Chapter eight
'We all have a lot to think about and a lot to work on, first of course is making sure Dumbledore never finds Harry, but we also have to make sure he doesn't imperius us. If he does, we might not be able to fight his power and we turn Harry over to him. Harry, you told us you were able to fight off Voldemort when he tried to use the imperius curse on you, right?'
'Yeah, he wanted me to say I didn't want him to do it again, I yelled I won't.'
'Okay, he's powerful, so the three of us are going to work on fighting off that curse. I can with moony, I could fight of James, I fought off death eaters. But Dumbledore and Voldemort are powerful, more powerful than any of us.'
'Hang on, get my trunk,' Harry stood up and waited until Sirius pulled out the small trunk, resized it, then Harry scrambled around in it until he found a book. He sat and flipped through pages, 'Here, fighting off the imperius curse, if two of you did it on one at the same time you can learn to fight that off, it makes the curse the strongest using two people, if you can break through that, you can break through even the most powerful of magical people. Do you think if we practiced with two on one, it would make us able to fight off Dumbledore?'
'I never realised these books we got you had so much in them Harry, now I'm glad they have,' Remus took the book from Harry then studied the curse, 'It might, I think it might,' Remus handed the book to Sirius, 'You'll be the one he'll try to imperius out of anyone, then me if he thinks I've gone to your side.'
'So we start with you two using it on me, but the three of us will do it until we can fight of two at once. For now, let's get settled and we'll need food. I grabbed some of Mad-eyes polyjuice potion so I can sneak down to the village. Remus, it might be good for you to also use it and go to a magical village, get things we need, quills, parchment, more advance books, a cauldron, potion books and ingredients as well, we might have to make two trips though, so see what you can get for now. None of us have really made strong potions in a while, you'll need your wolfsbane and we'll need to make it within the next two weeks.'
'I've got some I can get from home, but I am concerned that he might have someone watching me. What if that happens and he is able to perform the curse before we can fight it off?'
'Don't go home Remus, take some potion, go into a magical town and get what we need, do that the moment I get back from getting food, we all need to eat. I want someone here with Harry even though this place is protected.'
'I'll be fine here alone Sirius, he doesn't know about it and he can't see it. So both of you get what we're going to need, just be careful, he does have spies everywhere.'
'Alright, let's get this done Remus, oh and I'll get another owl. Dumbledore knows Hedwig, we need one he doesn't know.'
Harry watched as the two men took some potion, filled two small flask with more, they gave Harry a look then left the house. Harry decided to look around the house, get familiar with it so if for any reason someone got in, he could find his way around and hopefully keep himself hidden. After searching every room, Harry sat back on the sofa and started to look through his books, the more he knew the safer he would be.
Just over an hour later Sirius returned, 'Got enough food to keep us going for a while,' Sirius and Harry stepped into the kitchen, Sirius put the owl cage down while Harry let the large tawny out and put a bowl of water and a bowl of treats on the table. Sirius resized the shopping bags, then they started to put away all their groceries, enough to last weeks, maybe even a few months, then they stood together to make breakfast, 'What were you doing when I came in?'
'Studying some of those advanced spells. I want to be able to fight if I need it. I'm not talking about Voldemort or even Dumbledore, I don't think I could ever fight those two. But if he has people imperiused or convinced something is wrong with me, then I want to be able to fight. You'll have to teach me Sirius.'
'I will, so will Remus and you are used to Remus being your teacher, so that'll help.'
'What about Remus, the three nights. If he can't go home, he'll need to go somewhere.'
'I thought of that when I got this place. There's a building outside, strong and has a very thick door with locks. I think if we use that then add magic to seal it, that it will be fine for him to use.'
'Tell me about Mad-eye, see I had an idea of someone else that we might be able to trust, but she's close to Mad-eye.'
'Tonks, why would you think she would trust you over Mad-eye and Dumbledore?'
'Sirius, surely you've seen the looks she keeps giving Remus and I overheard Mrs. Weasley talking to her one night about her feelings for Remus.'
'Oh well, no I haven't taken a lot of notice. Okay, Mad-eye, he's loyal to Dumbledore, all the way, we could never trust him not to turn you over to him even with proof. He would probably think this proof has been altered, he's wary, but he's also cautious, sometimes too cautious. But let's worry about all that after we eat,' Sirius and Harry loaded their plates then sat down, but Sirius noticed Harry only picked at his food, 'You need to keep your strength up, there's a lot of fighting and learning to do.'
'I know Sirius, and even though it's safer here, I'm still scared.'
'I know you are mate and I get why. He can't find us here and if he doesn't know we're gone by now, he will know soon. I'm sure it's out now that I've left and I'm probably with you, at least with Remus. If it was one of his spies that saw us leave Grimmauld place, then he will know Remus is with us as well. But we are safe here Harry, so please try to eat and calm down. We'll work this and you'll know enough advanced spells so you can protect yourself.'
'Thanks Sirius,' Harry gave his godfather a small smile then started to eat again even if he didn't feel like it. But Sirius was right, he needed his strength to get through whatever comes next.
No matter what Sirius said, he could see how scared Harry was. He knew he was going to need to get Harry to relax and that would help him learn advanced magic. If he stayed tense all the time it would make it harder for Harry to concentrate and for him to learn at all and he needs to learn, learn more than he ever had in his whole life.
