Chapter 21
As an answer to Harry's wish to become more anonymous, Flitwick had worked a impressive magic on him, and he was now able to change his looks at will. Currently he was sporting his new and more natural looks, trying them out on Sirius and Remus.
Sirius hadn`t taken Harry`s transformation too well, Remus had after the yelling and Sirius` sudden exit tried to reassure Harry that his godfather would probably take some time to get used to this change. Harry wasnˋt so sure and in the end he had chosen to wait outside for Neville to turn up, as the mood was a bit bleak in the house now.
Neville had gone past Harry on the street, not recognizing him at all and Harry had to stop him by taking his arm and saying "it`s me Harry, Neville. My mum had put a charm on my looks, and I`m currently sort of in disguise"
"Oh" said Neville "are you going back to looking like you did before, or staying like this?"
"Currently I think I`ll stay like this, I look a lot like dad and I kind of like that. I`d hoped it would disguise my identity as the boy who lived, and I wanted to see how you reacted." Harry answered.
He did look entirely different but he`d been a bit disappointed that the change hadn`t affected his scar, it was still entirely too visible. Neville seemed to agree as he looked at him critically saying "you don`t look much like the Harry I knew before except the eyes and you do look a lot like headmaster Prince. I think you've almost succeeded in your goal. Pity about the scar, can`t it be covered by something?"
"Jen suggested bangs, but I think that would be too girly. I had an idea about trying to use zit cream, so I`m going to ask dad to take me into the city to get some later". Neville looked blank, and Harry explained what zit cream was.
"Aren`t we going in" Neville asked when Harry made no move to enter the house. "Sirius was a bit unhappy" Harry answered indicating with a gesture why his godfather was unhappy "I`m not too keen on going in there again". Neville looked from Harry to the house and shook Harry off saying "I`ll talk to Remus, maybe we could do our lessons somewhere else".
To Harry`s relief Remus followed Neville out when he appeared again and they quickly agreed to do lessons at Neville`s place for now if his Grandmother didn`t mind.
As they arrived at Nevilleˋs place Madam Longbottom indicated that she didn`t mind, and as Harry was waiting for his dad to fetch him at the end of lessons she asked him kindly why he looked so different. Harry always felt a bit intimidated by the old woman and so he babbled a bit, but managed to explain what the idea behind this change was. The old woman nodded thoughtfully "fame can be a hard thing to bear" and as his dad appeared in the floo she had him enter into the room. "Harry has told me about his new looks and also indicated his wish to cover his scar, and I might have the solution" she told them. "When I was a young girl it was the fashion to create small fake birthmarks. It was the thought that a small birthmark, for example in the corner of the eye, or mouth would create interest".
"And you think this spell could create something to cover Harry`s scar? Severus asked
"Yes, it might do that. I`ll send one of my elves with a copy of the spell if you`d like?"
A bit later Severus stood in Flitwick`s office saying "sorry to impose on you again Flitwick but Harry is very keen on disguising his scar and Madam Longbottom sent us an old spell she thought might do the trick. You`re better with charms than any of the rest of us, and I thought you might know if it can indeed be used."
Flitwick took a look at the spell and broke into a smile "you know Headmaster; I think this will do the trick. I`ll experiment a bit and if Harry wants we could try it out tomorrow?"
