Siege of the Sues

"Harry? Harry, wake up." An unfamiliar voice came from somewhere...

"What's going on?" he croaked. "Where am I?"

"In the infirmary. I guess you passed out or something."

Harry opened his eyes to see who was talking to him. He blinked. It was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen, with long black hair and sparkling violet eyes. "Who...who are you?"

"My name's Keira. I'm here to take care of you." She dabbed at his forehead with a damp washcloth. "Feeling better?"

"Well...yeah, yeah, I do." He actually felt sort of sluggish and sleepy. "I feel great, now that you're here." What had just come out of his mouth? He glanced at the girl again. No, it made sense now. She was here, and that was all that mattered. A tiny part of his brain seemed to be squeaking a warning, but he chose not to listen.

"It's about time." Keira stood up and walked over to the opposite bed, where Harry saw a pile of clean robes. She picked one up and brought it to him. "You've been out all day long. You even missed Defense Against The Dark Arts class."

"Oh, no. What's the new teacher like?" Harry struggled to sit up.

"She's really fantastic. She knows loads of stuff, and she's an Auror and everything. And she and Professor Snape are just so cute together!"

That tiny part of Harry's brain was now screaming frantically that something was wrong. Must have had a bad dream or something, he thought. "Yeah, Professor Snape seemed a lot happier today. It's a nice change, isn't it?"

Keira smiled. "Sure is. Oh, you have a visitor." She nodded to someone on the other side of the room, and Harry looked up to see Draco. He smiled.

"Potter!" Draco gave him a pat on the back. "Glad to see you're feeling better."

"Thanks. I'm glad we finally made up, too."

"Yeah." Draco looked confused for a moment. "I don't know why I was so mean to you for so long." He brightened up. "But that's all in the past. We're friends now, and that's what counts."

"Yes, that's what counts," echoed Harry. He glanced at Keira. "Where are Ron and Hermione?"

Keira rolled her eyes. "Mione's studying, duh. I don't know where Ron is. Probably wherever you Gryffindors are."

"What house are you in?" Harry asked her.

Keira sat up a bit straighter. "I'm in the special house, the one that Professor Trelawney is heading up? We haven't come up with a house name yet. Kayla Renee keeps going for Amabilis, after her unicorn spirit, but that sounds like a disease to me." She wrinkled her nose. "Anyways, why don't you put on your robes? We can, I don't know, head out and fly around the Quidditch pitch before we have to be in bed."

"You fly?" Harry was astounded. This girl really was perfect.

"Of course. My dad just got me a Firebolt 300." Keira jumped off the bed. "They're not in stores yet. Bet it can even beat your old Firebolt. Wanna race?"

"Only if I can play too," Draco chimed in. The three of them started laughing. Harry felt great. The happiness of sitting here with his friends almost completely drowned out that nagging voice saying something was wrong.