Aunt Mini

When it was getting late and Harry hadn’t returned, Minerva decided to contact Remus.

‘Sorry to disturb you Remus but I’m wondering if Harry was still there?’

‘Harry isn’t here.’

‘Has he been there at all today?’

‘No, I haven’t seen him since last week. Is something wrong?’

‘Yes, a lot is wrong. Is there any chance you could come to Hogwarts, it would be easier for me to explain then you will understand why I am worried about Harry.’

‘I’ll be there in a few minutes.’

Minerva decided to contact the Weasley family next, ‘Molly.’

‘Oh Minerva, you startled me.’

‘Sorry, but Harry isn’t there is he?’

‘No, he hasn’t been here for a few days.’

‘I didn’t think so, could you ask Hermione and Ron to come to Hogwarts, there’s been a development and when Harry returns, they might be able to help him.’

‘Oh my, that poor boy does not need anything else to go wrong. I’ll go tell them now Minerva.’

‘Thank you, I better go.’

Minerva withdrew her head from the fireplace then hurried back down to the great hall. She just stepped in when Remus, Hermione and Ron hurried towards her.

‘Is Harry alright professor?’

‘I’m not sure, he left earlier saying he needed to speak with Remus.’

‘Do you know what about?’ Remus asked.

‘Yes, look,’ Minerva pointed, ‘As you can see, James and Lily potter, the girl is Jamie potter. Lily was pregnant so they decided to leave to keep their unborn daughter safe.’

‘Are you sure it’s really them?’

‘Severus and I both did every revealing charm there is, it is them.’

‘Lupin,’ Severus swept into the great hall, ‘So Harry never turned up at your home?’

‘No, he didn’t. Okay, I don’t understand why James would do that, leave Harry when he was so proud of his son, Lily, she doted on him.’

‘I asked James why he couldn’t stay with Harry if Lily had to leave and go into hiding, he said that Lily almost died giving birth to Harry so it was too dangerous for her to be alone,’ Minerva said.

‘Harry said he needed your calm voice of reasoning, that you weren’t bias when it came to his father, not like Black. So if he didn’t go see you, Mr. Weasley or Miss Granger, where else would he go?’ Severus asked.

‘There isn’t anyone else he would talk to about this, maybe Neville, but I don’t see why he would speak to Neville and not us when he usually talks to us about everything,’ Hermione said, ‘I hope he’s okay.’

‘Oh my,’ Minerva saw Hagrid leading a very drunk Harry into the great hall, ‘Where did you find him Hagrid?’

‘In my cabin, I’ve been working around the grounds, didn’t have a chance to go inside until a few minutes ago, he found my mead.’

‘Sit him down Hagrid,’ Severus pointed at the end of the Ravenclaw table. Harry sat with Hermione and Ron beside him then Severus summoned a potion, ‘Drink this Harry.’

‘What?’ Harry’s head wobbled as he slowly lifted it.

‘It’s a sober up potion.’

‘No, stay like this,’ Harry slurred.

‘Were you in Hagrid’s cabin this whole time?’ Minerva asked.

‘No, saw Charlie, he snogs good, but I wasn’t in the mood for that.’

‘You snogged my brother?’

Harry slowly looked at Ron, ‘Like blokes, like dark eyes.’

‘Minerva,’ Severus handed the potions vial to her and nodded, she nodded back so Severus pointed his wand at Harry, petrifying him while Minerva poured the potion into Harry’s mouth then Severus undid the charm.

‘Oh shit, why did you do that aunt Mini?’

‘So we can talk and you need to be able to understand and make sense.’

‘What’s to understand, they fucked off and left me to die, did that make sense?’

‘Language Mr. Potter,’ Severus said using his cold and abrupt voice he used to use.

‘Sorry sir.’

‘Harry, please let us explain,’ Lily said softly.

Harry never turned, but his face chance, Hermione and Ron noticed straight away, so did Remus. ‘Okay Harry, calm down, if you don’t you could hurt someone,’ Remus said.

‘You don’t want to destroy the great hall when it’s taken this long to repair do you Harry?’ Ron said urgently.

Hermione took Harry’s hand, ‘Remember, a few deep breaths.’

Harry clenched his fist of his free hand but his other hand was squeezing Hermione’s. He started to breathe deeply and slowly as he rocked back and forth, but as he did the windows started to rattle, the torches flared before being extinguishing and some of the seats toppled over.

‘Harry, please, you need to calm down,’ Minerva put her hands to Harry’s face, ‘You could hurt everyone in here. Look deep inside, control your power.’

‘Maybe a calming draught might help?’ Remus said.

‘Not on top of a sober up potion, it could poison him,’ Severus said.

Ron watched Harry then had an idea, ‘So when did my best mate work out he wanted to shag blokes and please tell me it wasn’t sleeping in my room?’

Harry laughed loudly before his body relaxed, ‘You prat Ron, it definitely wasn’t you, you’re not my type.’

‘Oh, that hurts, you date my sister and snog my brother but I’m not your type.’

‘You’re my mate, not a fuck buddy.’

Hermione slapped Harry’s head, ‘Language Harry.’

‘Ow, don’t hit so blasted hard Hermione.’

‘I’ll hit as hard as I think is warranted to stop you swearing.’

‘Now tell us why you didn’t go speak with Remus like you said you were going to?’ Severus asked.

‘I was about to apparate away when I saw Charlie. He’d been meaning to talk to me, he thought he worked out I was gay and wondered if I’d be interested in going out with him, I said he wasn’t my type, he snogged me then asked me if I wanted to go back to his place.’

‘My brother wanted to take you to his flat to shag you didn’t he?’

‘Yep, Charlie’s nice but he doesn’t interest me, cute though, muscly body.’

‘I don’t want that picture stuck in my head mate. Now why did you drink all Hagrid’s mead?’

‘I didn’t mean to and I will replace it Hagrid,’ Harry gave his big friend a small smile, ‘I wanted somewhere private and quiet to think and I always liked Hagrid’s cabin, then I saw the mead on the shelf and thought why not.’

‘Lily was pregnant Harry, she could have died, the baby could have as well, your sister,’ James said urgently, ‘But she couldn’t be alone and Albus was protecting you, we thought you’d be okay.’

Harry slowly turned his head, glaring at his father, ‘I don’t have a sister as I don’t have parents, now get the fuck away from me before I do something you’ll regret.’

‘James, I think it would be wise to leave or Harry just might lose it. He’s power is very unstable at the moment, his body is not used to dealing with so much power,’ Remus said calmly.

‘If you just give us a chance to explain, but we never left, we were always around, watching you,’ Lily said.

‘Watching me get abused by your sister and her fat husband, watching me get beaten to a pulp, watching while they ate and I was starved, watching while the locked me in a cupboard, watching while they left me with a broken leg or arm, not bothering to take me to a hospital for days,’ Harry growled, then all the windows started to rattle again, this time harder and every chair in the great hall apart from the ones they were sitting on toppled over but so did all the tables.