Chapter 5: Looking For Harry
A few weeks later,
"WHAT?!" Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Ginny Weasley yelled at the entire Order. They had just been told of what happened to Harry.
Remus tried to calm his friend's son's friends down. "We were hoping you three could throw out some suggestions as to where he might be."
"Fawkes has already tried the time-stream." Dumbledore told them. "No sign."
"Hogwarts?" Hermione suggested. "Or Diagon Alley?"
"The Forbidden Forest?" Ron tried.
"Hogsemeade itself?" Ginny recommended.
"The cave outside of Hogsmeade?" Remus threw out as he also thought of places. "Or the Shrieking Shack? That's where he met Sirius."
"We've already tried Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, and Diagon Alley." Molly said.
"I'll have Firenze and Hagrid look through the forest." Dumbledore said. "And I'll check the cave. Remus. Check the Shrieking Shack."
"Yes Sir." Remus said before turning to the kids. "Don't worry kids. We'll find him."
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At the Shrieking Shack,
"Harry?" Remus asked as he opened the door to the old hideout. "Are you in here?"
Silence.
Remus went up to the bedroom where Harry met Sirius. As he walked up the steps, he remembered the night he told Harry the truth. The night he found out about Sirius' innocence. By the time he got up to the room, he was almost certain Harry was there. It was so obvious Harry was missing Sirius.
He opened the bedroom door.
Nothing.
Not even a scent.
Remus closed the door and went back outside. When he got to the porch, he looked up at the sky.
"Harry. Where are you?"
He looked in the direction where the star, Sirius, was located at that very moment. Hidden from view by the light of the sun.
"Sirius. If you're listening, can you help?" Remus whispered.
Almost as if Sirius heard him, Remus started to remember what had happened down in the Department of Mysteries. That's when he suddenly realized something.
Harry could have gone after Bellatrix. Or even gone back to the Department of Mysteries. Goodness knows HE has thought about going in after Sirius a few times, but knew better.
But Harry was another story.
Remus ran back down to the village out of Hogwarts territory and apparated to London.
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"Anything?" Tonks asked when she saw Remus at the Ministry.
He ran right past her into the Department of Mysteries.
"REMUS!" Kingsley yelled when he saw his classmate run into that ill-fated department.
"Harry." Remus said to himself. "Either don't be in here, or don't let me be too late. I can't afford to loose you too."
Remus ran into the room Sirius had died in and found nothing. Either he had thought wrong, or had been too late. He walked over to the veil. After what had happened last month, he knew he would hear the voices.
"Harry?" He asked. "Please don't let me hear your voice."
Suddenly, a bright light emitted from behind the veil. Remus took a few steps back and shielded his eyes. He felt a strong wind rush past him and something heavy knocked him over.
"Omph!" Remus and the heavy object said.
The light died.
"Finally!" the thing who landed on Remus sighed. "I thought I'd NEVER get out of there…. Did they carpet the area?" the person asked.
The light had temporarily blinded both of them.
"No." Remus said rubbing his eyes trying to refocus them. "You landed on me."
"Moony?" the person asked.
Remus recognized the voice now. But…It couldn't be.
"Sirius?" Remus asked as his eyes came back into focus. "Get off of me."
Sirius obeyed and starred at Remus as the werewolf sat up.
"Is it really you?" both men asked.
POP
A dog was where Sirius had been.
POP
They gave each other brotherly hugs.
"What are you doing here?" Sirius asked. "Surely it hadn't been a few minutes."
"No." Remus said. "It's been a few weeks."
"Weeks?" Sirius asked. "I was thinking more along the lines of days."
"No. A little over a month actually."
"Harry?" Sirius asked in a panicky tone as he grabbed Remus' shoulders. "Where is he? Please tell me he didn't go after Bella."
"Actually, he did." Remus said.
Panic was written all over Sirius' face.
"But Dumbledore and Voldemort managed to distract him." Remus added.
"So Voldemort's in the open?" Sirius asked.
"Yes." Remus told him. "AND your name just so happened to have been cleared while you were…indisposed."
"Figures." Sirius sighed. "How's Harry coping? I can just see his face when he sees me."
"I don't know." Remus admitted. "Petunia saw him being kidnapped."
"WHAT?!"
"By himself."
"Huh? How can Harry kidnap himself?"
"I have no clue."
"Have you checked Potter Manor?" Sirius asked.
"No. Harry hadn't been told."
"Maybe Trixy went to tell Harry."
"But, Voldemort can get through the wards."
"Not if he doesn't know to go there."
"Let's go check it out." Remus said. "It's good to have you back, mate."
"Good to be back."
TBC