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I hope you enjoy this story that I got from katie13 (yes another one) that she said that she had never put up on this site.

Chapter 6

The doctor talked to the old woman for a few minutes.

"I am surprised that the young man is still alive," he said, looking at Harry's still form lying on the bed.

The old woman, too, glanced at Harry's battered body in worry, "That bad?"

The doctor nodded grimly and put his things back into his bag, "It looks like he has not eaten in days." He remarked, referring to the fact that, on top of everything, Harry was severely underweight.

The old woman sighed regretfully and blocked the doctor's path when he tried to leave the room,
"Please tell me all of it!" she said intently, looking the man in the eyes.

The doctor looked at her for a while as if trying to judge the way she would to his words. The old woman held his gaze.

Finally, it was the doctor who had to look away fist.

"Fine," he said slowly. "It looks like someone has been beating him."

The old woman sighed and looked away. She had known that of course but had not told the doctor.
"Will he get better?" she asked anxiously.

The doctor pressed his lips together tightly and said firmly: "He needs a parent."

The old woman stumbled backwards in shock,
"A parent? Why?"

The doctor sighed, "Because he needs someone he can trust. And it is a good idea to make it someone that he knows like a parent."

The old woman nodded in understanding, frowning at the same time: "Sorry, but that is not possible."

Now it was the doctor's turn to look confused: "Why not?"

The old woman sighed as her gaze strayed back towards Harry, who was still lying on the bed, fast asleep: "Because," she answered quietly, "Harry's parents were killed fourteen years ago."

The doctor blanched and looked at Harry with a newfound pity: "Oh no!" he said quietly.

Silence fell over the room for a while, each of the adults lost in their own thoughts. Finally, it was the doctor who broke the silence again: "Is there anyone he trusts with his life?" he asked intently, looking the old woman in the eyes.

The old woman thought about it for a while, only coming up with one answer: "Sirius, maybe," She said regretfully.

The doctor released his breath, unaware that he had been holding it in the first place: "This is not good." He said quietly, worriedly.

The doctor had been good friends with the Black family for ages and knew that Sirius had been innocent of the crimes he was imprisoned for, but that still didn't change the fact that he was in no place to take care of his godson now.

The old woman seemed to think along the same lines, because she said quietly: "We know."

The doctor nodded and sighed, knowing there was nothing he could do for now: "Then, I will be back tomorrow."

He shook the old woman's hand and left the room quietly, leaving her to stay and watch Harry sleep.

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THE NEXT DAY

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The old woman was sitting in the kitchen with an old man eating breakfast when an owl dropped a paper in the old man's hands.

DAILY PROPHET

The old man gasped loudly when he read the headline:

SIRIUS BLACK PROVEN INNOCENT

This morning information was released to the Daily Prophet stating that Sirius Black, convicted and sentenced to Azkaban for the murder of thirteen people (including Peter Pettigrew, one of the Potter's best friends) and the betrayal of his two best friends, Lily and James Potter, to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, was innocent of all charges held against him and sent to Azkaban without a trial.

The ministry would not release any other information on this matter, except that Sirius Black has been declared a free man by the minister of magic, Cornelius Fudge, who claimed to have known nothing about Black's innocence.

The Daily Prophet found out that Black has received an adequate compensation from the ministry and has got a job, though no further information on the topic would be given.

By John Mcmagic, reporting for the Daily Prophet.

The old woman had read the article over the man's shoulder and smiled: "So, I should get his room ready." She said and turned to leave the kitchen.

The old man, too, smiled happily: "Yes, you should."

Things were finally starting to look up for them.

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