Teardrops
Chapter 14
Harry beamed at the now familiar wispy blonde hair, the bright red rimmed glasses, the matching red nails and the quirky black robes of the lady in front of him as he entered the equally as familiar office at St Mungo's. He had been seeing Casey for a couple of weeks now, at first he hadn't wanted to talk to her but after lots of encouragement from Remus and Sirius as well as a few sessions with her he had begun to open up and discuss both his cutting and the abuse.
"So Harry" She started looking over the small boy "I'm afraid that I've got a bit of bad news…" Harry's face fell "By law I'm required to report any abuse cases of underage wizarding children that I am informed of to the ministry.."
"What?!" Harry said shocked
"Its not my rules Harry, after last weeks session I had to talk to my advisor and I was forced to report the case to the ministry's child protection division." Casey explained
"But I thought this was private!" He burst out angrily causing an uncontrolled wave of magic to break the glass of water on Casey's desk
"I'm sorry Harry." Casey sighed cleaning up the broken glass with a flick of her wand. "I haven't mentioned anything else, just that your father abused you and how long you said it went on for."
"that doesn't make it ok!" Harry said angrily
"I'm sorry but its probably going to have to be investigated in court." Casey sighed "its very serious Harry, I'm sorry to put it on you but its for the best"
"Whatever" Harry kicked his feet "Can I go back to Hogwarts?"
"Yes I don't think today will be very productive, let it soak in and well discuss everything next week" Casey suggested
"If I come back" Harry told her irritably as he left the room.
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"Why did you make me go and talk to her" Harry yelled as he entered Remus's office
"What's wrong Harry?" Remus asked concerned
"She's told the Ministry and its going to all be brought up in court!" Harry told Remus angrily
"Look why don't you calm down." Remus suggested
"Calm down! He's going to know I've told more people he's going to.."
"Be locked up Harry" Remus told the angry twelve year old "He's going to pay for what he's done to you!"
"I… that's a good point" Harry flopped down on Remus's sofa
"Now calm down, I hope you didn't blow up at Casey like this" Remus said sitting down next to Harry
"I may have, a little…" Harry blushed
"Look I know it will take a lot of strength for you to speak out to a court about this but afterwards once he'd gotten what he deserves you'll be able to move on" Remus pointed out "Infact I'd suggest this would be the best way to get closure and move on." he added thoughtfully
"Thanks Remus" Harry said as he hugged the older man "I'll apologise to Casey next session."
"Both me and Sirius will be here for you every step" Remus told him "I'm proud of you"
A/n Thanks to my reviewers!! Sorry its short, I was going to write out a few of Harry's sessions with Casey but it would just be going over old stuff and I'm trying to keep the fic moving.