So, here's the next chap. Hope you like it ;-)
Disclaimer: i don't own these gents...*sigh* this lady in England does..
Remus: There, there Suggestive Little Devil...you've had your fun with Harry and Sirius..or so i've heard..
Suggestive Little Devil: But still...Anyhow...Dowash was kind enough to read this story. All my love to her *bows*
Authors note: This story is turning to slightly AU..thanks to Dowash for reminding me to say this..
Enjoy the new chap!
Harry was the first to wake the next morning. He got up and did his morning chores. When Harry came out of the bathroom he saw that Ron was finally awake. "Mornin' ", he said.
"Mornin' ", Ron murmured.
"Get up", Harry said and threw a pillow at Ron. "We can't miss the train."
Ron growled and reluctantly got up. He dressed up fairly quickly and they went downstairs, saying their goodbyes and thanks to Tom before heading towards the train station. They made their way to the platform and to the train, just briefly before the train whistled its final call. When everyone was aboard, it started moving and making its way towards Hogwards. Harry and Ron found an empty compartment and settled there. After a long silence Harry let out a deep sigh, making Ron look at him with a worried look.
"What's wrong, mate?" Ron asked.
"Just thinking", Harry answered, not entirely lying. After seeing Ron's questioning look he continued. "It's Sirius. I didn't expect to see him so soon. It feels weird. "
"Yeah, I know", Ron agreed. "He looks so different."
"I know."
"And what about your dad? I never knew you looked so much like him!" Ron said and Harry sighed.
"Me neither. I've seen pictures and all, from both of them, but it's different when you see them in person. And Sirius is super hot in person."
"No comment on that", Ron said and Harry laughed.
The rest of the trip went in comfortable silence, both lost in their own thoughts. The train started to slow down and Harry and Ron collected their things and went to the corridor. They were in the top crowd out of the train and managed to get into the first wagon. Before stepping in Harry saw James and Sirius as they tried to get out of the train, and he quickly got into the wagon. Lucky for them no one else came there and Harry and Ron got the wagon all to themselves.
"You nervous?" Harry asked.
"A bit", Ron admitted.
"Me too", Harry said. "By the way… I've been thinking…I don't think we should keep our own last names."
"I know what you mean. It would stir up lot of questions. You and James having the same last name and all."
"Hope Dumbledore has come up with something."
"Hope so."
When they go to the school Harry and Ron made their way towards Dumbledore's office as other students headed to the Great Hall. When Harry and Ron got to the statue that led to Dumbledore's office they didn't even have the time to say anything when the stairs started moving and Harry and Ron jumped on them and went upstairs. Before they even had the time to knock they heard Dumbledore say 'Come in'. Harry and Ron went in looking little surprised.
"I saw you coming", Dumbledore explained.
The boys nodded and Dumbledore motioned them to sit down.
"Now…" he started and looked at the boys. "At the sorting ceremony I will introduce you before the first years come in. I will say you two are transfer students, who had to move to England and therefore you came to our school. As you were in Gryffindor in your time I decided it would be a little easier for you if you were put in Gryffindor now, too. I've talked to Professor McGonagall and she agrees with me."
The boys nodded and Dumbledore continued. "Now the second matter. I took the liberty of changing your last names. Ron, you will no longer be a Weasley. I decided that your last name is Sheffield. Harry, you will no longer be a Potter. Your last name is from now on McLain. Is this okay with you?"
"Yes", the boys answered in unison, inclining their heads.
"Good", Dumbledore smiled. "Then I think it's time for us to go down to the Great Hall."
He stood up, Ron and Harry following his lead. The two of them walked behind the Professor down the stairs and towards the Great Hall. They walked in silence till they reached the doors to the Great Hall. Then Dumbledore stopped and turned around to look at the boys.
"One more thing… Please try to keep in mind that you are new students in everyone else's eyes. So, try to act like you don't know the place. It would be little weird if you didn't get lost at all like the new students usually do", Dumbledore said with a smile.
"Yes, professor", Harry and Ron said, smiling as well.
"Shall we?" Dumbledore asked and pointed the door.
Dumbledore nodded and they walked into the Great Hall. The boys walked right behind Dumbledore and as they walked towards the front of the hall, Ron glanced quickly to the Gryffindor table and saw that Sirius and James were looking at them with surprised looks on their faces. He slightly pocked Harry with his elbow and silently motioned towards Sirius and James. Harry looked at the table and saw Sirius and James talking intensely and motioning towards them.
"Those are the guys from the cáfe", James whispered and Sirius nodded.
He couldn't take his eyes off of Harry. James saw this.
"Sirius! You got to be kidding me!"
"What?" Sirius asked with a mock-hurt expression.
"You know what I mean", James hissed.
Sirius ignored his friend. "I saw them at Marley's clothe store as well", he said like James had never said anything. "The guy with the black hair was fitting these extremely tight jeans and a t-shirt that looked like a second skin."
"For Merlin's sake Sirius! You don't have to want to fuck everything that walks with two legs!"
"I do not want to fuck everything that walks with two legs!" Sirius said sounding extremely hurt. "Besides…I think those two are dating."
"What makes you think that?" Remus asked. He had been listening to the boys' little 'chat'.
"The guy with the red hair was sitting outside the fitting room and the guy with the black hair was asking his opinion on the clothes he was fitting", Sirius answered. He saw that James wasn't completely following so he continued. "James, you and I are good friends but you don't tell me I look good in something as tight as what the black-haired guy was wearing."
Dumbledore, Harry and Ron had made their way to the front of the Great Hall and Dumbledore stepped up to the platform and motioned the boys to stand next to him.
"Good evening everyone", Dumbledore started and James, Sirius and Remus and those who hadn't been following them with their gaze were now looking at them too.
"Welcome back to Hogwards. As you can see we have two new students in addition to the first years, who will soon join us. These young men", Dumbledore said motioning towards Harry and Ron, "are Mr. Harry McLain and Mr. Ron Sheffield. They are transfer students from Australia and will be joining the seventh year Gryffindor's. I hope you will all welcome them as part of this family, as they have been through a lot, and try to help them with everything they might need help with."
Dumbledore turned to the boys and said, "You may take your seats now."
Harry and Ron nodded and headed towards the Gryffindor table. James and Sirius made room next to them and Ron, as he was on that side already, went to sit next to James and Harry sat next to Sirius. When Harry and Ron were on their seats Dumbledore went to his seat and McGonagall came in with the first years. Harry, Ron, Sirius and James didn't pay much attention to the sorting ceremony, because as soon as Harry and Ron had sat down James started talking.
"Hi. My name is James Potter", he said and offered his hand first to Ron, who shook it and introduced himself, and then to Harry who also shook it and introduced himself.
"This here is Sirius Black", James said and pointed at Sirius. "On his right is Remus Lupin (Remus nodded) and on my left is Peter Pettigrew (Peter nodded)."
Harry and Ron greeted everyone and Harry quickly glanced at Sirius. James started talking about the school rules, which Harry already knew, so he had time to look around the Great Hall to se if he recognised anyone. He soon saw Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange and had to do his best to keep his anger in check. Harry felt a soft poke on his side and turned to look at Sirius.
"What?"
"Where were you looking?" Sirius asked.
"Over there", Harry said as casually as possible and pointed at the Slytherin table.
Sirius nodded. "Those are the kind of people you don't want be in terms with", Sirius said with the slightest hint of anger in his voice.
"I know", Harry accidentally slipped out.
Everyone turned to look at him and Harry tried to come up with an explanation, but luckily Ron came to his rescue.
"Harry has usually a pretty good hunch on people when he sees them."
Harry gave Ron a thankful smile and Ron nodded slightly.
"What is your hunch telling about us?" James asked.
"I'm pretty sure we can trust you", Harry answered with a small smile. "All though I'm not sure I want to tell you all my secrets."
Everyone laughed a bit and listened as Dumbledore started the usual speech. When Dumbledore was finished, the meal began and the Great Hall was filled with murmur as people started talking. Harry and Ron piled food on their plates while Sirius, James and Remus looked in awe.
"Exactly when was the last time you two have eaten?" James asked as he looked at Ron and Harry's plates.
"I always eat a lot", Ron answered. "But Harry hasn't been eating well in months. I'm glad to see his appetite has returned."
Harry smiled a bit and James nodded, and he, Sirius and Remus piled food on their plates as well.
"Why haven't you been eating well?" Remus asked when he had gotten food on his plate.
"I've been little depressed", Harry answered, avoiding Remus' gaze.
"Why?" Sirius asked.
"I don't want to talk about it", Harry said firmly with an edge in his voice.
Sirius opened his mouth to ask 'why' but James kicked him under the table and shook his head just enough for Sirius to see.
"So, how long have you two known each other?" James asked casually.
"Since first year of school", Ron said. "Been friends ever since."
"Just friends, eh?" James asked and earned a kick on the leg from Remus.
"Just friends. Why do you ask?" Harry said.
James pointed at Sirius. "This one over here suspected that you two are dating", he said and now got a kick on the leg from Sirius.
Harry and Ron laughed, making Sirius look a little ashamed.
"You're not the first one to think that", Ron assured him. "We are good and close friends, but that's it."
"Well, enough of that subject. Tell me a little more about yourselves", Remus said.
"Well…as Dumbledore said, we are from Australia from a school much like this. We um…well lets just say we ran into some trouble and had to leave", Harry said.
Remus nodded. "Tell me about your school."
"Well, it was much like this. Four houses and such…We gave our house some grief… we didn't exactly care much about rules", Ron said and he and Harry exchanged an amused looks.
James smiled. "Sounds familiar", he said, giving Sirius a look and a wink.
Sirius smirked and looked at James. "I think we'll get along with these two just fine", he said and winked.
They both smiled and Remus rolled his eyes at them. Harry and Ron looked at him questioningly.
"They've done more than enough pranks and gotten into more than enough troubles for it", Remus said.
Harry and Ron laughed and glanced at each other with little smiles.
"Tell me about your pranks", Harry asked Sirius.
A huge smile spread across Sirius' face and he started talking. Sirius talked through the whole dinner and James added things to Sirius' story every once in a while. Harry and Ron laughed more than they had laughed in a long time, and for the first time in a long time Harry felt he was actually enjoying himself (without it being just him and Sirius that is).
After dinner they all headed to the Gryffindor Tower (Harry and Ron 'not knowing where to go'). They were stopped at the door of the Great Hall by a beautiful girl, who glued herself to James side for a while. James gave her a kiss and then introduced her to Harry and Ron.
"Harry, Ron…this is my girlfriend Lily."
"Hello", Lily said and smiled.
"Hi", Harry and Ron answered and Harry was having trouble with his self-control.
He was standing inches away from his mother and at that point he just wanted to hug her. Harry- thank Merlin, was able to keep himself under control and they started walking towards Gryffindor Tower. Sirius glued himself next to Harry and they started talking about music and motorbikes and Ron walked behind them with James and Remus, with Lily walking behind them with some of her friends. When they got to the Gryffindor Tower the boys headed to their Dorm and Sirius showed Harry and Ron their beds. Harry's bed was between Sirius' and Ron's bed and Remus' was next to Ron's. On the other side of Sirius' bed was James' bed and next to him was Peter. James told them where the bathroom was and said when they would be leaving for breakfast in the morning.
The boys talked for a while and then started to do their evening chores. Harry and Ron changed into their pyjamas in the bathroom earning some questioning looks from Sirius, James, Remus and Peter, but they didn't pay much attention to it.
Right after Harry and Ron had gotten out of the bathroom Sirius took off his shirt making Harry twitch a bit. Harry couldn't help but stare at Sirius. He took in his muscular body and tattoos. Sirius had a Chinese mark tattooed on his neck and a cross with tribal around it on his upper back.
"Nice tattoos", Ron said, making Harry come back to the reality from his dream world.
"Thanks", Sirius said.
"What does that Chinese mark mean?" Ron asked and Harry smiled a bit, as he already knew. He also knew why he had gotten it.
"It means 'No Angel'. Kind of a nickname that stuck", Sirius said with a smirk.
Ron nodded and they all climbed to their beds, bidding their goodnights before promptly falling asleep.
Harry hadn't slept for long when he was in the graveyard again. "No…don't!" he yelled in his sleep waking everyone in the dorm. "No, don't kill him! Cedric…no…"
Ron was the first one on Harry's side and everyone else gathered around Harry's bed as well. James, Sirius and Remus looked worried and Peter was wavering somewhere on the back round.
"Shouldn't we wake him up?" James asked.
"Well please do, if you want to be hexed to next week", Ron said.
So they just sat there and waited and listened to Harry as he yelled in his sleep. He looked horrified. Then suddenly his expression change from horrified to scared to painful and Ron knew that Harry wasn't in the graveyard anymore. He was in the Department of Mysteries.
"No…Sirry…" Harry mumbled. "No! Not my Sirry!"
At this point, knowing who Harry was talking about, Ron was relieved that Harry used Sirius' nickname. Harry kept tossing and turning and after a while he woke up with a start, making those sitting on the edges of his bed jump. Harry was panting and shaking and Remus couldn't hold himself back, so he pulled Harry into his arms and started rubbing soothing circles on his back. Harry slowly calmed down and realised who was holding him.
"What the…" he started but Ron silenced him.
"You forgot to put up the silencing charms."
"Shit…" Harry muttered.
"Graveyard again?" Ron asked.
Harry nodded. "The veil, too", he added and Ron nodded.
"Who's Sirry and Cedric?" Sirius asked after a moment of silence.
Harry's head snapped up from Remus' chest and he looked at Sirius with hurt and tears in his eyes.
"Sorry", Sirius said. "You don't have to answer that."
"I'm sorry for waking you up guys", Harry said after pulling himself together. "I usually remember to put up the silencing charms when I'm with people I don't know."
"It's okay Harry", Remus said with a calming voice.
Nobody said anything in a while. They just sat there, lost in their thoughts. Harry was staring at his hands and felt everyone else's eyes on him.
"You should go back to sleep guys", he finally said. "I'll be fine", he added when he saw the other's worried looks.
The boys nodded and went back to their own beds. Sirius gave Harry one last concerned look which Harry noticed and said that he only had one nightmare in a night. The boys pulled their curtains closed and Ron and Harry exchanged one last look before Ron pulled his curtains shut.
Harry pulled his curtains shut as well and- just in case, put up a silencing charm around his bed and then he fell asleep.
-*-*-*-
Ron woke up what seemed to be too early in his opinion and opened his curtains just to find Remus already up and in search of something from his trunk. Remus heard the noise and turned to look at Ron.
"Mornin' ", he said.
"Mornin' ", Ron answered. "What time is it?"
"6.30", Remus said and let out a small laugh as he saw Ron's face. "Too early for you?"
"Definitely", Ron said. "Harry is usually the first one awake, so if you're up before Harry, you're up early."
Remus laughed quietly and Ron got out of bed, going to his trunk to get his toothbrush and towel.
"You always up first?" he asked while rummaged his trunk.
"Yeah", Remus answered. "I can do my morning chores in peace before those two wake up", he continued and pointed at Sirius and James' beds.
Ron smiled and let out a victorious voice as he found his toothbrush. He and Remus went to the bathroom and took showers (there were two shower's in the bathroom). They got out of the showers and started drying themselves.
"Where did you get those?" Remus asked.
"What?" Ron answered.
"Those scars in your back", Remus said and Ron froze for a moment.
'Damn. I forgot about those!' He turned around and looked at Remus.
"You really want to know?"
"Yes."
Ron sighed. "I'm not gonna tell you the whole story, 'cause it's a very long one but to put it shortly, I was kidnapped a year ago. Harry was in hiding, so some bad people kidnapped me and tried to force me to tell them where Harry was. I didn't so they tortured me. I managed to escape, but I had already been there for a week so they had done a little damage."
"I'm sorry", Remus said sadly.
Ron just waved his hand, "Don't mention any of this to Harry. He blames himself enough as it is."
Remus nodded, "I won't."
There was a small silence, but then Remus had to ask. "Is that why you moved here?"
"Pretty much, yeah."
"Hope you don't mind me asking… what was that dream Harry saw last night?"
"It wasn't a dream. Those were memories", Ron said sadly after a while. "That guy has been through a lot."
"Who were Sirry and Cedric?"
"Cedric was our classmate, he was killed by a very bad wizard. It happened right in front of Harry. Sirry was Harry's boyfriend. He was killed as well. Right in front of Harry. This bitch fired an Avada Kedavra towards Harry and Sirry pushed Harry aside so the curse hit him instead. Harry was devastated after that", Ron said his voice trembling a bit. He conveniently enough forgot to mention that they were able to bring Sirry back, 'cause he figured it would a) freak Remus out a bit or b) make him very curious.
Remus didn't know what to say. He just stood there letting it all sink in.
"That's so awful", he finally said. "I'm surprised Harry even got through it."
"Yeah…but don't tell Harry I told you this. He likes to keep it to himself."
"Of course not", Remus said.
They brushed their teeth and neither of them said anything the rest of the time they were in the bathroom.
-.-.-.-
Sirius woke up and pushed his curtains aside. 'Remus is already up. What a surprise. Looks like Ron is up as well. Maybe I should get up too…ow.. Prongsie isn't up yet. Perfect.' Sirius got up with a mischievous smile in his face and quietly opened the curtains around James' bed and jumped into the bed. James woke up and immediately tried to hit Sirius. Peter woke up to the noise and quickly changed and left to breakfast. He didn't want to be witnessing another row between James and Sirius.
When Sirius and James clamed down they noticed that Harry was still sleeping and wondered why he hadn't woken up to the noise they were making.
"Should we wake him up?" Sirius asked.
James shrugged and Sirius pushed aside the curtains around Harry's bed, starting to shake the younger boy.
Well, actually he didn't get that far.
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