Cap Nº 5: 'Rescuing' Remus.

That night Harry went to bed but couldn't properly fall asleep until long past midnight. He woke up next day at six thirty, as usual, and went for a shower, careful not to meet his father unexpectedly in his way. It happened that his father had decided to have a peaceful day, so Harry was able to change to proper clothes and eat breakfast relaxed. The training went as always, but instead of going to bed after Shadowmency, the three of them sat in one of the many sitting rooms of the castle, waiting for the hour before midnight to come. They talked about Harry's journey to 12 Grimmaud Place, where they knew Remus was.

An hour before midnight they went outside and the three of them whistled, all in different ways and tunes. Less than a minute after the calls, three magnificent unicorns emerged from the woods and stopped in front of them bowing their heads as the three humansmirrored the accion. The one in front of James was the same one that had gone to him and Harry when the boy arrived, who's name was Morchant (Shadow in elvish). Lily's was an incredibly beautiful white unicorn mare with golden and silver stripes on her main and tail with deep blue eyes named Undomiel (Evenstar). But over all, Harry's was the most majestic an powerful looking of the three of them. It's true that Potter women rode White unicorns and men rode Black or War unicorns, of the most powerful ones, but Harry's, was a Night Unicorn. Powerful among the powerful, this raze of unicorns was nearly extinct or very well hidden, and nowadays they weren't seen by humans. This midnight stallion (and I mean midnight sky colour, not black, you know, deep violet with black and deep blue) was slightly bigger than his father's. His main and tail had tiny silver dots here and there that looked like stars and its silvery white horn was easily confused with a Patronus. His real name was 'Full Moon Night' because if you looked him in the eyes from above the circle that was the horn looked like a fool moon in a clear night. He called him Night, Moon or sometimes Full Moon for short.

The three of them petted their mounts before mounting and start riding southwest to the apparation point, which was a few square yards (meters) of the beach, just where water touched the sand. They arrived five minutes to twelve. Lily and James hugged their son, bead him good bye and his mother also pecked him on each cheek and the forehead. Harry returned both cheek pecks and the looked at the moon. Precisely a minute left. He hugged a last time both of his parents and then step in the water. He looked at the moon again and reached his magic to the earth's natural satellite. There were ten seconds to midnight. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. He disapparated.

He arrived in Grimmaud Place, in front of number twelve, which, against his first visit, was now visible to him.

Sirius, he thought sorrowfully looking at his godfather's house and prison. Why did you have to go? Come back, please.

A single tear ran down his cheek as he melted in the shadows and moved into the house, then continued up stairs until he reached Remus' bedroom, pushing his sorrow away. He stole in front of the door and flicked his hand. The next moment the door was one-way see-through. He looked around the room until he found Remus' bed. The man was laying on the bed in an uneased sleep, shifting on his bed and rolling from side to side muttering incomprehensible words.

He countered the charm on the door, and turning again into shadow, he went into the room. He got near Remus and was able to hear his mumbling and understand it slightly. All the happiness that once was in Harry's heart went away as he saw and felt the pain and sorrow in each of his friend's words and as he felt the weakness of the man. Harry's elven senses told him that Remus was barely alive, held only by his magic. His life force by itself, Harry noted, will hold him alive for only four days and with the help of his magic force, and with all the luck of the world, he'll last twelve or thirteen days.

He kneeled down next to the bed and started shaking the man awake softly. 'Remus. Remus, wake up. Remus-' He was cut off as his friend abruptly woke up and rose pointing his wand at him. But before the man could do anything, Harry had thrown himself in his arms, hugging him fiercely, and stopping any movement.

'Ha- Harry? Is it really you? I'm not dreaming?' muttered Remus, stuttering.

'No, Remus, it's Voldemort,' Harry started sarcastically, smiling brightly. But then he whispered soothingly 'Yeah. It's me.'

'Where have you been? How are you? Why did you leave?' Remus started asking very fast as he broke the embrace.

'One at a time, Moony,' he answered smirking as he used his friend's Marauder's name and received another smirk as answer. 'Listen. This'll be a bit of a shock. Not in the bad way, but shocking nevertheless. Please don't interrupt me.' After this he started telling the story of what had just happened two months, ten days ago. When he said that his parents were alive, he saw that Remus unstable consciousness was being lost and had to hold him. As he held his shoulders he silently used an elven healing spell helping him to stay awake for the whole tale. After this, he continued his story. When he finally ended his two last months' tale, which amazingly took only three and a half hours, Remus was looking at him in utter shock, barely staying awaken.

'James and Lily… James and Lily are alive,' Moony mumbled to himself while smiling brightly. 'I want to go. Harry, take me with you please,' he ended in a firm and decisive tone.

'Yes,' answered Harry, smiling softly. 'But tomorrow.'

'Now. I want you to eat today. Remus,' he started seriously. 'You're barely alive, and that's only because of your magic. I guess that you were asleep only because you blacked out. Please, eat something,' he ended pleadingly looking deep into the older man's eyes. Remus tore his eye from Harry's and nodded ashamed.

'I'll come tomorrow at midnight,' he said a moment later, standing. 'Don't prepare or pack anything. We'll do that in the four hours we have. Ok?'

'Yeah,' nodded Remus in the middle of a yawn.

'You better go to sleep,' said Harry a little amused. 'And, anyway, I have to go. Good night Remus,' Harry ended in a whisper as he turned into shadow and left the room, making sure that his friend was asleep when he left.

The next five days the training continued as always with the exception that the magical practice period were used to do the Personal Letter that they were going to leave at Grimmaud Place. Considering the advance and ancient magic used in crating that letters, it took them nearly four complete sessions to create it completely and to teach Harry how to use the letter.

The fifth day at night they left at the same hour that the last time, they rode for the same amount of time and ended in the same place. Both of his parents hugged Harry goodbye and then Harry concentrated on the moon so he could know when midnight will be. When the time came he apparated away and reappeared silently in front of Grimmaud Place as the last time. He turned into shadow and went in and up to Remus' bedroom. Still as a shadow he went in and found that Remus was peacefully asleep in his bed. He shifted back to human as he set a silencing charm to the room. He kneeled down next to Moony's bed and shook him awake softly. He muttered, 'Come on wake up, Remus. We have to go. Wake up man,' he ended a little louder and for the second time in two occasions he had Remus' wand tip pressed against his neck.

'Nice wand tip, but I don't like it on my neck,' he voiced sarcastically

'Harry!' nearly shouted Remus as he hugged the boy as strong as his weak muscles allowed him.

'We're lucky that I set a silencing charm. But that doesn't matter now. Let's start packing your things for leaving.'

'You know, I wouldn't had believed you if you hadn't mentioned the castle' Remus commented as they threw all of Remus' clothes and belongings in his trunk, after enlarging it's inside tothrice its normal size.

An hour or so latter they where ready and only had to wait for the required hour to come. Remus sat on his bed breathing tiredly as Harry sat on the desk's chair.

'Harry, how've you been? I mean about… Sirius?' Moony asked quietly.

'Doing well' answered the boy softly. 'Mum and Dad have helped a lot, I don't think I could've cope with it alone, being that I wasn't here, with you to talk about it.'

'Do you really think that talking with me would've help?' asked the man incredulous.

'Yes, obvious!' exclaimed Harry looking incredulous at Remus, taken quite aback that the werewolf felt so distant from his life. 'You were the only one that was able to talk to me about my parents and Sirius as they where. Many here know them, but not the same way you did. You know them as the people they are and not like the heroes or criminals people think they were.'

Remus just beamed at him as they continued waiting in silence. A few minutes later Remus broke the silence again. 'Do you think they'll be angry at me? I mean, for thinking Sirius a murderer and never helping him and searching for the truth?'

'We talked many times about what had happened since their departure and to be sincere, they were really annoyed by the popular reaction (Dad was outraged). It took quite a long talk to convince them that it was in the past, and it couldn't be changed. Luckily they had nothing against you. They know they would have mistrusted him the same way you did, were they in your place. You really don't need to worry by now,' he ended reassuringly.

'OK, we better get going. There's only an hour left and you have to take me,' said Remus as both of them stood up and shrunk his trunk and put it in his coat pocket.

Harry took hold of Remus arm and shifted both of them into shadows. They moved down stairs and went to the actually empty kitchen were Harry left the Personal Letter, and then out of the building. Harry then shifted them back to humans. Someone that wasn't a shadow-elemental or mancer had to gradually get used to be turned into shadow. They did more stops, each one later then the other, and when they where in Easter Island, Harry turned them into shadows and did the last jump as they appeared in the sea with the water to their knees near the island. The apparition point ofthe Earth's Elven Land was just a 100 yards (90 meters) away. Harry stopped there and looked at the half moon up in the sky. Five seconds. Three. Two. One. He disapparatedboth of them.

They apparated in the same place from where Harry had left the lands. Remus fell to his knees in pain as Harry had when his father had forcefully apparated him in the island. Harry offered Remus a hand to help him stand up, which was gratefully accepted.

As the man stood, Harry whistled sharply calling Night to him. A minute or so later he saw Moon (Night) and his parents, James on Morchant and Lily on Undomiel, half a mile away (800m) and a few seconds later they were in front of them.

'Moony, ol' friend!' said Prongs excitedly as he jumped off Morchant and went to hug Remus slapping him on the back as Remus did so.

'Remus!' shrieked Lily throwing herself to the man's arms and embracing him so tightly he quickly turned blue.

'Mum, you're suffocating him' Harry said through a light snicker. Lily instantly freed the man, just after pecking him on both cheeks.

After the greetings they mounted, Harry taking Remus with him, and then started the ride towards the castle. They rode in silence the miles at a break neck speed. In just forty minutes later they were back in front of the castle. They dismounted and after petting their magical friends they went in to the castle.

'This is unfair' said Remus as they walked through the entrance hall. 'You are the same as when you died and I… I'm old,' he ended groaning morosely. The only thing the Potters could give as an answer was laughing.

'Well, younger than you or not, I'll live loner than you being three quarters elf,' James was able to say after gaining some control over his laughter.

'Even more unfair!' he said groaning at his misfortune.

'And who said life was fair?' asked Harry smirking amusedly at the man.

'Oh, Harry, help me at least,' groaned Remus again and then he mumbled to himself, loud enough for the others to here 'With friends like these, who needs foes.' The Potters again laughed at the saying and both black haired men couldn't stop till they reached somewhere to sit and control themselves, in one of the family sitting rooms.