Chapter 32 - Falling Sick Sucks

While the three were still in the middle of their discussion, Draco and the twins managed to catch a sort of shrill scream coming in the direction of the bathroom of the floor they were on.

" You two heard that two right? " Draco asks the twins nervously, " Yup. " They say without hesitation.

" Guys? " He calls for the attention of the three Princeton's. " What is it Draco? " Louis asks while having a staring contest with Bandit out of nowhere.

" There was a scream coming from the bathroom. " Draco says pointing to the direction they heard it come from.

" Really? " Richard asks, " We can check it out if you don't believe us. " Fred says and starts dragging Richard by the arm to the bathroom.

" Okay then. " Annie says as she also gets dragged by George to the bathroom.

" No need to drag me, I'm coming. " Louis says with his hands in the air. " Whatever. " Draco says with a small smirk on his face, turns around and leads the way.

When the six reach the bathroom at last, they did not expect to see most of the school population there too.

" How did something happen in the short five-to-ten minute timeframe we were gone? " Richard states the second he sees the worried faces from the students clutered together.

" That's the least of our worries Richie. " Annie says pointing to the bloody-like writing on the wall and Mrs. Norris in a suspended animation state hanging by the tail on the torch bracket.

" Since when could Basilisk's write? " Richard mumbles out when he pieces the puzzles together.

" Really? That's what your concerned about? Not the cat in suspended animation hanging near the torch or how the Basilisk got the bloody like substance on the wall? "

" But in hindsight, how it learnt to write is also concerning. " Pondering on it, Annie decides to leave the topic for another time.

" You okay there Louis? " Draco asks as he holds onto the suddenly feint boy. " Define okay. " Louis fumbles out feeling bile rising up his throat.

" Are you dying internally and just want to lie down and do nothing? " Annie asks, " Among many other things. " Louis answers having to hold his mouth closed or he might unwillingly projectile everything right then and there.

" This is worrisome. " Richard states, " Why is it worrisome? " Draco questions looking at Richard while still supporting Louis.

" Louis is sick. " Annie says as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. " And? " The twins ask. " Since birth, Louis has never gotten sick. It's like it wasn't programmed in his body to fall sick. " Rcihard informs the three.

" Now that's not fair. " George says, arms crossed " everyone should get sick at least once. " Fred follows grumpily.

" Madam Pomfrey? " Draco asks " Yeah. " As they begin dragging Louis to the direction of the hospital ward, they happen to bump into Neville.

" Richard! Where were you? I was loo- What happened to him? " Neville asks in concern as he follows the six worry clearly shown on his face.

" Don't know, so we're heading to madam Pomfrey to know why. " Neville nods his head, " Got it. Mind if I follow you guys? You'd probably need all the help you can get bringing him there. "

Richard nods his head, " Thanks. " He says, " Dont sweat it. " Neville waves his hand as he helps them to the best of his abilities.

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The six turn back to being visible before entering the hospital wing with Neville. " Goodness! What happened? " Madam Promfey frantically asks, as she guides Louis to a free bed.

" He started feeling unwell out of the blue and since he's never fallen sick before, we don't know what's wrong. " Annie hurriedly informs as Madam Pomfrey checks Louis' temperature.

" How peculiar, I'm going to need more time to determine the cause of his sickness. In the meantime, the boy's parents should be informed of what's happened. " Both cousins nod their heads.

" Now, you six should be in bed for the night. You can come and check on him tomorrow, okay? " As the group VERY reluctantly leave the hospital ward, they release a collective sigh of defeat knowing they can't disobey the one who makes sure everyone is alive and in one piece while in Hogwarts, they turn in for the day.

The first thing Louis saw when he came to, was the blinding rays of the sun. " HSS!! The sun is too bright, turn it down a few notches! " He hisses out shielding his face from the light, only to be followed by a series of violent coughs.

" Good to see your awake. " Louis hears after his coughs calm down. He attempts to sit up, only to be pushed back down from his shoulders.

" Yeah no, considering the fact that you look like a vampire and coughing like there's no tomorrow, your not moving. " Louis recognises the voice as Draco at last.

" Where's Richie and Ann? " He asks coarsely looking for a glass of water, " Went for breakfast and to sneak you some food while their at it. " Draco says handing him a glass.

" Jello? " He curiously asks with a tilt of his head " Obviously. " Was Draco's response.

Madam Pomfrey came and gave Louis a check up before giving him a remedy she found in a book and thought it would help him feel better.

It did not make him feel better.

" You look much worse than yesterday. " Richard states the second he sees Louis' condition. " I'm dying Richie. " Louis w.h.i.n.es dramatically as he places his right arm over his face.

" I'll make sure your funeral will be nice. " Richard says flatly, eyebrows raised. " Did the remedy Madam Pomfrey give really not work? "Annie asks sadly.

" No, it worked wonderfully to the point I that I can see a talking lion inside a cabinet! " Louis sarcastically says to Annie.

" Don't you give me sass. " She scolds slapping the boy up his head. " I'm sick! " He reminds, " Not dying. " She retorts.

" Violence aside, did I miss anything while I was out cold? " Louis asks the two boys.

" Depends on what you call exciting. " Richard says before taking note of the time, they had at least fifteen more minutes before class started.

Rolling his eyes, Louis asks again " I mean, did anything out of the ordinary happen while I was acting like I ate the most wretched thing on earth? "

" Ah, yes. " Draco says making Annie and Richard look to him in confusion. " Really? " They ask.

" I overheard the trio talking over something when I was heading back to the Slytherin dormitory. It turns out, Potter heard a voice in Lockhart's office and before it struck outside the bathroom yesterday. "

" How peculiar. " Richard states as he takes down notes in a notebook he whipped out from his robe.

" Something is definitely wrong with this school. " Louis says the more he thinks about it.

" Your telling me? You're the definition of weird. No offence. " Draco says, " None taken, I know I'm weird. " Louis replies half-heartedly, deep in thought.

" We should get going for classes now Louie, We'll see you for lunch. And don't let Madam Pomfrey see these. " Annie whispers the last part as she passes Louis the stash of Jello.

" Gothca! Tell me more when lunch comes! " Louis cheerily says before he begins to cough non-stop once again.

" Better get well soon Louis, Meister and the others are worried bout you. Bandit especially, his running around like a lost child at the thought of you being sick. " Draco informs before following the two out the hospital ward.

" like I'm going to be stuck in bed sick for more than a day even if it is comfy. " Louis says coarsely and begins to stuff his stash of Jello in his mouth.