Chapter 5

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A knock sounded, Harry looked at his clock to check the time 11:59, his heart was racing and he started to panic what would Uncle Vernon do to Sirius or worse what would Sirius do to Uncle Vernon, Harry knew that Sirius wold do anything to hex anyone with the name Dursley. The knock persisted, getting more impatient as Mr Dursley shouted

"Alright, alright, I'm coming hold on a second" the door opened and a familiar voice echoed through the house.

"May we come in, we have come to collect Harry, for I am his Godfather and I will be taking him somewhere safe but we will need to discuss some things with you first" Sirius explained calmly. Harry knew Sirius would love to turn Mr Dursley into a pig but he was staying very calm. Harry heard Dudley dart up the stairs, slamming the door behind him.

"Fine!" Mr Dursley exclaimed, a muffled sound of delight in his voice which Harry noticed "If you are going to take him off us". The creak of the door and the footsteps echoing down the hallway. Harry listened hard

"Mr Dursley, where is Harry? There is no evidence that he lives here" his temper rising

"He is in his room, first door on your right up the stairs"

"Fine, may we go up to him?" asked Sirius through gritted teeth. A grunt then the sound of footsteps up the stairs followed by a knock on Harry's door. "Harry? May we come in? I'm with Remus"

"Of course, Sirius" Harry said excitement in his voice. The door opened and a man with freshly cut dark brown hair, his eyes were sunken into his scull but he wore a warm smile. He was followed by another man, he was taller than the first he wore a shaggy brown suit, his face matched the old suit as it was pale and tired looking. "Sirius, Professor, I'm glad to see you" Harry exclaimed.

"You don't need to call me Professor anymore, as I am not your Professor anymore, you can call me Remus or Mooney" said the second man

"Are you ready pup? We have the Hogwarts matron on standby for when we get home so you needn't to worry about anything else" Sirius explained "Is your trunk all packed?"

"Yes, it is under my bed" Harry said getting up off the bed, standing next to Sirius as Remus took out his wand. It took him a couple of minutes to shrink Harrys trunk and place it into his pocket. Remus also let Hedwig fly out the open window before shrinking her cage too.

"Right let's go, are you ok to get down the stairs, that injury looks painful" said Sirius concerned

"Yes I'm good" replied Harry as they made their way down the stairs and out the front door making sure he got a glimpse of Dudley hiding behind his mother (Dudley had rushed back downstairs to his mother whilst the two men were in Harrys room). When they had closed the door, Harry wondered how they would get to the secret location. His question was soon answered as Sirius held out his wand and a huge bang echoed through the street and a triple decker purple bus rolled to a stop in front of them.

A young boy not much older than Harry came off the bus and started his speech. "Welcome to the knight bus, emergency transport for a stranded witch or wizard, my name is Stan Shunpike and I will be your conductor this afternoon." His professional act dropped immediately as he saw Harry. "A'rry, is that choo? Wot happened to choo?"

"No time for questions Stan we need to get back to Claremont Square quickly" said Sirius seriously as they made their way onto the bus which had many assorted armchairs and sofas of different colours and sizes. Harry made his way to a nice purple coloured one on the far side of the bus, Remus and Sirius sat either side of him. Stan didn't question anymore but took the money that Sirius offered him and walked away. Harry had a weird feeling that Stan didn't really like Sirius.

"Take it away Ern, to Claremont Square" and the bus gave a jolt and jumped to London, it didn't take long from there speeding through the muggle traffic to the Square. When they arrived the three got off the bus all feeling a little queasy.

Harry then followed Remus and Sirius to a house that looked run down and deserted. No muggle passing by would notice it. Harry thought it must be one of these places that muggles can't see, only wizards can see. They walked up the steps to the front door and Sirius tapped it with his wand and muttering something that Harry could catch. The door then flung open, when they were all inside Sirius said

"Welcome to 12 Grimmauld Place, this is the Black family residence and it is where you will be staying for the rest of the summer with Remus and I. Now if we go through to the kitchen, I think we will find a very worried Hogwarts matron, she's come to fix your leg" they walked through to the kitchen and there they saw Madame Pomfrey ready and waiting for Harry.

"Sit down on the seat and I will take a look" she exclaimed. Harry did as he was told and sat down on a chair and hoping that she would only look at his leg and nothing else as his wrist was still stinging and looked pretty bad from the night before. She took off the brace and took of the bandage before she looked at his leg in horror. She then proceeded with a magical scan of it. Before commenting

"You have badly broken your leg in three places but I can fix that fine, however there is a residue of venom form that acromantula in your knee which needs to be taken out before it does any more damage. Your ligaments have deteriorated over the last few weeks from the venom, how it hasn't spread to the rest of your body I don't know. However, the treatment for this is a long process as ligaments don't grow back so I will have to magically insert some which can take months to heal properly so you won't be able to put any weight on that leg for 8 weeks then you will need physiotherapy. That muggle brace will come in handy though as it will stop any movements. It won't take long perhaps an hour of my time, any questions?"

Harry was overwhelmed with information but nodded to say that he understood. "Will I still need to use these things too" he asked pointing at the crutches on the floor.

"Yes you will until I give you the all clear" harry nodded "I will have to put you to sleep to do this" Harry nodded but looked at Sirius and Remus who looked worried.

"It is what it is Harry, it will need to be done to get you better" Sirius explained nodding at the matron who quickly whipped out a potion and gave it to Harry to drink.

"You shouldn't feel any pain it should put you to sleep for an hour" Harry nodded "Now drink up, everything will be fine"

Harry drank the potion hoping that his nightmare wouldn't return. His eyes slowly closed.

Note: A lot had happened in this chapter; I hope you enjoyed as I enjoy writing it! Thank you for the reviews so far! The next chapter will come hopefully on Friday.