A/N: Okay I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get this chapter out. I hit a little bit of a writer's block but one of you awesome reviewers gave me an idea that really sparked my interest and I decided to go with it. Oh and Pyro Bear, I don't think that Harry's going to have an adventure persay because I'm just not big on that stuff. Sorry, but I can't help it. Oh and the idea for this came from Parselmouth. Awesome idea, thnx. Now I'll stop rambling and get on with the chapter which I'm so sure that you guys want to read since it's taken me so long to get it out. ENJOY!!!!!!!

Chapter 5

After the movie was over Harry went back upstairs to his room. He really didn't feel good about having to eat that much. He didn't like the feeling. As soon as he got into his room he immediately went into the bathroom and made himself throw up.

After he was done he felt much better. He just couldn't stand being that full. It made him feel sick in fact. Harry really didn't care if his father told him to eat everything. He would eat everything but his father would never know that he was making himself throw it up afterwards.

'Besides,' Harry thought to himself 'I'll end up just getting fat like Crabbe and Goyle if I keep eating like that.'

Harry washed out his mouth, brushed his teeth and then took a quick shower. He didn't realize just how strenuous it was to just simply move around but he was really feeling dirty and simply washed it all off.

Harry awoke the next morning right before breakfast was to begin. He quickly (or as fast as he could manage) got his brace on and then met Draco in the hallway, who was still in his pj's, and the both boys made their way down to the breakfast room. They entered to find Severus already there, sipping a cup of black coffee and reading the Daily Prophet.

After Harry and Draco entered, had sat down at the table and started eating Severus folded the paper and put it down. Harry was still throwing glares at Severus because he knew the threat that still hung over his head

After Harry had finished half of his plate of scrambled eggs, fried potatoes and toast Severus said,

"Harry as soon as you're done you're to get dressed in something comfortable, preferrably cotton clothing and meet down in the infirmary room."

Harry didn't say anything, he merely nodded and quickly finished his plate. By the time he was done Draco was as well and the two boys made their way back upstairs while Severus went downstairs.

Once in his room, Harry went to the bathroom and threw up his breakfast. He hated eating such heavy food so early in the morning. He never was a big breakfast person to begin with. Harry brushed his teeth to get rid of the taste and smell. He went back out into his room and quickly dressed in a pair of red cotton shorts and a blue T-shirt.

Harry thanked God that he was flexible when he was putting on his socks and shoes. He still couldn't bend his left knee and that posed a bit of a problem since he was pretty tall and really had to bend over far to get the sock and shoe on. He didn't have a problem though, thankfully.

Having finished getting ready Harry walked across the hall and knocked on Draco's door. He heard the blonde Slytherin grant permission and peeked inside the door and saw his brother sitting at his desk working on homework and said,

"Can you watch me going down the stairs. You know Dad's rule."

Draco snorted, smiled and said,

"Yeah, that's no problem. Anything to distract me from homework." He said with a wink

Harry snorted and smiled then the two boys made their way down the stairs to the bottom level. Once they got the the bottom Draco said,

"Hey Harry do you want me to stay or are you going to be alright?"

"I think I'll be alright, to be completely honest. I mean it shouldn't be too bad."

Draco nodded and went back up the stairs, presumably to return to his room, while Harry made his way to the room. He entered to see his father standing next to a set of parallel bars waiting for him who said,

"I was wondering when you were going to get down here. Now let's get going. We're not going to do anything too bad today. We're just going to work on putting a bit more weight on it and trying to bend it a bit. Now come on over here."

Harry mentally shrugged and made his way over to his father who told him to lean the crutches against the chair next to the bars and to stand between the bars.

Harry spent the next couple of hours working with the bars and slightly putting weight on his knee. He was frustrated but expecting that he wouldn't be able to do much on the first day. Harry could not walk at all without the aid of the bars.

They also worked on trying to slightly bend his knee but couldn't very much because the stitches would stretch slightly. By the time lunch rolled around Harry was in some serious pain. He was thankful that he would be able to take his pain pill.

Unfortunately he would have to take it with food in his stomach which meant he had to keep his lunch down. He knew what would happen if he took the medication then threw up or on an empty stomach and he personally didn't want to go through that.

Harry spent the entire session in silence, not that Harry had many opportunities to speak anyways. Finally it was time for lunch and Severus and Harry made their way silently up the stairs to the kitchen where they met Draco.

Harry ate his lunch that consisted of a cold cut sandwich, potato salad and potato chips. After Harry was done he took his pain medicine and made his way up to his room to change into his swimming trunks along with Draco.

Harry was to spend the afternoon in the pool doing his therapy there. It was a good thing since it was a particularly hot day for early july and Harry really didn't want to spend all of his time cooped up in the manor, no matter how big it was.

Harry, Draco and Severus had a pretty good afternoon in the pool. After they were done with Harry's therapy he was exhausted so he decided to take a nap before dinner. Harry slept straight up until the time that Draco woke him up.

They ate a quiet dinner and Harry said that he was going to go up to his room and read a bit. As soon as he got up to his room Harry made himself throw up. He couldn't stand having that much heavy food in his stomach.

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The next week went by in that pattern. Harry eating, making himself throw the food up, doing his therapy sessions, which were going very well, and studying. He also had remained very cold towards his father, only speaking when he absolutely had to and even then it was short and cold.

It was now time to go back to Saint Andrews to get his check up and his stitches removed. They arrived and was escorted to a small examining room where Harry climbed up on the table.

His doctor came in and asked Severus about the therapy sessions and what kind of progress was being made and asked Harry a few questions about how his knee had been feeling. Then the doctor took the stitches out and attached butterfly bandages since the scar wasn't completely scabbed over yet.

Harry, Draco and Severus then went back to the Manor with a refill of his pain medication and strict instructions not to overexhert himself or do too much.

The article that Draco suggested drafting had been written and sent off to the editor at the Daily Prophet which had been printed soon after it was sent.

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The next couple of weeks went by very quickly and it was soon the week before Harry's 16th birthday. It had been a very quiet summer with Harry and Draco in frequent correspondance with Ginny, Hermione and Ron. Severus and Draco were already planning a birthday party for Harry.

Draco and Severus knew that Harry had never had a birthday party but knew that Harry wouldn't want a huge one so they invited the Weasleys since they were practically Harry's adoptive family. They had also invited Remus and Sirius much to Severus' chagrin.

Harry was still doing his usual pattern of eating and throwing up his food. He no longer needed his pain medication so he didn't have to keep food in his stomach. Harry was very skinny but Draco and Severus didn't notice since the underage restriction had been lifted for students going into their 6th years and above so they could practice for school and Harry had taken to casting concealing charms on himself to make him look as if he was normal weight.

Draco and Harry were nervously awaiting their O.W.L. results and that didn't help Harry because this made the boy want to eat even less than he was already eating.

The day before Harry's birthday was the day that Harry and Draco's O.W.L. results came in. Harry and Draco were sitting downstairs in the study when they arrived in the late afternoon. Both boys grasped the large envelopes and Draco finally broke the silence and said,

"You open yours first."

"Why should I open mine first? You open yours first." Harry replied incredulously

"Well why don't we open them at the same time." Draco suggested

"I'm too scared to open mine. Why don't we open eachother's at the same time?" Harry supplied

Draco shrugged and handed Harry his letter and Harry handed his to Draco and Draco said,

"Okay, on the count of three we'll open them." Harry nodded

"One...Two...Three"

Both boys tore into the envelopes. Silver and emerald eyes widened with susprise. Draco said,

"What'd I get?"

"What did I get?" Harry said

"Here, let's trade since obviously we don't want to say it." Harry nodded and the Slytherin and Gryffindor traded. Simultaneously both boys eyes widened and they let out whoops and immediately tore out of their room down to Severus' lab to tell him.

Severus was down in his lab brewing a rather complicated potion and heard his sons crashing down the stairs long before they ever arrived in the lab. Both boys came crashing into the room and Severus said,

"I take it you both got your results?"

Both boys frantically nodded and Severus held out his hand and said,

"Well hand them over and let me see how you did."

Both boys complied and handed their father their letters. Severus read Harry's and Draco's letters easily maintaining the mask of neutrality. After he had read both letters he said,

"Well...I don't know what to say. Except that I am very very proud of both of you. Eleven O.W.L.s each. That is fantastic, truly wonderful. Come here."

Both boys came forward and Severus wrapped the two in a hug and said,

"Now you two run along, I'm almost a done here and we'll go out to dinner tonight. Dress nicely but in muggle clothes!"

He partially yelled as both boys beamed and tore out of the room. By this time Harry had almost complete mobility of his knee. It still hurt sometimes but he could pretty much do anything now.

The two boys dashed up the stairs to their rooms and decided to take showers right then and there to get ready. By the time that they would normally be eating dinner Harry, Draco and Severus were gathered in the entrance hall. Harry was wearing a pair of black slacks and a royal blue dress shirt with the top button undone but tucked in and a black leather belt with a silver buckle to complete the set.

Harry had gotten annoyed with his long hair and had had it cut short and spiked up in a sort of punk look that really suited him. Though now his lightning bolt scar was in full view but he found that he didn't care so much anymore.

Draco was dressed completely in black. He was wearing black slacks and a black silk button down shirt that looked very good on him. Severus was wearing his customary black almost along the same lines of Draco but his shirt was just a dress shirt.

Severus said,

"All right you two. Tonight we're going to town to eat, it's actually a japanese, specifically sushi, restaurant."

Harry and Draco's eyes widened in surprise and happiness. They both loved sushi but hadn't been able to eat it for such a long time. Severus smiled at his sons apparent happiness and said,

"All right, let's go. The taxi should be here by now."

The three made their way out of the front doors and met the taxi that was there and squeezed into the back seat. Before long they were pulling up at a sushi restaurant. They walked inside and the host seated them immediately.

Harry, Draco and Severus each ordered their favorite kinds of sushi and got noodles, soup, tea and Severus had saki. To finish off the meal they all got ginger ice cream. After they were done and had paid the waiter and left their tip they made their way back outside the restaurant where a taxi that had been hailed was parked and waiting at the curb for them. All in all they had a very fun evening.

Harry was pretty sure that he was going to keep this meal down. This was because sushi was pretty light and not so hard on his system. By the time they got home it was well after 10 almost 11 o'clock and everybody was feeling pretty tired so they resolved to going to bed early.

Before changing into his pajamas Harry stood in front of his full length mirror and looked at himself without the concealment charms on. He was still very skinny. But now that he had almost full mobility of his knee he had quickly built back up his muscles a bit. His face was pretty thin and his cheekbones stood out a little more than usual and his stomach was non- existant. Harry's eyes were also slightly bloodshot from making himself vomit all the time.

Harry shrugged and got into his pajamas and climbed into bed and waved the lights off. He was soon fast asleep, thinking about what would happen the next day.

Harry was awoken the next morning by a soft lavender scent and a gentle brushing through his spiky hair. He opened up his green eyes and was met with a blurry image of a person with very long flaming red hair. That could only mean that one person was in his room. Ginny.

Harry smiled and said,

"Good morning love, I've missed you."

Ginny leaned over and kissed her boyfriend on the lips and said,

"Good morning sweetheart, I've missed you too. Your father sent me up to wake you up and said to hurry up and get dressed and meet downstairs in the study."

Harry nodded, put on his glasses, got out of bed and said,

"All right. I'll be down soon."

Ginny nodded and left the room while Harry disappeared into the bathroom. Harry quickly showered and got dressed in a pair of tan cargo khaki shorts and a simple black t-shirt and made his way down to the study after applying all the concealing charms.

Harry was fully aware of the party that his Father and Draco had planned. They knew that Harry was still slightly prone to panic attacks and hated being surprised so they had told him about it. but he said he didn't want a huge party, just the Weasleys Sirius and Remus. He was glad that they had respected his wishes and feelings.

For the past couple of weeks Severus hadn't let Harry look at the Daily Prophet and he couldn't figure out why but he found that he didn't care that much. Harry knew that Fudge would resign any day and that a vote would occur to decide the new minister.

Harry walked into the study downstairs where he had first arrived at Snape Manor. Harry couldn't contain his smile at Ron's apparent drooling of the room, he couldn't wait to show him the rest of the manor. Harry snuck up behind Ron and said,

"You like the room then?"

Ron whirled around and said,

"Oh, I was wondering when you were going to get your butt down here, happy birthday. Yeah, this room is amazing."

Harry grinned and said,

"Thanks. Yeah, it's a nice room but wait until you see the rest of the place."

Just then it seemed that all of the other occupants in the room had discovered that Harry was there and he soon was surrounded by several people wishing him a happy birthday. He was drawn into a suffocating hug by Mrs. Weasley.

After all of the pleasantries were exchanged Severus moved them into the dining room for lunch since it was that time. Harry had had a lie in that morning so it was time to eat.

After eating a huge lunch which Harry promptly excused himself to go to the bathroom to throw up, everybody went out to enjoy the pool. And that means everybody. The adults mostly stayed on the deck and lounged in the many chairs and soaked up the sun while the kids enjoyed the pool.

After everybody was sick of the pool the kids went out and played quidditch on the pitch. They even got Severus, Sirius and Remus to play too. After finishing the game and Harry's team, which consisted of Ron, Fred and Ginny, won. They headed back to the manor to go to dinner.

Dinner was a rather long affair that night. The house elves had really outdone themselves and had made almost all of Harry's favorite dishes for the meal. A rather large birthday cake came out and Harry blew out all of his candles.

After the cake had been devoured they moved into the sitting room where it was time to open presents. Harry had received the usual book from Hermione, one on famous seekers through the centuries and their stats. From Ron he had gotten a supply of his favorite candy. Ginny had given Harry a ring that matched his necklace that she gave him for Christmas. From the twins he had received samples of their newest Wheezes. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had given him a handsome journal. From Remus and Sirius he had gotten a new set of wizards chess pieces and a wood carved owl figurine that looked a lot like Hedwig respectively. From his father he had gotten a note that said they would go shopping for new summer and winter clothes since Harry had grown some and needed new ones. From Draco he'd gotten a picture of the two of them lounging on Severus' couch in his private quarters at Hogwarts in a beautiful silver frame.

All in all, Harry loved every single gift that he received and told everybody so. Now it was time for everybody to go downstairs to the media room and watch a movie then it'd be bedtime. Severus and Draco had arranged to make this party sort of a sleepover and everybody would leave just after breakfast the next morning.

Everybody went down to the media room and easily situated themselves on the couch and in the bean bag chairs and laughed their heads off at the movie "Liar Liar." Harry had really developed a taste for Jim Carey and couldn't get enough of him.

After the movie was over everybody climbed the stairs rather tiredly and disappeared into their guest rooms that were between Harry, Draco and Severus' rooms. Harry immediately went to his bathroom and made himself throw up and take off the concealment charms since he didn't have to keep them up now that he was alone.

What Harry wasn't expecting was to come out of his bathroom only in his boxers with the charms down and have his father standing in the room with his arms crossed with a slight look of anger on his face.

"I wanted to say good night and that I hoped that you had fun today. We are not going to talk about this with your guests still here but know that once they are gone tomorrow that we are going to have a long and serious talk."

Harry couldn't help but revert back into his submissive self and bowed his head and nodded. Without saying another word Severus strode out of the room and left Harry to his own thoughts and to finish getting ready for bed.

A/N: I'm stopping there because I feel like it. *ducks flying objects and rotten vegetables* All right I'm sorry that it took me so long to get this chapter out but I've had the case of a pretty big writer's block but obviously I'm over that now and I know what I'm going to do with this fic so not to worry, the chapters will be coming out much quicker now. I'm very very sorry about taking so long but I also just got done with my first week back at the spring semester last week and I've been really busy and tired getting back into the routine of being in school but now I'm pretty much used to it so I'll be able to write more and now that I don't have a block anymore the chapters will be coming out probably every couple of days. But no promises. I love that I'm still getting reviews for this story up until this day even though it's been 2 weeks since I last updated or therabouts. Now push that little button and tell me what you think but no flames. I think this chapter sucked personally and I might go back and change stuff but I don't know. So I'll leave this for now and the next chapter should be out by friday, I hope. TTFN ALL!!!!!