"Remus, come upstairs and show me where you and Harry will be sleeping from now on," Fenrir said as he moved past everyone and went up the stairs.
"Here it is; Harry and I will stay here," Remus said, pointing to the smallest bedroom.
Fenrir's eyebrow rose as he looked at the small dirty room; walking in, he turned and smiled at Remus. "Hel fix it?" he asked his grandson.
"No, Queen Frigga," Remus whispered in reverence.
"Granny!" Fenrir roared, knowing it would irritate his sister if she was paying attention in whatever realm she happened to be in at that moment, "this will do nicely. Let's get started; you are not required to be 100% caretaker of Harry. What were your plans before today?"
"James was convinced I was the traitor because I was a werewolf, but Lily wasn't. So she paid for me to attend four years of Uni."
"College?" Fenrir said, impressed.
"Yes," Remus agreed, "Lily had me set up in a cottage and a small living wage. Dumbledore kicked me out of the cottage and canceled the wage."
"Dumbledore will be getting his comeuppance," Fenrir growled. "Your main job here is to ensure the fat clod does not kill Harry again. Bringing the dead back to life is not one of Hel's specialties. We are worried she won't be able to do it a second time."
"WHAT?!" Remus yelled in horror, putting his hands to his mouth, "oh, Harry!" Remus dashed into Harry's nursery and found the Goddess Frigga sitting in the rocking chair holding a sleeping Harry.
"Granny!" Fenrir cried out quietly, not wanting to wake the baby, "granny, thank you for doing the room up. Are these a replica of father's rooms?"
"Yes, they are," Frigga said as she stood up and put Harry back into the crib, "his diaper has been changed, and I gave him a small bottle of milk. Please watch him closely; they have been starving him."
"Well, I won't let that continue," Remus snarled.
"Good," Frigga stated firmly, "you will watch out for abuse and be a physical reminder that they can't hurt this baby without consequences. During the full moons, you will also start running with Fenrir and his pack. You have not figured out how to control your wolf yet. That is imperative!"
Remus flinched out of habit at the thought of his wolf.
"When do you start classes?" Fenrir asked.
"January," Remus replied as he tucked the blanket around Harry and just kept his hand on the baby's back.
"I will get a wage set up for you so you can contribute some groceries and have some extra spending money. When you enter the neighborhood or if you are in the front yard, make sure you are using the disillusionment charm, so inquisitorial neighbors who check in with long-bearded schemers are not aware you are here," Hel said as she stepped into existence, making both men jump, but Frigga giggle. "My family still has a hidden enemy, and I think it is Dumbledore."
"I will do everything in my power to protect Harry," Remus swore.
~TLA~
A couple of days after Vernon's beat down found, Petunia with the two little boys in the local insurance agent's office. "Hello, Mr. Aston," Petunia said tiredly.
"Mrs. Dursley...Petunia, is everything okay?" Mr. Aston, the portly insurance agent, asked. Mrs. Margarita Aston was one of Petunia's friends and in her book club.
"Have you met my nephew Harry?" Petunia said as she looked at the two boys who were playing on the carpet.
"No, I haven't, but I heard Maggie mention he has come to live with you." Mr. Aston fished.
"Yes, my younger sister and brother-in-law died and left nothing for him. So Vernon and I are raising him. Vernon was mugged a couple of days ago in London...what if something happened to Vernon or me?" Petunia whispered with tears in her eyes.
"Let's take a look at your and Vernon's life insurance and get the boys taken care of if anything were to happen to you or Vernon," Mr. Aston said as he pulled some forms out.
~~ March 1982~~
Remus loved college; it was all he had dreamed of. All Lily had promised. He had made friends, had gone on dates, and was respected for his intelligence. Remus was even enjoying pack life. He had only joined for three moons, but it was the best three moons of his life. It was the first time he remembered that he did not need a healer after the full moon. Fenrir was nothing like how the Light described him, nothing like his father or Dumbledore had told him. Fenrir was caring, protective, and playful; he was not the monster everyone feared. So why did he side with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named?
Most college freshmen enjoy their first spring break and head to the French Rivera, the Bahamas, or the Americas, not Remus. He had been having a hinky feeling about Vernon for a while now. Harry did not look like he was gaining any weight; he still flinched around Vernon, not that he couldn't blame the lad. Remus flinched whenever anyone talked about their wolves, but he was getting better. Harry was not. So instead of enjoying all the beauty of the French Rivera, he did not tell Vernon or Petunia it was spring break; he said spring break was next week. He bundled himself up to leave, disillusioned himself, and staked out the house.
Remus watched as Petunia left to go to her aerobics class, leaving Harry and Dudley alone with Vernon. Usually, prominent Directors of any type of firm worked Monday through Friday, nine to five. But not Grunnings; no, Mr. Grunning wanted his workers to feel like the management understood them. So, Vernon had Mondays and Tuesdays off but worked Saturdays and Sundays. Time to sneak back into the house, Remus thought as Petunia drove away.
"No food for you, you little FREAK!" Remus heard Vernon snarling before he watched Harry being thrown into the cupboard under the stairs.
Remus bites back a snarl; Dudley was crying in the kitchen in his highchair. His father scared him, he liked to play with his cousin Harry, and he didn't understand his father's treatment of Harry every time uncle Moony was gone. "SHUT UP!" Vernon thundered at his son.
Remus stalked Vernon into the kitchen and re-illusioned himself; he picked Dudley up, and with a wave of his wand, Vernon was glued to the chair, which was glued to the floor. Incidentally, his tongue was also stuck to the roof of his mouth. Stalking out of the room with Dudley on one hip, he unlocked the cupboard under the stairs. He retrieved a silently crying Harry, who was being held by a Grim Reaper. Remus gulped at seeing the Grim Reaper and took Harry from him. Then, taking both boys with him, he entered his and Harry's room.
While Remus was getting the boys settled in Harry's nursery, the Grim Reaper informed Hel about the impending smackdown. Hel rushed to Fenrir's side, grabbed him, and entered a portal. They wanted to see what Remus was going to do.
Watching the boys play for a few minutes, Remus was satisfied that they would be alright alone for a while. Then, taking the monitor crystal, he left the boys and went down to the kitchen. Vernon was turning purple with rage. "If you keep that up, you will wind up having a stroke," Remus said as he fixed a nice healthy bowl of oatmeal and fruit; he set it on the table in front of Vernon. Remus also cooked up some sausage and bacon and then fried some eggs in the leftover bacon grease. He also put that on the table.
Taking a small bowl of oatmeal and some fruit Remus untied Vernon's tongue before asking, "What are the three rules?"
"FUCK YOU!" Vernon snarled, trying to get up from the chair.
Remus pulled his wand out and snarled, "abracadabra." Then he continued to eat.
Vernon's eyes went wide, "WHAT DID YOU DO? YOU FREAK!" He yelled in a panic.
"What are the three rules?" Remus asked again after he had wiped his face.
"FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKING FREAK!" Vernon screamed.
Picking up his wand again, he pointed it at Vernon and spit out, "alakazam!" He sat back in his chair, one elbow on the table and his hand holding his chin in a contemplating manor.
"TAKE THESE CURSES OFF ME, YOU FUCKING FREAK!" Vernon scream at Remus.
"I'm going to ask you one more time, and I better hear the magic words," Remus said thoughtfully as he picked up his wand and looked at Vernon. "What are the three rules?"
"FREAK, FREAK, FREAK!" Vernon screamed at Remus.
Having had enough, Remus pointed his wand at Vernon and casts, "bibbidi bobbidi boo."
Having seen enough, Fenrir pushes his way through the portal and yells, "WHAT ARE THE THREE RULES!"
Remus plugged his nose as Vernon had shit himself with Fenrir appearing out of thin air with Hel right behind him. "No calling Harry Freak or any other name. No physical abuse. Respect the bo...child." Vernon said, shaking as he looked at Fenrir with fear.
"What rules did you break to have my grandson asking about the rules?" Fenrir stalked up to Vernon and grabbed him by his large mustache. He yanked Vernon's head up to meet his eyes.
"I've been starving the boy whenever the w... Remus leaves, I hit the boy, hard enough to scare him but soft enough to not bruise, and I've been throwing him in the cupboard again," Vernon said with horror spreading on his face. He did not mean to tell the truth. He had intended to lie out his ass.
"AND YOU!" Fenrir yelled at Remus, "What the fuck is abracadabra, alakazam, and bibbidi bobbidi boo?"
For the first time in front of Fenrir, Remus showed his new Alpha some backbone and did not flinch. "Oh, with abracadabra, I cursed Vernon to always tell the truth. With alakazam, I cursed Vernon to always taste shit anytime he does not eat healthily and to feel the starvation he is inflicting on Harry. Finally, with bibbidi bobbidi boo, I cursed Vernon to be forever impotent. He is daft stupid if he thinks his secretary wants to fuck him and is not doing it because she's afraid of him.
Behind Remus, Frigga appeared and started snorting, trying to keep her laughter in. "Hahahaha!" Burst out of Frigga's mouth as she lost her battle. Hel and Fenrir stared at the Queen before they laughed too, not at whatever Frigga was seeing but at the fact that she was laughing so hard.
"Okay, what's so funny?" Remus asked.
"Pay attention in the year 1993 to American Muggle news. You'll find out." Frigga laughed at the future sight, muttering "Bobbitt!" before she opened a portal and disappeared.
"You get one more chance before I take you to our hunting grounds during a full moon!" Fenrir threatened Vernon and, with a wave of his hand, released him from the sticking spell, "Go clean yourself up, you disgusting Muggle, then you will clean this room."
Vernon bolted out of the room as fast as he could, and with a wave of Fenrir's hand, the rancid smell left (for the moment). He pulled out a chair, and Hel sat down before he moved around the table to sit at another chair. Not the one Vernon shat in; no one would touch that chair anytime soon. Pulling the food that was on the table towards him, Fenrir started to serve himself the greasy food while Hel ate the oatmeal and fruit like Remus. "So, abracadabra, alakazam, and bibbidi bobbidi boo?" Fenrir asked again.
"Muggle magic words that Vernon would recognize," Remus said as he poured everyone at the table tea.
"Are the curses real?" Hel asked.
"Oh yes, I wordlessly cast them while saying the nonsensical words." Remus proudly said.
"Hahahaha!" Fenrir laughed proudly.
"I was expecting to see a smackdown," Hel pouted.
"Mild-mannered Remus doing a smackdown?" Fenrir said, looking at his sister like she had grown a second head. Then, he turned to look at Remus, "this was a smackdown for Remus. He used his head," Fenrir snickered at his sister's pout.
