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"Ummm is there another adult here?" Severus asked looking worried. Ron gave him an annoyed look and said,

"Other than you no sir!" Severus thought for a minute and then said,

"I need you to send a message to Sirius for me. Tell him that I need him here now."

"So you want me to go wake him up and tell him?"

"Wait Sirius is here?"

"Yeah he is napping in a hammock outback."

"You told me that there were no other adults here! Yes go get him now please!" As Ron turned to leave he muttered under his breathe,

"He is not really an adult but whatever." Severus glared at him and Ron left the room. As soon as Ron left the room and Severus heard him on the stairs he looked at the unconscious Harry on the bed and said to him,

Hang in there buddy, hang in there." On his way outside Ron stopped in the kitchen and grabbed a pitcher and filled it with water and proceeded outside. He walked over to the hammock where Sirius was sleeping and dumped the entire pitcher of cold water right on top of the sleeping Sirius. Sirius immediately woke up and fell out of the hammock onto the ground. He looked around frantically to see who had woken him up. He saw Ron standing close by with an empty picture of water.

"Why did you wake up?"

"Cause I could and I was bored." Sirius just glared at Ron with a look like he was ready to kill him. "Professor Snape asked me to wake you up. He needs your help upstairs." Sirius jumped up, ran inside and tripped while running up the stairs. He ran into Severus' room and ran to the bed. Severus said when he saw him he said,

" I need you to grab a pair of gloves and place your hands on the needle and clamp." Sirius grabbed a pair of gloves and took the needle and clamp from Severus. Once his hands were free Severus began CPR on Harry. After a few minutes, Harry's heartbeat came back up. Both Severus and Sirius breathed a sigh of relief. Then Severus took the needle and clamp back from Sirius and finished stitching up Harry's stomach. Then Severus stitched up Harry's outer stomach. He then placed a gauze pad over the stitches and taped it in place. Just as he finished, Tonks, Remus, and Arthur walked in. Tonks looked at Sirius and said,

"Why are you in here?"

" I helped Severus save my godsons life." Sirius said with a smile. Tonks nodded and then Remus asked Severus,

" How is he?"

" I am about to give him medicine to wake him up. The bleeding was coming form a hole in his stomach. Tonks and I were able to stop the bleeding before you guys left. I was able to stitch up the hole. The bruise should be able to heal the right way now." Remus breathed a sigh of relief. Arthur smiled and left the room. Severus injected the medicine into to Harry's IV. Sirius sat down on the floor at the foot of the bed and Remus walked over and joined him. Tonks went over to the chair by Severus' desk and sat down. Severus just stood by Harry. After about ten minutes, Harry began to stir. Tonks got up from the chair and went over to the bed and took one of Harry's hands in hers. Remus and Sirius stood up from the floor. Harry opened his eyes and looked around the room and smiled. He saw four faces looking at him. He smiled at Sirius and Professor Lupin. He saw Tonks and smiled. He smiled at Professor Snape, even though he didn't know why but he for some strange reason he trusted him despite everything that had happened over the last two years at school. Harry pulled the oxygen mask up said,

"Why do I feel like I got hit by the Hogwarts Express?" He then placed the oxygen mask back over his face.

" You just had surgery to fix the bleeding in your stomach. There was a tear in your stomach. Tonks and I were able to stop the bleeding and I was able to stitch up the tear in your stomach. The bruise should heal properly now." Severus said with a slight smile. Harry picked up the oxygen mask again and said,

"I am glad that you fixed my stomach." Harry put the mask down. Tonks then asked,

How are you feeling?" Harry picked up the oxygen mask and said,

"Fine." Tonks asked him again,

"How are you feeling?" Once again Harry said,

"Fine." Tonks gently put pressure on his stomach and Harry tried not to wince but Tonks could see it in his eyes. She then said,

"Harry I need you to be truthful with me. Are in any pain?" She then glared at Harry. Harry sighed and picked up the oxygen mask and said,

"My stomach hurts a lot but I am fine. No need to waste meds on me. I am not worth it." Severus went over to his desk and grabbed a syringe and filled it with a pain potion. He then walked back over to the bed and injected some medicine into Harry's IV. Almost in an instant Harry felt the pain decreasing as if by magic. Harry breathed a sigh of relief, as he felt his body relaxing. After a few minutes, Harry began to fall asleep. Severus sighed, walked over to his desk and put some green goop into a glass. He then walked back over to the bed and said,

" I think you guys should get some sleep. Remus here." He handed to glass to Remus. Remus just looked at him and he began to growl. Severus then said. "Fine! You don't have to take the wolf bane but instead of staying next door you will have to sleep alone in the basement or better yet you can go and sleep in the shrieking shack." Remus took the glass from Severus and drank it down. He made a disgusted face. Severus then turned to Tonks and Sirius and said, "The two of you need to decide who is going to stay in here with me and who is going to go next door with Remus to keep him from doing something stupid." Tonks and Sirius just looked at each other for a few minutes. Then Sirius said,

" Since you are married to him, why don't you go with him and I will stay in here with my godson."

"Are you sure that you want to stay in here? Severus is going to re-break his wrist and give him skele-grow to heal it. He will be in a lot of pain tonight."

"I know, but Remus will listen better to you and I need to be here for my godson. I have not been there for him like I should have been since his parents died. I will be fine in here with him." Tonks nodded and then turned towards Remus and took him from the room. The two of them walked next door. Tonks made all the furniture disappear so that nothing would get broken. Remus went over to the corner to transform. Tonks looked at Remus and said,

"I will be right back. I am going to go tuck our son in." Remus nodded. Tonks left the room and placed a lock on the door both psychically and voice activated on the door. She then walked down the hallway to Ginny's room. She walked in and kissed Teddy on the head and tucked him in. Tonks then walked back to her room. She took the voice activation lock off the door. She then closed the door and sat down on the floor next to the door. As soon as Tonks and Remus left the room, Severus went over to his desk and poured skele-grow into a glass and walked back over to the bed. Sirius sat down on the bed next to Harry on the bed. He took Harry's left hand in his and just held it. Severus gently woke Harry up. Harry opened his eyes and smiled at Sirius. Severus asked,

"How are you feeling Harry? Any better?" Harry nodded. Severus continued, " I am going to re-break your wrist now and I am then going to give you skele-gro to heal it. You will be in a tremendous amount of pain tonight. Sirius during the night I am going to need you to keep him calm as much as possible. I am going to make sure that he doesn't pop his stitches." Sirius nodded and placed his other hand on top of Harry's hand. Severus removed the oxygen mask and turned off the machine. He then took Harry's right wrist in his hands and Harry tightened his grip on Sirius' hand. Severus looked at Harry and said, "Are you ready?" Harry nodded and whimpered. "Okay I am going to re-break your wrist in 3…2…1. 'Crack!' Harry screamed out in pain and squeezed Sirius' hand even harder. Next-door Remus went over to Tonks and placed his head in her lap and began to whimper. Tonks began to rub his head. Severus lifted Harry's head so that he could drink the Skele-gro. Harry began to dose off but it would be a long night for all of them.

Back on Privet Drive, Petunia had gotten up to fix dinner. Dudley turned off the movie and went into the kitchen to help his mom with dinner. Around 6:30 Vernon came home. Dudley went into that hallway when his dad came into the house and said,

"Dad guess what?"

"What son?"

"I got to spend the day watching a movie with mommy and I helped fix dinner!"

"That's nice son." Petunia walked into the hallway and kissed Vernon on the head and said to Dudley,

"Can you go and fix the table so that we can eat, please?" Dudley bounded off and Petunia looked at Vernon and said, "Rough day Verney-Poo?" He nodded and then said,

"I need to distress before dinner."

"Okay go ahead. We will wait for you." Petunia said. She kissed Vernon on the head. Vernon went upstairs and changed his clothes. He took his belt off his pants and went to the attic. After a few minutes, Vernon made it up the attic stairs. He looked around and noticed that Harry was not in the attic. Petunia had just finished dishing up the food when she heard Vernon scream her name. She set the plate she was holding and ran up the stairs and up the attic stairs. When she got to the top of the attic stairs she said, "Vernon what's wrong?"

"Where the bloody hell is Harry?" Petunia looked around the attic and then said,

"I don't know. He was here last night. He must have run away."

"There is no way he could have run away. His back was covered in welts, blood, and bruises. He could barley stand up by the time I got done with him!"

"We could place a missing person's add in the paper and talk to the police."

" I bet Dudley had something to do with this. Where is he?"

"Leave our son out of this! How could he have gotten Harry out without my knowledge? He was with me all day like he told you!"

"I don't know how he did it but I bet he did somehow."

"Please don't hurt him. He is only 12."

"I am the head of this house and I can do what I want when I want and there is nothing that you can do about it!" Vernon then smacked Petunia across the face and knocked her down. Then he stormed down the stairs and into the kitchen and began to scream at Dudley, who began to cry.

"Where is he?"

"Who?"

"Don't play dumb with me boy! Where is he?"

"I don't know what you are talking about dad."

"Harry, where is he?"

"The attic where else would he be?"

"He is not there! The attic is empty! He is gone and so is his trunk. Now where is he?"

"I don't know dad!" Vernon was furious at this point and he began to advance to Dudley with a clinched fist. Dudley began to back away from his dad. Vernon backed Dudley into a corner. He then swung at Dudley, who ducked causing Vernon to hit his hand on the wall. Vernon pulled his hand back and it was bruised and slightly bloody. This just mad Vernon even madder. Dudley tried to run away but Vernon grabbed him by the arm and held him up against the wall by his throat. Vernon then began to punch Dudley in the stomach. Petunia finally made it down to the attic stairs and the main stairs. She walked into the kitchen and saw her husband punching her son in the stomach. She went into the entry hall and grabbed an umbrella from the umbrella stand by the door and went back to the kitchen. She then went up behind Vernon and hit him really hard over the head. Vernon stopped punching Dudley and slowly turned around to see who had hit him on the head. In the processes he got dizzy, let go of Dudley, and he passed out on the kitchen floor. Dudley slid to the floor holding his stomach. Petunia dropped the umbrella, stepped over her unconscious husband, and got down next to Dudley.

"Are you okay baby?"

"My chest hurts to breath and my sides hurt mama." Petunia gently placed her hands on Dudley's sides. When she did he winced in pain. Petunia helped Dudley up and out to the car. She then went back into the house and grabbed her purse. She then drove Dudley to the doctor. After the doctor Petunia drove to her in-laws house. She helped Dudley out of the car and up to the front door. She rang the doorbell and her mother-in-law answered the door. When she did she saw her daughter-in-law and grandson she said,

"Petunia what are you doing here and what's wrong with Duddykins?" She moved out of the way and helped Petunia get Dudley to the couch. Once Dudley was on the couch Petunia went into the kitchen to fix Dudley some dinner. While she was fixing dinner, her mother in law came into the kitchen and asked,

"What happened Honey?"

"Would Dudley and I be able to stay her for a while until we can get a place of our own?"

"Sure! You guys can stay here. You don't need to get a place on your own. What happened with Vernon?"

"Long story short Vernon used my nephew Harry as a human punching bag and beat him up and I let him do it. I knew what he was doing and I just let him do it. I know that I should have not allowed him to beat up my nephew but I did. I resent that now. I should have protected him like my sister would have wanted despite that fact that I hated Lily, perfect Lily. Well, Vernon got home from work today and he had a rough day and he did what he normally does when he is stressed out which is go and beat up Harry. When Vernon got to the attic, Harry was not in the attic. I know that we should not have kept him in the attic but we did and Vernon got mad and smacked me across the face knocking me down. Then he went downstairs and questioned Dudley about Harry's disappearance. Vernon then took his anger out of Dudley. Dudley has multiple bruised ribs and bruises on his stomach. I am done mom. I love your son but I am done. I can't do it anymore." By this time Petunia was crying and her mother-in-law had finished fixing Dudley's dinner. She took the food out of the microwave and set it on the counter. She then wrapped Petunia in a hug and said,

" Shhh its okay sweetie! Your father and I will take care of you and our grandson. Where is Vernon now do you know?" Petunia blew her nose and said,

"I hit him over the head with an umbrella and he fell to the kitchen floor unconscious."

"Okay everything will be just fine." Petunia nodded and then said,

"I need to go home and get a few things."

"Be careful sweetie. I am going to send your father with you so that if Vernon wakes up and tires to do something he can step in and help."

"Mom I will be just fine."

"Petunia your husband hit you and hurt your son! You are not going back to that house alone." Petunia sighed and nodded. Then Susan went upstairs to her bedroom and informed her husband Scott of the dilemma and he agreed to go with Petunia. The two of them came downstairs and Petunia kissed Dudley on the head and then her and Scott her father-in-law left to go back to number four Privet Drive. Back on Privet Drive, Vernon came too and sat up and noticed his hand and head were hurting. He went to the medicine cabinet and got the first aid kit down and clean up his hand. He then bandaged it up. Then he got an ice pack from the fridge and held it to his head with his hurt hand. He then took a plate of food and heated it up in the microwave. By this time Petunia and Scott had pulled into the driveway. Petunia turned to her father-in-law and said,

"I am going to go inside and see if Vernon is awake or not and I will let you know when you can come in." Scott hesitated but agreed to stay outside. Petunia went up to the front door and unlocked the door. Vernon heard the door opening; he took the ice pack off his head. He walked into the entry hall and saw Petunia and walked towards her. Petunia closed the door and turned around and put her back up against the door. Then she said, " Please don't hurt me Vernon!"

"Petunia sweet pea why would I hurt you?" Petunia just hung her head. Vernon walked over to her and put his arms around her wrapping him in a hug. After a few minutes, Vernon pulled Petunia back and looked at her and said, "Where is Dudley and did hurt him?"

"You got mad and blamed Dudley for Harry's disappearance. You punched him in the stomach multiple times causing him to have several bruised ribs. He also has marks on his neck from you holding him up against the wall. He is at your parent's house." Vernon then asked,

"Did I hurt you?"

"You smacked me across the face up in the attic and knocked me down. I am okay though." Vernon hung his head. After a few minutes, Vernon looked at Petunia and said,

"I am so sorry. Please tell Dudley that I am sorry and I never meant to hurt him. Are you going to leave me?" Petunia stared at Vernon for about a minute and then said,

"For the current time being yes. Dudley and I are staying with your parents. I can't allow my son or myself to be in this environment. You need to get help with your anger problem." With that Petunia opened the door and signaled to Scott that he could come into the house. Vernon saw his father come into the house and he hung his head in shame. Scott just glared at his son. Petunia and Scott went up to her bedroom and he helped her pack. She grabbed her suitcase from the closet. She then packed up almost all of her clothes and shoes. She then zipped up her suitcase and grabbed her jewelry box. She then handed the suitcase and jewelry box to Scott who took then downstairs and out to the car. Petunia then walked down the hallway to Dudley's room and packed up most of his clothes. She then went through his desk drawers to find his coloring books and crayons. She found the arrows and she decided to take then with her. She then walked down the hall and back down the stairs, passed Vernon and out the front door to her car. She placed Dudley's thing into the back seat and got into the car and drove away. Vernon watched sadly from the window as Petunia drove away. He then went into the kitchen, grabbed his dinner, went into the living room, got into his favorite chair, turned on the Television and ate his dinner. After about ten minutes, Vernon heard a knock and looked at the window to see an owl sitting on the windowsill. He got up and opened the front door. The owl flew in and around the living room for a bit and then he dropped the note and flew out of the house. Vernon picked up the note and closed the door. He opened the letter on his way back to his chair.

Dear Vernon,

I hope you and your wife and son are doing well. I hope that Harry's life is miserable. I will be paying you a visit to check on Harry tomorrow evening. I plan on talking to the boy and checking on a few things. See you tomorrow!

Sincerely,

A. Dumbledore

Vernon stopped him his tracks and just stared at the note in shock. Dumbledore was coming to check on Harry and Harry was not here. Vernon had to do something and quick.

Attention Readers:

I am sorry that is has taken me so long to post this chapter. I am currently taking three master's level classes in three weeks one class per week. I have been swamped with homework and I am just now getting this chapter typed up. I apologize for the delay. I will try and post chapter five shortly but again I have very little time on my hands right now. Thank you everyone for reading and fell free to leave comments or any concerns that you have.