Remus didn't know what to do. Nearly a month had passed, and Harry and Sirius had barely spoken to each other. They'd been perfectly civil to each other, but it wasn't the same. Remus missed the sound of their absurd conversations about Quidditch. He knew that both Harry and Sirius were hurting, and yet, Remus didn't know what to do to help them. It wasn't something that was easily solved if the two of them wouldn't talk to each other properly. Even if they did talk, Remus wasn't sure what would happen. The problem was, that it wasn't anybody's fault, and still both of their faults. Remus didn't have the faintest idea as to how he could fix it. And yet, he knew he had to.

He knew it was destroying Sirius. The poor man didn't even know why Harry was so upset, though knowing Sirius; he probably had a good idea anyway. Harry had been the only thing that Sirius had to cling onto when he was in Azkaban, and the thought of losing him was clearly torturing him. Yes, Sirius now had a family, but Harry is and would always be a part of it. Harry and Remus had been the people to help Sirius regain his feet after Azkaban and now they were falling apart.

Remus hated it, hated how one little thing that should have been good, had brought them all so much pain. It wasn't fair. The three of them had been through so much already that they didn't need any more pain. Remus suspected that Sirius would never truly get over what happened. The pain of losing James and Lily would haunt them both forever. He suspected that one of the reasons why Sirius was so hands on with everything was to distract himself from losing James. If that was part of the reason behind it, it wasn't like Sirius could really apologise for having a baby, in the hope that it would make it hurt less.

"Sirius Black" called a panicked voice from the coffee table. Because Harry and Sirius weren't really talking, Sirius had started giving Remus the mirror in the hope that he at least could make Harry feel better. All he really wanted was to make Harry happy, and if that meant not talking to him, then so be it. Remus lurched forward and seized the mirror.

"Harry! Are you OK?" Remus asked, painfully aware that it was Halloween and that he wasn't OK. Now that he looked at him, Harry didn't look OK – he was pale, out of breath, and he looked rather worried.

"No, I'm not OK. Remus, what's the chamber of secrets?"

Remus fell back in his chair. Whatever he had been expecting, that wasn't it. "It's a legend Harry, but what makes you ask? Why the sudden interest in the myths of Hogwarts?"

Harry frowned slightly and took a deep breath. "We were at Nearly Headless Nick's death day party, and when we left we found Mrs Norris, hanging on the wall. Dumbledore said she'd been petrified. Anyway, there was writing on the wall behind her. It said 'THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR BEWARE' so, what is it?"

Maybe it was the way that Harry refused to meet his eyes, or the way that he kept looking down at his shoes, but Remus was sure that Harry wasn't telling him the whole truth. He was keeping something hidden, but Remus couldn't figure out what. It was obviously something he was uncomfortable with bringing up, so Remus didn't press any further. He looked at Harry cautiously, wondering if he should tell the boy the whole legend.

"Well, it's only a myth Harry. Nobody has ever found it. But, I can't see any harm in telling you, I'm sure you'll find out anyway. It goes back to the time of the Founders; you know Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin. Anyway, eventually the founders began to argue. Slytherin wanted to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts. He believed that magical learning should be kept within all-magic families. He disliked taking students of Muggle parentage, believing them to be untrustworthy. After a while, there was a serious argument on the subject between Slytherin and Gryffindor, and Slytherin left the school. This is where the myth starts. Apparently, Slytherin built a secret chamber in the castle, which he sealed when he left, and it supposedly can't be opened until Slytherin's heir arrives at the school. The heir is meant to, um, unleash the horror within and use it to rid the school of those that are apparently unworthy to study magic. But it's just a myth Harry, nothing more"

Harry paused before answering. "What's the 'horror within'?"

"Apparently it's a monster, that only the heir of Slytherin can control. But it's not real Harry, no one has ever found so much as a secret cupboard" Remus added, already seeing where Harry's mind was going.

"But, you said yourself that only the Heir of Slytherin could open it. So no one else will be able to find it, will they?"

"Oh Harry, don't be silly. It's just a myth. It's probably just somebody playing a joke"

"A joke? Pretty sick joke don't you think? With blood on the walls and a petrified cat" Harry answered back quickly.

"I wouldn't put it past some of them" A dark voice came from the doorway. Remus' head snapped up to see Sirius stood there, leaning casually against the wall.

"Sirius!" Harry cried happily, and then he seemed to remember that he was angry with him and looked to the floor. Remus sighed, for one blissful moment everything had been as it should. Sirius glanced at him quickly and took the seat next to Remus.

"You know, the marauders looked for the Chamber of Secrets once. Moony read about it and we thought it would be a great adventure. We didn't find anything though" Sirius said, trying to lighten the mood.

"Of course you didn't," Harry scoffed, "you were all Gryffindors. We've already established that the heir of Slytherin is the only one who can find it.

Remus raised an eyebrow. He had no recollection whatsoever of agreeing to that. "Well, if that's the case, you won't find it either – as you're a Gryffindor"

"Good. Filch already thinks I have something to do with it. I don't want anything to do with the chamber"

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Remus put the mirror down and sighed explosively as he sat in his armchair. Harry had addressed nearly all of his questions to Remus, and had barely acknowledged Sirius when he said goodbye. This argument was exhausting. Remus was sure he was he was going to have a nervous breakdown soon. He hated being in the middle, being the one who had to keep the peace.

"Well Harry seemed talkative" Sirius remarked sarcastically, staring intently at Remus.

"Oh don't. This argument between you two is so frustrating. What happened to the times when I'd walk in and find you carving something together, or talking about Quidditch or playing with Jethro?"

Sirius frowned sadly. "I don't know. I'm not even sure why he's so angry with me, I'm not aware of doing anything"

Remus sighed again. "He's not angry – he's hurt. He thinks that you won't love him anymore after the baby's born"

Sirius leapt to his feet. "What? How can he think that? I will love Harry no matter what. You told him that, right?"

"Of course I did. I'm as fed up with this argument as you are. But you have to understand how Harry feels. I think his exact words were 'Why would they want their best friends son if they have their own son?'"

Sirius' mouth dropped open. "How could he possibly think that? I've raised him like he was my son, and I will continue to love him as such, regardless of the baby. We didn't just take him in because he was James and Lily's son, we took him in because he was my godson and –"

"One of the only people I had left" Remus replied quietly. "We took him in because we loved him for who he was as a person, not who he was in regards to his parents. I've tried telling him that, but he doesn't seem to think that you view him that way"

"Rubbish" Sirius exclaimed, reaching for the mirror. "I'm going to talk to him and set things straight. I miss my godson. Harry Potter"

The two men waited in silence, staring at the mirror in hope. A minute passed and still no cheery face framed by black hair appeared. Sirius sighed. It would seem that Harry was ignoring them.

AN: I was feeling generous, so I've put this chapter up. My updates should stay on track for a bit, but I'm having issues with chapter 34, so if I don't get it sorted soon – my updates will slow.

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