It was seven days after Remus and Sirius' fight and nothing had gotten better. His birthday was in six days and he was determined to get Sirius and Remus talking by then. The only relatively good thing that had happened, though it was only good to her, Summer had had her Dark Mark removed. Harry had been thinking about how to get his uncles to talk and he thought he had finally figured something out. If it worked, he'd have to wait and see.

"Sirius, just talk to him. He feels really bad about it even if it wasn't his fault. Please, just talk to him," Harry said to Sirius.

"No. I'm not talking to him, Harry. I don't care if it wasn't his fault. It still happened. He still let it happen."

Harry groaned. "You had better talk to him before my birthday. I don't want to have a party where you two are fighting and can't even be in the same room!" Harry snapped. He was glaring at Sirius. Sirius shook his head and stood up. As he headed for the stairs, Harry took Sirius' wand out of his pocket. He put it in his own pocket with Remus' wand. With his idea, it'd be better if they didn't have their wands.

Time to make them friends again, Harry took a deep breath. He went down the hall and hid in the shadows by the library. "Remus! Sirius! I need you both in the library! Both of you!" Harry called for his uncles. He watched as Sirius walked into the library then Remus right after. Harry grabbed the door handle and, before closing the door, said, "You two are going to work this out. Now talk," he shut the door and turned the key, locking it.

"Harry, you are in so much trouble," he heard Remus say.

"Where the hell are our wands?" Sirius shouted.

"I have them," Harry answered.

"Harry Potter! Unlock this door and give us our wands!" Remus ordered angrily.

"No! I'm not letting you out until you two talk! I'm tired of you fighting. You have me acting like the adult right now. You both have always told me to be the kid. Let me be the kid then! Not the adult! Now work this out!" Harry replied. He grabbed a chair and sat down, leaving against the wall. He looked at his watch. It was one in the afternoon.

For a long time, Remus and Sirius said nothing. They sat in chairs and ignored each other. After about an hour, Sirius finally spoke.

"Why did you kiss her, Remus? I thought we were best friends," Sirius said quietly.

"We are, or were, I guess. You wouldn't listen long enough for me to explain."

"You didn't need to explain anything! It was pretty clear!" Sirius said angrily.

"That's what you think! I was trying to tell you the truth but you just kept screaming at me so I couldn't say anything! Then you brought up James and it threw me off guard. That snip hurt like hell," Remus replied, loudly and angrily at first then calming and quieting. They fell quiet and they heard Harry groan. They also heard him talking to himself.

"You try to get people to stop fighting but they always end up fighting more. Ugh!"

"You know, I'm sorry for the snip about James. Really," Sirius apologized.

"It's fine. You were mad. It could have been prevented if I was able to explain."

"Ah no!" they heard Harry say.

"I told you," Sirius was mad again, "there was no need to explain anything!"

"Yeah, I got it. I got it," Remus sighed.

"Damn it already!" they heard Harry curse.

"Harry, watch your language!" Remus scolded.

"Sorry, but this isn't what I meant when I told you to talk, and this cat is killing me. Ow! Get off!" Harry answered then shouted.

"Cat?" Remus and Sirius said together in confusion.

"Yeah, it's black and its claws are killing me."

"Harry, we don't have a cat," Sirius stated.

"I know that. I live here, remember? We only have a dog and Hedwig, but there's a cat here. Black, not very furry, blue eyes."

"We don't—Summer!" Sirius and Remus said. They ran to the door.

"Harry, let us out! Get away from the cat! It's Summer! Let us out!" Remus shouted as he and Sirius pounded on the door.

"Get—away—from—me!" they heard Harry growl then a cat meow. "She's gone."

"Good, now let us out," Sirius stated.

"No. You still haven't made up. For that to happen, Sirius, you have to listen to Remus. Now do it," Harry ordered.

Sirius turned to Remus. "Well?"

"Sirius, I swear I didn't kiss her. Look, you were at work and I was making dinner because I knew you were going to be home soon. While I was cooking, Summer came into the kitchen. She wanted to talk so I let her. At first we were talking about why we were keeping Harry away from her. Then, she changed the subject. She started talking about that day down by the lake a few days before summer in fifth year when we played Truth or Dare. When she brought it up, I turned around and she was right there. Like I told her, someone would have thought we were hugging. Anyways, she asked if I remembered what Lily had dared her to do. I remembered, but instead I told her what James had dared you to do. She said no, that what Lily had dared her to do was different and had made you and Michelle jealous. I didn't answer so she came closer and said maybe she could jog my memory. Then she kissed me. I was just pushing her off when you walked in. I swear I had nothing to do with this. She kissed me. Please believe me," Remus told Sirius what happened.

Sirius stayed quiet as he debated on whether or not to believe his friend or not. After what seemed like an eternity to Remus, Sirius smiled. "I knew you could never do that. I'm sorry, Remus. Really. I was wrong. I should have let you explain before I chose to ignore you for a week. I'm really sorry," Sirius apologized.

"It's all right. You can afford to be a git sometimes," Remus grinned.

"Glad to hear it," Sirius clapped Remus on the shoulder.

"Now, can I let you out or are you going to start fighting again as soon as the door's unlocked?" Harry said.

"Let us out, kiddo," they heard the key click and the door opened.

"How much trouble am I in?" Harry said.

Remus knelt in front of him and looked into his eyes. "Heaps," he held out his hand and Harry, knowing right away what his uncle wanted, slid the wands into his waiting hand. "Now, what time is it?"

"Almost three," Harry answered.

"Do you have any more summer work?" Remus asked. Harry nodded. "Go do it. Go," Harry groaned as he got pushed to the stairs. He looked to Sirius for help but his godfather was grinning. He sighed and trudged up the stairs.

"Is he getting grounded?" Sirius wondered as they got drinks.

"No."

"Then why—"

"Because, he's only in trouble for taking our wands. He just has to do a few extra chores around the house. Like cleaning his room, for one. I swear, if he takes our wands again, he'll be grounded for life," Remus replied. Sirius laughed. "Did you actually go in the Black Lake and touch the squid?"

"No. Chickened out. That's when Lily came up with that 'men are kings' thing."

"Oh yeah. What was that again? Men are kings—"

"'Men are kings, kings are rulers, rulers are thirty centimetres, still feel like a man?'," Sirius quoted. "She was harsh," they both laughed.

"That she was," Remus agreed.

"Do you think Summer will do anything else to Harry?" Sirius suddenly said.

"Dunno. She better not. If she does, she's out. I don't care what Dumbledore says," Remus stated.

"Ditto," they clinked their bottles together then took drinks.

"Summer, come here," Harry said from his bedroom.

"Yes?"

"Why did you kiss Remus?"

"Because I wanted to."

"You made it so they hated each other for a week. They almost didn't make up, one of them could have left."

"Exactly the idea," she muttered.

"What?" Harry frowned. He shook his head and used the wall for support. He was suddenly feeling dizzy.

"That was the idea. If you have noticed, I want you for myself. I want to raise you like I should have all those years ago instead of those idiots who can't even keep a job," Summer growled.

Harry shut his eyes then opened them. He felt ready to fall over. "They keep jobs fine! I will never be yours! I'm not even going to get into how you think you should have raised me instead of two bachelors. You could have if you stayed with Sirius, but you didn't. you left so you lost your chance," Harry swayed. "Now, out of my room and excuse me," Harry stumbled to the stairs and walked down them.

"Harry? Is that you?" Sirius called.

"Yeah," Summer was behind Harry but he didn't care.

"You're supposed to be doing your homework," Remus said.

"Guys, I don't feel too good. I feel horrible actually," he was leaning on the fridge to stay standing.

"What's wrong?" Sirius asked.

"I don't know. I'm really dizzy. I feel like I'm going to fall over."

"You might be catching something," Remus said. Harry listened as his guardians stood and walked to the kitchen. "Oh my God!"

"Harry, you're white as a ghost!" Sirius gasped. Harry was pure white and was starting to sweat. He looked like death. "We have to get you to bed," the older wizards helped Harry up the stairs.

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know. I've never seen this before. It's not a regular sickness," Remus put a hand on Harry's forehead. "My God. His temperature must be through the roof."

"Harry. Harry, look at me," Sirius said. Harry's eyes had closed and he wouldn't open them again. "Remus."

"I can't do anything. I don't know what's wrong," Remus said, his eyes full of worry.

"I know what's wrong," they spun around and saw Summer in the doorway.

"What did you do to him?" Remus glared.

"You know, my mother never died. She's still alive. She's in Albania."

Remus frowned. "What did you do to Harry?"

"Do you remember that one day I told you that I had something in my blood from my mother?" Summer looked at Sirius. He nodded. "What's in my blood?"

"Vampire venom."

"Exactly. If I bite people when I'm human, they turn into a vampire, but if I bite then when I'm a cat, they only get poisoned. Takes about ten minutes to start and then that person has exactly five minutes to live. Harry has about three minutes left," Summer replied casually. They looked at her, horrified.

"How could you?" Sirius breathed and turned back to his dying godson. Remus quickly took out his wand and waved it. A leopard protruded from the end and ran off.

"Either he lives with me or he doesn't live at all," Summer threatened. "He has two minutes left."

"Harry, come on, kiddo. Don't leave us. Come on. Stay with us," Sirius whispered. He had tears in his eyes as he watched Harry's life slip away. Remus stared at them, fighting his own tears that had formed.

"One minute," Summer said in a sing-song voice.

"Please, Harry. Please stay with us. We can't lose you," Sirius' tears had spilled over and Remus' were falling slowly.

"Remus? Sirius?" someone called from downstairs.

"Up in Harry's room! Hurry, please!" Remus called. They listened as someone ran up the stairs and saw Snape run into the room.

"Thirty seconds," Summer stated.

"My God. Excuse me, Sirius. I need to help him," Snape went to Harry's side. He pulled a stone out of his pocket.

"Fifteen…fourteen…thirteen…twelve…" Summer started counting.

"I need one of you to give me some of your blood. He's not a vampire, but for this poisoning, I need it," Snape said.

"Eleven…ten…nine…eight…" Summer continued.

Sirius volunteered. "I'll do it."

"Okay, cut your wrist and fill this up to the second line," Snape handed Sirius a small glass tube and pointed at the second line.

"Seven…six…five…four…" Summer was almost done. Sirius quickly cut his wrist and put blood into the tube. Snape took it from him and put the stone into Harry's throat. He waited a couple seconds then poured the blood into the boy's mouth. Snape put a hand over Harry's heart, nodded to himself, put his fingers to Harry's neck, and nodded again.

"He'll be fine now. He'll be weak for about a day or so. Maybe less. As for her, I'd change up the current situation. Harry will be fine. If he starts to sweat heavily, put two to four drops of blood into his mouth. That will help. Goodbye," Snape told them and left.

"He's right. We have to change everything. Summer, you won't be staying here for very long," Remus pointed at her. He turned his back on her and looked to Harry.

"I'm not going anywhere except Russia with Harry," Summer said. They turned and were facing the end of Summer's wand. They put their hands on their own wands.

"Summer, why are you doing this?" Sirius stated.

"Just trying to get those years that I missed back."

"Summer, you know—" she cut Remus off.

"Shut up already! I'm sick and tired of hearing that! Now, you are going to let me leave here with Harry!"

"No, we're not. You're not going anywhere with him," Remus replied.

"Either you let me leave or I kill you," Summer pointed her wand at Sirius. Remus' eyes grew wide but Sirius looked calm.

"Kill me then," Sirius dared. Remus started breathing very fast as he looked between them.

"Avada Kedavra!" the green light went straight at Sirius and filled the room, blinding all of them.

"You've wanted to do that for a while, haven't you?" Kingsley raised an eyebrow.

"Oh yeah," Sirius grinned. Kingsley and Tonks laughed.

After Summer sent the Killing Curse at Sirius, he stayed on the floor. Remus was horrified as he saw his friend fall. What they didn't know was that Sirius had done a non-verbal Shield Spell. Summer had smirked and turned her back. She was going to her room and was going to pack her stuff. When she left, Sirius followed.

"Summer Watts, you're under arrest for attempted murder of a Ministry official," he had said. He had waved his wand and handcuffed her. She glared. "Remus, stay here with Harry. I have to make a visit to the Ministry," and he had gone to the Ministry, quickly meeting up with Kingsley and Tonks. Together they proved to the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, that Summer had tried to kill Sirius. She was quickly sentenced to life in Azkaban.

Now Sirius, Kingsley, and Tonks were chatting in Sirius' office.

"So where's Remus? I guess you two stopped fighting?" Tonks said.

"He's at home, watching Harry. How do you know we were fighting?" Sirius furrowed his eyebrows at his cousin.

"What? Harry and I talk. He told me what was going on three days into the fight," Tonks shrugged.

"Of course," Sirius rolled his eyes. "Anyways, no. We're not fighting anymore. Harry made us talk," he added.

"Why were you fighting this time?" Kingsley asked, crossing his arms across his chest.

"Nothing much. Summer kissed Remus, idiot here saw, got mad, and wouldn't let Remus explain until today but that's because he was forced by his fifteen year old nephew. He thought Remus kissed her, not the other way around like it was," Tonks replied simply and casually.

"Wow. Harsh," Kingsley stated.

Sirius rolled his eyes. "All right, all right. Let's move on, people. The fight's over," he sighed. They shrugged, still grinning, and Sirius shook his head.

"You should probably get home, huh? In case Harry wakes up. Tell him we said hi and we'll try to visit soon and if not, we'll see you three at his birthday," Tonks responded and Sirius nodded.

"See you later," Sirius left his office and Flooed home. While stepping out of the fire, he tripped and fell, cursing. When he got up, he smelled food and went to the kitchen. Salad, chicken, and cooked vegetables had been made. He grabbed a plate and filled it up. He sat at the table and dug in.

"Padfoot? That you?" Remus was descending the stairs.

"Yeah, it's me," Sirius said as Remus appeared. "Has Harry woken up yet?"

"No, only stirred. Might not wake until tomorrow," Remus shook his head. "What happened with Summer?"

"Life in Azkaban," Sirius replied shortly.

"Are you serious?"

"Yep."

"Good."

"What about Dumbledore?"

"What about him?"

"Well, he'll be pretty mad that we sent her to prison."

"Screw that. She tried to kill you and Harry. I think he'll let us slide this time," Remus told him.

"Yeah. What time is it?"

"Quarter to ten."

"That late already?" Sirius gasped. Remus nodded. "Wow. Already have to go to bed," Remus rolled his eyes, grinning.

"Hey, I never asked. How is everyone taking Moody's death?"

"Better now. Place was a wreck when I got there after the attack. I made a bunch of people take a few days off to grieve. It's much better now," Sirius answered. He finished his plate and washed it. "How is Harry? Did you have to give him more blood?"

"No, he's fine. Breathing slowed, heart slowed, pulse slowed, and he stopped sweating. Like Snape said, he'll be fine but weak," Remus said.

"Good. Well, I'll go see him then I'm gonna get to bed. G'night, Moony."

"G'night, Sirius," Remus followed Sirius up the stairs but went to his bedroom, while Sirius went to Harry's.

"Hey, kiddo," Sirius whispered to the sleeping boy. He sat on the bed and looked at Harry. He pushed hair out of the teen's face. Harry was slowly getting his colour back. Sirius watched as Harry stirred.

"Sirius?" Harry mumbled, his eyes open a bit.

"Hey, kiddo. How are you?" Sirius whispered.

"All right. I can't feel my body. Can't move," Harry muttered.

"You're going to be fine. Go back to sleep. You need to rest. I'll see you in the morning. Love you, Harry," Sirius kissed Harry's forehead then walked to the door.

"Night, Sirius. Love you," Harry yawned and drifted to sleep as Sirius shut the door. Sirius sighed and went to bed.