Betrayals, Truths and Family
Chapter 18: A Father and a Mate
Severus froze in the middle of his classroom as the first wave of fear and pain from the bond connecting him to his son flooded through him. Though he did so for only a second as he was then running out of the room and following the bond to wherever his son was being hurt. His own fear and pain almost suffocated him on top of his son's. Though he didn't let that stop him.
He couldn't let that stop him.
He burst into the room the bond led him to and stopped again, though for only a second, as he took in the sight before him. The sheer number of Gryffindors, all of whom his son used to consider his friends, all beating and shouting at his little boy who was curled on the floor quietly, sent fear, pain and anger surging through him.
Especially when he saw the blood.
His baby boy's blood on the cold, stone floor.
He took out his wand just as the idiots turned to look at him, anger and fear on all of their faces as they saw the anger in his.
"He betrayed us," Ronald shouted strongly, believing that he had every right to attack his son so brutally.
"Not nearly as badly as you have betrayed him. And in any case that does not give you the bloody right to attack my son," he growled before he tied them all up and deposited them on the floor by the door, letting them squirm as they tried to get out of the strong restraints as he rushed over to his son, kneeling next to him on the floor.
"Harry, baby, can you hear me?" he said gently, his heart breaking at the silent tears rolling down the pale cheeks, and at the quiet groan that his son emitted.
Severus gently touched Harry's head, heart clenching some more at the wince of pain, and the blood that wet his fingers.
"He deserved it," Ginevra said, "He's the one that abandoned us. We need him to fight. But no, he is a little whimp now,"
"He saved your fucking life and this is how you think you should repay him?" he growled at them, his eyes seething with anger as he glared at them, "You have no idea what he has been through. What you have just done to him. How this will affect him. He has done nothing but save everyone's lives since he has returned to our world and you think you have the right to do this? Because he doesn't want to anymore. He is a child. You are all just children. You, and he, should have no place in this fucking war. Wars are for adults. Not you. You have no say in what Harry does or does not do. And you have no right to hurt him. I don't care what excuses you use, or who the fuck tries to help you get out of this. I will do whatever I fucking can to make sure you all pay for what you have just done,"
He produced his patronus and sendt her off to Poppy before turning his attention back to his son. His son, who was clearly struggling to breathe.
And that twisted his heart even more.
"Harry," he said gently, hoping that his son would just talk to him. That he would say anything, "Harry, baby, please, talk to me,"
"Dad…" Harry whispered hoarsely.
Then his eyes closed and Severus' heart stopped, his fingers finding his son's pulse in his neck.
His weak pulse.
His heart stuttered as he began to run his wand over his son, reciting the medical scan spell without really thinking about it. The familiarity of it being the only thing that led him to doing so, really, because his mind and heart were racing too much with fear, anger, worry, and pain.
The results of which just sent more fear, anger, worry, and pain roaring through him.
Broken ribs. Cracked skull. Bruised spine. Punctured lung. Broken hand. Bruises.
So much damage done in such a short amount of time.
"What happened?" he heard a soft, yet angry voice from the door and he turned his head to find Draco there, looking at Harry with concern, anger and pain, but also perhaps some love.
"Those idiots attacked him," Severus growled, glaring at the Gryffindors who still seemed to be trying to get out of their restraints as he grabbed his emergency potion's kit out of his robes and enlarged it.
Draco's dark eyes turned to glare at the Gryffindors and his breathing seemed to get heavier as he seethed at them.
"What are you doing here?" Ronald shouted, "You have no place here,"
"And neither do you if you think it okay to go around attacking innocents," Draco growled at the red-head before rushing over to Harry and kneeling on the other side of him, watching as Severus spelled potions into his stomach, heart clenching as he looked at Harry and saw the blood, the tears, and even bruises on his pale face, as well as an obviously crushed hand.
He couldn't stop himself from growling at the Gryffindors again, his magic fizzing beneath his skin, itching to burst out.
"Draco, you need to calm down," Severus said gently, looking at Draco with concerned eyes.
"They hurt him, Sev," Draco practically yelled.
"I know. And believe me, I am angry, too. But I will make sure that they are punished for this. Harry, however, needs you to remain calm and help him through this rather than him just seeing anger whenever you look at him," Severus said.
"I'm not angry at him, I'm angry at those bastards," Draco said harshly.
"I know. I know. But Harry won't be able to see that. Especially not now that he has been hurt again, by people who used to be his friends. So please, calm down, you aren't going to be of any help to Harry when you are this outwardly angry," Severus said before glancing at the door, "Merlin, where the fuck is Poppy?" he muttered before conjuring a stretcher and lying it next to Harry, internally questioning how best to move Harry onto it without further aggravating the injuries.
A chuckle arose from the Gryffindors and Severus and Draco both glared at them, "I hope the traitor dies. Serves him right really, he has left us to face the Dark Lord on our own," Hermione said with a grin.
Something in Draco and Severus snapped. Their magics flaring as they stood, glaring at the incarcerated teens, their wings (one set black and the other white) coming out of their backs. Severus' glamour dropped and small flames danced around his fingers, though he was shocked as there was a definite chill in the room coming from Draco, who seemed to be just as shocked as him when he turned to face his godson who was currently in his veela form, with a cool breeze dancing around him and the Gryffindors, aggravating the hair on their heads.
That, of course, was when Poppy arrived, with the other Heads of Houses, and the Headmaster behind her, which set off another deep growl from within both Severus and Draco who moved to Harry again to make sure that no one could get near him.
"Severus," Poppy said calmly, holding up her hands, "I'm not going to hurt him, I am just going to heal him and move him to the infirmary,"
"Like hell you will," Severus growled threateningly, "No, I am going to take him home and heal him there, where he is safe from the idiots in this world who deem it fit to hurt innocent children. Then I am going to send some of my friends here, who will help me make sure that everyone involved in this incident, and anything else that has been done to my son over the years, will pay, dearly, for their crimes. And my baby is not setting another toe into this damned Castle, or her grounds, until he is safe here,"
"I assure you, Severus, that Harry is quite safe here. I am sure this is all just a little misunderstanding," Dumbledore said, without a care in the world.
"A little misunderstanding?" Severus growled, "You call broken ribs, a cracked skull, a bruised spine, a punctured lung, and a crushed hand a little misunderstanding? And that is just the major things,"
"We are going home," Draco growled at the old man, "We are going home, where it is safe for Harry to heal. And then we are going to take down each and every person who has ever done a thing to hurt him. And we will drag in the veela court if we must to do it. You may be able to get away with everything, Headmaster, but you won't be able to now," he smirked, and Severus smirked, too.
"How are you going to transport him, Severus? He is in no fit state to be moved anywhere further than the Hospital Wing," Poppy said, blustered.
"Thank Merlin for emergency, goblin made, medical portkeys," Severus said, rolling his eyes, "I had one made over the summer, just in case. I didn't think I would ever need to use it, because who would have the mind to attack a child so brutally? But alas, here we are. You shouldn't have taken so long to arrive, and brought company. I'm off now. I'll send along a friend of mine to cover my classes. You know, so you don't have to work to find someone yourself, Headmaster," Severus said before pulling out the portkey and motioning for Draco to take hold of it, and Harry, whilst he also took hold of Harry.
"Cobolorum medicus," Severus whispered, and then they were whisked securely away, none of them moving an inch from the positions they started in until they were safely on a bed, deep in the bowels of Gringotts.
Healer goblins flooded the room they were in, in a hurry, spotting Harry as the injured one and they bustled about with scanning him, and doing whatever else they needed to do as Severus watched on helplessly.
At least until he heard his godson's laboured breathing and he realised that the boy had just come into his creature inheritance a good many months too early and he looked at him with concern.
"Harry's my mate," Draco breathed deeply, looking at Harry in concern, love, fear, anger and pain, "He's my mate, and I didn't protect him,"
"Draco, you weren't with him. You didn't know this was going to happen. It's not your fault. Okay? But I need you to lie down for me, before you pass out from magical exhaustion," Severus said gently as he led the blonde to the nearest bed to the one his son was on, "It's okay. You'll both be okay," he said as the blonde fell asleep.
He hoped they would be, anyway.
Because he didn't know what he would do if they weren't.
…
He was kicked out of the room. Which did nothing to calm the angry, concerned magic fizzling out of him that got him kicked out of the room in the first place, but it did give him time to do what he needed to do.
He floo'd to Malfoy Manor and stormed to where he knew the two adults would be at that time, ignoring how they both jumped up in concern as they saw his veela form.
"Severus, what happened?" Narcissa said calmly, though with no small amount of worry and apprehension.
"First of all, Draco has come into his creature inheritance. Secondly, his mate is Harry, and Harry was brutally attacked by a bunch of idiot Gryffindors. They are both at Gringotts right now. Draco is asleep, Harry is being healed, I was kicked out of the room because of my magic flaring up," Severus growled mildly.
"Are the idiot Gryffindors still alive?" Lucius asked with a raised eyebrow.
"For now," Severus nodded, "But I need you to help me get them punished. I figured we could fast track everything else also, since we now have Dumbledore calling this attack a slight misunderstanding in my memories,"
"Okay. Do you want to call in the veela court?" Lucius asked.
"If necessary, yes," Severus said, "I will do whatever it takes. My son needs to be safe. And they need to be punished,"
"Good," Lucius nodded, and then he was gone.
"Can you come with me to get my dad? Then I will take us back to the Bank, and hopefully they will have some news," Severus said agitatedly.
"Of course," Narcissa nodded.
When they got back to the Bank there was no news, they watched on from seats next to Draco's bed as the Healers worked on Harry for hours. Severus got more agitated and scared the longer time went on. More angry, too, though he was somehow able to get his magic under control enough to actually be in the room.
He needed to be close to his baby boy.
Please, let him be okay.
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