A/N - This chapter is very filler-esque and I am as happy as I am going to be with it, not that i am overly happy about it. I didn't know how else to write it exactly. James and Lily are here, along with Neville :) It was difficult to write them in this chapter because it is a different tone from the rest but I felt they needed to be added.
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EDIT! DATE CHANGE IN CHAPTERS 6 & 7 Moved forward one week. 3/20
Chapter Seven:
St. Mungo's, November 19th 1983, Late - Morning, DD.
Healer Mary McDonald fingered the manila folder and pulled back the cover. Staring at her was the proof to all her crazy thoughts were not in fact that crazy.
Result of Paternity Test
James Charlus Potter
Result of Maternity Test
Lily Belle Potter nee Evans
She closed the folder quickly and closed her eyes as set her resolve. She was going to save Harry Potter. She didn't know how yet but she was going to save him.
An hour and a half passed since Mary strengthened her resolve and she was no closer to coming up with any solution that did not involve breaking laws and risking not only Harry getting sent back but Azkaban for herself and who ever helped her. Both Headmaster Dumbledore and Madam Bones knew the boy was at St. Mungos, both knew she was his healer. If the two where to disappear then it would be evident exactly what happened. She knew there was an answer but she did not know exactly how she was going to do it. Deciding to bring the file home to continue to mull over it after she got some sleep Mary tucked it into her bag and signed it out of the records department with the excuse of further research on the curse scar. Leaving she passed the open door of the room where Harry Potter had been staying for the past few weeks under her care. At the moment the small boy was curled up in the arms of his 'godfather' if the man could be called godfather for the other dimension equivalent of the boy he was once godfather of. Mary personally believed one could. Or at least Sirius Black could in that moment. As he wept over the impending loss of his godson yet again. Mary straitened her back and moved slowly into the room.
"I don't want you to leave either," The man whispered.
"He won't if its at all possible." Mary said a pair of emerald green and steal gray eyes turned to her.
"Hey Bud, excuse us for a moment." Sirius said standing up and leading Mary from the room forgetting to close the door behind him. Watching the two disappear into the hall Freak slowly moved from his cot and walked toward the door trying to stay silent, fearing the repercussions if he did not and one of the adults found him out of bed. For the past few weeks they had been treating him like a Dudley, yesterday he proved he was a freak though, he even hurt the other man who often came to see him. He didn't mean too and afterwards he was sure he was going to get a lashing. Those things were not good, they were bad. He tried to control them, he really did but sometimes they just happened anyways. Then he was held. For a little while he believed that maybe he wouldn't be punished. After all the man who promised he would protect Freak had held him and hummed like always. He didn't even leave once Freak fell asleep like he usually did. He stayed with Freak all night.
Freak was sure that nothing bad would happen. His Aunt and Uncle never stayed with him after one of those things. He thought maybe the man was right when he said that he could keep Freak safe. He had for the past few weeks after all. Then it all came crashing down once again. Freak would be going home, probably to get a good lashing and be locked in his cupboard again by his Aunt. He did not want his cupboard though, he wanted the interesting room with the white walls that seemed do dance in the sunlight. He wanted to see the sunlight in the morning and the moonlight when he went to sleep. He wanted a cot like he had now and someone to sing to him.
He was being ungrateful, the thought sunk heavily in his stomach as he realized that he had been treated like a Dudley because he had been acting like a Dudley. He remembered voicing a similar thought before. When the man had let him cry on his shoulder, something Freaks were absolutely forbade to do, and held him close. The man said that he was not ungrateful but Freak knew better. He moved to the door and pressed his ear to it listening to the adults who were outside the door in the mist of an argument.
"...loosing him again would be detrimental to the mental stability of James and Lily,"
"We don't know that it is Harry." Sirius said, still denying the truth he came to terms with moments ago. Mary pulled out a folder opened it to a specific page and shoved it into his hands. Sirius looked down at the glaring evidence his denial was not going to change the reality that his godson, or at least his godsons dimensional equivalent was in the room behind him.
"F*ck, Mary you can't tell them." He said staring down at the two names.
"Like hell I cant. That is there son," Mary said her voice growing angry.
"Mary the chances that a hair-brained idea of yours works and you somehow beat Dumbledore at his own game is slim,"
"My ideas are not hair brained and Dumbledore is not all powerful,"
"He is pretty damned close. And telling Lily and James, letting them get to know this Harry only to rip him away again would do more hurt than help. Especially when they see him like he is know." He said.
"Sirius," She moved to protest.
"No Mary, I know them better than you. James and Lily would blame this on themselves. You know that horrible feeling that sunk in your gut when you heard he was being sent back. Imagine that ten fold, because that is what you would be doing. Telling them would validate James's idea that what happened Halloween could have somehow been stopped if things were different. It would reinforce Lily's constant question on whether Harry got killed because of some type of negligence on her part. I know the Potters, telling them would do no good."
"Are you sure or are you scared?"
"Wait, if we find some sure fire way to safe him then tell them. Better yet I will, but to give them hope only to snatch it back..."
"Hope is one of the strongest things in the world Sirius,"
"Not stronger than grief," Freak frowned at that thought. He didn't know who James and Lily were, he was pretty sure he never met a James or a Lily before, The doctor lady, who was much nicer than the other doctor he met, said he was their son. He did not understand that concept. What was a son? Was it something like a Dudley? He figured it might be, if he thought hard enough he could remember Uncle Vernon saying something about Dudley being his son. The thoughts running though his brain made him overwhelmed. Leaning further out the door to see why the conversation stopped he saw that both adults he had known these past weeks were no longer there. Instead before him stood Aunt Petunia.
"Hello, you are that little boy aren't you. The one Mary's healing, do you need me to get her for you?" She said her voice must different than what Freak was accustom to. He shook his head and moved backward.
"Are you sure its no trouble." She said moving to kneel down. Freak closed his eyes and prepared for the blow, no matter how she spoke Freak knew Aunt Petunia and she never did anything but beat him, or make him work to say he did bad for a reason to beat him. Slowly backing up he moved to open the door blindly. Aunt Petunia smiled and Freak knew she only did that when he was in trouble. Then she stood and reached out a hand. He cowered below her as she moved to open the door feeling something wet twikle down his legs he knew he was in even more trouble.
"Oh dear, is that what was wrong. Here I am jabbering away and you needed to use the restroom. I am so sorry buddy. Why don't I get some one for you, get you washed up." She said looking down at the boy shaking like a leaf under her. She leaned back down to brush the hair out of his eyes and was met with a violent pull back.
"Hey, I'm not going to hurt you love. You are safe," She said, her voice seemed sincere. She sounded like she was addressing Dudley instead of him but Freak only registered the words he often heard from Petunia's mouth, and with that there was a loud thud down the hall. Petunia turned her thoughts away and the boy disappeared though the open door shutting it behind him and curling up in the place he felt safest from Aunt Petunia.
Godric's Hallow, November 19th Early - Afternoon, DD
Wearing an old sweater like she often did to bed Lily Potter happily skidded around the kitchen dancing to the old record player she had set up. Neville was spending the day with his Godparents as he did every Saturday and laughed as he watched the red head danced around as she cooked a late breakfast for the small group of three. His Uncle James was dancing around as well however he was much more graceful and much less fun to watch then the erratic and funny looking flailing twirls Lily did. Neville smiled and clapped as the song ended. The next song began and Lily squealed as she moved to pull Neville in her arms twirling him around as she crooned loudly off key.
"Each morning I get up I die a little, Can barely stand on my feet, Take a look in the mirror and cry, Lord what you're doing to me" James moved to pull the two into his arms as he twirled them both around. Passing Neville to James, Lily turned levitated the pan out of the oven and pulled out plates. As she passed the two males she was pulled back into James arms as Neville hopped around at there feet not letting her pass.
"Boys," She complained halfheartedly with a giggle.
"Dance Aunt Lily, Dance,"
"Yes Lily dance," James said twirling her.
"Well I need to finish if you want to eat." At her words Neville's stomach growled and the boy looked up sheepishly. James and Lily burst into laughter at the expression on the boys face.
"You hungry Dirt Monkey," She asked swinging the boy back into her arms after passing the plates to James.
"Yes Ma'am!" Neville said happily as his stomach growled again.
"Well lets try and fix that with some sticky buns." Lily smiled as she slid the boy in to his chair and levitated the sticky buns over as the three sat down to there brunch Neville regaling tales of his week with an animation in his face and hands only children, and sometimes the Marauders, could ever accomplish.
Black Cottage, November 19th Late - Early-Afternoon, DD
"You gonna tell me whats wrong?" Marlene asked groggily as she finally decided to inform her preoccupied husband of the fact she was awake. Sirius seemed taken back as she felt him jump ever so slightly his hand tightening in its mindless movement though her hair. He looked down at her with a sigh.
"Nothing," He said with little conviction, "Reggie have Ria." He said a part of him a little upset that the presence of the one year old ball of energy was not there to distract him from his darker thoughts. Regulus and Astraea were close though and he wouldn't change that for anything. Even if Regulus often tried to corrupt the one year old to embrace Slyhterin tendency's.
"Yeah he stopped by this morning and took advantage of my half awake state," She said and Sirius stiffened at the unsaid accusation.
"Marlene,"
"Don't, I understand, kind of, and I expect a good date night when all of this is over." She said attempting to make Sirius smile but it did the opposite. "Is there something wrong with the case," She questioned.
"Harry," He whispered his voice rough and laden with tears pasted together with a type of hopelessness Marlene only her her
"Sirius, don't do this to yourself." She said sitting up and moving herself into his lap.
"Marlene," He protested.
"I know he looks like him, probably around the same age from what you were saying, but that is not possible Sirius, Harry is gone, we know that." She said moving her hand though his hair.
"It's Harry." He repeated his voice still unchanged.
"That's not possible Sirius," Marlene said sitting up slightly straighter and pulling his eyes to him.
"Doesn't mean it isn't true. Dumbledore and Amelia showed up today and informed us that the case was closed and the child was being sent back home."
"Why does he have any say in your case," asked Marlene as she shifted back to lean against her husband.
"The bo... Harry traveled dimensions," Sirius said his voice almost breaking in the middle.
"Sirius this isn't funny." She said pulling back and moving from his lap.
"Never said it was, It's him. Merlin's beard it sounds f**king crazy but it's him. He traveled across dimensions. The potions even said so." He said with a dry chuckle.
"Harry is here, at Mungo's." Marlene said twisting to sit next to her husband instead of on his lap as she leaned back against the cushions.
"Yes,"
"Here and safe," She said in her still dazed state.
"Relatively,"
"What?"
"He didn't change from the child I told you about Mar, he was abused heavily."
"Baby Harry," Marlene clarified as if wrapping her head around such a concept was impossible. Sirius just nodded, "Yes Baby Harry," he repeated.
"But he was healed right. He is okay,"
"He recovered well but he still has signs of physical abuse, just less than before. Mary started with the most dangerous things and worked backward."
"What is he like," Marlene asked.
"A ghost, he is terrified and reluctant to any sort of help from anyone. Hell he hasn't even spoken to Mary yet."
"He will get better,"
"Before the first of the year doubtful."
"Sirius," She said her tone the same holding the same warning that it did when she was talking to a misbehaving Astraea. Sirius just stood up and walked from the room into the kitchen Marlene close at his heels.
"So what are we going to do," Marlene asked as she watched Sirius rummage though the icebox for pumpkin juice turning back to grab two cups before slipping under him and grabbing the carton that was truthfully right in front of him. As they moved around eachother Sirius made no move to answer Marlene's question. "Sirius don't shut me out of this, let me help." She pleaded after a few more minutes.
"There's nothing to help. It's over Mar, we lost." He said moving from the couch and silently ending the conversation. A barn owl few though the open window and dropped a letter onto the table before taking off again. The letter rolled instead of enveloped witch told Marlene it was hastily written, it was also tied together with half of the string one would receive from the newspaper showing the quickness in witch the letter was sent. Marlene pulled the string away and unrolled the parchment.
Aruor Black,
COME NOW! The boy got in the closet, locked from the inside and we cant get though.
Franklin.
"Sirius!" Marlene called.
"I don't want to talk about it Mar, we lost." He said turning to walk away again.
"Sirius Orion Black, you will listen to me right now." She said darting forward and grabbing his hand.
"Why?"
"Harry's Missing," was her answer as she stuffed the letter into his hand.
"Impossible." He said before looking down, the string of curses that came out of his mouth could make a sailor blush as he grabbed Floo powder, Marlene grabbed some as well and Sirius turned to protest.
"I am going Sirius. Try to stop me."
Rathford Apartments, November 19th 1983, Early Afternoon.
"Can you read this over, I've hit a wall." Mary said as she handed a folder to Regulus. Astraea had been laid down for her nap already after eating a peanut butter sandwich and was curled against Mary's chest as the woman sat on the leather couch in the apartment she shared with Regulus. The man in question looked up with a frown before perching on the couch arm and flipping the file from the back to the front, he pulled open the front cover to see Harry's medical records.
"What is this,"
"The boy I wrote about,"
"Sirius' case?" He asked.
"He was called off half an hour ago. No longer a closed file."
"Kid went though hell." He said continuing to thumb though the file.
"He's going back and I can't figure out some way to keep him here." Mary said her hand carding though the little girls thin blonde hair.
"Wh... He is being sent back to an abusive home?" Regulus asked.
"Yes,"
"By whom?"
"Dumbledore,"
"Who else, damned manipulative politician." Regulus murmured under his breath.
"Sirius said similar"
"Why does he have any say."
"Because of the last page of that folder." Mary said regarding her with a questioning glare Regulus thumbed to the back and frowned once again.
"Mary that isn't possible," He said as if addressing a hysterical woman who was unable to stop her tears as she wept. "He died two years ago." He said his voice softer. Regulus never had too much contact with Baby Harry. During the war it was imperative that he stayed away as much as he could so he did not raise any suspicions about his 'loyalty' to the Dark Lord.
He only ever saw the child a handful of times. Mary was never close to the Potter's until after the war. They were in the same house at Hogwarts, they all joined the order but Mary stayed close to her few friends and stayed silent. It wasn't until after the war when Regulus and Mary started dating that Mary finally truly began to get close to the Potter's and the rest of Sirius's surrogate family.
"Our Harry died two years ago. That Harry did not."
"Are they different?"
"Yes,"
"How?"
"Think hard."
"He is the son of a different Lily and James,"
"Well that is kind of obvious, he is not the same Harry and Lily and James only had one son." Mary huffed.
"No I mean he is the son of a Lily and James who died the same night or Harry did."
"What?"
"Right here it gives death date, October 30, 1981."
"I... how did I miss that,"
"Better question is how is he here?"
"Dimension travel."
"Impossible,"
"Apparently not."
"Dimension Travel, at least how it is understood and regulated against, is an exceedingly complex and unbelievable complicated and inexcusably dark magic. I doubt a three year old could figure it out. Nor implore it when he was half dead like he arrived,"
"But isn't it all the same thing?"
"Well, that really isn't known. It all yields the same result but it may not work the same way." He said, Mary looked up at him in question. "For example, I could levitate that toy doll and pull it toward me having it land in my hand." He said pulling out his wand and casting the first year levitation charm and pulling Astraea's discarded toy to his hand before moving it back to the floor. "Or I could use the Accio charm." He said as he accioed the same toy into his hand. "Both would yield the result but there were different ways to do it." He said as he walked over and placed the paper weight back down.
"Alright, but is it the dark magic that is regulated against."
"Dimension Traveling as a whole illegal, if I recall the law exactly it is a blanket law but only one form is understood."
"And,"
"It may cause us some problems, I would have to look at it again." He said. An owl very similar to the one that flew though Black cottage dropped a letter into Regulus's lap. Opening it he tensed and passed it over to Mary.
"Merlin's bright pink polka-doted bikini."
"That is a new one," He chuckled before he reached out his hands. "Hand me Ria and get going, I will keep working on that folder." He said and reluctantly Mary handed the slumbering child over. Thankfully the girl slept like a rock so they had no fear of her waking when moved. Mary kissed Regulus before she turned to floo back to Mungo's wondering how else this day could go wrong.
A/N - Thanks for reading, please leave a review. :)
Is there any lesser pureblooded families you all would like to see in the story? I am adding the pureblood families in the next few chapters or so and wondered if anyone has one they would like to be included. All suggestions appreciated. :)