The same morning that Lucius met his end, Madam Pomfrey made a visit to Abbott Manor to give Harry his promised follow up after he'd been using his scar removing cream and Nutrient Potions for two weeks.
Harry, Amy, Susan, Hannah, and Heather were just finishing their breakfast of sausage, bacon, and ham burritos and Budweiser to wash it down with when Madam Pomfrey appeared.
"Good morning Mr. Potter, " said Madam Pomfrey pleasantly, "I am here to give you the follow up exam you are due."
"Very well then, let's get to it, " said Harry in a businesslike voice.
"Okay, Mr. Potter. the first thing you need to do is take off all your clothes so that I can examine your body for scars."
Harry did as he was told, and Madam Pomfrey thoroughly examined every inch of Harry's body by hand as well as performing spells with her wand that were meant to detect even the faintest scars.
"Mr. Potter, this is excellent, " said Madam Pomfrey with a genuine smile, "The scar removal cream did its job and did it perfectly. Both examination by hand and examination by wand have revealed that you now have only one scar left at all. That one scar is the lightning bolt scar that nothing can be done about. That part of things is now in order."
"So, I don't need any more scar removal cream then?" asked Harry hopefully.
"Not now, " said Madam Pomfrey happily, "However, I am going to give Heather a few tubes of scar removal cream to keep around the house just in case something comes up."
"That makes all the sense in the world, " said Heather approvingly, "Keeping basic medical supplies around the house is something we should all do."
"Exactly!" replied Madam Pomfrey.
"Before we move on, " said Harry to Madam Pomfrey, "I just want to take this moment to acknowledge Miss Amy Alworth for all the help she's given me through this process. It is Amy who has been applying my cream to me every night as several of my scars were in places too hard to reach by myself. And I wasn't always the easiest patient to deal with either. Because of my upbringing, I am not comfortable with other people physically touching me, and I can have mood swings as well. While I did get better at handling the physical touching as the days went on, I still hated it. But to her credit, no matter how jumpy or moody or cranky I got, Amy was always completely patient with me and completely understanding and she never complained once even if I took my own frustrations out on her. One time, I even punched Amy in the face out of frustration, and yet she just kept working on me as though she hadn't even noticed."
Now turning to look at Amy herself, Harry said, "Amy thank you. Thank you for being there for me and taking care of me. Thank you for being patient and understanding. Thanks for everything, Amy. I've said this before, but it bears repeating; there's a difference between a buddy and a friend and you truly are a friend."
Amy felt a few tears of emotion run down her cheeks as Harry acknowledged her and said chokily, "That means a lot to me, Harry. There's no greater honor to me than to have my friendship qualities praised and I can't tell you how much it means to me to know how much I'm appreciated."
"Meaning no disrespect whatsoever to Susan or Hannah, but if I had to choose just one person to name as my BFF, I would name Amy, " said Harry genuinely.
"And rightfully so, " chorused Susan and Hannah.
"Very few people get out of tight corners alone, " said Madam Pomfrey, "But now I want to take another look at your body, this time by eye rather than by hand, along with by wand."
Madam Pomfrey looked over every nanometer of Harry's body as thoroughly as she could before running her wand over it.
"Hmm, " said Madam Pomfrey, "Mr. Potter, you are making clear progress with the Nutrient Potion, but you aren't there yet. I am going to keep you on Nutrient Potion for two more weeks. Truthfully, you'd probably be all there today if I had put you on a twice a day dose these past two weeks. But I just don't like putting patients on any higher dose than once per day because overdosing on Nutrient Potion can lead to obesity. I want you to keep taking Nutrient Potion at dinner for two more weeks. I believe that if you do that, you will be all the way there in two more weeks."
"So, does that mean another follow up from you in two weeks?" asked Harry.
"Yes, " confirmed Madam Pomfrey, "And you must NOT skip any meals. You've gained some weight, and you are healthier than you were. But you need to gain more weight and get heathier still. Remember that Nutrient Potion can only do its job if combined with eating three proper meals every day."
"I won't skip any meals and if I were retarded enough to try to, Amy, Susan, Hannah, and Heather would make sure I didn't follow through, " piped up Harry.
"Good, " said Madam Pomfrey simply.
Before leaving, Madam Pomfrey gave Heather two tubes of scar removal cream to keep around the house and Harry two vials of Nutrient Potion to take over the next two weeks.
A nanosecond after Madam Pomfrey left, Heather received a letter from Amelia.
"Dear Heather:
Lucius has been convicted of being a Death Eater and sentenced to seven days of torture ending in death on the seventh day. With Snape and Lucius out of the picture, I believe Dumbledore should be our next target. However, it must be done quietly and carefully planned. Dumbledore has been lying low ever since Snape was taken care of and I believe he will continue to do so for a while longer. This may be our opportunity to get him, but it must be properly handled. I am going to start forming a game plan on how to go after Dumbledore and will put it into motion once I am comfortable with it.
-Amelia."
"Lots of progress has been made on that front too, " said Heather, "I just Dumbledore gets what he has coming to him."