A/N: Hello everyone!!! Been a long time... But at last my projects are complete! On with the story!
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250 miles away, Sirius suddenly sat up in bed, awoken from his sleep.
"Harry!" He whispered. "Oh, God, Harry!"
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"REMUS! REMUS WAKE UP!" Sirius yelled running into Remus' room.
"Huh? What? Sirius what?"
"HARRY'S HURT, MOONY!"
"What?!" Remus was fully awake by now. "How do you know? It's 2 in the morning, Sirius. Go back to bed, it was just a dream."
"No! He's hurt, Moony! I know it! Remember yesterday? When something woke me up, but I didn't know what? It was Harry, Remus, I know it! He's hurt! I hav..."
"Sirius! Relax!" Remus shouted. "Just calm down for a second. We would know if Harry was in danger at all, Dumbledore has wards all over his house. No one could have gotten in without us knowing."
"He doesn't need protection against Death Eaters, Remus! He lives with the basta..." Sirius shut his mouth. He had almost given away Harry's secret. The one thing that Harry had never told anyone before.
"Sirius..." Remus gave Sirius the you-tell-me-everything-you-know-or-else look.
"I - I - I can't, Moony, I promised Harry..." Sirius sighed and buried his face in his hands. "His uncle," He whispered. "He, he hates him, Moony. Hates him. He would do anything to get rid of him, I know he would."
Remus was silent for a few seconds. "What do you think we should do, Sirius? It's 2 in the morning, it's not like we can just walk in there... First off, that would be completely rude, not to mention that the wards Dumbledore has on the house are set to not let ANYONE except Harry's family in..."
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!" Sirius shouted.
"What..."
"DON'T YOU EVER EVER EVER CALL THEM HIS FAMILY! GOT IT?! THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN HIS FAMILY! EVER!" And with that, Sirius crumpled into a heap on Remus' bed.
Remus sat still for a few minutes, making sure his friend was done. "Sirius," he finally whispered. "Sirius come on, let's go call Dumbledore, maybe he knows what's going on. Knowing him, he's up at 2 in the morning..."
Sirius just nodded and followed Remus down to the fireplace.
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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WON'T LOWER THE WARDS!?!?" Sirius shouted at Dumbledore through the flames.
"Sirius, it is 3 in the morning! I assure you that Harry is completely fine, and probably asleep right now. And might I remind you that it has only been a week and a half since he returned home? Nothing could have happened to him in that amount of time." Dumbledore stated calmly, at least as calmly as he could after being awoken by a frantic Sirius Black and Remus Lupin at 2 in the morning.
"Albus, please, just lower the wards for an hour, let us check on Harry." Remus tried to reason. "We won't take him, I promise, just let us check on him."
"No, Remus. I assure you both that I would know if any magical activity had happened on Privet Drive, and there has been none. Now, if you would excuse me, I would like to go back to sleep, as it is now 4 in the morning. Good night." And with that, Dumbledore's head disappeared from the fire.
Remus sighed and followed his friend upstairs, trying to think of a way to check on Harry.
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6 AM
The cupboard door clamed open and Harry was dragged out by Vernon.
"WAKE UP YOU BASTARD! YOU HAVE CHORES TO DO AND WE HAVE COMPANY TONIGHT! DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME? WAKE UP!" Vernon saw that this wasn't going to bring Harry out of his unconscious state, and dropped him to the floor. He came back a few minutes later with the butcher knife.
Harry screamed as the knife cut into him, waking him up.
"Much better," Vernon said. "Now get to work! I don't have all day, boy!"
Harry just looked at him. How was he supposed to get anything done when he couldn't move? He noticed that he was a very very faint feeling in his legs, which meant that his neck wasn't broken, or at least he though so.
"STILL NOT UP, BOY! I'LL TEACH YOU FOR NOT LISTENING TO ME!"
Hits rained down on Harry for a few hours, Harry wasn't sure how long, and to him it felt like forever. Finally Vernon stopped and threw Harry into the icy cold garage, for it had been rather cold since Harry had gotten home. Harry smashed into the car and landed halfway underneath the car. Then he felt nothing.
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"SIRIUS! For the last time, I will not take the wards down! Leave me alone!" Dumbledore's head disappeared once again from the fire.
"Sirius, give it a rest," Remus said. "No matter how many times you tell him to, it's not going to work... Sirius, where are you going?"
"To Dumbledore's office."
"WHAT! Sirius! You have to be crazy!"
"And I'll sit there all day until he takes down the wards. Are you coming or not, Moony?"
"Fine."
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Harry woke up as a bucket of ice water was thrown on him. Dudley laughed. "Dad told me to wake you up. Said he needs to get the car out and if you don't move then he'll run over you!" Dudley left, laughing, to go watch his favorite T.V. show.
Harry moaned in pain. How was he supposed to move? He couldn't even open his eyes he was so weak. And he was so cold. The ice water hadn't helped, now he was soaked and laying on a freezing concrete floor, and the window on the side door was still broken so there was a horrible draft.
"GET UP, BOY! What? Oh, so you're not going to, eh? Fine then, have it your way."
Vernon laughed as he got into his car, and started the engine.
Harry tried to move, but he couldn't. "Please! Wait!" he cried out, but Vernon wouldn't listen. Harry screamed as the car backed out over his legs, stopping for a moment, then continued on its way, like nothing had happened.
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"Sirius! I have work to do! For the last time, leave!" Albus Dumbledore was upset, to say the least. Remus had never seen him so angry.
"Sirius," Remus started, cautiously. "Sirius, it's not going to work, let's go..."
Sirius ignored Remus and smacked the pen out of Dumbledore's hand causing him to look up.
"Lower. The. Wards. Before. I. Kill. You." He whispered dangerously. "I promise I will kill you if it means saving Harry."
Dumbledore just looked at Sirius. He had never seen Sirius like this, ever. He knew that Sirius would keep his word about killing him, Sirius was that way. He had a one-track mind, and right now it was focused on Harry.
Dumbledore sighed. "The wars will be lowered for an hour at 5 tonight as long as you leave me alone, Sirius. You are not to take Harry from his family under any conditions, understood?"
Sirius nodded, still angry with the headmaster, and stalked out of the room, Remus following behind.
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"Sirius! What are you doing?!" Remus stared, shocked, at what once used to be his guestroom in his small house. There was now one bed, Sirius', and a cot. Sirius was currently shifting his bed to the wall with Remus' wand.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm making room for Harry, duh."
"Sirius, Dumbledore said-"
"Do you really think I care what Dumbledore said? Harry's coming back with us, whether Dumbledore likes it or not, and if you don't want Harry here then I'll just take him and leave-"
"Sirius! I never said that I didn't want Harry here! How could I not?! I filed for his custody 17 times after Lily and James were killed, and I only stopped there because the Ministry threatened to throw me in jail for harassment if I didn't stop! How could I not want Harry here?"
Sirius stared at his friend for a moment before slumping down on the cot and burying his face in his hands.
"I'm sorry, Moony. It's just that... Harry's hurt, Remus, I know he is. And I can't be there to help him, I don't care what Dumbledore says, Harry isn't safe there. He needs out."
Remus sat down next to Sirius. "How do you know that he's hurt, Sir?"
Sirius paused. "It's weird," he said softly. "It's like... like I can feel what he's feeling, but only different... I've felt it before, during the tournament, but this is stronger, it's like he's calling to me, asking me to help him... Do you know what I mean?"
Remus nodded. "Yah, sort of... Can you contact him, Sirius? Like he can to you?"
"I don't know, I haven't tried yet, hang on."
Sirius focused on trying to contact Harry. "Nothing." He finally said. He glanced at the clock, 4:45. "Come on, Moony! We have to go!"
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"Vernon! Come on, swettie! Marge will be here any minute!"
"Coming, Petunia. Just let me finish with Him."
Vernon glanced at Harry, who lay on the floor in a bloody heap.
"Listen here, boy. I swear if you make one wrong move tonight, I'll kill you, understood?"
Harry nodded slightly, wincing at the sudden pain, which caused him even more pain.
"Good." Vernon gave Harry one final kick in the head and dumped the bucket of ice water that had been outside all day onto Harry before going inside. Harry lay there in the garage, soaking wet, freezing, and in more pain then ever before until finally the welcomed darkness came and he felt no more.
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"So Marge, how are you dogs doing?" Petunia asked politely as they sat in the living room drinking tea after dinner.
"Fine," Marge said. "I left them with the Cornel. He loves them. Vernon, have you found a job yet?"
Vernon never got to answer as just then a giant mass of black fur came flying through the window and landing straight on top of him.
A/N: How evil am I? hehe. Sorry about not posting for a while, my projects are finally done, and now I have some time to write! I won't put the next chapter up until I have a total of 40 separate reviews. Separate as in 40 separate people. Anywayz...
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~*~ ~*~ ~*~
250 miles away, Sirius suddenly sat up in bed, awoken from his sleep.
"Harry!" He whispered. "Oh, God, Harry!"
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"REMUS! REMUS WAKE UP!" Sirius yelled running into Remus' room.
"Huh? What? Sirius what?"
"HARRY'S HURT, MOONY!"
"What?!" Remus was fully awake by now. "How do you know? It's 2 in the morning, Sirius. Go back to bed, it was just a dream."
"No! He's hurt, Moony! I know it! Remember yesterday? When something woke me up, but I didn't know what? It was Harry, Remus, I know it! He's hurt! I hav..."
"Sirius! Relax!" Remus shouted. "Just calm down for a second. We would know if Harry was in danger at all, Dumbledore has wards all over his house. No one could have gotten in without us knowing."
"He doesn't need protection against Death Eaters, Remus! He lives with the basta..." Sirius shut his mouth. He had almost given away Harry's secret. The one thing that Harry had never told anyone before.
"Sirius..." Remus gave Sirius the you-tell-me-everything-you-know-or-else look.
"I - I - I can't, Moony, I promised Harry..." Sirius sighed and buried his face in his hands. "His uncle," He whispered. "He, he hates him, Moony. Hates him. He would do anything to get rid of him, I know he would."
Remus was silent for a few seconds. "What do you think we should do, Sirius? It's 2 in the morning, it's not like we can just walk in there... First off, that would be completely rude, not to mention that the wards Dumbledore has on the house are set to not let ANYONE except Harry's family in..."
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!" Sirius shouted.
"What..."
"DON'T YOU EVER EVER EVER CALL THEM HIS FAMILY! GOT IT?! THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN HIS FAMILY! EVER!" And with that, Sirius crumpled into a heap on Remus' bed.
Remus sat still for a few minutes, making sure his friend was done. "Sirius," he finally whispered. "Sirius come on, let's go call Dumbledore, maybe he knows what's going on. Knowing him, he's up at 2 in the morning..."
Sirius just nodded and followed Remus down to the fireplace.
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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WON'T LOWER THE WARDS!?!?" Sirius shouted at Dumbledore through the flames.
"Sirius, it is 3 in the morning! I assure you that Harry is completely fine, and probably asleep right now. And might I remind you that it has only been a week and a half since he returned home? Nothing could have happened to him in that amount of time." Dumbledore stated calmly, at least as calmly as he could after being awoken by a frantic Sirius Black and Remus Lupin at 2 in the morning.
"Albus, please, just lower the wards for an hour, let us check on Harry." Remus tried to reason. "We won't take him, I promise, just let us check on him."
"No, Remus. I assure you both that I would know if any magical activity had happened on Privet Drive, and there has been none. Now, if you would excuse me, I would like to go back to sleep, as it is now 4 in the morning. Good night." And with that, Dumbledore's head disappeared from the fire.
Remus sighed and followed his friend upstairs, trying to think of a way to check on Harry.
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6 AM
The cupboard door clamed open and Harry was dragged out by Vernon.
"WAKE UP YOU BASTARD! YOU HAVE CHORES TO DO AND WE HAVE COMPANY TONIGHT! DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME? WAKE UP!" Vernon saw that this wasn't going to bring Harry out of his unconscious state, and dropped him to the floor. He came back a few minutes later with the butcher knife.
Harry screamed as the knife cut into him, waking him up.
"Much better," Vernon said. "Now get to work! I don't have all day, boy!"
Harry just looked at him. How was he supposed to get anything done when he couldn't move? He noticed that he was a very very faint feeling in his legs, which meant that his neck wasn't broken, or at least he though so.
"STILL NOT UP, BOY! I'LL TEACH YOU FOR NOT LISTENING TO ME!"
Hits rained down on Harry for a few hours, Harry wasn't sure how long, and to him it felt like forever. Finally Vernon stopped and threw Harry into the icy cold garage, for it had been rather cold since Harry had gotten home. Harry smashed into the car and landed halfway underneath the car. Then he felt nothing.
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"SIRIUS! For the last time, I will not take the wards down! Leave me alone!" Dumbledore's head disappeared once again from the fire.
"Sirius, give it a rest," Remus said. "No matter how many times you tell him to, it's not going to work... Sirius, where are you going?"
"To Dumbledore's office."
"WHAT! Sirius! You have to be crazy!"
"And I'll sit there all day until he takes down the wards. Are you coming or not, Moony?"
"Fine."
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Harry woke up as a bucket of ice water was thrown on him. Dudley laughed. "Dad told me to wake you up. Said he needs to get the car out and if you don't move then he'll run over you!" Dudley left, laughing, to go watch his favorite T.V. show.
Harry moaned in pain. How was he supposed to move? He couldn't even open his eyes he was so weak. And he was so cold. The ice water hadn't helped, now he was soaked and laying on a freezing concrete floor, and the window on the side door was still broken so there was a horrible draft.
"GET UP, BOY! What? Oh, so you're not going to, eh? Fine then, have it your way."
Vernon laughed as he got into his car, and started the engine.
Harry tried to move, but he couldn't. "Please! Wait!" he cried out, but Vernon wouldn't listen. Harry screamed as the car backed out over his legs, stopping for a moment, then continued on its way, like nothing had happened.
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"Sirius! I have work to do! For the last time, leave!" Albus Dumbledore was upset, to say the least. Remus had never seen him so angry.
"Sirius," Remus started, cautiously. "Sirius, it's not going to work, let's go..."
Sirius ignored Remus and smacked the pen out of Dumbledore's hand causing him to look up.
"Lower. The. Wards. Before. I. Kill. You." He whispered dangerously. "I promise I will kill you if it means saving Harry."
Dumbledore just looked at Sirius. He had never seen Sirius like this, ever. He knew that Sirius would keep his word about killing him, Sirius was that way. He had a one-track mind, and right now it was focused on Harry.
Dumbledore sighed. "The wars will be lowered for an hour at 5 tonight as long as you leave me alone, Sirius. You are not to take Harry from his family under any conditions, understood?"
Sirius nodded, still angry with the headmaster, and stalked out of the room, Remus following behind.
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"Sirius! What are you doing?!" Remus stared, shocked, at what once used to be his guestroom in his small house. There was now one bed, Sirius', and a cot. Sirius was currently shifting his bed to the wall with Remus' wand.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm making room for Harry, duh."
"Sirius, Dumbledore said-"
"Do you really think I care what Dumbledore said? Harry's coming back with us, whether Dumbledore likes it or not, and if you don't want Harry here then I'll just take him and leave-"
"Sirius! I never said that I didn't want Harry here! How could I not?! I filed for his custody 17 times after Lily and James were killed, and I only stopped there because the Ministry threatened to throw me in jail for harassment if I didn't stop! How could I not want Harry here?"
Sirius stared at his friend for a moment before slumping down on the cot and burying his face in his hands.
"I'm sorry, Moony. It's just that... Harry's hurt, Remus, I know he is. And I can't be there to help him, I don't care what Dumbledore says, Harry isn't safe there. He needs out."
Remus sat down next to Sirius. "How do you know that he's hurt, Sir?"
Sirius paused. "It's weird," he said softly. "It's like... like I can feel what he's feeling, but only different... I've felt it before, during the tournament, but this is stronger, it's like he's calling to me, asking me to help him... Do you know what I mean?"
Remus nodded. "Yah, sort of... Can you contact him, Sirius? Like he can to you?"
"I don't know, I haven't tried yet, hang on."
Sirius focused on trying to contact Harry. "Nothing." He finally said. He glanced at the clock, 4:45. "Come on, Moony! We have to go!"
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"Vernon! Come on, swettie! Marge will be here any minute!"
"Coming, Petunia. Just let me finish with Him."
Vernon glanced at Harry, who lay on the floor in a bloody heap.
"Listen here, boy. I swear if you make one wrong move tonight, I'll kill you, understood?"
Harry nodded slightly, wincing at the sudden pain, which caused him even more pain.
"Good." Vernon gave Harry one final kick in the head and dumped the bucket of ice water that had been outside all day onto Harry before going inside. Harry lay there in the garage, soaking wet, freezing, and in more pain then ever before until finally the welcomed darkness came and he felt no more.
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"So Marge, how are you dogs doing?" Petunia asked politely as they sat in the living room drinking tea after dinner.
"Fine," Marge said. "I left them with the Cornel. He loves them. Vernon, have you found a job yet?"
Vernon never got to answer as just then a giant mass of black fur came flying through the window and landing straight on top of him.
A/N: How evil am I? hehe. Sorry about not posting for a while, my projects are finally done, and now I have some time to write! I won't put the next chapter up until I have a total of 40 separate reviews. Separate as in 40 separate people. Anywayz...
Atiekay: 'Me wants yous toes continues' you want my toes??? Hmmmm... Well ya can't have them, little sis!
Ms. Padfoot: I have permission to continue???? Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amy Potter 13: hehe, I can do whatever I want!
Olivier-Killand-Wood: me continuing...
Minerva-Severus-Dumbledor: I like it better, to.
Rhiain: here ya go!
kateydidnt: Nope, he probably won't.
Essence of Magic: Hmmm, a reason why... You have any ideas? I hadn't though of that yet, thanx!
MorganD: Thanks.
SunshineSazy: Continuing.
Lela Potter: Here's more! Or is it, there's more?...
GoldenRose: backs away slowly. Here ya go! Have fun!
Elektra Joradees Gamblin: more written.
Hi: uhhhhhhhhhhh hi?
