##### Holiday Memory #####

Quickly a knew memory flashed before Severus, it was another holiday.

After welcoming back Hagrid the feast was over and everyone went to the train.

Harry didn't want to sit with Ronald or Hermione nor with Ginevera - she was crazy and creepy, but he was very surprised when twin red heads sat down with him.

They didn't tease him or made fun of him, they just kept him company on the ride home.

They reached the platform where Harry quietly said goodbye to the twins and left.

He didn't wait to see if his uncle decided to come to get him because he knew they weren't there, he started walking home.

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When he walked into the house he didn't expect to be bitten by Aunt Marge's dogs - he still didn't make a sound.

He waited while his uncle took his school things and then he went of to do his long list of chores.

After making dinner and one again having nothing to eat because Aunt Marge fed the scraps to her dogs, he went to his  cupboard to sleep or wait for his uncle to call him again.

He put up his drawings of Hedwig up beside his drawing claiming ' This is Hawwys room' with a stick drawing of Harry himself.

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Severus  was getting really angry with the boys family as well as Dumbledore, his long and slender fingers were tightly held in a fist as if he wanted to punch someone - likely his family or Dumbledore.

He saw how Harry looked sad and lonely because he let Hedwig go to hunt before he stepped into the house, he felt bad that he couldn't do something or help him be less lonely.

The days went past and everyday was a repeat of the time Harry came to the house - because this wasn't his home, it was his prison or his own hell.

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Then everything changed near the end of the holiday.

Harry was cleaning up while the Dursleys were having a nice and tasty Roast that Harry made. He didn't mind he wasn't used to eating anyway.

Suddenly Marge spoke about Harry's parents, he got so angry about all the lies the Dursleys were sprouting of his parents everything glass exploded and the lights were flickering on and off.

But no she just couldn't keep her mouth quiet - she told her dogs to bite him, that made him really mad.

As the first and then second dog's teeth sank into his legs, his anger reached the very top.

Aunt Marge began to expand like a baloon, the Dursleys screamed and screeched at him and all Aunt Marge's Jewelry and buttons flew off, hitting Dudley in the face and breaking other things as well.

It was no surprise to Harry when his uncle took him by his neck, lifted him up and threw him out of the house and before he could get his balance his school trunk hit him and he was left with no breath.

He took his trunk and hobbled to the park near the house of his family, where a friendly black dog appeared.

The dog was larger than Harry had ever seen before and as the dog came nearer the more he moved back - After what Aunt Marge's dogs did to Harry he was very afraid of dogs.

The dog was clever and waited for Harry to calm his nerves before slowly inching closer.

Finally when the dog reached Harry he held his hand out to let the dog sniff him, but what surprised him was when the dog began to lick him as if the dog was happy to find him.

(Severus instantly knew that this black dog was a Grimm and that it was Sirius Black. He was glad that no one saw the small smile he gave as Harry let out a smile and then laugh at the antics of the dog.)

Harry was very surprised when a purple bus stopped in front of him, he looked up and was just about to ask if the dog was welcome to come aboard with him, when he noticed that the dog was gone.

With slumped shoulders he climbed up into the very large bus and told Stan he was meant to go to the Leacky Couldron.

A moving man on the newspaper got his attention it was a story of an escaped convict, no one know how it happened but Sirius black had escaped out of Azkaban Prison. But for Harry this person looked very familiar, he just didn't know why he looked familiar to him.

The drive was absolutely horrible and Harry was very nearly sick and when the bus stopped he couldn't get out quickly enough very glad they stopped.

Harry was led into the Leacky Couldron where he met Minister Fudge that warned him to not wonder around and told him he wouldn't get into trouble for blowing up his Aunt.

He was Led to a new room where he could sleep for the night.

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Words : 843

Date : 26 / 12 / 2020