They laid Seamus down on the next bed, on his side.
"Now Lucius, Draco you will hold him up with only little bits of magic, as it seemes it doesn't work right around him at the moment. Severus you will continue to calm him. If he stops breathing again we can't look after his back and won't know what causes the problems. Albus, you have to help me with his clothes so I will not hurt him."
As Draco and Lucius let Seamus float just a bit over the bed Severus began to stoke Seamus hand again.
In spite of everything Poppy and Albus were amazed at the tenderness Severus Snape showed for this boy.
Then they took of Seamus clothes and their mind went blank.
"Oh no..." more wasn't said from both Poppy and Albus as they told Lucius and Draco to let Seamus down gently.
Then they saw what this was about.
It looked terrible. Cuts all over his back. From lashing it seems. Some older, some fresh. Bruises all over his body.
Legs, arms back, chest, butt. But everything seems to stop at his chest. No mark on his throat or face.
"He has got three broken ribs. They are piercing his lungs. It is painful and that is what stops him from breathing."
Poppy began to examine him. It was bad. And it had been going on for some time now. She reckoned it for about 8 years from the older scars.
That meaned it was probably someone at his home. Then she saw it and she fainted.
Albus saw Poppys eyes rolling into her head and caught her just before she hit the floor.
"What is it, Poppy? Are you alright?" he asked but got no answer.
Severus reached into his pocket and gave him a potion he always had with him.
"Let her smell it and she will wake up. We can't affort to let Seamus lie here like this."
Albus took the potion and opened the vial.
"Poppy come on you got a patient here that needs you!" he said insistent.
Poppy opened her eyes and as she saw Seamus on the bed everything came back to her.
"Albus, it is worse than we thought. He...he was r...raped, Albus. Nearly torn up from the inside. And it has been going on for a very long time. For nearly ten years now. First I thought that he was beaten at home by someone from his own family but this could only be done by a male and I know from his record that he only has his mother and his father at home." ended Poppy furious.
*He was raped...raped...somebody raped the one I love...Seamus was raped, hurt even as he was a child...hurt, beaten, raped*
Severus couldn't think anything else as these words. Then they registered in his mind. Somebody hurt Seamus, this somebody will die a very painful death. He didn't notice that his magic was acting up till he felt a hand on his arm.
"Severus you have to stop, we don't know how Seamus magic will react to yours when you let it free." Poppy said urgently.
"I don't think we have to wait to see the results." Lucius said.
They looked down and saw how the wound closed themselves.
"Severus, concentrate your magic where I point it out. You can heal him with your magic...i don't know how, as it is impossible for two different beings to be so balanced."
As Poppy admistered different healing potions Sev concentrated on healing his love. He put all his positive feelings in his magic to help him.
First they healed the broken ribs, so he could breath properly again. Than the signs from the rape and at last the wales and bruises. All had been put in a rememberall to show it to the judge when Seamus' rapist was brought before him, if he lived that long.
"Wow even with these potions he shouldn't heal so fast. For such wounds it woul normaly take a few days to heal. How is it you can do this, Severus?" Poppy asked amazed. Never before had she seen this or heard about.
"I know why he can do it, Poppy. They two of them are soulmates. Predestinated to be with each other. Severus I guess you dreamed about our Mr. Finnigan, am I right?"
With red flooding his cheeks and head bend in shame Severus looked at the floor.
"Yes, Albus. I have. For months now. During the vacation I dreamed about
him screaming for me. Crying for someone to stop. I thought it was me he wanted
to stop that he didn't want me and I was hurting him..." he had to stop
because otherwise he couldn't stop the tears that tried to escape hie eyes.
tbc