Plans
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Fiona set a steaming plate of pancakes down in front of Harry. Next to it, a smaller plate of fruits and bacon. Harry's eyes glowed.
"Thank you!" He cried and wrapped his Godmother in another hug "Thank you! Thank you!"
Fiona chuckled and hugged him back, Remus and Sirius quickly joined the embrace. The little boy had a home at last.
"You're welcome, Harry." Fiona smiled down at her godson "Now, eat up." She released her boys and they all began to gobble up pancake after pancake.
"These are delicious, Fi!" Sirius exclaimed.
"They really are." Remus agreed.
"Mm-hmm!" Harry's mouth was full as he tried to speak.
Fiona laughed at Harry's attempt to talk "They're mum's recipe, not mine." She explained, wistfully "She used to make them for us all the time. Do you remember, Remus?"
"Yes," Moony grinned "She was an amazing chef."
"Do you remember when she tried to teach us to make pies?" Fiona asked "You were absolutely useless at it!"
Remus chuckled heartily "And you couldn't get the crusts right."
"I was the maddest little ten year old ever!"
"But Mum just smiled and told you it looked perfect." Remus smiled sadly.
"She always said our apple pies were the best she'd ever had." The two shared a happy smile.
Then Sirius cleared his throat loudly "Um? Can I have seconds?"
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Harry fell asleep quickly again that night. Fiona had played games with him all day. From tag to trying to teach him wizards chess. Harry has learned he wasn't very good at wizards chess.
Downstairs, the adults had gathered in a worried circle in the living room.
"We need to decide." Remus argued.
"There's nothing to decide. You'll stay here during the full moon." Fiona insisted "Sirius and I will stay with you in our animagus forms."
"But what about Harry?" Remus countered.
"We'll stay with you in shifts. One of us will be with Harry and the other one will be with you." Sirius suggested.
"No." Remus said firmly "Harry's to smart. He'll try to come and find me. If he gets hurt..." Remus's voice cracked a little and his knuckles whitened on the arms of his chair "I'd never forgive myself."
There was a long pause, everyone thinking hard.
"Fine." Sirius grumbled "Fiona, do you have any friends Harry can stay with during full moon?"
Fiona scrunched up her face "Um...there's the Weasleys. They're nice and Molly has a son who's Harry's age. I think his name's Ron or something. Or the Longbottoms. They have a little boy too."
"Let's ask the Weasleys first." Sirius suggested "Frank might not have forgiven me for that prank I pulled on him at last weeks Order meeting."
"I could have told you that putting dung beetles in his dinner was a bad idea." Remus muttered.
"Hey, you laughed."
"Alright, that's enough. I'll send a letter to Molly and Arthur tonight." Fiona stood up "And don't worry so much Remmy, the full moon is still a week away."
"Okay, okay." Remus stretched as he stood up too "I'm heading to bed. Goodnight." He left Sirius and Fiona in the living room.
"So..." Sirius dragged out the word "Fancy a nightcap?"
"Is that your way of asking for a firewisky?"
"Only if you want one too."
"I don't know Siri, I haven't had a drink in a while." Fiona sighed.
"Well that you most certainly need one. Think about it, you're helping Moony and me take care of a seven year old little kid. Soon you won't have time to drink at all."
She threw a pillow at him "Neither will you."
"Yeah, right. We all know I'm the one who could sneak a mug of firewisky into Hogwarts without Filch noticing." Sirius said, catching the pillow.
"Shut up."
"Do you still want that drink?" Sirius asked after a moment.
"No, thanks. I'm good." Fiona rolled her eyes.
"Well, where do you keep your drinks then? 'Cause I still want one."
"Basement. Third door on the right." Sirius scampered up and down the stairs.
"I should probably tell him about the jinx on the door handle." Fiona mused to herself.
She was interrupted by a small bang and loud shrieking.
Fiona giggled "Nah."
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The next morning, Fiona sat down at the kitchen bar to write a letter to Molly Weasley. Harry, Sirius, and Remus were sitting at the table eating waffles.
"What are you writing?" Harry asked, shoveling waffles into his mouth.
"I'm writing a letter to my friend Molly Weasley. You might have to stay with her for a few days soon."
"What?" Harry was surprised and worried "Why?"
"Well," The adults exchanged a nervous glance before Sirius moved closer to his Godson "You see, Harry, Moony gets sick pretty often and it's very contagious. We don't want you to get sick or hurt so we thought, maybe, you'd stay with the Weasleys'. They're very nice and they have a little boy who's just your age."
"But..." Harry's lower lip trembled "Will Moony be okay?"
"Of course I will be, Harry." Remus smiled "I always am."
"Tell you what, Harry," Fiona left her seat and knelt down in front of Harry "What if, after I send this letter, we go visit the Weasleys'? Then you can meet them before you have to stay with them."
"How long will I be staying with them?"
"Oh, three days? Four?" Remus thought about it.
Harry scrunched up his face in thought "Okay, I guess."
"Great, so finish eating your waffles and then we'll go visit Molly and Arthur." Fiona ruffled his hair, smiled, and went back to her letter.
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