Chapter 4

Pain Without Love

The phone rang for seconds before Severus became agitated, what if the Alphas were not home? Suddenly, there was a noise at the other end of the receiver; a low voice sounding more wolf than human said,

"Hello. May I ask who is calling?" Severus was so relieved that someone picked up the phone, he almost laughed inappropriately at the menacing growl.

"Hey, this is Severus."

"Oh, hey Severus! It's Damen! How are you? It's been a long time. This is rather late for you, if you don't mind me saying. Are you all right?" asked the man on the other line, his voice becoming human with a feral undertone.

"Yes, it has been. I'm not at my best but I'll live. Hey, Dame, are you Gunn, Jo, and Anne home? There is an emergency. If you guys don't help this kid I rescued earlier, he will most certainly die." said Severus with urgency.

"Oh, wow. Tough stuff, man. We'll be right over." said the always cool, calm, and collected voice of Damen. Severus said 'goodbye' and hung up the telephone. He had began to pace for around thirty seconds, when one of his house-elves, a young female named Peeky, popped into the room.

"There be guests, Master Severus. Does Master want Peeky to go get them? She will brings them right up into this room, if Master wants." asked the small elf, looking up at Severus with tennis ball sized eyes.

"Bring them straight up here at once, Peeky. Thank you." the elf scurried away. Severus heard the door open and close.

"Who wath that, Thir? I think thomeone ith in here." said Harry weakly from the bed "Where am I?"

"It's all right, Harry." said Severus soothingly "It's just some very, very good friends of mine. They are here to help you, Harry. You are in my house, okay? I have a manor. Hang on, Harry, whatever you do, do not fall asleep." At this point, Severus heard some feral growling and chuffing echoing through the halls.

Please do not be shifted! Severus prayed silently. How he explain to Harry that the 'very, very good friends of his' were fully grown werewolves? But, to Severus's immense relief, when the door swung open, it revealed four, tall, young people, behind a house-elf, who, when she saw her master, disaperated with a pop. The first person to enter the, was Josephina. She was five-foot-ten, and very slender. She was delicately featured, which was deceiving of her strength. Although Severus had fifteen pounds over her, Josephina could throw Severus like ragdoll. She had thick and silky black hair that was about three inches above her shoulders. Josephina's eyes were a startlingly pale blue. Her skin, had seen little sunlight, like the rest of her fellow Alphas. Her nose, eyebrow, lower lip, and ears were pierced, and she was wearing pure silver studs. This was a sign of hierarchy, no doubt. Behind Josephina was Anneliese. She was just as tall as Josephina, and their hair was the same length. However, Anneliese had sparkling copper hair, and very light grey eyes. She was also delicately and slim featured, and weighed roughly the same as Josephina. She was just as strong too. Anneliese had her eyebrow, lower lip, ears, and nose were pierced, too. The girls were not related by blood. When the girls were bitten, at a very young age, their parents became very distant and abusive. They met each other, and were fast friends, sharing a bond of the unwanted. They later adopted each other as a sister. They shed their former surnames and created the name, 'Hopea-Wolfe' which was Finnish for silver wolf. It recognized the girl's extremely rare fur color, and tolerance of the precious metal.

Gunnar had oh-so-dark-brown-it-is-basically-black hair, and stunning grey green eyes. His hair was straight and fell just above his eyes He was six-foot-five, and lean. However, he was strong and muscular. He had the same piercings that the girls had. Although, only one ear was pierced. Gunnar had the stubble of a beard, but was otherwise neatly shaven. His parents did the same thing that his girlfriend and her sister's parents did so he retreated also. Gunnar shed his former surname also, and in its place called himself 'Svarta-Vargen', which meant black wolf, in Swedish. Damen was the last to enter and he was carrying a large case of medical supplies. He had ash blonde hair and dark brown eyes that looked red from a distance. He also had his face pierced. He had the same build as Gunnar, although he was one inch shorter at six-foot-four. Damen had beard stubble too. He had his face pierced also. He, like the rest of the Alphas, had a premature independence of his parents after he received his bite. He shed his former surname in favour of 'Colmillo', which meant fang in Spanish.

Josephina ran over to Severus and wrapped him in a warm hug.

"Hey, Severus! I've missed you. Where is our poor baby?" she asked. Severus motioned towards the bed where Harry was laying. Josephina gave a small gasp. Before anyone in the room could react, Anneliese sprang forward, gave Severus a quick peck on the cheek, then dove forward to wrap her sister in a hug. The girls dashed over to Harry's bedside.

"Are…are you Profethor Thnapeth good friendth?" asked Harry

"Oh, good grief, he's still awake." murmured Anneliese.

"Yes, Sweetie, we're good, good friends of Professor Snape's. It's alright, Kiddo, we're Healers. You don't have to worry, we'll take care of you, but Sweetie, you can help us by staying awake. Can you do that for me? Here this will help, talk to me. Tell me about yourself. I'm Josephina and this is Anneliese." Harry started talking about himself feebly. Gunnar and Damen introduced themselves and joined the girls in checking over Harry's injuries. Damen acted as scribe, as he did not like the sight of blood very much, not on a child, like Harry. He handed Severus the list after the girls had finished working. Severus balked on reading it.

Physical Scan of Harry James Potter

Completed by Josephina Maria Hopea-Wolfe

Anneliese Mara Hopea-Wolfe

Gunnar Samson Svarta-Vargen

SKELETAL DAMAGE

Cracked Skull

Shattered jaw

Cracked cervical vertebra

Ruptured disc

Broken ribs-5 left/7 on right

Shattered wenis-both arms

Broken humerus and ulna-left arm

Fractured radius-left arm

Dislocated shoulder-left side

Broken carpals of both wrists

Broken metacarpals and phalanges of both hands

Broken pelvis

Dislocated hip-right side

Dislocated knee cap-left side

Broken femur-both legs

Broken tibia and fibula-left leg

Shattered tibia and fibula-right leg

Broken tarsals-both ankles

Shattered metatarsals and phalanges of both feet

MUSCULAR DAMAGE

Torn pectoral muscle-both sides

Torn trapezius muscle-right side

Torn rectal muscles

Bruised sartorius

Torn gluteus maximus

Torn gracilis

Torn groin muscles

Torn sternocleidomastoid

Bruised transverse abdominus

ORGANAL DAMAGE

Ripped esophagus

Bruised larynx

Bruised trachyea

Eye swollen shut-left side

Punctured lung-left side

Torn lung-right side

Swollen lymphnodes

Torn stomach

Torn intestines-both large and small

Punctured liver

Ripped rectum

Bruised bladder

Crushed genitalia

EXTURNAL DAMAGE

Lacerations on every inch of skin, seemingly made by small knife or thin leather strap

Bruising to neck, seemingly made by attempted suffocation by hand

Bruising to buttocks and upper thighs, seemingly made by a wooden cane

General bruising all over body, seemingly made by many instruments of torture, sledge hammer most prominent, estimated at twenty pounds from depth of bruising.

Patient will have severe physical and mental damage. Full recovery cannot ever be guaranteed.

Severus was appalled. He had to turn away so that Harry would not see his tears.

"Okay, Little One, we will now put a spell on you so that you can sleep, you will be safe. I'll watch over you, I promise. Can someone get me some of my vodka and a heated blanket?"Asked Anneliese. Severus flicked his wand to summon the alcohol and blanket, glad of something to do. Meanwhile, Damen and Anneliese helped Josephina and Gunnar get Harry some pain potions and on a morphine and saline drip. The boy had tears streaming down his face, as Gunnar had just popped Harry's shoulder, hip and knee cap into place. Josephina carefully tucked the small, broken child into bed and wrapped the heated blanket around him.

"Now, Sweetie is there anything I could do for before you go to sleep?" asked Josephina. Harry mumbled something like 'I don't want be a bother' with such submission and dullness in voice, Severus heart broke.

"No, No, Honey, you're not a bother it's our job to this!" said Anneliese gently. Harry looked at her with wide green eyes and said,

"Cn I have a good night kith. Ith jutht that I've never had one before. I want to know what ith like." Anneliese and Josephina immediately leaned over and kissed him. Then, Damen waved his wand over Harry's head and he immediately fell asleep.

"He's comatose." said Gunnar softly, pouring everyone some vodka. "Should we spend the night here, Sev?" Severus nodded mutely. He conjured a low bed and a mat on the ground, as the four Alphas had shifted. Before Severus were two sliver werewolves, only distinguishable by eye color, and blonde werewolf and an oh-so-dark-brown-he-is-almost-black werewolf. Severus covered himself with a blanket after tossing off the rest of his vodka. Without warning, the four Wolves crawled onto Severus's bed and snuggled close to protect him and keep a better eye on Harry. With his best friends around him, Severus fell into a deep, sleep, wanting to be able to wake slowly and take his waking slow.