DISCLAIMER: ANY CHARACTERS AND/OR THEMES PERTAINING TO THE HARRY POTTER UNIVERSE ARE NOT MY CREATION. THEY ARE IN FACT CREATED BY JK ROWLING.

AUTHOR'S NOTE (7/26/17): I just wanted to thank everyone who has this story as a favorite and/or on their alerts, as well as those who are reading it now! I am hoping to update this story on either a weekly or bi-weekly schedule. This is only my second fic and my first one didn't work out as I was intending. Please be patient with the time between my updates, I promise I will update as soon as I possibly can! I am a full time college student going into my senior year this August so updates will likely be slow during school months. I also would be SUPER appreciative of any comments you guys have whether it's a comment saying you love it or you hate it, I don't care. I am new so any and all tips and/or constructive criticism is welcomed and GREATLY appreciated! Let me know that you think in the comments!

-PJ22


Chapter 1: Mortal Peril

Molly and Arthur Weasley were standing on platform 9 ¾ waiting for their children, Harry, and Hermione to arrive home on the train from Hogwarts. While they are waiting they overheard Moody threatening Vernon Dursley that him and the rest of the family must be kind to Harry over the summer holiday, since he had just lost Sirius; or there would be severe consequences for them all.

"Arthur, I'm telling you, this man is not going to treat him well at all. I can't shake the feeling that those muggles are far worse toward Harry than he lets on. I don't want him going back there. Especially after all that happened this year." Molly insisted to Arthur.

"I know Molly, But, we don't have a choice in the matter. We need to trust that Albus will keep an eye on him. You know that. Besides, it's the best protection he has from You-Know-Who now."

"I still don't like it." Molly mused. "Couldn't you and Bill just watch him under invisibility charms or something?"

"I already offered mine and Bill's services to watch him. He said it wasn't necessary and he has things in order and to just enjoy our time with the kids this summer. He is going to be fine Molly, I'm sure of it."

The train whistle was heard in the distance signifying the train was about to arrive at the platform. Molly glanced over toward Mr. Dursley who currently was sporting a purple face from his obvious rage, making Molly even more nervous and unsure about Harry's safety under his care. She was immediately relieved to see the kids all looking well and mostly healed from the injuries that occurred in the ministry. Neville, Luna, and Ginny, she noticed, looked right as rain. Ron looked fine aside from the welts that were still showing on his neck and arms but they were starting to fade. Harry still had the scratches on his face and a haunted look in his eyes and a sad look on his face, and Hermione also looked well, although she was carrying a large bag likely containing the many potions she must take daily to counteract the curse she suffered from. Neville and Luna immediately went to their respective families after a short goodbye hug from everyone. Suddenly she was bombarded with a very tight hug from Ginny, followed by Ron, Hermione, and Harry. Molly gave Harry an extra tight squeeze and held his shoulders while she took a good look at him.

"You will be safe and keep out of trouble this holiday, yes?"

"Of course, Mrs. Weasley." Harry said with as much sincerity he could muster knowing he would most definitely not be safe, and was always in trouble with the Dursleys.

Molly pulled him into another tight squeeze and said "Good boy. Be sure to stay in touch, we want to know about everything that goes on this summer and if you're faring well."

"I will. Promise. I'll write Ron, Ginny, and Hermione every chance I can get." Harry said knowing he would very likely not get too many chances.

"Okay, off you go then. Remember, if you need anything just write us! Have a good holiday!"

"Thanks Mrs. Weasley, you too!" Harry said with very noticeable forced cheer.

That evening during dinner at the Burrow, the two youngest Weasleys and Hermione tell the whole story of their adventure at the Ministry filling in details that Albus Dumbledore conveniently had left out, like how Minister Fudge witnessed Voldemort, that Harry was able to resist the Imperious curse cast by Voldemort himself, as well as how he chased after Bellatrix after Sirius fell through the Veil. Molly and Arthur listened to the entire story unfold and grew more and more impressed and horrified at how much all the teens have gone through and conquered from the time they were 11 years old. After dessert was finished and the teenagers went upstairs for a game of exploding snap, Molly and Arthur sat in the living room and discussed their concern over what they have just recently learned from two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old.

"Arthur, I think it's time we made some modifications to our family clock. Ginny and Hermione are vocally concerned about Harry, and Ron tried to act like he wasn't worried about him but anyone who knows him could see through that mask. We always have said that Harry has been part of this family since the day he became best friends with Ron, and I think it's time we made that official." Molly said while sipping her tea.

"I couldn't agree more. Things are getting increasingly worse at the ministry and we think the Death Eaters are trying to find where he lives during the holiday as we speak."

"Then I think we should get to work and make arrangements to get a 10th hand added to our clock." Molly declared.

That same evening, they added Harry's hand to their clock after all the children went to bed.

The following day the Weasley parents explained their decision to add Harry to their family clock to everyone who came to their Sunday brunch with all the Weasley children and Hermione besides Percy and Bill. They all agreed that it would be best for everyone to know that he's okay while at the Dursley's. After brunch was finished, everyone went out to the gardens to play a pick-up game of quidditch, besides Molly who was cleaning up and Hermione and Arthur who chose to watch instead. When they finished their surprisingly quick game, thanks to Ginny catching the snitch before Bill even saw it, Arthur asked everyone to land their brooms so he could talk to everyone about an idea he has. Thankfully the timing of his idea is perfect since Bill and Fleur are staying with the Weasleys for a few weeks, as well as the twins.

"As all of you know, You-Know-Who has been actively searching for Harry's current whereabouts and the Dursleys are less than kind to him. Your mother was getting up all hours of the night to check Harry's hand on the clock last night. She is extremely concerned about him, and frankly I am too. So, I have an idea that I know if we combine all our magical abilities as well as Hermione's knowledge about the muggle world we can make this work. I would like to create a watch for your mother that in a lot of ways is like our family clock but has a few more specific additions so your mother rest at night without constant worry. So, here's what I want to do…" Arthur said as he conjured a parchment listing each of the specific additions he wants for the watch.

All the teens and Bill are extremely interested and immediately begin coming up with plans and assigning everyone to work on specific portions of the watch that their specific talents would be most useful in.

Back at the Dursley's, Harry's summer is turning out the be the worst so far.

"You thought that those freak friends of yours would intimidate me and make me out to be a terrible person, boy? Do you go 'round whining about how we treat you so horrible? DO YOU?!" Vernon boomed while holding Harry up by his shirt.

"N-No Uncle Vernon. I would never say anything to them! I never told them to talk to you! Honest!" Harry stammered out.

Vernon's response was a nasty right hook right to Harry's jaw, effectively knocking him out for several hours.

At the Burrow, Mrs. Weasley was nervously glancing up at the clock every fifteen minutes during dinner.

"Molly, he's fine. He's probably out with some friends or something. He's safe in Surrey. They haven't even located the town he resides in." Arthur told his wife concerned.

"Arthur, his hand hasn't said 'Home' since we added it to the clock. Maybe it's not working correctly." Molly urged.

"No mum, Harry's hand isn't broken because during the summer, he's not home. He has always considered Hogwarts his home. Not the Dursley's." Ron told his concerned mother.

"That still isn't making my motherly instincts settle down. I just feel like something horrible is happening behind the doors to that house. I just can't shake the feeling." Molly said.

After everyone is finished with dinner, everyone filed outside to Arthur's work shed so that they can discuss their ideas for the watch while Molly is cleaning up. They decide to have the watch have a golden band and a face that is disguised as a regular watch. The watch will only recognize her magical signature and no one else's. It will also show every possible thing that can happen to Harry while at the Dursley's including his mental status, amount of safety he is in at any given moment, the amount of danger he is in and what/who is causing the danger. The watch will also show his current actions to anyone Molly wants to see in the form of wizard photos projected into the air, and will record them if she so chooses. The crew works on the watch at every possible moment they can and after three days the watch is finally finished.

Harry was sitting on his bed wondering how he will be able to write a letter to Ron and give off the front that everything is okay, when it is in fact not. Things were far from okay. Harry had woken up laying on the floor of his room in a pool of his own dried blood, so he knew he was knocked out for at least several hours. All the lights in the house were out and it was dark so he knew he had to have been out for at least six hours. After pulling out the piece of a broken mirror from his bedside table drawer he saw that the entire side of his face was so swollen it looked like a stinging jinx had hit it. Damn. Isn't this bloody well perfect. Not even twelve hours at the Dursleys and I am already covered in my own blood and have a broken jaw. Harry sighed, got up off his bed and took a piece of parchment and a quill from under the loose floorboard under his bed. He walked over to the small desk and sat in the chair to pen a letter to Ron, since he didn't have anything better to do at 2am.

Dear Ron,

Things are going as well as can be expected here with my relatives. I took a nap after I got here and slept through dinner and it is now 2am. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia are probably not pleased with my "laziness" and "lying about all evening" but they will just have to get over it. How is everyone? Is there any news I need to know? Please send me some snacks to stash for the summer and a Daily Prophet so I can stay current with the wizarding world. Tell everyone I say hello.

-H

Harry sealed the letter and sighed as he tied it around Hedwig's leg. Fred and George taught him the handy trick of picking a muggle lock like the one Uncle Vernon puts on Hedwig's cage with a hair pin, which he now always carries. Hedwig took off out the window and Harry went to lay on the bed and let his mind wander.

'Why does it have to be me? I didn't choose to be the boy-who-lived, I bloody well didn't ask for it either. I don't even see the point in life anymore. Why bother? Voldemort is just going to keep trying to kill me until he does or I kill him. He's already killed any type of family that ever gave a damn about me, so why not just end the suffering now? I mean, that way I won't be a burden on everyone anymore. Some hero I am, I couldn't even save Cedric or Sirius, in fact, I might as well have killed them both with the killing curse. If it weren't for me, both would still be alive right now. But no, I had to go and screw everything up again. I am weak, I can't even defend myself against a muggle, some bloody hero of the wizarding world that makes me, huh? If I'm not being chased by Death Eaters and Voldemort, I'm being beaten by my muggle relatives. On top of that, I killed two people before I even turned 16. The world, both muggle and wizard would be better off without me. I know it will.'

All the Weasleys who worked on the watch and Hermione were all seated around the table finishing up breakfast. When everyone is finished and before Molly started the clean-up process, Arthur stood up and cleared his throat so everyone's attention was on him.

"Molly, the kids and I have been working on a special present for you for the past few days. That's why everyone kept disappearing for hours at a time, we were working on this." Arthur pulled out a small rectangle box wrapped beautifully by Ginny and Hermione, and handed the gift to his wife. Molly looked stunned and puzzled at the same time and slowly unwrapped the gift and opened the box.

"Oh, it's gorgeous!" Molly looked at everyone and thanked them. She then glanced back at the watch and was immediately confused. "I don't understand. What does a watch have to do with everyone disappearing? Though it is stunning, I don't see how everyone put such long days into making it." Molly looked at her husband and family with a confused expression.

"The surprise- "

"Is when you-"

"Put it on your wrist." Fred and George said in turn.

Molly carefully put the watch on and felt it immediately send warmth through her entire body. She looked down and saw the watch face transform in front of her eyes. Her eyes immediately started to glisten with unshed tears and with as much composure as she could she asked "Is this what I think it is? A watch like the Weasley clock but instead of all of you it just shows Harry?" Molly looked at her husband with pleading eyes and he smiled brightly and nodded his head. Not a second later his arms were full of his wife as she thanked him through openly falling tears and hugging him as tight as ever.

After composing herself, Molly kicked everyone out of the kitchen so she could clean up. She just sat in her chair admiring the beautiful and one of a kind watch that her loved ones created for her. The watch showed Harry with severe depression, which she was not surprised about, as well as a moderate safety level. Molly sees Harry making breakfast and doing some yardwork in the garden at the Dursleys, so she feels better knowing she can see him. She got up and collected all the dirty dishes and brings them to the kitchen sink to be washed. The day goes on and things are relatively normal for the Weasley household. When it came time to start making dinner for the Weasley clan, Molly decided to remove the watch so it doesn't get ruined or dirty while she is preparing dinner. She checked Harry's status one more time and after seeing he was okay, she set the watch on the kitchen counter and went about her evening, and went to bed that night completely forgetting that she never put the watch back on.

At precisely 6pm at the Dursleys, Uncle Vernon pulled in the driveway noticeably irate about a bad business deal at work. He immediately sought Harry out and began he started verbally and physically assaulting him. Harry was taking it as well as he could, knowing it would be worse if he cried or screamed, and he started to get bored beating on harry after about an hour so he stopped. Then, at around 10:45pm, Vernon got a call from his business associate backing out of a deal. Harry listens to him yell and scream at the person on the other line and knows he's in for it and he had better prepare himself. Vernon finished on the phone and immediately found Harry and began beating him at a more aggressive rate and harder. He protects his core as well as possible and just prays for the sweet release of unconsciousness.

Meanwhile, back at the Burrow, it's about 11:30pm and everyone is in bed asleep. Ron woke up to a nightmare about Acromantulas attacking him and Harry in second year and decided to go downstairs to get something to eat. He made his way to the kitchen and out of habit he looked at the family clock. The pit of Ron's stomach dropped to the floor as he stood there in shock looking at Harry's hand on the clock. The face of the clock is flashing red and has Harry's hand pointing to "Mortal Peril'. Ron regained his composure and runs into his parent's room and wakes them up as he is hysterically crying knowing that Harry's uncle is the source of this in his gut. Molly frantically goes to look at the watch and realized she left it on the kitchen counter. She immediately summoned it and put it on as everyone is gathered in the bedroom. She has the watch project the images so everyone can see what's happening.

All the Weasleys and Hermione watch as Harry is continuously kicked and punched by his overly large uncle, while Dudley and Petunia cheer him on. Suddenly, Vernon hits Harry in the side of the head so hard he immediately goes limp and falls to the ground unconscious. The entire room went completely silent in Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's bedroom as Harry fell to the ground. Ron breaks the silence as he becomes frantic thinking his best friend as well as his first friend that's not related to him is gone at the hands of his uncle. Fred grabbed his brother and began to settle him down. Out of the corner of his eye George sees Harry start to stir awake and immediately got the attention of Fred who pointed it out to Ron. They watched in horror as Mrs. Dursley threw an old rag at him and told him to clean up the mess he made as soon as he was finished being a 'worthless lie about'. Harry went in and out of consciousness for the next half hour.

Arthur ran over to the Floo and immediately flooed over to Dumbledore's office. He arrived at the Headmaster's office and saw that Albus and Snape were having a late-night tea with each other.

"Albus! Severus! Harry's in trouble! He needs to be rescued from the Dursley's IMMEDIATELY!" Arthur said with urgency.

"Arthur, I'm sure that Mr. Potter is perfectly fine with his relatives. They are probably already fast asleep in their beds as we speak." Albus told Arthur calmly. "Now that I think about it, it is getting quite late, Severus I do hope you don't mind me turning in for the evening, so if you'd excuse- "Albus was cut off by Arthur.

"NO! ALBUS DUMBLEDORE, YOU NEED TO ACTIVATE THE ORDER. THIS IS URGENT!" Arthur boomed. His face becoming more and more red.

"Now what trouble did Potter get himself into this time? Can't the spoiled brat at least take the summer off without needing to constantly be saved from some nonsensical situation?" Snape said with a sneer.

"PROFESSORS, HE'S BEATING THE CHILD TO NEAR DEATH. HIS UNCLE. HARRY WILL BE DEAD BEFORE MORNING IF HE ISN'T RESCUED IMMEDIATELY. WE SAW IT ON MOLLY'S WATCH YOU HELPED ME FIND THE CHARMS TO MAKE. IF YOU DON'T ACTIVATE THE ORDER I WILL GO DOWN TO SURREY AND KILL THE ANIMAL MYSELF!" Arthur screamed.

Albus and Snape immediately jumped out of their chairs hearing this news and Albus instructs Arthur to send his Patronus to Molly telling her to stay put until they have more information on what's going on with Harry.

Back at the Burrow, Molly is inconsolable with guilt over forgetting to put the watch back on while being comforted by Bill and Fleur. Ginny and Hermione are hysterically crying over the state of Harry and are being reassured by Ron. The twins had just returned from their bedroom with a rucksack filled with various wheezes from their joke shop to use on the Dursleys for hurting their 'adopted little brother' when Arthur's Patronus appeared in the middle of the bedroom.

"Everyone stay in that house until I let you know what's going on. Albus, Severus, and I are headed to the Dursley's to rescue Harry right now. Bill, I'm putting you in charge to make sure no one leaves that house under any circumstances until I return. I want you all to stay right where you are. I love you and will be in contact soon." Arthur's Patronus faded out of the room and Bill immediately spotted the twins trying to sneak out the door of the bedroom.

"WHAT PART OF STAY PUT DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND YOU TWO?! DAD MADE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR TO STAY IN THIS ROOM UNTIL WE HEAR MORE!" Bill shouted at Fred and George.

"we were putting these rucksacks back that we packed to make those Dursleys pay for hurting Harry. Chill!" Fred said as George stood gaping at Bill shocked.

"Oh, okay. I will just send them to your room for you then." Bill told the twins.

"Okay, thanks Bill. You know, you've never yelled at us like that. I was ready to wet myself." George told Bill while handing over the bags.

"Sorry, I'm pretty worried about him too. Why don't you two go and stay with those three until we hear something. Okay?" Bill said pointing to Ron, Hermione, and Ginny.

"Sure thing! We will keep their minds off things!" Fred said proudly as they walked over to where the three teens were sitting.

Back at the Dursleys, Harry is finally able to stay conscious and is slowly trying to lift himself up enough to get on his severely bruised knees to wipe up his blood from the floor with the rag. He finally pulled himself up from laying on the floor and sat there on his knees gaining his balance. Once he got his balance he went to grab the rag when Vernon kicked him hard in the back knocking out his breath. His vision became fuzzy once more, but he grabbed the rag and began to clean up the blood when he saw his uncle's shadow towering over him preparing to kick him in the side as the door blasted off its hinges revealing professors Dumbledore and Snape as Vernon landed a nasty kick at his side.

"Help… Me… please. "Harry said as his world became black once more.


A/N: Let me know what you think in the comments! Should I continue on, or nah? Let me know! I will start planning for the next chapter possibly tomorrow and will have Chapter 2 up as soon as I can, If I am asked to continue the story! Thanks!