CLASSIFICATION: PG-13 for mild violence later on in the story (however this could change at any given time).
SUMMARY: Where is Harry going now that he's gone from the Dursleys?
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter, in any way, shape or form. I love to read the books, but I sure don't own them. J.K. Rowling and WB do. This is simply a tribute to the Harry Potter series. I am making no money from this and I'm just enjoying sharing some of my own crazy ideas. However, I do own Madam Nurr, Miss. Kefira, and Mr. Hellfire, plus some others that I will be adding at a later time.
AUTHORS NOTE: This was my first fan fiction that I ever posted. I pulled it down because it needed to be re-written. However, I have decided to keep this as it is, and use it as a template for the next fic after 'Hate & Love' I hope you all enjoy... This was written almost three years ago and hasn't been changed since. I am under no delusions that it is any good. Just something I wrote.
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From Chapter Six:
Lupin watched her from the doorway. She had not stirred from where she was sitting. He had never seen her not respond to even the slightest noise before. She had always moved as soon as there was movement. He walked up behind her and touched her on the shoulder.
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Chapter Seven
Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
Lupin awoke the next morning in a daze. His first conscious thought was, 'where the hell am I.' It sure did not look like the room that he was supposed to be sharing with Harry. As he pulled himself into a sitting position, he realized that not only was he in a strange room, but that he was dressed only in his boxers and his head felt like mush.
Groaning, he forced himself to throw his legs over the side of the bed, voicing aloud. "What in the nine shades of hell happened last night?" The last thing he remembered was reaching down and touching Madam Nurr's shoulder, the next thing he knew, he was waking up in this bed.
He heard a soft laughter coming from the other side of the room. Turning his body where he sat, he looked towards whomever was there.
"Moony, Moony, Moony... you know better than to sneak up on someone," Madam Nurr chided from a chair.
"Tei, what happened?" Lupin asked as he started to rub his forehead.
"If you do not remember M'Lord Lupin, it is not my place to say." The grin that passed over her face was priceless.
"Come on Tei, what happened?"
However, she just sat there and giggled at him for a few more moments. When she did finally speak again, it was on a different topic. "Come on Moony, it is time for you to get dressed." She continued to giggle. "We need to pick Padfoot up at the train station. Harry and I have been waiting for you to wake up."
"Say what?" Lupin started, looking around for his robes and found them on the bedside table, neatly folded. "What time is it?"
"It is almost nine o'clock you dolt!" She could not help but laugh at his frantic efforts to pull his robes on over his head while keeping the blanket across his lap. "Oh, by the way, nice boxers." By this point, she was leaning back in her chair laughing hysterically. "Cupids?"
Lupin blushed a rather bright shade of red and started mumbling. "They were a gift!" He finished getting into his robes and stood carefully. "We have to go then, why did you not wake me up earlier? What about all the shopping that needed to be done?" He said while making his way to the door where Madam Nurr joined him.
"It has already been done; Harry is packing everything in the car while I got you. As for not waking you, you needed your rest, dear friend." She smiled up at him. "Now come, neither Harry nor I know how to drive and we do need to be going. We are running late."
Lupin gave her an appraising look, than chuckled as they made their way to the car. "Just can't wait to get your hands on the old dog, can you Tei?"
Madam Nurr turned beet red.
Trying to pull of a professional demeanor, "I have a purely professional interest in him Remus."
"Yeah right Tei, which is why you are every shade of red known to the wizarding world." Lupin chuckled.
"I am not." Madam Nurr was trying to sound indignant. "Come on, Harry is waiting for us. He wants to see his godfather, and I have a patient to take care of."
Lupin just shook his head and chuckled as they went out the back door of the pub. He had seen the looks that the two of them had been shooting at each other when they thought the other was not looking. However, she was right, they had to go pick up Sirius at the station, and as it was it looked like they were going to be late. Madam Pomfrey would have a fit if they were late, for she was turning Sirius over to Tei for care.
As they walked out the door, Harry was waiting for them. "Hey you two. What took so long?"
The three of them climbed into the car and were off.
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The drive to King's Cross Station was uneventful. Thanks to the car they were borrowing from the Ministry of Magic, they arrived with five minutes to spare.
Hurrying though the station, they quickly reached the barrier that separated platform nine and three-quarters from the rest of the station. Casually, they each passed through, just in time to see the train pull in.
"We made it on time." Madam Nurr breathed, playing with the folds of her dress, biting upon her lower lip.
"Yep, and Padfoot should be coming off that train any minute." Lupin was feeling a little foolish standing there in his robes. A few people had glanced at him funny as they had made their way though the station.
Harry was bouncing on the balls of his feet, watching the crowd for Sirius. Lupin had finally taken the trolley from him almost as soon as they had crossed the barrier. For he was too excited to stand still. He knew that Madam Nurr and Lupin were watching him almost as much as they were for Sirius, but he really did not care. He was going home with his godfather.
Harry spotted Sirius before either of the others and sprinted off in his direction. "Sirius!" He called out to catch his attention.
Madam Nurr and Lupin followed behind.
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Sirius sat in his seat on the train, a thousand things going though his mind, hardly noticing the train pulling into King's Cross. It was still unbelievable that in just a few minutes he would be going to be going back to his old home, with his godson. There was one thing that had been going though his head repeatedly since he had woken up four days ago; he was free.
Sirius, however, was still very weak. Both Madam Pomfrey and Madam Nurr had explained the effects of the Smurnockette Curse that had been put on him. They told him he was very lucky to have woken up at all, let alone so soon.
He smiled to himself, thinking about the argument that had ensued the night before between the two ladies when it was announced that he would be going home the next day. Madam Pomfrey was adamant that he should not be taken from the Hospital Wing, that he needed constant care. What had surprised him though was how Madam Nurr stood up for herself. The words ringing in his head, 'Poppy, I have served as a healer longer than you can remember, I will be with him. You need to stay with the castle, at this time, I do not.' However, if that had surprised him, what happened next blew his mind Madam Pomfrey backed down, and agreed to take Sirius on the train to King's Cross without another word of argument.
He pondered Madam Nurr's words as the wheels of the train started to screech, signaling that the train was coming to a stop. What had she meant when she said that? He had to concede that she was older than she looked, but she could not be that old.
He was roused from his thoughts as the train came to a complete stop. He knew that someone would be at the door of his compartment any minute. As he waited, he tried to push back his unruly, shaggy, black hair.
Someone knocked on the door, and then slid it open. "Come on Sirius." The large, giant of a man said. "Harry will be waitin' for yah." He made his way to Sirius to help him.
Laughing, Sirius accepted the help to his feet. "Thank you Hagrid. I'm surprised Poppy did not come herself."
"That old git? She's out dare, waitin' outside the door." He cocked his head towards the open door.
"I should have known I would not escape without her at my side one last time," the two of them muffled their laughter.
Hagrid helped Sirius out the door, where Madam Pomfrey started fussing over him. "Shouldn't be out of bed. Make sure you lay down as soon as you get there." She touched his forehead. "Fevers up again," looking annoyed. "Mr. Black, you are not to do very much for the next few weeks."
Turning, as not to allow Sirius a word in edgewise, she led the way off the train.
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Once they had stepped onto platform nine and three-quarters, Sirius started to look around for the other three. It seemed especially busy on the platform today, but that could have been just his imagination. He was starting to feel rather crowded in though. It had been fifteen years since he had been around so many people.
He heard Harry before he saw him.
"Sirius!"
Turning towards the voice, using Hagrid for support, he broke out into a wide grin, then was almost knocked over in Harry's excitement. "Harry." He wrapped his long arms around his godson. 'This is how it is supposed to be' passed threw his mind.
"Harry," he looked down on his godson and smiled, while Hagrid helped to keep him standing. "How did last night go? I take it you will not be needing to go back to the Dursleys." He chuckled appreciatively, already knowing the answer.
"Nope, I don't really think they will be wanting to see me any time soon." Harry disentangled himself from his godfather, and smiled to Hagrid.
It was then that Madam Nurr and Lupin arrived with the trolley.
"You should have seen it Padfoot," Lupin started up right away, thumping Sirius on the back. "It was priceless. You should have seen the look on that muggle's face when Harry was in his room!" He started laughing.
Madam Nurr spoke softly, but laughter teemed in her voice. "You could tell he was trying to figure out how Harry had gotten in. With the bars, there was no way that he could have gone though the window. However, the bars and the door itself did make things much easier." She shook her head. "Though I am worried about their son."
Harry shook his head at her and rolled his eyes. "Dudley's been like that his whole life. He does not want to change." He shrugged and turned back to Sirius. "Can we go home now?"
"I don't see why not Harry." Sirius looked over at Madam Pomfrey, who now had Madam Nurr pulled to the side and was giving instructions. "Poppy, am I good to go?"
She looked over at him, with a look of disdain in her eyes and nodded. "You can go, however, remember what I told you."
"Yes Poppy."
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With Hagrid's help they made their way to the car and got Sirius settled within it.
"Thanks Hagrid," Harry called from the car as they drove off. "See you in the fall."
Hagrid waved as they drove away.
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Harry watched Lupin, Sirius and Madam Nurr in the car as they drove along. "So..." he started, "where exactly are we going?"
Sirius laughed a bit, "Moony, I thought you were going to tell him."
"Nah, I thought you would like the chance to tell him all about your old home Padfoot. The four of us sure did have some good times there during our summer vacations. Anyway, it's your home, not mine." Lupin said over his shoulder.
"Thanks Moony, I appreciate it." Sirius chuckled, "Harry," turning his attention upon him. "We're going to my old home. It has been in my family for generations, and since I am the only living Black, it is now my home. Well, it was my home long before now." He shook his head. "You see Harry, I lost my parents to Voldemort while I was at Hogwarts, in my sixth year."
Taking a deep breath, he continued. "The family home was left to me, and because I was already sixteen years of age, I was not forced to go to an orphanage. Professor Dumbledore arranged for Moony, Prongs and Wormtail to spend that summer with me, along with an adult for supervision."
Lupin broke in. "Like they kept us in order..."
"However, we did not listen to them very much." Sirius chuckled. "My home, is quite large and we had a good time that summer. The four of us enjoyed ourselves, and I learned to become the lord of my manor."
"That is where we are going Harry, Black Manor. Or as it is better known as to the villagers, Black Dog Manor."
Harry, who had been hanging onto Sirius's every word, just gapped at him. "A manor?"
"Yep," Lupin commented from the front. "It's a big place Harry, you better be ready for a good time."
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The car settled into a comfortable silence as they continued to drive. After about five hours of driving, and a couple of stops to go to the bathroom and drinks, Harry thought they were going to be driving forever. Then Lupin pulled off of the main road and onto a dirt pathway.
"Sirius, you really have to get this paved you know." Lupin complained from the front.
"And ruin the rustic look?" Sirius joked from the back.
Harry was not listening though; he was looking out the window towards the looking to see his new home.
SUMMARY: Where is Harry going now that he's gone from the Dursleys?
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter, in any way, shape or form. I love to read the books, but I sure don't own them. J.K. Rowling and WB do. This is simply a tribute to the Harry Potter series. I am making no money from this and I'm just enjoying sharing some of my own crazy ideas. However, I do own Madam Nurr, Miss. Kefira, and Mr. Hellfire, plus some others that I will be adding at a later time.
AUTHORS NOTE: This was my first fan fiction that I ever posted. I pulled it down because it needed to be re-written. However, I have decided to keep this as it is, and use it as a template for the next fic after 'Hate & Love' I hope you all enjoy... This was written almost three years ago and hasn't been changed since. I am under no delusions that it is any good. Just something I wrote.
From Chapter Six:
Lupin watched her from the doorway. She had not stirred from where she was sitting. He had never seen her not respond to even the slightest noise before. She had always moved as soon as there was movement. He walked up behind her and touched her on the shoulder.
Then the world went dark.
Chapter Seven
Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
Lupin awoke the next morning in a daze. His first conscious thought was, 'where the hell am I.' It sure did not look like the room that he was supposed to be sharing with Harry. As he pulled himself into a sitting position, he realized that not only was he in a strange room, but that he was dressed only in his boxers and his head felt like mush.
Groaning, he forced himself to throw his legs over the side of the bed, voicing aloud. "What in the nine shades of hell happened last night?" The last thing he remembered was reaching down and touching Madam Nurr's shoulder, the next thing he knew, he was waking up in this bed.
He heard a soft laughter coming from the other side of the room. Turning his body where he sat, he looked towards whomever was there.
"Moony, Moony, Moony... you know better than to sneak up on someone," Madam Nurr chided from a chair.
"Tei, what happened?" Lupin asked as he started to rub his forehead.
"If you do not remember M'Lord Lupin, it is not my place to say." The grin that passed over her face was priceless.
"Come on Tei, what happened?"
However, she just sat there and giggled at him for a few more moments. When she did finally speak again, it was on a different topic. "Come on Moony, it is time for you to get dressed." She continued to giggle. "We need to pick Padfoot up at the train station. Harry and I have been waiting for you to wake up."
"Say what?" Lupin started, looking around for his robes and found them on the bedside table, neatly folded. "What time is it?"
"It is almost nine o'clock you dolt!" She could not help but laugh at his frantic efforts to pull his robes on over his head while keeping the blanket across his lap. "Oh, by the way, nice boxers." By this point, she was leaning back in her chair laughing hysterically. "Cupids?"
Lupin blushed a rather bright shade of red and started mumbling. "They were a gift!" He finished getting into his robes and stood carefully. "We have to go then, why did you not wake me up earlier? What about all the shopping that needed to be done?" He said while making his way to the door where Madam Nurr joined him.
"It has already been done; Harry is packing everything in the car while I got you. As for not waking you, you needed your rest, dear friend." She smiled up at him. "Now come, neither Harry nor I know how to drive and we do need to be going. We are running late."
Lupin gave her an appraising look, than chuckled as they made their way to the car. "Just can't wait to get your hands on the old dog, can you Tei?"
Madam Nurr turned beet red.
Trying to pull of a professional demeanor, "I have a purely professional interest in him Remus."
"Yeah right Tei, which is why you are every shade of red known to the wizarding world." Lupin chuckled.
"I am not." Madam Nurr was trying to sound indignant. "Come on, Harry is waiting for us. He wants to see his godfather, and I have a patient to take care of."
Lupin just shook his head and chuckled as they went out the back door of the pub. He had seen the looks that the two of them had been shooting at each other when they thought the other was not looking. However, she was right, they had to go pick up Sirius at the station, and as it was it looked like they were going to be late. Madam Pomfrey would have a fit if they were late, for she was turning Sirius over to Tei for care.
As they walked out the door, Harry was waiting for them. "Hey you two. What took so long?"
The three of them climbed into the car and were off.
The drive to King's Cross Station was uneventful. Thanks to the car they were borrowing from the Ministry of Magic, they arrived with five minutes to spare.
Hurrying though the station, they quickly reached the barrier that separated platform nine and three-quarters from the rest of the station. Casually, they each passed through, just in time to see the train pull in.
"We made it on time." Madam Nurr breathed, playing with the folds of her dress, biting upon her lower lip.
"Yep, and Padfoot should be coming off that train any minute." Lupin was feeling a little foolish standing there in his robes. A few people had glanced at him funny as they had made their way though the station.
Harry was bouncing on the balls of his feet, watching the crowd for Sirius. Lupin had finally taken the trolley from him almost as soon as they had crossed the barrier. For he was too excited to stand still. He knew that Madam Nurr and Lupin were watching him almost as much as they were for Sirius, but he really did not care. He was going home with his godfather.
Harry spotted Sirius before either of the others and sprinted off in his direction. "Sirius!" He called out to catch his attention.
Madam Nurr and Lupin followed behind.
Sirius sat in his seat on the train, a thousand things going though his mind, hardly noticing the train pulling into King's Cross. It was still unbelievable that in just a few minutes he would be going to be going back to his old home, with his godson. There was one thing that had been going though his head repeatedly since he had woken up four days ago; he was free.
Sirius, however, was still very weak. Both Madam Pomfrey and Madam Nurr had explained the effects of the Smurnockette Curse that had been put on him. They told him he was very lucky to have woken up at all, let alone so soon.
He smiled to himself, thinking about the argument that had ensued the night before between the two ladies when it was announced that he would be going home the next day. Madam Pomfrey was adamant that he should not be taken from the Hospital Wing, that he needed constant care. What had surprised him though was how Madam Nurr stood up for herself. The words ringing in his head, 'Poppy, I have served as a healer longer than you can remember, I will be with him. You need to stay with the castle, at this time, I do not.' However, if that had surprised him, what happened next blew his mind Madam Pomfrey backed down, and agreed to take Sirius on the train to King's Cross without another word of argument.
He pondered Madam Nurr's words as the wheels of the train started to screech, signaling that the train was coming to a stop. What had she meant when she said that? He had to concede that she was older than she looked, but she could not be that old.
He was roused from his thoughts as the train came to a complete stop. He knew that someone would be at the door of his compartment any minute. As he waited, he tried to push back his unruly, shaggy, black hair.
Someone knocked on the door, and then slid it open. "Come on Sirius." The large, giant of a man said. "Harry will be waitin' for yah." He made his way to Sirius to help him.
Laughing, Sirius accepted the help to his feet. "Thank you Hagrid. I'm surprised Poppy did not come herself."
"That old git? She's out dare, waitin' outside the door." He cocked his head towards the open door.
"I should have known I would not escape without her at my side one last time," the two of them muffled their laughter.
Hagrid helped Sirius out the door, where Madam Pomfrey started fussing over him. "Shouldn't be out of bed. Make sure you lay down as soon as you get there." She touched his forehead. "Fevers up again," looking annoyed. "Mr. Black, you are not to do very much for the next few weeks."
Turning, as not to allow Sirius a word in edgewise, she led the way off the train.
Once they had stepped onto platform nine and three-quarters, Sirius started to look around for the other three. It seemed especially busy on the platform today, but that could have been just his imagination. He was starting to feel rather crowded in though. It had been fifteen years since he had been around so many people.
He heard Harry before he saw him.
"Sirius!"
Turning towards the voice, using Hagrid for support, he broke out into a wide grin, then was almost knocked over in Harry's excitement. "Harry." He wrapped his long arms around his godson. 'This is how it is supposed to be' passed threw his mind.
"Harry," he looked down on his godson and smiled, while Hagrid helped to keep him standing. "How did last night go? I take it you will not be needing to go back to the Dursleys." He chuckled appreciatively, already knowing the answer.
"Nope, I don't really think they will be wanting to see me any time soon." Harry disentangled himself from his godfather, and smiled to Hagrid.
It was then that Madam Nurr and Lupin arrived with the trolley.
"You should have seen it Padfoot," Lupin started up right away, thumping Sirius on the back. "It was priceless. You should have seen the look on that muggle's face when Harry was in his room!" He started laughing.
Madam Nurr spoke softly, but laughter teemed in her voice. "You could tell he was trying to figure out how Harry had gotten in. With the bars, there was no way that he could have gone though the window. However, the bars and the door itself did make things much easier." She shook her head. "Though I am worried about their son."
Harry shook his head at her and rolled his eyes. "Dudley's been like that his whole life. He does not want to change." He shrugged and turned back to Sirius. "Can we go home now?"
"I don't see why not Harry." Sirius looked over at Madam Pomfrey, who now had Madam Nurr pulled to the side and was giving instructions. "Poppy, am I good to go?"
She looked over at him, with a look of disdain in her eyes and nodded. "You can go, however, remember what I told you."
"Yes Poppy."
With Hagrid's help they made their way to the car and got Sirius settled within it.
"Thanks Hagrid," Harry called from the car as they drove off. "See you in the fall."
Hagrid waved as they drove away.
Harry watched Lupin, Sirius and Madam Nurr in the car as they drove along. "So..." he started, "where exactly are we going?"
Sirius laughed a bit, "Moony, I thought you were going to tell him."
"Nah, I thought you would like the chance to tell him all about your old home Padfoot. The four of us sure did have some good times there during our summer vacations. Anyway, it's your home, not mine." Lupin said over his shoulder.
"Thanks Moony, I appreciate it." Sirius chuckled, "Harry," turning his attention upon him. "We're going to my old home. It has been in my family for generations, and since I am the only living Black, it is now my home. Well, it was my home long before now." He shook his head. "You see Harry, I lost my parents to Voldemort while I was at Hogwarts, in my sixth year."
Taking a deep breath, he continued. "The family home was left to me, and because I was already sixteen years of age, I was not forced to go to an orphanage. Professor Dumbledore arranged for Moony, Prongs and Wormtail to spend that summer with me, along with an adult for supervision."
Lupin broke in. "Like they kept us in order..."
"However, we did not listen to them very much." Sirius chuckled. "My home, is quite large and we had a good time that summer. The four of us enjoyed ourselves, and I learned to become the lord of my manor."
"That is where we are going Harry, Black Manor. Or as it is better known as to the villagers, Black Dog Manor."
Harry, who had been hanging onto Sirius's every word, just gapped at him. "A manor?"
"Yep," Lupin commented from the front. "It's a big place Harry, you better be ready for a good time."
The car settled into a comfortable silence as they continued to drive. After about five hours of driving, and a couple of stops to go to the bathroom and drinks, Harry thought they were going to be driving forever. Then Lupin pulled off of the main road and onto a dirt pathway.
"Sirius, you really have to get this paved you know." Lupin complained from the front.
"And ruin the rustic look?" Sirius joked from the back.
Harry was not listening though; he was looking out the window towards the looking to see his new home.