Title: Cruel Summer

Summary: see chapter one

Disclaimer: see chapter one

A/N: Forgive any mistakes, any reviews will be welcome

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Thanks to the reviewers and the flamer! You make my day! Now to the fic. It is a shorter chapter but the next chapter is longer.

Chapter 27

Severus looked at his watch. It had been over an hour, and Harry had not come back. Severus got up from his seat an excused himself. He would have to discuss being on time with his son. He walked all the way back to the quidditch pitch, but found no Harry or Weasley. "Perhaps thye are in the Great Hall by now" he said to himself, thinking they might have taken a different way back. His heart began to beat a little faster when he walked back in, and there was still no Harry.

"Albus, Have you seen Harry?" he asked no longer caring if he looked worried or not. "I cannot find him anywhere."

This automatically put Ms. Weasley into frantic mother mode. Albus raised himself up. "Calm down. I am sure they will turn up. Everyone meet back here in an hour."

Everyone got up and departed the hall, but as Sirius walked by he mumbled, "Only had him for a while, and already he has lost him." Any other time Severus would have hexed him into oblivion, but right now he wanted to first find his son.

An hour later everyone trooped back into the Great Hall. No one had found either of the boys, and Ms. Weasley was in tears. Albus again raised his hands.

"Calm down perhaps one of the house elves have seen them." With a yell Dobby appeared before the headmaster. "Dobby have you seen Harry or Mr. Weasley?"

Dobby fidgited where he stood. "Dobby did not want to get Harry Potter into trouble. Dobby saw them go into the forest over three hours ago. Dobby shall have to punish himself for telling."

"Thank you Dobby, that is all" Dumbledore said, and then the house elf was gone with a pop.

Ms. Weasley had promptly fainted when she heard, and was now being revived by her husband. Severus stood, face blank, unmoving until Sirius lunged for his throat.

"You dirty bastard. You stand there without so much as a hint of worry on your face. I promise you this, if my godson is hurt in anyway, I will not sleep until I kill you for it!"

"Sirius Black! There will be no death threats. Someone must go into the forest and find them."

"I will go and find them both" Severus said finally glaring at Sirius, his hand on his wand.

"There is no way you are going without me greaseball" Sirius spat.

"You should both go now, and I think Remus should go to keep both of you from killing each other."

All three walked out of the castle, and headed into the depths of the forest. Ginny was white as a ghost, and she was currently being held up by her brothers. Ms. Weasley however was in tears as she rambled on about how they were just babies.

Harry had been running nonstop through the forest for over an hour. His mind was racing. How could they send him back to those horrible people? He was brought from his thoughts as a hand grabbed him on his shoulder. Harry spun around wand out and came face to face with Ron.

"Ron get out of here. Why did you follow me, your mother will be worried sick."

"Well I couldn't very well let me best mate come in here alone now could I. Harry why did you run in here?"

"I won't go back Ron, not to them."

"Was it horrible? Why would they treat someone like that?"

Harry shrugged his shoulders, "Come on we better get moving. I am sure they are out searching by now."

Little snarls, and other movements in the forest made them flinch every few minutes. Harry knew for every good creature in the forest, there were also ones who would kill upon sight. At last they came to a fork in the path. Looking at each other they decided to not follow either one, but to forge ahead through the overgrowth.

Remus and the other two stopped for a minute to rest. So far they had walked for over two hours, and had found no clue as to where the boys were.

"Remus is your senses on the fritz?" Sirius growled.

Remus looked shocked and hurt by the comment. "I am trying, but there are hundreds of creatures in the forest, so pinpointing them is hard."

"If you two are done playing blood hounds can we move on" Severus sneered.

Sirius reached out and grasped Severus' arm and turned him around. The next thing he felt was Sirius' fist connect with his jaw.

"You are the bloody reason we are out here in the first place. If you knew anything about being a father this would not have happened." Sirius said spit flying from his mouth. He had balled his fist up to strike Severus again, and Severus had drawn his wand.

Remus having seen enough stepped between them. "Enough!" he shouted. "We have no time for your petty quarrels. We have to find them it will be dark soon."

Both men glared at each other. "There will be time to hex you later, for now he is right, we should continue on. Hear me now though touch me again, and you will wish you had never been born." Severus said stalking away from the other two.

"Come on Sirius" Remus said dragging the sinister looking man along. "We do not need to be seperated now."