2. New Beginning
Salvatore walked towards the edge of Hallaton once out of the school's boundaries he appeared to 4 Privet Drive, it was quite late in the evening, the only light that could be seen was the street lights. Salvatore spotted the front door and went straight to it, he looked around once more, noticing that no one was around, he pulled out his wand and whispered "Alohomora" the door opened with a soft click, not loud enough to wake anyone.
Salvatore slowly crept into the house, he slowly went up the stairs, every one with a louder creek. Once he was at the top of the stairs he looked at the four doors three that seemed to open, all except once. The last door, at the end of the hallway, was closed and locked from the outside. He rushed to the locked door, still being quiet as a mouse and once again whispered "Alohomora" all the locks unlocked.
He slowly opened the door, only to be hit with the smell of blood, he looked around the room but it was too dark to see. "Lumos" he whispered, he gasped in shock at the sight in front of him. Harrison lay bloody and bruised in a small corner of the room. Salvatore could hear a faint whimper coming from the boy. He walked closer only for Harrison to flinch away and whisper "I'm sorry sir, I'll be more quiet. Please sir I won't disobey you again. Just don't hit me" Salvatore could only stare at the boy in shock.
He once again stepped a little closer to the boy "Harrison it's quite alright. Do you know who I am?" Salvatore asked his voice gentle. Harrison then looked up from the floor to stare at his Professor, he was so confused "P-professor?" Harrison's voice wavered, Salvatore only nodded. "Are you ok? Who did this to you?" he asked, Harrison then became very interested in the floor, he then started to cry and Salvatore wasn't sure what to do so he reached out and placed his hand under Harrison's chin to lift it up. As soon as Harrison looked up, he did something that surprised Salvatore and himself, he launched himself into Salvatore's arms.
Salvatore quite shocked by the boys action's, he could only hug Harrison back and whisper soft words of reassurance, once Harrison had calmed down he stepped back and looked at his professor. "I'm sorry, I-I didn't mean to" Harrison whispered. "Harrison it's fine. The reason I'm here is to take you out of this household, but before I do I have one question" Salvatore stated, Harrison only nodded.
"Would you be alright with me becoming your legal guardian?" Salvatore asked a little uncertain, he wasn't going to lie, he was very nervous about Harrison's answer. Harrison looked over joyed that he, again, ran into Salvatore's arms, he could feel Harry nodding against his chest "I take that as a yes" Salvatore chuckled "bring whatever you may need or want with you. I will shrink them down and put them in my robe" he said, Harrison only nodded.
Salvatore watched as Harrison only grabbed only three things: a picture of Lily, his wand and his only surviving robe. Salvatore looked strangely at Harrison "is that all you're bringing?" he asked unsure. "This is all I own sir" Harrison mumbled, this only angered Salvatore, how cold these stupid muggles do this to Lily's son? He didn't let his anger show, he didn't want to scare Harrison. "Harrison I need you to hold onto me, we are going to apparate". Once this was said, Harrison came over to Salvatore and took a hold of his arm and they apparated to Hallaton.