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Chapter 7: Preparing for Justice

31st July 1984

"Padfoot, I'm four today, open presents now!" The four years old child as of today shouted at his Godfather who was groaning and spluttering about being woken up at 6:00am in the morning by a hyperactive child.

"Go away Harry, Padfoot needs his sleep!" Sirius managed to get out before his head hit the pillow again and soon went back to doing his favourite hobby, sleep. What Harry did not know was Sirius had been up till 2 AM wrapping Harry's presents seeing Remus couldn't do it because of the moon.

Harry was a boy not be said no to lightly especially on his birthday so going downstairs he saw Moony who was sitting at the table looking tired and weary, the full moon being just two nights ago. Sirius and Remus had told Harry about Remus being a werewolf and that the shed in the garden was totally off-limits and if they ever saw him in there they would take his magic away. Of course they couldn't do such a thing but Harry didn't know that so he was sufficiently scared. He didn't care at all about Remus being a werewolf and thought about him no differently.

"Moony, it's my birthday!" Harry said bouncing up to Remus and tackling him where he sat in a big hug.

"I know Harry, four today. Happy Birthday" Remus spoke softly to the child as he returned the hug. "What are you doing down here so early?" Remus asked Harry who was by now bouncing round the kitchen.

"Padfoot won't get up. I woke him and he just went back to sleep. So I am going to try again." Harry told Remus with an evil grin on his face and a glint in his eye.

Remus knew that look all too well, it was the one that James had whenever a prank was upcoming that he would really enjoy. Remus groaned to himself.

"What are you planning to do Harry?" Remus asked the child who was now putting on his innocent face that said "Nothing, I am just a good little boy". Remus knew this was false, as they had been living together for around 3 years now and Harry was anything but a little good child, he was plain evil when it came to pranks. "Just like Padfoot" Remus mused to himself as he knew Sirius wouldn't appreciate teaching Harry pranks after Harry had woke him up.

Harry didn't reply but kept looking through the cupboards until he found what he was looking for, a jug. Filling it up with water he asked Remus to put a coldness charm on it and Remus didn't mind seeing as once Sirius was up they could get the tiring day that Remus knew it was going to be over with.

Harry did the only thing he could of done in the situation, ran straight up to his Godfather's room and dumped the jug full of ice cold water straight over his head.

Sirius shot straight up in bed with a shout of shock from having his head drenched. He picked his wand off the bedside table and with a flick the drying charm was cast and leaping out of bed Sirius pulled on his clothes and chased after his Godson who was going to get so wet.

Harry ran down the stairs and after about thirty seconds heard Sirius follow. As soon as Sirius saw the child he with a flick and a swish of the wand drenched the boy from head to foot with ice cold water.

Remus seeing this did the same charm on Harry that Sirius did on himself drying the boy. With a stern glare at the other occupants in the house, he rose to make breakfast.

"What do you want for breakfast today Harry, birthday boy's choice." Remus said happily looking at the child who was bouncing up and down again like a hyperactive rabbit.

"Pancakes, Pancakes!" Harry chanted which made Remus groan. He could cook very well for a man but pancakes was one of those things although he can cook them; he was never very good at.

"Yeah Moony, Pancakes, Pancakes!" Sirius joined in the chant, a evil glint in his eye knowing his friend has trouble cooking them but having had them they always turn out fine.

"Alright, alright. Don't get your coat in a twist Padfoot." Remus smirked at his friend who hates people making jokes about his animagus form. This put an end to the terrible twosome chanting "pancakes, pancakes" over and over again, which gave Remus's headache a much-needed rest.

Once breakfast had been made and all three hungry people had been fed and watered it was time for Harry to open his presents that this year were mostly wizarding. Remus had risked going to Diagon Alley this time as the pair had decided it was time Harry had more interactions with the wizarding world and the objects that reside in it.

Harry with inhuman speed raced into the living room where in one corner lay a large pile of presents that he almost dived into and grabbing the first parcel he began to tear open his gifts. Sirius and Remus followed at a leisurely pace and taking out the camera the pair took turns in taking pictures of Harry who not really looking at his presents just proceeded to pull of all the wrapping paper. Once he had done all that he started to look through the assortment of wizarding goods that Remus and Sirius had purchased.

There was books, some wizarding stories, some on Quidditch and a couple on Potions. Harry spent most of the time looking at the books on Quidditch and could barely keep his eyes off of them as he moved them to one side with care. Next he pulled a beautiful robe out of the pile and immediately without prompt put it on.

"Look Moony, look Padfoot, I look like a real wizard!" Harry delighted after seeing the robes the majority of people in the wizarding books wear.

"Yeah Harry you look great." Sirius replied. He was proud and it was evident in his voice as he looked at the sheer joy and delight Harry got from wearing his robes which were black with forest green trimmings. Remus had purchased them from Madame Maxim's using measurements the pair had taken off Harry the day before.

Harry went back to his presents and took a few more off the pile. There were bags of wizarding sweets including Chocolate Frogs, Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans, Sugar Quills and many more.

"Can I have some now, please Moony" Harry asked with a tone of pleading.

"Alright Harry but just one you have lunch in about an hour or two." Moony told the boy who nodded his head in agreement and continued to take the packaging off a Chocolate Frog.

The next moment was priceless. Harry who had never had wizarding candies before and had never expected them to be much different to Muggle candy that Remus and Sirius would give to him if he'd been good, got the shock of his life when the chocolate frog started jumping away from him.

Seeing the bewildered and shocked look on his Godsons face and then seeing the boy dive out and grab the frog brought tears of laughter to Sirius's face. Remus was also laughing and Harry turned round and glared at them while munching away at the chocolate which by the nodding of his head and the smile that graced his face he certainly liked.

After pleading with both Sirius and Remus for more chocolate and getting nowhere despite his best efforts, Harry moved on till his still fairly sized present pile and started picking up another present, this time it was a box that contained a collection of wizarding games. It had a pack of Exploding Snap, a Junior Gobstones game and a tutorial edition of Wizarding Chess that showed the player how to play the gam and the explained the rules. This is very useful when the player is a beginner.

When Harry pulled each of these games out of the box, he showed them to either Sirius or Remus who told him what the games were for. Harry loved the look of Exploding Snap when Sirius told him what it was and wanted to play right away but was told later by the two adults.

Sirius and Remus were delighted that Harry was this happy about his presents as they have been trying to make Harry as happy as possible considering they were are all stuck in one cottage and its grounds.

When Harry had opened the last couple of presents, which were books used in the wizarding world that helps a child learn to read and write, he looked happy and started over to the pile where most of his presents lay. Before he could start playing with them Sirius and Remus picked him up.

"You've still got one more present to come Harry, a special present!" Sirius told the child whom upon hearing his Godfathers words started to look excited.

"Really Padfoot, more!" Harry exclaimed as Remus and Sirius carried him outside onto the back garden's patio where on a table lay the object of Harry's excitement, a Nimbus 1995.

Harry jumped out of his Godfathers and Moony's arms and ran to the broom where he almost cuddled it in sheer happiness.

"Is this mine Moony, is this mine?" Harry asked as if the broom would disappear at any given moment in time.

"Yes Harry, although don't expect anything for Christmas!" Sirius joked with the child who at that present moment didn't look bothered if he got anymore presents ever again.

Harry carefully put the broom back on the table and then running tackled his Godfather in a huge hug then proceeded to do the same for Remus who were both happy because Harry was happy. Harry all the time spent near his two "uncles" was spent with him muttering the words "thank you, thank you, thank you".

Harry had seen this broom before; it was the best broom in one of the broomstick magazines that Sirius had remembered to bring to the cottage with him. Harry could recall all of the details and wanted to ride it right away.

"Padfoot, teach me how to ride, please, please." Harry pleaded with his Godfather knowing how Moony didn't like Quidditch very much.

"Alright Harry, come here with the broom." Sirius instructed stepping about ten feet off of the patio area and onto the lawn.

Harry did just that while Remus went inside for a nap, he was still worn down by the full moon. Once Harry had the broom next to Sirius he stooped and waited for the next instruction.

"Now put the broom down so that the twigs are at the back and then with your palm facing down command UP and the broom should rise to your hand." Sirius told the child standing next to him.

Harry did just that and commanded "UP". The broom rose gently into his hand and looking delighted he looked to Sirius for advice.

"Wait a minute Harry, I'll come up with you the first time." Sirius thought when thinking what could go wrong. "Accio" he cried as an afterthought holding out his hand.

After waiting about ten seconds Sirius's broom, a Cleansweep 4, a decent mid-market model which Sirius only used occasionally as he had his precious motorbike which he hadn't flown in years and suddenly got a yearning to ride it and see if it still was good as ever.

Sirius then showed Harry the correct grip and the way to mount the broom and pushing his foot hard against the ground pushed off twenty feet into the air. He then told Harry to attempt the same and waited with baited breath to see if his Godson could do it, as he was only four years old.

His concerns were unnecessary though as Harry followed his instructions perfectly and soon joined his Godfather twenty-foot off the ground with a huge grin on his face as the light wind whipped through his hair.

"Padfoot me love flying, can we fly around?" Harry questioned his Godfather who nodded his head but held out a hand signalling Harry to wait.

"We can Harry but first I had better do this." Sirius said to his Godson whose face was contorted in pure joy and happiness at the chance to fly. "" He cast on his Godson's broomstick, limiting the speed to 40 miles per hour, around a third of its capacity for speed. At Harry's confused look Sirius explained:

"Its stops the broom going to fast Harry, Moony would kill me if anything happened to you while we are out here. I just don't think you're big enough or old enough to fly the broom properly."

"OK Padfoot, let's go, stop being such a girl." Harry taunted his Godfather and took off soon reaching the speed that Padfoot had limited him to.

The comment sparked a game of Sirius chasing Harry and he caught up with his Godson very quickly although Sirius's broom was old it still easily went faster than the limit on Harry's broom. Sirius though was just chasing the boy to make sure nothing went wrong but it seemed Harry was just like his father, a natural at flying.

Harry was in his element, he felt free as a bird and loved every second of flying and wanted to stay this way forever, the freedom that he felt was only magnified by being confined to one place and Harry got a fleeting thought of just flying forever.

Sirius who had long since stopped flying and just sat perched on his broom ten foot above the ground watching his Godson weave around the air masterfully. It had been two hours since Harry had started flying and he showed no signs of stopping.

Another hour passed and Sirius had long since landed, his broom banished into the living room and him and Remus were by now sitting on the patio having light conversation while watching Harry as the dinner cooked.

Even though Harry had been flying three and a half-hours by the time that he came down he never felt that time had gone that fast and still wanted to fly more. Tiredness caught up with him though and after a birthday dinner and a little time spent with Sirius and Remus explaining how Exploding Snap works, Harry was ready for sleep.

"Night Padfoot, Night Moony, thanks for the best presents you're the best." Harry told his "uncles" who each received a hug before Harry went up to bed followed by Sirius who was on story duty tonight.

Sirius came down and went into the back garden and saw Remus had already started preparing the training for that night. After Sirius set the charms in place for Harry like he always did, he went and joined his friend.

Sirius and Remus had been duelling for years now and their strength in duelling had grown so that now they were so good and evenly matched the duels took hours to decide upon a winner. Sirius helped Remus improve his wandless magic while Remus coached Sirius on dodging and movement. Furthering their need to protect themselves and Harry, the pair had decided that they needed to defend themselves if they couldn't use magic. So on his way back form Diagon Alley Remus had went to a muggle weapons store and picked up a variety of muggle weapons for the pair of them.

On the table before them lay the weapons that Remus had bought that day. There were two swords, four daggers, two bows and an assortment of throwing knives/stars that one could use in a fight. The weapons had cost a fair bit of money, around £600 as all the weaponry had gold blades and the arrows were also made from gold but this was not as much as Remus had expected and he was surprised at how cheap the weapons actually were. Although the blades were actually made of steel and the silver was only used in minute quantities, as a decoration of the blade, silver was deadly to Remus as it was to all Werewolves. Though the amount couldn't kill Remus it had adverse affects on Remus's health just by being near them.

The night that Remus had brought them back the pair had handled each weapon and with a little magical influence and sparring the pair had decided what weapons they would train with. Sirius quite liked the swords but hated the daggers and bow and was indifferent about the throwing stars. Remus on the other hand detested the swords and liked the bow and didn't mind the daggers while he was also indifferent on the throwing weapons. It was decided that Sirius would use the two swords and half the throwing knives/stars and Remus would take the daggers and the bow along with the rest of the throwing knives/stars.

They hadn't been able to commence their training right away due to the full moon but Remus was tonight setting up training dummies like the ones Sirius used in Auror training. These dummies interacted with the person and allowed them to improve their skills greatly without the need for combat between two people. This was extremely complicated magic that involved runes and long incantations that Sirius knew he couldn't do. Sirius had learnt that long ago, just because if someone has lots of power, it doesn't necessarily make them better at things than other people who had less power.

Remus sat down and wiping his brow, signalling that he had finished, explained to Sirius that the dummies would have duplicates of the weapon/weapons that the person fighting it held apart from these weapons would do little damage if the person gets hit with them. He went on to say that the dummies had twenty levels of difficulty. Level One was about as difficult as beating a first year while level twenty was like facing an accomplished top of the field person in that weapon.

All talk done the pair set out on facing there dummies and after two hours were physically exhausted, fighting muggle style was a lot more physically hard than duelling. The pair was quite pleased though with their performance and after they cleaned up and took a shower they sat in the armchairs by the fire with a cup of tea discussing Harry's learning schedule.

It was decided that now Harry was four that they would start to teach him about magic and in magical subjects as up till now all Harry had only been taught the basics of reading and writing as well as how to tell the time. It was agreed that while they would continue with more advanced reading and writing lessons as they were essential. Harry would learn about the theory of magic to prepare him for when they taught him wand magic. The pair also decided that they would teach him potions of rather Remus would, as Sirius for all his power couldn't brew potions better than an average fifth year. Sirius would teach him Quidditch and about Magical Creatures as this would give him knowledge that would help with potions.

They were doing this to prepare Harry for when they would try to teach him wand magic, which would start after his fifth birthday. They would do this as Sirius and Remus wanted to go back to the wizarding world and deal out justice to some people but wanted Harry to be proficient in defending himself and though this might take years the pair wouldn't have it any other way.

The only problem was that Harry would have to use his fathers' wand, as it was too dangerous to risk a trip to Diagon Alley with him. The pair realised this may cause problems as wands were special to their owners and Harry wouldn't be able to unleash his true power and potential with his fathers wand.

One thing that Sirius and Remus were in total agreement though was that it was imperative that Harry be able to defend himself against the fiercest attacks so most of the magic taught to him would be magic that would be useful in a battle situation.

They would be able to teach Harry most spells that Hogwarts taught as Remus had kept and brought with him every book he had ever owned including The Standard Book of Spells 1-7.

These years were going to tough for Harry but unfortunately as Remus and Sirius had found out, life is not fair by a long shot.

AN

I love Snow Days! Thursday and Friday's school was cancelled allowing me to make the chapter longer and to make a start on the next one. Long Live Snow!

Some people may say that Harry is spoiled, in my opinion that is right and wrong. While they do buy him everything he wants, Harry is stuck in Hide and Seek cottage with just Remus and Sirius 24hrs a day, every day so he needs some things to do as he is just starting to be taught things and needs things to occupy himself with.

About Sirius's power compared to Voldemort, do you really think Voldemort was feared so badly just by being quick on the draw and being able to use the Unforgivables well. I think no!

More people want Dumbledore to stay good so I'll do just that unless there is suddenly an overwhelming response that he is to be evil.

Purple Bunny: I get you, that is probably what I'm going to go with seeing nobody wants him evil.

AFI-Boy: All will be revealed next chapter!

Next chapter we are back to the rest of the world and what has happened since Harry was "kidnapped". Any ideas on the situation may be taken into consideration.

More action coming next chapter!

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