Hello my readers, I am sorry it took a while to update but life got in the way. (Again: Warnings-Mention of child abuse and Not JK)
Lily was holding onto Severus as Madam Pompfrey buzzed around Harry waving her wand in complicated patterns, muttering under her breath.
The door opens and Dumbledore walks through it and stops in his tracks, "What's going on?"
Lily's head snaps up and she glares with intense dislike while the air around the hospital wing vibrated with magical electricity.
"It is your bloody fault!" She snaps at the headmaster. She runs across the room intending to punch him in the face, momentarily forgetting that she was in fact a witch and could use magic. Remembering, she stops in her tracks and takes out her wand so fast, Dumbledore would have swore she pulled it out of thin air, as he was momentarily caught off guard a non verbal blue spell comes hurtling toward him. He quickly takes out his wand and conjures a shield.
She yells," COWARD!" She sends another spell towards him; Dumbledore flicks his wand in deflection as she starts speaking again. "YOU left him there, AGAINST better JUDGEMENT…" Dumbledore sputters. "I AM SPEAKING NOW AND YOU WILL RESPECT ME, ALBUS!"
"Yes ma'am," said Dumbledore meekly, bowing his head toward the irate Lily.
"As I was saying before your ass interrupted me, against better judgment and taking advantage of my grieving status, you sent Harry to my sister and her husband, those monsters who hate magic at all cost, ultimately making my son on the brink of death, THANKS-TO-YOU!" Lily finished huffing. "Now if you excuse me, Headmaster Dumbledore, I have a son to watch over." She said as she physically pushes him out the door and closes it and locks it. She turns around and sees Severus looking at her with shock and admiration. She shrugs, finally calming down. "He had it coming, that meddling old codger, his ego was a bit too big and it inflated his head." She said simply.
Severus snorts. "We will talk about that later, right now we have our son to worry about."
She noticed what he said but kept quiet, smiling slightly. They stood watching as Madam Pompfrey continues her work.
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A few hours later Madam Pompfrey sunk into a chair near Harry's bed and puts her face in her hands, exhausted. She looks up at the 3 adults and says in a tired voice. "He is stable," she takes out a piece of parchment and hands it to Severus with surprisingly still hands and says warily. "All the abuse he has suffered at the hands of those monsters."
Severus takes the parchment with dread and looks over it, his eyes becoming darker by the second. Amongst the slapping and the hitting, he saw more sinister and disturbing types of abuse. A couple of those made his blood boil. He reads 'scalded by hot water age 1, beaten with unknown object 15 minutes later.' "Those stupid muggles." He muttered. 'Nearly drowned age 2'.
The list went on and on. How can a little boy even handle that? Severus wonders to himself.
"Those-they-my god. I am going to kill them," Lily said, looking pale and shaking violently. She starts heading toward the fireplace, then she felt a hand hold onto her arm. "Let me go!" she cried.
"No, it will not do any good right now." Severus said who looked like he was restraining himself from following after his wife.
She struggles in his arms." I-DON'T-CARE! THEY HURT MY BABY, LET ME GO!" She takes out her wand and it fly's from her hand instantly, she looks up, "Poppy, give me my damn wand!"
Poppy looks up at Severus, they come to an agreement with a nod.
"Lily, we can do this the easy way or the hard way." Poppy said calmly as she summoned over a dreamless sleep potion from the hospital wards cabinet.
"NO!" Lily cried. "It's my baby, they hurt my baby, don't you understand?"
Poppy calmly walks over. "Lily, please, I do not want to give this to you by force dear." She said as calmly as she could. Lily whimpers. She glares at Poppy and Severus, but she stops struggling, realizing resistance was getting her nowhere. "That's a good girl, here drink the entire thing." Poppy said handing the cup of potion to Severus.
"Come on Lils, let's get this in you." He said as he holds the cup up to her trembling lips, she opens her mouth and he slowly lets her drink it.
"Harry." She murmurs struggling to keep her eyes open.
"Shh-do not fight it Lils." Severus whispers in her ear, rocking her.
She laid her head back on Severus shoulders and he grabs her sleeping form and takes her over to the bed closest to Harry, knowing that is what she would want. He conjures up a chair between his wife and Harry and sits down, rubbing the bridge of his nose and sighed warily.
"Don't make me give you a potion Severus Snape." Poppy said, glaring down at him with her arms crossed.
He glared up at her, but having been at the brunt end of her hospitality before, he sighs and stands up. He conjures a chair/bed complete with fluffy blanket and pillow. He pulls back the covers and lays down on it, intending to stay up all night watching over his family. "Happy." He sneered.
She purses her lips at his tone. "You better get some sleep young man," she said wagging her finger at him, she tucks him in like a child, while he gives her a deadly glare. She stares at him until he looks down at his long fingers. She smiles slightly.
She turns around towards Arabella. "Arabella dear, do you wish to be accommodated here or go back to your home?" She asked with warmth.
"I want to go home, but…" Arabella trailed off looking uncertain.
"If you want, I can keep you updated with Harry's condition, now if that is all you need dear, I think it is best if you go home and get some rest. It's been a long day, do you need dreamless sleep?" she asked levitating a vial of the potion toward Arabella.
"Yes ma'am," Arabella agreed, noticing that the mediwitch was not going to take no for a answer. She heads to the fireplace and turns around and says, "thank you, Poppy." She turns around and leaves in flame.
"You are welcome, child," murmurs Poppy warily, as she heads toward her office to get a little bit of sleep before tending to Harry again, she smiles a little to herself at the sight before her. There was Severus asleep with one hand holding onto Lily's hand and the other on Harry's. "They are such a beautiful family." She said to herself.
Not as long as I had wanted, so I made another Chapter. It's a gift for you guys being so patient.
