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Dangers In The Past

Sirius immediately grew worried; he didn't like seeing concern in the old headmaster's face. "Is something wrong with Harry, Albus?"

The old man sighed and sat down next to Minerva. "I'm worried about him, Sirius. He's tired, very tired, and not only physically. The last fight took a lot out of him. I don't know if it was such a good idea to let him come."

Sirius shook his head sadly. "It's what he wanted, Albus, he had the right to come if he wished to do so."

"I know, Sirius, I know." The old wizard looked up at his younger friend. "I have ordered Harry to stay in bed tomorrow. Please make sure he does so."

Sirius nodded. "We will headmaster."

Dumbledore stood up once again and looked around. "We will be back next week to check on you. If Harry's condition hasn't improved by then, I'll take him back with me to the future so he can regain his strength." In an after thought he asked. "Is that alright with you, Sirius?"

"Sure, but why are you waiting? Why not take him there right now?"

"I asked him if he wanted to return but he said he wanted to stay. Besides, right now we are having our share of problems over there. Reporters continue to look for him. They are still insisting on interviewing him. Rita Skeeter has been giving us lots of problems and if someone found out Harry was at Hogwarts, he wouldn't have a single moment of peace."

Ethan had been listening intently and frowned. "She has broken her promise to Hermione, then?"

Everyone turned to him. Dumbledore had a slight frown etched across his face. "What are you talking about, Charlie?"

"Well, last summer I heard the three kids talking about her. I didn't hear what it was about, I just caught the part where Hermione said she had found out something about Skeeter and had made a deal with her so that Rita would not write any untruths, providing, Hermione didn't spill her secret."

Minerva snorted softly. "Well, she certainly broke her promise. Do you know what Hermione had against her? Maybe we could use it to keep her quite"

Charlie shook his head. "Sorry, but I didn't catch it and when I asked, they refused to tell me. But I will ask one of them again. Maybe now that Skeeter has broken her promise they will be willing to tell us."

Dumbledore nodded. "Yes, do that, please." He turned towards the two Death Eaters who had remained unconscious for the whole time and put a levitating charm on them. Then he turned to Arthur and Minerva, who stood up. "We should go now." The old man turned to the others that had been listening silently. "Please, trust our people. They are very skilled and will do their best to keep you safe."

The teachers nodded in acceptance and with a final nod towards the future people, Dumbledore walked out of the room followed by Minerva, Arthur and the two floating Death Eaters.

Once the door closed behind the teachers, Sirius sighed and looked around. Most of the staff was lost in thought and he realised that they would not be asking any more questions tonight, so he turned to Daniel and motioned for him. "Let's get going, Daniel, I want to check on Harry."

Remus nodded. "Sure, Ryan." The werewolf turned to the staff. "We'll see you tomorrow. If you need us, you know where to find us."

They said goodbye to Ethan, who had decided to stay just in case something happened, and left the room silently.

In their quarters, Sirius immediately moved to the closed door of his godson's bedroom. Silently he opened it and slipped into the dimmed area. The boy was snuggled into his blankets, a peaceful look on his face. Sirius stayed a few minutes there, just looking at Harry, wondering what would happen from then on. He turned when he heard the door open and saw Remus come in. The werewolf moved to stand next to him and also looked down on the sleeping child. Then he looked up at Sirius's concerned face and put a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"It's going to be alright, Padfoot."

His best friend sighed and rubbed his tired eyes. "I know, but it's hard to see him always that exhausted. It seems he's starting to get better and then something like this happens. And he has changed so much. I feel like I've lost the child I had just gained."

"You know that's not true, Sirius, it's still Harry"

"A much more withdrawn, Harry."

Remus sighed. He didn't know what he could say to calm his friend's fears. "Sirius, it's barely been a month since the attack, he hasn't had time to deal with what's happened, considering he was unconscious most of the time. You need to let everything sink in. Being here is probably making it that much more difficult."

Sirius shook his head angrily. "Albus should have taken him back with him, it would have given him time to rest."

"Albus didn't want to force things right now, Harry has the right to decide what he wants to do as long as it doesn't hurt him."

Sirius growled a tad frustrated. "I'm not that sure this isn't hurting him."

"I know, Sirius, but right now I think that a swarm of reporters would be far worse and Dumbledore can't watch him all the time. It probably would be much more stressful than staying here."

Sirius sighed in defeat and nodded. "I guess you're right. We'll just have to help him here as much as we can. I'm sure Albus will come up with some solution. He always does."

Remus nodded and looked back at the boy laying in bed, oblivious to the whispering conversation his guardians had just had. "Lets go to sleep, Sirius. It won't help if we are tired tomorrow."

The other man nodded. He bent over his godson and kissed the boy's check softly. "Good night, Kido."

Both men left the room as silently as they had come in, when Sirius close the door he had just time to see Echo returning and settle down next to Harry.

Next morning, Ron and Hermione made their way to the great hall sleepily. They hadn't been able to catch much sleep, worried as they were about Harry. They walked in silence, surrounded by many whispers of the other students. Younger students were looking at them in awe, while the older ones stepped out of their way to let them pass. Many times Ron had to fight the urge to roll his eyes and shout to the lot of them to act normal. Luckily, he was more or less used to this thanks to his long friendship with Harry, although normally it was his black-haired friend who caught the attention. Hermione, who walked at his side, also ignored everyone. That was the best way to deal with this: just ignore everyone and wait till they realised how stupid they were acting.

Ron and Hermione sat down in the Gryffindor table and noticed Ryan and Daniel had yet to show up at the teacher's table. Ethan was already in a deep conversation with professor Flitwick.

A voice startled both of them out of their thoughts. "Hey."

Both teenagers looked up and smiled. "Hello Sirius, hello James."

The two Marauders returned their smiles and sat down in front of them. James looked around and frowned lightly. "Where's Harry?"

Immediately, Hermione looked worried. "We don't know, we haven't seen him since yesterday."

"Harry won't be coming today." The four teenagers turned around and were faced with Daniel. "He was very tired from the fight yesterday, and you know his health isn't that great right now. Ryan insisted he stayed put for today, possibly tomorrow, too. It depends on how he's feeling." Looking at the concerned faces of the teenagers he smiled. "If he's awake later you can go see him, I'm sure Ryan won't mind."

The four friends smiled a little relieved and waved when Daniel walked away.

James seemed excited by the prospect of talking to Harry again. "Hey, it will be so cool, I haven't had the chance to talk much with him. He's a hero now, you know, he saved Dumbledore and all that."

Hermione and Ron groaned and put their heads in their hands. The redhead muttered. "Yeah, we know, it's kind of a normal thing for him."

But neither Marauder heard him, as they were already talking about what they wanted to ask Harry.

To be continued...

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