A/N: Here it is! This was by far the trickiest chapter to write, yet the most entertaining yet, so enjoy!
Disclaimer: All characters except for Rose Potter come from the oh so amazing author J.K. Rowling, also I used a bunch of ideas from other fan-fics, to name a few, Potters Stand United by Fairywm, and the whole Dangerverse series from Whydoyouneedtoknow. Anyways enjoy!
July 12th 1988, Nondescript Alley, Outside of Leaky Cauldron
As Harry landed, flat on his face, in a nondescript alley outside of a pub his mind continued to race going over what he had learned from the past ten minutes. Magic was real! His parents were wizards! He and Rose were wizards! Yet the best part was the fact that he and Rose had been rescued from their awful aunt and uncle by two of his parents' best friends, one of which was his godfather! Most kids would have thought that someone was messing around with them and that magic couldn't possibly be real. Then again most kids would have thought that their aunt and uncle couldn't possibly treat them like servants, yet here he was treated like rubbish without parents because they had died to one of the evilest wizards to ever live. Harry's thoughts were cut off as his father's other best friend, Remus Lupin, explained to Harry and Rose that they might get a lot of attention seeing as how they were the only ones to have survived something that was unsurvivable, the killing curse. As the quartet made their way to the main entrance of the pub they heard the sound of a girl's voice, "Mum, Dad, can we eat there please? Over there in that pub!" The girl exclaimed pointing at the leaky cauldron, her frizzy brown hair blowing in the wind.
Sirius and Remus exchanged a glance and wordlessly they approached the small family. "Umm… excuse me, but we couldn't help but hear your daughter talking about a pub?" Sirius asked politely trying to stifle a chuckle at the parents shocked expression. "Oh, I'm terribly sorry sir, Hermione here likes to make things up a lot, probably from all the books she reads, as you can see there's nothing there, just a rundown, abandoned store." The tall light brown haired man, responded, his eyes showing slight confusion as to why a stranger was approaching them. Remus, taking this as his queue stepped up to the man his hand out, "Remus Lupin, nice to meet you, my friend here is Sirius Black." Remus explained as the latter waved his hand jovially making the little girl giggle. "The thing is, there is a pub there, you just have to have a certain… talent, shall we say, to see it. I can explain more if you'd let us buy you lunch maybe?"
"If it's not too much trouble that should be fine," the woman who introduced herself as Gertrude Granger, agreed after a quick glance to her husband, who nodded. "Lovely! Let's get going then." Sirius said after a quick round of handshakes to Gertrude and John Granger.
July 12th, 1988, Leaky Cauldron
The eldest Grangers looked around the pub in a mix of awe and confusion at the floating tea kettle, the moving pictures and the odd assortment of clothing worn by the bar's customers. Sirius approached the barkeeper, a finger on his lips requesting silence, and all but whispering made a request. "Hey Tom, before you say anything please don't draw attention to us, we currently have a muggle born, her parents and the Potter twins so please keep quiet." With a slight nod the barkeeper pointed to a back table with a privacy spell, "Some butter beers for all of you?" Tom inquired. "That would be lovely thank you Tom." Remus responded as he turned around to head to the table.
"Soooo… I imagine you have a lot of questions," Remus started once everyone was seated, "I'll answer all that I can but before you ask your questions I'm going to say one thing and prove it. Magic. Is. Real." Wordlessly Remus grabbed his wand flicked it and the salt shaker started floating. Suddenly 7 mugs of a golden liquid appeared on the table Remus and Sirius both reached out to grab a glass, but catching Gertrude Granger's eye, Remus explained. "It's called butterbeer, a popular drink in the wizarding world and despite the name has barely any alcohol in it." The children, following Sirius' lead, all grabbed glasses and took a sip, each of their eyes lighting up at the sweet taste. Cautiously, as if afraid that the glasses might bite(which to be fair could very well happen.), John Granger took his glass and tasted the drink, his wife, following suit, had the genius idea to wipe her mouth with a napkin. "So," Gertrude started, "if magic exists how come we haven't heard of it before?"
"Ah. Good question." Remus responded, "You see we have something called the Statute of Secrecy which states that we can't tell muggles, non-magical folk, about magic. However we could tell you since your daughter, Hermione was it? We could tell you because your daughter is a witch, meaning that she can do magic. When she turns 11 she will get a letter inviting her to Hogwarts, a school where you can learn magic. You can of course, decline but I recommend going because uncontrolled magic can be very dangerous."
"So I take it she saw this pub because she's a witch?" Mr. Granger concluded waving his hand at his daughter.
"Yup, the Leaky Cauldron is a special place in the wizarding world since its the gateway between it and the muggle world." Sirius explained. "Loads, if you don't mind answering them that is." Gertrude Granger amended hastily. "Go ahead." Remus said. "But first, hey kids do you want to listen or go off and play?" Hasty replies of "I'll stay."and "Listen" filled the small table.
30 Minutes Later
As everyone made to get a thought struck Remus, "You know, if you don't mind people staring, you could join us. We were actually going to show the twins here, Diagon Alley." Remus offered waving his hand at the two Potters.
"That sounds like a great idea, John what do you think?" Gertrude asked her husband. "It's fine by me but, why would people stare?"
"Ah… yes that's right, well for starters, you're wearing muggle clothing but that's not too big of a deal. The main thing is that Harry and Rose here," Remus started to explain pointing at each child respectively, "Well their parents were big enemies of Voldemort, they fought him 3 times and escaped each time. So on the halloween of 1981 he went to the Potter's' house and killed James and Lily using the killing curse, which can't be protected however when he went to cast the curse on the twins they lived and he was killed. Or at least that's what people believe, personally I don't think he died, I just think he lost a lot of power and fled. After that the twins disappeared from the wizarding world going to their aunt and uncle's house where they were treated like servants." Gertrude gasped, appalled that someone could treat a little kid like that when a question popped in her head. "In that case why didn't you or Sirius take guardianship?"
"I was hoping you wouldn't ask that question… nonetheless Sirius here, was in falsely imprisoned for having supposedly betrayed the Potters and supposedly killing 12 muggles. Needless to say the true criminal has been put behind bars, and Sirius as the twins' godfather is taking them under his care. As for me, well… and I understand if you don't want Hermione to ever be around me, you see… I'm a werewolf, and under the current laws, a werewolf can't have custody of a child, they can live in the same house, as long as they can't injure the child, but they can't have custody." Remus finished looking at the floor, embarrassed. "That's stupid." Gertrude scoffed, "I mean so you change into a wolf once a month, what about the rest of the month? That's just idiotic."
Remus looked up, shocked. "Wait… you mean you aren't scared of me?"
"No why should we be? Like I said, you just transform once a month, your perfectly human those other 27 days." Gertrude repeated. Sirius, noting Remus' shocked expression, exclaimed happily "Well now that that's settled, let's get going!"
As the group exited through the back door Sirius pulled out his wand, tapping the bricks in a certain order. As the last brick was tapped the wall began to shift falling backwards to reveal a busy street with owls flying overhead, children running around and wizards and witches all wearing different robes some carrying cauldrons, others books, yet others carried broomsticks. "Welcome," Remus said coming up behind the group, "to Diagon Alley."
A/N: For those of you that are confused, Remus and Sirius explained a bit about magic to the twins during those 10 minutes they were waiting for the Dursleys, the twins however also learned a bit thanks to the Grangers' questions which covered some basic magical stuff, such as Voldemort, Hogwarts, etc. Anyways next time they go to Diagon Alley and meet some... interesting people, friend or foe it sure will be an interesting encounter!
