Chapter 5: They're Where?
A loud door slamming was heard through out the whole of Hogwarts castle, and Albus Dumbledore smiled softly at the other occupant of the room as he heard it. He knew who it was. He knew why they were here. And he knew that they were the barer of bad news. And he knew he was about to be yelled at by a pissed off werewolf.
The man spat "Bertie Botts," at the gargoyle and he stormed up the stairs and straight through the door.
"Ah Remus. Lemon Drop?" Albus asked, holding out a paper bag of the lemon sweet. The man in the chair sneered at Remus before his mask fell into place.
"No," he said bitterly, before he launched into his tirade, "He wasn't there. He's been gone an entire week and they haven't called a single person. Honestly they don't give a toss about the boy, I don't know how he survived this many years at the damn house. They hate him!! They hate all wizards - "
"Anything to do with a prank you played on them?" Albus asked lightly.
"This is not the time for that. How can you just sit there while Harry is with that git! Hell, he could be dead Albus! And why the hell is he here?" Remus yelled before slamming himself into one of the chairs.
"He isn't dead Remus and Severus is here at my request. He will be helping you find poor Harry." Albus said calmly and he opened a drawer, picked something out, and placed it in front of Remus.
"Why him? And you wanna tell me what that is or do I have to guess?" Remus snapped, grimacing inwardly at the tone he was taking with the Headmaster. Damn the moon.
"Severus has excellent tracking skills Remus. He will be very helpful I believe," Albus said.
"Yes Lupin, do I meet you approvals?" Snape scowled at Remus. Remus shot an equally vicious glare right back before asking again.
"What's that Albus?"
"It's Harry's Life Stone. When he was placed with his Aunt and Uncle I placed a charm on this stone and Harry that monitored the life in Harry. Remus it's been brighter than ever this last week." Albus said carefully, letting the stunned man in front of him draw his own conclusions.
~*~
"Harry, you ready yet?" Sirius yelled from the kitchen to the bedroom he and Harry shared. The fault they rented was tiny. It had a small bathroom, a tiny living area, a kitchenette and a bedroom barely big enough for a double bed.
"Nearly!!" A squeaky, young voice replied. Harry was due at his school today for the first time today. Sirius prayed to God that Harry got on well here. Sirius didn't start his job until the middle of the week, so Harry could get used to his new routine. Sirius had been worried about who was to pick Harry up when he was at work, but a neighbour had offered to do it for him. She was a single mother of 20 who had a five-year-old son at Harry's school and a daughter of a few months. Kayla - which was the name Sirius had been asked to call her, her real name, was Kayleigh and she disliked it for some reason. Sirius had been torn as to let Harry keep his name as Harry Redbridge as h thought it would be very confusing on the boy. In the end he had settled on Harrison Redbridge, something Harry was comfortable with, and so that they could use Harry as a nickname.
Harry came into the living room where Sirius was sitting and stood shyly in front of him in his new uniform of grey and green.
"You look great Har, but before we leave, you need breakfast." Sirius insisted.
Harry nodded and sat down on one of the old chairs in the living room, and Sirius came in with a bowl of Coco Pops, which Harry hurriedly ate. When he was done, Sirius began, "OK, we're walking with Kayla today Harry. Do you remember she's got a little boy in your class, Lee and a baby called Stacey."
Harry nodded and there was a knock at the door. Sirius answered it and behind it stood a young woman with bright chestnut hair and eyes that had no definite colour. She had a young boy behind her that had sandy hair and a cheap pushchair with a baby with black hair and black eyes.
"Dave, hi, are you ready?" she asked.
"Er, Kayla, yeah, we're ready right Harry?"
"Course Daddy!" Harry said cheerfully and he walked out of the door, ready for his first day at school.
~*~
A month later there was still no news on the whereabouts of The-Boy-Who- Lived or Sirius Black. Albus Dumbledore, being the level headed man he was, took this as a good sign. Harry's Life Stone was still glowing brightly and Albus knew no mistakes had been made on the charming of this object. Remus Lupin on the other hand - a month had passed and therefore it was the full moon again - was completely unconvinced. Either Dumbledore was getting old and losing his touch at magic or Sirius was raising the child as a supporter of the Dark Arts. The public however was convinced Harry was dead and was still in mourning.
The search had continued but Sirius was not using magic, they had no leads to go on except for some powerful wandless magic that had occurred in Surrey a few days after they had disappeared. Wandless magic was extremely hard to trace, and so far nothing had come of it. Except for the knowledge that at the time of the magic a man and his son had been staying there.
~*~
"Dave, you really are too much you know that?" a sweet voice came through the flat of Sirius and Harry's.
Sirius grinned at the owner of the voice and winked, "Kayla you are too kind."
She giggled and suddenly the friendly flirting was broken by the cry of a baby, "Oh I'll just get her."
Sirius nodded and watched her go into his and Harry's room, where baby Stacey had been sleeping. He had a day off work, and Harry and Lee were at school so Sirius had invited Kayla over in the pretence of having tea, where all he really wanted to do was ask her to dinner... and maybe get into her pants. Hell he was a 25 year old man, what the hell was expected of him, he'd been in prison for 5 years? And he really liked Kayla as well.
"Is she OK?" Sirius asked as Kayla came into the room, clutching her daughter.
"Yeah, she's fine, just needs a feed. Dave, could you be a dear and get me a bottle from my flat. Here's the keys, they should be on the side in the kitchen." Kayla said gratefully.
Sirius nodded and took the keys out of her hand and went to get Kayla a bottle.
When Sirius arrived back he gave her the bottle and looked at the baby in her arms and decide to ask a question that had been plaguing him since he had met her.
"What happened to Stacey's father?" Sirius asked slowly.
Kayla stiffened slightly and snapped, "Why?"
"I just wondered - " Sirius said hastily.
"Well - I don't know. He was a strange man, god I'm such a slut, I don't know his full name." Kayla said, her voice thick with emotion.
"Hey, don't be like that." Sirius soothed.
"He was really strange. He had long black hair, it was slightly greasy to tell you the truth. I called him Sev. He never told me his full first name. His last name was Snape." Sirius nearly fell off his chair.
"What happened to him?"
"We were together for a while. Two months. I loved him. He left. I don't know. He just never came home." Kayla said and a tear fell down her face. Startled, one that someone could sleep with Snape, Sirius rival and two that he meant so much to his friend and he had just left. Sirius leant forwards and brushed her tears away.
"I'm very sorry Kayla." Sirius said sincerely. Kayla merely sniffed and said, "That's nothing compared to Lee's father."
Sirius wasn't sure if he wanted to know what had happened there, but he nodded for her to continue.
"My mother remarried when I was 6 years old. I hated him. He was evil. A complete git. But I never though... when I was 14, he came into my room..." She broke down completely, and Sirius held her close, and she let out the tears she had been holding in for the last five years.
Later that afternoon, Kayla had calmed down and Sirius had picked up the children. Sirius had made dinner for the five of them and had done pretty well until he realised he'd somehow burnt baked beans.
Sitting at the table after they had finished and Harry and Lee were playing in the bedroom, Kayla asked about Harry's mother.
"Er - well..." Sirius didn't know what to tell her. Quickly he came to a decision, "He's not my son. He's my godson."
"What?" Kayla was completely taken aback.
"His parents were murdered when he was a year old, and I became his guardian." Sirius worded his answer very carefully.
"Oh," Kayla said, "Oh."
Sirius smiled weakly, "I know."
~*~
"Bloody hell where are they?" Remus raged.
"Remus - "
"They've been gone months, I am scared shitless for him - "
"Remus - "
"I mean he could be dead in a gutter for all we know - "
"Remus - "
"We need to do something - "
"Remus - "
"Bloody hell you idiotic werewolf sit down and listen. We have a lead. There was some magic at a place in Newcastle yesterday. We need to go now." Snape snapped. The full moon had gone, and Snape had come to the conclusion that the werewolf was a complete prat all the time, not just before the moon, all the time.
"Really? Well what are we waiting for Sev? Let's go!" Remus stopped pacing the office and dragged a very pissed off Severus Snape with him.
A/N Gods this is a strange chapter, I don't think its any good. I might take it down if ppl don't like it, plz review, long review are nice!!
A loud door slamming was heard through out the whole of Hogwarts castle, and Albus Dumbledore smiled softly at the other occupant of the room as he heard it. He knew who it was. He knew why they were here. And he knew that they were the barer of bad news. And he knew he was about to be yelled at by a pissed off werewolf.
The man spat "Bertie Botts," at the gargoyle and he stormed up the stairs and straight through the door.
"Ah Remus. Lemon Drop?" Albus asked, holding out a paper bag of the lemon sweet. The man in the chair sneered at Remus before his mask fell into place.
"No," he said bitterly, before he launched into his tirade, "He wasn't there. He's been gone an entire week and they haven't called a single person. Honestly they don't give a toss about the boy, I don't know how he survived this many years at the damn house. They hate him!! They hate all wizards - "
"Anything to do with a prank you played on them?" Albus asked lightly.
"This is not the time for that. How can you just sit there while Harry is with that git! Hell, he could be dead Albus! And why the hell is he here?" Remus yelled before slamming himself into one of the chairs.
"He isn't dead Remus and Severus is here at my request. He will be helping you find poor Harry." Albus said calmly and he opened a drawer, picked something out, and placed it in front of Remus.
"Why him? And you wanna tell me what that is or do I have to guess?" Remus snapped, grimacing inwardly at the tone he was taking with the Headmaster. Damn the moon.
"Severus has excellent tracking skills Remus. He will be very helpful I believe," Albus said.
"Yes Lupin, do I meet you approvals?" Snape scowled at Remus. Remus shot an equally vicious glare right back before asking again.
"What's that Albus?"
"It's Harry's Life Stone. When he was placed with his Aunt and Uncle I placed a charm on this stone and Harry that monitored the life in Harry. Remus it's been brighter than ever this last week." Albus said carefully, letting the stunned man in front of him draw his own conclusions.
~*~
"Harry, you ready yet?" Sirius yelled from the kitchen to the bedroom he and Harry shared. The fault they rented was tiny. It had a small bathroom, a tiny living area, a kitchenette and a bedroom barely big enough for a double bed.
"Nearly!!" A squeaky, young voice replied. Harry was due at his school today for the first time today. Sirius prayed to God that Harry got on well here. Sirius didn't start his job until the middle of the week, so Harry could get used to his new routine. Sirius had been worried about who was to pick Harry up when he was at work, but a neighbour had offered to do it for him. She was a single mother of 20 who had a five-year-old son at Harry's school and a daughter of a few months. Kayla - which was the name Sirius had been asked to call her, her real name, was Kayleigh and she disliked it for some reason. Sirius had been torn as to let Harry keep his name as Harry Redbridge as h thought it would be very confusing on the boy. In the end he had settled on Harrison Redbridge, something Harry was comfortable with, and so that they could use Harry as a nickname.
Harry came into the living room where Sirius was sitting and stood shyly in front of him in his new uniform of grey and green.
"You look great Har, but before we leave, you need breakfast." Sirius insisted.
Harry nodded and sat down on one of the old chairs in the living room, and Sirius came in with a bowl of Coco Pops, which Harry hurriedly ate. When he was done, Sirius began, "OK, we're walking with Kayla today Harry. Do you remember she's got a little boy in your class, Lee and a baby called Stacey."
Harry nodded and there was a knock at the door. Sirius answered it and behind it stood a young woman with bright chestnut hair and eyes that had no definite colour. She had a young boy behind her that had sandy hair and a cheap pushchair with a baby with black hair and black eyes.
"Dave, hi, are you ready?" she asked.
"Er, Kayla, yeah, we're ready right Harry?"
"Course Daddy!" Harry said cheerfully and he walked out of the door, ready for his first day at school.
~*~
A month later there was still no news on the whereabouts of The-Boy-Who- Lived or Sirius Black. Albus Dumbledore, being the level headed man he was, took this as a good sign. Harry's Life Stone was still glowing brightly and Albus knew no mistakes had been made on the charming of this object. Remus Lupin on the other hand - a month had passed and therefore it was the full moon again - was completely unconvinced. Either Dumbledore was getting old and losing his touch at magic or Sirius was raising the child as a supporter of the Dark Arts. The public however was convinced Harry was dead and was still in mourning.
The search had continued but Sirius was not using magic, they had no leads to go on except for some powerful wandless magic that had occurred in Surrey a few days after they had disappeared. Wandless magic was extremely hard to trace, and so far nothing had come of it. Except for the knowledge that at the time of the magic a man and his son had been staying there.
~*~
"Dave, you really are too much you know that?" a sweet voice came through the flat of Sirius and Harry's.
Sirius grinned at the owner of the voice and winked, "Kayla you are too kind."
She giggled and suddenly the friendly flirting was broken by the cry of a baby, "Oh I'll just get her."
Sirius nodded and watched her go into his and Harry's room, where baby Stacey had been sleeping. He had a day off work, and Harry and Lee were at school so Sirius had invited Kayla over in the pretence of having tea, where all he really wanted to do was ask her to dinner... and maybe get into her pants. Hell he was a 25 year old man, what the hell was expected of him, he'd been in prison for 5 years? And he really liked Kayla as well.
"Is she OK?" Sirius asked as Kayla came into the room, clutching her daughter.
"Yeah, she's fine, just needs a feed. Dave, could you be a dear and get me a bottle from my flat. Here's the keys, they should be on the side in the kitchen." Kayla said gratefully.
Sirius nodded and took the keys out of her hand and went to get Kayla a bottle.
When Sirius arrived back he gave her the bottle and looked at the baby in her arms and decide to ask a question that had been plaguing him since he had met her.
"What happened to Stacey's father?" Sirius asked slowly.
Kayla stiffened slightly and snapped, "Why?"
"I just wondered - " Sirius said hastily.
"Well - I don't know. He was a strange man, god I'm such a slut, I don't know his full name." Kayla said, her voice thick with emotion.
"Hey, don't be like that." Sirius soothed.
"He was really strange. He had long black hair, it was slightly greasy to tell you the truth. I called him Sev. He never told me his full first name. His last name was Snape." Sirius nearly fell off his chair.
"What happened to him?"
"We were together for a while. Two months. I loved him. He left. I don't know. He just never came home." Kayla said and a tear fell down her face. Startled, one that someone could sleep with Snape, Sirius rival and two that he meant so much to his friend and he had just left. Sirius leant forwards and brushed her tears away.
"I'm very sorry Kayla." Sirius said sincerely. Kayla merely sniffed and said, "That's nothing compared to Lee's father."
Sirius wasn't sure if he wanted to know what had happened there, but he nodded for her to continue.
"My mother remarried when I was 6 years old. I hated him. He was evil. A complete git. But I never though... when I was 14, he came into my room..." She broke down completely, and Sirius held her close, and she let out the tears she had been holding in for the last five years.
Later that afternoon, Kayla had calmed down and Sirius had picked up the children. Sirius had made dinner for the five of them and had done pretty well until he realised he'd somehow burnt baked beans.
Sitting at the table after they had finished and Harry and Lee were playing in the bedroom, Kayla asked about Harry's mother.
"Er - well..." Sirius didn't know what to tell her. Quickly he came to a decision, "He's not my son. He's my godson."
"What?" Kayla was completely taken aback.
"His parents were murdered when he was a year old, and I became his guardian." Sirius worded his answer very carefully.
"Oh," Kayla said, "Oh."
Sirius smiled weakly, "I know."
~*~
"Bloody hell where are they?" Remus raged.
"Remus - "
"They've been gone months, I am scared shitless for him - "
"Remus - "
"I mean he could be dead in a gutter for all we know - "
"Remus - "
"We need to do something - "
"Remus - "
"Bloody hell you idiotic werewolf sit down and listen. We have a lead. There was some magic at a place in Newcastle yesterday. We need to go now." Snape snapped. The full moon had gone, and Snape had come to the conclusion that the werewolf was a complete prat all the time, not just before the moon, all the time.
"Really? Well what are we waiting for Sev? Let's go!" Remus stopped pacing the office and dragged a very pissed off Severus Snape with him.
A/N Gods this is a strange chapter, I don't think its any good. I might take it down if ppl don't like it, plz review, long review are nice!!