Author's Note: Sorry its taken so long to get this too you all, but I had
a personal crises to deal with and it's not over with yet so I am uploading
what I have and will have the next chapter out by the end of the week I
hope. Keep in mind this is a transitional chapter and Harry needed a bit
of rest so don't send me any howlers at how lame it turned out. Just
remember there is still a lot going on in this fic and it's going to get a
lot more exciting!
Remus Lupin sat beside Harry's bed watching him sleep. The past week had been one filled with so many different emotions it was hard to grab onto any one thing. His greatest concern had been about the young man that lay before him. It had been determined that Harry had used too much of his magical reserves and now lay in a coma.
The American ministry had been reluctant to allow Harry to be taken back to his home country, but after Albus had finally convinced them that he would contact them the moment Harry awoke they had finally consented to his return. Before they had left, the American Council had granted Sirius a full pardon and had forced the British Minister to do the same and compensate Sirius for their mistake.
It had been somewhat of a heated moment when he had watched Sirius and Albus face off concerning whether to take Harry to Hogwart's or to Grimuald Place. For nearly two days they argued constantly about where Harry should be taken. It had only been the fact that the new school term was starting that had been Sirius's ace in the hole. Add the fact that the ministry finally acknowledged Sirius's right to guardianship over Harry and it hadn't taken any time at all before Sirius had Harry back home.
Remus sighed tiredly as he resisted the urge to try and wake Harry. There were so many questions running through his mind about what happened at the American Ministry that almost a week later he was still struggling to understand it all. Despite knowing Sirius for what seemed forever, Remus had to admit that his friend had surprised him at how protective he had become of Harry in what seemed like such a short amount of time. The time they had spent alone had obviously helped them both strengthen their relationship and Remus found that he was feeling the beginnings of jealously at that thought.
All his life all he ever wanted was to be normal, grow up, get married and have a house full of kids. Fortunately before Remus could dwell too much on his dream, a slight movement from Harry jerked his attention back to the present. His first instinct was to run and fetch Sirius, but Remus pushed that thought aside and moved closer to Harry. Reaching for his hand as he began to fully wake.
"Hey kid. It's about time you woke up." Remus said as Harry rubbed at his eyes.
"What happened?" Harry asked, forcing the words past the dryness in his throat as he struggled to sit up.
"You used too much of your magical reserves maintaining your Patronum. You have been sleeping for about two weeks now." Remus explained as he quickly poured some water into a glass and passed it to Harry.
"Thanks." Harry said as he forced himself to sit up, thankful for the pillows that Remus placed behind him after passing him the glass of water.
"Two weeks?" Harry asked in disbelief, feeling as though he had been asleep for only a few minutes at the most.
"Be glad it wasn't a month." Remus said as he sat down on the edge of the bed.
"What happened?" Harry asked after he had drained the glass of water and slumped back against the pillows.
"Everything." Remus laughed as he launched into a quick explanation of everything that had happened after Harry had passed out.
Harry sat listening intently as Remus explained everything that happened, interrupting only to clarify exactly why the American Ministry had been so reluctant to allow them to leave.
"So they want the formula." Harry confirmed.
"That and to know how a sixteen year old kid came up with it." Remus said as he turned to look Harry in the eye.
"How did you come up with it anyway?"
"Honestly?" Harry asked not sure if anyone would believe that the potion he had been working on had nothing to do with what it had accomplished.
"If you don't want to tell me it's okay." Remus said feeling a bit hurt.
"No, it's not that." Harry hastened to assure Remus.
"It's just that to be honest with you, it was an accident. I was working on a potion that I hoped would be able to produce a liquid form of the Patronum, when Aries startled me and I knocked over a small container of wolf's bane potion and phoenix tears into the mixture." Harry explained.
"Are you telling me that all that time you were locked in your room, you were working on potions?" Remus asked stunned.
"Yeah. It got kind of boring after the first hour or two. I figured I might as well do something constructive, so I started trying to make all the potions I messed up on last year. I figured that if I could prove to Snape that I could make some of the more advanced potions he might reconsider and let me join his advanced class. I passed all my other classes that I need except for his." Harry said as he recalled the owl he had received a few weeks earlier informing him of his owl results.
"I wasn't even sure if it would work to be honest with you. I did test it on a friend of mine that I met one night not far from here, but since I haven't heard from him I wasn't sure if there were any side effects or not."
"I can honestly say that I have not experienced any negative effects at all." Remus said.
"As a matter of fact, I feel better than I have in years. Thank you, you have no idea how much it relieves me to know, that I will never be a werewolf again." Remus said with his voice full of gratitude.
"Actually that's not exactly true." Harry said not sure how Remus might take his next bit of news.
"Well the part of the werewolf is true, but I think you might be able to turn into a wolf. At least I think you might if you tried. You see, after I tested the potion, I tweaked it a bit so that if a person wanted to keep the wolf as his animal form then he could." Harry explained as he caught the worried look on Remus's face.
"You really are an amazing kid." Remus said as he hugged Harry.
"Following in yours and Sirius's footsteps I have a lot to live up to." Harry said with a mischievous grin.
Remus Lupin sat beside Harry's bed watching him sleep. The past week had been one filled with so many different emotions it was hard to grab onto any one thing. His greatest concern had been about the young man that lay before him. It had been determined that Harry had used too much of his magical reserves and now lay in a coma.
The American ministry had been reluctant to allow Harry to be taken back to his home country, but after Albus had finally convinced them that he would contact them the moment Harry awoke they had finally consented to his return. Before they had left, the American Council had granted Sirius a full pardon and had forced the British Minister to do the same and compensate Sirius for their mistake.
It had been somewhat of a heated moment when he had watched Sirius and Albus face off concerning whether to take Harry to Hogwart's or to Grimuald Place. For nearly two days they argued constantly about where Harry should be taken. It had only been the fact that the new school term was starting that had been Sirius's ace in the hole. Add the fact that the ministry finally acknowledged Sirius's right to guardianship over Harry and it hadn't taken any time at all before Sirius had Harry back home.
Remus sighed tiredly as he resisted the urge to try and wake Harry. There were so many questions running through his mind about what happened at the American Ministry that almost a week later he was still struggling to understand it all. Despite knowing Sirius for what seemed forever, Remus had to admit that his friend had surprised him at how protective he had become of Harry in what seemed like such a short amount of time. The time they had spent alone had obviously helped them both strengthen their relationship and Remus found that he was feeling the beginnings of jealously at that thought.
All his life all he ever wanted was to be normal, grow up, get married and have a house full of kids. Fortunately before Remus could dwell too much on his dream, a slight movement from Harry jerked his attention back to the present. His first instinct was to run and fetch Sirius, but Remus pushed that thought aside and moved closer to Harry. Reaching for his hand as he began to fully wake.
"Hey kid. It's about time you woke up." Remus said as Harry rubbed at his eyes.
"What happened?" Harry asked, forcing the words past the dryness in his throat as he struggled to sit up.
"You used too much of your magical reserves maintaining your Patronum. You have been sleeping for about two weeks now." Remus explained as he quickly poured some water into a glass and passed it to Harry.
"Thanks." Harry said as he forced himself to sit up, thankful for the pillows that Remus placed behind him after passing him the glass of water.
"Two weeks?" Harry asked in disbelief, feeling as though he had been asleep for only a few minutes at the most.
"Be glad it wasn't a month." Remus said as he sat down on the edge of the bed.
"What happened?" Harry asked after he had drained the glass of water and slumped back against the pillows.
"Everything." Remus laughed as he launched into a quick explanation of everything that had happened after Harry had passed out.
Harry sat listening intently as Remus explained everything that happened, interrupting only to clarify exactly why the American Ministry had been so reluctant to allow them to leave.
"So they want the formula." Harry confirmed.
"That and to know how a sixteen year old kid came up with it." Remus said as he turned to look Harry in the eye.
"How did you come up with it anyway?"
"Honestly?" Harry asked not sure if anyone would believe that the potion he had been working on had nothing to do with what it had accomplished.
"If you don't want to tell me it's okay." Remus said feeling a bit hurt.
"No, it's not that." Harry hastened to assure Remus.
"It's just that to be honest with you, it was an accident. I was working on a potion that I hoped would be able to produce a liquid form of the Patronum, when Aries startled me and I knocked over a small container of wolf's bane potion and phoenix tears into the mixture." Harry explained.
"Are you telling me that all that time you were locked in your room, you were working on potions?" Remus asked stunned.
"Yeah. It got kind of boring after the first hour or two. I figured I might as well do something constructive, so I started trying to make all the potions I messed up on last year. I figured that if I could prove to Snape that I could make some of the more advanced potions he might reconsider and let me join his advanced class. I passed all my other classes that I need except for his." Harry said as he recalled the owl he had received a few weeks earlier informing him of his owl results.
"I wasn't even sure if it would work to be honest with you. I did test it on a friend of mine that I met one night not far from here, but since I haven't heard from him I wasn't sure if there were any side effects or not."
"I can honestly say that I have not experienced any negative effects at all." Remus said.
"As a matter of fact, I feel better than I have in years. Thank you, you have no idea how much it relieves me to know, that I will never be a werewolf again." Remus said with his voice full of gratitude.
"Actually that's not exactly true." Harry said not sure how Remus might take his next bit of news.
"Well the part of the werewolf is true, but I think you might be able to turn into a wolf. At least I think you might if you tried. You see, after I tested the potion, I tweaked it a bit so that if a person wanted to keep the wolf as his animal form then he could." Harry explained as he caught the worried look on Remus's face.
"You really are an amazing kid." Remus said as he hugged Harry.
"Following in yours and Sirius's footsteps I have a lot to live up to." Harry said with a mischievous grin.