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Harry was screaming and pulled against the rope that held him in place. His thin, pale body covered in welts and bruises. Blood was splattered everywhere in the small room. Then the horrid sound of a zipper being pulled down echoed in the small space. The world turned black and the last thing that Lily saw was the make shift calendar with the date untouched unlike the dates before it.

Lily flew straight up in bed, screaming at the top of her lungs, cold sweat covered her body as she attempted to calm down. Lily's bedroom door flew open to reveal Draco and Severus on the other side, both males donning worried looks on their faces.

"Are you alright?" Severus asked while he sat on the side of Lily's bed as she pulled her knees up to her chest.

"No" Lily whispered. It was their first night for the Christmas Holiday and she had been feeling sick all day but had passed it off as lack of sleep, but the nightmare proved to be something else.

"What happened?' Draco asked as he smoothed his hair down.

"I had a nightmare" Lily replied as she felt Sev's hand rub her back soothingly "About Harry, but it wasn't the normal nightmare. It was real."

From where Draco was standing, he could see the trail of tears as they now silently slid down Lily's pale cheeks.

"Someone should check up on him," Draco stated as he sat on the chair next to Lily's nightstand.

"I'll talk to someone on Monday morning when I drop by the Ministry," Severus stated as he got up from Lily's side and headed for the door "You both need to get some sleep, we have things to do tomorrow."

"Is it me or does he seems not to care?" Draco asked Lily as she leaned back, wiping her eyes on her sleeve.

"He cares Draco," Lily stated "But he doesn't want anyone to get hurt more than they have to"

"By the time anyone does something he'll be dead," Draco hissed.

"Don't you think I know that?" Lily replied, tears now leaking out of her sapphire eyes making them gleam with sadness.

"Why don't we get him ourselves?" Draco asked as he now occupied the empty space next to Lily.

"Are you insane?" Lily questioned incredulously as she turned to face her best friend, and confidant. "We are not going anywhere. We are going to do what Sev says and have someone check on him on Monday even if it is two days away. Now get to bed" Draco was astonished by Lily's response to his suggestion but he just nodded and sluggishly shuffled out of the room. Only after making sure Draco was back in his room, Lily flung her bedding back and quietly dressed in a pair of dark jeans, grey t-shirt, a denim jacket, and a pair of navy blue tennis shoes.

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"Please forgive me" Lily whispered as she left a note on Severus' pillow before placing a soft kiss on her godfather's cheek, hoping to see him in a few hours if everything went as well as she planned. As Lily left, she silently shut the door and walked softy away, taking extra care not to make the old floorboards creek under her weight. The walk to the front door seemed like forever since she stopped every few feet to listen if anyone was awake. Slowly Lily closed the front door and turned around to face the cold. Snow now covered the ground as it always did in December making everything a hell of a lot harder than it would have been if it were April or May.

"This was stupid," Lily stated as she walked down the street trying to get away from all the houses. She had no real plan on how to get to and save Harry, but after what Draco said half an hour before, there was no way she was just going to sit around and let him die, was she? Of course not. Coming to a stop on the bridge that lead away from Spinners End, Lily pulled out what appeared to be an ordinary coat button, but that idea was quickly proved wrong after she turned it three times and disappeared into thin air.

Even in Little Whining, snow covered the ground breaking Lily's fall as she landed.

"I always hated Portkeys," Lily stated, dusting the cold powder off her jeans as she walked up Magnolia Crescent to Privet Drive. Everything looked the same, same size, same color and covered in snow. But as she approached Number 4 Privet Drive, even the pure innocent snow could not take away the evil essence of the place, especially since it was completely dark inside. Quietly, the blue eyed teen opened the back gate and looked around before heading into the backyard. Lily smiled as she began to pick the sliding glass door knowing that the alarm attached to door did not work because it was too expensive to operate.

The night gave the interior of the house an eerie appearance, something straight out of a horror film. Christmas decorations were up all over the place, but that didn't mean anything to her as she silently made her way up the stairs, being sure to miss all of the ones that creaked. Upstairs looked like it always had, her bedroom door was closed and locked from the outside along with Harry's. Carefully Lily opened Harry's door but regretted it instantly; a powerful smell of blood and stale sex hitting her like before.

"Lumos" Lily whispered as she pulled her wand out of her pocket, not caring that she was breaking the law. Lily thought she was going to cry when she saw Harry's body. His arms were tied over his head with rope, words were carved into his chest oozing dark blood, his slightly parted legs had blood pooling in between them. Harry's normally creamy pale skin was covered in blood as well. Wasting no time Lily untied the rope and saw it had cut deeply into his soft flesh. Lilly quickly ripped off her jacket and covered her brother's broken body with it.

Lily grabbed Harry and rushed out of the house as fast as she could, not really caring if she woke up the occupants of the household. The snow was cold as Lily rushed down the street hoping to get to the hospital a few blocks away. Slowly Harry began to slip into shock due to blood loss and the newly falling snow. Lily felt Harry's warm blood seep into her T-shirt making the severity of the situation truly apparent, and even though St. Grace Hospital was only a block away, it seemed like an eternity to reach.

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Stacy's night in the E.R was just like it always was in the dead of night; dead, and the last thing she was expecting was her neighbor's niece rushing into the building carrying what looked to be a dying Harry. Stacy knew Harry, but they where only acquaintances, her parents had never really let her associate with the younger child, but when she saw him she really wished they did.

"Help him, please" Vernon's niece, Lily, stated as Stacy brought a gurney from around the nurse's station.

Lily carefully placed Harry's body on the bed then sank to the floor as he was rushed back into the hands of the doctors.

Stacy stood by as the doctors on call worked feverishly to stem the bleeding from the carved words in Harry's chest. It seemed like forever until they managed to get Harry stable, it had taken at least 52 stitches to close up the lacerations and words on the boys back and chest, which would no doubt scar the creamy pale skin they had ungraciously marred, and at least four blood transfusions, (which they had to acquire blood from his sister because the hospital didn't have enough in storage.) before Harry wasn't critical. It was daybreak by the time they placed Harry in a private room.

"Ms. Potter?" Stacy called from the door leading into the trauma bay. "Ms. Potter?" Stacy called again as she received no answer. Worried, Stacy entered the waiting room to find Lily in the farthest chair from the door. Her head was resting in her hands as her elbows dug into her knees, hunched over with her shoulder length hair covering her face. Slowly the nurse approached the teen with a bit of caution in her step.

"Ms. Potter" Stacy said a little louder as she stood in front of Lily.

"Huh?" Lily asked, lifting her head so she could see the nurse, her eyes were red and her face was stained from tears that where still flowing.

"Hello, Ms. Potter, I'm Stacy Anderson" The nurse told Lily "I just wanted to tell you that your brother Harry is stable and in a room now if you'd like to see him"

Lily flew up from her chair and swayed due to the lack of blood in her system, and followed her neighbor to the back.

"Can you do me a favor?" Lily asked quietly as they approached Harry's ICU room

"Sure" Stacy replied wondering what the girl could want.

"Don't tell our uncle where we are or that you saw and treated him" Lily instructed "He can't know that I have him. If you have to get a hold of someone call this number" Lily pulled out a piece of folded paper out of her blood stained jeans "Ask for Severus Snape"

The sight of Harry's beaten and broken body lying in the hospital bed was heart wrenching. The black haired boy was dressed in a green hospital gown that stuck out against his pasty, sickly white skin and the oxygen tube that went up his nose didn't hide that fact. His left arm and wrist was hooked up to several IV's, while his right arm was in a pristine plaster cast. The blue blanket that covered the boy from the waist down hid the rest of the white bandages that carefully covered any cuts or bruises that had been placed there by Vernon. The nurses said Harry's back looked like a cutting board because of all the welts and deep cuts that were created by a knife. Like his back his chest was torn up and had just as much bandages as anyone could believe. But the worst was his face; his face was black and blue with bruises.

Lily thought she was going delusional as she saw the damage that had been done. It didn't seem that bad in the dark room, but now it looked horrible due to the unforgiving lights.

Everything seems to be a dream Lily thought as she sat in the chair next to Harry's bed and held his 'good' hand.

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Severus was woken up to the sound of his telephone ringing.

"Hello?" Severus said groggily as he looked at the clock on his bedroom wall.

"Severus Snape?" The voice on the other end of the line questioned.

"Yes, how may I help you?" Severus asked as he became more alert.

"Hi, my name is Stacy Anderson and I am a nurse here at St. Grace Hospital in Surrey" The Nurse stated "I was told to call you by a Ms. Lillian Potter. This morning she brought in her brother and we need someone over the age of twenty-one to sign some forms for us"

"I'll be there in a half an hour" Severus replied as he hung up the phone. He could not believe that Lily had gone out by herself and done something like that. On his way down stairs, Severus woke up Draco and told him to be ready in ten, and they were gone.

Author's notes: This has to be the longest chapter I have ever written for this story. I hope you like it

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