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Severus looked at Tom. They were sitting in the bedroom being occupied by Harry Potter. "Do you think we can fix him?" Severus finally asked the question he had been dreading asking.
"We are going to try. I am not sure about his mental state."
"I'm not either. The physical aspect we can fix. It will take time, a lot of time." Severus looked down. "I ignored so much of what was happening to him last year."
"You did something about it. You got him out. Those light people left him there and did nothing to stop the abuse." Tom indicated the sitting room and Severus followed him to the smaller room off of the bedroom.
"He's twelve and looks like he is seven, the scarring. Narcissa isn't sure if we can get rid of it. The fool has everyone out looking for him. Those gadgets in his office alerted him that something happened to Harry. He thinks the boy is dead. He doesn't want to tell anyone." Severus couldn't keep his contempt of the headmaster out of his voice. They were shaken by what they had read on the health scan.
"He thinks the muggles killed Harry?" Tom thought it was a good thing the idiot thought his weapon was dead.
"Yes. Kingsley Shacklebolt and Mad-Eye are pushing that theory based on the blood they found in the room, the boot cupboard, and the memories of the muggles."
"Does he suspect anything?" Tom glanced at the bedroom, watching the tiny figure sleeping under the covers. Nagini was laying with Harry. Harry had an arm around the snake and didn't want to let her go. Nagini didn't seem to mind.
"No, he still thinks you aren't around. Your wraith idea worked. We need to make sure Harry disappears."
"Already working on it. Lucius is making sure the vaults stayed sealed. The goblins are going to blood seal them with passwords but Lucius will be giving the questions and answers. The seats will remain unused. Dumbledore had them assigned to him with their loss he loses control of Wizengamot. He was using yours too." Tom had started Lucius working on taking care of everything with Gringotts as soon as they knew they had Harry in their possession. He didn't want to take a chance on Dumbledore discovering they had rescued Harry.
"Mine?"
"Yes, the Prince ones. Lucius is checking on that information, I asked him to. I figured it would give him something to do while we take care of Harry."
"Draco?"
"Narcissa is going to be talking to him."
Severus nodded his head. "None of this should have happened."
"No, it shouldn't have but the man's track record speaks for itself."
Severus looked at Tom and to Harry. "Homeschooling?"
"Yes, when he is up for it. I will start with Lucius and Narcissa as well as anyone else we can trust."
"I am thinking Poppy will want to help. She was the one who told me to check on him. I refused at first but something nagged at me until I did. I want to speak to him when he is awake."
Tom nodded his agreement. He looked at Severus. "You know Harry is powerful. I think he did it to keep him under control."
"I know he did. He even set up his friends. Harry mumbles in his sleep. He was to be in Slytherin. I asked him questions and he answered me, not completely, but one or two-word answers."
"I have asked him too. Severus, we will heal him."
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Five Years Later: (What would be the end of Harry's sixth year)
Harry tilted his head as he looked at Hogwarts and all the students exiting out of the huge front doors. He saw Dumbledore slowly exit behind them. "He thinks reason with you." He warned Tom.
"Does he?" Tom asked.
"Yes, likes pawns too much to stop what is coming."
"What is coming?"
"Blood."
"I don't want to hurt any student, Harry." Tom quietly told him.
"He does." Harry looked around and pointed to the far right. "See, hidden there." They saw people, hiding. They are members of the Order. Harry pointed to the left. "On his side. Blood to flow." Harry moved to Severus. "He wants blood."
Severus pulled him into a hug. "Harry, do you want to go home?" He quietly said into his ear. "Papa and I will be fine."
"No, he pays, best Munchies use tunnels." Harry spoke in his normal speaking voice so those around heard him.
"They are. Soon they will appear." Tom smiled at him. "I do wish you would follow your father's advice and go home I don't want you hurt."
"He wants blood, no bloodshed. Ice cream after?"
"Yes, afterward." Severus gave him a sad smile, Harry was never going to have the mindset of an adult, but his gift of seeing a bit in the future was there. Severus and Tom held onto the hope Harry would improve, and in some ways he did.
Lucius came up next to them. "Everyone is in place, Avery and Macnair are inside."
Tom nodded his head and stepped forward, ready to face the enemy. "Albus, I must say, I didn't think you would even manage the what fifty or sixty people you have plus the students. Are the students even going to join in this?"
"No." A strong voice announced and stepped out. Most were surprised to see Neville Longbottom was the one who spoke. "We want nothing to do with this. We were forced out by the Headmaster."
"If you don't want anything to do with this, please follow Narcissa Malfoy to safety. Keep your wands, just in case, the Headmaster does try something." Tom ordered them. He saw Dumbledore raise his wand when it suddenly went flying across the courtyard and into Harry's hand.
"Pretty." Harry gave the wand a swish and sparks flew out of it. "Mine."
Severus tried not to laugh as he realized Harry just took control of the Elder Wand. "Yes, but remember our rule about wands?"
"They aren't toys." Harry smiled up at him. "You want?" He held it out to Severus.
"No, it's yours." Severus was still smiling as he replied. Leave it to his son to take control of the most powerful wand ever crafted. He reached behind Harry and pulled Harry's cloak around him. "Go and stay with your Aunt Cissy. I am sure some of the students would love to meet you."
Harry headed to find Narcissa as Tom watched him for a few minutes before facing Dumbledore. "Do you know who that was?"
"I am not sure."
Severus scoffed and looked to Minerva. "You know who it was."
"Yes, what happened to him?" Minerva quietly asked.
"Albus happened. His love of sending abused children back to their abusers. The Dursley family almost killed him. It took a year before he could walk, another six months to get him to talk. Poppy can tell you he has permanent brain damage. We have been working on what we can fix but he will never be the same." Poppy walked to join Severus and Tom as Severus spoke. They watched Minerva and Albus' supporters process what was said.
"That was Harry?" A voice said and they saw Sirius Black stepping toward them.
"Yes, no thanks to Albus' lovely decision to seal the Potters' Will and place him where they said they didn't want him to go." Tom told Sirius. "They even said you weren't the secret keeper in the Wills and that Albus cast the spell."
Severus watched as numerous people turn and face Dumbledore waiting for him to explain himself. "It was for the greater good. Harry needs to defeat Tom." The Dark watched the Light side tear into Dumbledore and he was enjoying it. Dumbledore finally had enough and said. "It was done because it needed to be done, Harry will join us."
"That isn't happening." Bella said. "You hurt him, a lot." Sounding saner than anyone could remember.
"Bella, remember what we said."
"I remember." Bella gave a small grin. "I also remember what Harry said."
Severus and Tom grinned. They were going to enjoy this. "So do we."
Dumbledore looked confused until Tom stated "we don't want any magical blood spilled. If you want to go back inside of Hogwarts and not be part of this, that is fine. If you wish to join us in defending ourselves from a tyrant who allows the abuse of children, expects children to engage in war, and one who has controlled our way of life for over fifty years, you are welcome to."
Severus saw Minerva and a lot of the teachers, Order members, and Ministry people join their side. None of them even discussed it with anyone before they joined the dark. "How much of it was a lie?" Minerva asked.
"All of it." Poppy answered her. "I have some potions that will help remove your blocks."
They saw only Dumbledore was left with his die hardcore group of Doge, Podmore, Molly Weasley, and a few others they can't recall their names. "Arrest them. Minnie, can you act as Headmistress until everything is sorted out?"
Everyone was a bit surprised when Minerva didn't curse Tom. "Yes, I am sure we can get this fixed."
"That is what we all want." Severus leaned in and whispered, "don't worry about Harry, Poppy will tell you, he is very loved and taken care of."
"I saw that. Thank you, Severus." Minerva smiled at him.
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"Harry, you need to go to bed." Severus was trying to be stern but he knew it wasn't necessary.
"You promise I go?" Harry climbed into the big bed. The boy now was about a little under five foot and still very small. Nagini was already curled up on the bed, waiting for them. Nagini was Harry constant companion. She was even hidden at Hogwarts, ready to protect Harry if he had need of it.
"Yes, you will get to be at breakfast than the Welcoming Feast. You are going to sit between your Papa and me but tomorrow won't come if you don't go to sleep." He knew that would work. Harry hadn't reasoned out that tomorrow would come no matter what.
"Read to me?"
"Don't I always? Which one do you want?"
"Rabbit one."
"The Velveteen Rabbit but only a few chapters." Severus wouldn't get past two chapters before Harry would be asleep. "He is finally asleep." Severus moved further into the main living quarters. "He is very excited to see the Welcoming Feast. I think next time we hold off on telling him."
"We didn't. Minnie and Poppy did. The board approved the new school in Hogsmeade for younger years." Tom showed him the notice.
"Tom, do you think we can let Harry take some of our classes?"
"I think so. I was going to see if he would like Minnie and Filius' classes too, I don't think he can do potions without you watching him all the time. He still likes to experiment." Severus remembered the last experiment it turned his whole lab pink and took him a few hours to clean up but it was his own fault. He left Harry with the ingredients and told him to have fun. He knew the ingredients wouldn't hurt or cause damage no matter how they were mixed.
"I see you are remembering the pink lab."
"Yes. I will have Draco assisting me as his apprenticeship is starting." Severus smiled as he watched Tom head to the bedroom. He never thought when he took Harry from the Dursley family how much that changed their lives. He followed Tom into their bedroom. "You better put up the wards, in parsel or he will rip them down in the morning."
"He will if they are in parsel."
"Yes, true but it will give us more of a warning." Severus smiled. There were working on fixing the magical world, they were working on fixing the mess Dumbledore made, but the most important one they were working on was in the next bedroom, sleeping safely.