Hope Has Returned

Chapter 37

Hope Has Returned Chapter 37 (Harry's POV)

I woke up in St. Mungo's.
"NOT AGAIN!" I yelled slamming my hands on the mattress. When I yelled it caused the room to wake up. I was immediately surrounded by red hair. They whole Weasley family was yelling questions at me. They were all like 'why did you leave the dorm?' and 'you're lucky Ginny is so stupid!' and 'your snake nearly saved your life!'.
"I'll answer your questions if you answer mine!" I said loud enough for them to hear it.
"I would like to know how long I've been out in return of why I left the dorm alone!" I said.
"Only 1 day! That's record time for you!" Bill said twirling Fluer's hair.
"Now tell us why you left!" Ron asked demand fully.
"I left to get some food down in the kitchen. I hadn't and still haven't eaten since Sunday at lunch. I thought it would be a quick trip! Also I want to note you that when I felt myself falling I tried to pull off my cloak so that if I passed out people could see me. I also told Jackson that I was heading out and that I would be back soon." I said pretty much answering all of their questions. A Healer then walked in looking rather pleased with herself.
"Mr. Potter I have figured out you're problem!" she said happily. I heard Ron mutter 'thank god someone found out how to figure out this mad guy' so I shot him a death glare.
"When we put in the tubes in your heart we put them in backwards so that is why you have been in so much pain!" she said with a smile. Everyone around me started shouting. They sounded crazy. They were yelling about how my misery was all their fault.
"SHUT IT! I understand your mistake but also... YOU HAVE CAUSED ME SO MUCH PAIN AND MISERY! I'M SO ANGRY AT YOU RIGHT NOW! I WILL NOT LIVE LIKE THIS! YOU BETTER OF FIXED THEM OR ARE GOING TO BECAUSE I'M DONE WITH PASSING OUT EVERY OTHER MONTH!" I yelled over everyone with my face red.
"you have no idea how much I want to jinx and hex you..." I finished with a snarl. The Weasleys looked at me and then grabbed my wand from my bedside table.
"Now Mr. Potter we have fixed it and we are sorry for our mistake. You can leave whenever you are ready." The Healer said calmly. She left and I got out of bed. I grabbed my wand from the Weasleys and went to the fire place.
"HOGWARTS!" I yelled and then watched everyone disappear. I rolled out into Mcgonagal's office. When she saw me she stood me up and gave me my map and cloak.
"Now Potter don't go running around alone!" she said with a strong grip on my arm. Ron, Ginny, and Hermione then all came tumbling into her office.
"Harry the way you flipped at that Healer was bloody-" but he stopped short seeing Mcgonagal's tight grip on my arm. She let me go and I walked back to Gryffindor tower with my friends. I stopped outside of the Fat Lady.
"Can someone join me in going to the kitchens because I haven't eaten in about a week?" I asked my friends.
"Sure" they all said at once. We all walked down to the kitchens. I ate a bit and everyone looked at me weirdly.
"Harry have you weighed yourself in a while because I couldn't help but notice that when you eat you don't eat much." Ron asked with concern growing in his voice.
"Ermm no actually I haven't in about 2 months." I said with looking at my feet.
"Hey you can you find a scale!" Ron asked to a passing house elf. The elf shook his head and ran off. He returned minutes later with one. Ron thanked him and put it down in front of me.
"Harry stand on it!" He said when he sensed my hesitation. I stood on it and looked at the scale. 80lbs it read. I heard a lot of gasps not just coming from my friends. The house elfs that were passing by gasped to because they saw it. I jumped off it and sat down. I closed my eyes to think in peace. My head swam with different thing I've heard as I kid. They came in loud as day. 'Why is that boy so skinny mommy?' 'that boy looks starved' 'hey twig we need a new stick to poke the new boy in the eye' 'Harry why are you so skinny?' 'he's a freak' 'freak' 'freak' 'freak'. I must of screamed because I opened my eyes to see my friends looking at me worried.
"Harry why did you scream?" Hermione asked worried.
"No reason" I responded
"Harry there is a reason!" she said
"It could just be me remembering being starved as a kid and being called 'Twig' and being made fun of because I looked like a twig. There was a point while I was being starved if I lifted up my shirt you could see the outline of my ribs. People made fun of me also because I was wearing Dudley's hand me down clothes that were way to big on me. When my teacher would hug me if I fell down at recess or some kid punched me she would crush me. She would reach her hands out around my big baggy shirt but would never touch my frame. It got to the point that I once was used as a baseball bat. Someone picked me up by my feet and used my face to hit the ball. I'd be surprised if I ever went back to my old school and they didn't call me 'Twig' of 'Freak Show'. Whenever I would walk into a room someone would yell out 'hey look everyone it's Twig the Freak Show! Lets go bully him into insanity!'. I was going to run away before school started while I was eleven. I didn't because my Hogwarts letter came. Ugh I can still hear their annoying little voices calling me 'twig' or 'freak show'!" I said holding my head.
"Wait a damn second! The muggles starved you?!" Ron said looking angry.
"Yep" I said.
"Harry this is bad!" Hermione said looking horrified.
"The worst part is that the muggles your age bullied you!" Ron said even angrier. Ginny just should there shocked. She came and sat next to me. She got up close to my face.
"Harry we would never do that to you!" she whispered and then kissed me. We kissed in the kitchens for about five minutes without anyone disturbing us. We broke apart when a house elf plopped a giant chocolate cake in front of me. I thanked him and he bowed off.
"I don't think I can eat all of this so I'll need some help!" I said flashing 4 forks at everyone. We ate the cake. It was very good. I had a good amount but Ron had the most. We decided that we would still go to dinner but not eat much. At dinner everyone was watching over me making sure I didn't get up and run and/or pass out.
"Come on! There is nothing more I hate then being stared at!" I said sort of loud and I got up and left. I walked up to the Gryffindor tower. I enter and then sat on the couch. I started crying very quietly. All that was happening was tears were running down my face. I heard the door open so I ran to my dorm. I threw myself onto my four-poster and cried still quietly. The door to the dorm opened and I saw Ron, Hermione, and Ginny standing at it.
"I'm-done-with-people-staring-at-me!" I yelled through gritted teeth. My friends came over and comforted me. Nightfall came and people were on there way back to their dorms. Hermione had already left and Ron already went to sleep. Ginny got up to leave but I caught her before she left. "Can you stay here tonight?" I asked with a puppy dog face.
"I can't I have classes tomorrow but you can come with me to my dorm." Ginny replied.
"Sure" I said happily. That night we fell asleep in each other's arms.