JAMES
I was standing, right by the entryway of the door when he turned his bruised and battered face my direction. Sure, he was technically an adult, but he was my friend. He knew this was going to happen, and subconsciously I knew too.
"James, Hey James." My dad spoke gently placing a hand on my shoulder, "I think you should get some sleep, it's late." I shook my head,
"I don't think I can sleep. I... I need to owl Remus. Is it alright if Remus comes over tomorrow? I'm sure he'll want to see Sirius after I tell him. And—"
"James!" My dad said cutting me off, "Yes, Remus can come over if his parents allow it, but... try not to overwhelm Sirius."
"Ok, thank you I'm going to go owl Remus." I said shaking his arm off, squaring my shoulders, and walked off. I kept walking until I reached my room, then I sat at my desk and immediately began writing.
Dear Moony,
I'm writing to tell you at Sirius was kicked out of his home (again) and it's just as bad. He's alright for now. You're welcome to come over for as long as your parents allow, you can use the floo.
Thanks,
James
I leaned back in my chair, my head was spinning. I decided to close my eyes for a bit and then send the letter.
SIRIUS
I woke up to Mrs. and Mr. Potter talking,
"It's quite awful, I just don't understand how they could do that to him? A child!" Mr. Potter said heatedly.
"Fleamont, it's my family. You know they wouldn't hesitate to disown me if I were put into Gryffindor. Or if I was even half as outwardly rebellious as James described Sirius." Mrs. Potter said. The messy haired man just shook his head,
"I'm going to inform Dumbledore." He said and then walked out of the room. I dared to crack my swollen eyes open, Mrs. Potter just ran another soothing hand through my hair.
"James? Jamie?" I croaked, vaguely incoherently from all of the potions.
"Shhh. It's Mrs. Potter, I can get James if you want." She said gently.
"Yes please." As soon as I said that she called her house elf to get James.
He walked in looking apprehensive,
"Hey, how are you?" James said looking down.
"I'm great! I got disowned and everything! It's all my wishes in one." I said as enthusiastically as I could.
"Sirius—" Mrs. Potter began, I cut her off,
"It's fine. I don't care about them. I don't need them." I said, just as stubbornly and genuine as the first time, except more sure.
"That's true, I was just wondering if you wanted a place to stay. In the summer and holiday breaks, much like a home. I mean we are family aren't we?" She spoke. Even though I knew this was coming it still astounded me. She was welcoming me into her home and this is the first time she's ever met me.
"Thank you Mrs. Potter, that would be great." I said politely with a little glimmer in my eye.
"Call me Mom, Mrs. Potter makes me sound quite old. Now I'll leave you to to talk." She said walking out of the room.
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"Mate! We're basically family!" James said, acting much like his normal age which soothed my nerves.
"I know! I mean technically we already were family, ya know with the inbreeding." I said smirking. His face turned serious at the mention of family.
"Are you going to miss them? And I thought you wanted to save Regulus?" James said.
"I'm not going to miss Mother or Father at all. And I have a plan for Regulus. Unfortunately it can go very wrong, and I need him to hate me for now." I said letting out a deep breath. James just studied me for a second. His hazel eyes looking me up and down, until the floo roared and Remus landed face first on the carpet, choking on floo powder and ash.
"Hiya Remus!" James said, his stare interrupted.
"Hey James," Remus turned to me, "hey—" he began, unsure.
"Don't you even start. First, I know for a fact you have been in more pain than this—" My voice started rasping, I was cut off,
"It still hurts, it's still pain." Remus mumbled.
"Rem, I know I look differently, but I am a grown man. And, second, I planned that." I said.
"What do you mean you planned that?" James said with a dangerous flash in his eye, one that reminded me of a much older James.
"I planned to go back to get kicked out. The faster I got disowned the faster I could stop being around them." I explained.
"But what about Regulus? I thought you wanted to save him." Remus asked.
"I think in order to find out how to kill Voldemort I need there to be animosity between us. When he died, there was something more to it. He had to know something important about Voldemort, especially to be killed over it. So maybe I should let him become a death eater again and then figure out what he knows." I said.
"Sirius, that's a major manipulation. I don't think you should do that. Regulus is just a kid right now, we can save him and destroy Voldemort with him on our side. We should be keeping him close to the light and leading him to help us eventually." James agrued. Remus nodded his head in agreement.
"We don't necessarily have to decide now. Regulus and I were friendly all the way up to my 4th year. But he is definitely going into Slytherin House, there is no changing that." I said, trying to end the conversation.
"Alright mate, we know this is hard on you." Remus said lowly.
"Thanks. Now has anyone told Lily about this? Because she is going to be pissed no one did." I said tilting my lips into a smile. Or at least the best I could with my swollen face, still healing from the potions.
"Oh shite! I'll copy Remus' letter right now!" James said jumping up.
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James returned ten minutes later and he and Remus played some exploding snap. They were interrupted by James' owl returning with Lily's letter, quite quickly. James was ecstatic and read the letter aloud.
Dear James,
Thank you for telling me. Is Sirius alright for now? I can't imagine being disowned AND tortured by my own father. I'm happy Remus is staying with you so he can control you lot and unfortunately I'm not allowed to go. But thank you for the offer, my parents are quite strict and it might hurt my sister's feelings if I go off with my 'magical friends'.
All the love,
Lily Evans
Ps... extra love to Remus and Sirius ;)
He finished the letter and whooped,
"She said all the love!" He yelled in joy. Remus and I laughed.
"But I do recall her sending extra love to Sirius and I." Remus said smirking.
"Oi, shut up. She feels bad that you have a badly behaved rabbit and," he turned to face me, "that you have a horrid family." We all laughed.
The night continued on with an exploding snap tournament, a quite small one with only three people. We no longer delved into deeper more depressing conversation. I wanted to allow James and Remus to remain children as long as possible. I owed it to them, especially after tainting their minds with my own horrible memories that still give me nightmares. I decided to lay off the Voldemort stuff and just focus one becoming an animagi again, for Remus.
Xx Sorry it took me so long to update (well longer than usual) I didn't have time to write. Thanks for reading!!! xX
