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Severus picked Remus up and carried him to his bedroom next door and he placed him on the bed. Then he closed to door behind him and then he turned around to see Molly coming up the stairs. She looked at Severus and asked,
"Do you need anything or any help with Harry?" Severus shook his head no. Then Molly turned around and went back down the stairs and into the kitchen to start fixing dinner. Severus followed Molly down stairs and he went into the living room and walked over to Tonks and whispered something in her ear. Then he turned around and walked back up the stairs. Tonks closed her book and followed Severus up the stairs. Severus went back to his room to attend to Harry. Tonks went into hers and Remus' room and sat down in a chair next to her passed out husband. She looked out the window and smiled. Ginny was outside playing with Teddy. Ginny was Molly niece who was staying with her Aunt and Uncle for the summer while her parents were on a special mission in America. Ginny's parents worked for a Special Forces group of the ministry. Next-door Severus picked up a rag and continued to clean the blood on Harry's back. Once all the blood was cleaned up, Severus stitched up Harry's open wounds and finished cleaning up Harry's back. Severus then took some cream and rubbed it on the bruises to help them heal faster. Then he placed his index and middle fingers on Harry's neck. There was barley a pulse, but there was one it was just very weak. Severus then placed his hand on Harry's head. It was still burning up. Then Severus went over to his desk and grabbed a syringe out of one of his drawers. He filled the syringe with a fever reducer and a potion to help regulate Harry's heartbeat. Severus then walked back over to the bed, picked up Harry's arm, wiped it clean and injected the medicine into his arm.
Meanwhile back at number four Privet Drive, Dudley looked at the clock on the wall it read 1:00. He picked up the remote, paused the movie and said to his mom,
"Mama, I have to go to the bathroom I will be right back." Petunia nodded and Dudley went up the stairs and he slowly opened the attic door and crept up the stairs. He got to the top of the stairs and breathed a sigh of relief. Remus and Tonks had come to get Harry. They must have come while the exterminators were here. Dudley walked back down the attic stairs. When he reached the bottom of the stairs he closed the door quietly and began to pick up the arrows. Once all the arrows were picked up, Dudley placed them in his desk drawer. He then put his rope ladder down out of the window, climbed down moved his dad's ladder back to the shed. Then he climbed up his rope ladder back to his room. He placed his ladder back under his window, walked down the hall, and flushed the toilet. He then walked back down the stairs and sat down next to his mom and pressed play.
Back at Grimwald Place, Remus began to come to. He sat up and said,
"What happened? I remember spraying the Dursley's house for bugs and then I remember seeing my cub badly injured. Oh my god Harry." Remus tried to get up and run out of the room but Tonks stopped him and said,
" Remus calm down. Harry is badly injured yes. His back was badly beaten and it is covered in welts, bruises, and blood lots of blood. He is also unconscious and has a high fever. Other than that I don't know anything else." Remus just sat down on the bed and put his hands in his head. He took a few deep breaths and then said,
"Is he going to be okay?" Tonks sighed and said,
"Severus is one of the best people to help Harry. He is going to be okay. It is just going to take time."
Over in Severus's room, Severus placed his hand on Harry's forehead. His head was cooling down. Severus then placed his index and middle fingers on Harry's neck. His pulse was getting stronger. Severus looked at Harry's back, most of the swelling and bruising had gone down. So Severus decided to flip Harry over and so he went next door to get Tonks to help him. Severus knocked on the door and Tonks opened it. Severus explained that he needed Tonks' help to flip Harry over. Tonks looked at Remus and said, "You can come with us if you will not panic or overreact and you must remain calm at all cost." Remus agreed and the three of them walked back to Severus' room. Remus sat down in the chair at Severus' desk. Severus closed the door behind them and then he placed a silencing charm on the room. Severus and Tonks then gently rolled over Harry on to his back. As soon as they did Severus noticed the marks on Harry's stomach. Severus grabbed a tube of cream used for red spots and cuts from the dresser and put some on his fingers and he began to rub the cream on the marks. Then Severus noticed a huge bruise on Harry's stomach. He gently touched the bruise and there was so much blood built up underneath it made the bruise feel like glue. It was at this point that Severus got a worried look on his face. It the bruise was moved like that then there was only one explanation with two parts. He looked at Tonks and said,
"Feel the bruise." Tonks placed her fingers gently on the bruise. As soon as she did she pulled her hand back and shuddered "There is one explanation with two parts." Tonks gave Severus a look as if to tell him to continue. "Harry has probably been kicked repeatedly over and over again in the stomach in this one spot which has caused it to bruise like that. Remus leaned forward in the chair and said,
"And the second part is?" Severus continued,
"The only reason that it would feel like that and not be harder in the middle would be that there is a consistent supply of blood." Remus stood up and walked towards Tonks, Severus, and an unconscious Harry and as he did he said,
" That would mean that he is bleeding out inside right? Just then from behind them, Remus, Tonks, and Severus heard a voice ask,
"Who is bleeding out inside?" All three of them turned around to see who had come into the room. When they turned around they saw Sirius standing up against the doorframe. Severus walked over to Sirius, pulled him into the room closed the door and walked him over to the chairs by his desk. Then he said,
"Sirius I need you to remain calm and not overreact." Sirius looked at Severus with a concerned look on his face. Severus continued, " Harry is here but…"
"My godson is here and you didn't tell me he was here! Where is he?" Sirius got up and began to look around for Harry. Then he looked between Tonks and Remus, who were still standing by the bed, and then he caught a glimpse of Harry's brown hair. He walked closer and saw the marks and bruises and he sank to his knees. Tonks walked over to him and got down next to him, put her arm around him and said,
" We would have told you sooner but we knew that you would overreact and the three of us figured it would be better to wait till we got him here and learned the extent of his injuries before we told you." Sirius hung his head. Severus walked over to his desk and grabbed a syringe and walked back over to the bed, looked at Tonks and said,
"Take Remus and Sirius out of the room. They don't need to be in here right now. Then I need you to come back and help me with something." Tonks nodded and then she proceeded to get Sirius and Remus out of the room. This took a little bit of persuasion on Tonks part.
"Remus Sirius lets go. Out now!" Sirius complained,
"But but but my godson!"
"Sirius Black get out now or so help me I will drag you out by your ear." Tonks demanded. Sirius got up and quickly left the room. Tonks grabbed Remus by his ear and dragged him out of the room, she closed the door, and then she placed a silencing charm and a pass lock on the door so that Sirius and Remus could not get in. She then walked back over to the bed and asked Severus, " What do you need me to do?"
" Please gently place your hands on either side of the bruise and make sure that you don't press down. Tonks placed her hands on either side of the bruise. Severus took the syringe and inserted it into the middle of the bruise. He then began to pull the syringe back and it very quickly began to fill up with blood. The blood was liquid and it was not clotting at all. Just then Harry began to toss and turn. He was having a nightmare. Severus pulled the syringe out and grabbed a stack of gauze and handed it to Tonks you placed it over the bruise. Severus went over to his desk grabbed another syringe and filled with a calming potion and he ran back over to the bed and injected the syringe into Harry's arm. After a few minutes, Harry began to calm down. He opened his eyes and blinked a few times. After his eyes came into focus he realized that he was no longer in the hot attic of his relatives but in an actual bed in a nice cool room. Then he looked around and then he looked to his left and saw two familiar faces looking at him, Professor Snape and Tonks. Harry tried to sit up but Severus stopped him. Then Harry asked,
"How long have I been here and why does my arm hurt?"
"Since about 12:15 this afternoon, a fever reducer mixed with a potion to bring your heart rate back up and a calming potion." Tonks said. Severus then asked,
"Other than your arm being sore how are you feeling?"
"I am fine!" said Harry. Tonks glared at Harry and then said,
"The truth Harry now!"
"I am fine!" Harry said again. This time Tonks didn't say a word she just glared, a glare that made even Severus shudder. Harry sighed and said,
"My stomach hurts and my wrist hurts. My back has stopped burning." Severus handed Tonks some more gauze and said,
" Your back has stopped burning because I cleaned up your back and stitched up the cuts. I also put some cream on your bruises. Your stomach hurts because of the huge bruise that you have on your stomach. There is also probably a blood leak in your body because your blood is not clotting like it should. Which wrist hurts?"
"It is just a little sore from finals and things like that." Harry said. Severus picked up Harry's left wrist and began to push around on it. Then after a few seconds, Severus put Harry's left wrist down and picked up Harry's right wrist and began to push down on it. Harry tried not to wince in pain but that didn't work too well. Severus put Harry's wrist down and said,
"Your wrist is broken in multiple places. What did you do?" Harry thought to himself for a minute. He could tell the truth or he could lie. After a few minutes Harry said,
" I fell on it while at school right before final exams started." Severus looked at Harry and then said,
"Harry falling on your wrist doesn't cause your bone to break in a many pieces as your wrist is broken in. Now what really happened?"
"I told you I fell on it at school!" Then he muttered under his breath, "Someone might have stepped on it multiple times." Severus looked at Harry and said,
"Who stepped on your wrist?" Harry just lay there and stared at the wall. Severus asked again,
"Harry who stepped on your wrist?" Harry looked at Severus and said,
"I can't tell you!"
"Why not?" Asked Tonks.
"He will hurt me if I say anything!" said Harry looking around nervously.
"Who will hurt you?" Asked Severus.
" I can't say anything." Harry said again. Severus then asked,
"How long ago did it happen?" Harry thought for a minute then said,
"About two weeks ago." Severus then sighed and said,
" That is what I thought. Your bone has begun to heal itself but it is healing itself crooked."
"What does that mean? Can it not just heal on its own and it will straighten out later?"
"No if your bone heals on its own it will be worse in the long run. What it is going to look like is that I am going to have to re-break your wrist. I will then set the bone and then give you skele-gro to heal your wrist the right way and faster than normal so that you will be able to use your wrist sooner. But the more pressing issue right now is your stomach. There is a very good chance that your stomach is bleeding out inside somewhere." Harry dropped his jaw and after a few seconds said,
"I am bleeding out inside my body somewhere?"
"Yes that is why your stomach is hurting. Somewhere inside you are bleeding out and that is why the bruise on your stomach is not healing and it is as bad as it is. The blood underneath is not clotting like it should have." Tonks said. Harry sighed and after a few minutes he asked,
"So if I am bleeding out somewhere then I am going to need surgery to fix it right?" Tonks looked at Severus and Severus looked at Tonks. Then Severus said,
" Yes, the only problem is that I am not legally certified to perform major surgery."
"Is there not a spell that you can use to fix my stomach?" Harry asked. Severus sighed and said,
"Unfortunately not. If there was I would have already done so, but like I said there is not one." Harry let out a sigh. Just then there was a knock at the door. Severus went to the door and opened it just a crack to see who was at the door. It was Arthur Weasley. Severus looked at Tonks and mouth the word 'Arthur' and she nodded and Severus stepped out of the room closing the door behind him. Arthur and Severus walked down the hallway to the Weasley's bedroom. Arthur closed the door behind them. Then he took out his wand and placed a silencing charm on the room. Then he said,
"Molly told me when I got home from work just now that Harry is here." Severus nodded so Arthur continued, "How is he?" Severus sat down on the trunk at the end of the bed and said,
"When he first arrived his back was covered in fresh blood, dried blood, bruises, welts, and he has the word stupid carved into the top of his back. I cleaned up the blood and put some cream on his back to help heal the bruises. His right wrist is shattered. He said that he fell on it at school and that someone stepped on it. It has begun to heal on its own and it is healing crooked. That means that I am going to have to re-break it and give him skele-gro. He also has a huge bruise on his stomach. The bruise is about the size of my fist. The bruise was extremely soft when I touched it and it bounced back like glue. The blood has not clotted like it should have under the bruise. Harry is loosing blood somewhere inside his body. I am pretty sure that it is in his stomach. Tonks is currently keeping pressure on his stomach so that he doesn't bleed out that way. I inserted a syringe into the bruise and the blood came out very runny there was no clotting at all." Arthur sat down in the chair by his desk and thought for a couple of minutes trying to take everything in. Then he asked,
"How on earth could he get a bruise that big on his stomach?"
"The only way for him to get a bruise that big would be for someone to kick him in the exact same spot over and over again without stopping and over a long period of time." Arthur shook his head and then said,
"Who would purposely kick someone over and over again in the stomach like that?" Severus shrugged. "Can you find out who has been doing this to him? Whoever it is needs to be punished."
"I can try. What do we do about his stomach? If we take him to St. Mungos Dumbledore will find out and you know he has it out for Harry." Arthur thought for a minute and then said,
"Yeah I know. He thinks that Harry wants to kill him and take over the world with the elder wand. He also hates all children especially Harry. I am not even sure how he got the job. I am going to let you perform the surgery to fix Harry's stomach. What do you need?" Severus just looked at Arthur and said,
"I am not certified to perform major surgery."
"I am the minster of magic. I can do what I want when I want. Now what do you need?" Severus thought for a minute then said,
"I will need a scalpel, lots of lap pads, an oxygen mask, oxygen tank, heart monitor, anesthetic, needle, thread, a clamp, an IV needle and a small amount of tubing and blood 0+ since I don't know Harry's blood type. I think that is all I need."
"Okay I will have those things for you first thing in the morning." Arthur said. Severus thanked him and left the room. He walked down the hall to his room and as soon as he opened the door to his room before he had even gotten all the way inside Tonks turned towards the door and said,
"Sev what are we going to do Harry has lot a lot of blood and he keeps going in and out of consciousness." Severus closed the door and said,
"Arthur has given me permission to me perform the surgery. He is going to have the supplies here first thing in the morning.
"He won't make it till morning. He has already lost too much blood."
"I will see if Arthur can get the stuff tonight then." Severus then walked out of his room closed the door and walked down the hall and knocked on the Weasley's door. Arthur said to come in. Severus entered the room and closed the door behind him. Then he said,
"Harry is bleeding out really bad and Tonks says that he will not make it till morning. I am going to have to do the surgery tonight or we will lose Harry."
" I will floo to St. Mungos now and get the supplies." Arthur then left his room. Severus walked back down the hall to Remus and Tonks' room and knocked on the door. Remus opened the door. Severus walked in and closed the door. Both Sirius and Remus had worried looks on their faces. Severus began to explain,
"Harry is bleeding out inside as you already knew. I am not sure where yet but Arthur has given me permission to perform the surgery to fix Harry's stomach. I will begin as soon as Arthur gets back from St. Mungos with the supplies." Just then there was a knock on the door. Severus opened it to find Arthur standing there with a box. "That was fast." Arthur just smiled and Severus walked out of the room and back to his room. He walked in and closed the door behind him. He set the box down on a chair. He got out the heart monitor and placed it on the nightstand and then attached the pads to Harry's chest and turned on the machine. He then took out the oxygen mask and tank and placed the mask over Harry's nose and mouth and turned on the machine. Severus then took the IV needle and inserted it into Harry's left arm and attached the tube. Harry winced in pain despite the fact that he was only slightly conscious. He then filled a syringe with the anesthetic and inserted it into the IV. Then he attached the blood tube to the IV tube. Harry began to doze off. His heart rate began to slow down. Severus grabbed two pairs of gloves and handed one to Tonks. He then handed a stack of lap pads to Tonks. He picked up the scalpel and said,
"Okay on the count of three please remove the gauze, one, two, three!" Tonks removed the gauze and Severus made a horizontal cut in Harry's stomach above the bruise. As soon as he did blood went everywhere. Meanwhile everyone else was downstairs eating dinner. After about thirty minutes, Tonks and Severus finally got the bleeding under control. Jus then Arthur poked his head in and said,
"I don't mean to interrupt but Tonks there is a group of death eaters on a killing spree in downtown London and the aurous have been called in to help." Severus looked at Tonks and said,
"Go I have things here under control." Tonks left with Charlie, Bill, Percy, and Arthur. After dinner Molly decided to take Ginny shopping in Hogsmead. Fred and George tagged along hoping to pick up some more jokes at the joke shop since they were running low. Sirius decided to go take a nap in a hammock in the backyard. Just as Severus began to stitch up Harry's stomach, the heart monitor began to go off. Harry was in cardiac arrest. Severus muttered under his breath, 'Damn it!' Then he screamed. "Molly!" There was no response so he screamed again, "Molly!" Then he heard a voice from the door say,
"Mom took cousin Ginny shopping. Is there something that I can help you with Professor Snape?" Severus turned around to see Ron Weasley standing in the doorway.