Oh hai. This is the start of what I hope becomes a good story. It will be a Remus-raises-Harry story, and is the first of this type I have written. Also, a pre-warning: there will probably be corporal punishment in this story. I don't condone it, but I imagine that that is what Remus might have done. I hope you enjoy, and please remember to review!
Thirty-four year old Remus John Lupin was in a good mood. A great mood, actually. He was having regular correspondence with his long-lost-to-Azkaban friend Sirius, he was getting occasional letters from Harry, the boy he'd come to care for over the previous year and he had somewhere safe to stay for short periods at a time, in between missions. Well, not necessarily safe. In one of Sirius's letters he had expressed the wish that the old property of Number 12, Grimmauld Place be put to something useful. Remus, upon suggesting it as headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix, had received a very grubby letter from Sirius thanking him for the suggestion. And soon, it seemed, Sirius would be moved to the house. Although he'd written to Sirius, he had not seen him since Harry's third year, and now it was almost his fifth.
"Remus? Remus! Sirius is going to be transported here in a few moments!" Molly Weasley shouted up the stairs. The man almost ran downstairs. He found the majority Weasley family, Tonks and Hermione Granger there, all looking rather excited.
"Mad-eye and Dumbledore are transporting him, we just got a patronus." Molly told him.
"The patronus said five minutes and it must have taken a little while to get here!" Ron grinned. They were all excited to see Sirius. Seeing as Fred, George and Ginny had never met Sirius and Bill had only met him as a baby, they were even more so looking forward to meeting him. Suddenly, the door opened and shut very quickly. Mad-eye's deep, grumbling voice muttered a spell several times and soon the three were visible again, as he had disillusioned them. Sirius was filthy, skinny and his hair was worse than when he was in Azkaban. But when he looked at Remus, his eyes filled with pure happiness and he threw himself at him. A brotherly hug was shared, before Sirius turned to Molly.
"And how are you keeping, Mrs Weasley?" He gave her a charming smile. She smiled back, and replied,
"We are all very well, but you're so dreadfully skinny! Come and have some soup!"
Before Sirius followed the bustling figure, he turned and winked at Remus. He, smiling, mouthed, she treats me like James's parents did. Then, he followed her. The other Weasley's followed, all eager for some of Molly's delicious, thick, creamy leek and potato soup, with sumptuously soft chunks of potato and delicious strands of leek. Mad-eye followed as well, but Dumbledore stayed and turned to Remus.
"Remus, my child, how are you? It must nearly be the full moon."
Remus nodded. "Two days. And how are you, Albus?"
"Perfectly well. Now, Remus, I have a proposition for you. I am sure you must miss Harry, after teaching him for an entire year. I recently received a letter from Petunia Dursley, and I am lead to believe that Harry should be staying with someone else. Obviously, Sirius will not be a suitable candidate until he is cleared. But you have your cottage, and obviously comfortable means would be provided. Of course, this is assuming you would be happy to take Harry on, and Harry agrees."
Remus stared with shock at Dumbledore.
"But...really?"
"Yes. Shall I take that as a yes?"
Remus grinned and nodded.
"Now, let us not keep Molly waiting any longer. I'm sure she is desperate to feed us both."