Chapter 10: Healing

Italicized=Dream

*Sexual and Child Abuse Warning

Five year old Riley and Harry curl up beside each other from another confrontation with their abusive uncle. "Riwles?" Harry asked as Riley curled her tiny structure on her buba. "Buba?" She asked her brother. "Are you otay?" He asked as they cuddled up next to each other. "I hurt." She said as Harry nodded. "I do too, Riwles. But it will be otay in the end." Harry said as he sounded too old for his age. Suddenly the sound of a drunken man stumbled through the front door; alcohol surrounding his atmosphere.

Riley cringes in her sleep while Neville tightened the grip around her shoulders.

"WHERE ARE THE FREAKS? THEY NEED TO BE GIVEN WHAT THEY DESERVE; ESPECAILLY THAT SLUT!" Vernon Dursley bellowed as he stumbled through the house to the cupboard under the stairs.

Riley whimpers in her sleep and cuddles up to her boyfriend even closer. Neville protectively pulls her closer to him and sighs in comfort; not aware of the events to come.

Vernon unravels the locks on the cupboard to reveal the two small five year olds. He then wraps his beefy hand around Riley's frail arm and drags her into the guest bedroom and locks the door behind him.

Riley starts to shake and burrows her face into his chest further and further. Neville starts to wake up painfully slow and is confused on what's going on.

He then continues to do stuff to her that is unimaginable and unheard of to do to a five year old girl (Note sexual abuse/Rape). She is also beaten to the end of her life. She starts to whimper from the pain. Vernon Dursley punches her hard in the stomach. "Shut up you bitch. You are nothing but an unworthy freak." He growls as he starts to hit her.

Neville is now fully awake and watching Riley in concern as she cringes in fear as the nightmare in her head continues to play in her head painfully.

After 2 hours of enduring his 'activities' she is then tied up to a chair and Harry gets drags out by his hair and smiles maliciously at the twins. "Now Potter, you get to watch your sister be in pain." And with that, he grabbed a butcher knife and starts the little girl's legs up. All over he sliced everywhere on her tiny body. "Now you slut you get to watch Potter do the same thing." He then does the same thing to Harry and Riley screamed in terror and pain. Vernon grabbed Harry by his little neck and pinned him against the wall.

"Bu-ba, Bu-ba." Riley silently started to chant and started to shake where the whole bed started to vibrate. Neville knew what was going to happen next and patronused Harry. "It's Riley." The patronus said. A silver fawn emerged from his wand and journeyed its way to him.

Another punch was aimed to the middle of Harry's small structure until he fell unconscious. "NO! Buba please don't weave me." Riley cried as Vernon started to touch the small girl more. The more touching he did, the more terrified she was. Harry started to stir and Riley was relieved but scared. All of the sudden, Vernon passed out on the ground; leaving a mini earthquake to erupt the house. Riley crawled as fast as she could to her big brother and curled up next to him.

Harry woke up to a familiar patronus and didn't even hesitate to sprint towards their apartment. On his way there, conveniently actually, his parents, Sirius and Remus were talking in the hall. They all looked at him with concern. "It's Riley." He stated panicky. All of the adults became on full alert and rushed toward Neville and Riley's apartment. "Buba, Buba, Buba." Riley chanted a little louder as her family barged through the bedroom; worried and terrified for Riley's safety.

"Buba?" She asked the sleeping Harry. "Come on, Buba. It will be otay. Please wake up for me. You are all I have please don't leave me." She sobbed as she curled up next to him. "It will be otay, Buba; we will be otay."

"Buba, Buba, Buba!" She started to yell more than chant. Harry fat on the bed and gathered his little sister into his arms and hugged her. "Wake up, Riley. Come on baby girl. Please, Riles, Please." He pleaded softly with tears forming in the corners of his eyes. He started to sing 'Drops of Jupiter' out of desperation.

Harry opened his eyes weakly and smiled. "It will, Riwles, It will." And with that, he fell back asleep with tears cascading from his bruised face.

"Come back to me, Baby Girl. Please, Riles. It's okay, Guardian Angel; everything's going to be okay in the end."

Everything that Harry is saying in replaying in Riley's mind like an endless whirlwind.

"Open your eyes, Baby Girl." Harry whispered. While he was doing that, the other people in the room were devastated. Neville had to leave the room from the fact that his Riley was in immense pain.

"Open your eyes, Baby Girl." Harry said from the sky to five year old Riley Lillian Potter.

Riley stopped convulsing and started to breathe deeply. Then her ocean blue eyes flew open with her hyperventilating in Harry's arms. "BUBA!" She screamed as she started to cry into her big brother's chest. "Shhhh…It's okay, Riles; I'm not leaving, It's okay Baby Girl." He whispered into her ear. After Riley started to calm down, their parents (including Sirius and Remus) sat down on the bed next to them. "What was the dream about, Sweetheart?" Remus asked his goddaughter. She told all of them (Neville had returned to the room) about the dream with difficulty. When she finished, 4 pissed adults, 1 distraught boyfriend and 1 pained brother sat in a room with unshed tears in their eyes. Riley burrowed her pain stricken face into her brother's chest and hugged him tight. James inched closer to her and Riley thought it was Vernon and burrowed even further into Harry's chest and hugged him tighter. "It's okay, Ladybug." James said softly; not sure what he was doing but he felt it was more important than life itself. Riley took her face out of her brother and faced her Dad. James opened his arms out in a gesture to crawl into them. She gave Harry a questioning gaze as if to ask permission to such an offer. He nodded his head with a soft smile and Riley crawled towards her Dad. James carefully picked his daughter up and gently placed her into his lap. Riley was still very small for her age so fitting into his lap wasn't a problem. Riley sighed in comfort and curled up against his chest. James kissed the top of her chocolate brown hair and picked up his head to notice everybody but his son had left the room. Riley realized from the heat her Dad was giving her that she was quite exhausted from the previous hour of the night and felt her eyelids weigh down. James smiled and did something that he did to her when she was a baby when she was in this state and gently caressed his thumb back and forth on her forehead. Riley yawned and not before too long she fell into a much more peaceful sleep than the one before that night. James smiled and glanced at his clone who was softly smiling at the sight. "Harry?" He softly asked. His son gently lifted up his head and smiled at his dad. "Do you remember what happened; you know in her dream?" He asked. Harry thought really hard about this. "I remember watching Riley get cut and waking up the next morning with Riley next to me when it was our first day of Muggle School." He told him. James smiled sadly at his son. He then lifted up his other free arm and gestured him to come lay by him. Harry happily obliged and curled up next to his dad. James positioned his arms around his son's shoulders and kissed his uncontrollable jet black hair. "Love you, Prongslet." He told him. Harry smiled at his familiar sounding nickname. "Love you too, Dad." And he was asleep. Soon enough James had fallen asleep with his head supported by the top of his son's head. And that's how Lily, Remus, Sirius and Neville found them. Sirius decided to transform into Snuffles and jumped onto the edge of the bed; side-by-side with Mason. Remus followed Sirius and laid on the edge of the bed so his side was in sync with his boyfriend. Lily lay next to Harry and laid her head on his shoulder and Neville got on the right side of Riley and intertwined their hands together. And that's how the small family slept on that Friday night….Thank Merlin for King Sized Beds.

Hello my Outstanding Minions! How are you this fateful Monday (*Hears groans and sees bobbing heads) Nice to know! I noticed I wasn't implying much of the sexual abuse and rape that was implied in previous chapters so here's that. Too emotional? Let me know! And give Kakashasgirl2010 (Sorry if I spelled your name wrong) lots of love and hugs and cakes because she deserves it!

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