Ok, I did write this like… three days ago but either my computer sucks or was being mean but it wouldn't let me update! Or even log in for that matter! Grrr.
FairyQuilan: Indeed, and emo Sirius is a scary Sirius. And emo Remus is up soon, but he wont be as bad as Sirius because while he was close to Harry and while he did miss him a lot, Remus didn't think of Harry like a son like Sirius did. He wont be as scary. And le link was broken? Damn. I'll try again some other time.
Jessdarkwater: Why thank you, I myself have never lost someone at such a young age that I was so close to. So I was worried about handling it… And I had fun writing scary Sirius.
Psicat: Oh! I love long reviews like this! Ok, here we go… Yes, Remy will be the next to meet Harry, and I do believe that after being friends with Siri for so long he's already given up about his santiy. Hmmm, My guess is yes. Harry would not be adverse to the idea of Remus fainting into his arms, but he might be a bit bugged with ANOTHER person fainting. And lastly, no. I haven't planned on pairing Alice with anyone, if whole bunches of people want her to be I might, but it wasn't in my plans. She will get introduced into the wizarding world with Harry though.
And lastly to all of you, I got a review signed by a person going by "Angry Reader." Lets take a look, all right?
"slash ruins more good stroys then any thing else no I have not read much but this stroy would have been good with out the slash
slash in my book in wrong and should not be in a t rated fic if any fic period. this is a public site with young readers this should not be here.
note dont bother to respond I will not reread this to see it"
Any thoughts? And by the way, I know that people in Europe spell some things differently than here in America, so did this person spell "story" the British way… or are they just dip shits who made the same spelling mistake twice?
Disclaimer: I don't own anything… shouldn't you get this by now?
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Something extra: "Blah, blah, blah": Elfish.
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There was a comfortable silence around the table that night. Well, comfortable for some. While Aeson and Clara felt fine, and Artemis who was sitting on the balcony with them dozing slightly didn't find anything wrong with the silence, one person did. Harry did. He ate his food slowly, questions and accusations bubbling in his gut, finally he had enough and the silence lifted. The other occupants at the table plus Artemis looked up and he set his fork down and scowled at his plate.
"Did you know that they think I'm dead?" He said firmly, everyone else shared a look.
"What do you mean Harry?" Clara asked, setting her fork down as well. Her adoptive son sighed and looked up at her, firmness in his gorgeous green eyes.
"The humans… The think I'm dead. They think that night at the orphanage… they think I died. They found wolf tracks leading away from where I was; they think Artemis is some wild wolf from the woods that killed and ate me! And since elves don't leave tracks in the snow they could have never known that you were there too." When he finished he addressed the last part to Aeson, ignoring the irritated snort from Artemis at being called a "wild wolf".
"Well…" Aeson started with a sigh. "We didn't know for certain, but after so many years we figured they might have drawn that conclusion.
"Doesn't that bother you a bit?" Harry asked, irritation edging his voice.
"Well…. A bit, but we. Wait, how did you know?" This time it was Aeson's voice that was edged with irritation. Harry blinked and blushed as he stuttered a response.
"Well, that's not… I… uh…Ok fine… I kind of read it in one of the humans books…" Clara sat up straighter in her seat.
"What? You read one of those? How? When?" Harry sighed, knowing it was confession time.
"Well… For a few weeks now Alice and I have been secretly meeting a witch who goes to the school. She's our age and really nice. Her name is Hermionie." At the scandalized look on his family's faces he decided to continue. "It's not as bad as it sounds! She's really nice and she hasn't told a soul about either of us! Today though…" Harry trailed off, not really knowing how to approach this.
"Today what? What happened today?" Aeson asked quickly, looking at Harry in the eye. Harry blushed and fought the urge to shrink into his chair.
"She was followed… Under an invisibility cloak by her DADA Professor: Sirius Black…" Aeson, Clara and Artemis gasped at both what happened and at the name. Well Clara and Aeson did, Artemis gasped as well as a wolf could gasp. She looked awfully shocked none the less.
"Sirius Black? He was sent to prison for working for Voldemort!" Clara said breathlessly, Harry shook his head, remembering what Hermionie told him.
"He was framed, the real criminal was caught four years ago. Sirius was proven innocent and has been working in the castle ever since." Clara nodded along with Aeson.
"Yes… That makes sense, there was always something about that whole thing that bothered me…" Harry cleared his throat and fiddled with the food on his plate.
"There's another thing… Did you know that…"He looked up, locking eyes with Clara and Aeson, trying to find the words. "He's my godfather?" There was a shocked silence around the balcony and Artemis let out an odd noise from behind them.
"He… He's what?" Aeson asked slowly.
"He's my godfather. He was so… emotional when he saw me. I convinced him not to tell but… Well, you remember that plush dog I made you go back to the orphanage to get for me?" Aeson nodded. "He mentioned it, I didn't even say anything that could have remotely tipped him off! He just told me! He just knew! He talked about how he gave it to me. I remember him…" Aeson, Clara and Artemis were silent, they stood up, Harry followed suit. Aeson walked up to him and put his hand on Harry's shoulder.
"Does he want you to go live with him?" Aeson sighed shakily at Harry's nod. "Do you want to live with him?" Harry looked at his feet.
"I… I don't know…" He looked up startled at a sound and was shocked to see Clara leaning against the balcony's railing, hands over her mouth and tears in her eyes. Artemis let out a whimper and plopped onto the ground, resting her head in her paws dejectedly. Harry looked back to Aeson and saw he was starring at the ground with tears in his eyes as well. "Wait, don't…" Harry put his hand on the one Aeson was resting on his shoulder. "Don't cry guys. I'm not leaving you, I just don't know. I mean... this is home for me. But you should have seen him. Sirius was so happy to see me, and when I mentioned going back here he looked heart broken at the thought of me leaving him. I just want to spend time with him, maybe even tell people… Wizards and witches I mean… Tell them about how I'm alive… Weather I like it or not I'm part of their world. People miss me, but no matter what you'll all still be my family…" this seemed to calm them all down and they nodded.
"Ok, fine. But we have to talk to Ares and Krishna." Harry nodded and they all headed over to the home of the lord and lady of the forest.
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Aeson knocked on the door and Ares opened it. As soon as he saw who it was he sent Harry a firm look. Harry gulped; Ares usually really liked him. And he wasn't particulary strict, why did he look so mad?
"It's Aeson, Clara, Artemis and Harry." He said over his Shoulder into the house. An angry shout sounded from the hall and a furious looking Krishna stormed down the hall, a terrified Alice on her tail.
"Harry I'm sorry! You just can't hide anything from these people! I HAD to tell!" Alice shouted from behind her mother.
"Harry Elandili James Potter!" Krishna yelled angrily. Harry flinched; she had used his whole name. Even the Elvin middle name they had given him. She was mad… VERY mad. "How could you do this? What if they had hurt you! We told you a million times NOT to go there!" Harry flinched again. She was speaking Elfish, even though it was their native tongue Elves rarely used the language in an informal occasion. If they did then they usually didn't want to be understood by outsiders, and since there were no outsiders here it was safe to assume Krishna was just really pissed off. Harry decided to play her game as she neared at an alarming speed.
"But Krishna! They didn't hurt me! OW!" He let out a shout as she grabbed him painfully by the ear and led him inside, grabbing Alice on her way back and sitting them both down on the couch in their study.
"What could have happened though!" Krishna shouted back, the others coming into the room behind her silently, even her husband knowing it wiser not to interject when she was like this.
"They didn't… And I need to go back. I have to let them know about me." This was the wrong thing to say, Krishna gasped and looked even more furious. Harry was afraid she would yell more, he was quite surprised when she began to cry.
"So it's just like that? You meet one human girl and you're going to leave us all behind? You… You're like another child to me Harry! How could you do this? How could you just leave me?" Harry bit his lip and stood up, taking her into a hug.
"Don't cry Krishna… I'm not leaving you. I have to go back. I'm never going to leave you for good. You're like family as well. But people need me there too. My godfather was so happy to see I was alive. I can't leave him." Krishna straightened up and looked at him at these words.
"Godfather?" She asked surprised. Harry realized that Alice hadn't been able to tell the whole story. So he told them everything. By the end they had agreed to let him go back and tell about them, their wards were safe enough to keep the humans away. So the next morning Harry was going to see Sirius again.
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Sirius let out a loud yawn as he sat in the old courtyard from the afternoon before. He couldn't fathom why he had agreed to meet Harry so early. Sure he did realize that no one was up this early so it was safest but the lazy side of Sirius was protesting. He was about to doze off when the bushes to his right rustled and Harry stepped out. Sirius woke up immediately and jumped up to hug him hello, Harry laughed and hugged him back. Suddenly the bushed rustled again and the biggest freaking wolf trotted out of them, golden eyes rained of Sirius. He yelped and jumped back, Harry looked at him startled and turned to see what he yelled about. When he saw the wolf he didn't look scared, but rather surprised.
"Artemis? What are you doing here?" He asked as he patted the huge wolf on the head. The wolf let out a few noises and Harry nodded. He looked back at the fearful and confused face of Sirius and began to laugh. "Sirius, don't worry. This is my friend, Artemis. She's actually the one who left the tracks of the wolf who 'killed' me. She's harmless." Sirius nodded and walked up to the wolf.
"That makes sense…" He muttered, jumping when he heard two voices behind him.
"Naa Tanya ho?" He spun around and was faced with two adult elves. One was a man with long brown hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. The one who had spoken was a slim woman with brown hair like the man and the same blue eyes. He was startled to hear Harry speak back to them, in the same weird language the woman spoke in.
"Ta ho. Llie khila amin!" The two elves looked embarrassed.
"Lye ume, aier." The man replied, Harry blushed and pouted.
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He looked up at the sound of Clara's voice.
"Is this him?" She asked. Harry sighed and nodded his head.
"It's him. You followed me!" He crossed his arms and Clara snickered, Aeson smiled and nodded.
"Yes, we did. We had to short one." Harry's cheeks flushed and he glared.
"I can take care of myself thank you! And I am NOT short!" Clara laughed.
"By Elvin standards you are." She turned to Sirius and eyed him critically. "So…" She started, switching to English. "You're Sirius." Sirius nodded slowly. "Well. Take care of him or I… Well, I may look harmless but I know many ways to cause you very creative and vast amounts of pain." She smiled and clapped him on the shoulder. Sirius gulped and nodded.
"Leave him alone! You're scaring him!" Harry stepped forward and looked at Sirius. "Sorry, this is Aeson and his mother Clara. They're like family to me, they're a bit protective." Sirius nodded and shook Clara and Aeson's hands.
"Of coarse. I promise I'll take care of him. With my life." They both smiled at him and nodded. "You're really her son?" Aeson raised an eyebrow and nodded. "Well it's just… You look more like siblings than anything." Sirius added with a blush, the three other people there began to laugh and the wolf made a snorting noise.
"Yes, well elves are immortal." Clara said with a chuckle. "We better go, but remember Sirius! Vast amounts of pain!" Clara added with a cheery voice. Sirius nodded and looked frightened.
"Are you done?" Harry asked irritated. Clara nodded and smiled at him.
"Yup, we are. Goodbye Short one." And with that they both headed into the forest.
"Oh! Go kiss an orc!" Harry shouted back at them, getting a gasp of shock and disgust from the forest.
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Sirius was feeling a bit freaked out as he shook the pretty female elves hand. Would she really hurt him? She smiled eerily and Sirius mentally nodded, yes, she would.
"Lle tela?" Harry asked with irritation in his voice, the elves nodded.
"Lye sho! Quel re Aier!" They took off into the forest with the large wolf. Harry flushed with anger and yelled after them
"Aiya! Auto miqula orqu!" There was a shout of disgust from the forest. Harry sighed and turned back to Sirius. "Sorry about that. They're a bit crazy." Sirius nodded.
"Yeah, so am I. So what was that language?"
"Elfish." Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Ugh, duh." Harry chuckled and they walked out the courtyard and sat down by the lake.
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Remus yawned and stretched, smiling in satisfaction when his back popped. He took a sip of his morning coffee and got ready to grade papers. That's why he was up so early; he had to grade third year tests that he had procrastinated about. Before he sat at the desk in his room he glanced out the window. He loved the view out his window. It overlooked the forest and lake; it showed a part people rarely went to. His favorite part though was an old ivy covered courtyard off in the corner. He froze as he looked at a certain spot between the courtyard and lake. Walking along was Sirius Black. That in itself was odd enough, Sirius never woke up this early. But he wasn't alone. Remus luckily could get a pretty good view; his window was pretty low and his eyesight was great. It was part of his werewolf abilities. The person walking with Sirius was around 17 or 18 and he was beautiful.
From his flawless skin, shiny black and red hair, and startling green eyes, to his full pink lips, long elegant eyelashes and slim, lithe form. He was gorgeous. Remus blushed and squinted his eyes to get a better look, there was something familiar about the boy, but he couldn't place it. His clothes looked to be that of an elf but his ears were normal and human. He wondered who he was and what he was doing with Sirius. Suddenly it appeared that Sirius had said something funny and the boy began to laugh. Remus' breath caught in his throat, he looked amazing when he laughed. He felt a slight pang of jealousy though, he wanted to be the one to make the boy laugh, not Sirius.
Remus blushed again, what was wrong with him? He didn't even know this boy's name! Remus bit his lip and turned from the window, he cast one last glance and noted that they were now out of view. Sighing he turned back to his desk, knowing that there was not a chance he could focus enough to grade papers. So instead he opted to plop down on the couch and take a nap to clear his head.
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Sirius grinned again and looked at Harry brightly.
"You mean you'll come back with me?" He asked again, causing Harry to smile.
"Yes Sirius, I'll come back with you. But I don't want anything big right now. I just want to tell a few people. Like that Dumbledore guy and the professors I guess. I do-
"And Remus?" Sirius interrupted gleefully. Harry smiled and nodded, his cheeks pinkening against his own accord.
"Yes, we can tell Remus. But as I was saying I don't want some huge frenzy, like articles in the paper and telling the minister. Not yet at least. Also you can't keep me from my family. I'm willing to spend days here and sometimes even nights but please, let me go back every once in a while to have dinner with them. Or spend the night." Sirius nodded and stood up; he grabbed Harry's hand and pulled him up as well.
"Come on! Let's go introduce you to Moony!" He started to the castle, pulling a surprised Harry behind him.
"Uh… But wouldn't he be asleep?" Harry struggled to find an excuse. He was still nervous about meeting anyone, let alone the man he's had a crush on for four years.
"We'll wake him up then!" Sirius replied happily. Harry sighed in defeat and followed his godfather into the castle.
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Remus was happy. Because Remus was asleep. Remus was on no accounts lazy but he enjoyed his sleep, and getting up this early bugged the hell out of him. Suddenly he felt frantic hands shake him awake. Startled he shot up and fell off the couch. He looked up dazedly and saw Sirius standing over him, grinning like a mad man.
"Damnit Padfoot! What bloody time is it? What's the hour?" Remus slurred sleepily and angrily at his friend. Sirius grinned wider and chuckled a bit.
"What hour? Why it's the un-godly hour! Now wakey wakey! Eggs and Bakey! This is important!" Remus growled and stood up, glaring coldly at his friend. He opened his mouth to say something that would have no doubt been very crude when he stopped dead. He looked with wide eyes over Sirius' shoulder and saw the beautiful boy from before. Remus straightened up and blushed. The boy was even more attractive up close, and he had just acted like a total idiot. His heart sped up when they boy smiled hesitantly at him and gave a small wave.
"Hello." He murmured softly, pink tinting his cheeks. Remus felt butterflies bombard his gut.
"I eh… Hello." He murmured back after finding his voice. He tore his eyes from the boy and looked at Sirius expectantly. "Sirius, who—" Sirius cut him off with a grin and shake of the head.
"I'll tell you in a sec Remy." He turned to the boy and smiled at him. "Hey pup, this might take a bit. Do you think you could…" The boy smiled back and nodded. He smiled at Remus again and headed out the door to Remus' office. Sirius turned back to Remus. "Ok, where do I start…" Sirius led him back tot the couch and sat him down. "Remus… That boy has quite a story…" Sirius took a breath and began.
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Remus sat starring at Sirius once he had finished his story. His heart was beating a mile a minute and so many things were running through his head he didn't know where to start.
"So…" He started, his calm voice betraying the violent inner turmoil he was feeling. "That boy that just went into my office was raised by elves since he was three?" Sirius nodded slowly. "And that boy… That just went into my office is…" Remus took in a shaky breath. "Is… Harry?" Sirius nodded again. "You mean… Harry, Harry? Your godson, Lily and James' son, has been dead for eight years Harry?" Sirius nodded and Remus started to hyperventilate. "He's…. Oh my God…" Remus felt his eyes start to water and he starred avidly at a spot just over Sirius' shoulder. 'Think of the things you were thinking! If Sirius knew he'd be disgusted! Harry would be disgusted! You were perving on your best friend's godson!' He was startled from his thoughts when Sirius grabbed him firmly by the shoulders and looked him dead in the eye.
"Remus. Calm down. I know this is a lot to take in! You should have seen me when I found out… Well actually you sort of did, the aftermath anyways." Remus raised an eyebrow.
"You mean when you ran in here freaking out and acting like you were on a mixture of speed and LSD? That was the aftermath? Jeeze, I'm surprised Harry didn't run off screaming." Sirius glared good-naturedly and shook his head.
"I think he might have if I hadn't gotten him in a death grip like hug. But that's beside the point. Are you going to sit here all day mumbling of are you going to gather yourself and go meet him? He's been nervous as hell about meeting you. Did you know all these years him and his friend Alice have been spying on us as some sort of hobby?" The last few parts startled Remus; Harry was nervous about meeting him? This sent little butterflies to his gut again and Remus mentally scolded himself. 'No! Bad Remus. Stop perving.' Then there was the last bit; Harry had been spying on them? How odd. Remus nodded slowly and stood up, trying to ready himself. He stepped through the door to his office and saw Harry observing one of the models on his desk with interest, when they entered he looked up surprised and waited awkwardly. Remus felt himself start to cry, how could he have missed it? He had James' messy hair, mind you James NEVER had his hair that long and never had red streaks but still. And only Lily, and Harry of coarse, could ever have those eyes. He did the only thing he could think of, he strode forward and wrapped his arms around Harry, burying his face in his neck.
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Harry felt his stomach do a flip-flop as Remus pulled him into a loving hug. Blushing up a storm, Harry wrapped his arms around the older man in return, avidly aware of how warm his body was and how it felt to have Remus' hot breath against his neck. Deciding to indulge himself he relaxed into the hug and rested his cheek on Remus' shoulder. After what seemed like several minutes of pure bliss Remus pulled away and looked at him with teary golden eyes.
"God Harry… I've missed you so much. I can't believe you've been alive all this time. I can't believe you're really here…" He chocked out through his tears, Harry felt his heart melt and he smiled back.
"Don't worry Loup, I'm really here. You're not imagining things." Remus smiled and let out a small sob.
"Good. I was hoping I wasn't crazy. That was the one thing I could hold over Sirius' head for teasing." Harry laughed a bit and Sirius walked up behind them.
"And WHAT, Remus J. Lupin, are you insinuating?" He said with mock irritation.
"Oh please Sirius, anyone who has come in contact with you knows that you're completely out of your mind." Sirius snorted indignantly.
"There is a fine line between genius and insanity!" He retorted, raising his chin in the air.
"True, a fine line you seem to have extreme difficulty to cross." Remus replied coolly, causing Harry to snicker again. Remus mentally cheered himself for that; he was doing what he wanted to de, he was making Harry laugh. Sirius huffed and walked back into Remus' study and into the mini kitchen each teacher has.
"I'm going to make us some tea." He said as he left causing Remus to roll his eyes.
"Prima Dona." Harry laughed again and Remus looked at him. "So, Sirius tells me you spy on us?" Harry blushed.
"Well I wouldn't say spy exactly but… Well it's a bit of a hobby." Harry and Remus went into his study and sat on the couch while Sirius prepared tea to their left.
"A hobby? Don't Hobbies have to be interesting? What's so interesting about watching us?" Harry smiled.
"Well firstly Hobbies aren't always interesting, look at stamp collecting." Remus frowned.
"Hm, I guess you're right." Harry chuckled and continued.
"And besides. It is interesting. You humans are so weird." Remus gave a mock gasp and put his hand over his chest.
"Are you accusing me of being weird?" He was about to continue when Sirius interrupted from the kitchen.
"Remus you're a bloody freak." Remus scowled and glared at the kitchen door.
"Well it takes one to know one!" He shot back, causing Sirius to laugh.
"What are we Moony? In second grade?" Remus sat back into the couch and crossed his arms.
"Well I don't know, judging by your character we just might be." Harry laughed and watched with interest at the verbal tennis match. They seemed to have a friendship much like his and Alice's. Remus looked up at his laugh and raised an eyebrow. "Ok, I guess me might be weird… well us at least. But keep in mind that you're a human too." Harry grinned and shook his head.
"That's true Loup, by blood I indeed am a human. But I was raised by elves, so therefore my etiquette and mannerisms are that of an elf. You truly hail from where you're raised." Remus sighed and shook his head.
"You're right. I can't get you with that then. By the way, what is it that you're calling me?" Sirius came in from the kitchen with a tray of steaming tea and handed it to each of them.
"Loup." Sirius responded for Harry. "They gave us all names. I'm Shadow because of my animagus form." Remus' eyebrows raised and he sipped his tea.
"I see, where did you get 'Loup'? You seem pretty close." Harry sipped his own tea and responded.
"It means 'wolf' in French." Remus chocked on his tea and looked up at Harry startled. "Yeah, I know you're a werewolf. One of the things I learned by living with the elves is how to spot those things. Besides, one of my closest guardians is a half werewolf." Remus was relieved that Harry didn't seem offended by his illness,
"Half Werewolf?" Sirius asked from an armchair by the couch. "Was that that huge wolf thing that was in the courtyard?" Harry nodded.
"That was Artemis. And she's not a 'wolf thing'. Her father was a werewolf and one night on the full moon he mated with a timber wolf and Artemis was the outcome. An abnormally large wolf with a human mentality." Sirius and Remus nodded in understanding.
"So that's what you mean about the half werewolf thing… Odd… So Remus, you ever done it with some unsuspecting wolf in the forest? Got any wolf-human hybrid babies?" Sirius asked casually. Harry started laughing and Remus spat his tea out. He blushed deep scarlet and glared shocked at Sirius.
"No I have not! Thank you very much for that disturbing image!" Sirius laughed and bowed.
"That's what I'm here for!" Remus rolled his eyes and was about to respond when a thought hit him. He sat back and looked at Harry.
"Three or so weeks ago… By Hagrid's hut…." Harry nodded in answer to his unfinished question.
"Yeah, that was Alice and I. And I'll tell you, you scared the shite out of us…" Remus laughed.
"And by the way Remus. Guess what name they got for ol' Snivilus…" Sirius said with a smirk. Remus hummed a question from behind his cup of tea and Sirius grinned. "Bat." Remus started laughing, as did Sirius. Harry shook his head, not really knowing what was so funny. He smiled any ways and sat back, relaxing into the comfortable couch. He felt so content; he knew then that wherever he was, wizarding world or Elvin world, he would have a family.
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There you go! And by the way, Harry's Elvin name means "Half-Elf" in Elvin. And all those Elvin phrases are actual J.R.R. Tolkien translations! Woot!