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Black Manor
It was night when the fire in the hearth crackled, it was the only source of light in the otherwise dark room. In front of it was a large cushioned chair where sat a lone figure, his gray eyes staring into the fire intently, as if looking for answers in the burning flames. His eyes had a haunted look, his black curly locks which were normally immaculate looked a little disheveled as he swirled whiskey that he held in hand.
Saying that Sirius Orion Black was worried about his godson would be a gross understatement, he was terrified. The images were still spinning in his mind. He leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes as he started recounting everything that happened since last night.
Flashback
A loud thump resonated in the entrance lobby of the manor. Tonks groaned as she landed ass first but was grateful that the soft carpet below softened the blow. But she didn't have time to waste, every moment was precious, she looked at the unconscious form of Harry Potlyingying on her.
She shifted slightly and placed Harry down beside her, filing the information that he was too light for a boy his age. "Jippy!" she called and with a pop, a house elf appeared with her ears flopping "Jippy, go to my mother and bring her here with her medical bag. Tell her Harry's life is in danger, hurry!"
Elf vanished with a pop while she levitated the teen and started to climb the stairs, she quickly yet carefully made her way to her bedroom. It wasn't that long ago that she moved into the manor, barely a week as a result the room was cleaner than her apartment back in diagon alley. She gently settled the teen on the four-poster bed and sat beside him, she checked his pulse and gasped as she found it ridiculously slow.
Tears came to her eyes as she caressed her hair "Hang on Har! Mum is coming she is on her way! You will be right in no time! Just hang on! Don't leave me Har, not again" as she lightly kissed his hand.
Just a soft pop drew her attention which drew her attention, it was Jippy standing near the door with Andromeda Tonks, a woman in her late thirties but looked no older than twenty-five with waist-length light brown hair and a curvy figure hugged by her heavy yellow floral gown with black flower.
Her hazel eyes only widened and she held a gasp back before she schooled her features as she moved towards the bed and kept the brown bag in on the table, asking "What happened to him Nymphadora?" as she looked at her patient's condition.
"He was at the World Cup with Weasley when death eaters attacked. I don't know very much but if I guess by the scene we came upon, those bastards were assaulting two women in the forest clearing, he got there and fought. When he found him he was in transfigured tree prison" Tonks answered as she got up to give her mother some space to start the treatment.
Just then the door opened and Sirius entered the room sweating and panting with a very worried Remus Lupin following closely behind him. Seeing his godson and Remus his pseudo nephew, laying in the bed unconscious twitching and spasming both turned to Nymphadora asking "What happened to him, Tonks!?"
The healer in the room interrupted "OUT! The whole lot of you! I need to start or we might lose him! If you want to stay then keep quiet and let me work" as she took her wand out and started waving in it in intricate moments, her brows furrowed in concentration ignoring as other 3 scuttled away.
The first spell she did was to identify any evidence that was there on the body that could help aurors in their investigation, but she expected there was nothing. As such she moved on to the next spell which was to banish all the clothes on her patient's body.
She had to stop the bile rising in her throat seeing the condition of her body. It scared all over with burnt scars and blue and black marks on the torso, they were all overlapped by recent ones.
Once again centering herself she continued her work casting {Mundare!} cleaning the boy from the head to the toe getting rid of all the dirt, germs, and blood, anything that could probably lead to infection in the long run.
Next came a running diagnosis on him. She took out a roll of parchment and placed it on Harry's body before she started waving the wand in earnest and the parchment began to glow.
After approximately 10 minutes she stopped and looked at parchment. The results only served as fuel to the fire that was the fury of a daughter of House of Black. She was trembling in her place but a labored breath from her ward brought her back to present as she started taking out potions, salves, and bandages to treat him.
First, she used the medical numbing charm to relax some of the twitches and spasms which she knew were side effects of being under the torture curse. Followed by a draught of sleep and nerve repair potion. The cuts and bruises from spell work were easy to heal but 3 on his torso that was made by dark magic took time as she had to sew them with her hands and put bandages on them.
She moved on to the last step of the treatment which applying salve over his bruise. By the time she ended her patient's torso was covered with orange past. Finishing it she let out a sigh before a sad smile came on her face as she bent forward caressing the young man's hair, reveling in the smooth feeling of his ravenous locks, and kissed his forehead saying "Sleep love, you are safe and I won't let anything happen to you" pecking the boy on the lips.
It was a loving and long kiss, she only stopped when she felt moisture on her cheeks. Standing back up she wiped her cheeks before setting up a temporary alarm ward along with a medical stasis charm, before taking the parchment and walking towards the door, she opened it, looking back for the last time she smiled and left.
Down in the lounge, 3 individuals were waiting to hear about the health of the young man who meant different things to all of them.
Sirius was worried about losing his godson, his pup. The godson he failed 13 years ago cause he sought vengeance instead of taking care of him. The boy who fought for him proved his innocence in front of the world and completed the task he couldn't by putting Peter Pettigrew behind bars. He didn't want to lose the only connection he had to James and Lily.
Similar thoughts were running around Remus Lupin's mind. No matter how he looked at his situation he couldn't find a single iteration in which he was happy without Marauders. James was the one who stepped forward and befriended him while Lily was the kind presence that soothed him after the full moon. Then there were Sirius and Peter both of whom he made a mistake in recognizing.
All those years ago after hearing about James and Lily he didn't know who he trusted and upon hearing what Sirius supposedly did to Peter, he didn't even try to look for the truth and believed tabloids over his friend, something that he to this regretted.
Then came his greatest failure, his nephew, the son of the woman he saw as his sister, Harry Potter. He wallowed and spent too much time grieving he forgot about him. By the time he realized his mistake it was too late and the child in question had vanished. Which once again sent him into a spiral of depression, him taking menial muggle jobs and looking for an answer in either the bottom of the bottle, hunting down the dark creatures, or collecting parts from magical creatures all around the world.
That was until his old headmaster contacted him to be a DADA teacher last year and he was thankful to have accepted the job cause it led him to the young, his old friend and finding the truth about Halloween of 1981. The events resulted in him being fired but didn't affect him much. He was in the Swiss Alps hunting a particular Ice Troll that was attacking a small muggle village when Sirius called him and now he was here, wishing he didn't act foolishly and simply went to the World Cup when Harry asked him to.
Nymphdora Tonks had similar thoughts but hers were about getting there a little sooner thinking that it might have changed the outcome, that was her heart, yet her mind knew it was a fool's hope. The attack was well-planned and perfectly executed.
She clearly remembered playing with the cutest baby in the world with chubby hands, the cutest little smile, and the most beautiful emerald eye. But after Halloween, those happy memories turned into haunting ones, a curse of her powers that came with eidetic memory and natural Occulumency.
She never forgot anything, especially the baby who looked happiest to see her and clapped his hand when she changed the color of her hair. When he suddenly vanished she cried for weeks, refused to eat, and got sick. With time she got better but she never forgot. Her time at Hogwarts helped her a lot in getting back to her normal self, life went on.
Then last year just joining the Auror corps, Sirius got out, he was hunted, and she tried to distance herself from him as a member of House Black even going as far as getting angry at her mother once and regretting everything when the man was proven innocent of all his crimes. Quickly after she and her mother were invited back into House Black, which was like a week ago.
She knew now that Sirius was back she would be able to meet her Har Har, it was supposed to be today, she was assigned to the contingent which was sent to see over the security of the work but her clumsiness came to bite her in the arse. She spilled tea all over some very important reports leading Kingsley to order her to redo them, effectively benching her.
If only she was more mindful! She could have been there to save him (and of course many others!). She never once thought that when she finally met Har Har, he would be knocking on death's door beaten and bruised, his body twitching in a transfigured tree prison.
She sniffed and wiped her tears from her cheeks with the sleeve of her robes almost jumping out of her chair when she saw her mother coming into the room, the other two followed quickly.
Before any questions were asked Andromeda raised her hand informing "He is out of danger but will be in a coma and needs to be closely monitored" as she took a seat on the couch.
Yet her face told a different story as it was still grim and angry. It worried Sirius to no end as he asked "What else Andi? There is something else, isn't there ?" as he walked and sat beside her.
Andromeda nodded, hot tears forming in her eyes and words choking in her throat. With great difficulty, she called "Jippy!"
"What can Jippy do for you mistress Andi?" the house-elf asked.
"Could please get us a bottle of fire whiskey and a bottle of wine with glasses?" Andromeda said with her voice shaking. The diminutive creature popped out and with a second on the side table ordered items appeared.
She stood up and prepared four drinks with three glasses of whiskey that she passed to Sirius, Remus, and Nymphadora which increased their concern even further before she with a glass of wine had settled and passed the roll of parchment to her brother silently.
Keeping his drink aside the man unfurled the roll and started reading its content, with every second his visage getting paler and paler.
"What is Padfoot? Come on read it out loud" Remus asked as his concern reached an uncomfortable level since the mystery was getting for him to keep it contained. While Tonks could feel dread building up in her gut it was disconcerting to look at her cherry and joyful second cousin like this.
"Umm" Sirius mumbled before downing the contents of his glass and clearing his throat as he nodded "Yeah, medical report of Harry James…" he choked a little continuing " …Potter, by Healer Tonk. Age four…." He stopped shaking his head passing it back to Andromeda saying "I can't, I just can't" as he stood up and fixed himself another drink.
"Mum! Just tell us what it is. You are killing us for magic's sake!" Tonks snapped in frustration.
Andromeda leveled her glare as she stood up primly answering "Very well Nymphadora here it is! Harry James Potter. Age fourteen, Healer's Report. The patient is severely malnourished and is half of the weight an average male of his age is supposed to be. The patient seemed to have suffered from multiple cruciatus curses damaging his nervous system, causing him to spasm and twitch unconsciously in pain. The bones are very brittle due to lack of calcium but do show signs of recovery in the last 3 years. There are in total 40 fractures in the body along with a crack on the skull which was incorrectly healed"
She paused to breathe before continuing "There are severe 2nd and 3rd degree burns all over the patient's back which due to lack of treatment have caused an infection which the magic is constantly fighting and healing. The mark on the right arm is from Basilisk and was healed by phoenix tears. The oldest injury is a 10-year-old wrist fracture!" she ended looking at the looks of horror on her daughter and Remus.
"No! Tha.. That ca..an't be! He.. Wa..s fou..r ba..ck! It ca…n't b..e" Tonks stuttered as tears spilled from her eyes falling down her cheeks. She felt like she was 8 years old once again. While Remus was stunned in his place for a second before he drained his goblet.
Andromeda's face softened as she left the parchment on her chair she moved toward Tonks and took her in her soft embrace saying "I am sorry dear! But it's the truth" The young woman wept soaking her dress.
Behind them, Remus moved rather woodenly as he took the parchment up from the chair to read it but unlike his friend, he powered through and read every single thing on the paper until he reached the end, a gasp escaped his lips "Merlin!"
Sirius who was looking at the fire nod wiping his tears "Yeah, we messed up big time Moony, we failed pup, we failed James and Lily, we failed mum and Dad" as he took a sip of his drink.
"Did you read it till the end?" Remus asked in a low voice getting a shake of the head he offered it saying "Just read the last one, it's important cause it makes everything even worse, how bad is the situation really, and who is to be blamed for it"
With a mildly curious expression, Lord Black took the parchment and looked at its end. His eyes widened for a minute before he looked at his healer asking "Is true Andi?"
This caused Tonks to lift her tear-marred face and look between her mother and the lord of her house in confusion before asking "What is it?"
The healer nodded saying "It's about Harry's core dear"
"What about it?" Tonks asked getting a little frustrated with pauses in between the conversations.
"Nymph… Tonks" Sirius changed mid-sentence when he got a withering glare from the metamorph "You know what an Obscural is?"
The new realization dawned on the witch which brought fresh new tears along with it. She shook her head in denial "No! It can't be! Mum just said that it was his magic that was keeping him alive, that means his core has been helping him for the last 10 years!"
Andromeda nodded "You are correct dear but something you need to remember is Harry even as a baby had a powerful magic. You remember him levitating his plushy from across the room to him, when he missed you he often apparated to our house" with a sad smile on her face.
Tonks chuckled "Oh I know it was in we were having breakfast when the bugger popped out of nowhere in my lap"
"Oh, that's nothing when one time after visiting them I left, the tyke apparated himself in the sidecar of my bike! Lily blamed me and yelled at me for an hour! All the while Prongslet kept giggling in her arms" Sirius added wiping his tears.
Remus chuckled "Oh that was his first prank when he was 6 months old" but he quickly somber "But it wasn't all fun and games, he apparated to me during a full moon. Merlin knows how but Moony knew it was Harry and didn't hurt him. James was there within a few minutes to take him back. After that, he did it 3 more times but every time came home with different things one time it was a dragon plushy, another time a sword, and the last time a storybook. If never found out where he went"
"That led to James and Lily placing blocks on his core on his first birthday. It worked he stopped popping around. The blocks were the kind that vanishes by the time a child reaches the age of 3" Sirius added taking a sip of his whiskey.
"So what? Harry's didn't?" Tonks asked in confusion.
Andromeda shook her head "Dear you know as a witch or wizard grows up their core expands with it?" getting a nod from her daughter she sighed continuing "Harry's core has strong bindings on it, if I were to put it in numbers mostly 96 percent of his current core is bound with only 4 percent being used freely by him. Keep in mind that is his current core with every passing day it increases with Harry"
Tonks gasped "But that would only increase his chances of becoming an Obscural! Who would do something like that?" but it wasn't a verbal answer that she got answer when Sirius handed her the parchment and pointed to the last reading which read {Magical Core Bindings by- Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. Date 1 November 1981!}
"And I can bet every galleon I have to my name that it was him who left Harry to suffer at that hell hole!" Sirius snapped with Remus nodding.
Andromeda shared the furious expression of her cousin but rather than his fire temper she was cold as ice as she said "I want to know why would he do such a thing. What did he want to achieve by doing such vile things to Harry"
"The Prophecy!" Remus and Sirius said in a low tone but it drew both women's attention.
"What Prophecy?" Tonks asked.
Sirius sighed "I don't know what it told but it was the reason that James and Lily had to go into hiding. It concerned Harry and Dark lord. That was all we were told which was more than enough for us to help them" he took his seat saying "Any it doesn't matter what the old goat wants. Right now we need to make sure Pup recovers properly and then we can worry about what to do about that meddling man old goat"
Andromeda nodded "You are right Siri, Harry is the only thing that matters now that he is with us and no one is taking him away from us. For the next few weeks I will be working on healing him to the optimal health he should have been in or as close as he could be. It is most likely that he will be in a coma for about three weeks"
Tonks stood up "I should be going, Amelia will be worried and waiting for the report, I will say goodbye to Har-Har!" as she walked out of the room trying to ignore chuckles from her use of nickname and a heavy blush that came on her face.
As the chuckles settled Andromeda followed her daughter "I am going to Harry, I… I don't want him to be alone anymore" as her cheeks got a little flushed.
"Okay was it just me that thinks that was weird?" Remus asked looking at the leaving form of the healer with a little skepticism.
Sirius chuckled "Don't worry Moony! Andi and Nymphie aren't the only ones who were enraptured by Pup"
Remus gaped "And that doesn't bother you? You know aside from the age gap they are family, it's practically incest"
Sirius shrugged as he took a sip of his whiskey saying "Ah, Moony I sometimes forget you are half-blood! I mean you have traveled all over the world hunting dark creatures and have seen so many magical cultures! Surely you know how common incest is!" looking a little surprise.
"Hey! I mostly work on the continent even though I hardly make enough to fill my plate and yeah I know all about it, but it's just weird to think that Cub would take part in it! I mean you know how much James hated it, and so did Lily!"
"I know mate! But Harry is Harry, he is not James nor is he Lily! He is his person and it's his choice what he wants to do! I am not going to force, forbid, or encourage him but I will support him in whatever he wants to do. The only time I will jump in is to give him some advice on how to please ladies in his life" Sirius explained.
Remus looked at his friend with a stunned expression asking "When did you get so mature Paddy?" with a teasing smile forming on his face.
"It's my lack of maturity that led to Pup's current condition, so I seek to rectify it, to make everything right," he said swirling the drink in his crystal goblet somberly as he looked into the flames for how long he didn't know. He was in a trance as he didn't notice Remus leave.
He didn't sleep that night as his mind kept playing all the what-if scenarios in his mind. Finishing his drink he climbed upstairs to his godson's room only but could turn the handle on the door. Knowing what he knew, guilt clutched his heart like a snake coiling around its prey.
But he was no ordinary prey, he was Gryffindor, a lion, they charge ahead, so taking a deep breath he opened the door and entered. He saw his godson and noticed that he gained some of his color back, beside him with Andromeda's head on the bed.
Not wanting to disturb them he quietly made his way to the empty chair behind his cousin with a small hearth in front. He settled there until sleep took over him. For the next whole day, he didn't leave the room until it was to eat or bath.
Flashback ends
Tonks and Remus came to visit during the day later joining Sirius for some drinks. He was forced out by Andromeda when it was time to change and bathe Harry, which made the man pout like a child. Defeated he spent most of his time worried and terrified trying to drown in his sorrows in a bottle.
It was the third day after the World Cup when he woke up in the morning and took the hangover potion. Shaking his head he groaned as it worked its magic "Ah, bugger! That hit's the spot!" as the haze was lifted. He jumped up from the seat and made his way to the window where the daily prophet was waiting for him.
With a smile, he made his way back to the dining room where Andromeda was sitting with a book in her hand reading as she sipped her tea. While the potion was working its way he was still a little groggy as he greeted "Morning Andi" as he settled on the head seat.
"Sirius, how's that hangover coming?" Andi greeted him with a sarcastic smile on her face, the following groan turned her smile into a chuckle.
"Yeah, Yeah laugh it up!" Sirius said as his breakfast appeared in front of him and attacked his cup of Earl Gray and enjoyed the warmth it brought. He moaned saying "Oh that's better!"
Across him Andromeda shook her head "Shouldn't drink that much Siri, Harry will recover, but he won't like seeing you drunk when he wakes" in an admonishing tone.
"I am okay Andi, it's just coming out of the blue and overwhelmed me!" he promised as he kept the cup down took the rolled paper, opened the thin rope, and unfurled the paper. He grinned looking at the headline and reading it:
A wave of Pure Magic washes over Britain, Origins?
Dear readers earlier in the week an event of unknown proportion took place when a wave of pure magical energy washed over and out of the isles, traveling beyond to the world of reports to be believed. What was this wave? What caused it? Was it a person or was it some kind of natural phenomenon? What are the effects of this wave? We here at Daily Prophet are looking for the answers and we will bring them to you.
-Alaric
Maxwell
"Oh, I can tell you who it was! My Godson!" Lord Black announced in a loud and proud voice, making Andromeda chuckle. In his happiness, he forgot that the tea was still hot and went to get a sip only to burn his tongue "OH! OO! HOT! Hot! Hot!" also burning his robes in the process.
Laughing Andromeda took out her wand and in swish the spilled beverage along with drying man's cloth saying "You need to be careful Sirius, can't have a burned godfather when Harry wakes up!"
"Yeah, yeah….." He stopped when his eyes fell on the news below the one he just read and just like that, his countenance turned into a frown before turning into a rage. The page was a double spread on the other half of the page was the image of Petiegrew's moving image as he was cowering behind the cell bars and on top of it a line was
DEATH EATER ATTACKED THE WORLD CUP AND PETER PETIEGREW MASS MURDERER ESCAPED!
On 1 August, the night of the Quidditch World Cup, after the match between the Irish and Bulgarian teams in which the Irish won by the score of 320 to Bulgaria's 270 which was thanks to Bulgarian seeker Viktor Krum who saved his team's face by catching the snitch and scoring 150 points the site of the cup was attacked by the remnants of Death Eaters!
The attackers raided the campsite as they killed pillaged and tortured, muggles and magical alike. The official report from the auror department suggests the number of attackers was somewhere between 45 to 50. The ministry workers who attended the cup later helped the guards Aurors situated on site. Soon ministry joined the fight and was successful in the capture of at least half of the assailants but not before some escaped and made the dark mark appear in the sky.
Another major incident of that night was the escape of Peter Pettigrew, the betrayer of the now martyrs James and Lily Potter. This man was the reason that an innocent man and Lord of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black, Lord Sirius Orion Black was imprisoned for his crimes. It was when the aurors responded to the attack did Petiegrew escaped in the chaos. Was it a plan to free him? Was the attack a distraction for the auror force? What is Petiegrew's plan? Is he going after our savior Harry Potter aka The- Boy- Who- Lived? We will bring the answers, Dear readers
-Rita Skeeter
Seeing her jolly and happy cousin suddenly turn grim and stunned, made her concerned as she put her cup down and looked at the paper on the desk. Reaching over she brought the paper to her side. Reading the news she looked back at the man who was shaking in anger "Sirius! Don't do anything stupid! Think about Harry, your godson! Killing Pettigrew won't help him!"
The last one broke through the red haze that had descended over Sirius, he took a deep breath saying "I know Andi, I won't… I wasn't going to!" he said with a smile. He shook his head and stood up leaving the room saying "I am going to check on the pup!"
"Siri, if you want to talk, me, Remus, Nymphadora are he…." Andromeda said to the running form of her cousin who was running upstairs.
He stopped in front of the door and took a deep breath before entering the room. He looked at his coma-ridden Godson, his last connection with his best friends, his parents, and his family.
He walked forward taking a seat down beside his bed, silent for a few minutes looking at the teen, cycling through all the same emotions that he experienced that Halloween and again the night when they met, the same night they caught the betrayer. Rage, anger, guilt, grief, pain, and hot tears started falling on his cheeks. He felt weak and helpless, unable to do anything but wait just like he did for 12 years in that horrid prison.
With a shuddering breath he shook his head and wiped the tears with the sleeve of his robe, taking the unconscious teen's hand and saying "I promise you Prongs and Lily pads, Mom Dad, I will do everything I can to protect him! I promise to look after everyone left! I Promise!"
French Magical Embassy, London 3 weeks later
Two sparkling blue eyes snapped open and the owner gasped for air she immediately regretted it as she covered her eyes trying to block the access light from the window as her head was still pounding like the bells at Notre Dame.
"Merde" she groaned as massaging her forehead trying to remember where she was and how she got here. She looked around only to see white screens around her with a side table that had a tray of potions, bandages, and salves. She noticed the insignia of the French Ministry of Magic. Feeling a little relieved she tried to call for someone but was unable to as she found her throat sore.
She didn't have to wait as soon the screen in front of her cot opened to reveal a slim figure of a nurse with a brown messy bun saying "Bonjour Miss Delacour, It's good to see you awake, I weel bring Madame Bernadette!" and leaving before Fleur could do anything, so she waited.
The nurse returned with another older witch with gray hair in a beige and white mediwitch gown and a wrinkled yet kind smile on her face as she greeted her "Bonjour Miss Delacour, I am Bernadette Moreau, head healer of the French Embassy in London. Now your vocal cords were severally damaged, they have healed but not completely as such you can use" she conjured a simple notepad and a quill "this if you have any questions"
Giving an understanding nod Fleur took them and quickly scribbled her first question turning it to the healer. The older healer nodded "Your Mere is well but still unconscious, she will be waking up soon, your security detail is healthy Marie and Celine, as for your soeur she is with your pere"
Letting out a sigh of relief she leaned back in her bed before her eyes widened as she quickly wrote again and the healer this time around looked a little disappointed "I am sorry Miss Delacour but you have been here for the last 3 weeks As for who saved you I am afraid no one knows"
This time around she didn't look disappointed but a little sad, she could remember the aura of the person who saved her, it was shining like a sun in the dark of the night making it hard to forget! Silver, Golden, red, emerald, blue, and white, she remembered distinctively. Her attention was brought back to the present when something in the nurse's wand vibrated 3 times and she left in a hurry which confused her a bit.
"It seems you mere woke up, no need to worry about it she is on the bed behind us. Once I am done you can meet her and the rest of your family" the older healer said with a smile before she left.
Fleur sat there waiting anxiously for the next few minutes, she could still hear her mother's screams from across the clearing from that night. She looked down as her fingers even after the 3 weeks of the treatment still twitched a little in second intervals, she closed her fist to stop it but opened it quickly due to a sharp sting of pain in her forearm.
But she was distracted from her pain when the sheet to her left was opened to reveal the tired yet beautiful form of her mother she wanted to go and hug her but her weakness coupled with after effects and her atrophy of muscles from her inactivity, so she gave a teary smile one that her mother reflected.
The next second they were joined by the other half of their family with Alain running behind Gabrielle who was flying towards Apolline crying and joined just in time to catch her before the bed saying "Angel! Maman and Flower are still recovering, you can hug her but be gentle okay?" getting a nod from his daughter he let her go.
Apolline smiled as the girl tried to be gentle, she smiled before hugging her back bone-crushing hug "It's okay Angel, you can let it out!" she said wincing from the pain. Her words triggered the girl, she started sobbing and soaking her hospital gown. She simply kissed her head saying "It's okay Angel! I am okay, I a…." Repeating the assurances repeating the very same with Fleur, who joined her sister crying silently. After a few minutes, both were sleeping hugging each other.
Apolline smiled looking at them before asking "Do you know who saved us?" turning to Alain.
The man with brown hair shook his head "Both of you were found alone in the clearing by Madame Bones. There were no signs of your attackers, a timed portkeys on everyone. They will be coming to interview both of you later in the day" he noticed a small smile on the woman's face making him stop his rambling asking "You know who is it?"
"Oh I have an educated guess, which I am going to keep to myself," she said with a mischievous smile on her face before saying "Now I need to rest and gather my strength which angel sapped out with her hug, so shoo shoo" as she laid back on the bed slowly while Alain chuckled.
The man stood up and walked to the girls' cot kissing their foreheads, covering them with a blanket. Laster they were visited by the Kingsley to get the statement in the evening which was nothing but a recounting of the events they already knew about.
Both women were released by the healer with a strict potion regime to follow along with periodic checkups with the recommended healer. Fleur didn't know who saved her but she had an inkling of who her mystery savior was, it was a image emerald-eyed teen who saved her sister. She knew what her future held, she was going to be back in this… forsaken country within a month and then she would have her opportunity to investigate or to be more specific confirm her hunch.
Black Manor, Same Day
Living with his godfather was like a dream come true, away from his tormentors, Dursley's and his prison, cupboard under the stairs at Privet Drive No. 4. Every year when someone other than Ron or Hermione asked him if he was excited to return home, he felt a chill run down his spine, bile rose in his throat and he smothered screams. Cold and welcomed, that's how that suburban house felt to him. So he was sure without any proof that he wasn't back in prison.
His subconscious still remembered many nights he spent in the Hogwarts infirmary, hell he now had a bed assigned to him closest to Madame Pomphery's office. It was very comfortable yet not a place he wanted to be cause it meant he survived an attempt on his life, it felt warm but sterile, with Matron's ever-pleasing presence.
Warm and pleasant. It was a sensation that he was getting familiar with this summer. I enough for him to know that he was at Black Manor. He could feel the heat on his left side while feeling something soft on his right side, touch was the first sense that came back to him, it was closely followed by his sense of smell, a light yet earthy flowery scent that reduced him dizzy.
Nest he could feel his hands but there was something different on the right as something heavy was upon, two somethings and they were soft. His palm was cupping one of those perfectly. He tried to feel it squeezed it lightly, it felt like fabric but not filled with feathers something else. It felt nice in his hands, it was relaxing for a while before he felt a strange nub that was leaking a little soaking the fabric.
Slowly his mind and eyes came back to him. He opened his emerald eyes with a squint as the sun's rays assaulted him, along with a headache which he was constant for him. After letting his eyes adjust for a bit he looked around for his glasses, it was futile as beyond blurry outlines he couldn't see anything.
Groaning he took his hand out from under what he could guess was a brown pillow sat up in his bed and looked around, every moment was a little more painful than the previous one but he managed. A small smile came on his face, he was right it black manor but not his room as it was colored in cream and pink not light blue with golden accents.
He looked down at the sheets only to see that they were white, letting a breath out moved to the edge, and slipped out of the bed, holding a groan that came to his lips when his feet touched the cold floor. Remembering the vague layout of the room he spent the night, he limped in the direction of the bathroom to void his bladder.
Taking a large yawn he entered and did his business. Just as he was about to leave the room he heard a door slide open behind him. Now in possession of his little cognitive abilities, he turned around rubbing his eyes only to see a teenage boy's wet dream.
Right there in front of him stood a woman, wet and naked as the day she was born, with neon blue hair. Her breasts were large with light brown areolas with dark pink nipples, her hourglass figure with soft tanned skin, and a light brown trimmed bush on her mound. It was only a second before he blurted "Dora?" feeling a little lightheaded.
The woman in question froze as her mind processed everything. She was with Harry with her mom before she came in to have a shower, she heard the toilet flush at first she thought it was her mum so she continued and when she was done she opened it only to see the teen standing in front of her. A smile came on her face as she got out of the tub and ran towards him squealing "Harryyyyyyyyyy!"
Once again her clumsy nature reared its head as her wet feet slipped on the marble floor making her lose her balance and go stumbling toward the teen. They collided, making him backpeddle into the partially closed door resulting in them falling in the room.
When they hit the floor his face was smushed into her her melons. He could feel her heat, the moisture and soft flesh of her valley. It was hard to breathe which made him shake his head out of the lilac-smelling valley. He gasped when he found an escape when the woman in question rose on her elbows "Merlin! I am sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sor…"
"It's okay Dora," he said stopping her rambling in the middle with an awkward smile on his face. He started remembering where he knew the woman from as a flash of a young girl changing her girl and face, he remembered laughing with her as a baby. For a minute there was a silence before a throat was clear behind them.
Both looked at Andromeda who was sitting on her seat with a stern expression on her face but only for a second before she smirked "Dora, what are you doing over Harry, naked?"
"Naked!?" Dora squealed once again as she looked down at herself back to Harry who was looking red and gasping for air. With her hair being dark red along with her face heat she jumped up and ran back into the bathroom.
Andromeda held back her chuckle as she looked at Harry with a stern expression saying "Now Harry, care to explain why you got out of bed? Without waking me up?"
"I… I had to use the loo and I couldn't see you clearly beside me without my glasses, I am sorry" he stuttered the answer gulping in nervousness.
The woman smiled at him saying "It's okay love, I was just worried when I woke up and not to find you in the bed beside me. Now back to bed love" she said patting the bed beside her.
Letting out a sigh of relief he walked back to the bed and settled back into the comfortable bed asking "Umm… how did I come here? Last I remember I…" he stopped as his throat closed up a little before, he asked "Fleur, Apolline and Gabrielle? Are they okay?"
"Yes but that's all I am going to say for now sit back and let me do my work," Andromeda said as she took her wand out giving the teen a full body checkup. Once done she smiled "Well love it seems you are all fine a little weak and you will have side effects from the torture curse till Christmas but nothing that can't be fixed with food, rest, and a very strict potion regime"
She stood up leaned over to him kissed him at the corner of his mouth and backed away a little staring into his emerald orbs saying "You rest here love I will go and tell Sirius the good news that you are up after that I will bring you something to eat, you need a lot of energy to recover" before pecking him on the same spot before leaving the room.
Harry was atomic red as he watched the woman's ass swaying back and forth like a pendulum. He was brought out of a trance when he heard the bathroom open, he turned his head to see Dora coming out. They locked eyes and turned red, he broke the awkwardness by saying "I am sorry, I didn't know you were in there"
"Um.. It was an honest mistake, don't worry about it" She waved it off with a smile as she took her mother's place. She took his hand asking "How are you feeling?"
"Fine, I guess, a little weak and my far vision is a little blurry it's causing me a headache but other than that all good" he answered and once again there was an awkward silence between them.
"So did you like what you saw back there?" she asked mischievously with a genuine curiosity in the mix and let out a peel of laughter seeing the teen sputtering as he went red mumbling something, she once again asked "What was that Har? I didn't hear you"
"I… I … said… you … look… really beautiful.. Ju..st lik…e your.. Mom.." He said a little louder which made Dora blush a little while she noted that Harry found her mother attractive.
That was when Sirius came running into the room only to take his godson in a bear hug saying "Oh Thank Merlin's soggy balls! You are finally awake!" he let the man go saying "Pup you scared me this time, I am so glad to see you are okay" that was the moment when teen's stomach grumbled making others chuckle, Sirius continued "Andi was just behind with Milly with your food and potions"
As if summoned the healer came with an invisible house-elf into the room, all four of them settled around the bed as Sirius started to regal them with stories of Marauders while Andromeda and Tonks, fed Harry as his limbs were still feeling pain. For once he was having a happy summer.
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