Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, those rights belong to J.K. Rowling, scholastic, Warner Brothers. I only came up with some story line and a few characters that will be introduced in the story.

Here's Chapter 5, enjoy. I got two chapters out, hopefully with more to follow shortly.

What Else Can Happen

Chapter 5: Something Unexpected

The Pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound.

Maureen Duffy

Harry was hoping to hear from either Ron or Dumbledore this week to know if he could spend the remaining summer break at the Weasley's, and it was already Wednesday. Things hadn't been so bad so far this summer, at least they hadn't locked him under the stairs or hit him so much. When he was going to breakfast he got a very foreboding feeling, when he got to the kitchen he knew why. His uncle was looking particularly mane and nasty, Harry soon found out about what; a letter had come from Hogwarts that aid he was allowed to practice defensive spells. This seemed to be the last straw for his Uncle Vernon. Harry tried to reason out what would happen, his uncle Vernon was not about to let him do magic in the house. Vernon yelled "Get up to your room; you'll be locked there until we take you to the train!" Harry tried to explain why defense spells were important but realized his mistake to late. Uncle Vernon grabbed him by the throat and slammed him against the wall and proceeded to hit him. How they ended up in the living room, Harry didn't know. What he did know was that he was on the floor and being kicked, he heard some of his ribs crack. The next thing that happened was that he was slammed through a glass table; it broke and as he slammed against the broken glass a large piece entered his back and pierced through one of his lungs and his chest. The beating continued as e gasped for breath. Its funny he thought with everything I've been through, its muggles who will be my demise. At that moment he heard the front door burst open and both Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon shout "Who the hell are you!" He then heard a soft but dangerous voice answer menacingly "Wouldn't you like to know, but its not going to happen. I suggest you leave the boy alone." There was a tone in the voice that said or else.

Harry then saw a faint whitish-gold glow that grew stronger as someone approached him, he flinched slightly but the person didn't hurt him. Harry realized that it was a woman, who looked slightly familiar but he couldn't place from where. He realized that she had wings that were pearly white and she knelt beside him. It will be alright Harry he heard the voice in his mind, he thought that she must have telepathy. She gently floated him up as she stood and then carefully took him into her arms before she turned "I am taking him now and don't try to stop me." She told the Dursleys. She walked to the door and grabbed a hat held by another woman. The last thing that Harry was aware of before he blacked out was the sensation of a portkey. When he woke again the women was still there but had laid him on the ground and was kneeling beside him. She spoke calmly to him "This will hurt, but it has to be done; I'm sorry. Try to relax now Harry." She placed her left hand on his chest and carefully grabbed the piece of glass with her right and pulled it out as gently and quickly as she could. If he could have he would have screamed. The women then used some of the light around her to start healing his punctured lung. As he lost consciousness again he whispered "Thank you angel." The light that was flowing from her to Harry started to turn a dark reddish color.

Sorry – cliffhanger chapter