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CHAPTER 2

Harry stared out of the window in his warded room. He had refused to leave his room since he had learned that he was related to Snape, three days earlier. A knock on his door drew his attention away from the window.

"Come in" he called, knowing that the only person to visit him would be his hostess. He smiled as Emerald entered the room and closed the door.

"How are you feeling?" she asked as she sat down at the desk in the room. She had become concerned after Harry' first day of self-imposed isolation.

"OK, I guess" he replied with a shrug as he turned back to the window. "I'm just a little overwhelmed. I had enough problems without everything that has happened since I got here. I noticed that you get the Daily Prophet here" he said gesturing to the snowy owl perched on the foot-board of the bed.

"Actually, no we don't. We don't even have owls here to deliver them. I'm trying to figure out how it even got here" Emerald explained, gesturing at the owl. "We are so heavily warded here that post owls can't get through. The floo network is only active for very short periods of time and only outgoing portkeys work here, for security reasons. I don't like the idea of my wards being breached by a post owl" Emerald was getting upset, Harry could tell. "Can you explain to me exactly how that owl got past my wards and where it came from?" she demanded as she stood up and started pacing. She didn't notice Harry flinch when she raised her voice.

"She's mine, her name is Hedwig. I don't know how she got here. She has always been able to find me, even through wards" Harry explained cautiously as he slowly shifted away from his hostess. "My headmaster said something about Hedwig's bond with me being stronger than most familiar bonds when I asked him about it". Harry continued shifting away from her until he was pressed against the wall beside the bathroom door. He had just reached for the door knob when Emerald spun around to face him. He froze in fear when she glared at him. Emerald noticed his fear and became concerned when he started shaking.

"Harry, are you alright?" she asked gently as she started moving towards him slowly. She stopped and backed away quickly when he slid to floor and curled up into a fetal position. She rushed to the door leading to the hallway and pulled the braided rope hanging beside it. She only had to wait for a few minutes for the knock on the door signaling the arrival of her personal healer. She let the badger demon in and quickly explained what had happened. She waited while the healer coaxed Harry into bed and examined him. "What's wrong with him?" she asked concernedly as the healer gave Harry a sleeping potion. The healer waited until he was asleep before turning to Emerald with a very stern expression on her face.

"You scared him so much that he had a panic attack. I did a deep medical history scan on him and found evidence of severe malnutrition and abuse. I don't want to know what kind of emotional or psychological abuse he may have suffered from." She sighed heavily as she sat on the edge of Harry's bed.

"What can we do for him Helga?" Emerald asked as she sat on Harry's other side.

"I don't know. We will have to be careful, one wrong move and he could snap. Perhaps we should bring the others in on this, they may be able to help us. I have never had to help someone who has been abused in any way. I'm just a healer of the body not the mind" she explained then she brushed his hair away from his forehead. Emerald became even more concerned when Helga gasped and her eyes went wide. She was extremely surprised when Helga conjured a corporeal patronous and sent the glowing winged snake out the door and down the hall.

"What's going on, Helga? Who did you send that patronous to and why?" Emerald asked as Helga started pacing and muttering to herself. Helga turned toward her and Emerald could see the worry in her eyes.

"Please wait for the others and will try to explain everything, I hope" Helga pleaded quietly. Emerald nodded and they waited for fifteen minutes for the knock on the door signaling the arrival of the others. When the knock finally came Helga opened the door to admit Salazar Slytherin, Godric Gryffindor, and Rowena Ravenclaw.

"What's going on Helga and why did you summon us to this room?" Salazar asked as he moved towards Helga. He stopped and glanced at the bed when he noticed that they weren't the only ones in the room.

"He can't hear us, I cast a silencing charm around him and the bed" she explained calmly. She then looked at Rowena and Godric. "It's happening and he's the one" she said, pointing at Harry. Helga wasn't surprised when Godric and Rowena paled. "He has the mark on his forehead" she added quietly then conjured seats for everyone.

"What are you talking about, what's happening?" Salazar demanded as everyone sat down.

"War" Helga, Rowena, and Godric said solemnly.