PART 4: Here We Are
Petunia headed straight for the kitchen as Dudley whined about being hungry and Vernon put the car into the garage.
In their haste to get to the kitchen and living room neither Petunia nor Dudley noticed the two furious men in the hallway.
Vernon however did as he rose from picking up the mail.
'What are you- get out of my HOUSE!' he bellowed causing Petunia, who had just finished making Dudley his sandwich and was on her to way to deliver it to her son, to stop and stare in disbelief.
'I'll call the police,' she stated, surprisingly calmly.
Both Lucius and Severus levelled their wands at the Dursley's, Lucius at Vernon while Severus had Petunia.
'Dudley!' Vernon snapped and before he could react to his name both wizards had stunned him. Petunia shrieked dropping the plate while Vernon gave another incoherent bellow.
Both adults were then again staring down a wand, 'the police can't help you,' Severus replied, his voice dripping venom.
It also seemed to have escaped their notice but the wizards were standing between the Dursley's and the telephone.
'We've done nothing wrong!' Petunia stated, quite confidently.
'Nothing wrong?' Lucius asked, raising an elegant eyebrow in question.
'Then why didn't you lock your son up in a cupboard and make him cook when he couldn't see over the counter,' Severus began.
'We never wanted that freak!' Petunia blurted just shy of a shriek.
'He was just a child!' Severus snapped back.
'He's a waste of space and a good for nothing layabout just like his parents,' Vernon sneered, though really it looked like he had to pass gas again.
'His parents were better people then you could even hope to meet,' Severus hissed through clinched teeth.
Petunia looked about to spew more rot and Lucius cut her off, 'he didn't ask to be left on your door step,' he said calmly since he was apparently the level headed one today, 'you could have taken him to an orphanage or left him at the hospital. Anything would have been better then how you treated him.'
'I wouldn't have done that, not with the cheques that came every month,' Vernon replied gleefully.
Lucius thought Severus was going to strain something in his jaw the way his teeth were clenched so tightly, he took a deep breath and seemed to relax if only a fraction.
'I hope you rot in the deepest pits of Hell,' he stated, deceptively calm, before he twirled his wand in his hand much like a drum stick and stalked from the room.
'May patientia vos have ingero in immerito redeo vobis,' Lucius intoned as he held his wand in the palm of his hand, Petunia and Vernon watched as it spun.
The wand gave off a few multicoloured sparks but other than that nothing happened. Vernon started to laugh while Petunia gave an ugly sneer.
Suddenly all three Dursley's were covered in different coloured lights.
'Have a nice life,' Lucius offered with a genial smile as the purple around Dudley, the red around Vernon and the orange around Petunia faded slowly. Before either of them could move the blonde slammed the door.
He almost tripped over Severus who was sitting on the top step.
'Why do people do that to children?' he asked, unable to keep his own pained anger from his voice.
Lucius draped an arm around Severus' shoulder and pulled the other man closer. He had been the first that the potion genius had told about his terrible home life where his abuse had been purely physical.
'I don't know,' he replied, he had ingrained blood purity into his son's brain but he had never raised his hand in anger against him. It had only been recently when Draco had refused to apologize to Potter and his friends that Lucius realised that he had created a warped little bastard.
'One is just as bad as the other,' Severus stated quietly.
The pair sat for a moment in silence, save for the cacophony of noise in the house behind them and what Severus thought was water.
'We should get back,' Lucius said softly.
Severus nodded and let Lucius pull him to his feet.
'What did you do to them?' Severus asked, finally noticing the satisfied anger that seemed to simmer on his brother.
'Let's get back so I only have to say it once.'
Suddenly something landed on Severus' shoulder.
Both men were startled to find that it was a white owl.
'Who are you?' Lucius asked, he had never seen Harry's familiar before.
She nipped at his finger before giving him a look that told Lucius she thought he was an idiot.
'You must be Harry's,' the owl seemed to nod once.
'Can you find Malfoy Manor?' again she gave him the "you're an idiot" glare.
Lucius chuckled, 'you'll find your master there, do not worry he is safe and healed.'
With that the bird gave him a nip in thanks before soaring off.
If Severus hadn't been so comfortable in his relationship with Remus he would have been jealous of the way the boy was wrapped around his werewolf like a limpet as they both slept on unawares.
'I have this spell I've been dying to try out,' he stated with a mischievous smirk.
Lucius merely raised that eyebrow in question again.
Pulling out his wand and rolling up his sleeves Severus gave an incantation that Lucius had never heard before, nor one he could translate.
When the smoke cleared Lucius burst out laughing.
Remus shot up and Harry buried deeper into the bed.
'Severus!' he squawked, causing Harry to snort.
Remus looked from the highly amused Severus, to the outright laughing Lucius.
'What did you do?' he asked eyeing Severus with trepidation.
'That's for me to know,' he stated, 'this was all we could find,' he turned serious as he placed Harry's bag on the bed.
'Hedwig!' Harry suddenly snapped awake.
'Is on her way,' Lucius added, as he tried to compose himself.
'Undo it,' Remus stated as he stared at Harry in horror.
Harry finally turned to Remus, and promptly burst into laughter. 'You look like a clown trying to be a hooker,' he panted which only caused Lucius to laugh harder.
'Yuck it up, you look just as bad as I do.' Remus replied.
Harry hopped off the bed and rushed to the bathroom where an indignant cry was followed by peals of laughter.
'This is worse than when I did it to Fred and George,' he offered as he came back out.
'I take it you're feeling better then,' Severus asked as Harry cleaned off the make up for both himself and Remus.
Severus pouted, 'It lasted longer for them,' he tried to not be petulant.
Harry shrugged, 'I can put his back if you like,' he offered only to have Remus growl.
Severus started to run several scans on Harry as well as actually checking him.
'Where am I?' Harry asked though the last word came out as more of a squawk as Severus' cold hands felt Harry's tender and sensitive sides.
Stifling a chuckle Lucius replied, 'you're in my guest room, you showed up on my putting green about a day and a half ago. Ruined my best game,' he added wistfully.
'Sorry,' Harry offered as he stuck his tongue out.
'I fully expect a rematch, I'm sure you'll be a better opponent then my son,' he replied dryly.
'Where is Draco?' Harry asked going a bit pale, both Severus and Remus curious as well.
'He's gone to Italy for the rest of the summer,'
Harry looked visibly relieved and the older men exchanged concerned looks.
'You're awfully accepting of this,' Remus commented.
Harry gave a shrug, 'I've done nothing but think about that night and I realized that Severus and Lucius aren't the bad guys,' he replied.
They waited for Harry to expound on that thought but he didn't, instead he stood and carefully went to the bathroom, 'I need to shower,' he offered.
Lucius, Severus and Remus all watched him disappear into the bathroom, Lucius wondering what had happened to the twelve year old boy, Remus trying to figure out why his scent was off, and Severus trying to not wonder who Harry's real parents were.
"May patientia vos have ingero in immerito redeo vobis" is apparently a Latin translation of "May the suffering you have inflicted on the undeserving come back to you." If it's wrong tell me please! It won't just be what they've inflicted on Harry but on the post man and the shop girl and Vernon's secretary and Dudley's victims and well you get the idea right?