"Albus. What has happened to Harry?" Remus Lupin came sprinting in front of Albus, ignoring the others in the room. Albus took note of his state and remembered the upcoming full moon. He looked quite more ill than the last time he has seen him a few years ago. Dumbledore summed it up to mere loneliness.

"Hello Remus." Dumbledore said with a nod. "Please take a seat." Remus sat down and then noticed Lucius and Severus in the room.

"Why do they have anything to do with this?" Remus said harshly, which shocked the old man. Remus was known for his calmness.

Albus stood up, ignoring the question. "Hello Cornelius. Please take a seat.

The Minister walked to the chair next to Lucius and took a seat. "Hello Albus, Lucius, Severus and ah Mr. Lupin." Cornelius said and instantly moved his chair away from the werewolf. "What is happening with Mr. Potter?"

"Lucius. If you would? My throat is quite scratchy." Dumbledore said and took a candy from a bowl on his desk. "Lemon drop?" He offered to the four men. They all shook their head and turned to Lucius.

"Well I was walking with my wife and my son to find a private spot to apparate when I heard a cry from a bush. I go to investigate and low and behold there is Harry Potter." Lucius sighed. "He had bruises and cuts all over him and it doesn't look like he's eaten in days. Maybe weeks."

"Wait what do you mean he hasn't eaten in maybe weeks? Was he lost from the Dursleys? Did he run away?" Remus asked.

"No, those filthy muggles are abusing him. Hitting him, starving him and who knows what else!" Lucius said as he punched Dumbledore's desk.

Remus lost all the color in his face. 'Harry? No not Harry. Not James and Lily's son!' He thought with tears threatening to fall. "Wh-what can we do?"

"Well obviously we need to get him out. An orphanage or something?" Cornelius said calmly.

"MY GODSON WILL NOT BE LIVING IN AN ORPHANAGE!" Remus yelled, then punched Dumbledore's desk. Cornelius stood up and took a step back in fear.

"Remus, sit down and calm down! Dumbledore yelled as he slammed his fist at his desk. "Cornelius sit down! He is only a werewolf once a month! He doesn't magically turn into one whenever he's mad!"

"Wish I could right now." Remus mumbled under his breath as he sat down.

"What did you say?!" Cornelius yelled and Dumbledore's desk took another punch.

Remus glared at him and had the instinct to howl at the man. Then he turned away with a sad smile.

'Sirius and James would do that if they were here.' Remus thought then shook his head. 'If James were here then Harry would be safe. If Sirius were here then I'd kill him.' He turned back to Dumbledore.

"I do not think it is wise for him to go to an orphanage. Voldemort had the same upbringing." Dumbledore sighed. "Harry is more like Voldemort than we think."

"I do not care Dumbledore! The-Boy-Who-Lived cannot stay there and get abused! If the prophet got ahold of that information I would most likely get blamed."

"THE-BOY-WHO-LIVED? HE IS NOT JUST SOME PUPPET FOR YOUR LITTLE GAME!" Remus yelled and slammed yet another fist down at the poor desk.

"He will be! When the boy turns 11 he will understand who was there for him." Cornelius said with a sneer. "Where were you, Remus? Howling at the moon while your best friend got murdered! This is as much your fault as it is the boy's relatives."

Lucius stood up and pulled out his wand and pointed it at the man. "Leviocorpus!" He yelled.

Instantly the minister went up in the air. He hung up by his ankle and he was screaming. "Lucius! Get me down! You can surely be replaced in the ministry!"