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Ch 5
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"HARRY!!!" Ron bellowed at Harry with his newly changed voice, even deeper than last year. He grinned ecstatically at Harry and threw his arm around his shoulder. "I've got loads to tell you!" Ron stopped suddenly as Hermione trod on his foot and gave him a reprimanding glare. "Ok maybe later. Don't want to uspset the woman." Harry laughed as Hermione went red in the face and stormed off. Harry suddenly realized they were inside a very large tent, much larger than the ones he had stayed in at the Quidditch Cup so long before. There appeared to be three bedrooms and a kitchen in this one, and it lacked the stench of cat litter.
"Is this... did I... Are we where I used to live?" Harry blurted out what he had been wondering since he first landed a short while before. Ron looked suddenly solemn, "Yeah I reckon it is, mate. Sorry bout that but it was the only place we could find near your aunt and uncle's place that was unused. No one ever comes up here anymore, after what happened." They both sat in silence and Harry broke the quiet awkwardness moments later. "Where's Lupin?" Before Ron could answer a tall figure emerged from the doorway to the room on the far left. "I'm right here." Harry jumped and smiled at Lupin's worn face. He looked better than usual, and far better than the last time Harry had seen him.
"A minute, Ron? I think that Harry and I have a few things to sort out." Ron nodded and headed to the door in the middle. When the door closed behind Ron, Lupin spoke quite abruptly. "Harry, we all know about Sirius. We didn't know until breifly before we wrote to you, because it took quite some time for his letter to reach me, and when it did it took me an equally long time to understand what was going on." Harry looked completely confused. "What exactly is going on?" Lupin smiled softly. "Sirius didn't die, Harry, Tonks did." Harry looked aghast. "But wait, if Tonks was the one that died, how did Sirius pull off the changing thing, Tonks is -er was- a Metamorphmagus. She even changed forms afterwards...HOW?" Lupin looked exausted, but he had obviously expected Harry's endless questioning. "Polyjuice potion and a hair changing spell, Harry. All 'Tonks' did was change hair colors before seeing you at King's Cross. She had agreed secretly to change places with Sirius, donating a great deal of hair and polyjuice to Sirius, she then must have secretly used her special ability to change into the likeness of your godfather, and he drank the potion. They did this for reason's I am not currently aware of, but all I know if Tonks is the one that died that day, not Sirius. He proved it was trully him by telling me something only he knew about me, something I entrusted to his secret knowledge a long time ago. This is what happened, Harry."
"HARRY!!!" Ron bellowed at Harry with his newly changed voice, even deeper than last year. He grinned ecstatically at Harry and threw his arm around his shoulder. "I've got loads to tell you!" Ron stopped suddenly as Hermione trod on his foot and gave him a reprimanding glare. "Ok maybe later. Don't want to uspset the woman." Harry laughed as Hermione went red in the face and stormed off. Harry suddenly realized they were inside a very large tent, much larger than the ones he had stayed in at the Quidditch Cup so long before. There appeared to be three bedrooms and a kitchen in this one, and it lacked the stench of cat litter.
"Is this... did I... Are we where I used to live?" Harry blurted out what he had been wondering since he first landed a short while before. Ron looked suddenly solemn, "Yeah I reckon it is, mate. Sorry bout that but it was the only place we could find near your aunt and uncle's place that was unused. No one ever comes up here anymore, after what happened." They both sat in silence and Harry broke the quiet awkwardness moments later. "Where's Lupin?" Before Ron could answer a tall figure emerged from the doorway to the room on the far left. "I'm right here." Harry jumped and smiled at Lupin's worn face. He looked better than usual, and far better than the last time Harry had seen him.
"A minute, Ron? I think that Harry and I have a few things to sort out." Ron nodded and headed to the door in the middle. When the door closed behind Ron, Lupin spoke quite abruptly. "Harry, we all know about Sirius. We didn't know until breifly before we wrote to you, because it took quite some time for his letter to reach me, and when it did it took me an equally long time to understand what was going on." Harry looked completely confused. "What exactly is going on?" Lupin smiled softly. "Sirius didn't die, Harry, Tonks did." Harry looked aghast. "But wait, if Tonks was the one that died, how did Sirius pull off the changing thing, Tonks is -er was- a Metamorphmagus. She even changed forms afterwards...HOW?" Lupin looked exausted, but he had obviously expected Harry's endless questioning. "Polyjuice potion and a hair changing spell, Harry. All 'Tonks' did was change hair colors before seeing you at King's Cross. She had agreed secretly to change places with Sirius, donating a great deal of hair and polyjuice to Sirius, she then must have secretly used her special ability to change into the likeness of your godfather, and he drank the potion. They did this for reason's I am not currently aware of, but all I know if Tonks is the one that died that day, not Sirius. He proved it was trully him by telling me something only he knew about me, something I entrusted to his secret knowledge a long time ago. This is what happened, Harry."
