Thank you to the betas of this chapter, icedawn12193, and Willofhounds.
Chapter Seven - Harry in the Cabinet
"Are we done with this scavenger hunt yet?" Sirius questioned.
Sirius, Poppy, and Severus stood in the middle of Hogsmeade along with Fang. It was only hours ago that Severus found out that Fang was part bloodhound, a dog that was known for their powerful sense of smell. The thing that Severus feared was that it has been two days since Harry disappeared. He only hoped that the dog wouldn't lead him to his son who was lying dead in a ditch someway.
"No!" Severus snapped but if he was honest with himself he was losing hope fast. For the past three hours, he along with Poppy and Sirius walked the halls of St Mungo's with Fang leading them into room after room after room before the dog finally made its way to one of the Floo's network that only went one way, Hogsmeade.
Severus let out a long breath of relief when Fang stopped at the floo, there was only one way Harry could have gone if he used this foo which is why all three of them stood in the middle of Hogsmeade, waiting for Fang to pick up Harry's scent again.
"Severus the chances of Fang finding…" Sirius was quickly cut off.
"We made it this far," Severus yelled, not caring about the onlookers.
"For the past two days there has been no news about Harry, this is the first lead we have gotten and I'm not giving up on it. I will follow this damn dog all day if it means I get my son back." Severus yelled and before he could say anything else Fang started to move again.
Even Poppy had to admit she was losing hope, rather Harry traveled to every room in the hospital without being stopped, with no one seeing him or the dog was sending them on a wild goose chase.
Severus allowed Fang to lead the way, not keeping much hold on the leash. Every time the dog crossed the street he would follow, making sure he didn't step on the seemingly large amount of drool that the dog left behind only to cross again a few minutes later. Fang would stop and sniff the windows of the shops, Severus suspected that Harry had his hands on everything.
Severus was starting to get a bit hopeful as the hours went by until Fang made a turn into Knockturn Alley, making his way down one of the many dark alleys.
Poppy couldn't help but to pull her cloak closer around herself as the cold wind blew past them, she could only imagine how Harry was feeling. The Hospital issued pajamas were not that thick and with it being the middle of September the cold weather was coming fast.
Fang stopped at an abandoned building that was boarded up with only a small hole out of the corner of the door... Fang let out a whine, laying down and pawing at the small hole, unable to get in himself.
"Could Harry fit through there?" Sirius inquired as Severus bent down.
Lighting his wand to see if he could see anything within the building but the dust that collated within the building was too thick to see through.
"Harry? Sweetie?" Poppy called out, trying to look into one of the windows.
"We're going in," Severus announced before making the hole bigger and making his way into the building, allowing Fang to show him the way.
"Harry, it's us, sweetie." Poppy kept calling out, lighting her wand as well before stopping.
"Severus" Poppy gasped as she bent down, seeing a pair of pants and soiled diapers laying on the ground.
"He has to be close," Severus said.
His hope building up by the second, he almost felt he was going to pass out when Fang started to scratch at one of the cabinets. Not waiting another second Severus quickly opened the door to see Harry curled up inside.
"Harry!" Severus gasped when he saw his son, taking off his cloak and wrapping it around the child as he took him out of the cabinet. "He's freezing."
Poppy knelt down, going into Healer mode. Harry had many infections, some from the hair he pulled out, picking at the skin on his head. There was blood on the bandage that wrapped around Harry's stomach, clearly, Harry was pulling at the feeding tube that was placed. The most concerning was the open sores on the child's bottom and scrotum.
"Harry? Can you wake up for me? Come on Harry, open your eyes." Severus spoke, trying to get Harry to open his eyes. Wanting so desperately to see those bright green eyes that Harry held.
"Severus we need to get him back home," Poppy spoke.
She checked the child's pulse, finding it to be a bit lower than it should be. They all wanted to get Harry clean and warmed up as fast as possible.
"Give me your cloaks, he's freezing," Severus said, looking up at Poppy and Sirius.
Poppy nodded, quickly taking off her cloak along with Sirius and helping Severus to wrap the child up, placing warming charms on the cloaks before they all apparated back to Hogwarts.