It's been awhile sine I spoke to you all and I just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate the fact that you are reviewing. To answer one question Dumbledore is still alive, it's in chapter 7 when Hermione tells Harry that ...

"Dumbledore! Oh he's fine, he's a bit deaf now mind, a firework hit him in the face, went completely deaf but he's all right. He's become Minster helping to rebuild society; he couldn't stay on in Hogwarts. Not after he found Fudge was a Death Eater, needed somebody people would trust and since you were well... you know, he stepped in."

And I'm glad your enjoying this, yes poor Luna is dead but I had to kill her off to make this a H/G one because I can't see Luna leaving Harry just because he was in a coma. I like Luna too much to make her do that.

Anyway I'm not sure how long this will be I'm already on chapter 19 and Ginny is now part of the story but nothing yet has really happened, I think it will be at least 30 chapters long.

Now that's been said I hope you enjoy this chapter, I had fun playing around with it, and yeah. Please review when you're done

Kristina

Just Old Friends

Chapter 12: Remus

Harry had been living with Ron and Hermione for a week and was settled back into 'normal' life. He was use to them going to work and him sitting around doing nothing for hours.

It was early on the Friday morning around seven when Harry was shaken awake by Ron. This was the earliest he had been up in years and he wasn't use to it.

"What you want Ron?"

He yawned while saying this causing it to become a mumble. Ron smiled at him though, his hair still rumpled and a small shadow on his chin where he hadn't shaved yet.

"You're coming to work with me today, Remus wants to see you."

It was a simple command but it made Harry grin. He hadn't yet seen anybody other than the Healers and Hermione and Ron. He was out of bed in seconds pulling on a pair of jeans as he went.

Ron left the room to get ready as Harry rummaged through his wardrobe. He found a dark blue shirt and pulled that on and moved into the bathroom. Ron was shaving using the sink and Harry being impatient grabbed his toothbrush and cleaned his teeth in the bath.

Ron finished and smiled at his oldest friend.

"Okay mate, you can use the sink now."

Ron left the room and Harry took over the sink shaving his own chin and removing the unwanted hair. He finished and headed down to breakfast. Hermione had worked a night shift and had just returned home.

She had bags under her eyes and looked exhausted.

"Morning boys, I'll see you both tonight remember that its Tonks' baby shower tonight so you can't come back here until after nine."

She gave Ron a kiss before hugging Harry and headed up to her own room. They ate breakfast quickly and left for the ministry building.

In the last two years everything had changed. The golden fountain that had once stood in the foyer had been changed and Harry gasped when he saw it. It was a five-tier fountain standing much higher than the one from before.

On the bottom tier that stood in the pool were a mixture of creatures that made Harry smile. The first thing he noticed was the centaur, which reminded him of Firenze. In fact the more he looked at it the more he was certain it was suppose to be Firenze.

Next to the centaur was something that looked like a pile of stones and it took Harry a moment to realise that it was a giant, Grawp maybe and the toes from the feet were sticking out of the basin.

Then there were two house-elves sitting next to each other, one had three hats on his head and at least two pairs of socks, its clothes made it stick out and Harry was looking at the statue of Dobby and next to him was Winky eyes as wide as ever dressed in a small sailors suit with a tea cosy hat and a butterbeer in hand.

"Wow, are they really..."

"Yep that's Dobby and Winky. Then there's Grawp and Firenze and there's a werewolf around the other side with a phoenix."

"You mean Fawkes and Remus!"

"Well yes, the bottom tier are the 'creatures' and I say that loosely that helped us, and the second tier are the people who died who made a big difference in both battles."

Harry looked and standing right in front of him was Sirius, only it wasn't really. He looked younger than Harry remembered him and well groomed. He had his arm loosely around a woman who was smiling and Harry knew the woman represented his mother, judging by the messy haired statue of a man whom Harry looked a lot like next to her, with his arm around her waist.

Then there was Arthur Weasley next to a Moody look a like and George with Lee Jordon. Walking around it he saw that Kingsley was on the other side along with statues of Elphias Doge and Sturgis Podmore.

Ron was looking at him closely.

"Its weird isn't it seeing your family in gold like that, there's George by there look smiling with Lee, and if you look closely you see a hand on his shoulder and that's Fred. The next tier were people who were really badly hurt in the battles, and you know won't recover."

He was right there was Fred leaning onto George's shoulders, it really looked good. Then next to him was Mrs Weasley looking like he had always remembered, with Bill and Charlie next to them. Bill's statue though was holding the arm of the girl Harry hadn't identified on the row below and he instantly knew it was Fleur.

Also on that tier were the two Longbottoms, Alice and Frank. The two Creevey brothers were also in this tier along with the messy haired Professor Sprout.

"It only shows some people, not everyone these were the people who lost the most really and helped the most."

"The fourth tier, that's Dumbledore isn't it, with McGonagall and Flitwick."

"Yep, it's the heroes of the war that still live, Hagrid is on the other side although he's sitting, and Remus and Tonks are there holding hands happily and then there's Snape and Wood on that level as well. I hate the fifth level though."

Harry looked up and gasped turning bright red, the top tier held six people all smiling, there was Hermione standing with Ron, then Neville with Ginny and Harry with Luna. Looking as they had before the battle when they were all whole.

"It's embarrassing that's what that is, but come on mate, we're late as it is."

The two men moved to the lifts and waited for it to move to the ground floor. They got in and headed up to the floor for Aurors.

Harry walked out of the door and into the spacious offices. They had defiantly changed from the last time he had seen them. There were still desks in one corner and they were all plastered with posters of anything and everything.

Harry instantly knew which cubicle belonged to his friend, it had to be the one with the cannon posters on the wall. He smiled as he looked around. There were a few with Quidditch posters but all had photos of people Harry assumed were loved ones.

Then over in the other side was a large double door, which Harry assumed lead to the main offices, and with the sign on the door he knew that at least one of them would be a training room. This place had really been done up.

"Weasley, you're late again!"

"Sorry Sir, got stuck in the Atrium."

Harry turned and looked at the man standing there, he was old but not too old around his fifties if Harry had to guess. His hair was very dark but his eyes an unusual light colour. He stood at about 5"9 and so was looking slightly up at Ron.

Ron nodded at Harry and walked over to his cubicle taking his seat and was instantly looking through his sheets of papers. The man cleared his throat causing Harry to look at him.

"Well what are you waiting for, get to work Potter!"

He began to turn when Harry answered.

"I don't work here umm... sorry I don't know your name."

"Call me Foster and like I said get to work, your cubicle is next to Weasley's."

Harry just moved over to Ron shaking his head as he went.

"Ron since when have I worked here?"

"Since you graduated Hogwarts with top NEWT results, you were just given the job. That's your cubicle on the right."

"And you didn't tell me before because?"

"Because you weren't ready to come to work until today. Really, Harry."

His mouth dropped as he took the seat next to Ron. It was weird looking at his cubicle; it was covered in posters of the Falcons and then on the desk itself were a few frames holding some old pictures, one of his parents, one of Sirius with Remus. Then there was a wedding picture of Remus and Tonks, and a group picture of his final year in Hogwarts.

He laughed at this it seemed everyone was trying to make it seem as if nothing had changed in the last few years. He looked at a pile of sheets on his desk and started to look through. There were sheets about up coming missions that he had been assigned to.

He leaned back to look at Ron who was busy writing up something.

"You got any mission sheets, Ron?"

"Umm..."

"What we do with them?"

"You look through them so you know which missions you're going on and with whom."

Harry turned and a smile lit up on his face. His eyes were wide and he couldn't contain his excitement as he climbed to his feet and hugged the older man in a tight brotherly hug.

"It's great to see you again Harry."

"I know it's been a long time hasn't it."

The man nodded his head causing his greying hair to fall into his eyes. But the smile had yet to leave his face. Ron leaning back on his chair caught their attention.

"Still going to the Three Broomsticks after work tonight, Remus?"

"Yes, definitely. Wood is suppose to be meeting us there, he's in Hogwarts scouting for some Quidditch players. Snape said he might be there but it's unlikely you know what he's like. Dumbledore said he'd try to come but he's having some problems with Benny Stewart in the Transport Department."

"Is Dung still coming?"

"Nope, Dumbledore has him working on something, although that means he might still turn up. Oh and your brother's said they'd try to come out with us. Percy is even going to take his tie off tonight."

"Wow. Really?"

"Yes, oh and Hagrid might be there as well, it depends on whether or not he can get a Portkey."

Harry just looked between the two of them, this was going to be a long night meeting up with all these people again, then he thought of someone else.

"Is Neville going to be there?"

Both Ron and Remus smiled sadly at him but Ron did answer the question.

"He doesn't come out with us much. He came to the wedding but we don't see him in many places outside of a home or work."

Harry nodded as somebody came up behind Remus.

"Lupin, the firsties are waiting in the training room."

"Oh yes of course. I'll see you two for lunch in the Cauldron."

With that Remus turned and left and Harry and Ron got on with their morning work.