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Time Skip to Quiditch Practice

James POV

Okay, I confess: I feel terrible. At lunch I felt a little better after getting some sleep but it didn't last long. By the time Defense Against the Dark Arts came around, my last class of the day, I had a foot long essay for Charms, has to practice for Transfiguration, and I had to make-up what I missed in Potions today. Along with the loads of homework, I had a splitting headache, felt disoriented and dizzy, wouldn't stop coughing, and overall felt terrible. I know, what a nice combination! Yeah, so now I had Quidditch, which I am usually excited for. Peter sits in the stands, I play seeker, Remus plays keeper, and Sirius beater. We all love the sport, but today I just couldn't find the energy to be excited about it. I probably won't play very well anyway because of how disoriented I am. Oh well, just a little longer. I knew during lunch I couldn't turn down the 'invitation' for the full moon. If I had they would know something was up, and wouldn't let me practice. Right now I'm wishing I hadn't.

I was pulled out of my musings as a bludger woodshed past my head. I turned to see Sirius smirking me. Luckily, no one else had seen me. I gave him a 'what was that for look' and he returned it with a 'get your head in the game' look. He was probably right. I looked around trying to spot a flash of gold. Deciding it would be better to fly around the field, I pointed my broom up and urged it forward.

After my 3rd lap around the field, I spotted a flash of gold. I tilted my broom into a dive a flew towards it. When the snitch was a couple feet away, I reached out to grab it. My fingers almost brushed its wing. Suddenly, it shot up again. I followed it at a sharp angle, dodging bludgers and other teammates as I flew.

By the time I caught up with it, we were high above the ground. I reached my arm out again and caught it this time. It immediately closed itself up as my fingers curled around it. Now that the thrill of the chase was over and the adrenaline left me, I felt terrible again. My head started to spin and I felt nauseous. I tried to lower myself to the ground, but I no longer knew up from down. Losing all consciousness, I felt myself fall.

Sirius POV

I looked over to see James staring off into space like he had been doing for the past five minutes. Seriously, what was up? He has been really off the whole day. I notice he has been off since we got back from Christmas break. I had stayed at his house since my family hated me and he had gotten some Butterbeer as a gift. I don't know exactly who it was from though. Anyway, when I first noticed he was acting strangely we had been on the train riding back…

I was sitting next to James in a compartment with Peter and Remus when I heard coughing next to me. I looked over to James. His nose was red and his skin pale as if he had been walking in a blizzard. Remus and Peter appeared to have noticed as well.

"You ok James? Now that I think about it, you didn't look to good this morning." I commented.

"Ya, I tink I caught a vold. (A/N The incorrect spelling was purposeful) I ban probably sleet it ov." He sniffled out. I nodded.

"Maybe you should get a Pepper-Up potion from Madam Pomfrey." Remus said.

"Vood idea," James replied.

In a couple of days, James felt better. We hadn't thought much of it at the time, but maybe this was a lasting effect of it? I don't know. Ok, time to do my job or we will lose to Slytherin. I noticed a bludger coming towards me and hit it at James. I didn't make it close enough too hurt him, just close enough to wake him up. When he turned to me I smirked at him. He gave me a 'what was that for' look and I returned it with a 'get your head in the game' look. He just flew off to look for the snitch and I turned back to practice.

Remus was dodging a bludger I had aimed at him and giving me an annoyed look when we saw James shoot after something. I saw the streak of gold he was chasing. He reached out for it, but it shot back up. With a sloppy pull-back, he followed it. I watched as he made a grab for it and caught it. He just sat there a moment before making an unsteady descent.

I was about to go up to congratulate him, when he suddenly sagged. His hands went slack on the handle and he tilted sideways. I felt my heart stop. Behind me, Remus gasped and shot up toward him. I followed quickly behind him. The trip across the field seemed to take forever. James seemed to fall in slow-motion, but I didn't think I would make it in time. I urged my broom faster and faster until I was just below James. Steadying my broom, I held my hands out to catch him but I wasn't able to catch him properly and he slipped off of my broom. Luckily, the ground was only 10 feet below me. I could still hear a resounding crack as he landed, though.

Just then, I remembered Remus. I turned and saw him running out with Madam Pomfrey trailing behind him. They ran over to James's motionless body and arrived just as I landed.

"What happened?" Madam Pomfrey asked as she conjured a stretcher and moved him onto.

"I don't know. All day he hasn't looked very good and has been acting strange and then he suddenly fainted after caught the snitch. I have no idea why it happened." I responded. She just made a 'hmmm' sound back at me. I had explained as we were walking so now we were almost to the Hospital Wing.

When we had arrived in the Hospital Wing, Madam Pomfrey brought James over to a bed and placed him down on top of it. Pulling out her wand, she cast a spell to find out what was wrong with him. The tip glowed for a moment before fading. Madam Pomfrey just shook her head but didn't look worried. Instead she cast a spell to mend his broken ribs and arm. After a few moments she turned back to Remus and me.

"It appears he hasn't gotten enough sleep lately. Apparently, he just fainted from exhaustion. That would also explain the bags under his eyes and the pale color of his face. Besides that, he is perfectly healthy. I will make him stay in here until tomorrow but then he should be fine. From now on, though, make sure he gets enough sleep. I do not wish for this to happen again. Understand? I am expecting you to take care of him, Remus. You are a Prefect for a reason." We both nodded and moved to sit down next to him. "Make sure you two get some sleep as well. Don't want you to be in his position."

As she walked away, we turned back to James. I can't believe I didn't realize he wasn't getting enough sleep. As far as I knew, he was going to bed at the same time as Remus, Peter and me and we were all perfectly fine. I just don't know. Speaking of Peter, we should probably get him. The moon will come out soon and I don't think I can keep Remus in line on my own. I turned back to Remus.

"Should we go get Peter?" He nodded. "Let's go, but shouldn't one of us stay with James in case he wakes up?"

"It will only be a short time. We can go get Peter and come back. We still have an hour until dinner and then an hour after that."

"Ok," I replied. With that we set off to retrieve Peter.