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Harry groaned loudly as his alarm went off, Harry didn't want to be up this early while the holidays were still going on and he considered just ignoring the alarm and going back to bed. Unfortunately Severus had set it so that he was the only one who could turn it off and when Harry tried to use his wand to make it stop the alarm just got louder. Grace barked angrily as the noise assaulted her sensitive ears and Harry groaned, "all right all right, I'm getting up." Harry threw off his covers and walked to the shower, as soon as he'd left the room the alarm canceled itself.
Harry showered and shaved then changed his clothes and took Grace out to feed her. Severus was standing in the kitchen reading the Daily Prophet; he gave Harry a smug grin, "sleep well?" He asked innocently, Harry scowled, adopting one of his fathers' favorite expressions and said, "You suck." As he filled Grace's bowls with food and water, Severus snorted, "now, now Harry watch your mouth, you wouldn't want me to wash your mouth out with soap on top of everything else would you?" Harry sulked even more and said cheekily, "I'd like to remind you dear father that I am a one third holder in the Weasley twins shop and have access to a vast array of undetectable prank items." Severus raised an eyebrow as Draco came out of his room, "Yes, well allow me to remind you son that I was a spy for nearly two decades and am as adept as anyone at detecting whether my food and drink have been tampered with. I would also like to stress the fact that further misbehavior on your part would just result in more punishment from me."
Draco sat down and said, "You better listen to him on that one Harry, believe me when I tell you that trying to get one over on Severus is nearly impossible. Not to mention somewhat dangerous to your health." Harry raised an eyebrow, "do I want to know?" Draco shook his head, "Let's just say I learned my lesson and leave it at that." Harry shrugged and dug into the breakfast that Severus had gotten from the kitchens, it was one of the few times the potions master hadn't actually cooked the meal. Harry grabbed a few pancakes and smeared some blueberry jam on it, poured a glass of pumpkin juice, and grabbed an apple as well.
After breakfast Myridia came and picked up Grace for the day so she wouldn't get bored while Harry and Draco were on punishment. Then Severus lead the two boys into his potions lab, Severs pointed to a small closet, "all of the instruments in there need to be cleaned. Draco you can prepare some potions ingredients for me, I have an entire barrel of rats that need to be dissected, I also need some flobber worm essence, and ground mufflin powder." Draco groaned loudly, "Did you have to pick the most disgusting ingredients?" Severus shrugged," It is called punishment for a reason, now why don't you both get to work. If you wish to switch tasks after lunch you may." Severus turned and Harry asked, "What's mufflin powder? I don't think we've ever used it." Draco made a face, "Mufflin powder comes from the ground leaves of a mufflin plant, it has one of the strongest and most disgusting smells you can possibly encounter, it's even worse than a troll." Harry made a face, "I know it's hard to believe anything could be worse than that, mufflin powder is used in advanced healing potions and few more complicated brews. It makes a good base, but because it isn't used in basic potions most students don't work with it. In fact most potions students don't start working with it until they start their apprenticeships to become potions masters."
Harry nodded his understanding, "Well best of luck, I think I'll start scrubbing." Draco snorted as Harry walked away, "So I take it you won't want to switch jobs?" Harry shot back, "Only if the cauldrons are really disgusting." Draco laughed as Harry opened the cupboard and groaned, it wasn't just cauldrons, there were dozens of beakers and test tubes with gunk dried on them, phials that were incredibly filthy, and numerous other things typically used in potions.
Harry grumbled as he went to the sink, he filled two buckets with soap and water then added a little of the strong cleaning detergent Severus used to clean stubborn potions stains and put on some gloves. Harry started by organizing the mess of the cupboard putting everything in its own individual pile (if there's one thing he could be grateful to the Dursley's for it was that he had learned how to clean and organize things well). Harry took several of the spoons and glassware then put them carefully in one of the buckets to soak then pulled out a few rags and turned to the pile of cauldrons.
Harry scrubbed the cauldrons hard; occasionally he'd use one of the dirty spoons or knives to scrap some of the encrusted marks off which wouldn't have gotten clear with just soap and water. Harry made sure to take frequent breaks and give his sore arms a little breather, but he was still stiff by lunch. Harry groaned loudly as he sat down at the table and looked over to see that Draco looked exceedingly queasy and a little stiff. Severus handed them potions, "Drink these and then rub the other one on where ever you happen to be sore, I'll give you more tonight." Harry and Draco obeyed without question; the last thing Harry wanted was to be sore all day. After lunch they went back to work. Harry couldn't help being reminded of the Dursley's and found himself muttering, "Well at least I wasn't starved."
Severus shouted, "What was that?" Harry turned red and felt himself cringe slightly, "nnnnothing sir." Severus rubbed his forehead with his hand, "It's all right Harry." Harry went back to work feeling stupid for forgetting that years of spying had caused his father to develop much keener senses than most people had. By the time Harry was finished it was time for dinner and he was utterly exhausted, Harry and Draco both took another round of potions, "Tomorrow you will work on your homework and then we'll see about some other tasks I need assistance with." Harry and Draco both groaned causing Severus to smirk, "Well maybe this will teach you to think before you act next time."
Harry knew it was stupid, he knew his father was doing the right thing, but he was tired and cranky and something inside him seemed to just explode. Harry jerked himself to his feet and shouted at his father, "We did think first, we didn't go down there alone! Myridia, Lexi, Drue, and Lucretia came with us. They are all powerful magical beings who would have been more than capable of helping us should something have gone wrong! Myrtle came to, she's a ghost so nothing would have hurt her and she could have gone for help if there was a problem! This wasn't some stupid reckless decision we thought it over carefully and took every precaution! I just wanted you to have a nice present for our first Christmas together!"
By the time Harry had finished he was panting heavily, Draco's face was even whiter than usual and Severus looked truly shocked, after a moment he turned to Draco and said, "Go to your room Draco I need to have a word with Harry." Draco didn't need to be told twice he quickly fled to his room.
For the first time since Harry had come to live with him Severus looked truly angry when he spoke his voice was in a low and severe tone, "Harry I realize you are angry at me right now, but I never want to hear you speak to me in that manner again. I am your father and as such it is my right to punish you. I want to keep you safe." Harry snorted and when he spoke his voice was heavy with sarcasm, "Oh yeah you've done a wonderful job of that so far." Severus was a little taken aback Harry usually wasn't this confrontational, he wasn't sure if this was a good sign or bad Severus calmly explained, "Harry I did everything I could to keep you safe here at school, I would have done more, but before I learned the truth of our relationship I had no claim over you."
Harry snapped, "Yes you did, you and James were cousins so you could have taken me in because you were a relative of his, but you never did you just pushed me aside like everyone else. Nobody bothered to look in on me after Mum and Papa died, no one knew what was going on in that house because no one wanted me, and no one bothered to check on me. Even Dumbledore didn't do anything; he just left me on a front porch in the middle of the night. None of the professors here did anything to help me with my family or the big things that always seem to happen to me. Nobody ever did anything for me and now when I'm less than a year away from being and adult now I'm suddenly your responsibility that's a laugh." Realization dawned on Severus, Harry was feeling abandoned and he was also angry at being punished for something he didn't see as wrong. Severus could understand Harry's anger he had been let down or ignored by almost every adult in his life with the exception of the Weasley's, Sirius, and Remus. Harry had a right to be angry, but he didn't have a right to speak to Severus in that manner.
Severus took a deep breath, "You're right Harry." The shocked look on Harry's face told Severus that his son hadn't thought he'd say that, "You were given a very raw deal, when Lily and James died you were essentially abandoned and forced to care for yourself. It's true that I was the only living relative of James' after the war, but you must understand I am an ex-death eater. Despite what the headmaster told the wizengamot about my services to the order and the ministry too many people saw me as a death eater for me to be allowed to take you in. Even if I could have gotten past my own reputation I still couldn't have taken you in Dumbledore and I knew the dark lord would return and I would be needed to spy once more. I couldn't do that if I had you."
Harry had calmed a little, but he was still considerably angry, "You still could have come to see me, you could have let me know that I wasn't alone in the world that I wasn't a Freak. You could have told me the truth about my parents so I didn't have to hear it from Hagrid. You could have at least gotten me away from the Dursley's so I didn't have to grow up like that."
Severus responded, "I couldn't go and see you Harry, when your mother died it very nearly killed me and I was in no shape to be spending time with anyone much less a small child. It took years for me to get back on my feet, but you are right someone should have come to visit you and check up on you. The way you were raised is inexcusable, but I have apologized for that numerous times and no matter what happened to you or how angry you are you still do not have the right to talk to me the way you just did. I am not only your father I am also your professor and both positions require respect from you. I know it's hard for you to show respect to adults in your life because you have known precious few adults who are deserving of respect, but you are old enough to know how to behave properly and I expect you to do so."
Harry was still breathing heavily, Severus could tell he was close to another break down finally he spoke, his voice sounded so small and lost, "It's not fair, no one ever noticed none of my muggle teachers did anything to help me, and when I came here I thought things would be different, but they weren't I was just a weapon to them nothing more. I just don't understand why nobody noticed why no one ever saw." Harry started to cry and Severus pulled him into his arms, "We should have noticed you're right, but remember Harry you did everything you could to hide the truth from people. You are a talented actor, and while I understand why you hid the truth from everyone you must understand that people do not always look beneath the surface of things. However, that does not excuse any of us."
Harry held onto his father, he was so confused one minute he was angry the next he was crying he didn't understand, "I'm sorry, I don't know why I was so mad I just….." Harry trailed off and Severus answered, "You were angry because you have never been properly cared for before now; your family never disciplined you fairly or for any valid reason so when I punished you it became a new experience. I assume it brought back some of the anger you have from the Dursley's and the anger you feel towards me and the rest of the staff for not caring for you as we should have."
Harry felt his head spin finally he calmed down and asked, "Are you going to send me away?" Severus sighed this to was probably why Harry had shouted at him, Harry was used to being abandoned and part of the reason he had lost his temper was because he was testing Severus to see if he would do what countless other adults in Harry's life had done, "No Harry, you are my son and I love you, nothing will ever make me send you away. That being said I can't let you get away with an outburst like that without a punishment. I was going to let you and Draco stay up and watch a muggle movie with me as a reward for your behavior this afternoon, but I am sending you to bed early and Draco and I will watch the movie alone." Harry's face fell, "Are you going to watch Star Wars?" Severus said, "That was my original plan, but I am not a cruel man, I won't watch that movie without you so Draco and I will choose something else." Harry nodded just as someone knocked on their door, Harry opened it and suddenly Grace was on top of him licking his face like crazy.
Harry laughed, "I missed you to girl now get off." He heard his Dad say, "Thank you for looking out for her Ms. Kensington." Myridia said, "It's no problem." Severus said, "Good evening then." Myridia gave a confused good-bye back then the door shut. Harry stood and Severus pointed out, "You are still grounded as such you will have limited contact with your friends, you may write to them if you wish, but it will have to wait until tomorrow. Bed, now." Harry nodded and went off to bed, he felt a little silly going to sleep so early, it wasn't even eight yet, but he didn't want to get in trouble again.
Harry picked up one of his books and read until he fell asleep, he actually didn't stay up much later than he thought he would have. All of the work for Severus that morning had worn him out. Severus checked on Harry after Draco had gone to bed and snorted when he found Harry lying on his side with his glasses half off his face and a book opened on his chest. Severus went in and placed Harry's glasses on his bedside table along with the book then pulled up his covers and gave him a small kiss on the forehead right over his scar. Harry shifted slightly in his sleep, but didn't awaken, Severus left quietly and decided to floo Christian about what had happened that night.
Christian took a moment to come to the floo, "Severus, is something wrong?" Severus shook his head, "Not particularly Harry and I had a bit of an argument and I wanted to talk to you about it, I'm sorry for calling so late." Christian waved him off, "It's all right I was up reviewing some case files anyway. So what happened?" Severus briefly explained Harry's outburst, but Christian merely smiled, "Well I have to say I expected something like this to happen at some point." Severus felt his temper flare, "and you didn't think it was important to tell me?"
Christian shook his head, "if I had you might have been jumpy or distant with Harry which is the last thing he needs right now. Anger is a perfectly natural reaction to what he's been through; Harry has a lot of left over feelings of anger towards his relatives and you. The two of you had a very confrontational relationship with each other for years and while things have gotten better all of that tension isn't just going to melt away because you want it to." Severus thought about this and said, "Then why hasn't Harry had any problems with me until now and why doesn't he have issues with Draco?" Christian shrugged, "Probably because Draco is another child like himself, someone who went through the same sort of things he went through, someone Harry can identify with. Moreover, Draco is not an adult and you are. Harry probably hasn't been hostile with you before now because he was afraid of being sent back to the Dursley's now that that can't happen he's going to feel more free to express himself. I know it may not seem like it, but this is actually a good thing Severus"
Severus said, "Well at least it's better than when he was terrified of angering me or any other adult because he thought he'd be beaten again." Christian nodded, "Absolutely, his response could also have been a result of a typical mood swing or adolescent rebellion both are common in teenagers." Severus groaned loudly while Christian smirked, "Welcome to parenthood Severus." Severus snorted, "I believe I have all ready been a member of that particular club for quite some time now." Christian added, "Yes, but now you're getting a real sense of what it's like to raise teenagers." Severus groaned loudly while Christian laughed then they said their good-byes.
As Severus fell asleep that night he couldn't help shuddering at what this new development in Harry's attitude would bring tomorrow. Harry was very well behaved the next day, but Severus knew better than to assume that one short conversation followed by a good nights' sleep would be enough to fix the problem. Severus had Harry and Draco help him with his prep work for class and organizing his lesson plans and other paper work when they were done he called Harry over to him, "Harry, I spoke to Christian about your little outburst last night." Harry turned red and stared at his shoes; Severus placed a hand under Harry's chin and pulled his face up, "I would like us to discuss this with him if that is all right."
Harry said, "O.k., I trust Christian." Severus added, "I would also like Draco to come in on this." Harry raised an eyebrow, "Why?" Severus elaborated, "Christian believes one of the reasons you reacted as you did is because of the previous hostility we had towards each other. The relationship you once had with Draco was very much the same and I would like us to work through the past together." Harry made a face, "So I'll be having four therapy sessions, one group, one family, one on my own, and one to get over the neglect?" Severus sighed, it was a lot to deal with and Harry all ready had so much to handle, suddenly Severus had an idea, "Actually Harry I just thought that we could have our family session before your individual sessions with Christian so instead of going in for an hour you would have two hours one with Draco and I then one on your own. Would that be all right with you?"
Harry thought it over for a moment, "I suppose I could do it." Severus smiled, "Wonderful now let's go have lunch." Severus had arranged things so Harry would be done early that way he would have time for his lesson with Albus. Severus couldn't help sighing as Harry sat down. Harry had so much to do and his occulmency lessons had been slipping because of it, Severus knew Harry had been clearing his mind every night before bed because he hadn't had any visions, but he also knew that his son needed to master the art to prevent being mentally attacked again he made a mental note to give Harry his next lesson as soon as possible.
Lunch was a quiet meal and as soon as they finished Harry left for his lesson with Dumbledore. The headmaster had asked Harry to meet him in an unused classroom on the third floor so they could have space to work and didn't have to worry about accidentally damaging anything. As Harry walked up the stairs he passed the third floor corridor were Fluffy had resided four years ago, Harry couldn't help chuckling at the name Hagrid had given to the three headed dog as he passed the corridor and entered the empty room.
Dumbledore was all ready there standing in the middle of the room, "All right Harry I want you to stand in the middle of the room and connect with everything as you did last time then we will work on the next step of manipulating your magic." Harry grinned, "That's what I wanted to do last time, I wanted to see what would happen if I increased power in one place and decreased it somewhere else." Dumbledore smiled, "That's a very good sign Harry it means your magic and your abilities are developing along with you. Now let's begin."
Harry walked to the center of the room and held his staff in his right fist, he took a deep breath and began to concentrate on the world around him, just like last time he started with a single element. He focused on the wind that naturally moved through the castle, Harry concentrated until he could feel the wind whistling around him then he started to become part of it. Harry was at the top of the astronomy tower one moment and then in the dungeons the next. Harry branched out and began focusing more until he felt himself connect with everything, the ground outside covered with snow, the sun shining above all of it.
Harry opened himself up and sent out his magic, he gasped as he felt his magic align with everything else. In that moment all things became one including Harry himself, when he heard Dumbledore speak again it seemed to come from a long distance away, "Very good Harry, that was much faster than I expected for only your second time. You must be very careful with this next step; I want you to shift a small amount of your abilities very slowly towards a particular area. Remember Harry slowly." Harry held his staff tighter and he concentrated on the wind blowing through the window and began to slowly take power from the magic in the ground and place it in the wind. Harry tried to visualize picking up pebbles, if you picked up a handful of pebbles a lot of them would slip through your fingers and land back on the ground, but if you picked them up one at a time you wouldn't drop as many.
As the magic began to shift the wind picked up speed, more snow began blowing into the room and Harry became the center of it all, he was a part of the wind and at the same time he was separate form it. Harry could feel the wind flowing around him like the eye of a hurricane. The wind swirled causing snow to spin and swirl around him it was exhilarating and terrifying at the same time Harry slowly began to shift the power back and as the wind began to die down the ground began to shake beneath him, it was nowhere near the strength of a real earthquake, but Harry knew that he could cause one if he put more power into it. Once the levels were equal Harry suddenly felt exhausted. He carefully withdrew back into himself, when Harry opened his eyes again everything looked slightly out of focus, his head was pounding and his ears were ringing. Harry could hear Basil, Falcor, and Methos trying to talk to him, but he couldn't make out what they were saying. Dumbledore moved in front of him and tried to speak to Harry, but once again Harry couldn't make any sense of it. Harry felt himself sway and the next thing he knew he was falling into the headmasters surprisingly strong arms.
Harry heard someone calling his name, a moment later he realized it was his father and groaned as he opened his eyes and sat up in a bed in the hospital wing. Apparently sitting up had been a very bad idea because the second he did the room started spinning, Harry quickly lay back down before he threw up, "Harry can you hear me?" Harry swallowed, "Yes Dad." Harry heard Poppy's voice come from his left before Severus could say anything else, "Severus, please move so I can give these to him." Severus left Harry's line of sight as the school nurse came over and poured several potions down his throat, as soon as he finished the last one Poppy began questioning Harry, "How are you feeling?"
Harry blinked a few times to bring his vision into a complete focus and answered, "Better, my head doesn't hurt anymore and I don't feel dizzy or sick. What happened?" Poppy sniffed, "You will need to ask Albus about that." As if on cue the headmaster came up to the other side of the bed, "it is a common side effect of using your Mage abilities, your body isn't used to manipulating so much energy at one time and you were over whelmed, as you continued to use and develop your abilities it will decrease." Harry made a face and said in an angry tone, "And you didn't tell me this before because?"
Dumbledore sighed heavily, "I was afraid you would be too timid when using your abilities and that you wouldn't be able to expand on them." Harry made a face and then said in a low angry tone, "You promised to stop lying and keeping things from me." Dumbledore looked truly upset, "I am sorry Harry." Harry snapped, "Yeah well sorry isn't good enough." Then he turned away and refused to acknowledge the headmaster, Dumbledore shook his head in regret and turned to leave the hospital wing. He knew it would take a long time to fix this latest problem with Harry and he could tell by the look on Severus' face that he was going to be in trouble with the potions master for quite some time as well and made a mental note to be careful of what he ate.
As Albus turned to leave Severus shot him a glare of epic proportions then turned back to his son. This was the last thing Harry needed right now, the young man had spent his childhood mistrusting adults and ever time Dumbledore led him into some situation or didn't tell him the whole truth about something he was cementing Harry's belief that adults were untrustworthy. Severus walked over and began to rub Harry's back, "Everyone thinks Albus is the greatest wizard alive today, the only man the Dark lord has ever feared an invincible infallible genius. That is true, but at the same time it isn't. Albus is a great wizard and the Dark lord does fear him, but he also has a great flaw one most people aren't even aware of. Albus never thinks he's wrong about anything, and he never listens to anyone else when they try to get him to see reason because he believes he's thought of every possible outcome of a situation. What Albus doesn't realize is that life isn't predictable you can't see every possible outcome because there will always be things you didn't plan on or couldn't know about that come around to throw a wrench into the works."
Harry snorted at his father's use of such a muggle analogy as Severus continued, "Albus always thinks he knows what's best for everyone, even when he doesn't. I know that you're angry and you have every right to be, but try to remember Albus sees you as the grandchild he never had, he does care for you and he only tries to do what's best for you." Harry snorted derisively, "Never works out that way though does it?" Severus shrugged, "Well no, not really, but it's something to think about. Besides I'm going to go scream at the headmaster as soon as it is convenient so you can at least take comfort in that." Harry turned and made a face, "How come you can yell at him, but I can't."
Severus shrugged, "no reason, actually if you wish to shout at Albus go ahead, just take someone with you when you do so to prevent further damage to his office. I do not have the money to keep replacing his stupid little trinkets." Harry laughed, "You didn't really pay for everything I broke last year did you?" Severus said, "Of course not, but certain things can't be replaced, you should keep that in mind." Harry turned around to look him in the eye, "I'm sorry for what I said before, I'm just so mad." Severus placed a hand on his shoulder, "I know you are and I promise we'll work through it together." Harry nodded then he yawned loudly Severus said, "Go back to bed." Harry obeyed without thinking and drifted into a deep dreamless sleep.
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Poppy allowed Harry to leave the hospital wing after dinner that evening, Harry returned to his quarters and Severus surprised him with a showing of Star wars Episode 1. Harry loved the movie and wanted to watch the second one right away, but Severus reminded him that he and Draco were both still on punishment and sent the boys to bed.
The rest of the Holidays passed fairly quickly and before Harry knew it school was starting again and it was time to begin the new therapy Christian had prescribed before the break. Harry was terrified of starting the new treatment, it seemed strange to have a bunch of people crowding in a small room with him. Harry reminded himself that at first it would only be Severus, Draco, and Christian, but it still didn't help.
Harry arrived at the room of requirement after his Transfiguration class on Monday to find the three of them waiting for him. Christian gestured towards the door, "All right Harry this will go just as we discussed, you go in first and we won't come in until you say so. Only one person will enter at a time and the moment you say your word we'll leave all right?"
Harry swallowed, his stomach felt like a squirming mass of worms and he couldn't help thinking 'so much for my famous Gryffindor bravery.' Harry took several steadying breaths and finally managed to open the door, he found himself in a small sitting room with comfortable furniture it was like a combination of the burrow and the Gryffindor common room. Harry sat down on the sofa in the middle of the room and tried not to think about what was worrying him, Christian said it was a good idea to focus his mind on something else. That if he concentrated too hard on his fears they would overpower him.
Harry finally decided to treat this like an occulmency exercise he took a deep breath and began to focus inward just as Severus had taught him. As he turned his thoughts away from the session he found it easier to relax, eventually he said, "You can come in now." The door opened and Harry looked up to see Christian standing near a chair, they had agreed it would be best if Christian came in first in case Harry had a bad reaction. Christian could tell Harry was nervous and decided to talk to him about something inconsequential to help him relax a little more, "I hear you're allowed to go flying again." Harry grinned, "Yes Madame Pomfrey gave me a clean bill of health, and even though I won't be playing on the house team this year I'll still be able to go flying with my friends."
Christian added, "I know you mentioned flying is how you blow off steam so it will probably help with your therapy as well." Harry snorted, "Yeah too bad you can't shrink my head while I'm one a broomstick." Christian laughed and moved a little closer as Severus came in. Harry took a deep breath and continued the conversation Christian had started, "Yeah it'll be fun, I just have to make sure Dad isn't around when I practice the Wronski feint." Severus groaned loudly, "Harry I don't mind you flying, but must you practice those moves?" Harry smirked, "well I could always start learning to ride Sirius' motorcycle instead if you like."
Christian burst out laughing while Severus pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and fore finger, "I think I prefer the broom." Harry chuckled as the door opened for the third and last time, Draco came in and asked, "what's so funny?" Harry smirked, "I threatened to take lessons on Sirius' bike." Draco smirked, "Hey can I learn how to ride it with you?"
Severus nearly passed out, "Oh for the love of." Harry said, "Sure." Harry looked around and realized that Christian was now standing next to him, and Severus was on his other side. Harry was starting to feel a little closed in, he reminded himself and that they wouldn't hurt him, but it was still a little nerve wracking. Severus noticed this and knelt down in front of Harry, "Remember Harry you are my son and I will never hurt you, I know we have had problems in the past, but I have always done what I could to protect you."
Harry reached out and grabbed his Dad's hand, "I know." Draco came forward, "Is this o.k.?" Harry nodded, "I know you guys won't hurt me this is just hard." Christian spoke up from behind him, "Harry one therapy session isn't going to fix all of your problems it will take time, but we're going to work with you and do everything we can to help you. I do the same thing for every one of my patients and I promise this will get easier as time goes one." Harry nodded as Draco sat next to him on the sofa Christian smiled, "this is a very good start."
Harry felt a warmth go through him as he relaxed back into the sofa, it had been a difficult journey to get here, and they weren't anywhere near being finished, but he knew that everything was going to be all right as long as he had his family here with him and his friends supporting him.
a/n so what do you think, is this too much for one chap because I could break it up. Next chap Voldie shows his ugly face again.