CH12: Plan B

Minerva McGonagall Had never been so concerned over a student's welfare in her whole teaching career. She just knew something was very, very wrong.

McGonagall had left the Dursley's house without looking back. She quickly dissaparated back to Hogwarts when out of sight of any muggles.

She marched straight up to Dumbledore's office and barged in without even knocking.

A startled Dumbledore looked up at her over his half-moon spectacles.

'Minerva.. back already?' Dumbledore asked

'Yes Albus.. Mr Potters family were not so welcoming'

'Ah…' Dumbledore started but he was cut off before he could articulate his thought

'Albus… Potter needs to be removed from his accommodations immediately and brought to Poppy for assessment' McGonagall tried to say with as much authority as she could muster against her superior.

'Minnie… what happened?' Dumbledore asked

'Harry looks awful.. he looks like he hasn't eaten or slept in weeks, I could see bruises all over him, as much as he tried to hide himself with baggy clothes.. I am extremely concerned about his welfare'

'His Family were not even aware of what happened with Cedric, Harry hasn't told them anything. And that Uncle of his.. the temper on him.. accusing us of endangering his family by allowing Harry to return home' McGonagall finished, sadness written all over her face.

Dumbledore studied his colleague and friend for a few seconds taking in her very clearly concerned expression. He would trust Minnie with anything, always value her opinion, if she thought this was this serious, surely he couldn't ignore this any longer?

Dumbledore sighed before saying

'Okay Minnie, we will move him, I have never seen you so set on something, and I trust you understand the reasons behind Mr Potter remaining with his family for so long in the first place'

Minerva nodded without answering, still staring down Dumbledore as if daring him to change his mind and go against her.

'We will meet with the order this evening to arrange re-locating Harry for the remainder of the summer'

'Thank you Albus'

Dumbledore had sent out the message for the meeting immediately after agreeing with McGonagall.

'Good evening everyone, we have a very important subject to discuss.. the relocation of Mr Potter from his relatives house'

'Its about time' Sirius muttered.

Dumbledore ignored the comment and continued;

'Minerva visited Harry's family residence this afternoon and has reported that Harry should be re-located for the remainder of the Summer holidays'

'WHAT?!' Sirius all but shouted 'Why wasn't I informed?' Sirius directed his anger at Dumbledore. Before forgetting his anger and quickly turning to McGonagall with concern 'how is Harry? what is wrong? Why does he need to be moved'

'Sirius…' Dumbledore tried to calm his outburst 'I asked Minerva to visit Harry as she is the least suspicious member of the order to be visiting as his head of house' Dumbledore signed before continuing. 'Upon her visit, Minerva was concerned that Harry is having a tough time and she is concerned for his welfare'

'I TOLD YOU!' Sirius shouted, pushing himself to his feet 'I told you something was wrong and nobody would listen'.

'Sirius sit down…' Dumbledore warned 'this is not helping the situation'

'you're not helping the situation Albus… you have done enough damage to my godson, I won't let you do any more.' Sirius moved towards the door.

'Sirius Stop'

This time it was McGonagall who spoke, with that stern edge Sirius remembered from his school days.

'We need to organise this properly, Harry is in a fragile way, we don't want to risk upsetting him more, and getting yourself arrested is not going to help'

Sirius looked at McGonagall with sad eyes 'How bad is it Professor?'

'I won't lie to you Sirius… he is not in a good way… He is skin and bones, and I don't believe he is coping at all with recent events, the extent of his problems we will not know until we get him somewhere and assess him'

The tension in the room was high, everyone wanted to know the same thing.

'When are we going to get him Albus?' Molly Weasley asked with tears in her eyes. Her husband reached to hold her hand in his to comfort her.

'Tomorrow Molly, first thing in the morning. We will remove him to Hogwarts infirmary to be assessed by Poppy, then we will bring him here for the remainder of the holidays. Alistair, Tonks, Remus you will lead the mission, we need to plan for this, there may be death eaters in the area so we need to be weary of attacks'

'of course, headmaster' Alistair spoke up 'I already have some ideas, let's get started'