Chapter 25: Findings
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Ron somehow managed to get the two boys ready for the day and dressed in clean clothes. He dressed himself and packed his book bag. After grabbing a few things and putting them in a bag for the boys, he slung both bags onto his shoulders and took each boy by the hand.
As they reached the bottom of the stairs, Draco went running to Hermione to greet her. "Lady." He said as he hugged her.
Harry, meanwhile, was pouting at the amount of time it was taking for them to go see Moony.
"Come on Harry. Lets get breakfast. Moony will be there." Ron told the pouting toddler.
Harry immediately brightened and took the redhead's hand, pulling him towards the portrait hole.
Harry drug Ron out of the room and into a completely empty room. "What the bloody hell is wrong with you?" he asked the stunned red head once the door was shut.
"What do you mean?" Ron was confused.
"I saw the looks you were shooting at my younger brother. You looked ready to kill him."
"I don't trust him, Harry. How can you? According to what you've said, you've only known him for a few days."
The memory flashed in his mind. Harry stopped for a second to shake his head before continuing towards the entrance.
Ron noticed the strange behavior. 'Have to mention that to Dumbledore.'
The group made good time to the Great Hall and Harry couldn't have been happier. Ron let go of the boy when they entered and watched as he ran towards the tired Remus Lupin.
"Moony!" Harry yelled loudly, making Lupin's head jerk up from where it was almost in his plate.
The boy jumped into the tired man's lap. The man smiled and hugged the little boy. "Did you sleep good Harry?" he asked as he made a small plate for the boy.
"Uh-huh. Birdie there too. Birdie pretty." Harry commented.
"Wow. So were you a good boy for Ron?" Remus smiled at the boy's almost guilty look.
"I 'anted Moony." Harry spotted the food and began to eat.
Draco watched this all from where he now sat in the headmaster's lap.
Remus, who was sitting next to Harry, managed to get the plate out from under Harry receiving a death glare from the boy.
"I know you're hungry but you'll get sick eating that fast." Remus chuckled at the dumbfounded look Harry shot him. "You do need to breath every once in a while as well."
Harry grabbed for his plate but Remus moved it. Draco almost invisibly slid his plate toward Harry who quickly ate the rest off it.
Remus chuckled and shook his head. They weren't going to feel good tonight.
Draco blinked in recognition of the memory.
Dumbledore placed some food in front of the boy and he quickly forgot about the weird vision.
When the boys were finished eating, Ron and Hermione followed the group to the Headmaster's office.
Dumbledore looked at both boys closely as he waited for Madam Pomprey to get there.
The nurse arrived and did a few spells. "Well I have good news and bad news. The good news is they are perfectly healthy 3-year-old children and they can be changed back. The bad news is that we have to do it in small doses. Doing it in large doses can mess up the growth rate, their stability, and can mess up their minds. The first dose will be administered this evening. Both boys show all the signs of three year olds unless someone has noticed something different." Madam Pomprey looked at the group.
"I have." Ron said simply. "I noticed that both of them get this far away look and stop what they are doing sometimes. They also have a remarkable recognition of some of us. Like Harry. He wouldn't stop calling for Remus last night even though from what I know, he hadn't seen the man since he was a year old."
"That's true. I also noticed things they shouldn't know. Like this morning, Harry seemed to know his way around the common room." Hermione began to think about it.
Dumbledore looked thoughtful. After a moment, he knelt down to look the boys in the eye. No one had told them who he was yet so he asked them. "Do you know who I am?"
The boys looked at him cautiously. Draco stared at the man for a moment.
Draco was scared as well. He had never seen the old man this angry before. It was terrifying. Draco swore he would do anything he could to keep that anger from ever being turned on him. Lucius was less terrifying than this when he was in one of his moods. Voldemort was less terrifying than this.
Harry snuck a glance at his brother who had turned extremely pale at the site of Dumbledore standing in anger and the feeling of power radiating from the wizard. Hermione and the Weasleys were also shocked at the site (though not as much) and looked as if they were frozen.
"Mr. Dursley, I, Albus Dumbledore, revoke you and your wife's rights to guardianship of Harry Potter, Draco Potter, and Dudley Dursley under the charge of mental abuse, physical abuse, and neglect to the aforementioned Potter twins and declare that you are unfit to be parents to any child due to such charges. If you do not sign rights over to me or to a person that I see fit to care for the boys properly, I will take this to a muggle court where you will most likely have no choice in the matter and be sent to jail. If we take this to court I cannot control where the boys will go but I can tell you I will win. I suggest you sign." Dumbledore waved his wand and the appropriate papers appeared.
"You Abus Dum- Dum- uh. Dumbly." Draco replied after a while.
Dumbledore seemed shocked. "Close enough." He mumbled as he reached in his pocket for a lemon drop for the two boys.
"It appears that they still have their memories, only they are triggered randomly. I'm sure if you asked them questions about their past, they wouldn't be able to answer unless a memory was stirred up. Well then, what should we do with you while Mr. Weasley and Miss Granger are in class?" Dumbledore began to contemplate his choices.
"Moony." Harry said stubbornly. Everyone chuckled.
"It appears he is a bit attached to you Remus." Dumbledore commented while he thought for a moment. "You need rest before you can watch them, and I have a meeting with the minister in a little while. Tonks can you perhaps watch them for a while?"
Tonks looked startled. "What do you mean?"
"I mean can you watch them until I get back Nymphadora? They need someone to look after them and I'm sure Remus can stop by your classroom when he wakes." Dumbledore pleaded with the metamorph.
"Fine, fine. But if they cause havoc I will be complaining. I do have a class to teach you know." Tonks was a bit irritated that she would have to watch over the two toddlers while teaching an advanced class.
"We can help Professor. We have DADA today." Hermione commented much to Ron's displeasure.
Tonks smiled with relief. "I have never been happier that you have that class together." Tonks breathed out.
Ron smiled and picked Draco up. "If we don't hurry, you are going to be late to your class." Ron tapped his watch.
Harry gave a look at Remus before studying the odd lady with the bright hair.
"Is it just me or is it extremely early for everyone to be awake?" he asked Draco.
"No, my watch says 8:00 as well." He looked around.
"Ah good you're up. This meeting concerns you anyway. Here sit down and have some of Molly's delicious pancakes." Dumbledore gestured them to some free seats. "So have you two thought about who you would like as your guardian?"
"Sir I was wondering if we could have two guardians?" Draco asked.
"What do you mean?" Dumbledore looked at the young man curiously.
"Sort of like duel custody that muggles have when they get divorced." Harry supplied catching on.
"Well I suppose we could arrange it. That is of course if the two parties agree. Who do you have in mind?"
"One more question. Can Dudley stay with us? I mean if he has to get a new guardian can he at least stay with us?" Harry was the one to ask.
Dudley stared shocked at him. "But-I was always mean to you. You want me to come with you to a new home?" Dudley was shocked.
"Look. I suggested it. I know what its like for everything to suddenly change. You're going to need an anchor when the whole world flips so you really should stay with us." Draco answered before looking at Dumbledore for the answer to Harry's question.
"If that is what you wish." Dumbledore nodded.
"Alright then we want you and Remus to be our guardians." They had talked about it on the way to breakfast and had decided.
"I accept the position." Remus said with a smile. "I had my fears but a few people slapped some sense into me." Remus smirked while muttering a "literally" sneaking a glance at Tonks.
"Bloody right I did." Tonks didn't care who knew she had smacked him. She was proud of it.
Harry looked at her before trying to say the name. "On-On –Onks." Harry finally got the name out.
Tonks looked at the boy. "You know who I am?" she was shocked at the boy's memory.
Draco was the one who answered. "You Moony girl." He stated firmly making both Tonks and Remus turn bright red.
A/N sorry that took so long but I had writers block. Its evil you know that. Writers block is pure evil. Hopefully it's all gone now. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: Look at other chapters I'm lazy.
Ron somehow managed to get the two boys ready for the day and dressed in clean clothes. He dressed himself and packed his book bag. After grabbing a few things and putting them in a bag for the boys, he slung both bags onto his shoulders and took each boy by the hand.
As they reached the bottom of the stairs, Draco went running to Hermione to greet her. "Lady." He said as he hugged her.
Harry, meanwhile, was pouting at the amount of time it was taking for them to go see Moony.
"Come on Harry. Lets get breakfast. Moony will be there." Ron told the pouting toddler.
Harry immediately brightened and took the redhead's hand, pulling him towards the portrait hole.
Harry drug Ron out of the room and into a completely empty room. "What the bloody hell is wrong with you?" he asked the stunned red head once the door was shut.
"What do you mean?" Ron was confused.
"I saw the looks you were shooting at my younger brother. You looked ready to kill him."
"I don't trust him, Harry. How can you? According to what you've said, you've only known him for a few days."
The memory flashed in his mind. Harry stopped for a second to shake his head before continuing towards the entrance.
Ron noticed the strange behavior. 'Have to mention that to Dumbledore.'
The group made good time to the Great Hall and Harry couldn't have been happier. Ron let go of the boy when they entered and watched as he ran towards the tired Remus Lupin.
"Moony!" Harry yelled loudly, making Lupin's head jerk up from where it was almost in his plate.
The boy jumped into the tired man's lap. The man smiled and hugged the little boy. "Did you sleep good Harry?" he asked as he made a small plate for the boy.
"Uh-huh. Birdie there too. Birdie pretty." Harry commented.
"Wow. So were you a good boy for Ron?" Remus smiled at the boy's almost guilty look.
"I 'anted Moony." Harry spotted the food and began to eat.
Draco watched this all from where he now sat in the headmaster's lap.
Remus, who was sitting next to Harry, managed to get the plate out from under Harry receiving a death glare from the boy.
"I know you're hungry but you'll get sick eating that fast." Remus chuckled at the dumbfounded look Harry shot him. "You do need to breath every once in a while as well."
Harry grabbed for his plate but Remus moved it. Draco almost invisibly slid his plate toward Harry who quickly ate the rest off it.
Remus chuckled and shook his head. They weren't going to feel good tonight.
Draco blinked in recognition of the memory.
Dumbledore placed some food in front of the boy and he quickly forgot about the weird vision.
When the boys were finished eating, Ron and Hermione followed the group to the Headmaster's office.
Dumbledore looked at both boys closely as he waited for Madam Pomprey to get there.
The nurse arrived and did a few spells. "Well I have good news and bad news. The good news is they are perfectly healthy 3-year-old children and they can be changed back. The bad news is that we have to do it in small doses. Doing it in large doses can mess up the growth rate, their stability, and can mess up their minds. The first dose will be administered this evening. Both boys show all the signs of three year olds unless someone has noticed something different." Madam Pomprey looked at the group.
"I have." Ron said simply. "I noticed that both of them get this far away look and stop what they are doing sometimes. They also have a remarkable recognition of some of us. Like Harry. He wouldn't stop calling for Remus last night even though from what I know, he hadn't seen the man since he was a year old."
"That's true. I also noticed things they shouldn't know. Like this morning, Harry seemed to know his way around the common room." Hermione began to think about it.
Dumbledore looked thoughtful. After a moment, he knelt down to look the boys in the eye. No one had told them who he was yet so he asked them. "Do you know who I am?"
The boys looked at him cautiously. Draco stared at the man for a moment.
Draco was scared as well. He had never seen the old man this angry before. It was terrifying. Draco swore he would do anything he could to keep that anger from ever being turned on him. Lucius was less terrifying than this when he was in one of his moods. Voldemort was less terrifying than this.
Harry snuck a glance at his brother who had turned extremely pale at the site of Dumbledore standing in anger and the feeling of power radiating from the wizard. Hermione and the Weasleys were also shocked at the site (though not as much) and looked as if they were frozen.
"Mr. Dursley, I, Albus Dumbledore, revoke you and your wife's rights to guardianship of Harry Potter, Draco Potter, and Dudley Dursley under the charge of mental abuse, physical abuse, and neglect to the aforementioned Potter twins and declare that you are unfit to be parents to any child due to such charges. If you do not sign rights over to me or to a person that I see fit to care for the boys properly, I will take this to a muggle court where you will most likely have no choice in the matter and be sent to jail. If we take this to court I cannot control where the boys will go but I can tell you I will win. I suggest you sign." Dumbledore waved his wand and the appropriate papers appeared.
"You Abus Dum- Dum- uh. Dumbly." Draco replied after a while.
Dumbledore seemed shocked. "Close enough." He mumbled as he reached in his pocket for a lemon drop for the two boys.
"It appears that they still have their memories, only they are triggered randomly. I'm sure if you asked them questions about their past, they wouldn't be able to answer unless a memory was stirred up. Well then, what should we do with you while Mr. Weasley and Miss Granger are in class?" Dumbledore began to contemplate his choices.
"Moony." Harry said stubbornly. Everyone chuckled.
"It appears he is a bit attached to you Remus." Dumbledore commented while he thought for a moment. "You need rest before you can watch them, and I have a meeting with the minister in a little while. Tonks can you perhaps watch them for a while?"
Tonks looked startled. "What do you mean?"
"I mean can you watch them until I get back Nymphadora? They need someone to look after them and I'm sure Remus can stop by your classroom when he wakes." Dumbledore pleaded with the metamorph.
"Fine, fine. But if they cause havoc I will be complaining. I do have a class to teach you know." Tonks was a bit irritated that she would have to watch over the two toddlers while teaching an advanced class.
"We can help Professor. We have DADA today." Hermione commented much to Ron's displeasure.
Tonks smiled with relief. "I have never been happier that you have that class together." Tonks breathed out.
Ron smiled and picked Draco up. "If we don't hurry, you are going to be late to your class." Ron tapped his watch.
Harry gave a look at Remus before studying the odd lady with the bright hair.
"Is it just me or is it extremely early for everyone to be awake?" he asked Draco.
"No, my watch says 8:00 as well." He looked around.
"Ah good you're up. This meeting concerns you anyway. Here sit down and have some of Molly's delicious pancakes." Dumbledore gestured them to some free seats. "So have you two thought about who you would like as your guardian?"
"Sir I was wondering if we could have two guardians?" Draco asked.
"What do you mean?" Dumbledore looked at the young man curiously.
"Sort of like duel custody that muggles have when they get divorced." Harry supplied catching on.
"Well I suppose we could arrange it. That is of course if the two parties agree. Who do you have in mind?"
"One more question. Can Dudley stay with us? I mean if he has to get a new guardian can he at least stay with us?" Harry was the one to ask.
Dudley stared shocked at him. "But-I was always mean to you. You want me to come with you to a new home?" Dudley was shocked.
"Look. I suggested it. I know what its like for everything to suddenly change. You're going to need an anchor when the whole world flips so you really should stay with us." Draco answered before looking at Dumbledore for the answer to Harry's question.
"If that is what you wish." Dumbledore nodded.
"Alright then we want you and Remus to be our guardians." They had talked about it on the way to breakfast and had decided.
"I accept the position." Remus said with a smile. "I had my fears but a few people slapped some sense into me." Remus smirked while muttering a "literally" sneaking a glance at Tonks.
"Bloody right I did." Tonks didn't care who knew she had smacked him. She was proud of it.
Harry looked at her before trying to say the name. "On-On –Onks." Harry finally got the name out.
Tonks looked at the boy. "You know who I am?" she was shocked at the boy's memory.
Draco was the one who answered. "You Moony girl." He stated firmly making both Tonks and Remus turn bright red.
A/N sorry that took so long but I had writers block. Its evil you know that. Writers block is pure evil. Hopefully it's all gone now. Enjoy.