Just a month in, and everyone was starting to despise Dolores Umbitch. She was completely insane and her voice just irritated everyone. And from what most heard Mcgonagal was losing her patience with her coming into her class and disturbing her classes as she puts it.

Even the group were starting to hate her.

But generally everybody wasn't on liking terms. Some Slytherins even kept away from her and didn't even try to get on her good side to get out of trouble and what not.

Harry hated her the most with Hermione, due to the fact that she taught absolutely nothing in their defense classes, only asked them to read a book when they should get hands on experience if they ever want to be able to do it for the owls later that year.

Speaking of Harry, he seemed, out of it. Everyone in the group, which now included Nico, who lived in their haven dorms, which seemed to grow bigger to give them separate rooms, some still had roommates but some didn't. Including Nico. Percy found it kinda strange.

But back to Harry. He seemed out of it in the way a fever would cloud your mind. And when he collapsed on his way down the hall made his friends worry for him.

Percy and Neville the most.

"Well if I'll be..." Pomfrey said as she read the results as to why the boy had passed out in her halls caught her by surprise.

"Mrs. Pomfrey?" Percy asked with a frown as she quickly prepared some bottles.

She seemed rushed all of sudden as it finally sunk in and she put as many into a bag that obviously had a charm as it was a small pouch bag and she was putting several bottled potions in it. "If Dumbldore asks, he's got the flu, do you understand boys?" She says as she quickly waves her hand over Harry who startled awake.

"What, wait what do you mean? Why?" Neville asked as he caught the pouch as she helped Harry up and out of bed as a clipboard wrote something out in the air with a quill.

"I'll have Severus tell you. You'll just have to give him this note, okay?" She said as she handed Percy the notes this time. "I expect some more of you to come in here later this year if given some of you have the right needs. Now go on, put him to bed and give him a bottle a day till he feels better. Now quickly, I'm sure Dumbledore will be on his way." She said and shooed them out.

Harry grumbled and groaned as Percy helped him out of the bed and out the door. "What happened?" He asked as they walked up some stairs to get to the abandoned girls bathroom. Where they entered and then entered the dorms. All the while Percy explained what happened to Harry. "Can you hurry and give me a potion? Ugh, it hurts." Harry said as he was laid down inside his room.

Neville quickly did so, and within a matter of seconds from drinking the bubbly potion Harry was asleep peacefully. "We need to find Snape." Neville said as he set the bag on the nightstand beside Harry.

"Yeah I think that would be best. This isn't some flu, trust me I would know." Percy said as he quickly started walking out the door, Neville following close behind.

Severus was minding his own business, glad he had no class to teach at the moment. So he got to work on grading papers as he waited for dinner. But he was interrupted quite rudely when the doors to his classroom were slammed open and two out of breath boys waltzed right in. Percy leaning back and holding a finger up to give him a moment as Neville was crouched down hands on his knees desperately trying to gain his own breath.

"You really need to work up your endurance Neville." Percy jokingly puts out as he walked towards the slightly annoyed professor. But it had a hint of worry in his tone as well.

"I'll try." He huffed as he stood up and walked behind him holding his rib cage a little.

"Now what is it you boys had to rush in and slam my doors open for?" Severus drawled with a raised brow.

The youngest of the two pulled out some paper and handed it to him. Severus grabbed it and read it quickly before he looked as pale as one of the ghosts roaming the castles. "How is Harry?" He asked urgently as he burned the pieces of paper.

"He's fine. He's sleeping right now after the potion...but Sev, what's wrong with Harry exactly?" Neville asked concern lacing his face as he looked at Severus.

Sighing the man rubbed his face with a hand before looking to the boys. "He's...going into his inheritance. Most who have an inheritance have it around 16, but you still have a chance till at least 21. He's having it just in time really. Just...it's worrying...to have it so soon after his birthday. Usually a mate would be nearby to activate it. We thought it would happen during summer since You know is always around then." Severus says putting a hand through his hair.

"Oh..." was all the boys could say to it all.

Then Severus went on to tell what the boys should do for Harry in the mean time.

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Nico sighed as he walked into the dorms that he shared with the group, still feeling kinda weird that they even like him enough to share this big of a secret with him. He knew it was one because he was told he wasn't allowed to show or tell anybody. Like he would so far everyone in the golden group were his friends...yeah, they were his friends.

Walking into the main part of the dorms, besides the library, he heard something from one of the rooms. It sounded like someone had fallen out of bed. Confused and slightly concerned he went over to Harry's room and knocked.

"Harry, you okay in there?" He asked and when he got a pained groan in response he walked in to find Harry there trying to get out of his robes. And failing miserably. His face was flushed red and his hair messier then usual. "Um Harry? You...need help?" Nico asked.

Harry huffed but nodded not looking at the boy, embarrassed that he couldn't even get out of his stuffy robes. The small boy came over and started to help him without another word while Harry watched him, noticing how the boys tan skin looked like carmel, how his eyes were a chocolate brown, and seemed gold at the same time. How his long hair curled around his neck like a dark shadow. Without realizing it he touched the hair with a soft look making the boy freeze. "It's so...soft." He mumbled.

Nico flushed red as he finished helping the boy out of his robes, setting the robes aside so he could get Harry back into the bed. "Come on now, I heard you collapsed in the halls. No wonder your in here and not in class." He grumbled as he got Harry to stand and lay in bed, he then noticed his shoes and took them off for him as well. Sighing in slight irritation. Most likely someone who was to hurried had left Harry here.

Harry without thinking grabbed the boys wrist and pulled him into his chest. Causing another red flush to the boys cheeks. "Thanks..." he said before he promptly fell asleep.

Nico still in his hold.

The Italian tried to get out of the hold but couldn't and he couldn't believe it was because of Harry. He tried and tried until he gave up and just laid there and suffered.

Then he fell asleep. He couldn't help but be tired. He tried to fight it but he to succumbed to the peaceful darkness of sleep.

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Hmmmm the ships are coming along nicely, mwhahaha!!!

-Neko