The Power Within
Chapter 1: Beatings and Rescue.
Hey everybody, I have decided to restart the Power Within. Where I haven't been able to post and write because of school, I have completely lost the idea of my story. So, with what I have written so far (plus the guest chapters of my reviewers) I am going to combine a few chapters, plus there will be added parts to it.
So, lean back, get a cold drink, and enjoy the Redo of the Power Within!
The summer of 1997 was turning out to be the worst summer Harry Potter had ever experienced. First of all, he was still mourning the death of his godfather, and second, he was stuck in the worst place on earth.
The Dursleys.
When Harry was a year old, the Dark Lord Voldemort had murdered Harry's parents, Lily and James. They had been betrayed by one of their best friends, Peter Pettigrew. When Voldemort killed Lily, who had died to protect her son, it put a very powerful bond on the one year old. The curse had bounced back to the caster, and Voldemort had been defeated.
Though everybody thought their best friend and godfather to Harry, Sirius Black, had betrayed them, it was actually Peter. Sirius had gone after Peter, who had faked his own death, thus sending Sirius to Azkaban.
Harry, who was orphaned, was sent to Lily Potter's sister to live. Petunia hated everything that had to do with magic. So when she found her niece on her front porch step with a letter explaining what had happened, she was determined to make sure he never knew about what had really happened.
As Harry got older, weird things started to happen. His aunt and Uncle Vernon knew what was happening, so Vernon started to beat the child, hoping that if he beat the boy enough, the magic would go away.
Unfortunately, the Dursley's plan was squashed when Harry's letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry came. Vernon, who still thought that Harry's magic could still be "beaten" from him, continued to beat the boy when he came home every summer.
It wasn't until the summer after Harry's third year at Hogwarts that Vernon stopped beating the boy. He had learned that the convict they had seen on the television the year before was a wizard, and also the godfather of Harry. The past two years, Vernon was anxiously waiting until he knew that the man wasn't going to come near the place. When a letter came a few days before Harry was due home after his fifth year at Hogwarts, saying that Harry would probably be going through a tough time because his godfather had died, Vernon was overjoyed that he started to drink in celebration. But the drinking didn't last just that one day. It continued. He drank before he came home from work, and sometimes he would even go into work drunk.
When Harry got off the Hogwarts express, Vernon was confronted by wizards telling him to lay off Harry that summer. He was already drunk, so it just made him a bit mad. As soon as they got back to Privet Drive, Vernon drug Harry up to his room and beat him to he was unconscious. It continued like that everyday.
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Harry was lying on his bed, trying not to move much. He was sore everywhere and his leg felt as if it was broken. His stomach was on fire, and Harry was sure that he had a few broken ribs. He didn't know why, but his uncle would come home everyday from work and beat the living hell out of him. Somehow, Harry figured that Vernon had found out about Sirius' death, and was taking it as an advantage to beat him.
Harry knew that if he contacted the Order about it, his uncle would probably forget about beating him and kill him on the spot.
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Vernon was furious.
He had gone into work (after stopping by the liquor store) and showed up to a big meeting drunk. His boss had told him that he didn't like the fact that he was coming in drunk and fired him on the dot. So Vernon packed up all his things and drove to a bar. After his fourth shot of whiskey, he was starting to think that it was the boy's abnormality doing this. He finished his last shot of whiskey and sped home, going to give him the beating of his life.
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Harry heard the front door slam shut. Harry flinched; he knew what was about to happen; his uncle was home.
"WHERE IS HE?" his uncle roared, the words coming drunkenly from his mouth.
"Oh bloody hell," Harry thought as his bedroom door was busted open to find a very livid Vernon Dursley standing there.
"BOY!" Vernon yelled as he grabbed Harry by the neck of his shirt. "EXPLAIN YOURSELF"
"Explain...w-what?" Harry stammered. His uncle punched him in the gut and let him drop to the floor. Harry balled up to protect his stomach from being any more injured than it already was.
"I LOST MY JOB TODAY! YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT! I KNOW YOU DID YOU LITTLE BASTARD!" he bellowed and he kicked Harry in the back, making him cry out in agony.
"I didn't do anything!" Harry cried aloud. It only cause his uncle to kick him hard in the head.
"DON'T YOU LIE TO ME YOU PIECE OF TRASH! I KNOW YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH ME LOOSING MY JOB!" Vernon yelled and he punched Harry hard in the head, causing Harry to almost loose consciousness. Vernon stepped on his chest as he started towards the door.
"You wait right here," he hissed and he left the room. Harry, with all the strength he had, looked and saw his owl Hedwig. "Find help," he whispered, and with a worried look Hedwig took off out the window.
Uncle Vernon came back, and was holding one of Aunt Petunia's sharpest knives. Harry sucked in his breath and tried to move towards his bed. Vernon picked the boy up and slammed him into the wall of his room. Raising the knife, he jabbed it hard into Harry's stomach. Harry screamed out him pain as his uncle jabbed him again. Vernon pulled the knife out and let Harry fall to the floor, barely alive. Harry's eyes closed and his world went black.
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Remus Lupin was on guard duty that night. He seemed it was the only way he could stay out of Grimmauld Place, the house Sirius Black. When Sirius went through the veil, Remus was so shocked; he still didn't know how he had been able to hold Harry back from going after him. So, to keep himself out of the house, he was either at the Burrow, or on guard.
Remus' thoughts were distracted by a loud hoot. He looked up to see Hedwig, Harry's pet owl. He lifted the cloak and let her land on his shoulder. She nipped on his ear in a fearful way and flew back up to Harry's window sill. At first, Remus was confused, but then he heard a muffled scream. Remus jumped up from the shelter he was under. He heard the scream again, and recognized it as Harry's.
"Oh shit," Remus exclaimed, and he ripped the invisibility cloak from his head and ran to the front door to the Dursley's. It was locked.
"Damn it!" he said. He pulled out his wand and said, "Alohomora," and the door unlocked, and Remus rushed into the house. Aunt Petunia jumped out of her chair and shrieked when she saw who it was. Ignoring her for the time being, he dashed up the stair. He couldn't hear anything, but he busted the door open to find the most horrible sight he had ever seen.
Vernon Dursley was standing over Harry, who was covered in cuts from his face to his legs. Vernon looked around and saw Remus and moved to stab Remus with a knife, but Remus yelled, "Stupefy!" and knocked Uncle Vernon out unconscious. Remus rushed to Harry's side. He put his fingers on his neck and found a weak pulse.
"Oh Merlin, Harry! Please wake up," Remus said, tears forming in his eyes. He checked Harry's wounds and found out that the worst were in his stomach. He conjured some bandages up and wrapped them around Harry's waist, trying to stop some of the bleeding. Carefully, he picked Harry up gently and headed back downstairs. He was at the door when he heard another shriek.
Aunt Petunia was standing in the hallway, transfixed at Remus carrying Harry's lifeless body. "I...I didn't..."
"How could you, Petunia? How could you let him do this to Harry? To Lily's only son? HOW!" Remus roared.
"I didn't know it had ever gotten this bad," Aunt Petunia whispered, still looking at Harry's prone form.
"Don't give me that bull, you knew, and now, he's barely alive!" Remus said, and he raised his wand. Petunia shrieked again and expected to get cursed, but never felt anything hit her. She opened her eyes and was surprised to find a donkey in the place that Dudley had been standing at before.
"Maybe now you will see how much of an arse you really are," Remus snarled, and he walked out in to the rain, carrying the limp boy. He walked to Mrs. Figg's house, when he got onto the porch we kicked the door twice, since his arms we preoccupied. Mrs. Figg opened the door and gasped.
"Oh Godric, what happened, Remus?" she asked as Remus made his way towards the fireplace.
"The Dursley's! They were abusing him! If it wasn't for Hedwig, Harry would be dead!" Remus said angrily.
"Where are you taking him?" Mrs. Figg asked, as she through some floo powder into the fireplace for them. He held Harry's lifeless, blood-soaken body to him closely, and stepped into the emerald flames shouting, "St. Mungo's," and was gone.
Remus arrived in the entrance hall of the hospital; thankfully, there were no patients around, only Healers.
"Somebody help me!" Remus said, getting the attention of the Healers. Two of them rushed up to Remus. They gasped when they saw who he was carrying.
"I'm Healer Carter. Can you tell me what happened?" one of the Healers asked as the other conjured a stretcher, which Remus laid Harry on.
"I went to visit Harry at his aunt and uncle's house, when I heard some screaming. I recognized the voice as Harry's, and I discovered that his uncle was abusing him. His uncle stabbed him several times with a knife, but I stopped him before he could do anymore damage than he already had.
"Is Harry going to be alright?" Remus asked the Healer fearfully. The Healer sighed.
"We're going to have to take him into intensive care. The wounds in his stomach have done some damage, and it looks as if he has some head injuries and broken bones. In the meantime, Healer Anderson here will have to inform the Ministry and the Headmaster of Hogwarts. This is a federal offense, and actions must be taken. You, Mr. Lupin, may want to inform any close friends he may have. We will try to inform you of his condition as soon as we can. If you can't find me, just ask for Healer Atkins." and he walked off toward the ICU room.
Remus sighed. Everything seemed to always happen to Harry. It seemed as if he never got a peaceful summer. He walked back towards the fireplace he had come out, and said, "The Burrow."
Well, hopefully combining these chapters and adding more information to them will make them longer, and it will make more sense! But in the future, I may not add some things, like not bringing back Sirius, or making Draco nice. Well...I'm still going to make Draco nice; I'm just going to have to go more in depth on it...
With not being able to get online everyday, I will have to update at school….thank you who ever invented jump drives!
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