A month later, Harry's still very shy of me and spends most of his time alone. James, Lily Remus and I are having dinner with him in our flat.
"So, Harry do you like it here?" I ask
"Umm, yeah it's fine" He replies
"What's wrong?" I ask, feeling a twinge of pain.
"Wha? Nothing wrong"
"No Harry, really"
"Nothing's wrong!" He says, jumping up. He walks out of the flat back to his room. The twins followed.
An hour later James came back and woke me up. " Hey mum?"
"What's wrong James?"
"Harry didn't want you to know but I think that he's sick"
"Okay, I'll take him to Mungos in the morning"
"Do you want me to go get him?"
"No, I'll do it, you need to get some sleep"
"Okay mum" He says, we walk out and go into the water room.
"Harry? You okay?"
"Just get out"
"In that case, mobilicorpus" I say, the boy is raised into the air slightly and follows me around.
"What are you doing? Put me down!" He says.
When we get outside, I mutter the countercurse then begin, " Harry, are you really okay?"
"I dunno."
"Oh come on! Give me a little more that that!"
"I can't."
"Look, tell me what's wrong and I'll try to help you."
"You can't help me. Besides, why would you?"
"You'd be surprised, what's wrong?"
"I won't tell you" He says.
I accidentally fall into a memory, by myself.
"Freak! How dare you? Do you know how hard that is to clean up!" A woman yells
"Five strikes should do it" A man says.
"No! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!" Harry says.
I come out of the memory, I see my godson, looking scared.
"What was that?"
"That was accidental legilimency, I'm sorry. It was rude of me, I'm really sorry Harry"
"It's okay. What did you see?"
"It's really not okay, I shouldn't have done it"
"You said accidental. What's so bad about it anyway?"
"Legilimency is mind reading Harry, I read your mind. I haven't done it accidentally, since my first year at Hogwarts."
"What happened?"
"I read Siri's mind, he wasn't happy. I'm sure he was glad that his dad gave him occlumency classes"
"Who?"
"Sirius Black, he's one of my best friends, your godfather."
"When can I meet him?"
"Actually, that's what I was wondering, it would be really hard, I mean, the reliving itself would be a nightmare, and then the patronuses, Maybe if Flame came with us, we could go to Azkaban tomorrow."
"What's Azkaban?"
"Oh, wizard prison. Don't worry, Siri actually isn't dangerous, or guilty."
"Not guilty? Why is he in prison then?"
"Because witnesses are wrong sometimes."
"Oh. Were you there?"
"No, but I knew he was going to do it."
"Oh" Harry says, he yawns.
"Come on, bed." I say, he goes to his room and I go to mine.
The next morning, I talk to Flame about going to Azkaban, she said she would come as long as the twins stay home. I agree and we apparate to the prison.
"Who are you?" The guard says
"Kristine Lupin, Jamie Lupin and Harry Potter."
"Here to see?"
"Sirius Orion Black"
"Why?"
"Because I want to see my best living friend?"
"Do you need a Patronus escort?"
"No, we'll manage." I say, walking out. I walk down a corridor when I see a dark mass approaching.
"Wha? What's that?" Harry says, moving behind me.
"Expecto Patronum" Flame and I say at the same time, a phoenix and a wolf appear, chasing after the dementor. We keep going, the wolf at my side and the phoenix at Flame's looking for Sirius' cell.
"Kriss? Flame? Is that you guys? No, that's not possible. There's no way they would come into Azkaban, on purpose." Sirius says
"Siri, don't doubt yourself" I say, appearing in his sight.
"Kriss. How? Why?"
"I miss you, besides, look who finally got to leave the muggle world" I say, side stepping, to reveal Harry.
"No way! Harry, that's amazing! How did you get past the Dementors? I mean, I wasn't even in the same room, but they, wow"
"Patronuses Siri, in case you haven't noticed, there are two of them, two of us."
"I know Kriss, I was just saying,"
"No, and I never plan on letting them."
"Good. I'm glad you're still alive"
"And you want me to track down Wormtail?"
"Possibly, a little bit"
"Yeah, no, not happening. I don't want to share a cell with you." I say. Sirius laughs.
"Oh man Kriss, I've missed your sarcasm."
"I'm going to try to get you a trial, you've deserved it for the past nine years, I'm sorry I haven't done this sooner, just, when I think about you, I think about messrs Moony Wormtail Padfoot and Prongs, and the Flower Queen. I just, I can't think about all of you in the same sentence, I still get flashbacks of when I saw the water flow slower. I could feel Avada, you know?"
"No, I don't but I don't want to"
"Exactly, are you okay though, I mean,"
"By a dementor's definition, I'm perfect. Yours, not so much"
"Did they use to have a thing?" Harry asks Flame. All three of us laugh.
"Nope, always Remus, just Remus" I say, still laughing.
"Why are you two acting all lovey dovey?"
"Nope, we aren't. If you were seeing your brother after nine years, you'd be pretty close to this too."
"You remember the Weasleys?"
"Yes. I will never forget what we did to Alastor. I still owe Arthur for that one"
"That was amazing."
"I agree, I think it's time I go back to the Ministry, I'll see you later, hopefully without dementors or bars, a lot has happened in nine years you know."
"Bye Kriss, Flamsie, Harry" He says, we turn around and walk out.
"What are you doing?" The guard asks me on our way out.
"Going home?" I ask, "This is a joke, right?"
"No."
"Well then, Flame, take Harry home. I need to go to the ministry" I say, after this, I apparate away.
"Hello," A man says, taking my wand and putting a charm on it. He hands it back to me.
"Hello" I say, taking my wand. I walk to the elevator.
I go to the Aurors office without a word and I look for Moody.
"Kristine."
"Oh thank goodness, Moody, I need to talk to you"
"About what?"
"Siri, er Sirius"
"I want nothing to do with him"
"Really Moody? He's innocent, I can prove it."
"Sure you can."
"Accio" I say, a small container flies into my hand, I pull out a memory of when I was being fed lupidemort, another container, when I first heard about him being a death eater. The third, his dark mark. "You look at those, and you tell me that Siri murdered thirteen people. You look at those and say that he is a traitor. Good luck with that. By the way, in pensieve, you become me and not just watching me."
"How do you know that?"
"You act like I've never had memories in pensieve before. Please Alastor, just give him a trial. He deserves one."
"I will review these memories and try to get him a trial"
"Thank you" I say, walking out. In the corridor, I bump into Arthur Weasley.
"Hello Krissy, it's been awhile since you've been in the ministry."
"Yeah, I guess it has, so, I was wondering, do you, Molly and your kids want to come back to the school, it's been so long, i think it would be fun."
"But, your students."
"And? They have control over themselves,"
"Oh, well then, when should we come?"
"How's next Friday?"
"That is okay with us, I'll see you then" He says, walking into what I assume is his office. I leave and disapparate.
Next Friday, we get ready for dinner as there are multiple 'crack!' sounds on the grounds. I go outside and see a group of people outside.
"Hi Krissy!" Molly says, hugging me
"Hey! Nice to see you all again"
"You've done well here?"
"Yeah, we're pretty good, the school is doing okay, oh! I forgot to tell you guys, my godson is living with us now."
"Isn't Harry your godson?"
"Yeah, he is."
"Isn't that what you wanted? What's wrong?"
"Moody still thinks it was Siri and not Peter."
"Scabbers! Stop it! That hurts!" A kid says, holding the rat away from himself.
"Oh, excuse me, do you mind if I see that rat?" I ask, walking over to him.
"Here, he's useless anyway" He says, handing me the rat.
"Revelio" I say, pointing my hand at the rat that occupies the other hand. It morphs into a human who I punch in the face immediately. "I hate you so bloody much! You killed them!" I yell, in between punches.
"Krissy! What's wrong?" Remus asks, running down. When he sees what I'm doing, he stops. "You!"
"What's going on? I don't understand." Arthur says.
I grab Peter's left arm and pull back his sleeve. "This is Peter Pettigrew, also known as Wormtail, also known as traitor. Pertrificus Totalus" I say, he freezes. "I'll be back, I have a brother whose innocence needs to be proven" I say, apparating to the Ministry. I see the minister, Cornelius Fudge walking out. "Minister!" I say, dragging the limp body of Peter behind me.
"Who is that?"
"Is Alastor Moody still here?"
"Yes, he's in his office, why?"
"Because I got myself a little more proof for my case."
"Who's your case about?"
"Sirius Black sir, he's innocent"
"Who is this then?"
"Peter Pettigrew"
"I will escort you to Head Auror Moody's office, I am supposed to judge that case."
"Oh, well then this is something you need to see" I say.
We get into the office and I show the three memories and show them that Peter is not dead. They give him versatarium and he tells them everything, including what really happened when those muggles were killed. Sirius was released the next morning and Rem and I were with him when Peter took his place
"Justice finally served" I say, with a hint of satisfaction.
"Well, someone's happy about that" Sirius says, rolling his eyes
"He did kill the Flower Queen and Prongs"
"True, but what do we do now?"
"Easy, we go to Godric's Hollow"
"With Harry?"
"And the twins, then, you two take the three of them home, I need to go to Mungo's"
"Why?"
"Alice." I say, before apparating to Godric's Hollow. Sirius appears with Harry and James behind me, then Remus with Lily.
"Where are we?" Harry asks.
"Godric's Hollow, your house to be exact." I say, looking at the exploded house. We walk in, I step carefully around a spot, not because something bad will happen there, but because something bad has happened there. I see people in the graveyard, I get mad.
"Kriss, calm down"
"You know perfectly well why I'm not calm Remus, they're tourists. In a cemetery."
"I never said that it was right"
"It's not" He agrees
We go through the house, then we go to the cemetery, I am so mad when I see people who I have never seen before in my life standing near in talking about Lily and James like they knew them. I did something I never would have ever guessed, I sighed with relief when I saw Severus and a child.
"What are you doing here snivellus?" Sirius asks.
"Siri, stop. He knew Lils too, she wasn't just our friend. Besides, he's a good guy now" I say rationally.
"Thank you Krissy,"
"Don't mention it, ever. To anyone."
"Okay?"
"Hello, I'm Draco, Draco Malfoy." The boy with white hair says, sticking his hand out to the twins.
"James Lupin"
"Lily Lupin"They say in turn
"And you are?" He asks, turning towards Harry,
"H-Harry Potter" He says, shaking his hand
"Well, you're not what I was expecting from the person who killed the Dark Lord."
"Well, keep on imagining, because he isn't dead." Harry says,
"Well, of course he's dead, you killed him, didn't you?" Draco says, obviously worried now.
"Draco, I think it's time we get going" Severus says, disapparating with the boy.
"What was that about?" Lily asks
"Nothing, you guys should go home" I say
"Where are you going?"
"Nowhere" I say, I apparating to St. Mungo's I go to a very familiar ward. I take out a memory, I give it to Alice, I sigh as the memory plays out.
"Kriss?"
"ALICE!" I say hugging her
"How long was I gone?"
"Nine years"