Yay, another chapter up, I have to thank my sister for nearly getting grounded for something I didn't do, I swear, whenever something goes wrong with the computers in our house, I'm always to blame. Just because I can hack into the parent controls on the computer dosn't mean that I'm guilty, geez...parents. Uh, enough ranting, ya know, reviews are really nice, hint hint, get it?

A week later, Remus woke Harry up at 3:00 a.m much to his displeasure.

"Come on Harry, get up, we have to be at the hospital in an hour." Remus saw Sirius smiling evilly from where he stood on the other side of the bed. Remus nodded his approval.

Suddenly a large bucket of water dumped itself onto the form of Harry Potter, instantly waking him. Remus and Sirius were laughing extremely hard at his face. He looked so startled, when he realized what had happened he gave both the older wizards a look, and then started laughing too.

At 4:00 a.m all three of them arrived at the hospital (Sirius in dog form yet again). They were brought to a small hospital room. As they readied Harry for surgery, Remus was deep in thought, was this the right thing to do? Was it too soon after the accident? No, he firmly told himself, Harry needs this if he ever wants to walk again, He wants this, and he told us he wanted to be able to walk again, the surgery is the only way.

Right before they took Harry away to the operating room, Remus gave him a semi hug, and said, "It'll be ok Harry we're right here, waiting for you."

Sirius put his front paws on the bed and gave Harry a large, sloppy, wet lick. Harry scratched Sirius's head in return, then whipped the dog spit off his face.

Remus paced up the hallway for the next few hours, they had went to the waiting room, which was occupied by a few people. Sirius had curled up under a chair, waiting anxiously.

"Ah, you must have someone going through their first surgery, right?" A woman with short blonde hair stood up and extended her hand to Remus, causing him to stop his pacing, and shake it. "My name's Lindsey Newman, my daughter Cathy has had five surgeries, so we know how you feel."

Remus smiled slightly, "That explains how you can be so calm, my name's Remus Lupin. Harry is in his first surgery. I don't think I can sit down if I tried. Is it normal to be this nervous?"

"Yeah, it's normal for the first, maybe second surgery. So Harry's related to you?"

"No, I'm his legal guardian, his parents were killed in a car crash when he was a baby, then the relatives that were supposed to take care of him were killed in a fire. So I'm his only family, except that big mutt under the chair over there, that's Padfoot."

Both Remus and Lindsey sat down and began chatting about Cathy and Harry.

"My Cathy is fifteen; she lost both her legs when she was thirteen when she was hit by a drunk driver. Since then, we've been in and out of different hospitals."

"Harry is going to be sixteen in a month, he was in the house when the fire that killed his relatives happened, the roof collapsed on him. His back was broken, so he as no feeling to his legs. Hopefully this surgery will change that."

Sirius came over and sniffed Lindsey, then sat down while Lindsey scratched his ears.

"Oh, that's horrible, I mean to lose like your entire family, life's just not fair to him is it?" Lindsey said, still scratching Sirius's ears.

Another person joined them in their conversation, a man about 30 with black hair that was slightly turning gray around the temples. "My son Sam fell out of his tree house, breaking his back in three places. He's only eight years old and he already knows hospitals are where he is probably going to spend the rest of his life."

"Oh you mean that cute little boy in room 181; he was so sweet when I walked in be accident, trying to find the lounge." Lindsey said thoughtfully.

"Yeah, that'd be my little Sam, before the accident he dreamed of being a football (soccer) star. He was really good too; we'd kick the ball around in the backyard every night after I got back from work."

Remus rubbed his head, he was still worried about Harry though, he was also worried about the face he was endangering these kind people and their children, who they were more than happy to tell about. Right now the man, who had introduced himself as Jerry, was showing Lindsey baby pictures of Sam that were in his wallet.

Remus stood back up and began pacing again, it ad been four hours, weren't they done yet, if Remus got any more nervous, he knew his magic would begin to kick in, thinking his life was in danger or something.

Sirius whined, looking as Remus as if he was saying 'what's taking so long?' Remus smiled weakly, and then sighed, it was no use, he couldn't calm down.

"I'm going to go get some tea or something, Padfoot, you coming?" Remus said, and much to the amusement of the people in the waiting room, he followed obediently as if he knew what Remus had said, imagine that.

Remus sat down of the plastic bench in the mess hall, he began sipping his coffee, which was the closest to tea they had. Sirius was drinking water from a small bowl. Some kids were entering the hall as breakfast was being served. He saw a girl around seventeen with a prosthetic arm hand a girl who was slightly younger, and missing a leg, a tray she had brought from the lunch line, since the younger girl was in a wheelchair.

A few kids had stopped to pet Sirius, one younger girl, maybe four or five, with long curly blonde hair, actually gave Padfoot a hug and a kiss on the snout.

"Come on Padfoot, let's go." Remus and Sirius left the hall and went back to the waiting room. Lindsey and Jerry were both gone, so Remus went over to a corner and sat down in a chair, Sirius curled up in front of his feet.

An hour later, a tired Sirius and Remus were showed to Harry's room. The boy hooked up to all the tubes and machines looked different from the fun-loving boy they knew. His pale face was in extreme contrast with his black hair. His eyes were closed, he was sleeping peacefully and didn't seem in too much pain. Remus sat down in a chair next to the bed, while Sirius, protective as ever, jumped without hesitation onto the bed. He managed to avoid all the tubes and such attached to his godson, and curled up next to the still form. Remus smiled at the sight, Sirius had one eye open, one eye shut, keeping watch on one of his last precious links to his past.

Remus yawed, leaned back in the chair, and immediately fell asleep.