Now we begin year two, I hope you all enjoy what I have planned. My decision on the multi pairings idea is at the end of the chapter.

Disclaimer: I own nothing of Harry Potter, JK Rowling is the true owner.

Chapter 12

Warning: Abuse in this chapter.

Harry admitted to himself that he has just had both the best and worst summer of his life, when he returned to Privet drive Vernon made him empty his pockets and put everything in his trunk before he locked it in the cupboard. Vernon considered locking Hedwig in there all summer but Harry was able to talk him out of it, however Vernon still locked up Hedwig by putting a padlock on her cage so she couldn't leave. He hadn't received a single letter all summer from any of his friends and he couldn't send one even through the regular muggle post since every time he left the house Petunia would make him pull out his pockets in case he had anything.

The one bright side was that this was the longest summer he had gone without any of the Dursleys hitting him, although it was mostly because he threatened to use magic. The Dursleys still made him do all the chores but when they tried to feed him very little he threatened to summon or conjure his own food, his words made the Dursleys angry but before any of them could hit him he raised his hand and summoned the journal to his hand to show them he could do it so, now afraid of what more he could do with magic, they agreed to feed him more, Harry was glad his bluff worked. Harry had deactivated the second rune since summoning the journal to his hand wasn't detected by the trace so he could trick the Dursleys into thinking he could use magic and since the Dursleys couldn't read the journal they had no idea what it was.

Thanks to the threat of magic the Dursleys haven't hit him all summer even though he could tell they wanted to, although he decided not to push his luck since he didn't know how long the threat could last. Another good thing about the summer was that Harry was able to let Hedwig out at night to hunt and deliver letters, at first she was angry she couldn't fly during the day but Harry told her through their bond that he still had the hairpin he could use to unlock the padlock. Even though the Dursleys made him empty his pockets Harry had hidden the hairpin in his messy untamable hair so none of them saw it, at night Harry let Hedwig fly but she had to return to her cage during the day since Vernon would make surprise visits during the day to see it was still locked.

Harry had written letters to his friends and asked them if they could leave letters out for Hedwig to take at night but the first night Harry did this Hedwig returned angry saying someone was stealing the letters. Hedwig explained when she got close to their homes the letters would vanish no matter how hard she tried to hold onto them so it became obvious someone was stealing the letters his friends sent him. Harry couldn't figure out who was stealing his letters but one of his friends was able to contact him at least once during the summer.

A few days into the summer Harry had heard the phone ring and Vernon answered it, Harry was close enough to hear Hermione's voice asked "Hello, is Harry Potter there?"

In an instant Vernon's face turned to anger before shouting "THERE IS NO ONE HERE BY THAT NAME!" Vernon slammed the phone before turning to Harry and yelling "YOU GAVE THOSE FREAKS OUR NUMBER!?"

This was one of the few times Vernon came close to hitting Harry but Harry summoned the journal and flipped to a random page and raised his left hand and said "If you hit me, I'll use magic!"

Vernon stopped and Harry saw his face purple with anger, for a moment he thought he pushed his luck too far but Vernon managed to speak in a surprisingly calm voice "Go… to… your… room… boy."

Harry decided not to push his luck any further and quickly left, he decided to stay out of their view for the rest of the day and hope things would be calm after. Harry's summer continued like this, he did sneak downstairs one night to take something from the cupboard, he grabbed Hedwig's owl treats so he could feed her during the day but he didn't risk taking anything else in case the Dursleys found out so the only thing he had to read was his journal. Harry left the padlock on Hedwig's cage but he didn't lock it since Vernon never looked closely so he only had to unlock it once. Harry did see that Dudley warned his gang to not attack Harry so Harry was able to at least walk around outside without having to run when he saw them.

This was how Harry's summer had gone, he would use his spare time studying the spells he could from the journal or trying to strengthen his occlumency, after everything that happened last year he realized he needed stronger shields. With the Dursleys being afraid of his threat of magic he mostly left his room to do his chores, use the bathroom, eat, or just walk outside, whenever he wasn't doing any of that he focused on studying and improving his occlumency. Now it was Friday and Harry's twelfth birthday and he hadn't heard from his friends all summer, at least when he woke up that morning Hedwig was the one who wished him a happy birthday. Harry thanked Hedwig and decided to give Hedwig some of her favorite owl treats as a way to celebrate the one year they've been together. Another good thing was that when Harry woke up that morning he checked the journal and saw another section of the journal was unlocked. Harry could now read about his mum's second year at Hogwarts and he saw the list of spells she left for him was extended so now he had new spells to learn.

Harry had to do his chores first and he needed to work extra hard since Vernon said he was having an important dinner with an important client to make an important sale for his company. Harry was outside working on his garden, he never called it Petunia's garden since he did all the work while she bragged to others as if she did all the work, Harry suddenly felt as if there was someone watching him so he glanced around and for a moment he thought he saw a pair of eyeballs watching from a nearby bush but they vanished. Harry was about to walk over to investigate but he was distracted when he heard "What's taking you so long, freak?"

Looking over Harry saw his cousin Dudley, he especially hated this summer since he couldn't hit Harry even though it was one of his favorite things to do, Harry asked "What do you want?"

"Mum told me to tell you to hurry up and get cleaned up so you can help her with dinner."

Harry nodded without saying a word and Dudley was about to head back but stopped and said "You know I know what today is, it's your birthday but I know no one has sent you anything all summer, maybe those freaks realize how pathetic you really are and want nothing to do with you!"

Since Dudley couldn't hit Harry he decided taunting him was the next best thing, Harry felt his anger almost slip but he managed to get it under control before turning back and raising his hand and saying "You know, Hagrid never did fully turn you into the pig you are, maybe I should finish it."

Dudley looked terrified and quickly ran back inside, Harry lowered his hand before walking over to the bushes but whatever might have been there was already gone. Realizing he was already done Harry went back inside to finish helping with dinner, he didn't notice from a nearby tree something was watching him. Harry had to finish making the dinner himself while Vernon, Petunia, and Dudley got ready, he had been able to sneak some of the food for himself but he made sure not to take enough that it would be noticed. When Harry finished getting everything ready he saw his relatives were all dressed up to look their best, Vernon was going over what they needed to do before telling Harry he is to stay in his room and pretend he doesn't exist.

The important client soon showed up so Harry was sent upstairs to his room, before entering his room he heard Vernon cheerfully greet the client. Harry rolled his eyes and decided he'd read about his mum's second year and maybe practice the wand movement and incantation for next year's spells. Walking into his room Harry closed the door and turned to his bed, he was about to summon the journal but he froze when he saw a strange creature standing in his room. Harry saw the creature had big floppy ears, it was wearing what he assumed was an old pillow case, it was around three and a half feet tall, and it had big green eyes.

Harry didn't know what to say or do, he hadn't seen a creature like this but the creature spoke in a squeaky voice "Harry Potter, Dobby has been wanting to meet the great Harry Potter sir for a long time."

Harry was surprised the creature named Dobby knew him, at least he could talk to him and find out why he's here so Harry decided to try and be polite "Uh, hi Dobby, would you like to have a seat, what are you-"

Harry was cut off when Dobby started crying loudly, Harry panicked as the crying might be heard downstairs, he said "Wait please stop, I'm sorry if I offended you."

Dobby cried out "The great Harry Potter sir has greeted Dobby and asked if Dobby would like to sit, Dobby has never been asked such a thing, the great Harry Potter sir is even greater than Dobby first thought!"

"Dobby please stop crying!"

Dobby stopped crying before saying "Dobby apologizes, Dobby knew the great Harry Potter sir was kind but Dobby saw the great Harry Potter sir is even kinder than Dobby first thought."

Harry needed to be careful with what he said as he didn't know what might set Dobby off, he couldn't risk causing any trouble for the dinner since he wasn't sure his threat of magic would work this time. Harry asked "Dobby, uh, what are you?"

Harry felt he could have worded that better but he saw at least it worked "Dobby is a house elf, Dobby, like many house elves, serves a family, Dobby had needed to come see the great Harry Potter sir."

Harry asked "Why do you keep calling me that?"

"Dobby calls the great Harry Potter sir the great Harry Potter sir because the great Harry Potter sir has defeated the bad wizard and saved many house elves. When the bad wizard was around many house elves were treated badly but after the great Harry Potter sir defeated the bad wizard many house elves are not being treated as badly as before. The great Harry Potter sir is a hero to many house elves, that is why Dobby has come to warn the great Harry Potter sir."

Harry was concerned on why a house elf came to warn him but he was also feeling annoyed with the title and said "Dobby, first please stop calling me that, just call me Harry, second what do you mean, warn me about what?"

"Harry Potter must not return to Hogwarts."

Harry was surprised to hear this, he asked "What do you mean I shouldn't return to Hogwarts, I need to go back to Hogwarts."

Dobby shook his head making his ears flop around before saying "Harry Potter must not return to Hogwarts, there is a plan to cause great harm to Harry Potter and many others and so Harry Potter must not return to Hogwarts!"

Harry could see Dobby was being serious about this and it made him wonder who could be planning something bad to happen at Hogwarts, Harry asked "Who is planning to cause all this harm?"

Dobby shook his head again and said "Dobby must not say, Dobby must not speak badly of his master or Dobby must punish himself again."

Harry's eyes widened at that, he saw Dobby did look hurt and wondered how much he has had to punish himself, he wanted to know who Dobby's master was but if he couldn't say then he needed to guess, Harry spoke "So your master makes you punish yourself, it sounds like he makes you do this a lot."

"Indeed."

Harry smiled seeing Dobby just confirmed his master is male, however the smile vanished when Dobby's eyes widened before he started to hit his head against the wall causing loud banging. As Dobby hit his head he repeated "Dobby must not speak badly of master!"

Harry managed to stop Dobby but he heard approaching footsteps, quickly he hid Dobby in the wardrobe as the door opened and Vernon quietly threatened Harry about making any more noise, as soon as Vernon was gone Dobby reappeared and Harry said "Ok no more questions about your master but I still need to go back to Hogwarts to finish my education."

Dobby again shook his head before saying "Harry Potter must not return to Hogwarts, Harry Potter must stay here where it is safe!"

"I need to return to Hogwarts, all my friends are there and if there's any danger then I need to be there to help them."

"Friends who do not write to Harry Potter and ignore him all summer?"

Harry was about to speak before realizing what Dobby just said, Harry's eyes narrowed and he asked "How do you know I haven't received a letter all summer?"

Dobby's eyes widened at his slipup before looking down nervously, even Hedwig was paying more attention to Dobby now, Dobby spoke "Dobby thought that if Harry Potter thought his friends didn't care about him then Harry Potter would not want to return to Hogwarts." As Dobby spoke he pulled out a stack of letters.

Harry saw several letters from all of his friends in his year, he saw letters from the members of the quidditch team, he even saw the letters he wrote that Hedwig said vanished. Hedwig let out a shriek of anger as she yelled "You were the one stealing all those letters!"

Harry quickly told Hedwig through their bond "Hedwig please calm down, my relatives might hear you!"

Hedwig calmed down but Harry could tell she was glaring at Dobby, Harry turned to Dobby and said "Dobby, give me my letters."

Dobby shook his head and said "Harry Potter must first promise not to return to Hogwarts."

"Dobby look, I'm sure we can-" Instantly Harry tried to grab the letters but Dobby was faster and popped out of the way, Harry saw Dobby reappear near the door before opening it and quickly running to the stairs.

Harry panicked and chased after Dobby to stop him from causing trouble, he quietly moved down the stairs and followed Dobby into the dining room where he could see Vernon talking with his important client. Harry did his best to stay out of sight but he looked around before spotting Dobby, Dobby was looking at the pudding then he turned towards the guests before snapping his fingers. Harry felt worried when he saw the pudding start to levitate and move towards one of the guests, Harry whispered to Dobby "Dobby please don't."

Dobby looked at Harry and whispered back "Dobby is sorry but it is for Harry Potter's own good."

Harry saw the pudding was over the head of one of the guests, he needed to stop Dobby from ruining the dinner. Harry stepped out and his relatives saw him as he raised his hand towards the pudding, Harry whispered "Wingardium-"

It was too late, Dobby snapped his fingers and before Harry could stop it the pudding came crashing down on the head of the woman. The woman shrieked as they spotted Harry, Vernon started to apologize but everything became worse when an owl appeared through the window and dropped off a letter. The woman screamed when she spotted the owl, during the chaos Dobby spotted the letter and snapped his fingers before vanishing. Harry saw the letter and tried to grab it but when he came close the letter moved away from him, the two guests ran out of the house as the important client yelled back in anger. Harry tried to grab the letter but it kept moving out of his reach, he saw the letter started to vibrate.

Vernon watched as the deal was ruined and his client drove off, he came back completely angry and was about to yell but he stopped when the letter started to shake violently. The letter burst open and to Harry's horror the letter started to read itself, "As of July thirty first the Improper Use of Magic office has detected a hover charm being performed at number four Privet drive by Harry James Potter in front of muggles. This act violates the decree For the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery and more importantly the International Confederation of Wizards' Statute of Secrecy. Given the wizard has only completed his first year he shall be let off with a warning this time but if magic is used again then Harry James Potter will be expelled from Hogwarts."

Harry stood frozen and couldn't hear the rest of the letter as everything came crashing down at once, his relatives believed he's the one who just ruined the dinner and because the letter exposed the truth in front of them it meant they realized all the times he threatened to use magic were just a bluff. Harry didn't notice when the letter stopped reading itself and fell to the floor but he was finally made aware when Vernon's fist crashed into the side of Harry's head. Harry stumbled a few steps and covered where he got hit, however before he could say anything he felt a chunk of his hair was grabbed as he was forcefully dragged towards the stairs.

Harry was trying to keep up as he was being dragged by his hair by Vernon, he heard Vernon yell "YOU DAMN FREAK, YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD THREATEN US AND TRICK US, A FREAK LIKE YOU GETS WHAT HE DESERVES!"

Vernon threw open Harry's door and threw Harry in causing him to fall to the floor, Harry laid on his side as he tried to sooth the pain he felt on the side of his head but then he felt Vernon kick him in the stomach as hard as he could. Harry cried out in pain as he covered his stomach and coughed before hearing Vernon leave the room and slam the door behind him. Harry laid there feeling a lot of pain, he heard Hedwig was worried for him, he knew things were about to become worse now that the Dursleys realized they didn't have to fear him anymore.

Harry tried to sooth the pain he was feeling but then he heard Dudley's voice say through the door "Is it true, the freak can't do anything to us!?"

He heard Vernon say "The freak has been lying all summer, he can't do any of his freakishness to us."

Harry heard a heavier set of footsteps leave but he heard footsteps coming towards his room, the door flew open and Harry saw a far too excited Dudley enter his room, without saying a word Dudley moved and kicked Harry aiming for his stomach, his arm took the hit but it still hurt. Harry was on his back as he heard Dudley say "You thought you could lie to us, freak, I have a lot of catching up to do!"

Dudley moved down and Harry quickly raised his arms just as Dudley started to hit him. Harry was using his arms to try and block Dudley from hitting his face but Dudley kept hitting him repeatedly. Hedwig was shrieking and panicking as she watched Harry was being beaten by his relatives, Dudley turned to her and yelled "SHUT YOUR BLOODY BIRD UP ALREADY!"

Harry felt the hits stop and he saw Dudley get up and step back to turn to Hedwig, Harry's eyes widened at realizing Dudley was going to hurt Hedwig.

"NO!"

Harry yelled and despite being in pain he brought his legs in and aimed up before kicking Dudley as hard as he could in the stomach with both his feet. Dudley fell over and cried out in pain, Harry heard running footsteps and he knew he didn't have much time. Harry did his best to ignore the pain and move, he threw off the padlock and opened Hedwig's cage before throwing the window open. Dudley saw this and yelled out "The freaks letting his bird get away!"

Harry heard thundering footsteps come up the stairs, he shouted "HEDWIG, GO, GET OUT OF HERE!"

Hedwig felt worried as she didn't want to leave Harry, she said "Harry-"

Vernon showed up and Harry shouted "GO!"

Hedwig took off and Vernon tried to stop her but Hedwig flew out the window and flew away, Harry felt relief at seeing Hedwig got away but then he was grabbed and forcefully thrown to the floor as Vernon closed the window. Vernon turned to Harry and he saw Vernon's face looked murderous, Vernon came down and started to punch Harry repeatedly, he felt his glasses break with the first hit and he raised his arms up to try and protect himself. Petunia came into the room and started to comfort Dudley, as Harry was being hit by Vernon he felt someone kick him in his side as he heard Petunia yell "How dare you hurt my Diddykins, a freak like you should be grateful for everything we've done for you!"

Harry didn't know how long the beating continued, at some point Vernon took off his belt and started to beat Harry with it and he made sure the buckle would hit Harry's back and make him bleed. He remembered once Dudley was feeling better he joined Vernon in beating him, when they finally stopped and left Harry could feel pain all over his body. Harry could feel his face was bruised and he couldn't see since his glasses were broken, he used his left hand to search for his glasses and found the broken lens pieces. Harry could feel how bloody his nose was and he felt his back was bleeding because of the new cuts he got from Vernon's belt, Harry knew this was only the start since now that the Dursleys knew he couldn't defend himself they were going to let out the anger they've been feeling all summer on him, Harry felt some relief when he passed out.

Harry was woken up the next morning at hearing a drilling sound, he looked up and felt he was still in a lot of pain but not as much as last night, he guessed his magic was trying its hardest to heal him. Harry looked around wondering what was causing all that noise before looking towards the window and he could see a big figure was there. Harry grabbed the biggest piece of the broken lens and held it to his eye and he saw Vernon was installing bars on his window. Vernon spotted Harry watching him, with a wide cruel smile on his face he said to him "You are never going back to that freak school."

Vernon finished installing the bars and climbed down, Harry was able to get up but he still felt pain all over his body, he struggled and slowly moved towards his bed before collapsing on it. Harry winced at the pain and tried not to move, he didn't know how he was going to get through the summer like this, he knew things were only going to become worse. The only comfort Harry could tell himself was at least Hedwig was ok, he didn't know where she went since he felt she was too far away to communicate through their bond.

Harry laid on his bed for nearly an hour, he didn't know when the beatings might start again so all he could do was try to prepare himself for it, suddenly Harry heard what sounded like a car backfiring and it was near the house. Harry forced himself out of bed and he managed to move to the window, he desperately hoped that sound was the sound of someone apparating since the journal described the sound, holding the lens up to his eye Harry was able to see and he saw someone was approaching the house. Harry recognized the person right away since she was still wearing a stuffed vulture hat. Harry realized it was Neville's gran, Augusta Longbottom, he hit the window before wincing in pain for using his right hand, he's pretty sure someone stepped on it last night, the noise caught Augusta's attention though.

Augusta had just apparated to Privet drive to visit Harry, Neville had been worried about his friend since he hadn't heard from him all summer, on Neville's birthday he got gifts from his friends but nothing arrived from Harry Potter. Neville felt something was wrong with his friend since he promised to contact him over the summer so he asked Augusta to go visit Harry, she decided to wait and see if Harry would contact them on his birthday. On July thirty first Neville had sent his gift to Harry and waited all day to hear a reply but they never got one, this made Neville believe something must have happened to Harry so he begged her to please visit Harry and make sure he was ok.

Augusta promised to visit early the next day, before leaving that morning they were interrupted when a frantic Hedwig showed up, she looked like she was trying to tell them something. Augusta first went to the ministry and after informing the Improper Use of Magic office that she would be visiting the home of a wizard so any magic done in the area was from her she asked one of her muggleborn friends to help her find the area. Now here she was trying to find out where Harry Potter lived, she had used a charm to make muggles see her clothes as plain muggle clothes as long as none of them paid too much attention to them, she found number four and was approaching before hearing something. Looking up Augusta saw Harry Potter through the window. Augusta saw Harry was ok however when she looked closely she noticed something looked wrong with him, he looked hurt.

Augusta approached the door and knocked, after a few moments the door opened and Vernon answered "Who is it?"

Augusta asked "Excuse me sir, I'm looking for a young boy named Harry Potter, does he live here?"

Vernon focused on the old woman and he noticed the strange outfit she was wearing, Vernon realized she was a witch and shouted "THERE IS NO ONE HERE BY THAT NAME!"

Vernon slammed the door in Augusta's face, Augusta frowned, she knew Harry Potter lived here and now she was wondering what his living conditions were like. Making sure not to be seen Augusta cast a notice-me-not and any muggles looking in their direction focused on something else. Augusta waved her wand and the door unlocked and opened up. Augusta saw three people standing there and the man that yelled at her turned to face her, his face reddened as he yelled "GET O-"

Vernon, Petunia, and Dudley all froze in place as Augusta waved her wand, she closed the door before calling out "Harry, are you here?"

Augusta heard "Madam Longbottom, I'm up here!"

Augusta walked up the stairs before finding a door that had multiple locks on it and they all locked from the outside. Augusta knocked and called out "Harry?"

"I'm in here."

Now knowing Harry was behind the locked door she waved her wand and opened it, she walked in and looked horrified at seeing the state Harry was in, Harry had several bruises, he was covered in blood, and she could tell Harry was in a lot of pain. Augusta approached and cast a diagnostic spell, she wasn't good at healing but she could at least do this, when she saw the injuries Harry had she called out "Shiny!"

An old house elf popped in and Augusta said "Bring me a pain relief potion right away!" Shiny popped away and Augusta asked "Harry what happened to you, did your relatives do this?"

Harry hesitated to tell her the truth, Augusta didn't need to hear his answer since his silence told her all she needed to know, Shiny soon popped back in and handed her the potion, she held it to Harry's mouth since he looked like he wouldn't be able to hold it and said "Harry drink this, it should make you feel better."

Harry drank the potion and he felt the pain lessen greatly, Augusta spoke up "You are coming to stay with us, where are your things?"

Harry told her where they were, before leaving the room Augusta shrunk down the rest of Harry's clothes and placed them in her pocket, the two walked downstairs and Harry was surprised to see the Dursleys were frozen in place. Augusta unlocked the cupboard and with a wave of her wand shrunk the trunk and placed it in her pocket, she asked Harry if there was anything else he needed to which he said that was all. Augusta turned to the Dursleys and glared and said "How dare you treat a child like this, I want you to know this is not the last you will see of me, I intend to come back and settle any unfinished business. The spell should wear off in a few hours, I hope you've all had the chance to use the bathroom already."

Augusta took hold of Harry's hand but let go when she felt something was wrong with his right hand, she instead took hold of his left hand and led him out the door. Augusta knew the notice-me-not was still up so she turned back to the door and cast another spell so if anyone came up to the door they'd remember other important issues and leave so they wouldn't find the Dursleys frozen in place.

Augusta asked Harry if he knew about apparition, once Harry was ready she apparated them to Longbottom manor. Once the two landed Harry fell to the ground and winced in pain, even though the potion took away most of the pain he still felt some of it. Augusta helped Harry up and started to lead him to a guest room, on the way they heard footsteps and Neville came running up and saying "Gran, Harry, I'm glad you're-"

Neville stopped when he saw how hurt Harry looked, before he could ask anything Augusta told Neville to help Harry to the guest room, Hedwig showed up and Harry could tell she was worried for him. Once they were there Augusta laid Harry in bed and told Neville to watch over him while she went to call a healer from St Mungo's. Once the two boys were alone there was nothing but silence, Neville looked at Harry for a while before he stated "You mentioned before that your relatives aren't kind to you."

Harry realized Neville figured it out but he didn't want to say anything, however Harry decided to make a request "Neville, please don't tell anyone about this."

Neville was surprised Harry would ask that of him, he said "Harry we need to tell the aurors about this, if they've been treating you like this then-"

"Neville!"

Neville stopped speaking before Harry continued "Please, I don't want anyone to know about this, I can handle it."

Neville wanted to refuse and help his best friend but he felt he'd be betraying Harry's trust, he instead lowered his head and nodded to which Harry thanked him. Harry hated that he had to ask Neville to stay quiet about this but if anyone found out how the Dursleys treat him his relatives might be taken away and he'd lose the blood protection, with Voldemort still out there he needed to hold onto that protection.

Some time passed and soon Augusta returned with a healer, the healer looked shocked to find out his patient was Harry Potter but from what he could see already he felt his help would be needed. Deciding to be thorough the healer checked for every injury he could find and he used a dicta quill to write it all down, however the healer's eyes widened as the quill kept writing. The healer looked over everything before he turned to Augusta and angrily demanded "Who is responsible for this!? I will go to the aurors myself and demand they are locked up in the deepest depths of Azkaban for this!"

Harry panicked when he heard this and said "No please, I don't want anyone to know about this, please I want this to be kept a secret!"

The healer looked shocked at Harry for wanting to keep this a secret to protect whoever did this to him, before he could speak Augusta approached and said "Harry I would like to discuss things with you before we make a decision, can you agree to that?"

Harry thought about it and nodded, Augusta led the healer out while Neville stayed by his friend's side, once the door was closed Augusta asked "What do you need to do to help Harry?"

"The recent bruises and cuts he has can be healed easily for now, after that I'm going to need to use magic to keep his body stable long enough for many of his bones to grow back, many of them are improperly healed and I'm going to need to vanish them over the next few days since it'll be too dangerous to vanish them all at once, he'll need to stay in bed the entire time. He can't be allowed to do any magic as his magical core seems to have been used up to heal the more dangerous injuries, he appears to be malnourished and will need to take some potions to fix that, I'd recommend he have plenty to eat so his body can have the proper nutrients the potions will need to fix the damage, if this had been allowed to continue then he would have suffered damage that even magic can't heal and it would have affected him for the rest of his life. He has many scars around his body, some of them even appear to have been there for as far back as seven years ago so he'll need to rub an ointment on them that can vanish the scars over time, it seems the worst scars are on his back."

Augusta felt horrified to hear all of this, she was resisting the urge to return to Privet drive and deal with the issue herself, she intended to get the full story out of Harry soon. The healer spoke up "I will need to make a file for this at St Mungo's but I'll make it that the patient wished to remain private, personally I think whoever would do this to a child deserves nothing less than the dementor's kiss but I will honor my patient's wishes."

Augusta nodded and thanked the healer and said for him to do everything he needs to do to heal Harry and the cost doesn't matter. The healer left to retrieve the required potions, Augusta returned to the guest room and saw Neville was still with Harry and Hedwig was trying to comfort him. Augusta approached and said "Harry, for now I won't notify the aurors of what happened but I'm going to need to know why you don't want them to know about your relatives, I want to look out for you but I need to know everything."

Harry remained silent for a few seconds as he thought about it, in the end he decided to tell her the truth. Harry explained to Augusta about finding out Voldemort was still alive and how he's trying to come back, he explained about how his touch burned Voldemort and kept him from possessing Hermione. Harry told her about the blood wards and why he needs to live with his relatives and about the house elf that cast the hover charm that got him in trouble. Augusta heard everything and hated it, she wanted to take Harry in to live with them but she could understand why he felt he needed the blood protection, Augusta spoke up "Very well then, even though I think those muggles deserved to be locked up, I'll respect your wishes and not report this. This doesn't mean they can get away with doing something like this again, I will make sure they know if they so much as lay a finger on you then I will pay them another visit."

Harry could hear the serious tone in her voice and couldn't help but smile at what she said, he thanked Augusta for promising to look out for him. The healer soon returned and brought a few potions with him, as he started to heal the recent injuries he explained to Harry about the process of vanishing and regrowing bones and that he would use a few spells to keep his body stable while he was growing them back. Harry understood and after the healer finished healing the recent injuries he started casting the spells needed to keep Harry's body stable, once it was done Harry felt some of his bones were vanished including his ribs, Harry had to drink Skele-Gro and after he forced himself to drink it the healer pointed his wand at Harry's head and started to mutter a spell. Harry could feel his eyelids become heavier and he felt sleepy, he vaguely heard the healer tell Harry to go to sleep and in a few hours they will continue the healing.

Harry fell asleep and the healer explained to Augusta that his bones should be regrown in a few hours, they all left the room but they let Hedwig remain so she could watch over Harry. The healer was allowed to leave but said he'd return when Harry wakes up, Augusta left to attend to some business while Neville remained. Neville glanced back at the door and hoped Harry would be ok, he decided to send letters to their friends to let them know Harry was staying with him and that he hadn't gotten any of their letters all summer.

This will be the last time the Dursleys abuse Harry like this, I intend to make them regret the way they treated Harry around his fifth or sixth year.

I have read all of your comments about the multi pairings and I've decided to keep this story pure harmony however I think in the future I will write another fic and make that a multi pairing story (If anyone was interested I would have made Daphne lady Black and Luna lady Peverell), for now I will focus on this story.

Please comment and let me know what you thought of the chapter.