Easy Way Out
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Chapter 7
Home Sweet Home
The next day passed quickly for Salazar as he tried to come to terms with all that he had learned. Professor Snape and Remus had taken time to tell him all about what they knew about him from the history books. It wasn't pretty. Salazar was aghast to realize that so many people thought that he was an evil Dark Lord like his father.
"B-but I would never turn evil. I mean yeah I practice the dark Arts a bit, but I would never use them to hurt anyone. And I would never become anything like my father," Salazar swore furiously. "Urgh! Why can't I remember anything that came after the fight? It's almost like there is something blocking my memories."
"Perhaps there is a spell or potion that would be of some assistance with your missing memories," Snape suggested thoughtfully. "I will check into that possibility further while you settle in at Lupin's house."
Both Salazar and Remus agreed with this, and thanked Snape for his help on the matter. Then Remus took out a portkey from his pocket, reached out and touched Salazar's shoulder, and said the activation password "lemon drops" courtesy of the very reluctant Dumbledore.
Salazar's surroundings spun wildly out of control and he felt a sudden jerk on his navel. Not a moment later he and Remus reappeared in front of an empty lot. "Er… Remus, where is the house?"
If Remus needed any more validation of the fact that the boy before him truly wasn't Harry this would be it. Harry had known about Grimauld Place, he would have seen it. Remus then held out a piece of paper before Salazar and told him to memorize it. Looking at the address written on the paper Salazar felt his confusion grow, "Remus what…" Salazar let out a gasp as a large dark mansion suddenly appeared before him. He quickly looked up at Remus for an explanation.
Remus sighed and said, "Not long ago a friend of mine and Harry's godfather passed away. This was his family home. In his will he left me everything, including guardianship over Harry. As soon as I worked out all of the legal work I headed quickly to the Dursly's residence to pick up Harry and give him the good news, but when I reached there…" Salazar put a comforting hand on Remus's arm for support, which caused Remus to smile sadly. "In any case," Remus continued, "The Noble House of Black now belongs to me and with any luck, one day Harry as well. It has many protection charms on it, the most important one being that no one can see it unless they know it is there. Come, let's go inside so I can give you the grand tour."
And so Remus spent the next few hours showing Salazar every inch of the house. He cautioned Salazar against making any noise around Mrs. Black's portrait, which still unfortunately hung from the wall. He was introduced to Buckbeak, whom Salazar made friends with very quickly. They also had an unfortunate encounter with hidden runespore in one of the many unused rooms. Salazar was quick to speak to it in parseltounge to keep it from attacking. All in all, Salazar knew that he was in for a very interesting stay with Remus in the Noble House of Black.
AN: Wow that turned out better than I expected. So what did you think? Is the plot still to everyone's liking? Please review! Also please send me ideas and suggestions for the story. Any help on friendships and relationships in the story would be most appreciated. More importantly, how should Harry's friends react when they hear the news? Let me know. Send reviews!
