"I know sir. I trust you." Harry says before leaving. Knowing how much that last phrase was entirely true. For the first time he completely trusted an adult. An adult that he knows truly cares about Harry and not the Chosen One.
Harry is surprised when he gets a note at breakfast from Severus asking him to come down to his office at 10. Harry considers not showing but he knows that his professor would just come looking for him which wouldn't be ideal. Harry looks at his watch and notices that it is 9:30. He decides to go to the library, assuming that no one would be in there this early.
He reaches the library and sets an alarm spell for 9:45. He gets so caught up in reading that he jumps when the alarm spell goes off. He rushes to put the book he was reading back on the shelf it was on originally and heads down to the dungeons, reluctantly of course.
Harry knocks on Severus's office door and enters when he hears the man call out, "Come in."
Severus is sitting at his desk, as usual, with some, what Harry assumes, essays. The Potions Master looks up when he hears the door close and sets the essay he was grading aside. "Hello Harry. How are you?"
"I'm fine sir." Harry says stiffly. He is uncomfortable with the way that he knows this conversation is going to go.
Severus gives Harry a knowing look that Harry ignores. He knows that Harry is anticipating a continuation of the discussion from the previous night.
"Harry, why are you lying to me. It is clear that you aren't fine. I know that you don't want to talk about your relatives, but you need to. You are being mistreated and I can't just ignore that. I know I haven't been the nicest to you but you need to trust me. I know what it is like to be mistreated by supposed loved ones, I know what it is like to do everything in my power to avoid someone discovering what actually goes on. But that isn't why I asked you to come here tonight. I asked you to come here because I want you to have a full physical examination."
Harry's eyes widen at the words. "Sir, I'm fine. I receive one every year for quidditch."
"Not a full physical. You will be getting what is called a deep scan. It will provide us with all injuries that have happened to you in your entire life. If you broke a bone when you were 5 it will show up on this scan. Do you understand?" Severus explains.
"Yes sir." Harry says but clearly irritated at the scan.
"Harry, I know you aren't happy about the scan but I need to make sure that you don't have any lasting damage from what they have done to you."
"I'm fine.. I don't need this scan."
"But you are getting it one way or another, if I have to drag you to the Hospital Wing kicking and screaming I will."
Harry just glares at the words from Severus. He knows that he isn't going to get out of this exam no matter how hard he tries. Harry just nods but refuses to meet Severus's eyes.
Severus sees this and knows that Harry has accepted the fact that he is going to get the examination done even though he doesn't like it. Although he will never admit it, he is bothered by the fact that Harry won't look at him. He has grown to see Harry as a son, even if it is unintentional.
Severus stands up and puts his hand on Harry's shoulder and starts walking out of his office
and towards the Hospital Wing.
Harry allows Professor Snape to guide him out of the office. He remembers that he never told Ron and Hermione that he was going down to Snape's when he sees them walking towards him and Severus. He shakes off Severus's grip and runs to his friends. Hermione is the one that notices Harry first.
"Harry! We were so worried! We had no idea where you were!" Hermione exclaims, running towards Harry.
"Yeah mate. Where were you? We've been looking all over for you." Ron says.
"Professor Snape wanted to talk to me." Harry responds.
"About what?" Ron asks. Hermione elbows Ron and Ron yelps. "Hey what was that for?"
"If Harry wanted us to know he would tell us."
"No, Mione it's okay. He wants to take me to the Hospital Wing and get a deep scan."
"Oh. Why does he want you to?" Hermione asks.
"He found out about the Dursleys." Harry says simply. He knows that his friends already know about his relatives, they found out in their second year.
"Harry that's amazing! I always told you that you should tell someone the way they treated you."
Severus is shocked that Harry told his friends about his relatives. He walks up to the trio and whispers in Harry's ear, "They knew?"
"Yes sir." Harry says not trying to hide it.
"I'm surprised you told anyone."
"They figured it out when I didn't want to go back there after our third year."
"Harry." Hermione interrupts. "What happened? How does he know? No offense professor."
Severus doesn't respond; he just gives a small nod. Harry on the other hand, is uncomfortable.
"Professors McGonagall, Snape and Dumbldore figured out what the toad was doing in detentions and things went from there. We have been meeting weekly to talk and last night he asked about them and he figured it out after the little bit I told him."
"As much as I would like this chat to continue we have to get to the Hospital Wing Harry."
"Oh right. I'll see you guys later okay."
"See you later Harry." Ron and Hermione say.
"See you guys." Harry says before allowing Severus to guide him towards the Hospital Wing once again.
They reach their destination and Harry takes a deep breath before walking into the wing with his head up. Severus has to give Harry credit, he knows how hard it must be to know that all the injuries he has worked so hard to keep hidden most of his life, to be revealed in one afternoon.
They are greeted by Madame Pomfrey. "Hello Harry, Severus. Harry take these pajamas and go change behind the curtains and then go to a bed and lie down on it. I will be there in a moment to do the scan." She says with a sad smile, she knows that this is going to be hard to do for her because this young man has been in their care for 5 years now and this is just now being brought to light.
Harry nods and changes into the Hospital gown and walks over to his usual bed. This is the bed that he has been in every time and he thinks of it as his. He watches the Healer and Potions Master talking, most likely about him. All of a sudden they both started walking towards him and Harry sighs. He knows that the truth about his relatives is about to be revealed and that there is no way that he can hide it.
"Okay Harry, the spell I will be casting will be recording every injury that has ever happened to your body. A bone that was broken when you were 5, a cut when you were 7 or a fracture when you were 9. You can't hide anything from this scan Harry, I know this is going to be hard but it is needed to make sure that your relatives are held accountable for their actions against you."
Harry acknowledges her words by giving her a curt nod, he knows that this is necessary. It is just hard because he has tried so hard to hide what is about to be revealed.
"I am going to start the spell now Harry it should take about 10 minutes but it is possible that it takes longer, it depends on how many injuries you have obtained during your lifetime."
"Which, knowing me… it's going to be a lot." Harry says, only half joking.
Poppy smiles sadly knowing that the boy's words are true. She starts waving her wand in an intricate pattern while saying. "Historia revelare tuum." A piece of parchment appears and starts writing down its findings.
Harry feels a wave of magic wash over him and holds back a laugh when he feels a slight tickle from the spell. He lies still hoping that it will be over with soon.
10 minutes pass and then 20 but still no signs of stopping, Poppy and Severus are getting worried, they have never had an examination take this long. Only after 30 minutes does it finally stop, the report 6 pages long.
Poppy gasps at the results, there are so many injuries and from a young age too. At the age of 2 his leg was broken. When he was 3 his wrist was broken. At 4 he had major burns especially on his back. Those are just to point out some of the major ones at such a young age.
Severus looks at Harry in horror and receives a small shrug in response. Severus notes the time and says, "I think it is time for Harry to eat lunch, after that we can discuss what we have found and how we should proceed."
Poppy nods in agreement and lunch appears in front of Harry, as well as tables on either side of him with trays of food. Severus and Poppy sit down beside Harry.
They are sitting in silence and it is only broken when Ron and Hermione burst through the doors and a look of relief passes over their faces.
"We were so worried, we didn't know it would take so long. Harry is everything alright? Why are you still here?" Ron and Hermione say, talking over each other.
Harry laughs and says, "Yes, I'm fine and everything is alright. We didn't expect it to take this long either, it only just finished 5 minutes ago. They decided that we were going to eat here and then figure out where to go from there."
Severus is surprised with how composed Harry is, he can't believe that his friends would burst in like that during such a scan. He never realised how loyal they were. Harry found good friends and knows that they will always be there for him no matter what.
"Yes, yes. You have seen him and made sure that everything is fine now off with you! You need to get to lunch and we need to talk about private things that if Harry should choose to he will tell you, but that time is not now and you need to leave." Poppy says, shooing the pair that burst in out of the Hospital Wing.
Harry is laughing and Ron and Hermione are smiling. "See ya Harry." They both say before Poppy closes the doors on them. She sees Harry's amusement and says, "You know Mister Potter, it would be much easier for me if you stopped getting hurt. You end up here more often than I would like and that would be avoidable if you stopped playing Qudditch or putting yourself in dangerous situations."
"Hey! That isn't my fault. Quidditch is just rough and if I don't do what has to be done then Voldy would have been resurrected in my first year. If the teachers would listen to us we wouldn't have this problem."
"Well, that is a topic for another time. Let's talk about the results of your scan. Shall we?" Poppy promptly changing the topic.
An/ Well I still have a difficult chapter coming up. Unfortunately, I will be travelling out of State so I don't know if I will be able to update at all. I will try to write chapters using my tablet but I don't know if I will be able to.