After the other man left Hydrus called Tippy. When she appeared he asked, "How is Harry doing? Is he awake yet?"
"Little Master is being up for a while. Tippy is giving him peanut butter sandwiches in itsy-bitsy pieces and juiceys. Then Tippy is making sure Little Master is playing in his room."
"That's good. Has he asked for his mummy?" he asked, knowing it would be some time before Harry stopped, but the amount of times he did ask would show how well he is dealing with his parents not being here. Hydrus wanted Harry to feel safe and not abandoned.
"It is being very sad, Little Master askes for his mummy when he is waking up and Tippy is telling him she is still sleeping. Little Master is wanting to be waking her, but Tippy is telling him that she is sleeping somewheres else. It is taking a while, but Tippy is calming him down," the little elf explained, with tears rimming her huge eyes.
"You did the right thing, Tippy." Hydrus said, kneeling down to her level and rubbing the sad elf's back.
"Tippy is only doing what Master Hydrus is telling her to be doing. She is understanding why Master Hydrus is telling Little Master lies, but Tippy is wondering when we can be telling the Little Master the truths," she asked shyly, still not use to being able to question the person in charge.
"When he is old enough to understand better, until then, I think I'll to go to the cottage and see if I can salvage anything that might help him keep their memory," he said, rubbing his chin in thoughtfulness. He also needed to find out what happened to Peter. Hydrus may not have been an Auror, but that didn't stop him from training as one. So he knew the correct investigative spells to hunt down the traitor. "Hey, I have to go out for a few hours. Are you okay with Harry?"
"Yes, Master Hydrus, sir, Tippy knows how to take care of babies," the little house elf said.
"Great, I shouldn't be long." And with that he donned his Cloak and popped to the ruins in Godric's Hollow. The place was swarming with people, wizard and non-magical alike. Carefully threading his way to where he had seen the rat last, Hydrus cast a spell to locate where the traitor had Apparated to. Trying to keep as quiet as possible, he popped to that location. Keeping his Cloak on in case the Aurors were also on the trail, Hydrus looked around. There was no more magical signature, but there was a blood trail.
Following that, he came upon a scene where there was a lot of blood. He cast again to see who had been there and found Snape's signature. The only reason he knew the Potions Master's magic was because of the many times he had been exposed to it in his timeline, like when Snape had used the very spell that Hydrus saw the remnants of on Draco to cure the same wound.
Damn, he must have doubled back and followed the trail as well, which means that Pettigrew is alive, he fumed silently. Or, Snape cured Peter enough to question him. Knowing Snape he used Legilimency and got the truth. That means he either took the rat to Dumbledore or he killed him and is disposing of the body.
Casting once more for Disapparition, he found only one trail. That path was blocked from being followed. Cursing the fact that Snape got to him first, Hydrus went back to Godric's Hollow. Once again weaving through the crowd, he made his way to the door. There were a few Aurors doing crowd control, but they had put up some kind of ward to keep the public out. Since Hydrus was still technically a Potter, he got in with no problem. Looking around the shambles of the once nice living room, he saw no one was there. The bodies of his parents were gone, and Hydrus had a fleeting thought as to who took care of that, probably Dumbledore. He knew they were going to be buried in the local cemetery, he'd visit them later.
He silently made his way around the house, picking up pictures and heirlooms and tucked them in his pocketspace. He didn't worry about kitchen items, since he had stocked up on those, but Harry might want things he was used to around, so Hydrus made his way quietly up the stairs and started collecting Harry's things. The Aurors present were so intent on studying the robes on the floor that they didn't even notice that items were disappearing in midair. Thank goodness Mad-eye isn't here. After gathering all he needed: clothes and toys and such, he shook his head at their lack of attention and popped away home.
The rest of the day was spent arranging the things he brought and playing with Harry. The tot asked about his mum a few more times, and Hydrus gave him the same answer. He felt bad for the little guy, who was confused, but knew from his research that Harry just wouldn't understand that his parents were dead. So he continued to tell him they were going to be gone a long time. Hydrus was thankful that Harry had taken to him so well.
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