Wolf awoke to find himself alone in the hospital wing, one of the few places in Hogwarts he simply despised. Without any of his friends there to stop him from leaving, he did what he always did, snuck out. Having fairly good memories of the night before, he wanted to know what had happened after he had passed out in vain attempt to save them. He had learned over the years that it was best to trust his instinct, said instinct led him down the hall to Remus' office. Remus was sure to explain what was going on.
Wolf was about to knock on the door to his guardian's office when he heard voices from inside. It was Remus and Sirius Black, Wolf had no interest in interrupting their conversation, but rather liked the idea of listening in on them. It was Sirius he heard talking first, "I never knew you to be all that sarcastic Moony."
"My soul was removed and I replaced it with sarcasm." Remus replied in an expressionless tone. Wolf froze, had Remus had his soul sucked out by dementors even if he was a werewolf? Perhaps since they knew Remus was a werewolf they had the dementors administer the Kiss as punishment or something. Or-
"Wolf, don't worry, everyone's fine." Vaughn said from behind him, apparently she had caught him listening in, "Everyone's soul is intact and has not been sucked out of them. Fudge?" She held out a small piece of fudge.
"Where did you get the fudge?" Wolf asked.
"I made it because I got bored this morning, the kitchens are amazing and the house elves are awesome, thoug I shocked them by asking if I could cook." Vaughn smiled, she loved cooking, and that's what helped her in potions, "So, does Madam Pomfrey know you're out and terrorizing the world?"
"If she does she most likely isn't too happy about it." Wolf replied.
"She wanted us to thank you for what you did with Ron's leg, it probably would have gotten infected if you hadn't used that spell on it." Vaughn said, "Now, I have to go, the ministry wants me and Hermy to describe exactly what happened last night."
"She hates being called Hermy." Wolf reminded her.
Vaughn grinned, "That's the precise reason I continue to call her Hermy." It was then that Vaughn left, with her and Hermione gone, he had seen Ron was still in the infirmary, the only place he had to go was in his guardian's office. In all truth, he did not like meeting new adults, and no matter how innocent Sirius was, he had still spent twelve years in jail, who knew what he had become now. Wolf was very weary of his father's best friend. He wondered if he'd ever tell them that he had the Marauder's Map and his faather's invisibility cloak, not for a while most likely, Remus was still his teacher and that would put him under suspicion.
Alius Positus
"Yes, I'm sure the Ministry will be more than willing to knowingly endanger children." Remus said in reply to Sirius saying there was no reason why Remus couldn't continue teaching.
"I never knew you to be all that sarcastic Moony." Sirius replied.
"My soul was removed and I replaced it with sarcasm." Remus shot back, "Anyway, I thought we went over this, we even made plans for the Summer."
"I know, but all of Harry's friends and older students thought you were the teacher they learned the most from."
"If I had a choice, I would stay as teacher in a heartbeat, but alas, I don't." Remus said as he continued packing. They heard quiet voices beyond the door that faded before there was a knock. Knowing it was probably one of the girls or Harry, Remus called, "Come in."
The door opened slowly, and what little emotion was on Harry's face before seemed to disappear from his features. The boy slipped inside and closed the door with no sound, moving instantly to the far side of the office from Sirius. Remus had gotten the distinct feeling that Harry would revert back to this now that Sirius was here. Fortunately he had learned a few things from living with Harry for almost four years, like by his eyes lingering on the suitcase Remus was packing was asking why he was. Although Remus knew the question would never be asked, he answered, "Before the board of governors had a tizzy I decided to resign,"
Harry's expression faltered for half a second implying he was not at all happy about this. Remus sighed, "Peter also escaped, as soon as the ministry got rid of the dementors he transformed and that was the last anyone saw of him. Vaughn also had another rather dismal prediction about six being together and splitting off into twos to happiness, seclusion or war, also about innocent people dying." Both Harry and Remus could guess one of the people going off to war and assume the other if the six were the Pack.
"This Summer we're moving into Sirius' old home, Grimauld place, though he says no one has lived there since the war. Me and him are going to get the place livable while you spend the first two weeks living in with the Pack, Sable and I have already arranged it. After that the three of us will live at Grimauld place." Remus informed Harry.
"I don't see why you're talking." Sirius drawled in a complaining tone, "He's not listening to a word you say."
Remus looked up from what he was doing, sure enough Harry was at the far side of the room staring out the window as if faking a daydreaming state. Remus smiled, "He hears much more than anyone give him credit for, and has impeccable memory of everything he hears."
"Is he always like this?"
"No, I think it's just you because I haven't seen him act like this since we first met." Remus said, apologizing silently for talking as if Harry wasn't five feet away and hearing every word they said.
"Should I feel insulted that he's classifying me with every other adult when just this morning you told me I was acting like a five year old?" Sirius asked.
"First of all, you were acting like a five year old, secondly, you still have the appearance of an adult, thirdly, for the last nine or ten months everyone has been pounding it in his head that you're a traitorous murderer that wanted to kill him. I say that's a perfectly good reason to be weary."
"Why would I want to kill my godson?"
"Everyone, including myself, had been convinced you killed Lily and James, it's not a far jump in logic. Is it Harry?" Remus asked.
For a second the thirteen year old didn't move, than slowly shook his head.
"He's often much more talkative, but he's going to be very cautious around you for a while. I've been forgetting to tell you, he was originally placed with Lily's sister's family-"
"I met her sister at their wedding, the woman hated all things having to do with magic, I believe I charmed paper cranes to chase her at the rehearsal dinner." Sirius interrupted.
"And Lily was about to kill you for that." Remus mused shortly on the subject, "For a reason that no adult seems to know, he ran away to London when he was nine-"
"Eight." Harry said, he was still looking out the window leaning against the wall. Remus asked if he was sure, Harry just nodded.
"Okay, he ran away when he was eight and ran into a group of five kids that were running away from being in an orphanage, Pyg, also known as Vaughn and Harry's best friend, her older sister Lulu, her adoptive father Nigel who I have reason to believe has killed someone during his life and is quite intimidating, the girl he's dating, Bridget, Gideon's squib daughter, and a boy named Stalker that was adopted and could be just about anywhere. None of them are all to fond of authority, and Harry and Nigel seem to have grudges against the world."
"Let me guess, they call themselves the Happy Sunshine Group of Happiness." Sirius said sarcastically.
"Not exactly, they call themselves the Pack, in fact his nickname in the group is Wolf." Remus answered.
"Fitting, the adoptive son of a werewolf is called Wolf," Sirius said before frowning, "When did he leave?"
Remus looked at Harry, or where Harry had been minutes before, "I guess he slipped out while we were talking without us noticing."
Alius Positus
"…officially hate everyone having anything to do with the Ministry, who were they to bring the press to interview us, much less that… that… woman!" Vauhgn said as she and Hermione walked into the Gryffindor Common room.
"Can I assume that you didn't like that reporter?" Wolf asked from in front of the fire.
"I think she is a reincarnation of the devil named Rita Skeeter, but never you mind that, how did your talk with your guardians go, since Sirius Black is your godfather he is technically your guardian." Vaughn inquired with interest.
"Let's just say I didn't do much talking, they didn't even know I left." Wolf replied sighing deeply.
"How much do you consider not much talking?" Hermione asked.
Wolf thought a brief moment, "I shook my head twice and said one word, and I think most everyone would agree that isn't much talking. Sirius felt quite insulted by the whole thing. Did you guys know Remus is resigning?"
The girls nodded, "He announced it at about seven this morning when half the school was asleep because it's Sunday." Vaughn answered.
"We're moving into Sirius' old house, Grimauld place, but I'm spending two weeks with the Pack before going." Wolf added.
"Well, I didn't know that, and Sable knows I hate surprises, the entire Pack does really, except perhaps Lulu and Stalker-"
"In whatever country he may be currently residing in." Wolf interrupted, Vaughn really couldn't care less that he had, they both interrupted each other and weren't bothered by it because it was their nature.
"Actually, come to think of it, Lulu and Stalker were always different. More academic based, pretty much the only reason we ever really learned anything. If they hadn't hated orphanages so much they would never have been caught dead living on the street the way we did." Vaughn said.
"Perhaps because they were destined for something far different from the rest of us." Wolf agreed, "Were you told about your latest prophecy, two for war, two for seclusion, two for happiness. Which one is different?"
"Seclusion and war are tragedies, so Stalker and Lulu are bound to be happy when all is said and done, you and me are probably heading towards war of some kind, which means Sable and Ferret will be secluded." Vaughn ticked off on her fingers.
"I don't know about anyone else, but in the end I would like everyone to be happy." Wolf said, both the girls nodded in agreement.
Alius Positus
She stared at the bed with the sheets tossed back, a certain black-haired, green-eyed student of hers was supposed to be in that bed. Once again the boy had gotten the better of her, "Darn you, Potter."
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(A/N: Challenge phrase used in this chapter: "My soul was removed and I replaced it with sarcasm." set by GeniusGirl. This is an example of the phrases I would like, though I will not guarantee that all submissions will be accepted, though those that are will see their phrase in a chapter and be mentioned in my end author notes. The next chapter will be primarily if not entirely Wolf's time with the pack. And, what's this? We find out where on the bloody planet Stalker has been hiding. Please Review!)