In the Hogwarts Hospital Wing, Ginny, Ron, and George Weasley were visiting their unconscious older brother Percy. According to Madam Pomfrey, Percy would need at least another two weeks to wake from his sleep, and three weeks before he could converse normally.
"Where's Fred?" Ginny looked at the pale-faced Percy with heartache. "Percy's in this state, and Fred still hasn't come to see him. Even if they don't usually get along-"
Ron lowered his voice. "Exactly. This is going too far. George, why wasn't Fred with you when you brought Harry back to the dormitory? Didn't you go out together?"
George's eyes darted around. "Er, Fred actually went somewhere different from me-I think he must have run into some sort of trouble. You know him. He might be a bit thoughtless normally, but he's reliable when it matters."
Then they saw the Hospital Wing door open, and Professor Brian ran in carrying an unconscious Fred, one eye socket streaming blood and the other eye floating in front of him.
"Poppy, a student needs an eyeball put back in-
"His original one. I've kept his eye in the state it was in just after the eyeball came out." Professor Brian spoke extremely quickly as he called to Madam Pomfrey, who sprang out of her chair.
"Merlin's jockstrap-" George began trembling all over.
"Is that Fred?" Ron was stunned. "Why does he look a bit like Harry?"
"-Fred?" Ginny rubbed her eyes hard.
Before Ron and Ginny could fully take in what they were seeing, Madam Pomfrey had rushed over. "Well done. Leave him to me now. Good heavens, how did he end up like this!" With that, she took Fred and his eye into a private treatment room.
After handing the half-Fred, half-Harry Fred over to Madam Pomfrey, Brian, who had