The man swooped his hand across Harry's forehead, moving his hair away, and there stood the lightning shaped scar. The man and woman both gasped.
"Who do you live with?" The man asked him.
"My Uncle Vernon, my Aunt Petunia and my cousin Dudley." Harry said. He wanted to ask him who he was but he shut his mouth. He's not allowed to ask questions and he can only talk when spoken to.
"How did you get hurt?" The woman knelt down and asked him. She gently put her hand on Harry's cheek and Harry visibly flinched.
"Uh well I umm, I fell down the stairs." Harry said.
"Well have you gone to a healer?" The young boy asked him.
"A healer? Like a doctor? I've never been to a doctor before." Harry said bashfully.
"Did anyone look at your bruises and scratches to make sure you're not hurt?" Lucius asked him.
"No. Aunt Petunia told me to go wash my face so no one would see the blood and then I had to come outside to cut the grass." After Harry said that he looked at the grass and his eyes grew bigger. "Well it was nice talking but I need to cut the grass before my Uncle comes home." Harry flinched at the word 'uncle' and it did not go unnoticed.
Harry stood up and yelped in pain from his back and started to walk away. Before he got too far the man grabbed him and brought him back and lifted his shirt up to see his back. The man, the woman and the young boy all gasped again. It was obvious to all three that someone was hurting Harry.
The man looked at the woman and his son and noticed they both had tears in their eyes. Then he just looked at his son and imagined the same bruises and scratches on him and the man couldn't bear to think about it so he turned back to Harry.
"You're not going anywhere boy. I want to get you checked out." The man said and he waved his hand, which was holding a stick, and the grass was cut and the sticks were neatly piled. "Will your aunt notice if you're gone for a little while?"
"I don't know. She will be angry if she finds out though." Harry said.
The man nodded. "Narcissa, send Madam Pomfrey a patronus and tell her to meet us at the small park in Surrey. Tell her we don't have time to go there or to St. Mungo's."
"Yes, Lucius." The lady said. She grabbed her stick, which was different than the man's. A white and misty ferret came out of the stick and Harry's eyes widen. She whispered something to the stick and the mist went away.
The man smiled at Harry. "Have you never seen magic before? Well you probably have before your parents died. Obviously your muggle relatives can't do magic." The man laughed.
"M-magic? Like real magic? Magic's not real, sir." Harry said with a confused look on his face.
Lucius's looked at him. "Yes it is. Your parents could do magic too. Your aunt and uncle had to have told you that."
"My parents?" Harry looked up to Lucius.
"Harry, how did your parents die?" Lucius asked.
"They got into a car accident because my father was too drunk." Harry said with tears in his eyes.
Rage came across Lucius's face but he decided not to say anything about his parents right now. "You're a wizard Harry. So is my son Draco." Lucius patted Draco's back, indicating for him to say something.
"Hello. My name is Draco. Draco Malfoy." Draco says to Harry and holds out his hand for Harry to shake it.
Harry looks at the boy's face and then at his hand. He smiles at the boy and takes his hand and shakes it. "Hello I'm Harry. Harry Potter."
Draco gave Harry a smile back.
"Come boys. We're off to the park to wait for Pomfrey." Lucius said and grabbed their hands.
On the way to the park, Lucius and Narcissa tried to get Harry to tell them more about how he got his bruises.
"So Harry when did you fall down the stairs?" Narcissa asked him.
"Today." Harry answered simply.
"What did your aunt and uncle do when you fell?" Lucius asked.
"I don't know. I passed out." Harry said.
"What did you do when you woke up?" Narcissa asked.
"My aunt told me to wash my face and cut the grass." Harry said.
By the time they stopped asking the questions, Narcissa was silently crying and Lucius was rubbing her back.
"Go play until she gets here. Be careful." Lucius said and watched Draco run off. He turned to Harry. "Aren't you going to play, Harry."
"I'm not allowed to."
Narcissa stood up more and looked at Harry. "Haven't you ever been to a park dear?"
"Yes. My aunt and uncle would bring Dudley here. I would sit by that tree over there and watch them play."
"They never let you play?" Lucius asked.
"No."
"Go play with Draco, Harry. I give you permission." Narcissa said.
"What if Uncle Vernon finds out?" Harry asked.
"To hell with him!" Lucius yelled, getting a smack on the arm from Narcissa.
"Lucius! Watch what you're saying around the boy!" Narcissa said.
Harry ran along and started to climb the playground with Draco while Lucius and Narcissa watched and talked.
"What are we going to do, Lucius?" Narcissa asked. "It's obvious that he's being abused by those damned muggles."
Lucius looked at her and wiped a tear. "We go to Dumbledore. He better not have known about this."
"He's going to wonder why you care. We were on the His side. What are you going to tell him."
"I'll tell him the truth. I-" Before Lucius said anything, Harry came running to him and hid on the ground. "Harry, what's wrong?"
"M-my Uncle Vernon. That's his car. He will know. He will know I'm here and having f-fun. I should have never came here." Harry cried. Narcissa rubbed his back.
"It's okay, Harry. He won't hurt you." She said sweetly to him. Harry said nothing but looked at the woman with tears.
'If only she knew.' Harry thought. 'Maybe if I run there fast he won't noice.'
Harry started running to the road and he wouldn't stop despite the calls from behind. He ran and ran until he was in the middle of the road and he stopped. He stared ahead of him at a car that was coming towards him. Harry couldn't think or move. It was 5 feet away when Lucius came up to him and waved his stick.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" He cried out and Harry went into the air. The car stopped abruptly and stared at Harry floating. Lucius put Harry down next to him. The man came out of his car and went to Lucius to ask what was happening but before he could, Lucius pointed his stick at the man and said, "Obliviate."
Lucius turned to Harry and scolded him. "Harry what were you thinking? You could have gotten badly hurt or killed!"
Harry started crying more and took a step away from the man and flinched. "P-please don't hit me!"
Lucius's face fell. "I swear to Merlin, Harry, I'll never hit you." Lucius picked up Harry and hugged him gently. Harry stiffened.
'He's hugging me? I've never been hugged.'
Harry relaxed and hugged him back and cried into his shoulder. Narcissa came up to them and rubbed Harry's back.
Lucius let the boy down and Harry noticed the tears there as well. "Let's go sit down."
They sat in almost silence. Harry was still crying and Lucius and Narcissa were silently crying. Draco sat beside Harry and cried too. He was confused and sad that they were crying so he decided to join them.
A loud pop put then out of their crying spells. A lady with brown hair and gray eyes came up to the four people on the bench.
Lucius stood up. "Poppy, we found young, Harry Potter, crying and in pain. If you could please care for his bruises." Lucius stood Harry up on the bench and took off his shirt revealing more bruises on his chest..
Madam Pomfrey gasped and turned to Lucius with a glare. "What happened to him? If you had anything to do with this I swear-"
"I did not do this!" Lucius started crying again. "I would never hurt a child like this. Surely you don't think I'm that bad of a man right?"
Madam Pomfrey was surprised that the man was crying and cared about Harry. She just nodded and began working on his bruised face.
"Okay Harry. This is a paste that will take away your bruises alright? It might sting for a couple seconds. Can you be brave for me dear?" Harry nodded and she began rubbing the ointment on his skin. At first it stung him for less than a second. Once she was done, Harry could finally relax his back. "There. Is that better now?" Harry nodded and smiled up at the lady. "I can't do anything about his broken nose right now. He would need to stay the night at Hogwarts for that."
"Alright. Thank you Poppy. Please tell Dumbledore that we'll be seeing him tonight. Don't tell him about Harry." Lucius said.
Madam Pomfrey nodded and waved goodbye to Harry and Draco. She turned on her heel and she was gone. Harry's eyes grew bigger again.
"That's called apparition. We'll learn about it at Hogwarts." Draco said to Harry. Harry wanted to ask what Hogwarts was but he didn't. Draco felt hurt that Harry wasn't talking to him but he let it go.
"Let's take Harry back now." Lucius said.
They walked to Harry's house and they walked Harry up the steps. Narcissa knocked on the door and waited.
Harry's Aunt opened the door with a smile that faded fast. "Who are you?"
"My name is Lucius Malfoy. This is my wife, Narcissa and my son, Draco. I'm sure you know who this is."
Petunia glanced down at her nephew and just nodded. She grabbed Harry by the collar and dragged him inside then gave a quick, "thanks" and tried to shut the door.
Lucius put his hand on the door to stop it from closing and sneered at the woman. "We found this boy crying in a bush. He had bruises and cuts everywhere."
"Well he tripped on something in his room and landed on the floor with his dresser on top of him." Petunia answered then surveyed the three unknown people at the door. Upon glancing down she saw robes and she knew what that meant. "You're one of them! Get out!" She tried to close the door again only for it to be stopped again.
Rage was obviously plastered on Lucius's face. "Who hurt this boy? Do you have any idea who this boy is in the wizarding world? You tell him that his parents died in a car crash?" He yelled and pushed open the door and they went inside. Lucius took out his stick and pointed it at Petunia.
Petunia shrieked and yelled for her husband.
Harry's Uncle came in the hallway and his face turned beet red from anger and who was in his house. "Get out you freaks! Out of my house!" Vernon yelled.
Lucius pointed his stick at Vernon instead and Vernon took a step back.
'They're afraid of sticks?' Harry thought. 'I'll just get one from outside.'
Narcissa whispered something in Lucius's ear and he put his stick down.
"Who. Hurt. This. Boy." Lucius yelled through gritted teeth.
"Nobody! He fell while he was playing outside!" Vernon yelled.
Lucius's face turned completely red with more anger than he has ever had. He pulled his fist back and let go with so much force that he broke Vernon's nose.
Lucius grabbed Harry and picked him up and hugged him. "Listen, Harry. I'm going to try to come back and get you tomorrow. Get your things ready." He said to Harry with tears in his eyes. He turned towards Vernon. "Don't you dare touch him! I'll be back for him!" Lucius set him down. Narcissa bent down and kissed Harry's forehead and Draco gave him a hug. They too had tears in their eyes as well.
"Bye Harry." Draco said.
Harry sniffed and said, "Bye Draco."
The three walked out of the house and once they were gone, Harry turned to see his Uncle raise his fist and let go towards Harry's face.