Amor Vincit Omnia
Chapter one
WARNING: This chapter has graphic child abuse in it
It had been four years since the Dursleys took in their nephew, Mrs Dursley woke up one morning to find her 15-month nephew dumped on the doormat in front of their house. They took their nephew in, but they did not treat the child kindly. Vernon Dursley would treat the child as if he was his own punch bag, Petunia would hit him if he did not work fast enough, and Dudley and his friends would gang up on Harry and beat him.
Harry woke up at the crack of dawn on the 31st of October it was not as special day to the 5-year-old like it was to the rest of the children in his class. Harry hissed as he sat up from the floor in his cupboard under the stairs, last night Uncle Vernon and been very angry and it was a very brutal night for Harry.
"WHERE IS THE BOY" Vernon roared as he slammed the door walking in to the house. "in the garden dear, what's wrong" petunia asked her husband. Vernon ignored her and went straight to the garden where he saw his five-year-old nephew doing the weeding. Harrys body tensed up as he heard his uncle walking towards him. "stand up boy" Vernon shouted in Harrys ear. Harry stood up, his whole body shaking not daring to glance up and look at his uncle. Vernon grabbed Harry by the arm harshly and dragged him inside. Once inside the house Vernon threw Harry on to the floor and started to kick him. " you're such a disgusting freak do you know that boy, you deserve everything you get" " please no more uncle, I'll be a good boy I promise" " silence you little freak, one more word and I'll cut your tongue out" Vernon stamped as hard as he could on Harrys right hand breaking all the bones in his hand. Harry cradled his hand as Vernon's vicious attack went on, once Vernon had finished he dragged Harry to the cupboard and left him there.
Harry looked down to his hand seeing it bruised and swollen, he felt around his ribs and felt three broken ribs, this wasn't uncommon for Harry since he'd been with the Durselys he couldn't remember a time where he didn't have a broken bone. Leaving his cupboard Harry went in to the downstairs bathroom to wash his face, looking in the mirror Harry saw a new bruise appearing on his cheek, his lip split and blood around his face. Harry washed his face, and ran his hand threw his thick black hair. Harry loved his hair most of all, it was as dark as the night sky and as soft as the most expensive silk. Harry left the bathroom with a sigh "time to start work I suppose" Harry entered the Kitchen and started to prepare breakfast for everyone, the only good thing about being up so early was that harry could steal some food. That's another thing the Dursleys loved to do, they loved to starve their nephew. Harry looked closer to 3 than 5. Half an hour later Vernon came down stairs and walked in to the kitchen. "where's my breakfast boy"
"nearly ready uncle" Harry trembled, Harry wasn't expecting his uncle down so early.
"well nearly isn't good enough, I'll teach you a lesson you useless freak" Vernon grabbed Harry by the hair and punched him so hard he broke Harrys nose with a sicken crack, Vernon noticed the hot oil in the pan and placed Harrys hand in it. Harry had never felt anything so painful in his life and screamed out. "SHUT UP YOU FREAK" Vernon backhanded harry breaking Harrys left cheek as he fell to the floor. Vernon grabbed some duct tape from the draw and placed it over Harrys mouth "this will keep you quite" Vernon removed his belt and started to hit harry with the buckle of his belt. After ten minutes Harrys shirt was soaked up with his own blood. With one final kick in the head harry fell unconscious. Vernon dragged Harry along by his hair and threw him in to his cupboard. "useless freak" Vernon sneered as he shut the cupboard door.
As the days went on Harry fell in and out of consciousness, Uncle Vernon had thankfully removed the duct tape around Harrys mouth, so he could finally breath properly. After a week of being locked up in his cupboard Harry was finally allowed out. The light from the house burnt Harrys eyes, after being in complete darkness for a week Harry was not used to the light. It was now November which meant most children were back in school, but harry is not most children. Both uncle Vernon and aunt Petunia wouldn't let a freak like Harry go to school.
It was a cold Saturday morning on the second week of November and aunt Petunia had Harry outside doing some garden work. But with the cold weather and lack of suitable clothing Harry started to feel unwell. Harry knew that it didn't matter if he felt unwell, the Dursleys didn't care about him, and after the last time Harry told his aunt and uncle he was unwell he never wanted to tell them again. It was now midday and the weather had started to take a turn for the worst. Just like England in winter it started to rain heavily. In a matter of seconds Harry was completely soaked to the bone, shivering and his teeth shattering. Harry walked to the door to see his aunt in the kitchen, Petunia saw what Harry was about to do and opened the door. "are you finished with your work freak"
"n-n-no aunt Petunia"
"then what do you think you are doing trying to get inside of the house"
"it's raining aunt Petunia, and I'm really wet"
"do you think I care about that you silly boy, get back to work and ill consider letting you in?"
Harry walked away from his aunt with tears falling down his wet and dirty face, he hated them he hated them all. It wasn't his fault he was here, he never wanted to be here. He never asked for it.
It was two o'clock and Harry had finally finished all the work in the garden that needed to be done, as Harry tried to get in to the house he noticed the back door was locked. Harry knocked on the door a few times and then his uncle appeared.
"what do you want boy" Vernon asked Harry looking down on him
"I'm done with my work sir, please can I come back inside"
Vernon looked at Harry with hatred in his eyes, backhanding Harry and breaking his cheek "how dare you ask to come in to our house you unworthy freak, I'll teach you a lesson"
"please sir I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, I'm really sorry sir really sorry"
Vernon grabbed Harry harshly by the arm and dragged him towards the shed, Harrys eyes went wide with fear as Vernon dragged him to the shed "please sir, I'll be a good boy I promise"
"shut your whining you disgusting little freak"
Vernon opened the door to the shed and threw Harry down on to the cold hard floor, Harry fell hard on to his wrist breaking it. Harry started to silently cry. Vernon sneered down at the crying child and slapped him hard in the face. Vernon removed his belt from his trousers and started to strike Harry as hard as he could across Harrys back leaving his shirt to soak up the blood that has started to form. Once Vernon was bored of hitting Harry with his belt, he removed harries shoes and picked up a piece of wood that was in the shed and started to hit harry on the soles of his feet.
Harry let out a small scream "please uncle no more I'm sorry"
"leave your apologies for someone who actually cares boy" Vernon spat hitting Harry on the feet with all is force.
After Vernon felt satisfied, he threw the piece of wood aside and stamped on Harrys left ankle breaking it with a sicking snap. Vernon walked to the small table in the shed and opened his toolbox picking up his hammer. He knelt down on one knee next to Harry, placing Harrys hand on the floor spreading his fingers hitting each one with a hammer. Once all Harrys fingers were broke, Vernon started to kick Harry in the ribs and stomach breaking all of Harrys ribs and making harry throw up what little water he had in his stomach. Vernon just sneered at Harry, walking out the shed. Leaving a beaten and bloody Harry on the floor.
As the day turned to night, the temperature having reached bellow 0, Harry laid shivering barely breathing on the cold floor in the shed. Having been out in the cold all day Harry had started to develop pneumonia, and with it being so cold Harrys body had started to go in to hypothermia.
Albus Dumbledore sat in his office, popping lemon drops in to his mouth when he started to feel incredibly cold. Something was seriously wrong with the wards at privet drive. This didn't make sense to Albus the wards couldn't be falling the only way this could possibly happen would be if Harry was dying. Albus rushed to his fireplace "Severus are you there"
"yes, Headmaster I am here, what is it"
"can you come through please, I need your help"
Severus Snape the youngest professor at Hogwarts stepped through in to the headmaster's office "what is it Albus, what's wrong"
"it's Harry Potter Severus, I think he's dying"
"don't be ridiculous Albus, the Potter brat can't possibly be dying"
"Severus the wards around the house are falling"
"that doesn't mean he's dying Albus"
"Severus this is serious, we need to go check on the boy straight away"
"fine then Albus, when are we leaving?"
"no Severus, we don't have much time"
Albus and Severus apparated to number 4 privet drive. Albus knocked lightly on the door, after a few moments Petunia came and opened it. "what do you freaks want"
"pleasure as always Petunia, it is not you we want to see of course. We are here to the see your nephew" Severus sneered
Petunias face started to lose what little colour it hand, not waiting to be invited in Albus walked past Petunia looking around the house. " where's Harry Petunia" Albus asked her calmly
When Albus heard no reply in a much harsher tone Albus replied "I shall not ask again Petunia, where is Harry"
"outside in the shed"
Both Albus and Severus looked at Petunia with disgust in their eyes. Severus and Albus made their way through the house and outside in the garden to where the shed was. Noticing the lock on the door, Severus took out his wands and within in seconds the lock was no more. Severus opened the door, and what he saw shocked both him and Albus, lying in a pool of his own blood was a beaten and half dead Harry Potter. Severus walked up to Harry and picked him as gently as he could, wrapping the freezing child in his robes. "they'll pay for this Albus, they won't get away with this"
"you're right Severus, they will pay. Take Harry to Hogwarts please while I have a word with the Dursleys.
Severus looked down at the broken child in his arms and place a soft kiss on his head. "you're safe now Harry, they can't hurt you anymore" Severus apparated himself and Harry to Hogwarts leaving Albus alone with the Dursleys. Once Albus was done with them, then he himself would pay them a visit.
This is it for the first chapter, next chapter we start the road to Harrys recovery, and we get to see what Albus does with the Dursleys. I currently don't have a beta so apologies for any mistakes I make. If anyone would like to be my beta please inbox me. Please let me know what you think. Second chapter will be posted on Saturday