Harry Potter - The awakening.

Waking up

The days after Harry had arrived at the hospital wing were tense. Harry was never left alone, not because it wasn't safe, because it was, it was just the fact that it comforted everyone else to see Harry peacefully sleeping.

Barny, Harry's puppy, had been collected from Potter manor, and dropped off at Hagrid's hut, so he was being well looked after. Everyday Hagrid would bring Fang and Barney up, against Madam Pomfrey's will, to go and visit Harry. Barney would curl up next to Harry's side and sleep, until it was time for him to leave.

That is what was happening now.

Four days after Harry's arrival, and he still hadn't woken up. Barney was curled up next to Harry's side, while everyone else watched on.

That was when they saw it.

Harry's thumb started to stroke Barney's ear.

"Harry?" James called out. "Harry can you hear me?"

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"Harry? Harry can you hear me?"

The voice floated through the darkness, before several others followed. They echoed all around him, calling him back from this place of peace. Harry half wanted to follow the voices, to find their owners, but he also wanted to stay here, blissfully unaware. Harry was tired, no exhausted, and he didn't think he had the energy to come back, not yet. So Harry slept.

"Harry, sweetie, please wake up. It's Ginny." Harry heard the voice float around in the darkness again, but he knew this voice, and he loved it and the owner. "I-I need you Harry. We are all so worried, especially your parents. We all miss you, and need you."

"Yeah, it's terrible, mate." Another voice piped in. "Ron has stopped eating, Ron of all people!"

Harry had to give a little chuckle at this, Ron definitely wasn't the type of person to starve himself.

There was silence unitl. "Harry... If you can hear me then smile."

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Ginny looked around and saw that everyone was asleep, she then turned to Harry with tear filled eyes and started to speak. "Harry, sweetie, please wake up. It's Ginny. I-I need you Harry. We are all so worried, especially your parents. We all miss you, and need you."

"Yeah, it's terrible, mate." Fred piped up, seeming to only just wake up. "Ron has stopped eating, Ron of all people!"

Harry smiled and gave a little chuckle.

Fred and Ginny looked at each other with dropped jaws and wide eyes.

"Harry... If you can hear me then smile." Fred ordered in a friendly tone.

Harry smiled once more.

"Harry! Come towards our voices! It's time for you to wake up!" Ginny said loudly, waking everyone else up.

"What's happening?" James asked groggily.

"Harry can hear us!" Ginny replied urgently.

Everyone jumped up and started talking to Harry, trying to call him back to them.

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"Harry! Move towards us!"

"We love you Harry!"

"Harry wake up!"

The voices were shouting for him to go to them, and going to them he was. Harry was moving across the darkness towards the voices, trying to reach them. It was working. The closer he got the louder the voices became. Suddenly Harry found himself conscious. The voices were all around him and he had hands gripping his hands tightly. Harry opened his eyes with a groan.

"Harry? Do you know who I am?" A blurred object asked.

Harry wished he had the energy to ask for his glasses, but he didn't. He just stared at the blurry figures above him for a minute, before his eyes started to droop close.

"Sweet dreams." A voice whispered, as he slipped into oblivion.

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Once Harry and slipped back asleep, everyone turned, as one, to look at Madam Pomfrey.

"It's hard to say." Madam Pomfrey answerd their questioning looks. "He has only just woken and he needs to regain his energy. I think that he wont have the energy to say anything the next few times he wakes, I think that he will only lie and stare. It is going to be quite a while before we know if there is any permanent damage."

Lily nodded before kissing her son on the forehead. Deep inside she had known that Harry wouldn't be able to communicate when he first awoke, she just hand't wanted to believe it.

Well now it was here, and all she could do was go with the flow.

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Ginny was sat with Harry while the others got a well deserved rest. It had been two days since Harry had first awakened, and he hadn't woken since that time. Eventually Madam Pomfrey had kicked them out of the hospital wing, saying that they would do Harry no good being in such a state. But Ginny had crept back in.

A moan brought Ginny out if her musings. She snapped her head down to look at Harry, just as he opened his eyes.

"Harry, sweetie, can you hear me? Do you know who I am?" Ginny asked softly, grasping his hand.

"Glasses." Harry croaked.

Ginny first grabbed a cup of water, "drink as much as you can," she said, holding his head so he could drink. Harry drunk half of the small cup before refusing to have anymore. Ginny put his head down and placed his glasses on his face.

"Gin," Harry rasped. "It-it's you!" Harry exclaimed in a raspy whisper. "I though I would never..." Then tears started to fall from his eyes and he gripped Ginny hand for support.

"Oh Harry," Ginny whispered, her heart braking for her boyfriend.

Ginny looked around her, before climbing into bed with Harry. She held him while he silently sobbed, letting out all of the stress caused by the horrific situation he had been in. After ten minutes the sobs slowed into, deep, steady breathing. Harry was asleep once more.

Ginny drew the covers upto their chins and let Harry's slow breathing and steady heart beat, lull her into a deep and dreamless sleep.