said and dad came up and took me into his arms and held me close.
"Don't ever blame yourself for this Damion. Your mother would do it again hundred times if it meant you got to live. I'd do it a hundred times myself and if it weren't for me being knocked out at the time I'd be the one laying there. We love you and we'd do anything to protect you." he whispered and I sobbed into his chest.
"But I saw it happen before it did! I even told you two about it and I still managed to not stop it from happening!" I cried and dad held me closer.
"You couldn't have controlled this son. Your mother and I were the ones that insisted on still going even after you warned us. You shouldn't have to feel responsible to prevent it. I don't blame you and I know Harry doesn't blame you nor does anyone else." he said and I just continued to cry into his chest for a few minutes as he whispered comforting words in my ear.
After awhile I pulled back and he smiled at me and I gave him a little smile. "I'm going to the library now. I still want to try and find a cure of any kind to try and stop the curse." I said and looked back at mom then back at dad. Dad nodded and I hugged him tightly before letting go and running to the library to try and find a cure.
ONE WEEK LATER
Fenrir's POV:
Harry's been like this for a week now and we still hadn't found a cure. Damion spent all his time either here or in the library. He only went to the library when Harry was asleep, which was pretty much all the time lately, and being here with Harry when Harry was awake. Currently Damion was in the library and I was holding my mate's hand as he slept.
"You really should get out of here for a few hours Fen. You haven't left Harry's side except to shower and use the loo. It's not healthy and Harry wouldn't want you to stop taking care of yourself." came the gentle voice of Alex, who was followed by Ron. After hearing what happened, Ron only left Harry's side for classes and such, wanting to stay as close to Harry as possible.
I looked up at the two of them and sighed and looked back at Harry's deathly pale face. "I know, it's just that, I've lost him once already and then got him back. If I lose him again I don't think I'd survive it. I don't think Dame would either." I said and ran my hand through Harry's hair.
"Harry's strong Fen. He also promised to never leave you or Dame again and we all know Harry never goes back on his word." Ron said sitting down on the other side of Harry and taking his hand. The two men in the room now are the only ones that I willing let near Harry without growling at them and without them asking first. My wolf knows they're no threat to its mate. Sure, I know that the others in the pack wouldn't hurt Harry either, but my wolf doesn't seem to agree with me.
"Why don't you freshen up and take a relaxing walk around the castle?" Alex said placing a hand on my shoulder and squeezing it gently. I looked up at him and sighed before nodding and getting up to let Alex take my seat by Harry.
I was halfway to the door when it suddenly burst open and a very happy and hopeful Damion came running through it, straight to me, holding a book tightly to himself. "What is it Damion?" I asked and he smiled brightly at me.
"I think I just found a cure."
please don't kill me! I know it was mean to leave it there but know that the next one will be VERY long and most likely the last one in the story! Let me know what you think and I hope everyone still enjoys the story!:) I promise to update quicker next time!:)