Ante mortem

Chapter 1

Harry's POV

I couldn't see anything, everything was black and cold. I felt like laying on something really cold and hard, it was really uncomfortable. I was trying to get up but my body just felt too heavy for me to be able to make any move.

After laying there for something that felt like 10 minutes I could finally regain use of my senses, I slowly tried opening my eyes but were blinded by the light that was coming from a little window that was placed across the room, now that I was looking carefully I was in a small room with only two matress ( I'm currently laying in one of them ) a little table with a chair by it's side and a little closet that looked like it went through some better days and a little door which had a mirror at the back of it.

But all the things in here seemed like they've been used a lil bit too much. But where was I? I've never seen this place before in my entire life not that it was a long one but still. As I was in my thought I heard a knock coming from the door.

'' Hey are you awake?'' I heard, the voice was quite pitched, probably a kid. He opened the door without even giving me time to respond. And as i suspected he was a kid around seven or eight, he had light brown short hair, had what looked like a crew cut and had dark brown eyes and some freckles on his face, he was a bit too skinny for a kid and had clothe that were too big for him, as his shirt was falling down his shoulder and his shorts were kept up by a little shoe lace and there were holes in his shoes which were really dirty by the way.

'' Ah I see you're awake, Mrs Cole said to come check on you to see if you're awake, and if you were to go to her office''

'' Mrs Cole..?'' I said quite confuse as I didn't know who that was and what she wanted from me but I think that it'll maybe help me know better about where I am 

'' Yea Mrs Cole, the director of the Orphenage Wool, the one you're in right now'' Wait I'm confused I feel like I've heard that name somewhere but I dont remember where and my head hurts when I'm trying to remember, but also what am I doing in an orphanage ?

'' Come stand up I dont wanna make her mad by making her wait and you've already slept enough time'' 

'' Enough time..? how much exactly?'' 

'' A whole day, now come on, I already said that we couldn't wait'' He sounded like he was starting to get quite pissed off, like I'm sorry I just woke up in a place I don't even know and I dont remember anything that happened it's not my fault if I ask question cause I wanna know where I am. But I still went with him as I didn't have any other choices. As we got out of the small room I noticed that the corridors were in the same state as the room as was in, there were cracks everywhere and the paint on the walls was falling or had already fallen, I couldn't believe this was an orphanage, it looked like it was on the verge of falling down in hundreds of pieces. 

We quickly arrived at something that looked like a cafeteria, or was supposed to look like one. I could see the kids sitting on the long horizontal table that were placed in front of the tables. They were eating.. something..? i couldn't really tell but it didn't look that appetizing, and also the portions were really small compere to what a child should be getting, they could risk getting underweight if they don't eat a proper amount of food, I know it because I've myself experienced it myself. After passing through the cafeteria we arrived in the garden, there were a playground and some already pretty used toys on the ground. That already looked more like a place for children then the places I've seen till now. 

Short after we arrived in front of a door, there was a plaque where was written ''Mrs Cole'' suppose it's her office, finally I'll learn more about where I am. The boy that was with me slightly knock on the door and waited... and waited.. and waited, after something like 5 Minutes he knocked again, and we finally heard a voice saying to come in. So the boy grad the handle and gave it a little push and the door opened with a creaking sound.. a really loud creaking sound...