Chapter 9

Harry reached the city in the morning and realised he had been on the run for nearly a half day and he could feel it on his body, his legs were killing him, he decided not to try apparating before he had gotten some rest, so he walked in to the town to find a place to sleep, finding a hotel were easy, but to sneak in was a little harder, he had already sneaked in to the reception to see which room that was not taken and he picked the one on the top floor.

In the end Harry got in by the service entrance he charmed himself in by two maids and soon he was in the hot tub relaxing his body. after the bath he got to bed and soon he had tears in his eyes as he remembered what had happened to him and the consequences of it one of them were him laying alone in a hotel room. He was all alone.

Harry woke the next day and felt much better he had needed the night rest, and soon he was ready to apparate back to London he apparated to a alley near the apartment he had shared with Charlie he knew it was under surveillance and that might be his chance to get a wizard pass. so with out further planing he went in to the apartment complex and as he opened the door to get inside he felt the rush of magic and prepared for the ongoing battle. but it went a lot easier than expected only one wizard pop in it was a female auror with startling pink hair he dealt with her in seconds. He grabbed her wizard pass and eagerly apparated right to the street of Diagon Alley.

Diagon Alley were deadly silent and there weren´t a person in sight, the buildings around the street were all in black and the doors had been sealed so no one could enter, Harry draw his wand and walked down the street he were tense and jumpy, he took a deep breath when he realised he had held his breath he stepped as lightly as he could and didn´t made many sounds but apparently he wasn´t quietly enough because two men stepped out on the street both with raised wands, Harry looked them over, they had were dirty their clothes were broken and dirty some of it looked like blood and suddenly Harry weren´t so sure whether it was a good idea to come to Diagon Alley at all.

"Who are you and what is your business here" the man on his right asked in a hoarse voice.

"I seek someone" Harry cringed at the lame answer he hoped the men would buy it.

"Who do you seek then, and what is your name" The man asked again and crossed his arms a cross his chest, raising an eye brow.

"Who I seek it not your problem I see no auror robe on you so step out of my way" Harry said with a calm voice and walked towards the men hopping that they would move.

"Now boy, we are in a dangerously time and we need to know who you are at least" the man said while signalling to his partner to stop Harry.

"Okay, okay" Harry said raising his hands to stop the men, he closed his eyes and breath out he really hated when people didn´t listen to him and just moved out of the way.

"I have to find a man called Dumbledore it was a request from a person I have recently lost" Harry said making sure to sound and look sad.

The men looked at each other, and the one on his right just nodded and they moved out of his way. Harry walked towards them again, just as he past them one of them grabbed his arm the man puled him close and spoke to him in a demanding voice " You will behave while you are here do you understand, boy." Harry just nodded and walk past them and moved in a fast pace down the street until he was sure they couldn´t see him then he stepped in to an alley and leaned against a wall. ´that was close" he thought. Harry ran a hand through his hair and looked down on his shoes ´where is every one, can the dark forces have gained this much power in only nine weeks´ as Harry thought it over he noticed that there were some kind of black liquid on the ground he got down on his knees to see what it was the he realised three things, one the liquid wasn´t black but red, two it was stll fresh and three something were looking at him in the bottom of the alley he raised his head and saw nothing but he could hear the thing breathing. Slowly Harry got up from the ground and slowly backed away then it charged and he send the spell "Obscuro" to try and blind the ting so that he could get a look at it, the creature that came forward had cruel face it were only covered in a black cloak Harry didn´t know what it was he hadn´t heard or seen it in any books.

Harry send one last spell at it and turned around to run for his life, he turned right and ran down the main street of Diagon Alley he heard the beast still running behind him. Harry´s legs hurt and he could barely breath the beast behind him got closer and closer he looked around desperate for a place to hide when he saw the only shop he could recognize on the front of the shop hand a sign where the only three letters remained "WES..." but Harry knew it and ran for it as he got to the door he cast the blasting spell and the doors blasted of Harry didn´t stop when he got to the shop but ran for the back room to find the fireplace and as he saw it he cast the spell to lit the fire and accioed the floo powders and when he reached the fireplace he called out the only place he could remember in Hogsmeade the Shrieking Shack but just as he could feel the floo network start the creature crashed against his legs and both of them flew thought the fireplace.

Harry landed on his back with the beast landing on top of him, he lost his breath and his vision went black for some seconds the time was enough for the beats who growled and raised its claw-like hands to finish him of, Harry wiggled and tried to push the thing of him but nothing helped and soon Harry saw the claw coming down towards him, he screamed in horror and closed his eyes. then silence Harry felt the beast leave him forcefully and something went past him in a blur, He couldn´t take it any more and the last thing he saw was the image of a person standing above him before he blacked out.

Cold, Harry remembered was the first ting he could feel when he awoke from his unwilling blackout, headache was coming next, Harry sat up and groaned and tried to get his eyes to function so he could see more of the blurry figure sitting and staring at him the man had dusty blond hair and looked a bit old and tired when he saw Harry was up and ready he handed over a small cup of tea to Harry he had clearly held it a long time because when Harry took a sip from it, it was almost cold Harry didn´t make a comment about it but just whispered his thank.

"So.. ehem.. thanks for saving me from the beast" Harry said about to smile at the man, when he saw the way his jaw tightened ´that interesting´ Harry thought.

"I only did what everyone would have done for a little helpless boy" the man said clearly trying to get some kind of hint of who Harry was. Harry did everything in his power to not show his anger on the comment ´I´M NOT LITTLE BOY ´ Was shouted inside his head. but the man must have seen some emotion on his face cause he went on.

"I´m actually quite impressed that you could even out run the .. Beast.. many people have tried but only few have succeeded" the man said looking down at the table.

Harry looked around they were still in the Shrieking Shack, he was placed on and old sofa and the man sat on a chair across from him.

"Yet both of us manage to get away from the beast" Harry intoned

"Yes we did" the man said looking Harry up and down Harry could see the man´s left hand reach for a wand and Harry did the same.

"My name is Lupin by the way, what is yours" The man said his body completely tensed. he sniffed once and tensed even further.

"Why do you care" Harry asked, Wondering why his senses said to him not to made this man more angry.

"-,-"

Harry huffed at this he hatted when people didn¨t answer him right way,

"Well this have been fun but i better get moving on, thanks again" second after he had said this he was pinned to the wall behind him and with a very tensed man holding him

"Hey what the hell do you think you are doing" Harry screamed at the man and kicked out, he didn´t hit the man but saw the man´s eyes changing and he froze ´oh shit´ he looked out off the broken window and saw the moon clearly visible Harry looked at Lupin again and did the only thing he had learned about werewolf he turned his head to his side and offered submission.

Lupin´s eyes widened and Harry thought he had done the right thing but suddenly he was thrown across the room and Lupin whispered "Get out this second" and pointed towards the door.

"But what about y.. " Harry didn´t get to finish before the man in front of him started to change and turn in to a werewolf Harry considered to stay and watch it, he was so curious about Charlie had always yelled at him for asking about stupid questions. Harry made up his mind and pulled out his wand to cast a spell which warded the house so nothing dark could get in or out he had learned it at his little summer training curse.

When Harry walked away from the house he could hear the wolf howling and he turned around to cast a silence spell and then walked towards the Hogsmeade to find who this Dumbledore was and to deliver the paper Charlie had given him he had considered reading it but didn´t know he could handle what was in it.

He got to a place called the Hog's Head and rented a room on the top floor he had to steal some money for it but didn´t care about it right at the moment, he slept for several hours and after a good meal he walked out of the city and as he got to the Shrieking Shack he went in and saw Lupin on the floor naked as the day he had been born, Harry found something to pull over the man while he search the room for something to help Lupin of his pains and by the sound of the man´s whimpering he had to hurry, he found some vials with pain relief potion and placed it at Lupins mouth the man drank it eagerly.

"Okay there old man" Harry asked as he sad back on his heels. Lupin coughed and sputtered as he almost choke in laughter.

"Yeah I´m kay" Lupin manage to say in a small voice

"Hey my name is Harry" Harry held out his hand (first time Harry introduce himself in the story)

"Hello Harry my name is Remus Lupin" the man took his and they looked in each others eyes coming to and agreement between the two of them so that peace were restored. Harry helped Remus to the sofa and together they talked about every thing that had happened in the wizard world the past years Harry didn´s say much but just listened to the man´s words of wisdom and before they knew it the evening had come and Harry had to leave because of the full moon as Harry said goodbye Remus pulled him in to a hug and Harry got tears in his eyes as he remembered how long it had been since someone last had hold him like this and he hugged the man back knowing that it would properly be the last time they would see each other Harry had decided earlier that evening that he had used enough time and had to find Dumbledore.

He walked away from the man with a heavy hearth he hoped they would meet soon again. not he had to go ask some drunk wizard about Dumbledore and his whereabouts.