Sirius' head shot up at Dumbledore's words and he ground out,
'Bellatrix has Harry?'
'Sirius, don't go doing anything rash-' Remus was cut off as Sirius started shouting,
'RASH! RASH! YOU'RE TELLING ME NOT TO DO ANYTHING RASH WHILE THAT BASTARD OF A COUSIN OF MINE HAS MY GODSON! I'LL-'
'Sirius,' Remus warned.
'REMUS SHUT THE HELL UP! I JUST WANT TO GET MY GODSON BACK!' and with that, Sirius broke down and started to sob. This startled Remus. He had never seen Sirius break down before, at least as far as he could remember. He went over to Sirius and pulled him into a hug.
'You, you don't know Bellatrix li-like I, I do. She's, she's evil. She'll tor-torture him, sh-she mig-'
'Sirius,' Dumbledore started. 'I am going to send you to Hogwarts where Madame Pomfrey will give you a Calming Draft. I am going to alert some of the more trusted Aurors at the Ministry to assist us in searching for Harry.' Sirius nodded numbly as Remus helped him up and apparated them both to just outside the gates to Hogwarts. Madame Pomfrey was waiting to let them in.
'Come now, we must get him to the Hospital Wing before he becomes unconscious.' Remus nodded and the two helped Sirius up to the Hospital Wing. Once there, Madame Pomfrey bustled off to her office to collect the Calming Draft as Remus led Sirius to an empty bed. Madame Pomfrey came back with a goblet of a purple liquid. She handed it to Sirius who drank it in one go.
'Sirius, why don't you try taking a nap?' Remus suggested. Sirius nodded mutely and lay down on his bed. When Remus was sure that Sirius was asleep, he flooed back to Sirius' cottage. When he stood up, he noticed six other wizards, most likely Aurors, milling about.
'Ah, Remus, I'm glad you decided to come back.' Dumbledore said. Remus nodded. 'We are going to search the grounds for anything Bellatrix Lestrange may have dropped or left behind. With anything we can find we will be able to cast tracking spells on the items, and hopefully, Harry as soon as we can.' Remus nodded. Now, would everyone please gather round?' All the Aurors and Remus grouped around Dumbledore. Alastor, Remus, I would like you to search the north part of the wood surrounding the cottage. Elphias and Hestia, you will search the east part of the wood and Kingsley and I will search the west and south, as there is not much space to cover for those parts. If you find anything, send a patronus. Everyone nodded and headed out to the woods. They had only been outside searching for ten minutes when a parrot patronus came into focus and said in Hestia's voice,
'Found something. Meet back at the cottage.' Alastor and Remus hurried back to the cottage where they saw Hestia, Elphias, Kingsley and Dumbledore waiting by the door.
'What is it you've found?' Dumbledore asked. Elphias held out a piece of black cloth. 'I know a spell that will tell you the location of the owner, as long as it is newly lost.' He took it and placed it on the ground.
He waved his wand over the cloth and started muttering under his breath. Dumbledore stopped and looked up at his companions. 'It seems,' he started. 'That Bellatrix is in a forest, just outside of London. We will need to think of a plan and fast.'
An hour later, the six had a plan and were getting ready to leave, apparating to the forest where Bellatrix Lestrange was known to be. When they all apparated, they put a disillusion charm on each other, and split up, closing in on Bellatrix.
When they started to hear her voice, Remus peered around the tree he was behind. He saw Harry, tied to a tree, unconscious. Remus waited until he saw the sign, red sparks. When he did, he sprinted towards Harry. His main goal was to get Harry out alive and safe. The red sparks had distracted Bellatrix and her partner long enough for her partner, who happened to be Lucius Malfoy, to get stunned. Bellatrix whirled around and shot a stunner, getting Elphias. Remus shot one at her, as he ran to Harry, but got Hestia by accident. He cursed under his breath, and ran even faster. He dropped to his knees beside Harry and whispered,
'Finito Incantatem,' Harry stirred.
'Remus?' he asked.
'Shhh,' Remus said and muttered a disillusion charm for Harry.
'Ouch!' Harry yelped.
'What's wrong?'
'I-I don't know. My arm really hu-hurts tho-though. I want to see Sirius. Pl-please, I want to s-see Sirius, Remus!' Remus nodded distractedly.
'Hold on, I'm going to just fix your arm a bit. Ferula.' Splints shot out of the wand and wrapped themselves around Harry's arm. Remus proceeded to pick the boy up, but Harry let out a yelp. Remus quickly cast Protego before Bellatrix could do anything, and put the boy back on the ground.
'What hurts, Harry?' Harry winced and pointed to his stomach. 'Your ribs?' Harry nodded. 'Okay, well just bear with me; I'm taking you to Sirius.' Harry nodded and held tight to Remus, wincing as he was picked up. Remus cast two patronuses quickly, before apparating. One to Madame Pomfrey, telling her he was going to the cottage, that Harry was hurt and to bring Sirius. The other was to Dumbledore, telling him he had Harry and was taking him somewhere safe.
When Remus got to the cottage, he hurried in and lay Harry on his bed. The door flew open and Madame Pomfrey rushed in, followed by Sirius. He still looked calm, so the Calming Draft was still
working. Remus went to Sirius as Madame Pomfrey worked on Harry. She stood up five minutes later, just as Sirius' Calming Draft wore off and said,
'That's the best I can do. He had a broken arm, sprained wrist and four broken ribs on his right side. I can only ask you to keep him from using his right arm too much for the next few days. His ribs are perfectly fine, though.' Remus nodded and let go of Sirius, who had been trying to get away from him. Sirius ran to Harry and pulled him into a fierce hug, Harry holding on just as tight. Both were sobbing loudly.