Okay guys! The next chapter is finally coming up! I'm really hoping this will be just as long as the first one, but I can only hope, huh?
Anywho, I hope all of you enjoy this chapter because I worked hard on it! Love Y'all. Also, thanks to my awesome beta reader for helping with this.
Warning: Has self-harm, abuse, rape, and maybe some sexual content, so sorry. It may have other things but this is it for now.
Disclaimer: I'm not cool enough to have HP. It all belongs to JKR.
Summary: Harry was secretly abused at the Dursleys. Sirius and Remus come to collect him after Sirius is freed. Has HarryXCedric in it.
A week after getting settled in, Harry had gotten comfortable with Sirius and Remus (more than he already was), though he was so used to being independent that he didn't know how to let them pay for his stuff or ask for their help when he needed something.
Sirius and Remus had been waiting patiently, trying to persuade him to talk about his past. Harry hoped he would never have to, but in his heart he knew he would.
"Harry! Can you come down? Remus and I need to talk to you! We promise you're not in trouble!" Sirius bellowed
Harry slowly stood up from his desk, shaking his head from his insecure thoughts that were slowly drowning him. What do they want? This kinda stresses me out. He went downstairs to find them both sitting on the couch next to each other.
Sirius looked up and smiled at Harry. "Can you sit down Kiddo? This is important."
Oh no. That's never a good sign. The boy sat down, worried about what was going on. "Okay. So, what's going on. I know you said I'm not in trouble."
Remus shook his head. "No, you're not in trouble. We've been waiting patiently for you to come and talk to us, but Sirius and I agree that it's time you explain to us what happened at the Dursleys."
Harry sighed. "Yeah, I guess you're right. Though I don't want to talk about it, I know I have to. I'm ready." They looked at him expectantly. Harry realized that they wanted him to start that second.
"They've never liked me. When I was really young I was forced to cook, clean, mow the lawn, all that kind of stuff. It wasn't fun, and the only thing I liked was the cooking.
"If I didn't finish I would get beaten. My uncle used to hit me, thinking if he punished me I would "learn my lesson." He also tried to "force the magic out of me", which hurts a lot by the way." he confessed
Sirius and Remus looked pissed and horrified. "Force the magic out of you! Do they know how dangerous that is?"
Harry shrugged. "No, and even if they did they wouldn't care. They hated me, and I was treated worse than a house elf. I was their slave. If I did something wrong like over cook the meal, even just a tiny bit, I would be punished. If I didn't mow the lawn correctly I would be beaten. That's how life worked. I've never had a real toy, and I've never been taken shopping. I've only ever had hand me downs."
"Oh my goodness, cub. I'm so sorry." Remus pulled him into a soft hug, which Sirius quickly joined.
"Harry, we promise you will never, ever have to deal with that again. We will love and cherish you forever. You're our Harry. Our kid. We love you so much. Not because you're our best friend's son, but because you're you." Harry snuggled into their embrace, feeling the gross feeling of tears in his eyes, threatening to spill.
Sirius seemed to realize this. "Go ahead Harry. Just cry. You need it." Remus and Sirius rubbed his back (Remus) and ran a hand through his hair (Sirius) while Harry burst into tears, small sobs breaking out. He hadn't cried like this in, well, never actually. He always held it in, working his butt off trying to make everyone happy while instead he wasn't happy.
Slowly, his sobs calmed down, and his breathing evened out as he slowly fell asleep.
"Come on Padfoot. We have to get him upstairs. He's exhausted. My poor cub." Sirius nodded as he grabbed Harry in his arms, softly and carefully bringing him upstairs into his room.
Sirius set Harry on the bed, tucked him in, and gently moved some hair that had fallen onto his face before kissed his forehead. "Remus, why did they do this to him? He's the sweetest kid I've ever met, and is always ready to help others. He puts everyone else before himself, and is ready to sacrifice himself for the ones he loves."
Remus was looking at Harry with saddened eyes. "And the way he grew up definitely didn't help. He's such a good kid, Pads."
Sirius chuckled. "True that Moony. What if we let some of his friends come over? That may help him cheer up a bit. And I bet you he never had that opportunity living with those muggles."
Remus started to brighten up a bit. "That's actually a really good idea. It may help us get to know his friends too."
With all this in mind, they walked out, deciding to get ready for the next day.
Harry yawned and curled into himself, not wanting to get up.
"Harry, come on pup! Time to get up kid!" "No! It's too early to get up!" There was a pause and then, "Kiddo, its 10:30 in the morning. . ." Harry sat up
in shock. "Seriously? Why is it that late?"
Sirius just grinned. "You deserved to sleep in. But Moony and I were wondering if you wanted some friends to come over. You can choose up to three people." Harry stared at Sirius, trying to decide if the was real, before he nodded. "Heck yeah!"
Remus came in with the potions Harry had to drink, as well as some water. "Okay cub, drink these. And do you know who you want to come over today? I can go get them if you want." Harry drank the potions, made a gagging sound, and had some water after they were down. "Man those are so gross. And yeah. Hermione and Ron are both at the Weasley's house right now, so them obviously, but can Cedric Diggory also come over. He and I bonded after Hufflepuff beat us in quidditch." Harry's face became a small red tomato after he thought of Cedric.
Remus and Sirius just smirked. "What's wrong Har? You're going red." Sirius snickered. Harry glared at them, willing for the blush to go away.
"Oh shut it. . ." Remus grinned.
"Now that's no way to treat your godfather and uncle. Very rude." Remus laughed his way out of the room while Sirius sat down, quickly stopping his laugh.
"Now, what's up with Diggory that's making you look like that, kiddo?" Harry looked away, scared.
"Nothing. . ." He mumbled the word, fearing to say what was really going on, fearing to say too much in case he lost his Godfather too quickly.
"Hey, Puppy, look at me." Sirius put two fingers under Harry's chin and forced him to look into the blue-grey eyes. "Do you like this ''Cedric?" Harry blushed before nodding. "Yes."
Sirius grinned. "Well phew! I was afraid you would hate me after I came out, but to hear you are like me makes me feel a whole lot better!" Harry looked at Sirius. "Like you? What, are you gay or something?"
Sirius shrugged. "Well, pansexual actually. But still, yeah, kinda. And I'm looking at a certain werewolf of ours that enjoys reading and tea, as well as chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate."
Harry laughed. "You mean Remus? 'Cause if so, please stop having eye-sex and just date already. It's driving me insane." Sirius started sputtering while Remus came in with two teens and one "adult" following him.
"Harry, what did you do to Sirius?" Remus questioned
Harry grinned innocently. "Why Remus, I don't know why you would accuse me of doing anything wrong whatsoever. I'm just an innocent angel." Remus sighed.
Hermione and Ron started laughing. "an innocent angel, really Har? How about saying something believable for a change." Hermione laughed
Harry scoffed. "Wow, thanks 'Mione."
He stood up, showing off his snitch pj's of the night. "Wow, nice Harry! I love that! They're perfect for ya mate!" Ron looked excited for the pj's, while Cedric chuckled at them. Harry scratched at the back of his head.
"Yeah, sorry. I was just woken up. Let me go get changed and I'll meet you in the living room." They nodded and left to go to the living room, while Harry got an emerald button up shirt and some tight black jeans and ran to the bathroom. There, he brushed his teeth and hair (or as well as he could) before putting on some socks that were gold and red with a snitch in the middle.
When he walked out, they all stared at him. "Man mate. They're treating you well here." Ron breathed in relief
He smiled softly. "Yeah, they are. Anyways, how are all of your summer been so far? And yes, Ron, I am coming with Sirius to the Quidditch Match your dad oh so kindly invited us to." Ron nodded happily. But before he could say a thing, Hermione went on and on about her summer, talking about all the things she did and all the stuff she saw, before she explained how she came back to the Weasley's to go to the match with them.
Harry smiled gently at her. "That all sounds great 'Mione. Love it."
He then turned to Cedric. "What about you, babe? How's your father?"
Cedric chuckled. "The same as usual. Oh, and mom wants to meet you. She's been so excited to meet my boyfriend. She doesn't know who you are though. I haven't got the guts to tell her. She's like, your biggest fan."
Harry groaned. "Oh great, just great. Tremendous, in fact, how wonderful" he said sarcastically
For the rest of the day, they all played games, talked, and played Quidditch until they had to go home. When Harry was about to go to bed, Remus came in.
"Have fun, cub?" Harry nodded tiredly.
"Yeah, thanks Moony. I needed that. But now I'm really tired." Remus leaned over and kissed him on the forehead before taking his glasses to put them on the bedside table. Then he turned off the lights and walked out of the room. "Night cub." Harry smiled and turned over.
"Night Moons." With that, Harry fell asleep, not knowing what kind of night he was going to have.
Whew! I'm really excited about this one guys! And the eye-sex thing came from two of my fave idiots from Supernatural: Dean and Cas, who totally have feelings for each other but they won't admit! Super annoying. But anywho, please R and R, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter!