Exploring Harry Potter's life
Chapter 17
Previous Chapter Next ChapterDumbledore had not returned till the next morning, he was alone and he couldn't answer anyone's questions of where he rushed off to. He rushed over to Professor Snape and whispered hurriedly into his ear. Snape paled and ran as fast as he could out of the Great Hall.
Harry walked down to breakfast with Sirius and Remus half an hour later, When he entered the Great Hall he doubled over, teeth gritted with pain.
"Harry! What is it?" asked Sirius quickly.
"My...stomach..." he moaned.
"Here, let's sit you down in the bowl quick." said Remus picking Harry up gently and hurrying to the bowl.
Dumbledore rushed over and enlarged the bowl two twice its size, he then arranged the cushions and blankets.
Remus carried the suffering boy over to the bowl, Harry was gripping Remus' collar tightly and growled in pain. He laid Harry gently down in the bowl and Sirius sponged Harry's forehead. Ron and Hermione were looking at Harry anxiously, both of them were clutching at each other in fear.
Snape ran back into the Great Hall and hurried over to the bowl. As Harry gasped in pain, he helped Harry drink the potion completely. He continued to gasp in pain, until finally he opened his eyes.
"What..what happened?" he asked weakly.
Dumbledore threw a murderous look up to Umbridge, who sat with her sickening toad-like smile. He turned back to Harry and grasped his hand.
"It's a Leechhold potion, Harry. It's a vile poison that doesn't need to be drunk by the victim. Every hour on the hour, you'll be racked with pain in your abdomen, as if you had drank some strong poison. You'll get weaker and weaker until, you can no longer even get out of bed." he said grief-stricken.
"Isn't there an antidote." asked Hermione and Sirius quickly.
"No, there is nothing that can remove it." said Dumbledore sadly.
"How long will it last?" asked McGonagall fearfully.
Dumbledore looked away, tears falling freely from his eyes.
"Dear God." said Mrs. Weasely clutching her throat.
Suddenly, the doors opened and a man walked into the Great Hall, it was Lionus, unmasked. He was leading an old man towards the bowl. When he arrived he held out a hand.
"Here you go, Doc. Leechhold potion." said Lionus
"Alright lad, have you had any pain yet?" said the old man, opening a small doctor's bag.
"Just now." he said weakly.
"Well, this will take care of it." he said taking out a small needle with blue liquid inside.
He quickly stuck it in Harry's skin and pushed the liquid into this bloodstream. Sirius who looked down at the little needle in Harry's skin, turned pale and passed out on the floor. Harry and the Doctor looked at him and then each other. Harry tried not to laugh, the Doctor was too busy shaking his head.
"Alright boy, you're all done. It will take two days for it to take effect I'm sorry to say. So you will have to endure the pain for just forty-eight more hours, thankfully, you've got a Potions Master here, who can make the pain-relieving potions to help you through this." He put his syringe back into his bag.
"Will the pain get worse." said Lupin while he was slapping Sirius' face to wake him up.
"Fortunately, it won't get worse than it has already and you won't get weaker. That's the small comfort the antidote will give you."
"I thought Dumbledore said there wasn't any antidote for the Leechhold potion." said Hermione suspiciously.
"Not to you, but to us, yes. We use it on some of our prisoners. Now," said the Doctor quickly, not completely answering Hermione's question, not to her satisfaction anyway.
"I want that woman." said the Doctor looking up a Lionus.
"Done, Madame Umbridge consider yourself in custody."
"What charges?" demanded Umbridge and Filch.
"Well we can start with 'Conspiracy to be a b*^$%', but if you want more than that, then we've got the following: We've got torture on a child, person being eighteen years or younger, wrongful use of Dementors, person being eighteen years or younger."
"I did no such thing!" said Umbridge loudly.
"Oh get off it, we've got the paperwork you used to sign out the Dementors and send them to Little Whinging. Good Lord woman, if you're going to commit a crime, don't evidence like that laying out for anyone to see it. Pathetic really. Now, I would normally just ship you off to Devil's Garden, but I'm going to let you stay here, and listen to the books. If you're a good girl and you remain silent, you may stay, if not, off you go."
"She's entitled to a trial!" bellowed Fudge.
"Not with us, she doesn't, we don't make an arrest unless we have all the facts. Her goose is cooked. Oh, and your Caretaker Filch, he was in on it as well." he said matter-of-factly.
"WHAT?" yelled Dumbledore furiously.
Filch who was just entering, turned deadly shade of white.
Dumbledore made to leap and throttle the old caretaker when Lionus held him back. "Sir, allow me." he said with small smile.
Filch turned and began to run out of the Great Hall, but Lionus hurled a small pin-like object toward him, it struck him in the back and suddenly, he was gone.
"What happened to him?" shrieked Umbridge, afraid that, that was what was going to happen to her.
"He was just sent to Devil's Garden. He'll be there for maybe five or seven days." said Lionus.
"Why such a short stay?" asked Sirius baring his teeth, he got tired of Lupin slapping him.
"You'll see if it was enough or not when he gets back. Hey, Doc, about his prior injuries."
"Already seeing to them. There you are lad, it'll be a few more weeks with that cane, but it'll be a lot easier on you." said the Doctor.
"That's all then." said Lionus. "Thanks Doc, you can go back to torturing the other Rangers now." he finished with a smirk.
"If you all weren't such weaklings, it wouldn't be torture. And no, I'm not going anywhere, I don't see many 'Kodak moments' I'm not about to miss this." said the Doctor with a knowing smile.
"What's a 'Kodak moment'?" asked Ron.
"'Kodak' is a camera!" said Colin excitedly, "I asked Dad for one for my birthday this year! A Kodak Moment is a touching and special moment!"
"What moment are you talking about?" asked Harry.
"This moment." said Lionus walking toward the door exiting. He then came back, with a man with graying hair who bore an eye patch over his right eye. Despite the patch and the mass of the gray hair, Harry knew the man all too well.
"D-D-Dr...Dr. Clark!" screamed Harry. He stood up suddenly and hobbled as best he could over to the man. The man stared at him, and slowly moved forward. He then broke into a run and engulfed the young man in a embrace.
"Harry! My little Harry! Oh, I've missed you so much! Look how big you've grown." he said laughing holding Harry out at arm's length. He laughed and brushed back his hair, to look at his eyes. "Every night, I thought about those eyes of yours, the only thing that kept me going." he said hugging him once again.
"Where were you? I looked everywhere for you!" Harry said, tears of joy rushing down his cheeks, like two small waterfalls.
"I'm not too sure where I was, to tell you the absolute truth. I just remember it being dark." said Dr. Clark tears streaming down his own face, he didn't care about the past, now that he had his little Harry back.
"And I'm not at liberty to say where he was, I've already said too much, and just about our prison system." said Lionus with a small smile.
Umbridge wanted to make a comment on how Muggles shouldn't be at Hogwarts or know of its existence, when she was soundly smacked in the back of the head by a lieutenant who was standing beside her. Making sure she didn't get away.
"Be silent." he hissed.
Sirius looked at Harry and Dr. Clark his smiled faltered a little. He looked down and slowly walked away, into one of the antechambers off the hall.
Sirius gripped his shoulders and leaned heavily against one of the pillars. He cried silently.
"Padfoot?" said Lupin coming in moments later.
"What, Moony?" said Sirius, quickly wiping his eyes.
"What's wrong? You should be happy that Dr. Clark is back! Harry doesn't have to worry about him anymore." said Lupin with a smile.
"I am, but, what if Harry wants to go live with him? Instead of us? I don't know if I could actually take it." said Sirius brokenly.
"Actually..." said Lupin quickly
"I KNEW IT! HARRY WANTS TO GO LIVE WITH HIM!" wailed Sirius.
"Settle down! Geez, I thought I was high-strung. Harry isn't going to live with him, I asked Dr. Clark if he could live with us. He agreed, he lost his practice, being gone so long. And his apartment: given to another, his stuff: sent to charities, his money: lost in the system. Harry asked me if he could stay with us, And well, I said it was alright with me, and that I would come and ask you. Harry was a little scared when he wasn't seeing you in the Great Hall. Now, can Dr. Clark stay and live with us? With what Harry has shown us this far, on what he's like, we need all the help we can get." said Remus with a broad smile.
Sirius stared at his old friend and slowly grinned.
"I'll take that as a yes." he said clapping his friend on the back.
They both walked out into the Great Hall and saw Harry talking frantically to Dr. Clark. When Remus and Sirius came closer, he looked over to them quickly. Remus nodded and Harry's smile got bigger.
"Should we abandon the books, seeing as how the woman that orchestrated this event is in custody?" said McGonagall.
"No, that wouldn't be a good idea. You stop know, you could have some irreversible consequences. Best to continue on. Oh, speaking of the past, Dumbledore, you better tell Harry about the incident."
"That's right, Harry," said Dumbledore, walking over to the bowl, "about the incident, don't try and remember it. We don't need to know anymore, and if you do try to remember anymore, it would only cause you more pain. It would be best to just forget it, alright?" he said quietly.
"I'll try sir." he said honestly. Dumbledore smiled and patted his head.
"Well, let's continue on the with the books then. Sirius, Remus aren't you going to take your seats?" said Dumbledore gesturing to the bowl.
Sirius hurried over to the bowl and sat on Harry's immediate right and Lupin sat on Dr. Clark's left.
Dumbledore picked up the book and looked at the next chapter. He read it quickly and laughed. "Mr. Jordan, you may be the perfect person to read this next chapter."
Lee frowned and walked over to the Headmaster and looked at the chapter title. He grinned broadly, Dumbledore handed over the book and went to go sit down, to the left of the bowl.
Lee took a deep breath and shouted: "The next chapter is Quidditch!"
The Quidditch players and fans all cheered, as Harry quickly told Dr. Clark what Quidditch was.
"I've got a lot to learn, I see." said Dr. Clark smiling down to Harry.
"So did I. When I first came here." said Harry brightly.
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