Albus and Sirius helped James get settled into the bedroom in Albus' suite. While Albus asked his personal elf to bring them breakfast, Sirius unpacked the trunk the Potter elves had brought over from Potter Manor and hung up his robes. Albus came back into the bedroom with a large tray floating in front of him that contained eggs, pancakes, waffles, bacon, sausage, maple syrup toast, a teapot and a pitcher of pumpkin juice.
James' eyes lit up at the sight of it. After almost of month of eating the swill St. Mungo's called food, he couldn't wait to dive in.
Albus conjured a small table next to the bed and set the tray down on it. "Help yourselves, gentlemen. We have a lot to discuss."
"Yeah!" James said filling his plate full of food. "Like how to get my son back from that slimy Death Eater, Snivellus."
"I can convene the Wizengamot and have a hearing," Albus said. "After all, this is the Boy-Who-Lived; wizard and witches everywhere are concerned about his fate."
"Yes, and they won't be happy knowing his current fate lies in the hands of a Death Eater," Sirius added.
"However, it might be viewed as excessive by the Wizarding public also," Albus added
"What about Lily?" James asked. "She's still my legal wife."
"No, I'm sorry, James; she isn't," Albus said. "She divorced you on grounds of neglect and false intentions. She claims you were dishonest with her when you told her you wanted children and you neglected her and Harry throughout your marriage."
"Merlin's beard! We got married in August and she got pregnant in November! I wanted to have a couple of years without any kids at least. What the hell's wrong with that and I was out there busting my arse catching Death Eaters to make the wizarding world safe! After we went into hiding all she did was nag me and complain about Sirius!"
"Yeah, she didn't want you hanging around with me, going to Quidditch matches and flying our brooms. She expected James to stay home with her, change Harry's nappies and feed him."
James face twisted with disgust. "That's women's work. She was turning into one of these feminist witches, thinking a wizard should share in the housework and take care of the kids."
"And she was kept owling Snivellus even though James strictly forbade it," Sirius added. "That's probably how they found you, Prongs since Snivellus is a good friend of the Malfoy's."
"I thought you said it was Wormtail that did it, Padfoot."
"Well, I might have been wrong, Prongs because when I went over to check on Wormtail that night I couldn't find him and nobody's seen him since. I'll bet Snivellus and Malfoy kidnapped him, took him to You-Know-Who and forced him to tell him where you were. You know Peter always was a chickenshit so he would have spilled his guts at the first threat. They probably killed him afterwards."
"You're probably right, Pads. Peter was a Marauder and we don't sell each other down the river."
"Merlin! I'd like to find a reason to arrest Malfoy's blond ass and throw it in Azkaban! I can't believe he got away with being a Death Eater!"
"It doesn't matter what happened that night anymore," Albus said, seeing as they were straying into dangerous territory. "The Wizengamot against my advice pardoned Malfoy because they believed his story about being Imperioused."
"What about Harry?" James complained. "If you can't get him away from Lily and Snivellus; then the wizarding world as we know it is doomed."
"There will be a hearing, most likely at Wizarding Child Services which is unfortunate as Severus has had a lot of dealings with Sarah Mullings due to the supposed abused children sorted into Slytherin. She may be likely to be swayed in Harry's custody determination by that alone."
"She could be an agent of You-Know-Who too," James said. "It'd be an ideal place to get information about new followers to recruit. What house was she in here?"
"I believe she was a Ravenclaw," Albus replied.
"Huh! It's still possible for them to be corrupted by the dark. The only house completely incorruptible is Gryffindor and when I get custody of Harry I want him resorted."
"If the Sorting Hat agrees to do it, then by all means."Saturday morning Harry sitting between his dad and his mum outside of Master Healer Dordt's office. He was nervous and wished it was over with.
The door opened and Master Healer Dordt stepped out into the hall. "Professor Snape, Miss Evans and Mr. Evans-Snape? Please follow me."
Severus, Lily and Harry followed him into his office. He sat down behind his desk and motioned to the three chairs in front of his desk. "Please have a seat."
They sat down and waited anxiously.
"Before I examine Harry I'd like to tell you about myself. I was born in Greece and so my views on dark magic are a bit different. We Greeks do not believe in 'dark' magic. Magic is neither white nor black, but it is the intent with which it is used that determines it. I studied in Africa under one the greatest and powerful curse healers for ten years and I learned many ways to heal or remove curses."
Harry became excited about that. "Could they cure Lycanthropy?"
Healer Dordt smiled and shook his head. "Sadly no; not even the African witches and wizards have found a way to cure it, but can only control it."
Healer Dordt led them into his exam room and had Harry lay down on his exam table. "What I'm going to do, Harry," he explained. "Is put you into a light sleep and attempt to enter your scar so I can take a closer look at it inside. Are you familiar with Legilimency?"
Harry nodded. "My dad's a Legilimen's and an Occlumen's and he explained them to me."
"Good. You won't feel any pain as you sometimes do with Legilimency and you'll wake feeling refreshed as if you've had eight hours of uninterrupted sleep."
"Okay, I'm ready," Harry said.