AN: Thanks everyone for posting your reviews. Since there was 32 I am posting sooner. I am in math writing this...vetex-edge graphs, I'm having sooo much fun. You can thank my math teacher for being a science wiz and not a math wiz because every once in a while I get I chance to write something. More work for dad though (he has to help me ^_^). Well, now on to the story.
Harry Potters Unusual Fifth Year
In walked none other than Professor Snape. "How are you feeling Potter?"
"Fine, can I go now?"
"You can try" Snape said with a challenge in his voice, making it evident that Potter leaving the room on his own accord would be as likely as Dumbledor being turned into a frog by Neville Longbottom.
Harry glared at him and sat up again and slowly stood up. A sharp pain shot up from his right leg and he started feeling sick to his stomach and a light headache and slowly sat
down laying back and rested his head on the pillow.
Snape smirked. "Potter would you tell me what happened to you and why you are not at your Guardians house?"
"Umm... I ran awayand was mugged?"
Snape raised an eyebrow and said acidly, "Nice try, Potter. I'm taking you to Dumbledor's if that's your story."
Harry's eyes narrowed and opened his mouth. "I don't have to tell you" Snape then said something that hit Harry in the gut and made him relize going to Dumbledor would be bad (verbally and mentally not physically)
"Okay, fine"
So Harry explained what had happenedthe whole summer, non-stop chores, small portions of food, not talking to anyone the whole summer, and lastly the beatings. And even althoug the tried to tone them down, it seemed Snape saw through what he was doing.
"So, Potter. You go from one rough situation to another."
It looked as if he was trying not to sneer and Harry just shruggedslightly, not daring to do a full-fledged shrug. Snape walked away for asecond and returned with a vile full of a bluish substance "Drink this."he said as he handed it to Harry. He drank the potion and fell asleepalmost instantly.
When he awoke, he saw some blurry figures. He reached an arm out and felt around for his glasses. "Where are my glasses professor?"
"On the table to your right."
He reached his hand to his right and found them. As he slipped them on, he
looked at the people who were there. Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and ProfessorDumbledor. His eyes drifted to Snape and saw that Snape was looking at him too.
"I didn't bring you to Dumbledor. I brought him to you."
Now it was Sirius who spoke. "Harry are you okay?" He gave a concerned look. Harry nodded and gave a small grin,which Sirius returned.
"Now Harry, Severus has told us what you have gone through this summer and I am highly impressed with how you have been responsible and didn't run away on your own accord." The twinkle in his eyes seemed to be a bit harsher looking than normal. The door opened once again and as Madam Pompfrey walked in.
"What do you need Profess- Oh,it's you again, don't you ever take time off from getting hurt, now you even need me during the summer." She tut-tutted and walked over to Harry and lifted his shirt up and gasped. She turned around and looked at the group of men. "What happened to the poor boy?" This time Sirius talked, no longer keeping his cool as he had been trying.
"Those lousy muggles did that then dropped him off in the worst part of the muggle area while he was unconscious!" Then Sirius turned to Dumbledor. "Can I go to the muggles now? I want to turn them into beetles." At this Harry started to chuckle and everyone turned to him questionly.
"Sorry, just thinking about Rita Skeeter." He grinned sheepishly as he explained how Hermione had caught Rita as an illegal Animagus and by the time he was finished explaining there was not a quiet person in the room, they all were cracking up laughing, even Snape had a slight smirk.
"So she is in an unbreakable jar? Sounds like something Lil' would do." Sirius laughed. Harry nodded, glad the subject was off of him. A second later there was an owl tapping on the window and Dumbledor walked to the window and carefully opened it. The owl swooped in and flew to Harry. He untied the letter and carefully opened he read it he visibly paled and many emotions crossed his face. The owl flew off and out the window as Harry continued to read the letter. The letter said:
Dear Harry,
Are you okay? I just read the Daily Prophet and it had pictures of you being beaten. It had an article about how the Muggles have been treating you. I expect the whole wizarding world is mad right now. Write back saying you're okay and where you are at.
Love,
Hermione
Harry sighed and rested his head on his pillow and muttered,"I'm doomed." A second later about thirty owls dashed in and dropped letters on Harry, along with now the Daily Prophet. Then they flew out just as quickly asthey came as Harry grabbed the Daily Prophet and read the article. If he was pale before, he was ghostly white now. Throwing all the letters and the Daily Prophet on the floor beside the bed, he fell back letting his head hitthe pillow once again. Noticing that everyone was looking at him, he plastered on his best poker face and looked at them again. "What?" Harry asked.
Sirius grinned, "You have the worst exploding Snape face I have ever seen."
Snape was now glaring at Sirius and Madam Pompfrey handed Harry a potion. "Drink this. It will make it so you can walk for short periods of time with muggle crutches... but it will also-." She stopped talking seeing that Harry had drunk the potion and was fast asleep. Sirius bent over and grabbed the Daily Prophet and a letter and read it and frowned reading the letter.
A low growl escaped his throat many times as he read the Daily Prophet. "A witch was there and could have helped Harry, but nooooo, she needed a good front pagestory about the 'Boy who lived.'" He passed the paper to Dumbledorand sat down in the chair next to Harry.
When Harry awoke he sat up and saw the crutches beside his bed. He had seen one kid using them in his muggle school before, so he knew how to use them. Slowly standing upand supporting himself with the crutches, he lifted his right leg up and moved the crutches ahead a bit then swinging his left foot forward so that it was even with the crutches. He did that for a while before he yelled,"I'm going for a walk!" He was walking (sorta) to the door and opened it and looked around and noticed that this wasn't outside. He smiled sheepishly seeing that everyone was on the couches "Umm, where is the door?"
Snape pointed to the door Harry had just walked through and smirked. "No where is the door to the outside world or do you not know the way around your own home?" Snape sneered and pointed behind himself to a door, but before Harry reached it, Remus had spoken up.
"Shouldn't somebody gowith him Albus?"
Dumbledor nodded. "Why don'tyou go with him, Remus?"
"I'm going too," Sirius demanded. "Of course." Harry opened the door and went outside and noticed that there weren't many houses here, and that there was a creepy alleyway. He went to it, and he noticed that Remus and Sirius were around ten paces behind him and not really watching him because they were busy talking to eachother. A dumpster was in front ofhim and he heard crying behind it He crept closer to the dumpster and peering behind it he saw... A baby. It was small and by the looks of it very young. On the baby (it was in a little basket) was a letter. He picked it up and read it.
Dear who ever may read this,
My daughter is here because of Voldemort is after all of us, and I want to give her a chance to live. She is a month old and her name is Athena. She is perfectly healthy and needs a good home, and someone who will love her. Please let that person be you or somebody you know.
Love,
Her mother
The writing seemed to be a little smudged as if it was old and had been written fast. He sighed and looked at the baby. 'You won't know your parents either because of Voldemort.' He thought, and stuffed the letter in his pocket.
(AN: Heh. Wouldn't you just hate me if I stopped here...Well since I made you wait so long I think I will continue. Don't you love me.)
Harry lifted the child into his left arm and pulled his invisibility cloak out of his pocket and wrapped it around the baby gently. He walked back to Sirius and Remus "We can go back now," and the two adults looked at him curiously.
"What are you up to Harry Potter?"
"Nothing, why do you ask?"
"Because you have James' look when he was up to something no good."
"Does it look like I could be up to no good?
Sirius shook his head and smiled apologetically, "Sorry."
"It's okay." They walked back to Snape's house and when they got inside Harry looked at them. "I want to be alone for a while, okay?" The five adults nodded and he walked into his room and locked the door behind him. Setting his crutches down and sitting down in a chair, he pulled the invisibility cloak off of the baby girl. Cradling the child in his arms and looking down at her, he noticed she had a small curly mop of dark auburn brown hair and chocolate brown eyes, and a round heart shaped face and peach skin. He smiled down at her and she giggled and gurgled and Harry grinned.
"If I told anyone aboutyou they would say I was too young to care for you and take you away from me." He told her.
Even though this was his first day with her, and he had just found her on the streets, he was already fond of her. He knew how his mother felt when she sacrificed herself for him. Athena's little feet kicked slightly and she started to cry. "You must be hungry, be right back and I'll find you something." He wrapped the baby in the invisibility cloak and set her down on the very center of the bed. He used his crutches and unlocked the door and walked out, looking at everyone. "Umm, Hermione needs a baby bottle for some reason." He shrugged. "Do you have any?"
The reply came from Snape."No."
This time the response was from Sirius. "Remus can conjure one up."
"Really? Thanks." Remus waved his wand and said some words. A bottle appeared where a pen by the couch was. Remus picked it up and handed it to Harry. Harry walked into the kitchen and realized that only muggles used refridgerators. He stuck the bottle in his cloak and crutched his way to the room again. "Do you have warm milk?" Snape waved his wand and a large mug of warm milk appeared in his hands. He handed it to Harry and he (Harry)grinned. "Thanks, now maybe I can get to sleep." He carried the cup and slowly walked back into his room.
*****Back in the living room****
Sirius looked at everyone. "Harry is being suspicious" and everyone nodded in agreement.
"I wonder what he is up said, sighing.
Dumbledor nodded eye's twinkling. "We shall find out in due time."
***Back in Harry's Room****
He picked up Athena and cradled her in his left arm. He unwrapped the invisibility cloak from her and set it next to him. He poured the warm milk inthe bottle and twisted the lid back on the bottle. Then he tilted the bottle to Athena's mouth and she stopped drinking when the bottle was only half full. She gazed up at him and cooed slightly before shutting her eyes and falling asleep.
AN: So What did you think of this? Tell me if you think anyoneshould find out or not and who. Written this out is around six pages andI'm going to start the next chapter now so if I get lots of reviews I promise Iwill type it up and post it as soon as possible. Thanks.