Disclaimer: Today I thought we'd go with a very ancient language I refer to as Atlantian in one of my other stories, "Oi Harry Potter uru on no." literally translated it means, "I Harry Potter do not own." But in proper English grammar it's, "I do not own Harry Potter."

Chapter 05: Old Friends

August 13, 1983

Mad-Eye and Remus were talking at the kitchen table when the door suddenly blew open with a loud bang causing both men to jump for cover and with curses on their lips turned towards the door only to see a huge lion and leopard fighting all over the kitchen floor. After a few minutes of fighting on the ground both animals noticed the presence of other people with them in the room and turned towards the still chocked inhabitants of the room.

"MOONY!" Shouted a young boy from where the loin previously stood, "What're you doing up so early? You should still be resting after the transformation." The boy said to the older man. He still remembered the time when he re-met Moony shortly after becoming an animagus.

Flashback

Two weeks had passed since the had first become animagi, a very tiring two weeks for all three adults of the household, having had to deal with two over exited energy balls that did not let them rest for long. After their original transformations they had gained some of the characteristics of their animagi forms, the most noticeable being their new cat-like eyes which both refused to change to a more normal look as they thought them to be brilliantly wicked and absolutely spiffing. Among other things were the catlike grace of their walk and with this they had become even better at their stealth classes with Moody. They also discovered that all their senses were much better than before. Another thing they discovered soon after was that their metamorphmagus powers allowed them to changed their fur or feather colors and make minor changes to their forms, but even if they were small Harry had managed to make his normal wolf form look like a big grim-like dog. All in all they liked the benefits but Harry certainly did not like one of them, while he did not mind knowing the exact face the moon was currently in, he did not like the fact that he was now mildly allergic to silver and it would cause rash to appear upon contact and burn if it stayed in contact for over a minute. But all in all the benefits outweighed this drawback.

It was at this day that Harry decided to contact Remus Lupin the last remaining true friend of his parents, at least until they could prove Sirius innocence. Because of this reason Moody, Nym and him were standing in front of a small two story house in the middle of some dense woods. It was in this place that Remus Lupin resided in the house named Moony's Manor for reasons that Harry did not understand. After knocking on the door they waited for Remus to come and open it. They where surprised when instead of Remus a house-elf dressed in nice looking robes opened the door and invited them in saying that Master Remus Sir would be with them in a bit

As they were led to a sitting room they were very surprised to see a huge manor instead of the small house they'd seen from the outside. As they were led inside they saw the house was very nicely decorated and well taken care off. When they reached the sitting room they found a nicely furnished room painted in red, gold, blue and bronze. At one of the walls of the room were five very peculiar fireplaces four of which had signs above them written in 5 different cursive scripts and an animal that was moving in them except for the biggest fireplace, the one in the middle had four animals and in a very elegant script that kept changing colors was written Marauders' Mansion. The animals were a very graceful and powerful looking stag that had white lilies wreathed through its antlers, a dog that was happily jumping from one side to the other and taking every opportunity to pull the tail of either one of the other two bigger animals, it was big for a dog and looked like a grim but the happiness and freedom in it's movements showed the black dog to be very happy, besides it was a calm looking dark brown wolf with amber eyes, looking amused at the antics of the dog, the final animal was a small grey rat that kept moving to avoid getting stepped on by the dog.

The fireplace directly on the right had a messy scrawl that looked almost like Harry's with the words Prongs' Palace which kept flying around a stag that looked exactly like the one in the sign besides it, only this one this one had a lily in it's mouth and was walking in a field of lilies. The fireplace on the right of this one had neither sign nor picture in it.

The fireplace on the left of the one with Marauders' Mansion written on it, had an elegant script, if a bit small, written was Padfoot's Pad. The words kept running and trying to hide as the same dog from the other sign kept trying to bite the words.

The last fireplace on the left of this one had a very untidy and barely legible scrawl proclaiming Wormtail's Wyer and resting on top of the 'm' was the same rat from before.

The purpose of these signs escaped Harry, though he suspected they were some type of private floo that could only go to the place indicated above them. His examinations complete he noticed for the first time the man that was walking towards them. He knew it was Remus Lupin immediately but he could not picture the quiet man he had seen for the last time less than three years ago with this man that looked closer to sixty than the twenty three he knew him to have. The man wore robes that even though looked old could still be seen to be made of fine quality, the man had some grey hair amid the brown and when Harry looked at the eyes he saw the filled with pain, sorrow, and loneliness. He felt ashamed for not coming to see him before as he saw the effect that losing all of his friends in one day had caused on the man. Aside from those things he thought he could feel something familiar about the man before him, that he had never felt before but could not tell what it was.

"Hey Alastor, Harry, Nymphadora, what can I do for you?" He asked in a tired voice that would not have been out of place in an old man. As he sat down in a chair he suddenly stiffened and looked Harry directly in the eyes and then without looking away spoke once more in a very different voice than before he spoke full of concern and pity, "Alastor, when did he get bitten and do you know who was the bastard?"

"He wasn't bitten Remus, but ye'll see why ye would think that, but that is not the reason we are here today. I believe our reason is one far more joyful than that." Alastor spoke, "Harry please transform into your second enhanced form so that Remus might understand."

Without understanding why Harry stood up and changed into his werewolf form and would have laughed if he could at the chocked face Remus Lupin formed before jumping back at seeing a werewolf this close and during the day, the only difference he could tell was that instead of the amber colored eyes it had golden eyes.

"How?" was the only word that made it out of Remus mouth as he once more sat back down seeing no danger in front of him. Surprisingly it was Nym who spoke, "That's his animagus form Remus, spiffy aint it?"

"That's impossible; lycanthropy is a disease, a curse, not an animal. How can it be possible? And what did you mean by enhanced?" Remus asked stunned. His second question was answered when the wolf changed becoming a bit smaller, black and all the characteristics that differed between a werewolf and normal wolf were gone, in front of him stood a normal wolf. He couldn't think, the kid in front of him, who could only be around eight years old wasn't only a werewolf animagus but he could disguise himself as a normal wolf. The only reason he knew they were the same animal was because he watched it change in front of him and the weird golden eyes that the kid had in real life.

"It's possible, laddie, ye have the evidence in front of ye. He's right there, but now ye should know why we came here." As Alastor spoke Harry changed back to the Purple haired, golden eyed boy that Remus had been seeing for years when he went with Sirius to visit his cousin.

"Um…Remus you see, you know how dad isn't really my dad, well he told me who my real parents were. You see they were killed by Voldemort when I was a little over one year old. I survived somehow don't know how. Well when he told me, he also told us only something that Nym's parents, dad, and the Unspeakables knew. When my parents died and I was sent to live with some aunt of mine who hated magic, dad took me away and brought me six years to the past using a special one of a kind time-turner that the Unspeakables lent him. My name is Harry but I'm not Moody, nor do I look like this." With those words Harry reverted to his natural form, one which he hadn't used in years.

After hearing what the boy had to say Remus was very confused he couldn't see what it would have to do with him, but he suddenly had a deep suspicion he knew who the kid in front of him was. It was confirmed as he saw the spiky purple hair change into long messy black hair, the golden eyes turned into emerald green cat-like eyes, a lightning bolt shaped scar appeared on his forehead and a few other minor changes over his body. There in front of him was a spitting image of James Potter with Lily Potter's eyes, except for the strange cat-like slit of the pupils. Without thinking Remus jumped forward and hugged the boy he'd last seen in September of the previous year, shortly before James and Lily had gone into hiding, the boy he'd been trying to get custody of since his parents' death. And there without any other thought Remus broke down and started crying seeing his best friend's son the last reason he had to life for, and the one thing he'd been denied for being a dark creature and a danger to the boy.

Harry who had always had trouble with crying girls, namely Nym as she was the only one he had constant contact with, learned that there was another thing he had trouble with, and that was grown men crying all over him. He looked over at Nym trying to find help, but seeing her face he knew he would not get any from her. It was then that he learned something else, he was a lot stronger than he looked as he seemed to be able to hold Remus up just fine and the man probably weighted double what he did, he assumed it was because of the werewolf animagus. And with that thought he figured out what smelled and felt so familiar about the man, he was a werewolf!

After a few minutes Remus finally composed himself and smiled at the kid in front of him. "So you're eight years old, eh Harry? I've got a lot of catching up to do." And with those words Remus face got sad again.

"What's wrong Remus?" Harry asked the man that was still holding him as if he was the last link to life that he had, and he was.

"If you knew what I was, you wouldn't even want to speak to me." Remus spoke in a sadder tone of voice than he used when he came in originally.

"I don't care that you're a werewolf, you're still my parents best friend and the same man I've met when you came with Sirius and father to mom's house. I want to get to know you better and besides I'm also a werewolf even if by animagus so you wouldn't be able to hurt me if you lost control and only then during the full moon. Besides like you said it's a disease, nothing more." As Harry spoke tears came once more from Remus eyes, the man could not believe the words, he'd believed to have been alone in the world for so long and now this kid, his best friend's son, was offering what he wanted most of all, to get to know the only reason he remained alive.

"So Harry what have you been up too since I last saw you, besides animagus training?" the werewolf asked the cub, he was happy and so was the wolf inside of him, he had his pack back.

"Well, I toke my O.W.L.s two weeks ago, got outstanding on all…" and so for the next few hours they spoke about their lives Moody and Nym joining them in the conversation.

"Moony, what do you think of Sirius?" Harry asked hesitantly a few hours after arriving for the first time at Remus house.

"I don't know what to think cub, my heart tells me he didn't do it, that he would have died before betraying James, Lily and you, but everything point at him and everyone believes him to be guilty. I really don't know what to think. Why do you ask?" Remus seemed sad at the thought of the man who was more than his best friend.

"I wanted to know what you thought of him because I don't believe him to be guilty, I know he's innocent." Harry answered completely believing himself to be right.

End Flashback

"Well cub, we have some very good news in this morning's Daily Prophet. I think you should read it, you'll agree with me." The man answered to the kid that he didn't think he could live without if he lost him again.

SIRIUS BLACK INNOCENT!

PETTIGREW WANTED FOR ALL CRIMES PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT DONE BY BLACK!

By Rita Skeeter, Special Correspondent

Yesterday evening proved the end of special investigation done by the Department of Mysteries in regards to Mr. Black's involvement in the Potters death. Through the use of veritaserum and Pensive memories it was proven that Ex-Azkaban prisoner Sirius Black, sent there without a trial, was in fact innocent of all the crimes he was accused of committing.

Mr. Black was never the Potters' Secret Keeper as he would have been the obvious choice therefore they decided for Mr. Black to pretend being the Secret Keeper, while appointing Mr. Pettigrew to the position as no one would have suspected him, but little did they know that they gave themselves over to a Death Eater, who immediately gave the information way to his Master, You-Know-Who. Later that night when Mr. Black confronted Pettigrew in a street full of muggles, the smaller man proceeded to accuse Mr. Black of his crime before exploding the street with a wand hidden behind his back; he cut his right index finger before turning to his illegal animagus form of a rat and escaping down the sewers. The shocks of these events were the reason that when ministry officials arrived Mr. Black was standing laughing insanely and did not try to escape. He later explained that the weakest of them all, the man they had helped get through Hogwarts turned out to be the one that destroyed their lives.

When asked what he planned to do now that he is once more a free man, and one million galleons richer, he answered that the first thing he would do was gain custody of his godson, young Harry Potter, The-Boy-Who-Lived and proceed to get reacquainted with his last best friend, a Mr. Remus Lupin, and his only decent family, a Ms. Andromeda Tonks, her husband and daughter.

Mr. Black, we here at the Daily Prophet and this reporter wish you the best with your new found freedom.

FUDGE AND CROUCH OUSTED TO MANY MISTAKES!

By Rick Scant

Ex DMLA Obliviator Squad leader Cornelius Fudge booted from the Ministry, for his mistakes in the Black case. After an investigation done into the Black case, it was discovered that a lot of the evidence Fudge used was created by him or by his secretary a Ms. Dolores Umbridge to make sure that Mr. Black was implicated and sent to Azkaban while furthering Fudge's own name in the Ministry to help him on his ambition of being Minister.

Barty Crouch, after being discovered to have his own son as a death eater lost a lot of power within the Ministry and now with the discovery of Mr. Black's innocence, a man sent to Azkaban without a trial by MR. Crouch's orders as in his own words, "All evidence points to Black being You-Know-Who's right hand man, there is no doubt he deserves to live in Azkaban for life." A full investigation is now underway to find any more corruption within the Ministry as well as investigate any other evidence falsified by Fudge.

PETTIGREW FOUND, GIVEN TRIAL AND SENTENCE WITHIN HOUR OF THE MINISTRY'S PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT MR. BLACK!

By Rita Skeeter, Special Correspondent

After the announcement made last evening in the Ministry's Press room, an unnamed Ministry official came forward believing that his son's pet rat fit the description of Mr. Pettigrew's animagus form. After a team of Aurors was sent to the official's home, Pettigrew was discovered to indeed be the pet. Promptly brought back to the Ministry, the Wizengamot which had already been convened gave trial and sentenced Mr. Pettigrew to life in Azkaban in a special cell designed for animagus. With this man's capture let's hope that we can finally have an end to all the problems created by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

After reading the article he looked up at Moony and turning around he saw Andromeda standing in the doorway with a man he recognized as Sirius. Harry dropped the paper and ran to hug his godfather before they all proceeded to tell the man of all the happenings since he'd been sent to prison.
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