The floo in Albus Dumbledore's office flashed to life and the headmaster of Hogwarts saw the head of Junius Reggam in the flames.
"Junius, to what do I owe the pleasure of your call?" He asked.
"I have some questions regarding a patient of mine. Can I come through?" Healer Reggam asked.
"Sure." Dumbledore answered.
A few moments after the head was gone, the whole man stepped out of the fireplace and cleaned his robes from the ashes.
"Thanks. As I said, I am here regarding the treatment of one of our patients, Harry Potter to be precise. I need to know what exactly was done for the boy from the point he was found in the ruins of his parents' house in Godric's Hollow to his placement with the Dursley family." Reggam informed Dumbledore.
Dumbledore nodded. From what Minerva had told him about the results of the examination the healers had good reason to have to know everything. And keeping Harry's place of residence a secret wasn't important anymore, the wards were now completely gone.
"I had Rubeus Hagrid, the gamekeeper here at Hogwarts investigate the alarms I got from the monitoring charms around the Potter residence. I only had one sign of life. So I gave Hagrid orders to bring whoever survived to me. My thought was that with a portkey I equipped him with he would be the one best suited to go in, in case it was needed forcefully, and get out with little harm done to his person. He saw the house burning in an area, and a huge part of the roof blown away and went inside to see if there were any survivors of this obvious attack. He found James lying dead in the entrance hall, his eyes open in shock from the killing curse. Then he heard a baby crying upstairs and ran there. He found Lily lying in front of the baby's cot. Harry was in the cot, crying loudly, blood on his forehead. Hagrid took Harry out of the house. Outside he was witness how Sirius Black appeared. Sirius demanded Hagrid to hand Harry over to him as he was the boy's godfather, but Hagrid refused, stating he had orders from me to bring Harry to me.
"Sirius then lent Hagrid his motorbike. I still don't understand the reason why. Hagrid told me Sirius was distraught and in tears. At that time Hagrid thought because Lily and James were dead, now it looks more likely it was because Voldemort found his match that night. Hagrid brought Harry to me using the motorbike as you know that you only use a portkey with an infant if you have no other choice. With no immediate danger visible Hagrid decided to take the longer, but healthier route for Harry. The only stop he made in the meantime was at Hogwarts to have Madam Pomfrey examine Harry. The plan was to place Harry with his aunt and uncle the following night. I was busy at the Ministry, coordinating the chaos that had started when people heard the rumours from Godric's Hollow. It was most important to at least contain the celebrations somewhat to not have the muggles find out about us. And I needed to make preparations for Harry's protection. I had informed Hagrid I would be in Surrey in the evening where Harry's aunt and uncle lived.
"Once the Dursleys were all asleep, I saw that Minerva was also present. She had watched them over the day. While she was against placing Harry with them, I was convinced that only a strong blood ward would be able to keep Harry safe from the remaining Death Eaters who would surely try everything to get revenge for their fallen master, or thinking that killing Harry would bring Voldemort back, try it for that reason. From my scans of the house in Godric's Hollow I found out that Lily did an ancient form of sacrificial magic. By sacrificing her life for her son, willingly and fully aware of it, she invoked the strongest protection for Harry, based in his very blood. Therefore I made my decision for Harry to be placed with the only living remaining relative on his mother's side, his aunt Petunia Dursley. I prepared a letter for her, explaining what had happened and just what kind of magic I had invoked to protect Harry.
"As she took the boy into her house, she sealed the contract. I really didn't expect the Dursleys to mistreat Harry like they did. I placed one of my associates, a squib by the name of Arabella Figg in the same neighbourhood to have an eye on Harry and inform me if the Dursleys actively abused Harry or if the Death Eaters found out his living place. She told me they neglected him and weren't nice to him, but I didn't know about the physical abuse. I thought keeping the boy alive in the dangerous climate we were still living in, was more important than to keep him happy. I felt even more proven right when my observations of the wards informed me of five failed attempts to bypass them within the first year after I placed Harry at his relatives." Dumbledore confessed.
Healer Reggam nodded. That sounded like one of Dumbledore's well-meant but not completely thought through plans.
"I can only give you one piece of advice. Tell the boy everything. If you don't, well, you won't like the consequences. I could see it on his face when I told him I had to speak with you why nobody had checked his curse scar properly before he was placed with the Dursleys as you were the only one capable answering that and other questions. The boy is highly intelligent and doesn't trust easily. He trusts no-one at St. Mungo's further than taking care of medical issues. He evades all questions about the things that happened at his home under the care of his relatives which go farther than what he already told us. And that is definitely only because he wants to see the Dursleys in prison." Healer Reggam said. "He is past the point where he cares too much about pride, only seeing his goals realised is making him reveal a limited amount of information. I wouldn't even wonder if he was a natural occlumens."
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