"Harry!" Harry looked up as they entered the kitchen of the run down and dark house. He suddenly beamed. Sirius was coming toward him. "Harry!"
"Sirius!" Sirius knelt down and hugged Harry. "What are you doing back in the country? You're going to get caught and sent back to Azkaban! i'm so happy to see you."
"Don't worry about that, pup." Sirius chuckled, standing. He messed Harry's hair up. "How are you feeling?"
"In pain." Harry replied, "My arm it's..." A vial was suddenly being held out to him. Harry blinked he knew a pain reliever potion when he saw one. "Thanks, Snape." He downed it and handed it back. "So, Sirius how long have you been back?" Sirius was pushing his chair toward the table. He parked him at the head of it. "Are you staying? "
"Calm down." Sirius chuckled. "Yeah, I'm staying. " he fixed Harry a plate of food and fetched him a butterbeer. "Are you feeling okay now? "
Sirius was really worried about him Harry could tell. Harry began eating he was starving. The Dursleys had been feeding him less than normal.
"I'm fine. Just hungry." He smiled again. Sirius nodded. Harry's eyes studied everyone in the room. Then he was smiling at Sirius again. "Look, Siri, Snape and Andy fixed my eyes! I can see without my glasses now!"
"That's great, pup." Sirius laughed. "I was wondering about that...uh...can you tell me what happened?"
"Well, I got a summer job." Harry said, eating, "To get some extra cash. Any way I was stacking shelves at the local market right?" Everyone nodded, " It was actually a nice job the people there were really nice to me. Well, Uncle Vernon has been having trouble at work and he's been getting really drunk lately. Whenever anything goes wrong in that house they blame me and my magic so it's been kind of rough and Vernon he's a really bad drunk. He's been beating me more than normal." Sirius' eyes flashed, " Nothing too bad but when I got out of work that day Vernon was waiting he was drunk and driving the car. I didn't want to get in but I knew I'd really get it when I got home if I didn't get in the car so I did. " Harry ate some more. Mrs. Weasley obviously made this. " Well, everything was fine until we entered Privet Drive. There was a moving truck parked outside number 7 her daughters going of to University so they were moving her out. Vernon slammed right into it then two cars slammed into us. The people in the cars were killed. I can't remember much after that except waking up in the hospital." he ate more.
"They abused you?" Sirius growled. Harry hummed and shrugged. "Physically?!"
"Oh, yeah all the time." Harry said, blinking "What? "
"How else did they abuse you?" Sirius demanded, "Mental abuse?"
"Well, I guess so, until I started school I thought my name was Freak Boy. They always told me I was worthless." He shrugged again. "They treated me worse than a House-elf."
Sirius was shaking in rage and he wasn't the only one. Severus was too. Everyone else was gaping.
"What about...sexually?"
"No way!" Harry yelled, blushing. "Please the only time they ever touched me was to beat me! They would never do anything like that , Siri! I swear!"
"Okay, calm down I believe you." Sirius said, gently rubbing his hand softly through Harry's hair. "They'll get what's coming to them, pup."
"Vernon's in jail." Harry said, "and by now I bet Petunia is too. See my abuse was discovered when I was at the Hospital . I hope Dudley's put in a mental asylum it's where he belongs. He'll just continue on the path he's on if he goes to Marge. "
People were sharing looks now. Suddenly, they all began yelling at Dumbledore at once. It was Remus' voice that got through he'd come in at Harry explanation.
"You assured us Harry was safe, Albus." Everyone froze looking at him. His eyes were amber. "You said he was love and pampered . Spoiled rotten you said. Treated like a prince. You wouldn't tell us where he was . "The less people who know where he is safer that way." you said. Did you even have anyone checking on him?"
"Old Mrs. Figg lives around the corner from us." Harry said, "Sirius, Can I have more please?" Sirius quickly filled Harry's plate. "Thanks!"
"Eat slower ." Severus ordered earning a glare from Sirius. "He's going to make himself sick. I can't give him a stomach soother I don't have any."
Harry was listening he was eating again. He finally quit eating. He sipped his drank as he watched Albus getting yelled at.
Harry was shown to a heavily warded room on the ground floor he was happy to see his wand and all his things.
"Hedwig." She flew to him. He petted her gently. "You are such a smart owl, my friend. " she whooed happily. "I'm so glad you are here. "
"Here. " Severus said handing Harry a book. " This will help you learn some Charms and things you'll need to know to help yourself out."
"Thanks but i can't use magic outside school you know that."
"I do." Severus agreed.
"But ..." Sirius looked around shutting the door so the three men and Harry were alone. " This is a pure blood house, pup. The wards will let you use magic and not register with the Ministry because they wont be able to tell if an adult in this house cast it or a child." He shrugged, "Now i don't like how these clothes fit you so a shopping trip is in order."
"You can't!" Harry cried, "Sirius, please I don't want you getting caught!"
"Don't worry I've been working on that without anyone knowing. " Sirius laughed, "In a few days I'll be cleared of all charges . Snape was kind enough to catch me a rat see." Severus scoffed, he'd caught Pettigrew for Potter not Black but the man was so happy he'd actually apologized, literally one by one for everyone to hear, to him for everything he'd done to him in school. So he'd handed the rat over when they were alone. Next thing he knew the rat was in the hands of Madam Bones or so Sirius had told him and Remus. "I'll take custody of you like I was supposed to in the first place!"
"That's great, Siri." Harry smiled.
He was being tucked in suddenly his eyes closing. He was so worn out and tired all of a sudden. Maybe it was because he was full for the first time since school let out.