A/N Thank you all for the reviews. I really appreciate them so keep them coming.
Harry Potter is not mine this is a story from a fan.
(BSC 4 C8) C95 What to do with Harry.
It was five hours later that Amelia appeared in front of the gate at the Peverell estate to see what the friends had done. As she made her way up the path to Potter castle. She gazed at her side where Kingsley was walking along and saw that he looked as tired as she herself felt. The moment she got near Tonks she stopped and immediately asked her for a report.
Tonks said hi and started to tell everything she knew about what the friends had done. "The moment I got here it was clear that the kids had thought about everything, and when I say everything I really mean everything. They have done the things we should have done from the start. They made a tent big enough to hold almost every visitor the final had. It was there that the people could wait for their loved ones while they were being treated by Poppy and some other Healers. They were treated in a side room that is transformed into a temporary infirmary. All the people that were treated there were outside within the hour. Only David and Augusta were there for a longer time". Tonks looked down and had doubt in her eyes. The last thing she wanted to do was to tell about Minerva. She knew she had to but she just didn't want to.
With a deep sigh, she went on. "Everyone who didn't need treatment was taken to the tent. It was there that they were taken care of, by Emma and Dan Granger, but also by Astoria Greengrass and Ginny Potter. There they stayed until your Patronus came that told us that the campsite, was secure. So it was not long after that message that most of the people were taken back by the house elves from Hogwarts. While they were there they could collect their stuff to then pop them home. It is all taken care of by Zanita. They have been doing this for the last three hours and according to Sirius they are almost done".
Tonks took another deep breath and looked around herself. "The only ones left are the minister of Bulgaria and his family, but also the minister of France and his family. Both of them are not kind in their opinion of our minister. It didn't go unnoticed by them that he was the first one away when it all came down. They are however very thankful of the thinks the friends have done. According to them, most people can be thankful that it was them who helped them. They could have even been saving their life's by just doing that. This according to the minister of Bulgaria, he even told David that the friends had been the only ones who had read the situation just right, this while they weren't at the match at all".
Tonks looked over her shoulder at the castle. "I know that Bella has told them that they could stay as long as they wanted and that it would be okay with Lord Potter. But I think that most of them are going home only, Apolline Delacour, the wife of the France minister will be staying a little longer. If I'm right then they will be leaving tomorrow in the afternoon" It was now that she took a very deep breath and looked at the ground. She had only been an Auror for over a year, but she still found it hard to see Amelia as family and not as her boss.
Amelia hit a smirk. She could see so much in Tonks even things Tonks herself didn't see. Most of it was because she saw so much of herself in her. With a finger under the chin off Tonks, she lifted her head. "Tonks, look at me".
Tonks looked at everything but Amelia.
"Nymphadora," Amelia said and hit another smirk as the eyes of Tonks snapped to her. "Tonks, you are one of my best Aurors, but I can clearly see that you are holding something back. I also heard you say that Bella was talking instead of Lord Potter. That tells me that that there is even more than I intensely thought. So just tell me what it is. It is a part of our jobs the good and the bad things".
Tonks nodded but still looked like she had a bad case of indigestion.
"Tonks, just say it. The longer you wait the harder it will get".
Tonks nodded again and instantly looked at her feet. "I... I... PFFFF" Tonks tried. "I….It's Minerva. She was heavily wounded. It's very bad and the last I heard is that she is in a coma. Not a magically one but a natural one. Now the big question is not when Minerva is getting out of it but if she is getting out of it at all".
Tonks had just finished what she had been telling when Amelia brushed past her and ran into the castle with both Tonks and Kingsley hot on her heels. The first thing Amelia wanted to see, were the friends. She knew that all of this had started with Bella. It was her that got a friendship with Harry. From out of that friendship they created this organized chaos that was in all definition one family. Their family with fathers, mothers, aunts, and even grandmothers. One of those grandmothers was Minerva. She was the one that was the mother of the whole family and without her, it could all fall apart.
Amelia rushed into the castle and saw the family waiting in a room to the left. She walked by them and straight to the room that was made into an infirmary. In the doorway, she came to a sudden stop and placed her hand over her heart.
There next to his grandmother sat Harry. His eyes were locked on his grandmother and they spoke volumes to her. It was a look of loss, hurt and even defeat, a look that didn't look right in his eyes. She could hear Bella and Daphne talking to him, but there wasn't any change in his posture or any indication he heard them. The only thing he did was look at his grandmother while he held her hand in his own while his chin was resting on her lower arm. With some difficulty, she was able to pull herself away and to go into the other room.
*#*
The next day they found Harry still sitting at the side of his grandmother. Bella had told them that he had gone to the bathroom and that he had brushed his teeth, but that had been all he had done. He didn't eat or drink he just sat there staring at his grandmother. Whatever they said he just didn't listen, he just sat there staring at her and nothing more.
It was that Afternoon that Jean said goodbye. It has been moments earlier that the Bulgarian Minister and his Family had left but now it was Jean who asked Bella to come closer. "I do not know who I have to talk to now that Lord Potter and his Grandmother are not able to speak to us".
Bella was a little out of her convert zone when Jean ask it so she turned to Daphne. "Daphne what do we do now".
Daphne looked over at Jean and then turned to Bella. "Well, we are the betroths of Harry so I think it is us who have to do it. If it is something we don't know, we could ask Augusta or David".
Bella nodded and together with Daphne turned to Jean.
Jean gave them a little smile. "Thank you," he said. "Well, I have a question," he said again. "In the France ministry, we have a spokeswoman that brings out statements for me. She also writes articles for our biggest paper. Her name is Nolwenn LeBrun she is like your Rita Skeeter. The only difference between her and Rita Skeeter is that Nolwenn writes the truth. The reason I'm telling you this is because she will have to release a statement, my statement. In that Statement, I will tell about the things Lord Potter and his friends have done for me and my family. I also know that a lot of British wizards read that Paper along with the daily Profit. Now the thing I want to ask is what Am I allowed to tell and what not".
It was not long after that that Jean left with the blessing from Bella and Daphne. He was allowed to tell everything except about Minerva. They didn't know what Albus would do when he would find out that Minerva wasn't able to take care of Harry.
*#*
The next day they found Harry still sitting at the side of his grandmother. Daphne and Bella were standing at the side watching Harry with a worried look. In the last two days, he had eaten two pieces of bread and drunk three cups of tea. He didn't want any and he didn't take any. He just sat there looking at his grandmother oblivious to the things that were happening around him.
On the third day, Daphne sat down next to him and looked at Minerva just like he had done for the last three days. She could see his pain but just didn't understand. She wanted him to eat something but he just didn't listen to her.
When the fourth day came around thinks went from bad to worse. Harry was still ignoring any attempt to get him to eat or drink even more then he was doing now, something that was almost nothing. His eyes were almost closed but he refused to go to bed. The only thing he was doing was looking at his grandmother.
Daphne got up and rushed to her father. "Mom, what is Harry feeling now," Daphne asked her mother while she stood in the arms of her father, looking for the protection only a father could give. They were standing in the doorway just looking at Harry as he sat there all alone.
Isabella looked at Harry while a single tear started to roll down her cheek. She knew that everyone was looking at her and waiting for what she had to say. "Harry sits with a sense of desperation rushing through his body. I do not know why but he has fear running through him. But the biggest feeling I get is one of being left behind".
"Everybody out NOW" Bella screamed as she started to push everybody out of the doorway and into the other room.
Most of them were shocked at first and were now glaring at Bella. Bella, However, didn't care and pulled Daphne into the room and closed the door behind her. She wanted to be alone with Daphne and harry so she also pushed Poppy out of the room and for the second time closed the door behind her.
"Well, I have never, in Merlin's name" Poppy started but was pulled further into the room.
"Let it be Poppy. Bella has enough of it and will do everything to get Harry out of the feeling he is in. and if anyone can do it, it will be Bella and Daphne. He loves all of us but he only completely trusts Bella, Daphne, and his grandmother.
It was only a second later that everyone started to scream at Isabella that Harry did trust them, he trusted them because they were his family".
"ENOUGH" Isabella screamed from the top of her lungs.
Every eye in the room turned big as they all looked at Isabella. She never screamed and for her to do it now was just surprising.
"For ones in your life, think" she snapped. "Yes, Harry trust all of us. But that is not the trust I was talking about. He trusts us with the decisions we make. He trust us when he asks for advice. But he doesn't trust us when it comes to feelings. With all he has been through, it is difficult for him to share his feelings or what they are all about. En the only one he really trusted with it is lying in that bed. And if anyone other then Minerva has a chance to get through to him then it will be Bella and Daphne and no one else". With another pointed look at all of them, she left the room to find a place to be by herself. She had been one of the few that hadn't forgotten about the way his mindscape looked like and especial not the black hole in the mind of Harry.
*#*
Sirius who had been the only one to come from the stakeout to see how everything was going stood to the side. They knew they had found Peter and there was nothing more to do then to see what he was doing. So he came back to see how his godson was doing and was shocked by the way he looked. So the moment Bella threw everyone out he knew he had to do something. "Snot" he bellowed in another room to the side."I want you to get Tonks and pop her to the ministry atrium. There you have to tell her and wait for me. I will go to Augusta and tell her the same thing. Then I want you to pop us to Tonks".
Snot nodded and popped away to only come back seconds later to also Pop Sirius and Augusta away who never heard the first thing Sirius asked of her.
It was a couple of hours later that four people popped into the middle of the room. Two of them were pointing at the side room and one stormed off almost pushing the door from his hinges.
As the third person rushed into the temporary infirmary all the others were just looking on with their mouths hanging open.
*#*
Beck to the moment Bella pushed them all out and pulled Daphne in.
Harry was still sitting the same way as he had done for the last four days. His grandmother hadn't moved and was just lying there breathing steadily. He didn't even look up when Isabella screamed or when Bella was pushing them all out.
Bella wasn't even sure if he heard it at all. The moment Bella closed the door she hoped that Isabella knew what she had meant. Slowly she walked on to Harry and Pulled Daphne along with her. She placed her hand on his shoulder and gave it a little squeeze. It was now more than ever that she hoped to be a little more mature then she was now. The one thing she did know, was, that she had to get Harry out of whatever mental trap he put himself in. And again she only hoped the solution was a permanent one, not just one to get him to eat something.
With a soft hand but a firm grip she took hold of his shoulder and pulled him away from his grandmother. At first, he pulled back but she held on and pulled a little harder. He must have known that it was her because he didn't really resist the way she thought he would.
It got a little harder the moment he stood on both legs and wanted to sit back down again. But one pointed look at Daphne from Bella was enough to get her to stand beside her and to pull Harry further away from his grandmother. The further they got away the harder it got. By a sofa, they pulled him down and sat him between them. He was far enough away to not be in physical contact with his grandmother, but close enough to see her lying there.
The moment they got him to sit down he almost immediately got back to his feet intending to rush back to her side. His eyes were just like they had been for four days now still glued on his grandmother and he really was starting to struggle to get back to her. It wasn't hard but it was getting harder with every minute that passed.
Bella got this weird feeling like she had lost something. A feeling that wasn't hers. So she gave a quick glans at Daphne and saw her making a weird face. She had a face that something wasn't good in her body a feeling of something that was irritating her. Then it hit her. She was feeling the feelings of Harry. She didn't know why or how but she was feeling them just like Daphne was. They weren't as dominant as Minerva told them they were. But they were there and it wasn't nice at all.
Harry tried to get up again and Bella placed both of her legs on his lap to keep him down. The moment he placed his hands on her legs to push them away, Daphne did the same thing and placed her legs on top of the legs of Bella.
Still, it wasn't enough to get any real reaction out of Harry, he kept his eyes on his grandmother and didn't say a thing at all.
Bella got a little closer to Harry and placed her head on his shoulder. "Harry, talk to us, please talk to us. Please tell us what it is you are thinking" She asked in a whisper. "You know we are here for you. Me, Daphne and all the others. We only want to help you but you do have to talk to us. Without that, we cant do anything. So please talk to us, say something".
Harry didn't open his mouth but again tried to get back to his feet and to go to his grandmother. However, it was Daphne and Bella who hold him in the seat for another time.
"Harry, Poppy has done all she can, and all that had to happen. You know she would do everything she can for Minerva. I'm even sure she is looking for things to help her now. No matter how long or how hard it is. But until that, it is Grandmother who has to do it. So you are not helping her by sitting here doing nothing, eating nothing and drinking even less" Daphne told him in an almost begging way.
The words from Daphne had no effect at all. The only change they saw was that his eyes were filling themselves with tears but none of them were flowing down. The only thing they knew was while he was looking at his grandmother, there was no way he could see her behind that wall of water.
Bella lifted her head and took a good look. Here next to her was her Harry. But it wasn't the Harry from five days ago. No the Harry that was sitting next to her was the Harry that was hiding away in the cupboard under the stairs. His eyes were filled with tears but he didn't cry, Freaks don't cry. Freaks do not show any emotion because they have none. Harry was the little boy who always showed the outside world that he was okay even if it was not. Bella closed the gap between them and placed her arms around the waist of Harry as she took him into a hug. With one hand she pulled Daphne closer so she would also rest against Harry. "Harry we are here for you, We will not let you go. I will never let you go. I.. I love you".
Daphne heard the words and saw the look in Bella's eyes. But she still didn't know what it was Bella knew. The one thing she did see were the tears of Harry that had started to flow down his cheeks. This again told her that the wall Harry had build around himself had started to grumble a little bit. "Bella is right you know. We all love you. Mum, Astoria, Ginny. Our friends. Aunt's Uncles. Even my dad. The whole family loves you even Zanita and the house elves. I think that even Bogrod loves you in the weird way Goblins love someone". This got a little sniffle-snort from Harry. "Minerva loves you, and I love you Harry" Daphne finished.
Harry was still sobbing silently but the tears were coming faster and faster as his shoulders started to shake.
It was then that the door was thrown open and a figure stepped through the doorway.
All three of the kids turned around in shock, their eyes became big and they couldn't believe what they saw. Harry couldn't believe it because he still couldn't see a thing behind his wall of tears.
"…. What, Why, How," Daphne said in disbelieve.
*#*
Let's go back to Sirius just before he left.
Sirius stood at the side of the room. He had just come from seeing Harry who he had seen still sitting by his grandmother. He hadn't changed and it worried him a lot. It was just before Isabella had snapped. Like most of them, he too was a little startled by her outburst. It brought him back to some of the stories he had heard. Some of them were about a little red book he had never seen. But also about some things they had seen in his mind. He didn't know about them but to get a reaction that intense from Isabella told him it had been bad. She was someone who almost never screamed and for her to do it now, it told him enough.
As he thought about it he knew he had to do something. Bella and Daphne could help him but were they enough. Something told him they weren't but what could he do. In someway it was he who had to do it, he was his godfather after all. Then just like a light bulb that went up in his head he knew it. "Snot" he called out. After some whispered words whit the house-elf he stepped over to Augusta. "Augusta do you have a moment".
Pop, Pop.
*#*
With a pop, two people and a house elf appeared next to Tonks who was looking around her for why she was there. "Sirius, why the hell did you get me to the ministry".
Sirius threw up is hands in a sign of surrender. "Sorry, Sorry. It's Harry/ I do not know what is happening to him. The only thing I know is that if he goes on like this he will be lying next to Minerva. Harry is starving himself and we have to do something".
Tonks looked at him. "What would you have us do Sirius. He doesn't listen to any of us. Not Isabella not Poppy. What would we have to do to make him see that this is the wrong way".
"Bellatrix".
"What".
"Bellatrix," Sirius said again. "Bella and Daphne are now with him but they are too young. We need Bellatrix. She is Bella and he would really do anything for the both of them".
"Sirius" Tonks shouted. "Bellatrix is still in Azkaban, we cant just get her you know".
"Yes we can," Augusta told Tonks from the side.
Tonks gave the one respond she could give "HUUU".
Augusta smiled "Well, in special cases like this or when there are documents to sign at Gringotts. In those cases, the Lord of the house has the right to remove a prisoner for up to seventy-two hours".
"What, he can remove a prisoner just like that. That wasn't in the Auror training" Tonks said as she looked at Augusta with disbelieve written all over her face.
"No, it isn't in the Manuel and it isn't something you can do just like that. In order for A lord to remove a prisoner, another family member has to take its place. If the prisoner isn't back in seventy-two hours the Family member will be thrown through the veil. It hasn't been done in a long time and the law has changed quite a bit. in the old days it was away to get a magical member out of the prison and a squib of the Family out. Now you can only exchange a magical member with a magical member and one without a record. the higher the member is in the house the longer the other member can stay out".
Sirius nodded. "I will turn myself in for three days. But we will get Bellatrix back in two. I'm Lord black but Augusta as temporary head of house can sign me off. And we need an Auror to take Bellatrix to Gringotts or in this case to Potter castle. You only need to tell Bogrod that Bellatrix will be with him if the Aurors come looking for her. He does not have to show her only confirm it".
"But you'll be under the Dementors again" Tonks whined.
"Yes, I will, but as a dog, I can handle it. But Minerva and Harry will need Bellatrix. Bella can do it but she is still too young. Also because I have let Harry down by getting myself arrested all those years ago. I do not know what he has been through but I know it wasn't right".
"Azkaban was a pumpkin walk compared to his life," Augusta said as she was heading to the office of Azkaban. She had read the red book and if she would ever get her hands on the Dursley's she would skin them alive.
The paperwork they needed to get Bellatrix out was done in a second. The only thing left to do was to fill in the names of the one who would stay, and the Prisoner who would be free for three days. But that was something they would do ones they were there. The other thing that was needed was an Auror who would be with the prisoner for those days. And that would be a task for Tonks. Or in her case, she wouldn't be seen for three days. Amelia would still have to sign off on it but that was a formality. According to Sirius. He would smooth it over with her.
"Or you are going to be sleeping all alone for a month," Tonks said as she started to laugh.
Ten minutes later the three of them were standing on the dock waiting for the boat to pick them up. Snot had brought them there and he would be back the moment they got back on this side of the water, so he could pop them back to Potter castle. But before that could happen they had to get Bellatrix on this side.
Sirius stepped inside and screamed. "Honey I'm Home".
"Pats" sounded the smack Augusta gave him on the back of the head. "Behave Sirius or I'm really going to leave you here".
Most of the guards looked surprised when the saw Sirius walking back in with an Auror at his side. Sirius Black hadn't been out for more than a year and here he was again. "Your back Already Black" one of them screamed.
"Watch your tone or I will have you at the Wizengamot for disrespecting a Member from an ancient and Noble house" Augusta snapped. It was right after that that she pulled out the paper from her pocket and waived Tonks and Sirius to go on. At her age, she wasn't about to go into the presence of the Dementors.
As Sirius and Tonks made there way up the stairs they were wondering in what state Bellatrix would be in. As they walked on they saw some of the death eaters and were surprised that none of them stood at the bars of their cells. When they got by the cell of Bellatrix they were wondering where it was when a ward dropped in front of their eyes.
"What in Merlin's name are you doing here, I cant keep on dropping my notice me not charm for everyone or the others will know I have a wand," Bella said to Tonks when she saw her. It was then that see-saw Sirius. "Oh Hi, Sirius already here to look up your favorite family member. I would almost start to believe that you love me". Bellatrix gave him a sadistic smile like only she could give. "Tell me, Sirius did you like my little memories. You know that I do have more".
Sirius was starting to look, irritated, as he was slowly growling at her. "Bellatrix, behave or I will leave you here".
The words Sirius had just spoken were slowly getting through to her. "WHAT, are you telling me that I'm getting out of here. I'm free" Bellatrix almost screamed but it was at the last moment she saw Sirius shaking her head.
It was, however, Tonks who gave her the answer she didn't want to hear. "Bellatrix, as you know, Harry is my brother. I and my mother are Potters now. But my little brother will need you harder than he ever needed anyone before".
"What did he do now" Bellatrix immediately asked as she throws up her hands. "I swear if I ever do get out of here for real. I will place his tight little ass in a lock tide room and I will never let him out again. Only that way I will be sure that nothing will ever happen again. Don't get me wrong I love him but I want to keep him around me or little me for a very long time".
Sirius laughed loudly but almost choked when he saw the deathly look Bellatrix gave him.
"You will be the first I castrate the moment I get out" She screamed at him.
She was just about to take another round on Sirius when Tonks stepped in. "No, Bellatrix, it's Minerva". She said just before Sirius and Bellatrix could get another round of fighting under their belt. "She has been hurt badly when she and Harry were defending other people. The worst part is that we do not know if she is going to make it. Minerva is in a coma that is all natural".
"What is Harry doing with it," Bellatrix asked.
"That is the problem, he has been sitting at her side for the last four days. He doesn't eat or drink and what he eats and drinks is barely enough to feet a kitty cat. He doesn't say anything or reacts to anything we ask him. It's like he is in his own little world. According to Isabella, he has a feeling of being left behind or something like that".
"Of course he has those feelings" Bellatrix snapped. "He has grown up like a house elf. His aunt and uncle treated him even less than the dirt they had under their shoes. And now after eleven years, he has a family that loves him. He had a real grandmother one of blood, one that really loved him and he is about to loos it all".
Bellatrix gave a deep sigh as she gazed out of the very small window every Prisoner had. "It has been three years sins he found his grandmother. If it were three years filled with love then it wouldn't have been as bad as I think it is. No, three years have been anything but. Two times he had to stop Voldemort from regaining a body. This year he has to let it happen while he himself has to play punching bag. He has to enter or be entered into a tournament where he has to risk his life over and over again. And then to think that the one who could help him is lying in a hospital bed without any sign of life".
"I don't know any of this" Sirius mumbled.
Bellatrix placed a hand through the bars and on the shoulder of Sirius and in a soft voice, she said. "I'm not proud of what I did, but the last time I was with him in a hospital I had a peek into his mind. His life has not been good. The hell he has seen is something you would not wish on your worst enemy, not even the dark wanker. Still, Harry has become the nicest men I have ever known and love. If Minerva dies than Harry could become the darkest Dark Lord you would ever see. He would make Voldemort and Grindelwald look like kindergarten kids having a temper tantrum".
Both Sirius and Tonks looked at Bellatrix with surprise written all over their faces.
"Tonks, you have seen the dark hole he has in his mind. You told me about it in st. Mungo".
"I did, yeah I know. It was the day after he was attacked by Lockhart. Bella and Daphne went into his mind and there they saw, what was it. The hole of despair or something. Isabella told us it was a hole that was mostly pure hate, something that was left behind by Voldemort".
Bellatrix nodded "That is it, and it is also the one thing we have to be afraid of, very afraid. If Harry loses his grandmother now that he finally had her in his life. Then it could be the one thing that could give all that hate that little push it needs. And if Harry goes dark, He will go really dark".
Sirius wanted to say something but he was again prevented by Bellatrix.
"No, Sirius. Harry never had any sort of youth and I'm afraid he never will. He is a Lord of four houses, maybe five. You" and she pointed at Sirius. "Have to go and check yourself out. An exposure to a Dementor can make a man sterile. Now I know that you can turn into a dog but it wouldn't hurt to check yourself out. But back to Harry, he is the wealthiest wizard in England maybe even in the world but for what. An old goat who wants to control his life. A minister who is just as useful as a snail on pepper up potion, as long as the slime Lucius keeps pulling on his strings. And I haven't yet talked about the nightly visits he has in the mind of little me, where he has to battle the dark wanker".
"That is all well" Sirius interrupted Bellatrix for ones. "But we came here to get you out for three days so you can handle your business at Gringotts. You have forty-eight hours to do it".
"But that means that you".
"Yes, I will take your place while you are away. But we just don't know what to do with Harry. We need you there to get him back to us. Use your female magic to get your man and my heir back to us. I do know that Bella and Daphne are working on him now and they are doing all they can but they are just too young".
Bellatrix was slowly shaking her head. "Please tell me, Sirius, Tell me that it is not true, tell me that you are not here to get me to go there and take him to bed with me. Do you think he is ready for that? Do you think he would let me while his grandmother is lying there? Do you even think I want to do something like that just to try and get him back"?
Sirius didn't say anything he just smiled and wiggled his eyebrows.
PATS PATS. Sounded the two slaps Bellatrix gave Sirius on both of his cheeks. "It's not Harry that has to be helped, but Minerva you horny dog. Really sometimes I think that castration is the only solution to get rid of that childish behavior of yours. But I will go but not to do what you want me to do". It was after those words that she pushed Sirius back into her cell and closed the door behind him. As she turned around she held up her hand and showed the wand from Sirius to Tonks. She turned back to Sirius and placed the tip of his wand between her breast and pushed it slowly Down".
"Bellatrix I need my wand" Sirius screamed.
"You can change in a dog without it so you don't need it. I will place a notice me not charm and make sure you get some food. For now, just think about it what you wanted me to do with Harry". She turned around again and walked away with a notice me not charm on both her and Tonks so the other death eaters wouldn't see her leaving.
*#*
Bellatrix greeted Augusta with a hug the moment the three of them stepped from the boat. They were just laughing about the memories Bellatrix had shared when they saw a group of ministry workers running towards them. They didn't need to know why they were coming because it was mostly to claim that Bellatrix was escaping. It was clear that they would and that was why Sirius had asked Snot to pop them away the moment they set foot on the shore.
Pop "Time to go," Snot said as he popped beside them and popped them out.
As the ministry employees were a hundred meters away they had popped away and before they could say yes or blink they were at Potter castle.
They were standing in the hallway of Potter castle and looked around themselves. In the doorway on the right stood Andromeda who had also just arrived with her mouth hanging open as she looked at her sister. Slowly she lifted her hand and pointed to the door at the other side.
*#*
David and Isabella rushed to the doorway when they heard Andromeda gasp for breath. When they got behind her they saw Bellatrix walking to the door of the infirmary. She lifted both of her hands and slam them against the door. Her eyes going from corner to corner taking in all she saw. There on the side, she saw her man sitting between her little self and her sister wife. With a couple of steppes, she stood in front of them and lowered her self to her knees.
*#*
"Bellatrix, What, Why, How" Daphne said in disbelieve when Bellatrix lowered herself in front of them to her knees.
Bellatrix ignored her and placed both her hands on the cheeks of Harry and pulled him into a passionate kiss.
Harry was still crying silently but the moment he felt Bellatrix's Lips on his he stopped.
Bellatrix pulled her hands away from Harry and pulled Daphne towards her as she gave her just a kiss like she had given Harry. It was after that that she pulled Harry up to his feet and placed herself between the two girls. She gave a quick hug to Bella and pulled Harry back on her lap. It was then that she pulled the two girls closer to her and placed her chin on the shoulder of Harry. "Alright Harry, tell me, why are you blocking everyone out that are here to help you".
Harry didn't say a thing but immediately looked at his grandmother.
Bellatrix saw the way he looked and pulled him a little closer. "Come on Harry, we are not going away. We are here with you, and we will stay here with you. Now, yesterday, and for years to come. So tell us what is wrong".
Harry gave a deep sigh as his eyes shifted to his grandmother. "What do I have to do Bellatrix. What do I do if she doesn't wake up? She is the only help I got when it comes to Albus. I'm not strong enough and she can feel me. I know Bella and Daphne will always be there for me just like I'm there for them. But she is my Blood. She is the only thing I have left from my real family. The family Albus has ripped apart and away from me. She is the only thing I have left from my mother".
Bella and Daphne looked at each other from behind the back of Bellatrix. Both had small tears in their eyes and realized that they would have never gotten it out of him. They also knew that Minerva had become very important in his life but this much that had been another thing they didn't know. They were family but never a family of blood and his grandmother was.
Bella looked at Harry and realized that Minerva had been the one person who stood up for him against his uncle. Yes, they had all come together at Hogwarts and in the express. But at the end of the first year, it had been Minerva who had taken his uncle out with one punch when Harry was shaking in fear. Her mother had been searching for help, and Albus had blocked almost every attempt she had done. but no one had ever stood up for him like Minerva had done. She had been the first one he saw that did that in front of him, the first adult he saw that really cared about him.
Bellatrix pulled Harry somewhat closer to her and knew that her thoughts back at Azkaban had been right on the Galleon. So she placed her lips in his neck and gave him a small kiss she lifted them to his ear and whispered. "But do you think she would be okay with you starving yourself to death at her bedside".
"No, Grandmother wouldn't like it at all" Harry whispered back just as softly as Bellatrix had done.
"So now that you know that, please go and take a shower, you stink," she told him in a whisper with a little giggle at the end. "After that go eat and drink something while I'll get Minerva back with the living. A coma is nothing more than a prison in the mind. Sometimes it's the body that keeps you there but with Minerva, it is her mind".
All three of the friends looked at her with their mouths hanging open.
Bellatrix laughed loudly and looked at Bella. "Yes dear, you will learn it all when you are older. Your power over the mind is not all there yet but you will get there. Mine was awakened when my late husband died. The moment I was released from that contract my life became my own again. And it means I can get in everyone's mind if they are open to it. Now off you go. I don't want a smelly husband when his grandmother is back with us".
The three of them nodded and rushed out of the room. They didn't immediately go to the bathroom but waited just outside of the door.
Bellatrix laughed again as she watched them rush out of the room. Slowly she stood and made her way to the bed of Minerva. When she sat down on the side of it. She brushed her hand over the cheek of Minerva. "So and now we are going to deal with you. O grandmother of mine" She lowered herself down and a little closer to her and said.
A/N this was it again for this week. See you all in two weeks.
Gr Winmau.