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Home at Last
Remus and Tonks were in the process of searching every single square inch of Grimwald Place when the fireplace lit up and the Weasley family began stepping out of the fire, followed by Hermione Granger, all of who were carrying gifts of various sizes.
"I'll just check upstairs again." Tonks said to Remus, leaving him to answer all of the inevitable questions and the wrath of Molly, once she found out that Harry was missing.
"Coward!" Remus called out, mentally berating himself for not thinking of hiding sooner.
"You bet I am." Tonks agreed as she sprinted up the stairs and out of sight.
"What was that all about?" Molly asked after she instructed the kids to take their things up stairs and put them away.
"Hey Professor, where's Harry? Doumbeldore said he was with you." Hermione asked as she glanced around looking for her friend.
"Harry's out at the moment. He should be back in a bit." Remus said buying himself a bit of time before having to explain what had happened and the fact that he had lost Harry.
"Where did he go?" Hermione persisted, not at all happy with the answer she had just received.
"Give it a rest Hermione, obviously its somewhere that is none of your business." Ron said having spent the last two days with Hermione and more than a bit tired of her constant nosiness.
"Whom did he go with?" Hermione persisted, as she ignored Ron.
"I said he went out for a while Hermione, if I thought you needed to know where he went and with whom I would have informed you the moment you arrived. Now if you will excuse me, I have something I need to do." Remus stated a bit more coldly than he had intended, yet not at all prepared to answer the girl's questions.
"He didn't have to be so rude." Hermione grumbled angrily as she followed Ron upstairs to put her things in the room she was sharing with Ginny.
"He wasn't rude Hermione, that was the most politest way I have ever heard of telling you to mind your own business." Ron said as he entered his room and dropped his trunk on the floor with a thud before returning downstairs to get Hermione's trunk and taking it too the room she was sharing with his sister.
"Will one of you open the bloody door? This things heavy!" Ron shouted as he tried shifting the trunk to get a better hold on it only to have it slip from his hands and hit the floor with a heavy thud. Wincing as the sound of breaking glass reached his ears just as the door was flung open and he found himself face to face with his sister.
"Way to go Ron, first you yell at Hermione and now you start breaking her things." Ginny exclaimed as she glared at her brother.
"I didn't yell, and if you had left the door open, I would not have dropped her stuff. What's in this thing anyway? Elephants?" Ron asked as he grabbed one end of the trunk and dragged it across the floor to the end of Hermione's bed.
"Oh no, tell me you didn't!" Hermione cried as she stepped out of the bathroom and rushed across the room, flinging the trunk lid open and bursting into tears at the broken unicorn her parents had given her for her birthday just before she had left for the Burrow a few days earlier.
"Hermione, I'm sorry. It was an accident. I'll get you another one." Ron said as he sat down on the bed next to her, putting his arm around her shoulders.
"Just forget it!" Hermione cried as she jumped to her feet and ran for the bathroom, slamming the door behind her.
"Hermione!" Ron called as he crossed the room to the door, intending on following her, when the soft click of the lock stopped him in his tracks.
"Oh this is just great." Ron groaned as he spun on his heel and left the room altogether.
"What are we going to do?" Tonks whispered to Remus, neither of them wanting to take the chance that someone might over hear their conversation, despite it being near midnight, and everyone had gone up to bed a few hours earlier.
"I don't know." Remus said as he dropped his head into his hands.
"One thing is for sure, and that is Albus and the entire order will be here first thing in the morning and if we don't find him by then, there will certainly be hell to pay." Tonks said as she tried desperately to hold back the tears that had been threatening all day.
"Someone is coming." Remus announced as he jumped to his feet and hurried to the door, waiting until whoever was coming, was on the doorstep before drawing his wand and opening the door just enough to see Harry, Sirius and some stranger talking softly.
Harry never had a chance. One second he was explaining to Sirius and Godrick, what had happened after Sirius had fallen through the veil and the next he felt as if he was being squeezed to death.
"Thank Merlin, your okay." Remus said as he hugged Harry tightly and wiped at the tears that had started to fall.
"Air. Moony. Air." Sirius laughed as he pulled his friend away from Harry, allowing him to breathe again.
"Padfoot?" Remus gasped as he turned and caught a glimpse of Sirius in the dim light coming from inside the house.
"The one and only." Sirius said as he gave a bow and then grabbed Remus in bone crushing hug.
"Remus who's out there?" Tonks called out softly from where she had been standing behind the door, just in case it was someone attacking.
"Maybe we should take this inside." Harry suggested as he led the way through the door and headed for the kitchen. Their return trip had taken much longer as it had still been daylight in some of the towns they had passed and Harry didn't want to see strange reports of a phoenix traveling with three men in the papers.
Harry sat back and smiled to him self as he glanced around the table to see Godrick, Remus, Tonks, and Sirius all talking like the best of friends. Life was good. He thought to himself as he tried to hide a yawn.
"I think it's time for bed." Sirius announced a few minutes later as he rose to his feet and they all began to trudge upstairs to bed.
Harry felt as if his head had barely touched pillow, when he found himself startled awake by several screams coming from downstairs. Reaching quickly for the new pair of glasses, that Tonks had insisted on when they had gone shopping several days earlier, Harry shoved them on his face and sprinted downstairs.
It was complete and utter chaos that greeted Harry as he arrived in the kitchen to find Hermione, Molly, and Ginny screaming at the top of their lungs, while Remus, Sirius, and Godrick were all trying to calm the three women, unfortunately they had to yell to be heard over the screams.
"Shut up!" Harry yelled at the top of his lungs, causing silence to fall over the room.
"Thank you." Harry sighed softly as he crossed the room to stand protectively between them all.
"What is the problem?" He finally asked, directing the question to Mrs. Weasley.
"We just came down for breakfast, and they started screaming." Sirius finally answered. Almost afraid to speak at all for fear that the horrendous noise would begin again.
"The fact that everyone thinks your dead might have had something to do with that, don't you think?" Harry asked as he raked a hand through his hair.
"Well, maybe just a bit." Sirius admitted reluctantly.
"Don't you think you should apologize for scaring them all half to death?" Harry asked.
"Harry what is going on here?" Molly demanded as she stepped between Harry and the three men.
"I'm sorry Mrs. Weasley, we all got back rather late last night and not wanting to wake anyone, we just went to bed without letting you know we were here." Harry said as he sent Molly his most charming smile in hopes that she would not be too angry with them all.
"That's quite considerate of you, Harry. But perhaps, you could introduce everyone, as well as tell us why Sirius is here when he is supposed to be dead. I mean we had a funeral and everything." Molly said as she nervously wrung her hands together.
"Did a lot people come?" Sirius asked, immediately regretting the question when everyone turned to glare at him.
"You all know Remus and Sirius, and this is Godrick." Harry said ignoring his godfather's question.
"Pleased to meet you Mrs. Weasley." Godrick said as he extended his hand.
"Harry does Albus know that Godrick is here?" Molly asked as she smiled and shook the man's hand.
"I do now." Albus said as he entered the room.
"Harry as soon as you are dressed, I would like to speak to you privately." Albus said as he looked down at Harry, his eyes full of something Harry could only describe as disappointment.
"Yes sir." Harry said flushing with embarrassment at the realization that he only had on a pair of pajama bottoms and rushed upstairs.
"Sirius, its nice to see you back among the living again." Albus said as he sat down at the table and forced a smile.
"It's good to be back." Sirius said a bit uncertainly as they all sat down around the table.
Deciding that it would be better to keep his true identity a secret for as long as possible, Godrick slipped quietly away when Harry entered the room, unnoticed by anyone except for Harry.
"Harry I must meet with the other's." Godrick said as he followed Harry upstairs and closed the door silently behind him.
"You're leaving?" Harry asked wishing that Godrick would stay long enough to get to know the man better.
"Just for a while. I will most likely be back before the school term starts, but if not, I will see you at Hogwart's for sure." Godrick said as he smiled down at Harry.
"Tell the other's that I hope to see them soon, I mean I know we kind of got off to a bad start, but I was really hoping that we could spend some time getting to know one another. Plus there is a lot I still need to learn."
"It's alright Harry, I understand. I promise you, I will be back, but while I'm gone I want you to study this book." Godrick said as he gave Harry a hug and snapped his fingers. Producing an old worn book from thin air.
"You have to teach me how to do that." Harry grinned as he took the book and glanced down at the cover.
"It's a deal." Godrick agreed before leaving Harry alone to get dressed in private.
Home at Last
Remus and Tonks were in the process of searching every single square inch of Grimwald Place when the fireplace lit up and the Weasley family began stepping out of the fire, followed by Hermione Granger, all of who were carrying gifts of various sizes.
"I'll just check upstairs again." Tonks said to Remus, leaving him to answer all of the inevitable questions and the wrath of Molly, once she found out that Harry was missing.
"Coward!" Remus called out, mentally berating himself for not thinking of hiding sooner.
"You bet I am." Tonks agreed as she sprinted up the stairs and out of sight.
"What was that all about?" Molly asked after she instructed the kids to take their things up stairs and put them away.
"Hey Professor, where's Harry? Doumbeldore said he was with you." Hermione asked as she glanced around looking for her friend.
"Harry's out at the moment. He should be back in a bit." Remus said buying himself a bit of time before having to explain what had happened and the fact that he had lost Harry.
"Where did he go?" Hermione persisted, not at all happy with the answer she had just received.
"Give it a rest Hermione, obviously its somewhere that is none of your business." Ron said having spent the last two days with Hermione and more than a bit tired of her constant nosiness.
"Whom did he go with?" Hermione persisted, as she ignored Ron.
"I said he went out for a while Hermione, if I thought you needed to know where he went and with whom I would have informed you the moment you arrived. Now if you will excuse me, I have something I need to do." Remus stated a bit more coldly than he had intended, yet not at all prepared to answer the girl's questions.
"He didn't have to be so rude." Hermione grumbled angrily as she followed Ron upstairs to put her things in the room she was sharing with Ginny.
"He wasn't rude Hermione, that was the most politest way I have ever heard of telling you to mind your own business." Ron said as he entered his room and dropped his trunk on the floor with a thud before returning downstairs to get Hermione's trunk and taking it too the room she was sharing with his sister.
"Will one of you open the bloody door? This things heavy!" Ron shouted as he tried shifting the trunk to get a better hold on it only to have it slip from his hands and hit the floor with a heavy thud. Wincing as the sound of breaking glass reached his ears just as the door was flung open and he found himself face to face with his sister.
"Way to go Ron, first you yell at Hermione and now you start breaking her things." Ginny exclaimed as she glared at her brother.
"I didn't yell, and if you had left the door open, I would not have dropped her stuff. What's in this thing anyway? Elephants?" Ron asked as he grabbed one end of the trunk and dragged it across the floor to the end of Hermione's bed.
"Oh no, tell me you didn't!" Hermione cried as she stepped out of the bathroom and rushed across the room, flinging the trunk lid open and bursting into tears at the broken unicorn her parents had given her for her birthday just before she had left for the Burrow a few days earlier.
"Hermione, I'm sorry. It was an accident. I'll get you another one." Ron said as he sat down on the bed next to her, putting his arm around her shoulders.
"Just forget it!" Hermione cried as she jumped to her feet and ran for the bathroom, slamming the door behind her.
"Hermione!" Ron called as he crossed the room to the door, intending on following her, when the soft click of the lock stopped him in his tracks.
"Oh this is just great." Ron groaned as he spun on his heel and left the room altogether.
"What are we going to do?" Tonks whispered to Remus, neither of them wanting to take the chance that someone might over hear their conversation, despite it being near midnight, and everyone had gone up to bed a few hours earlier.
"I don't know." Remus said as he dropped his head into his hands.
"One thing is for sure, and that is Albus and the entire order will be here first thing in the morning and if we don't find him by then, there will certainly be hell to pay." Tonks said as she tried desperately to hold back the tears that had been threatening all day.
"Someone is coming." Remus announced as he jumped to his feet and hurried to the door, waiting until whoever was coming, was on the doorstep before drawing his wand and opening the door just enough to see Harry, Sirius and some stranger talking softly.
Harry never had a chance. One second he was explaining to Sirius and Godrick, what had happened after Sirius had fallen through the veil and the next he felt as if he was being squeezed to death.
"Thank Merlin, your okay." Remus said as he hugged Harry tightly and wiped at the tears that had started to fall.
"Air. Moony. Air." Sirius laughed as he pulled his friend away from Harry, allowing him to breathe again.
"Padfoot?" Remus gasped as he turned and caught a glimpse of Sirius in the dim light coming from inside the house.
"The one and only." Sirius said as he gave a bow and then grabbed Remus in bone crushing hug.
"Remus who's out there?" Tonks called out softly from where she had been standing behind the door, just in case it was someone attacking.
"Maybe we should take this inside." Harry suggested as he led the way through the door and headed for the kitchen. Their return trip had taken much longer as it had still been daylight in some of the towns they had passed and Harry didn't want to see strange reports of a phoenix traveling with three men in the papers.
Harry sat back and smiled to him self as he glanced around the table to see Godrick, Remus, Tonks, and Sirius all talking like the best of friends. Life was good. He thought to himself as he tried to hide a yawn.
"I think it's time for bed." Sirius announced a few minutes later as he rose to his feet and they all began to trudge upstairs to bed.
Harry felt as if his head had barely touched pillow, when he found himself startled awake by several screams coming from downstairs. Reaching quickly for the new pair of glasses, that Tonks had insisted on when they had gone shopping several days earlier, Harry shoved them on his face and sprinted downstairs.
It was complete and utter chaos that greeted Harry as he arrived in the kitchen to find Hermione, Molly, and Ginny screaming at the top of their lungs, while Remus, Sirius, and Godrick were all trying to calm the three women, unfortunately they had to yell to be heard over the screams.
"Shut up!" Harry yelled at the top of his lungs, causing silence to fall over the room.
"Thank you." Harry sighed softly as he crossed the room to stand protectively between them all.
"What is the problem?" He finally asked, directing the question to Mrs. Weasley.
"We just came down for breakfast, and they started screaming." Sirius finally answered. Almost afraid to speak at all for fear that the horrendous noise would begin again.
"The fact that everyone thinks your dead might have had something to do with that, don't you think?" Harry asked as he raked a hand through his hair.
"Well, maybe just a bit." Sirius admitted reluctantly.
"Don't you think you should apologize for scaring them all half to death?" Harry asked.
"Harry what is going on here?" Molly demanded as she stepped between Harry and the three men.
"I'm sorry Mrs. Weasley, we all got back rather late last night and not wanting to wake anyone, we just went to bed without letting you know we were here." Harry said as he sent Molly his most charming smile in hopes that she would not be too angry with them all.
"That's quite considerate of you, Harry. But perhaps, you could introduce everyone, as well as tell us why Sirius is here when he is supposed to be dead. I mean we had a funeral and everything." Molly said as she nervously wrung her hands together.
"Did a lot people come?" Sirius asked, immediately regretting the question when everyone turned to glare at him.
"You all know Remus and Sirius, and this is Godrick." Harry said ignoring his godfather's question.
"Pleased to meet you Mrs. Weasley." Godrick said as he extended his hand.
"Harry does Albus know that Godrick is here?" Molly asked as she smiled and shook the man's hand.
"I do now." Albus said as he entered the room.
"Harry as soon as you are dressed, I would like to speak to you privately." Albus said as he looked down at Harry, his eyes full of something Harry could only describe as disappointment.
"Yes sir." Harry said flushing with embarrassment at the realization that he only had on a pair of pajama bottoms and rushed upstairs.
"Sirius, its nice to see you back among the living again." Albus said as he sat down at the table and forced a smile.
"It's good to be back." Sirius said a bit uncertainly as they all sat down around the table.
Deciding that it would be better to keep his true identity a secret for as long as possible, Godrick slipped quietly away when Harry entered the room, unnoticed by anyone except for Harry.
"Harry I must meet with the other's." Godrick said as he followed Harry upstairs and closed the door silently behind him.
"You're leaving?" Harry asked wishing that Godrick would stay long enough to get to know the man better.
"Just for a while. I will most likely be back before the school term starts, but if not, I will see you at Hogwart's for sure." Godrick said as he smiled down at Harry.
"Tell the other's that I hope to see them soon, I mean I know we kind of got off to a bad start, but I was really hoping that we could spend some time getting to know one another. Plus there is a lot I still need to learn."
"It's alright Harry, I understand. I promise you, I will be back, but while I'm gone I want you to study this book." Godrick said as he gave Harry a hug and snapped his fingers. Producing an old worn book from thin air.
"You have to teach me how to do that." Harry grinned as he took the book and glanced down at the cover.
"It's a deal." Godrick agreed before leaving Harry alone to get dressed in private.