It was late in the afternoon when in the nearly empty hospital wing of Hogwards the fragile looking ,too small for his age ,raven haired teenager slowly opened his unfocused eyes . Beside him, in an armchair , sat Albus anxiously waiting for Harry to fully open his eyes . As Harry made a shaky move to search for his glasses the headmaster already cautiously placed them on his nose .

" Professor Dumbeldore ! You have to listen to me ,it wasn't Sirius it was Peter his is a rat an animagus I mean . He...''

" Harry ,my boy , please stop " Albus interacted Harry .

" That all happened over 3 days ago " Harry paled even more if possible.

" 3 days ? Why what happened I only remember talking to Sirius after capturing Peter . Wait where are the others are they okay ?' Dumbeldore sight ,thinking how he could explain what has happened to the child in front him without breaking him " Harry the term ended 2 days ago Mr.Weasley and Mrs.Granger are in excellent health and save at there homes. I am also sure that you are happy to hear that professor Snape is also unharmed . " Harry relaxed visible into the pillow when a thought stroke him " Wait ,sir, where is Sirius ? What happened to him ? Can I talk to him ? Did the minister saw that he is innocent ?'

Harry saw how his headmasters eyes lost there usual sparkle and turned sad , in that moment he knew that somehow he lost the only change he had to have a real family , the last bit of hope he allowed himself but he had to hear it " My boy there is no easy way to tell you that but Peter got away , sadly the minister did not trust the word of ,in his words , an ex death eater and 2 students . He had Sirius kissed the moment the dementors reached him " Harry just sat there " He ... he ... is dead ...?"

" Yes my boy . I am so sorry that you will never have the change to get to know your godfather Harry , I wish I could have done more but it was useless "

" Please ...I ...I need to know what happened sir , why was I out of it for 3 days ? I can't remember getting hurt "

" Your professor and friends explained everything to me " Dumbeldore paused for a minute thinking the best way of explaining this " they said that after you all exited the tunnel while you talked to Sirius Remus started transforming and while he ran away as far as he could Peter took his wand and started hexing you . Luckily professor Snape woke up and a duel started between him ,Peter and Sirius " " but that's not possible Snape had no wand , we... he was disarmed earlier " Harry blushed and focused his gaze on his hand , nervously pulling on a loose thread from his blanked " You have to know Harry your potion professor is an extremely talented and powerful wizard , he can use wandless magic but it takes more energy " if Harry was not still shocked he would be impressed " the extreme emotions attracted the dementors so they came with the minister who was just about to leave . You where hit with a spell and fall unconscious. Peter , as soon as he saw the dementors coming , transformed and managed to escape . The minister ordered the dementors immediately to attack Sirius and even though he heard the truth from your friends he didn't listened . After that I was informed and transported you all to the hospital wing , your friends had only small injuries but they where easy to heal " Harry was about to asked what spell he was hit with when madam Pomfrey busted out of her office mumbling about how his patient needs rest and started waving her wand over Harry " Headmaster ! I have told you countless times that my patients need to stay calm in order to properly recover . "Mr. Potter how are you feeling ? Are you in any pain ?"

" no mam I just feel a little numb , probably from sleeping so much " Her stern gaze softened at that statement and she glanced at the headmaster . Harry continued " sir what spell did Peter use ? It must have been a powerful one to knock me out for so long "

"the spell" the headmaster started " was one of Voldemorts own creations ,an extremely dark one, if you where hit in the chest there would be no way of saving you my boy "

" why ? What does the spell do ?"

" it creates a venom that enters the body , travels through the veins and instantly destroys every cell it comes I contact with . You Harry where hit in the leg " Madame pomfrey put a shaky hand on Harry's shoulder and continued explaining " the venom had already reached use over your knee " Harry didn't tread to understand he tried to feel his leg but his left leg just felt numb . No it did not felt numb . His thigh felt numb he could not feel anything else " why can I not feel my leg ?"

Dumbeldore sight " Harry when you reached the infirmary it was to late to save your leg it was , in the lack of better words, dead . If professor Snape had not put you in a stasis charm you would be dead before we could even identify what had happened but even that could not stop the spreading of the venom only sow it down to save your life Harry why had to amputate the death part of your body "

Harry just stared straight ahead . He was trying to process everything . Sirius is dead . Peter got away again . He nearly died , lost a leg . Snape saved his life more than once in one night and not only that but he even tried to save Sirius , his childhood bully . Sirius is dead . Dead ! A lonely tear escaped his eyes and the mediwitch touched his arm to get his attention " it is time for your potions Mr.Potter , headmaster I have to ask you to leave me patient needs his rest "

" of course Poppy . Harry I will come tomorrow morning to talk to you again I also have some letters to write to some nervously waiting friends of yours , they were reluctant to leave you alone when the term ended . Goodnight my boy " and with that Dumbeldore left and after some potions Harry was sleeping only then the tears escaped Poppys eyes . In the shadows a dark haired an could be seen cautiously checking to see if ,in his words , the brat was really fine .