"Snow, snow, snow!" Harry squealed at he looked out the window the next morning.
"Yes, Cub. We'll play outside after breakfast, but first you have to eat."
Harry practically inhaled his breakfast of oatmeal and milk, excited about going out to play in the snow. When Remus and Sirius were ready they all got dressed and went outside to go sledding on a popular hill near their house.
Sirius sat on the toboggan with Harry in his arms while Remus pushed them off and then rushed to the bottom of the hill to catch them. But as they came down, the sled flipped, throwing both Harry and Sirius. Sirius landed easily, but Harry's arm got caught underneath him. With a bloodcurdling scream of pain, both Remus and Sirius were by his side.
"His arm's broken," within seconds, Sirius was calling 911 while Remus cradled Harry, who was whimpering in pain.
"Yes hello. We've had a sledding accident. My eleven-year-old boy broke his arm. Thank you. They're coming. We'll make it all better, Pup, just hang on."
"Hurts..." Harry whined before bursting into tears.
"We know, Cub, but it will be better soon," Remus whispered in his ear.
"They're here," Sirus told them.
"What's his name?" one of the paramedics splinted Harry's arm and got him moved onto a stretcher.
"Harry."
"Hi Harry. Funny, my name is Harry too. We'll make you all better, I promise."
"I'm cold..."
"The hospital's nice and warm."
"Hospital?" he began to panic, ""Mommy, Daddy!"
"Easy. Here, you like stuffed animals? Yeah? Here's a wolf. Hold on to him tight. Good boy. You're such a brave boy."
"Siri, Remmie!"
"Shh, take a deep breath. Are those the men that were with you?" the boy nodded, "They're coming Sweetheart. We'll see them at the hospital."
"'kay... I'm really scared..."
"Nothing to be scared of. We're here to help you. All right, we're here, and it looked like Siri and Remmie are here too. Okay, down we go."
Sirius and Remus haphazardly parked the car and rushed to him, "Pup!"
"He'll be just fine once we get inside. Excuse us."
Remus and Sirius sat in the waiting room for two hours, both feeling immensely guilty.
"I should have held him tighter," Sirius moped, head in hands.
Remus only sighed heavily in response, unable to voice his guilt. Just then, Harry's doctor came out to see them.
"He's fine. It was a clean, two-bone break, so it will take awhile to heal, but he was a trooper."
"Remmie, Siri, look!" Harry sat in a manual wheelchair, proud of his new, deep blue cast, "Blue!"
"Did you get a blue one? Remus bent to pick up their child, who yawned, "I think it's time to go home."
"Thank you so much," Sirius shook the doctor's hand.
Then they were out the sliding doors and on their way home again.
AN: I broke my arm at a friend's house when I was twelve. I fell down the steps. We had to wait four hours for the doctor to come.