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Tonks pulled her thoughts back to reality. She pulled out her wand and closed the door. Then she sat down next to Harry on the bed. She placed her hand on his shoulder and Harry panicked and said,
"Please don't hurt me. I will do whatever it is that you want me to do just please don't hurt me." Tonks just looked at Harry who was still rocking back and forth in ball. Tonks then began to rub Harry's head to try and calm him down. Harry flinched and continued to panic. Tonks tried everything to calm him down but nothing worked.
After Tonks closed the door, Ron just stood there. It took him a few seconds to come back to reality. He couldn't believe that Harry was here. Percy came up the stairs and said,
" Are you okay? Mom sent me up to check on you and to make sure that Professor Tonks got her breakfast." Ron turned to face Percy and he said,
" Harry is in there!" He pointed to the closed door. Percy dropped his jaw and said,
"He is here? Why?" Ron shrugged his shoulders. Percy looked at the ground and then said, "If he snitches, we will make him pay." Ron nodded in agreement and then said,
"He looked horrible like he hadn't eaten in days and there was blood everywhere."
"Maybe they are slowly killing him." Ron and Percy both snickered and turned to walk back down the stairs. On the way down they bumped into Severus and Remus who were walking up to Severus' room. The two of them walked in to find Tonks trying to get Harry out of a ball. Severus walked over to his desk grabbed a syringe filled it with a calming drought and walked back over to the bed. He looked at Tonks and she nodded. Severus then said to Harry,
"I am sorry about doing this buddy but it will help you calm down." Severus grabbed Harry's arm and injected the medicine into Harry's arm despite him fighting. After a few minutes Harry began to calm down. He was still in a ball. Tonks looked at Severus and Remus and they all smiled. She managed to pull his arms off his knees, gently pull his knees down, pull him towards her, and place his head on her chest. Harry fought her but she held onto him. After a little bit he found Tonks heartbeat and began to calm down. Tonks then began to rub Harry's head. After a few minutes of having his head rubbed and hearing a heartbeat Harry fell asleep. Once Harry was asleep Tonks placed a silencing charm on him so that he would not hear the conversation. Remus looked at Tonks and said,
"What in the world happened? He was perfectly fine when we left the room. We were only gone for 20 minutes." Tonks was about to say something when a voice from the door butted in,
"Maybe Tonks did something to hurt him. She was the only one in the room with him." All three people turned around to see Sirius standing by the closed door. Tonks just glared at Sirius and all three men in the room got cold feet and shuddered. Tonks then said,
"First of all I would never hurt a child unless I had no choice and second of all I would never dream of hurting Remus' cub. I will explain that later. I do however know what happened and I have a suspicion as to who has been hurting Harry at school. I am pretty sure that I have found the person that is responsible for breaking Harry's wrist and causing the bruise on his stomach." Remus, Severus and Sirius just looked at Tonks and gave her a look as to say continue. Tonks spoke again, " Ron Weasley."
Over on Privet Drive, Vernon woke up to the sound of an owl tapping trying to tap his window to death. Vernon got out of bed and opened the window and let the owl in. The owl flew around the room and then dropped the note on the bed and landed on the back of the chair in the room. Vernon walked over to the bed and grabbed the note and sat down on the chest at the foot of his bed and read the note,
Vernon,
I am impressed that you were able to beat up Harry so hard that he fell unconscious. He definitely deserved that and I am impressed that a muggle could do that. If you would like me to stay at your house so that he doesn't try to escape should he come to I would be more than happy to. Just let me know. Also make sure that you lock him in his room. Take the key with you so he can't get out.
Sincerely,
A. Dumbledore
Vernon just stared at the note for a bit and then went to his desk and wrote the following letter in response,
Dear Dumbledore,
I will lock the door and take the key. The boy will be fine while I leave for a few days. If he dies, oh well it is not like he will be missed.
Yours truly,
V. Dursley
Vernon gave the note to the owl that flew out of the window and Vernon got ready for work.
Back at Grimwald place, the three men gasped when Tonks told them her suspicion about Ron beating Harry up. After a few minutes, Remus said,
"Why would Ron beat up Harry? They are in the same house and same year. They should be friends." Severus just looked at his feet and stood there. Remus then looked at the tray of food and said,
"Honey since when did you start eating oatmeal you are allergic to it?" Tonks smiled and then said,
"My guess would be that the oatmeal is for Harry not me and no I don't eat oatmeal cause I am allergic to it." Tonks then took the silencing charm off of Harry. Harry began to stir and when he woke up he asked,
"Why does my arm hurt?"
"I had to give you a calming drought to calm you down." Severus replied. Harry got a puzzled look on his face and then looked at Tonks and asked,
"What happened?"
"Mrs. Weasley sent Ron up with breakfast for you and me and…" At the mention of Ron's name Harry began to look around the room and panic. Tonks held him close and calmed him down. Then she said, " Hey buddy Ron is not here and he is not going to hurt you." Harry calmed down and wiped his eyes that had begun to tear up. Tonks helped Harry to prop up against some of the pillows that were placed behind him. Severus then passed Tonks that oatmeal that was on the nightstand and the spoon. Tonks took the bowl and did a spell to heat it up. She then turned towards Harry and said,
"Now I can feed you or you can feed yourself." Harry just looked at Tonks and then said,
" I am good don't waste the food on me. I am not worth it and I don't get to eat."
"Harry you need to eat or your body will not be able to heal properly. Now open up." Tonks placed the spoon in the oatmeal and then moved the spoon towards Harry's mouth. He moved his head out of the way. She moved the spoon and followed Harry's head. After a few minutes and a glare from Tonks, Harry whimpered and stopped fighting and willing opened his mouth. The oatmeal tasted so good. He missed eating and he knew that he needed to eat but he had been told over and over again that he was worthless and didn't get or deserve food from his Uncle and from Ron. Harry swallowed the oatmeal and Tonks had another bite ready. After the third bite, Harry reached for the bowl and began to shove the oatmeal in his mouth as fast as possible. Severus then handed Tonks the glass of milk from the tray and Harry took the milk and drank it down. Then Tonks handed Harry the napkin to wipe his mouth. Then she said,
"Thank you." Tonks smiled at Harry then she looked at Remus and Severus and moved her head towards the door. Severus just looked at Tonks. She moved her head towards the door again. Severus shook his head no. Tonks again moved his head towards the door again and Severus again shook his head no. Tonks glared at Severus who grabbed Remus and Sirius and left the room. Severus, Remus and Sirius just sat down in the hallway outside Severus's room. The three of them tried to listen to the conversation outside but as soon as the trio was out the door Tonks placed a silencing charm on the room. She then turned to Harry and said, "If you want to talk about what has been going on a school, I am here to listen." Harry just sat there for a few minutes and then said,
"There is nothing to talk about. I am fine. School is fine." Tonks sighed and then said,
"Harry buddy you can talk to me and tell me anything. I will not get mad or upset with you. I promise." Harry just sat there for a few minute and then everything began to spill out. Harry explained everything.
"Ron has picked on me since my first day at Hogwarts. It started on the train ride to the school the first day. He made fun of me because I had no parents and he said that all he had ever heard his entire life was the boy who lived this and the boy who lived that. He would do things to agitate me and push me if I hit him. He would poke me and grab me and things like that till I hit him or pushed him off me. The first time this happened I fought back and beat the crap out of him and he ended up in the hospital wing. After the first time I didn't fight back because he brought back up and they would hold me while Ron beat me up. It was usually after I would get out of detention usually with Professor Snape, sometimes with Professor McGonagall or Professor Flitwick but mostly Professor Snape for not having my homework. Ron, Seamus, and Dean would wait for me and beat the crap out of me. Then they would leave me there. I would somehow make it back to Gryffindor Tower and Hermione would meet me at the door and take me over to a corner before I could protest and patch me up. She did this every time. I only went to the hospital wing when I was taken or forced by a professor to go. I don't like going because Madame Pomfrey would look at me and say, 'you will be fine." Then she would send me back to Gryffindor Tower or to class. Then Professor Dumbledore hates me too. He sent a letter home to my Uncle saying that I had beat up Ron for no reason and that I needed to be punished for it. I then got beat up by my uncle. I didn't just beat Ron up cause I could I beat him up but because he would provoke me and grab me and things like that. He wouldn't stop no matter how many times I asked him to. He would beat me up and he smiled while he did it too. I am nothing, worthless and stupid. You don't need to waste time on me, I am not worth it." Harry finished talking and by this point he was shaking as tears were streaming down his face. Tonks wrapped her arms around him and held him and let him cry. After a few minutes, Tonks asked Harry,
"Why did you not have your homework for potions?" Harry pulled his head up and said,
"It was not just potions it was all my classes and it was not that I didn't have it I had the homework it was just not done right. My other professor didn't care as much as Professor Snape."
"Why did you not do your homework the right way?"
"I tried but I… I…" Harry shook his head no and hung his head. Tonks pulled his head up and said,
"It's okay Harry you can tell me."
"I have trouble reading!" There he had admitted it.
"You have trouble reading? Have you always had trouble reading?" Harry nodded and Tonks sighed. Then she asked Harry, "Would you be comfortable with Remus and Sirius staying in here with you for a few minutes while I have a little chat with Professor Snape?" Harry thought for a few minutes and nodded. Tonks went to the door and opened it. She looked at Remus and Sirius and nodded towards Harry and then she grabbed Severus by his ear and pulled him up and into her room. She closed the door and placed a silencing charm on the room. She then turned to Severus and began to chew him out. "What the Hell is your problem? You got on to Harry for not doing his homework correctly and you gave him detention for it. Did you even stop and try to figure out why he was not doing it right?" Severus just stood there for a little bit trying to take in all the Tonks had just said. Then after a few minutes he said,
"I just assumed that he was being lazy and didn't want to do it right. He nearly blew up the classroom every time we did potions in class."
"Did you take him aside and ask him what was going on or did you just give him detention because you were to lazy to get up off your ass and maybe see if there was some underlying cause to the problems other than laziness?" Severus just hung his head in shame Tonks was right and he knew it. Severus pulled his head up and said,
"You are right. I should have tried to figure out what was wrong rather than jumping to conclusions. I was not thinking and I owe him an apology." Tonks gave him a look of you think. Then she said,
" Just so you know Harry has Dyslexia. He has trouble reading." Just then there was a knock on the door. Tonks opened the door to see Sirius standing there with blood on his shirt and hands. At the same time Tonks and Severus said,
"What happened?" Sirius looked at them and said,
"It's Harry he is throwing up blood!"
Sorry everyone for the delay in posting this chapter. I have been busy with schoolwork and other things. Chapter seven is in the process of being written and it will be posted as soon as possible. Please feel free to leave any suggestions or things that you want to see happen. Chapter Seven will be up ASAP. Thank you to all the faithful readers out there.