Chapter Six
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Later that day, the Elementals were eating lunch in the Great Hall. They'd already set up security camera's and alarm systems in six of the proffesors classrooms. Harry and Allegra had invented a spell that would go off whenever someone entered any area the spell was surrounding, and alert the spell casters. The spell could be altered to allow certian people access to whatever area the spell was surrounding, without the spell going off and alerting the casters.
Several of the proffessors had loved the idea of no-one being able to enter their classrooms without permission. Snape was secretly extatic that none of the insufferable students could get into his potions stores, and McGonagall was glad she wouldn't have to check her classroom for snogging students after curfew.
Harry, or rather Josh, was sitting in between Cassandra, who was on his left, and Emerald, who was on his right. Remus and the in-dog-form Sirius was seated on Emerald's other side. Harry spoke to Emerald in french about the next classrooms they would place the security spells and camera's in.
They were in the middle of debating whether or not to do the Charms classroom, or the Arithmancy room next, when a loud bell-like ringing resounded throughout the entire castle. The faces of the staff paled, and Dumbledore stood up, a grim expression on his face.
"Attaque!" Emerald and Harry cried at the same time, jumping up, eager smirks on their faces. They were out the door before the proffesors could realize what was happening. Cassandra stood up calmy and began giving orders to Allegra and Tera. " Tera, go make sure our Infirmiry is ready for any and all scenerios. Allegra, go ready the . . . holding cells." she said this last part with a malicious, gleeful look. Allegra matched the expression and took off behind Tera.
Cassandra looked at the others. "If you'd like to fight, or watch or something, you'd better get a move on before the action is over. There's only about. . ." she paused, and a look of concentration over came her features for a few moments before she brightened and said cheerfully " Three hundred Death Eaters and Dementors left. So, hurry up you lot! I wanna watch!" she grinned, bouncing on her feet. Then she turned and hurried out of the hall like a little girl on the way to a candy store, leaving the stunned proffessors behind.
"WHAT?!?!?" several of them shouted before taking off after her, their wands drawn.
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Harry and Emerald were litterally dancing circles around the large swarm of death eaters and dementors that had made their way onto the grounds. Each had swords in their hands and were swinging them around so fast, you couldn't really even see them. Quickly, death eaters fell and dementors fled. When the last death eater had fallen, Harry and Emerald grinned at each other and the swords dissapeared as they sheathed them.
The two threw their arms around the others neck and began singing:
'We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions, we are the champions
No time for losers cause we are the champions
of the WOOOOOOOOORLD!'
They sauntered up to Cassandra, grinning. "We were wondering when you were going to show up" Emerald said, wiping blood from her lip. Harry/Josh nodded. "We were beging to think you might meess out on zee fun." he said, wiping at the blooding issuing forth from a gash on his right temple.
"I wouldn't have missed it for the location of Atlantis!" Cassandra told them, smiling. "Now, we'd best get you patched up and these. . . parasites transferred to the holding cells." She turned and headed back for the castle, ignoring the flabbergahst expressions on the faculty's face as Harry and Emerald followed.
It was quite the sight to be seen, with Cassandra leading the way, two muddied, bloodied, and tattered robbed teens with their arms slung around the others shoulders, swaggering as if they drunk, following after her, and a long line of teachers following behind them like lost puppy dogs, each teacher with an equally shocked and bewildered expression on their faces.
Cassandra muttered the password to the groups chambers and entered. The teachers followed Cassandra, Josh, and Emerald to a dark green door on the east wall. Cassandra opened the door and Emerald and Josh took seats at the ends of two beds, each covered in black blankets, and one had Emerald green pillows, and the other had dark blue pillows.
Tera immediatly set to fixing their minor injuries. "That was great guys! I watched it from that holovision. Why do you two always feel the need to sing a song after you fight and win?" She asked as she rubbed a salve onto the new scar on Harry's left arm[ a second ago it was a long, deep, bleeding cut].
Josh opened his mouth to answer, but Emerald beat him to it. "Cause we want to, that's why. And it's hilarious to see the shocked, not to mention angry, looks on the bad guys' faces when we do!" Allegra rolled her eyes.
Someone cleared their throat behind them and the Elementals turned to see Dumbledore looking at them curiously. "Excuse me, but may I ask how you two alone managed to take out three hundred highly trained Death Eaters and Dementors so easily,quickly, and with minimal injury?" Josh,Emerald, and Cassandra snorted while Tera and Allegra just smirked. "Highly trained? Forgive me, Headmaster, but those Death Eaters were barely trained newbies. They couldn't fight worth a damn! Voldemort obviously didn't care about that lot, or he would have done better to train them. He was just testing our defenses. He sent out weak newbies so his more important minions wouldn't be hurt. He'll organize a few more scoutings before he makes his big attack. And in answer to your question, Emerald and I were trained in all forms of combat. one of our favourites happen to be sword fighting. We're pretty good at it, that's how we managed to beat them with little injury. Of course, those fools made it pretty easy. Even if we'd had barely any talent, we'd have wooped their A---" Emerald slapped a hand over his mouth, more for effect and fun than because she found what he would've said offensive or something.
Tera and Allegra snickered while Cassandra looked on amused, a small smirk playing on her lips. " I do believe that answers your question, Mr. Dumbledore? Good. What do you guys say we party?" the flamed headed woman asked, grinning crazily. Cheers went up from the elements while the teachers looked on, bemused.
"Of course, you're more than welcome and join in the festivities, if you'd like, Proffessors." Tera welcomed.
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All the teachers had declined the invitation to stay, and left almost immediatly. Cassandra had jammed up some music [ Bon Jovi] and Tera brought out the triple strong butterbeer. They then spent the night dancing and drinking, then they passed out in various places in the living room. by morning they all had hangovers.
Harry groaned and opened his eyes. He sighed. His head was pounding, and he was grateful they had enough sense last night to cover all windows so the morning light wouldn't hurt them in the morning. He propped himself up on his elbows and looked around the room. Emerald was next to him, an arm flung over her eyes and the other laying under her head. Harry smiled down at her before moving his gaze to the others in the room.
Allegra was half on, half off the couch, her head resting on her arms, which were propped on the seat of the couch. Cassandra was souched in a chair , hair covering her face, arms resting on the arms o the couch, and her feet resting on the coffee table.
Tera was laying on her stomach --under-- said coffee table, hair splayed out and arms wrapped around her head, as if already feeling the hangover.
Harry groaned and dragged himself off the floor. He wrapped his arms around himself in an attempted to warm himself up, and headed towards a door on the west wall, next to the staircase leading up to the bedrooms. He opened it and started down a pair of steps. When he readed the bottom, he was in a circular stone room, with three doors to the left, right, and front of him. He walked first to the one on his left[AN: our lefts, people!At least, my left :-P] He opened the door, stepped in, and winced as the angry, and some scared, voices arguing and muttering met his ears. "Be quiet, you lot!" he ordered quietly, but it was loud enough to gain their attention.
The Death eaters who hadn't managed to escape the night before were staring at him from within their cells. Some were glaring murderously at him, others were staring blankly, and some of the younger were were looking at him downright terrified. Harry sneered at them.
"Don't you worry, you'll be handed over to the Ministry and Dementors as soon as we've finished with ya. I imagine you're hungry, Every muggle prisoner on death row gets a last meal of his choice before their executed. What would you like?" Most of the prisoners paled, but some, who were convinced their Lord would save them, just sneered.Harry grinned evilly. Hey, these people supported a madman set on world domination and murder, why shouldn't Harry take pleasure in their discomfort?
He waved his wand and simple porcelin plates and goblets appeared before each death eater. "Just tell the dishes what you want to eat, and it will appear. Bon Appetiet!" then he turned and left.
Once he was back in the circular room, he went into the door to his right. Inside was a large potions labratory, with shelves upon shelves of potions ingrediants and cauldrons. In the the middle of the room were four large, long work tables. Harry grabbed a medium sized iron couldron and grapped several ingrediats off a shelf. He began chopping up the gingeroot long wise into strips. he threw them in the cauldrom with twelve centipied legs, one crushed eye of newt, and an ounce of powdered falcon talon, three drops of strawberry juice and banana extract. he set it on high and began stirring counterclockwise for thirty minutes.
Harry was sure that by the time he was done with the potion, the girls would be up and in the Great Hall. None of them would bother him when he was in his lab.He found as much peace in his potions lab as he did in his garden back at Magic's Glow. Harry suddenly snorted, imaging what Snape would do, what his reaction would be, if he could see little spoiled Harry Potter down here now, and Know it was Harry, making potions without flaw, running away to the lab when ever he needed to be alone. Oh, he couldn't wait till he told everyone he was alive.
He began stirring clockwise. He hated keeping himself hidden, but it was neccessary. He didn't want to endanger anyone he cared about, by letting them know he was alive. But sometimes he couldn't help wish he hadn't taken the potion to mask his sent and magical signature from Remus. A grin overtook his features. 'Maybe I can use the time before they find out who I am, to try and set Siri and Cassie back up. Granted, Siri was an idiot, and should have said something other than 'uh...er, um. . .'. It's not like either of them knew she'd be dissapearing the next day, either. I think they could still have a chance. .'
Finally, an hour after he had first thrown the igrediants into the cauldron, it was time for it to simmer. Thirty more iminutes later, and it was done. He grabbed five vials and brought them over to the table. He cast a cooling charm on the yellow liquid and and began to fill each vial. Then he capped them, stored the remianing potion for a later time, washed his cauldron and mixing spoon, put them up, and walked out the door.
He first stopped in his room, changed his cloths, and then headed towards the Great Hall. He was correct in assuming the girls would be eating, as he found them there, nibbling on bacon and holding their heads. Harry couldn't help smirk, even though he himself was suffering. They just looked too cute, sitting slumped in their chairs, groaning every now and then, and clutching their heads with their hands. Emerald was resting her head on the table, covering her head and ears with he arms. Harry felt sympathy and headed over.
"Hey girls," he said quietly. He got three grunts and a moan in return. He smiled. " I've got something that might help. . . " he said teasingly. Tera, Cassie, and Allegra looked up, Emerald didn't move. He held out the vials to the three girls and and moved over the Emerald, ignoring the looks on some of the teachers faces. Namely Snape's as he studied Harry's potion.
"Hey, Em. I've got a Hangover Cure for ya." he said softly to her, touching her arm and rubbing her head gently. She looked up. "Ugh. I drank waaaay too much last night." she mumbled, taking the potionfrom him. She downed it quickly and then closed her eyes and smiled. "Yum." she said, opening her eyes. " Now that potion is almost worth getting drunk for." she said, loving the taste of strawberries and banana creme in the potion.
Harry downed his own potion, and then replied."Well, if you love it so much, just say so. I can make it into a regular drink, ya know." "You can?" "Of course. Would you like me to?" Emerald grinned at him, in a much better mood now that her hangover was gone. "Yes!"
Cassie snickered. "First offering to make her special drinks, next offering her an engagement ring." Harry and Emerald glared at her, though Em's cheeks had flushed just slightly.
Dumbledore smiled at them.
"Excuse me, I would like to let you know that the student's will be arriving a few days earlier than planned." The group of girls and Harry looked at him. "Why is that, sir?" Harry asked, concerned. The olden headmaster smiled reasuuringly. "Nothing to worry about, I assure you. Most of the students parents are worried about their children with Voldemort on the rise again, and have have asked me to allow their children into Hogwarts a few days earlier. They feel their children will be safer here." Harry nodded. "How many days is a few?" he asked, wondering how much time they now had. The school was going to be opening in a week anyway, so now when was it?
" The majority of the students will be arriving in three days. The sorting will take place as planned on September 1st, we'll just keep the new first years in a spare dorm untill they can be sorted into their Houses."
"Thank you for warning us, Headmaster. We'll be sure to have the castle and grounds secure before their arrival." Harry told him. Dumbledore nodded and everyone went back to eating.
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TBC
AuthorsNote: I hope this was okay. Sorry it's short, and took so long to get out:-) I hope you enjoy:-) I'm sorry if I forgot to mention, that Harry is in desguise, that's why no one can or will recognize Harry. I hope this chap explains why Remus hasn't figured out it's Harry by sniffing him out:-) See ya in the next Chapter!
Dra
P.S. for anyone who might now know, that song Harry and Emerald were signing is 'We Are The Champions' by Queen. don't you just love Queen?
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Later that day, the Elementals were eating lunch in the Great Hall. They'd already set up security camera's and alarm systems in six of the proffesors classrooms. Harry and Allegra had invented a spell that would go off whenever someone entered any area the spell was surrounding, and alert the spell casters. The spell could be altered to allow certian people access to whatever area the spell was surrounding, without the spell going off and alerting the casters.
Several of the proffessors had loved the idea of no-one being able to enter their classrooms without permission. Snape was secretly extatic that none of the insufferable students could get into his potions stores, and McGonagall was glad she wouldn't have to check her classroom for snogging students after curfew.
Harry, or rather Josh, was sitting in between Cassandra, who was on his left, and Emerald, who was on his right. Remus and the in-dog-form Sirius was seated on Emerald's other side. Harry spoke to Emerald in french about the next classrooms they would place the security spells and camera's in.
They were in the middle of debating whether or not to do the Charms classroom, or the Arithmancy room next, when a loud bell-like ringing resounded throughout the entire castle. The faces of the staff paled, and Dumbledore stood up, a grim expression on his face.
"Attaque!" Emerald and Harry cried at the same time, jumping up, eager smirks on their faces. They were out the door before the proffesors could realize what was happening. Cassandra stood up calmy and began giving orders to Allegra and Tera. " Tera, go make sure our Infirmiry is ready for any and all scenerios. Allegra, go ready the . . . holding cells." she said this last part with a malicious, gleeful look. Allegra matched the expression and took off behind Tera.
Cassandra looked at the others. "If you'd like to fight, or watch or something, you'd better get a move on before the action is over. There's only about. . ." she paused, and a look of concentration over came her features for a few moments before she brightened and said cheerfully " Three hundred Death Eaters and Dementors left. So, hurry up you lot! I wanna watch!" she grinned, bouncing on her feet. Then she turned and hurried out of the hall like a little girl on the way to a candy store, leaving the stunned proffessors behind.
"WHAT?!?!?" several of them shouted before taking off after her, their wands drawn.
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Harry and Emerald were litterally dancing circles around the large swarm of death eaters and dementors that had made their way onto the grounds. Each had swords in their hands and were swinging them around so fast, you couldn't really even see them. Quickly, death eaters fell and dementors fled. When the last death eater had fallen, Harry and Emerald grinned at each other and the swords dissapeared as they sheathed them.
The two threw their arms around the others neck and began singing:
'We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions, we are the champions
No time for losers cause we are the champions
of the WOOOOOOOOORLD!'
They sauntered up to Cassandra, grinning. "We were wondering when you were going to show up" Emerald said, wiping blood from her lip. Harry/Josh nodded. "We were beging to think you might meess out on zee fun." he said, wiping at the blooding issuing forth from a gash on his right temple.
"I wouldn't have missed it for the location of Atlantis!" Cassandra told them, smiling. "Now, we'd best get you patched up and these. . . parasites transferred to the holding cells." She turned and headed back for the castle, ignoring the flabbergahst expressions on the faculty's face as Harry and Emerald followed.
It was quite the sight to be seen, with Cassandra leading the way, two muddied, bloodied, and tattered robbed teens with their arms slung around the others shoulders, swaggering as if they drunk, following after her, and a long line of teachers following behind them like lost puppy dogs, each teacher with an equally shocked and bewildered expression on their faces.
Cassandra muttered the password to the groups chambers and entered. The teachers followed Cassandra, Josh, and Emerald to a dark green door on the east wall. Cassandra opened the door and Emerald and Josh took seats at the ends of two beds, each covered in black blankets, and one had Emerald green pillows, and the other had dark blue pillows.
Tera immediatly set to fixing their minor injuries. "That was great guys! I watched it from that holovision. Why do you two always feel the need to sing a song after you fight and win?" She asked as she rubbed a salve onto the new scar on Harry's left arm[ a second ago it was a long, deep, bleeding cut].
Josh opened his mouth to answer, but Emerald beat him to it. "Cause we want to, that's why. And it's hilarious to see the shocked, not to mention angry, looks on the bad guys' faces when we do!" Allegra rolled her eyes.
Someone cleared their throat behind them and the Elementals turned to see Dumbledore looking at them curiously. "Excuse me, but may I ask how you two alone managed to take out three hundred highly trained Death Eaters and Dementors so easily,quickly, and with minimal injury?" Josh,Emerald, and Cassandra snorted while Tera and Allegra just smirked. "Highly trained? Forgive me, Headmaster, but those Death Eaters were barely trained newbies. They couldn't fight worth a damn! Voldemort obviously didn't care about that lot, or he would have done better to train them. He was just testing our defenses. He sent out weak newbies so his more important minions wouldn't be hurt. He'll organize a few more scoutings before he makes his big attack. And in answer to your question, Emerald and I were trained in all forms of combat. one of our favourites happen to be sword fighting. We're pretty good at it, that's how we managed to beat them with little injury. Of course, those fools made it pretty easy. Even if we'd had barely any talent, we'd have wooped their A---" Emerald slapped a hand over his mouth, more for effect and fun than because she found what he would've said offensive or something.
Tera and Allegra snickered while Cassandra looked on amused, a small smirk playing on her lips. " I do believe that answers your question, Mr. Dumbledore? Good. What do you guys say we party?" the flamed headed woman asked, grinning crazily. Cheers went up from the elements while the teachers looked on, bemused.
"Of course, you're more than welcome and join in the festivities, if you'd like, Proffessors." Tera welcomed.
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All the teachers had declined the invitation to stay, and left almost immediatly. Cassandra had jammed up some music [ Bon Jovi] and Tera brought out the triple strong butterbeer. They then spent the night dancing and drinking, then they passed out in various places in the living room. by morning they all had hangovers.
Harry groaned and opened his eyes. He sighed. His head was pounding, and he was grateful they had enough sense last night to cover all windows so the morning light wouldn't hurt them in the morning. He propped himself up on his elbows and looked around the room. Emerald was next to him, an arm flung over her eyes and the other laying under her head. Harry smiled down at her before moving his gaze to the others in the room.
Allegra was half on, half off the couch, her head resting on her arms, which were propped on the seat of the couch. Cassandra was souched in a chair , hair covering her face, arms resting on the arms o the couch, and her feet resting on the coffee table.
Tera was laying on her stomach --under-- said coffee table, hair splayed out and arms wrapped around her head, as if already feeling the hangover.
Harry groaned and dragged himself off the floor. He wrapped his arms around himself in an attempted to warm himself up, and headed towards a door on the west wall, next to the staircase leading up to the bedrooms. He opened it and started down a pair of steps. When he readed the bottom, he was in a circular stone room, with three doors to the left, right, and front of him. He walked first to the one on his left[AN: our lefts, people!At least, my left :-P] He opened the door, stepped in, and winced as the angry, and some scared, voices arguing and muttering met his ears. "Be quiet, you lot!" he ordered quietly, but it was loud enough to gain their attention.
The Death eaters who hadn't managed to escape the night before were staring at him from within their cells. Some were glaring murderously at him, others were staring blankly, and some of the younger were were looking at him downright terrified. Harry sneered at them.
"Don't you worry, you'll be handed over to the Ministry and Dementors as soon as we've finished with ya. I imagine you're hungry, Every muggle prisoner on death row gets a last meal of his choice before their executed. What would you like?" Most of the prisoners paled, but some, who were convinced their Lord would save them, just sneered.Harry grinned evilly. Hey, these people supported a madman set on world domination and murder, why shouldn't Harry take pleasure in their discomfort?
He waved his wand and simple porcelin plates and goblets appeared before each death eater. "Just tell the dishes what you want to eat, and it will appear. Bon Appetiet!" then he turned and left.
Once he was back in the circular room, he went into the door to his right. Inside was a large potions labratory, with shelves upon shelves of potions ingrediants and cauldrons. In the the middle of the room were four large, long work tables. Harry grabbed a medium sized iron couldron and grapped several ingrediats off a shelf. He began chopping up the gingeroot long wise into strips. he threw them in the cauldrom with twelve centipied legs, one crushed eye of newt, and an ounce of powdered falcon talon, three drops of strawberry juice and banana extract. he set it on high and began stirring counterclockwise for thirty minutes.
Harry was sure that by the time he was done with the potion, the girls would be up and in the Great Hall. None of them would bother him when he was in his lab.He found as much peace in his potions lab as he did in his garden back at Magic's Glow. Harry suddenly snorted, imaging what Snape would do, what his reaction would be, if he could see little spoiled Harry Potter down here now, and Know it was Harry, making potions without flaw, running away to the lab when ever he needed to be alone. Oh, he couldn't wait till he told everyone he was alive.
He began stirring clockwise. He hated keeping himself hidden, but it was neccessary. He didn't want to endanger anyone he cared about, by letting them know he was alive. But sometimes he couldn't help wish he hadn't taken the potion to mask his sent and magical signature from Remus. A grin overtook his features. 'Maybe I can use the time before they find out who I am, to try and set Siri and Cassie back up. Granted, Siri was an idiot, and should have said something other than 'uh...er, um. . .'. It's not like either of them knew she'd be dissapearing the next day, either. I think they could still have a chance. .'
Finally, an hour after he had first thrown the igrediants into the cauldron, it was time for it to simmer. Thirty more iminutes later, and it was done. He grabbed five vials and brought them over to the table. He cast a cooling charm on the yellow liquid and and began to fill each vial. Then he capped them, stored the remianing potion for a later time, washed his cauldron and mixing spoon, put them up, and walked out the door.
He first stopped in his room, changed his cloths, and then headed towards the Great Hall. He was correct in assuming the girls would be eating, as he found them there, nibbling on bacon and holding their heads. Harry couldn't help smirk, even though he himself was suffering. They just looked too cute, sitting slumped in their chairs, groaning every now and then, and clutching their heads with their hands. Emerald was resting her head on the table, covering her head and ears with he arms. Harry felt sympathy and headed over.
"Hey girls," he said quietly. He got three grunts and a moan in return. He smiled. " I've got something that might help. . . " he said teasingly. Tera, Cassie, and Allegra looked up, Emerald didn't move. He held out the vials to the three girls and and moved over the Emerald, ignoring the looks on some of the teachers faces. Namely Snape's as he studied Harry's potion.
"Hey, Em. I've got a Hangover Cure for ya." he said softly to her, touching her arm and rubbing her head gently. She looked up. "Ugh. I drank waaaay too much last night." she mumbled, taking the potionfrom him. She downed it quickly and then closed her eyes and smiled. "Yum." she said, opening her eyes. " Now that potion is almost worth getting drunk for." she said, loving the taste of strawberries and banana creme in the potion.
Harry downed his own potion, and then replied."Well, if you love it so much, just say so. I can make it into a regular drink, ya know." "You can?" "Of course. Would you like me to?" Emerald grinned at him, in a much better mood now that her hangover was gone. "Yes!"
Cassie snickered. "First offering to make her special drinks, next offering her an engagement ring." Harry and Emerald glared at her, though Em's cheeks had flushed just slightly.
Dumbledore smiled at them.
"Excuse me, I would like to let you know that the student's will be arriving a few days earlier than planned." The group of girls and Harry looked at him. "Why is that, sir?" Harry asked, concerned. The olden headmaster smiled reasuuringly. "Nothing to worry about, I assure you. Most of the students parents are worried about their children with Voldemort on the rise again, and have have asked me to allow their children into Hogwarts a few days earlier. They feel their children will be safer here." Harry nodded. "How many days is a few?" he asked, wondering how much time they now had. The school was going to be opening in a week anyway, so now when was it?
" The majority of the students will be arriving in three days. The sorting will take place as planned on September 1st, we'll just keep the new first years in a spare dorm untill they can be sorted into their Houses."
"Thank you for warning us, Headmaster. We'll be sure to have the castle and grounds secure before their arrival." Harry told him. Dumbledore nodded and everyone went back to eating.
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TBC
AuthorsNote: I hope this was okay. Sorry it's short, and took so long to get out:-) I hope you enjoy:-) I'm sorry if I forgot to mention, that Harry is in desguise, that's why no one can or will recognize Harry. I hope this chap explains why Remus hasn't figured out it's Harry by sniffing him out:-) See ya in the next Chapter!
Dra
P.S. for anyone who might now know, that song Harry and Emerald were signing is 'We Are The Champions' by Queen. don't you just love Queen?