"Why?"
"Why what?" Draco asked.
"Why are you here?"
"My father told you, I'm here to help you with your make up work-"
"Cut the crap Malfoy!"
"Excuse me?"
Harry got up and glared at the blond.
"I know you're here to make fun of me! That's the only reason you would be here!" Harry yelled. "So what are you going to do? Curse me? Or tell everyone at school about this?!"
Draco sat and watched as Harry yelled at him.
"Do whatever you came to do! I don't care! Come on do it!" he cried.
"Fine." Draco said as he got up.
Harry closed his eyes and expected to feel some sort of curse or jinx. What he felt was two arms wrap around him in a warm embrace. He froze, and soon all the stress and pain he had been going through started to flow out.
Draco felt Harry crying on his shoulder and hugged him tighter.
"Its okay Harry. Let it out," He said.
After what felt like hours of crying Harry finally stopped. Draco gave him a tissue and sat down on the couch next to him. Once he had stopped sniffling Harry looked him.
"Why are you being so nice to me? I thought you hated my guts." Harry asked whipping his eyes.
"Because I felt bad for how I've been treating you," Draco said. "I know we kind of got off on the wrong foot and I'm sorry. I do want to be your friend."
Harry looked at him. "It must be snowing in Hell because you came apologized to me."
Draco laughed. "I'm r not a bad guy. I was… Upset that you rejected me. All my life I wanted to be friends with THE Harry Potter, so it hurt a lot when you rejected me."
"But why now?"
Draco took a deep breath. "It's because I realized how stupid it is to hold a grudge against you and I'm jealous of how many real friends you have. And... Because I realized that's there no point in acting like a bloody git all the time"
Harry smiled a bit. "Well I'm glad you admitted it."
Draco stared at him for a little bit and then started laughing. Harry joined in and soon the two were on the ground laughing.
"You do realize they could send us to Azkaban for this right?" Remus asked.
"The ministry won't touch the five of us with me here," Lucius
"The five of us?"
"Hello gentlemen," A familiar voice said.
Remus turned around and saw Dumbledore, Snape and…..
"Padfoot!" Remus gasped.
"Hello Moony." Sirius said with a big smile. "Miss me-OW!"
Lupin slapped Black upside the head. "YOU DUMB DOG! WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT IN THE OPEN?!" He kept hitting him.
"Moony-Ow! Moony! Calm down!" He said grabbing his hand. "I'm safe, don't worry. Dumbledore gave me this necklace that masks my magical energy." Sirius said pulling out a dragon tooth necklace from under his shirt.
"Oh."
"Are you two done yet? We have a muggle to visit," Snape said.
"Hold on a second," Moony said. "I get why Dumbledore, Sirius and Lucius are here, but why are you here Severus? I thought you hated Harry."
"I have my reasons," Snape said.
Remus didn't push the matter any farther. He knew deep (deep deep DEEP) down that Snape was a nice guy and cared for Harry. After all Harry wasn't only James' son, he was also Lilly's son.
"Now, are we going to stand here like lumps on logs or are we going to deal with insignificant muggles?" Lucius asked with a malicious look in his eyes.
The five men walked down the street to the home of the vile scumbags, as known as Number 4 Privet drive. Only a few neighbors were out at the moment but they all stared at the five men. Especially Dumbledore, who was sporting neon green robes and a bright purple hat. When they got to the house it looked abandoned. The grass was overgrown and there were a few stray cats sitting on the porch.
"You folks looking for the Dursleys?" Someone asked.
The five men turned around and saw a young girl standing behind them. She was about 10 with short messy curly brown hair that was being kept out of her face with a few bobby pins. Bright sapphire blue eyes looked at them with curiosity, but something else as well. She had a black t-shirt on with a yellow hoodie with what looked like ears and eyes on the hood. Next to her was small white dog with a tag that said: "Hello my name is: YUGI"
"We are, do you know where they are young lady?" Snape asked.
"They left about a week or two ago in hurry. Something about heading to Ireland to escape the freaks," she said.
"Thank you for your help young miss," Sirius said.
"You're welcome Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore and Lucius Malfoy," she said. They walked away with the little white dog.
The five wizards stood in shock as they watched the girl go across the street to another house.
"Do you think she's-" Remus asked
"Most likely a half-blood." Sirius said.
Vernon Dursley was normal man. He couldn't stress that enough. He had tried for years to beat the freak out of his horrid nephew. And now he was being charged with child abuse? In his mind they should give him a medal! One less freak in this world! He refused to believe he did anything wrong. His wife was not happy. He had forced Petunia to get in the car with him. He knew she was going to testify against him. The nerve of that woman! He knew that those freaks must have did something to her. But it didn't matter, they hid themselves well in the small town of Dingle Ireland.
It was late in the evening and the two muggles were sitting in the living room of the house they rented. There was a sudden loud boom from outside. Vernon looked out the window, only to see a few local kids shooting off fireworks.
"Bloody kids…." he muttered. "Bunch of delinquents! Bet their parents are a bunch of no good drunks!"
"Vernon! Please calm down!" Petunia begged.
"DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO WOMAN!" He snapped.
Petunia winced. Ever since they went on the run her husband had become paranoid and volatile. He would even chase of dog walkers and joggers that passed the house. Petunia was getting close to calling the cops on him, but, couldn't since he cut the phone connection. Vernon didn't even let her out of the house. He convinced himself that she was under a spell or something. She wasn't. Petunia had finally seen what he was. A monster.
"If you could sit down and relax-"
"So you can get my guard down and knock me out so you can run to those bloody wizards?!" He yelled and threw the remote at his wife.
"I knew you were a monster Dursley, but assaulting your own wife now that's a new low, even for you," A voice said behind him.
Sirius, Albus, Severus, Remus and Lucius stood behind the man, all with a murderous glint in their eyes.
"YOU!" the whale of a man yelled.
"Yes, us." Snape said.
The muggle man's face turned purple as he tried to tackle the greasy professor. Only to fly back with a burst of magic from Sirius' wand.
"I knew you were dull, but attacking a former Death eater with some of the most powerful wizards in the room? How stupid can you be?"
The man tried to get up only for Remus to cast Liga on the man. Vernon fell to the ground with invisible ropes wrapped around him. He started yelling profanities at the five men and his wife. Dumbledore got tired of this and cast a silencing spell on that man.
"Vernon Dursley, you have been abusing Harry James Potter for far to long now. What you have done to the poor boy is beyond despicable and borderline evil. You deserve nothing less than death, but we have decided on a worse punishment for you." Dumbledore said with a cold voice. The twinkle in his eye was gone all that remained was disgust and hatred.
"For your crimes you will before to endure the pain you put Harry through for 13 years. Every day he went without food. Every time you hit him. Every time your son harmed him. Everyday of crippling loneliness and all the fear he felt." Snape said with a sneer.
"Until you show real remorse for what you did you will never break this curse." Remus added.
"All you have worked for will fall apart; Your family, your home, your business and even your health." Sirius said.
"Not even in death will you find peace until you realize what you have done to an innocent soul." Lucius finished.
The five men pointed their wands at the man and began the spell:
"Nam scelera tua: tu enim dolorem esse innocentes animadversum est in anima, ocius anathemati et viventem damnatio, non dabit tibi pacem reperire, etiam in morte et usque ad leccionem tuam. Nos ergo debemus iurare in magica, et imperium omnium: Vernon nobis Dominae Dursley condem habitabat ad inferos."
A crimson light shot from the five wands and hit the man. Vernon screamed, but made no sound. The pain was unbearable, like a million knives stabbing him. Finally he passed out.
"Is it over?" Petunia asked getting up.
"Somnum." Lucius said pointing his wand at the woman.
Petunia passed out, face first onto the couch.
"Was that necessary?" Moony asked.
"I didn't want to deal with her." Lucius said.
An hour later the cops arrived at the house. The five men watched from the shadows. Paramedics put them on stretchers and take them to the nearest hospital.
"What do you think will happen to Petunia?" Remus asked.
"Don't know, don't care. All I know is that next time we see her she'll be on the stand testifying again her troll of a husband." Snape smirked.
"Now that was an insult to trolls," Sirius laughed.
Harry and Draco were playing wizard chess when Narcissa came to check on them. With her was Professor McGonagall and Madam Pomfrey.
"You boys doing okay?" She asks.
"Yes mother," Draco said.
"Alright, call if you two need anything," she said and left.
Madam Pomfrey put her face in her hands. "How could i have missed this?" she cried.
"Poppy don't blame yourself," Minerva said.
"How can I not? I've checked over him a million times since he's been at Hogwarts! I did I miss this?"
"Poppy, listen. Harry has to hide his scars for most of his life. Even with magic it's hard to determine if the scars were from abuse or not," Narcissa said.
"I suppose you're right…. But still…."
"No buts Poppy!" the two other women said.
The three of them walked back to the conference room and began to look over the medical reports.
"Look at this; 13 broken bones since living with those monsters!" Poppy said in disgust.
"Most never healed right either. Harry's left wrist will have to be rebroken, along with some of his ribs," Minerva said.
Narcissa look about ready to pass out at her chart. "Two conclusions from blunt force trauma. It's a miracle that he's still alive. Even with magic."
"I'm going to need something stronger than coffee to deal with this…." the nurse said. "I've seen my fair share of abuse cases but never that have been going on for so long. What was Dumbledore thinking when he left him there?"
"He wasn't," Mrs. Malfoy said as she summoned some fire whiskey.
Minerva sighed and poured herself some of the whiskey. "Its my fault. I should have been more forceful when he wanted to leave Harry there. Hell, I should have taken him."
"I'm not going to argue with you there but lets face it, you couldn't have handled a two year old. He would have been safer with complete strangers. But we can't live in the past, but we can learn from our mistakes and make sure we don't make them again." Poppy said.
"I'll drink to that." Narcissa said sipping her drink.
When the five men got back they found Poppy and Minerva asleep on the table and Narcissa reading the flies.
"I take it there was a lot to handle in those files," Remus said.
"Oh you don't know the half of it. Poppy threw up once we found out about the cupboard under the stairs. Don't even get me started on how many times Minerva started crying." She said. "There's enough in here to put Dursley away for life!"
"Good. So when's the trial?" Sirius asked.
"Its moved up to February 21st," she says.
"Good, now we can figure out living arrangements for Harry before the summer then." Remus said.
"You can leave that to us," Lucius said looking at Narcissa.
Remus and Sirius looked at each other. "Should we worry?" Remus asked.
"Bring Black to the Manor tomorrow."
So If anyone was wondering:
Liga= bind
Somun=Sleep
Nam scelera tua: tu enim dolorem esse innocentes animadversum est in anima, ocius anathemati et viventem damnatio, non dabit tibi pacem reperire, etiam in morte et usque ad leccionem tuam. Nos ergo debemus iurare in magica, et imperium omnium: Vernon nobis Dominae Dursley condem habitabat ad inferos = For your unspeakable crimes, for the pain you inflicted on an innocent soul, we curse to living damnation, never will you find peace, even in death until you have learned your lesson. So we swear on all our magic and power: Vernon Dursley we condemn you to living hell.
Also don't forget about the little girl.
