Chapter 11: That's it!
Disclaimer: I only own Shane and Jennie and nobody's taking them away from me. No-one!
"Where is he Tonks?" Remus asked worriedly
"Don't worry Remus, we'll find him" Tonks said, trying to comfort her friend. Tonks sighed, they had looked everywhere for Harry, even the most unlikely of places : Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley, and St Mungo's. Tonks had explained that Harry didn't even know about these places but Remus had insisted on looking.
"He wouldn't have gone back to the Dursley's would he?" she asked curiously
"How would he have got there?" Remus said
"Ummmm............he might've taken the Knight Bus" Tonks answered thoughtfully. Remus's head snapped up.
"That's it! Remus said excitedly
"That's what?" Tonks questioned
"Harry must have gone back to the Dursley's" Remus explained
"Come on we need to tell Sirius" Remus said, preparing to apparate
"But....." Tonks started
"Go tell Dumbledore that we've found him" Remus said and with a soft pop, he was gone.
"Oh brother" Tonks groaned, and the next second she too was gone
Harry walked into his room and sat down on his bed. He had just got back to the Dursley's, they had asked him a lot of questions about where he was but he stuck to the story about him staying at a friends.
Yawning he led on his bed and closed his eyes. He hated Sirius. If it wasn't for him then maybe his parents would still be alive.
'Oh well' though Harry. 'It doesn't matter because I'm not going back there' he told himself sternly.
He rolled over onto his side and kicked his shoes off. He pulled the covers over him and settled down to sleep.
Remus arrived back at Grimmauld Place a few moment after apparating
"Sirius" he shouted "Sirius". Sirius came out of the door behind him.
"What, where is he?" he asked wildly
"Don't worry, he's safe" Remus explained
"Great" Sirius said, calming down a bit "So where is he?" He asked, looking over his shoulder
"He's at the Dursley's" Remus answered slowly
"What? Why isn't he here? Why didn't you bring him back?"
"I thought that maybe you should talk to him" Remus answered
"Oh" was all Sirius said
"You do want to talk to him don't you?" Remus asked uncertainly
"Of course I do" Sirius cried in response
"Ok then let's go"
"Ok, how are we getting there?" Sirius said, following Remus over to the living room.
"We'll floo to Arabella's house" Remus said walking into the living room. Sirius followed him and they stood by the fireplace.
"Come on then" Remus said quietly, throwing some floo powder into the fire. They stepped into it and Remus said clearly:
"Arabella Figg's house" and in a whirl of colours they were gone.
A few moments later they fell out of the fireplace in Arabella's house.
"Who's there?" a woman shouted
"Remus and Sirius" Remus shouted back
"Ok then" the woman yelled
"Let's go" Remus said walking out of the living room. Sirius quickly changed into his animagus form and bounded after Remus who held the door open for him.
They walked in silence to Harry's house and stopped when they were a few houses away.
The Dursley's were coming out dressed in smart clothes.
"Quick, over here" Remus whispered, pulling Sirius behind a bush as Harry walked out.
"A minute later the three Dursley's were leaving in their car and Harry was still stood by the door seeing them off. As soon as they went around the corner, Harry walked back in and slammed the door.
Remus stepped out from behind the bush and Sirius followed him. They walked up the lane to number 4 and Remus gently knocked on the door with Sirius at his feet. They heard a bit of shuffling from inside and a few moments alter the door opened revealing a tired looking Harry.
"What do you want?" Harry snarled
"We want to talk to you?" Remus answered kindly
"Who's we?" Harry asked, confused.
"Me and Sirius" Remus replied cautiously.
"Hell no" Harry scowled, slamming the door back into place.
Remus sighed.
"Harry please let us in" he yelled, pounding on the door. Harry didn't answer, but they heard some locks sliding into place.
Remus pulled out his wand and said clearly:
"Alohamora". The door flew open and they quickly stepped inside. Sirius changed back as Remus shut the door. He opened the first door in front of him and looked in.
"Harry!" he cried, rushing into the room with Remus following him.
Sirius sat down on the sofa next to Harry and put an arm around his shaking shoulders.
"Harry?" he asked gently
"Go away" Harry said sternly
"Harry, please talk to me" Sirius pleaded
"I don't want to talk to you" Harry whimpered, Sirius as silent.
"Why don't I make us a drink" Remus said, breaking the silence.
He pulled out his wand, waved it a few times and a tray of hot chocolate appeared in front of them.
Sirius picked up a mug and handed it to Harry who took it with reluctant hands.
"Harry, we know that your upset with us......." Sirius was cut off as Harry started shouting.
"UPSET, I'M NOT UPSET, I'M BLOODY MAD"
Both Sirius and Remus were silent.
"HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU FOUND OUT THAT YOU'RE PARENTS DIED BECAUSE OF OUR GODFATHER!" Harry shouted, he dropped his mug and it fell to the ground and smashed, sending droplets of hot chocolate everywhere.
"Harry please, I know that your mad at me and obviously hate me but if you listen to me, then you'll see that I had a good reason for swapping secret keepers" Sirius pleaded again
"Why should I listen to you?" Harry nearly screamed
"Harry, I loved your parents and would never have changed if I knew that they would die" Sirius protested
"Ok, you say that you have a good reason, tell me what it is" demanded Harry.
"I will tell you but you have to promise me that you won't interrupt me until I'm finished" Sirius said softly
"I'll leave you alone for a while" Remus said quickly, hurrying out of the room.
"So Harry?" Sirius asked cautiously, afraid of another outburst
"I can't promise you anything" Harry finally said
'Better than nothing' Sirius thought.
"Allright then, let me start from the beginning" Sirius took a deep breath in and continued:
"When your parents had to choose a secret keeper, Dumbledore volunteered, but they said that they trusted me so I was made their secret keeper"
Harry nodded to show that he understood.
"It was fine for a few days, but then I had the idea to swap with Peter Pettigrew"
"Who was Peter Pettigrew?" Harry asked nervously
"Peter Pettigrew was one of our best friends from Hogwarts; we had known him since out first year"
"I had the idea to swap with him because he wasn't exactly the bravest person in the world and I thought that Voldemort would suspect me more than anyone and nobody would think that weedy, wimpy Peter would be it"
"So what happened?" Harry asked, although he had a feeling that he knew what Sirius was about to say.
"Well we didn't know that Peter was a spy for Voldemort, when he and I swapped he went straight to Voldemort and told him where you and your parents where" Sirius said sadly.
"The Voldemort killed them" Harry finished
"Yes" was all Sirius said, a few stray tears fell down his cheeks
"So you swapped because you thought that they would be safer"
"Exactly" Sirius said.
They sat in silence for a while before Sirius spoke again:
"Harry, we need you to come to Hogwarts and learn magic" he explained
"No" Harry stated
"What?" Sirius asked
"No, I don't want to go to Hogwarts" Harry repeated
"Why not?" Sirius asked nervously
"Because you all lied to me" Harry said firmly
"But Harry......" Sirius was cut off
"Don't but me, yes you told me about my parents and the prophecy but that doesn't make up for lying to me"
"Harry do you realise how important you are in all this" Sirius cried.
"Of course I do" Harry stated
"Ok then how important are you?" Sirius asked
"I know that I'm the only one who can defeat Voldemort" Harry retorted
"Exactly Harry, you are the only one in the whole world who can defeat him, nobody else can do it, only you" Sirius explained
"So?" Harry asked lazily
"So? What do you mean so, Harry the fate of the Wizarding world, maybe even the whole world depends on you" Sirius claimed
"Oh" was all Harry said
"Harry listen to me, we need you to come to Hogwarts and train, ok?" Sirius said gently
"I can't" Harry whispered
"Why not?" Sirius exclaimed
"Because.....because I have a life here you know" Harry cried
"But Harry we need you" Sirius pleaded
"I don't care, I have friends here and I don't want to leave" Harry said calmly. Sirius said nothing.
"Harry, just because you have to come to Hogwarts for a while doesn't mean that you wont ever see your friends again, you can always come back and live here again when this is all over if you want to" Sirius tried to reason with him
"You don't get it do you, I don't want to go to Hogwarts" Harry stated. Sirius was close to tears. Harry didn't want to go to the wizarding world but they needed him. They stayed in silence for a few more seconds when Sirius had an idea:
"Ok then if you really don't want to go to Hogwarts then I can't make you, I'll get Remus and we'll leave, I must say though your parents would have been disappointed" Sirius said turning to leave.
"What did you say?" Harry asked angrily
"I just said that James and Lily would have been disappointed" Sirius sighed
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Well, they wanted you to go to Hogwarts and learn magic and everything, and I have to say that I'm a little disappointed myself" Sirius repeated
"Why are you disappointed?" Harry snarled
"Well, I thought that you were strong and brave and smart but obviously I'm wrong"
'Harsh Sirius, but it has to be done' Sirius mentally scolded himself
"You think that I'm weak" Harry said quietly
"Now I never said that" Sirius said, his back facing Harry.
"You implied it" Harry scowled
"Did I?" Sirius asked thoughtfully
"Yes you did, well you know what I'll show you that I'm not weak, I'll go to Hogwarts and I'll learn magic and I will defeat Voldemort just like my parents wanted me to" Harry said firmly.
Sirius smiled. He slowly turned around and faced him.
"Well, if you are really going to come to Hogwarts then you had better bring all of your thing because your going to be their for a long time" Sirius told him.
"Ok, but I don't want to go today" Harry responded
"Why not?" Sirius asked, seeing a pattern happening here
"Because I want to say goodbye Shane and Jennie first" Harry answered
"Ok, so when do you want to go?" Sirius asked him calmly
"2 days?" Harry said
"Ok then, we'll be back to get you in 2 days then" Sirius said brightly
"Ok" was Harry's response
"Well, bye then" Sirius said awkwardly
"Bye" Harry said, sitting down on the sofa again. Sirius walked out of he room and went to find Remus. He looked in the kitchen but he was nowhere in sight. He walked back into the hall and saw that the door was open slightly.
He changed into his animagus form again and silently walked outside. He saw Remus standing just outside the door. He padded over to him and rubbed his head against his leg.
"Ready to go?" Remus asked him. Sirius nodded his head in response.
"Lets go then" Remus said, shutting the front door. They walked back over to Arabella's house and quietly walked inside. They went in to the living room and saw Arabella sitting on one of the chairs by the fireplace.
"Going back to Grimmauld Place?" she asked them as soon as they both walked in.
"Yeah" Remus replied as Sirius changed back to his human form.
"All right there Bella?" he asked her.
"I'm all right, you?" she asked him back.
"Can't complain" he shrugged as Remus threw some floo powder into the fire.
"We'll see you later Bella" Remus said as they both stepped into the emerald fire.
"See you soon" Bella waved them goodbye.
"Grimmauld Place" Remus said clearly and they were gone.
A few moments later they landed in Grimmauld Place.
"So what did you say to him" Remus asked him immediately
"I told him why I swapped with Pettigrew and all of that"
"And?"
"Then I asked him to come to Hogwarts and he said that he didn't want to because his life was at the Dursley's and his friends were there and I told him that he didn't have to stay at Hogwarts once the war was over but he still didn't want to come"
"So is he coming or not?" Remus asked worriedly
"Yes, yes" Sirius replied
"So the what did you say?"
"Well I know that it was cruel but it was the only way to get him to come" Sirius explained
"What did you say to him?" Remus asked curiously
"I told him that his parents would be disappointed in him if he didn't go" Sirius said slowly
"You said what to him?" Remus said angrily
"Remus please calm down, if I didn't say that to him then he wouldn't be coming to Hogwarts"
"Ok, ok, did you say anything else"
"I said that I thought he was weak and then he got angry and said that he would come to Hogwarts and defeat Voldemort" Sirius said proudly
"Sirius, you do realise that now the only reason that he's actually coming is to prove to you that he isn't weak, not because he wants to" Remus cried
"I know, I know, but at least he's coming" Sirius protested
"Ok, well I'm going to bed, it's been a long day" Remus said, yawning to prove his point.
"Yeah, me too" Sirius said. They walked silently up to their rooms.
"Goodnight Remus" Sirius said as he went into his room.
"Goodnight Sirius" said Remus, who carried on up the hall to his room. Sirius entered his room and changed into his nightclotheds. He led down on his bed and thought about what he had said to Harry.
'Maybe I was a bit to harsh' he thought as he slowly fell asleep.
A/N Hi I know I took a long time to update but it's here now. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. And well don't forget to review. xxxx
Disclaimer: I only own Shane and Jennie and nobody's taking them away from me. No-one!
"Where is he Tonks?" Remus asked worriedly
"Don't worry Remus, we'll find him" Tonks said, trying to comfort her friend. Tonks sighed, they had looked everywhere for Harry, even the most unlikely of places : Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley, and St Mungo's. Tonks had explained that Harry didn't even know about these places but Remus had insisted on looking.
"He wouldn't have gone back to the Dursley's would he?" she asked curiously
"How would he have got there?" Remus said
"Ummmm............he might've taken the Knight Bus" Tonks answered thoughtfully. Remus's head snapped up.
"That's it! Remus said excitedly
"That's what?" Tonks questioned
"Harry must have gone back to the Dursley's" Remus explained
"Come on we need to tell Sirius" Remus said, preparing to apparate
"But....." Tonks started
"Go tell Dumbledore that we've found him" Remus said and with a soft pop, he was gone.
"Oh brother" Tonks groaned, and the next second she too was gone
Harry walked into his room and sat down on his bed. He had just got back to the Dursley's, they had asked him a lot of questions about where he was but he stuck to the story about him staying at a friends.
Yawning he led on his bed and closed his eyes. He hated Sirius. If it wasn't for him then maybe his parents would still be alive.
'Oh well' though Harry. 'It doesn't matter because I'm not going back there' he told himself sternly.
He rolled over onto his side and kicked his shoes off. He pulled the covers over him and settled down to sleep.
Remus arrived back at Grimmauld Place a few moment after apparating
"Sirius" he shouted "Sirius". Sirius came out of the door behind him.
"What, where is he?" he asked wildly
"Don't worry, he's safe" Remus explained
"Great" Sirius said, calming down a bit "So where is he?" He asked, looking over his shoulder
"He's at the Dursley's" Remus answered slowly
"What? Why isn't he here? Why didn't you bring him back?"
"I thought that maybe you should talk to him" Remus answered
"Oh" was all Sirius said
"You do want to talk to him don't you?" Remus asked uncertainly
"Of course I do" Sirius cried in response
"Ok then let's go"
"Ok, how are we getting there?" Sirius said, following Remus over to the living room.
"We'll floo to Arabella's house" Remus said walking into the living room. Sirius followed him and they stood by the fireplace.
"Come on then" Remus said quietly, throwing some floo powder into the fire. They stepped into it and Remus said clearly:
"Arabella Figg's house" and in a whirl of colours they were gone.
A few moments later they fell out of the fireplace in Arabella's house.
"Who's there?" a woman shouted
"Remus and Sirius" Remus shouted back
"Ok then" the woman yelled
"Let's go" Remus said walking out of the living room. Sirius quickly changed into his animagus form and bounded after Remus who held the door open for him.
They walked in silence to Harry's house and stopped when they were a few houses away.
The Dursley's were coming out dressed in smart clothes.
"Quick, over here" Remus whispered, pulling Sirius behind a bush as Harry walked out.
"A minute later the three Dursley's were leaving in their car and Harry was still stood by the door seeing them off. As soon as they went around the corner, Harry walked back in and slammed the door.
Remus stepped out from behind the bush and Sirius followed him. They walked up the lane to number 4 and Remus gently knocked on the door with Sirius at his feet. They heard a bit of shuffling from inside and a few moments alter the door opened revealing a tired looking Harry.
"What do you want?" Harry snarled
"We want to talk to you?" Remus answered kindly
"Who's we?" Harry asked, confused.
"Me and Sirius" Remus replied cautiously.
"Hell no" Harry scowled, slamming the door back into place.
Remus sighed.
"Harry please let us in" he yelled, pounding on the door. Harry didn't answer, but they heard some locks sliding into place.
Remus pulled out his wand and said clearly:
"Alohamora". The door flew open and they quickly stepped inside. Sirius changed back as Remus shut the door. He opened the first door in front of him and looked in.
"Harry!" he cried, rushing into the room with Remus following him.
Sirius sat down on the sofa next to Harry and put an arm around his shaking shoulders.
"Harry?" he asked gently
"Go away" Harry said sternly
"Harry, please talk to me" Sirius pleaded
"I don't want to talk to you" Harry whimpered, Sirius as silent.
"Why don't I make us a drink" Remus said, breaking the silence.
He pulled out his wand, waved it a few times and a tray of hot chocolate appeared in front of them.
Sirius picked up a mug and handed it to Harry who took it with reluctant hands.
"Harry, we know that your upset with us......." Sirius was cut off as Harry started shouting.
"UPSET, I'M NOT UPSET, I'M BLOODY MAD"
Both Sirius and Remus were silent.
"HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU FOUND OUT THAT YOU'RE PARENTS DIED BECAUSE OF OUR GODFATHER!" Harry shouted, he dropped his mug and it fell to the ground and smashed, sending droplets of hot chocolate everywhere.
"Harry please, I know that your mad at me and obviously hate me but if you listen to me, then you'll see that I had a good reason for swapping secret keepers" Sirius pleaded again
"Why should I listen to you?" Harry nearly screamed
"Harry, I loved your parents and would never have changed if I knew that they would die" Sirius protested
"Ok, you say that you have a good reason, tell me what it is" demanded Harry.
"I will tell you but you have to promise me that you won't interrupt me until I'm finished" Sirius said softly
"I'll leave you alone for a while" Remus said quickly, hurrying out of the room.
"So Harry?" Sirius asked cautiously, afraid of another outburst
"I can't promise you anything" Harry finally said
'Better than nothing' Sirius thought.
"Allright then, let me start from the beginning" Sirius took a deep breath in and continued:
"When your parents had to choose a secret keeper, Dumbledore volunteered, but they said that they trusted me so I was made their secret keeper"
Harry nodded to show that he understood.
"It was fine for a few days, but then I had the idea to swap with Peter Pettigrew"
"Who was Peter Pettigrew?" Harry asked nervously
"Peter Pettigrew was one of our best friends from Hogwarts; we had known him since out first year"
"I had the idea to swap with him because he wasn't exactly the bravest person in the world and I thought that Voldemort would suspect me more than anyone and nobody would think that weedy, wimpy Peter would be it"
"So what happened?" Harry asked, although he had a feeling that he knew what Sirius was about to say.
"Well we didn't know that Peter was a spy for Voldemort, when he and I swapped he went straight to Voldemort and told him where you and your parents where" Sirius said sadly.
"The Voldemort killed them" Harry finished
"Yes" was all Sirius said, a few stray tears fell down his cheeks
"So you swapped because you thought that they would be safer"
"Exactly" Sirius said.
They sat in silence for a while before Sirius spoke again:
"Harry, we need you to come to Hogwarts and learn magic" he explained
"No" Harry stated
"What?" Sirius asked
"No, I don't want to go to Hogwarts" Harry repeated
"Why not?" Sirius asked nervously
"Because you all lied to me" Harry said firmly
"But Harry......" Sirius was cut off
"Don't but me, yes you told me about my parents and the prophecy but that doesn't make up for lying to me"
"Harry do you realise how important you are in all this" Sirius cried.
"Of course I do" Harry stated
"Ok then how important are you?" Sirius asked
"I know that I'm the only one who can defeat Voldemort" Harry retorted
"Exactly Harry, you are the only one in the whole world who can defeat him, nobody else can do it, only you" Sirius explained
"So?" Harry asked lazily
"So? What do you mean so, Harry the fate of the Wizarding world, maybe even the whole world depends on you" Sirius claimed
"Oh" was all Harry said
"Harry listen to me, we need you to come to Hogwarts and train, ok?" Sirius said gently
"I can't" Harry whispered
"Why not?" Sirius exclaimed
"Because.....because I have a life here you know" Harry cried
"But Harry we need you" Sirius pleaded
"I don't care, I have friends here and I don't want to leave" Harry said calmly. Sirius said nothing.
"Harry, just because you have to come to Hogwarts for a while doesn't mean that you wont ever see your friends again, you can always come back and live here again when this is all over if you want to" Sirius tried to reason with him
"You don't get it do you, I don't want to go to Hogwarts" Harry stated. Sirius was close to tears. Harry didn't want to go to the wizarding world but they needed him. They stayed in silence for a few more seconds when Sirius had an idea:
"Ok then if you really don't want to go to Hogwarts then I can't make you, I'll get Remus and we'll leave, I must say though your parents would have been disappointed" Sirius said turning to leave.
"What did you say?" Harry asked angrily
"I just said that James and Lily would have been disappointed" Sirius sighed
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Well, they wanted you to go to Hogwarts and learn magic and everything, and I have to say that I'm a little disappointed myself" Sirius repeated
"Why are you disappointed?" Harry snarled
"Well, I thought that you were strong and brave and smart but obviously I'm wrong"
'Harsh Sirius, but it has to be done' Sirius mentally scolded himself
"You think that I'm weak" Harry said quietly
"Now I never said that" Sirius said, his back facing Harry.
"You implied it" Harry scowled
"Did I?" Sirius asked thoughtfully
"Yes you did, well you know what I'll show you that I'm not weak, I'll go to Hogwarts and I'll learn magic and I will defeat Voldemort just like my parents wanted me to" Harry said firmly.
Sirius smiled. He slowly turned around and faced him.
"Well, if you are really going to come to Hogwarts then you had better bring all of your thing because your going to be their for a long time" Sirius told him.
"Ok, but I don't want to go today" Harry responded
"Why not?" Sirius asked, seeing a pattern happening here
"Because I want to say goodbye Shane and Jennie first" Harry answered
"Ok, so when do you want to go?" Sirius asked him calmly
"2 days?" Harry said
"Ok then, we'll be back to get you in 2 days then" Sirius said brightly
"Ok" was Harry's response
"Well, bye then" Sirius said awkwardly
"Bye" Harry said, sitting down on the sofa again. Sirius walked out of he room and went to find Remus. He looked in the kitchen but he was nowhere in sight. He walked back into the hall and saw that the door was open slightly.
He changed into his animagus form again and silently walked outside. He saw Remus standing just outside the door. He padded over to him and rubbed his head against his leg.
"Ready to go?" Remus asked him. Sirius nodded his head in response.
"Lets go then" Remus said, shutting the front door. They walked back over to Arabella's house and quietly walked inside. They went in to the living room and saw Arabella sitting on one of the chairs by the fireplace.
"Going back to Grimmauld Place?" she asked them as soon as they both walked in.
"Yeah" Remus replied as Sirius changed back to his human form.
"All right there Bella?" he asked her.
"I'm all right, you?" she asked him back.
"Can't complain" he shrugged as Remus threw some floo powder into the fire.
"We'll see you later Bella" Remus said as they both stepped into the emerald fire.
"See you soon" Bella waved them goodbye.
"Grimmauld Place" Remus said clearly and they were gone.
A few moments later they landed in Grimmauld Place.
"So what did you say to him" Remus asked him immediately
"I told him why I swapped with Pettigrew and all of that"
"And?"
"Then I asked him to come to Hogwarts and he said that he didn't want to because his life was at the Dursley's and his friends were there and I told him that he didn't have to stay at Hogwarts once the war was over but he still didn't want to come"
"So is he coming or not?" Remus asked worriedly
"Yes, yes" Sirius replied
"So the what did you say?"
"Well I know that it was cruel but it was the only way to get him to come" Sirius explained
"What did you say to him?" Remus asked curiously
"I told him that his parents would be disappointed in him if he didn't go" Sirius said slowly
"You said what to him?" Remus said angrily
"Remus please calm down, if I didn't say that to him then he wouldn't be coming to Hogwarts"
"Ok, ok, did you say anything else"
"I said that I thought he was weak and then he got angry and said that he would come to Hogwarts and defeat Voldemort" Sirius said proudly
"Sirius, you do realise that now the only reason that he's actually coming is to prove to you that he isn't weak, not because he wants to" Remus cried
"I know, I know, but at least he's coming" Sirius protested
"Ok, well I'm going to bed, it's been a long day" Remus said, yawning to prove his point.
"Yeah, me too" Sirius said. They walked silently up to their rooms.
"Goodnight Remus" Sirius said as he went into his room.
"Goodnight Sirius" said Remus, who carried on up the hall to his room. Sirius entered his room and changed into his nightclotheds. He led down on his bed and thought about what he had said to Harry.
'Maybe I was a bit to harsh' he thought as he slowly fell asleep.
A/N Hi I know I took a long time to update but it's here now. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. And well don't forget to review. xxxx
