The Last Reappearance

The next day found Harry putting extra time into his training as he had helped himself to extra helpings of treacle tart at the feast and had cut his session short yesterday because of homework he had neglected while preparing the prank.

The morning in transfiguration had gone as best as they could have hoped and even though McGonagall was clearly unhappy with them, they managed to get through her class without provoking her ire.

He sighed in relief as he finished his spell work for the day and removed his singed and torn t-shirt that had become this way from his exertions, leaving him in muggle tracksuit bottoms, his trainers and a vest.

He exited the room of requirement intent on taking a shower and catching up with the others who had gone to their other lessons; Peter to Herbology and James and Sirius to Ancient Runes with Remus still in the hospital wing recovering.

He entered the common room to find it surprisingly full and he frowned at the somber mood that he could feel permeating from the people situated.

"HARRY!" Lily shouted as she spotted him and ran to meet him at the entrance.

"What's going on?" he asked.

"You don't know?" she returned worriedly.

"Know what?" he questioned. "Peter has been looking you, James is in the hospital wing, he was attacked" she explained hurriedly.

Harry immediately turned and exited the room, sprinting towards the hospital wing, his heart lodged somewhere deep in his stomach with fear.

He barged his way into the room to be greeted by the sight of a guilty looking Sirius, Peter, Dumbledore and the Potter parents along with several other members of staff.

"Harry!" Dorea sighed, clearly relieved to see him.

He approached the bed and swallowed a lump down at the sight of the boy in it.

James was pale, very pale and sweating profusely, his back heavily bandaged, thought they were soaked in blood. "We've managed to slow down the bleeding but it won't stop" the matron explained.

"What happened?" Harry demanded in a dangerously casual tone.

"James was going to the library after Runes and I came here to see Remus" Sirius answered.

"Who did it?" Harry asked further, already having a very good idea on who the perpetrators were.

"Rudolphus and Snape" Sirius growled.

"Now Mr. Black, we have no proof of that" Dumbledore cut in.

Sirius caught Harry's eye and mouthed the word 'map' to him to confirm he knew who it was for a fact.

"So you are going to do nothing" Harry stated angrily to the headmaster. "They get away with two weeks detention for attacking me and they get away scot free for this" he added. Dumbledore sighed.

"What's this?" Charlus broke in angrily. "They've done this before and they are still here?"

"I'm afraid without a confession there is no proof as no one witnessed the attack" Dumbledore explained.

Harry growled.

"And you wonder why everything is going to shit out there" he spoke neutrally, shaking his head. "They get away with it in here, they do not learn Dumbledore" he elaborated. "You are far too soft" he finished sternly.

"Now Mr. Potter they are children, they deserve a chance to change their ways and learn from their mistakes" the headmaster tried.

"And how many times must they make these mistakes Albus before they learn?" McGonagall piped up. Dumbledore just shook his head.

"So, they try to kill him and you will do nothing" Harry hissed, his anger beginning to rise. "Look at him" he commanded. "He is half bloody dead and you will not act, have you checked their wands?" he asked furiously.

"I am not able to do that without their parents present and I imagine they would clear the spells from them" Dumbledore answered.

This did nothing to appease Harry and his rage continued to boil further inside him, his eyes beginning to glow dangerously.

"So a confession will do it?" he asked casually.

"I'm afraid it is the only thing that will work" Dumbledore sighed.

"Fine" Harry agreed and exited the room quickly.

"Shit" Charlus cursed. "We have to go after him Dor" he warned urgently. The members of staff along with the Potter's, Sirius and Peter followed Harry from the room, not knowing what it was he was going to do.

Harry exited the hospital wing and took a few shortcuts to the Great Hall where the students were eating dinner immediately spotting the LeStrange's and Snape laughing, clearly at what they had done to James.

Rabastan spotted him first and alerted the other two to his presence and all three of them shot to their feet and drew their wands.

"Come for some revenge?" Rudolphus sneered.

The hall fell silent as they watched the events unfolding before them, none removing the focus from Harry and the Slytherin's.

Harry simply smirked at the three and as expected they attacked first with Rabastan firing and orange spell at him which he simply batted back towards him, hitting him squarely in the face. The boy simply fell to the ground limp, his eyes, ears, nose and mouth leaking blood.

Before any of the other two could react Harry fired off a powerful bludgeoner towards Snape and whipped his wand in an upwards motion and summoned Rudolphus towards him with the boy dropping his wand in mid air.

Snape attempted to erect a shield but the spell passed through it as though it wasn't there and caught him in the shoulder, sending him crashing into the wall.

Rudolphus landed in front of Harry and he grabbed the boy by the throat, dragged him to his feet and placed his wand between his eyes.

"Now, which one of you bastards cursed my brother?" he asked casually. "Now don't lie to me or I will start breaking bones" he warned with a whisper.

It was then that the occupants of the hospital wing arrived and stared in shock at what they saw. Both Rabastan and Snape were not in a good state and Harry had Rudolphus by the throat, clearly attempting to get information from the boy.

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