Warnings: Abuse, mentions of Rape, Male pregnancy, sexual content, slash pairings, incest.

Disclaimer: I do not nor have I ever owned Harry Potter or his universe. It belongs entirely to the Goddess J.K. Rowling. I only manipulate Harry and his world for my own enjoyment. I am not getting any money for this.

A Place For My Head

Chapter One

Severus Snape stood in the shadows of a dark alley in the red-light district of London. He was on a mission for Dumbledore investigating the disappearance of the Dursley family. The Dursleys were Harry Potter's only family and the boy had been left in their care when he was still a baby. When Harry didn't arrive with the other first years on the first of September the year he turned eleven Dumbledore began to worry. He sent Snape to the Dursleys' house to find out where the boy was. When Snape arrived at Number Four Privet Drive he found a different family living there that certainly wasn't the Dursleys. The new family told Snape that they had bought the house from the Dursley family nearly ten years earlier. Snape reported his findings to Dumbledore who decided that the Dursleys had to be found for the sake of the wizarding world. That was two years earlier and Snape finally felt like he was getting close.

Snape had been following a young boy, who was probably about thirteen years old, for the past three days. The boy fit the description of what Dudley Dursley would look like at thirteen. Snape hoped that if the boy really was the Dursley's son, he'd eventually lead him to Harry. For the first two days Dudley, as he'd come to calling him, just went to normal teenage hangouts with friends, none of whom looked anything like Harry. On the third day though, Dudley led Snape into the red-light district where the child prostitutes were. Snape found this odd since Dudley didn't seem the type to sell himself on the streets but still he followed the boy. Dudley went into a shabby apartment building so Snape decided to wait for him to come back out and hid in the alley directly across from the building to keep watch.

Dudley wasn't in the building for long before he came back out dragging a small boy behind him. The boy looked to be about eight years old with messy black hair and a pair of broken glasses. The smaller boy began to struggle to get away so Dudley turned and smacked him hard across the face making the boy's glasses go flying. Dudley then kicked the boy to the ground and

spat on him. The boy tried to find his glasses and was kicked again.

"Freaks don't deserve to see." Dudley stepped on the glasses braking them even more. "Now get up freak." Dudley pulled the boy back to his feet when he made no move to do so himself.

While Dudley was abusing the boy, Snape was making his way closer to them. He was only two feet from them when Dudley pulled the boy to his feet. That was when Snape finally got a good look at the boy's face. He had emerald green eyes and there was a lightning bolt scar on his forehead. It only took Snape a second to realize who the boy in front of him was. It was Harry Potter. Snape realized that saving Harry was far more important then finding the Dursleys so he grabbed Harry right from Dudley's grasp and apparated away.

"Let go of me." Harry screamed as he and Snape landed in the middle of a forest.

"Calm down Harry. I'm not going to hurt you." Snape said softly and Harry stopped struggling.

"How do you know my name?" Harry asked, fear evident in his voice.

"I've been searching for you for the past two years Harry." Snape stated as he bent to examine Harry's injuries. Harry flinched away when he saw Snape's hand coming towards his face. "Calm down Harry. I'm just checking your injuries. I'm not going to hurt you Harry."

"What's your name?" Harry asked timidly as Snape checked his face.

"Severus Snape. I'm usually a teacher at an exclusive boarding school but for the past two years my entire job was to find out what happened to you. You were supposed to attend the school I teach at but when you didn't show up two years ago we knew something was wrong." Snape gave Harry a reassuring smile. "It's getting late and we're still about an hours walk from the school. We should get going."

Snape and Harry walked through the forest for about twenty minutes before reaching the road. The road was a dirt road, which the two of them followed up hill. After walking for twenty more minutes they reached a large locked gate. Snape pressed a button on the side of the gate and the two of them waited. Soon a very large hairy man came walking towards the gate from the other side with a large dog at his side. Harry was frightened by the man and hid behind Snape. Snape just smiled at the trust Harry had in him.

"Identify yourself." The large man boomed.

"Severus Snape." Snape snapped. "Hagrid I don't have time to talk just open the gate. I've got to get to the hospital wing quickly."

"Alright no need to get snappy Snape." Hagrid pulled out the gate key and unlocked the gate.

"Thank you." Snape then turned to face Harry again. "I'm going to carry you Harry. There are going to be a lot of people when we get inside and I don't want you to get scared. Is that okay?"

"Yes Severus." Harry whispered with a nod. Snape picked him up as if he was a young child and hurried through the gate towards the castle.

"We're going inside now Harry. I'm going to take you to the hospital wing so Madam Pomfrey can take a look at you." Harry tensed at that. "Don't worry Harry. Madam Pomfrey is the healer here and she's going take care of your injuries. I'll stay with you the entire time as well."

"Thank you Severus." Harry whispered against Snape's neck. "I don't like strangers."

"I figured as much. It's going to be okay though Harry. You ready for me to go in now?" Harry nodded so Snape opened the front doors.

Since it was the beginning of dinner the entrance hall was fairly empty. There were only a few stragglers making their way into the great hall. Snape made his way quickly through the hall and up the stairs to the hospital wing. He carried Harry over to a bed near Poppy's office. After placing Harry on the bed Snape turned to go tell the medi-witch she had a patient. Harry began to freak out that Severus was leaving him and jumped off the bed to grab him

"Don't leave me. Please don't leave me." Harry sobbed.

"Shh…calm down Harry. I'm not leaving you." Snape lifted the boy back up and let him cry. "It's alright Harry. I'm not going anywhere."

"What in Merlin's name is going on out here?" Poppy asked loudly as she came out of her office. Harry began to shake when he heard Poppy's voice.

"It's alright Harry. I've got you. No one's going to hurt you. That's just Poppy." Severus whispered as he began to gently rock the boy in his arms.

"Severus? Would you please tell me what's going on and who this boy is?" Poppy asked softly when she noticed she had upset the boy.

"Poppy I'll explain everything once I get him calmed down." Snape answered then returned his attention to the boy in his arms. "I need you to take a deep breath Harry. It's all going to be okay. I'm not going anywhere. Just calm down Harry. Deep breaths." Harry followed Snape's instructions and soon had calmed down quite a bit. "I'm going to put you back on the bed then tell Poppy what happened. I'm not going to leave you Harry."

"Alright Severus." Harry loosened his grip on Snape's neck as he was placed on the bed.

"I'm just going to the end of the bed Harry. I'm not leaving you." Harry nodded in understanding and Snape smiled.

"Now will you tell me what's going on?" Poppy asked with concern.

"You know I've been trying to track down the Dursley family for the past two years." Poppy nodded. "Well I found their son, Dudley, three days ago and have been following him. I had a feeling he'd lead me to Harry eventually and today he did. Harry was being kept in the red-light district. His cousin dragged him out of a building and started to beat him up when he tried to struggle. I stepped in and grabbed Harry. This here is Harry Potter." Severus motioned towards Harry who was beginning to shake again. Severus saw and returned to his side once more. "Shh…Harry it's okay. Dudley can't hurt you anymore. You're safe with me Harry. I won't let anyone hurt you ever again."

"Promise?" Harry looked up at him.

"I promise Harry." Severus gave him a smile. "Now can you be strong and let Poppy take a look at you? She's a very good healer and just wants to help you."

"Will you stay with me while she does?"

"Of course Harry. I'll be right next to you." Severus hugged him then shifted so he was sitting beside Harry. "He's ready now Poppy. Just move slowly and tell him exactly what you're going to do before you do it."

"Hello Harry. I'm Poppy Pomfrey. I'm going to take your shoes off first so I can get a look at your feet." Poppy moved slowly towards the foot of the bed then carefully removed both of Harry's shoes. She gasped when she saw how bruised and cut up his feet were.

"Did Dudley not let you wear shoes most of the time?" Severus asked and Harry nodded.

"He said freaks like me didn't deserve to wear shoes. He let me wear some today since I was going to be seeing my Uncle and we had to take the underground to get there." Harry replied.

"How often did you go to see your Uncle?"

"Not very. He hated me more then Dudley did and only would ask to see me if Aunt Petunia was out of town. She really hated me cause she says I killed her sister. I didn't kill her the green light did." Harry began to cry so Severus held him close.

"Harry I need to see your legs now. Could you remove your pants for me?" Poppy asked after making a note about all the damage on Harry's feet. Harry nodded through his tears and carefully removed his pants revealing nothing on under them.

"I'll grab you a blanket to lay over your lap Harry so you won't be so exposed." Severus said and went over to the supply cupboard next to Harry's bed. He grabbed a small blanket and placed it over Harry's lap.

"Thank you Severus." Harry whispered.

"Harry I'm going to touch your legs now to check for breaks. Will that be okay?" Harry nodded at Poppy who began to gently press on Harry's legs. She frowned when she found multiple points that had been broken and healed improperly. "We may have to reset your legs a bit so the bones will be straight again. You've had quite a few break but they don't seem to have been healed properly."

"Will that hurt?" Harry asked in fear.

"It might hurt a little but I'll give you something to block the pain before I do it. We won't do it right now though since I've still got to finish my exam. Would you take your shirt off now Harry?" Harry took off his shirt to reveal even more bruises. "I'm going to do the same thing I just did to your legs to your arms now."

"Alright." Harry said then closed his eyes.

Poppy gently prodded Harry's arms and found the same thing she'd found with his legs. "I'm going to feel your ribs now Harry. This may tickle a little." She repeated the same process over his ribs and found that some of his ribs had been broken as well.

"I've already checked his face but there was no sign of any breaks anywhere. Just a lot of bruises." Severus stated as the medi-witch made note of everything she'd found so far.

"I'm going to go get the bruise salves and the healing potions Harry needs. We'll discuss how to fix the old breaks when I get back." Poppy went into her office to retrieve the potions and salve for Harry. She returned and handed them all to Severus. "Harry seems more comfortable with you Severus so I'll let you apply the salve and give him the potions. I'm going to go grab some clothes for him to wear while you do that."

"Alright." Severus waited until Poppy had left before returning his attention to Harry. "Alright Harry drink these two potions then I'll start putting this salve on your bruises. Will that be okay?"

"Yes Severus. I trust you." Harry drank the potions.

"Lay down on your stomach so I can start with your back. I'm going to start at your feet and work my way up." Harry nodded in understanding then moved to lie on his stomach. Severus began to gently massage the salve into Harry's feet and legs. "Harry I have to ask you something. Did your Uncle or cousin ever touch you in a sexual way?"

"Uncle Vernon didn't like to touch me but that didn't stop him from fucking me whenever Dudley brought me to see him. Dudley never touched me but he did let other men pay to touch me and fuck me." Harry replied.

"I'm going to go grab another potion. I'll be right back Harry." Severus lay the blanket back over Harry then went and grabbed the potion he wanted. "I'm back Harry. I'm going to finish applying the salve then you'll need to take this potion." Severus returned to applying the salve to Harry's buttocks and back. "Okay sit up Harry. I'm done with your back."

"What are all these potions for Severus? What are they going to do?"

"The first two you took will heal all the cuts on your feet and also kill any germs that might be in your body. The potion you're about to drink will heal the inside of your anus and make sure that you don't get any diseases. I have another potion that will help you sleep but that one will wait until we're ready to fix your legs." Severus handed Harry the potion he'd just gone to get which he drank gladly. "I'm going to apply the salve to your front now. I'm going to start with your face." Severus gently massaged the salve into Harry's face then moved to his arms and then his chest. When he reached the top of the blanket he stopped. "Would you like to apply it yourself or are you comfortable with me doing it?"

"You can do it Severus." Harry whispered. Severus pulled the blanket back and continued moving down Harry's body until he reached Harry's feet.

"I found some clothes for you Harry." Poppy called out as she reentered the hospital wing. "They may be a little large on you but at least it's something."

"Thank you Poppy." Severus took the clothes from Poppy. "I've given Harry all the potions except for the sleeping draught. I also gave him an extra healing potion." Severus then lowered his voice so only Poppy could hear him. "Harry had been raped by his uncle and countless other men. I don't know how long the rapes have been happening but we'll need to report this all to Albus."

"Severus? Why are you whispering?" Harry asked meekly.

"Sorry Harry. I was just helping Poppy finish her report. Here take these into the bathroom and put them on." Severus handed the stack of clothes to Harry and pointed him towards the bathroom. "I'll be right out here the whole time."

Harry went into the bathroom to get dressed. Poppy went off to finish writing up her report on Harry's injuries then took it up to Dumbledore's office. Severus just sat down on Harry's bed and waited for him to come back out. Harry came out five minutes later practically swimming in the new clothes.

"Come here Harry and I'll fix those pants so they'll stay up a little better." Severus patted on the spot beside him on the bed. Harry sat down and Severus pulled his wand out. 'Please don't let him freak out when I do this.' Severus silently prayed as he performed a sizing spell on the clothes.

"You can do magic to?" Harry gasped when the clothes shrunk to fit his small form.

"Yes Harry I can. Have you ever used magic before?"

"Aunt Petunia used to say I did but I'm not sure. I did make odd things happen a lot when I got really upset. Was that magic?"

"Yes that was accidental magic Harry. Sometimes when a young wizard or witch gets upset they do magic without even meaning to. This school you're in right now is for young wizards and witches. We'll teach you how to control your magic once you're ready." Harry's eyes lit up at the thought of actually getting to learn things. "Harry have you ever gone to school before?"

"Uncle Vernon said freaks didn't deserve to learn so he never let me go to school like Dudley. I wanted to go and would sometimes sneak out of the house and follow Dudley to school. When my Uncle found out though he locked me up where you found me."

"Harry how long had you been living there?"

"Uncle Vernon left me there when I was six. He used to bring me food once a week but when I turned ten Dudley always brought the food himself. Dudley only came by with food every two weeks though. The other times he'd bring men who wanted to do things to me."

"Harry how old were you when Dudley started to bring the men?"

"Dudley started to bring the men to see me when I was ten. Uncle Vernon had brought a few men to see me before that but not many. He usually just fucked me himself."

"How old were you when your Uncle started doing this to you?"

"He used to make me touch him to get my food when I was six but when I turned eight he started to fuck me and sometimes would bring other men to do things to me." Harry began to cry so Severus pulled him into his lap and began to gently rock him.

"I won't let anyone do that to you ever again. I'll protect you from now on." Severus whispered as he continued to rock Harry. Harry soon fell asleep but Severus didn't dare put him on the bed.

"Albus wants to see you Severus." Poppy told him when she returned ten minutes later.

"Harry's not ready to meet anyone else and I can't leave him. Just tell Albus I'll speak to him in the morning. I'm going to take Harry down to my quarters for the night."

"But what about all the broken bones we've still got to heal?"

"We'll do it in the morning. Right now I just want to get Harry settled so he can get some sleep." Severus got off the bed and carried Harry down to his personal quarters.