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Author Notes: Here is the rest of the flashback and then we'll go back to the present. Kay
"Is this true Remus?" Dumbledore asked him in a voice dripping with disappointment. He nodded knowing that the twinkle had left the Headmaster's eyes entirely.
"Why?" that single word was like a knife in the stomach. An unbearable knife that he knew from experience wouldn't go away until the truth was told.
"We…wanted ice cream", the truth sounded idiotic and flat.
"For ice cream? You have risked countless lives for-", Snape's rant was stopped. Dumbledore must have silenced him.
"You do realize", said Dumbledore in a soft, disappointed voice that made him want to curl up and die," that headquarters will have to be moved". Harry began clutching the front of his tattered robes at those words.
"We didn't tell them any-"
"IT DOSEN'T MATTER! IT IS KNOWN YOU BOTH LIVE AT HEADQUARTERS! IT CAN BE INFERRED THAT YOU LIVE NEAR TH-", again Snape was cut off
"Remus, I'm so disappointed in you. I expected much better judgement", Dumbledore left, and judging by the footsteps, took Snape with him.
As soon as they left Harry picked up his hand, touched his chest with it, and then touched his own, in a way of letting Remus know that they were in this together.
"Why don't you tell them something? Hmm. That way they won't think you're mental." Harry just hugged him in response
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Harry stopped playing the piano and hugged him.
"What's wrong?"
"Lupin." came the unmistakable voice of Severus Snape, whose family home they currently stayed in. Snape set something down on top of the old piano with a clink.
(They hadn't been able to retrieve anything from Grimmauld place)
"Severus, it's too early for-"
"It is not Wolfsbane."
Giving in he politely asked him what it was.
"It's ice cream. Chocolate, to be exact. I stocked the whole kitchen."
"Why?" he asked fighting down bile.
"We wouldn't want you going anywhere would we?"
"Thank you, Severus", Harry's grip was painful now.
"Because, if you were to go anywhere, I might not get there in time to save your neck."
Tears, made painful by the scar tissue came down his cheeks. Snape noticed.
"Truth hu-", a crash, the unmistakable sound of two bodies falling, the sounds of a struggle and lack of breath. Remus helplessly listened in horror. "Stupefy", Snape said triumphantly as he got up and stomped off to the other side of the room.
"Wait! You can't just leave him stunned."
The sound of a fire starting.
"Headmaster's office!"
Remus got off the bench and began crawling around feeling for Harry.
"Headmaster", Snape opted for a sad, wounded, tone that didn't suit him," We need you to come over. It's about Mr. Potter.
Remus found Harry and cradled him. He didn't feel injured. He was still checking when Dumbledore stepped through the fireplace.
"Severus, whatever is the matter", he evidently caught sight of Harry," what in Merlin's name happened?"
"I do not believe it prudent to leave Mr. Potter in the care of a blind man>, since he has become mentally unsound and violent."
"Severus, whatever can you mean", said Dumbledore his voice steely.
"I was attacked! Attacked without warning by that…that invalid in Lupin's arms!
