Undone
by Healer Pomfrey
All recognizable characters belong to J. K. Rowling, and I am not earning anything by writing this story.
I am not a native speaker of English. Please excuse my mistakes.
COMPLETELY AU! Partly OOC.
It is my story, and I intend to write it the way I want it. If you don't like it, don't read it.
Reviews are very welcome, as they inspire my muse. Thank you very much for the kind feedback on the previous chapter!
On Friday morning, the day before Harry's birthday, Sirius Black had a trial. To Harry's chagrin, he was not allowed to attend, however, he could spend the morning with Jane and Kengo on Goblin Island, which was a lot of fun.
Remus attended the trial, for which Amelia Bones had made sure that Lily and James Potter were able to act as witnesses from a life size portrait that had been brought into the courtroom. She had also seen to it that Sirius was questioned under Veritaserum, which proofed his innocence also concerning his fight with Peter Pettigrew. James' and Lily's knowledge that Peter was indeed a rat Animagus managed to convinced even those who were still not sure of Sirius' innocence. In the end, Sirius was cleared of all accusations, compensated for his imprisonment and, once again on Amelia Bones' suggestion, granted the guardianship over his godson, Harry Potter.
When Albus Dumbledore tried to protest, he ended up in a huge fight with Lily and James Potter, who accused him of ignoring their will and stealing the guardianship that was never meant to go to him. After twenty minutes of verbal fighting, the old wizard was finally stripped off the guardianship over Harry, which was immediately granted to Sirius.
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By the time Harry returned home, an unknown man was together with Remus in the dining room, and the two were eagerly talking with his parents.
"Hello," Harry said, shyly, upon entering the room.
"Harry!" the unknown man shouted in clear delight. "I'm Sirius, your godfather. They freed me from Azkaban. I'm so sorry that I couldn't take you in earlier, but I'm your guardian now," he added in obvious excitement before pulling Harry into a bear's hug.
Harry stepped a little back in fright. It was an automatic reaction in spite of the fact that he knew that his godfather wouldn't hurt him. From the older wizard's emotions, he could sense true love for him and a feeling of happiness about being able to care for him.
"I'm glad that you're free, Sirius," Harry finally replied, smiling.
"So much about leaving Dumbledore in the dark about where you are, Harry," Lily spoke up, "but I don't care. It wasn't right of him to claim the guardianship in any case. I wished I'd be able to completely leave the portraits, so that I could cast a small payback spell at my horrid sister."
"Maybe we'll be able to invent a spell, Harry, let's try, ok?" Sirius replied, grinning.
Not sure if it was meant as a joke or not, Harry nodded, eagerly. He realised soon that his godfather and new guardian meant a lot of fun, and the remainder of the day, which had seemed so long, as Harry for the first time in his life could not wait for his birthday to come, passed very quickly. Too soon for his liking, it was time for him to go to bed.
'Oh well, going to bed in this amazing room is no punishment,' he thought, happily, as he lay down in his most comfortable bed, looking out into the garden, his eyes searching for the animal that he had seen during his first night but never afterwards.
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Harry realised in surprise that the centre of the breakfast table was occupied by a huge cake which was decorated with ten candles. Several colourful presents were piled around his plate. 'My very first birthday presents,' Harry thought, happily, as he busied himself opening the gifts from his godfather: Books, clothes and a toy broom.
Later on, Sirius and Remus and a few Potter elves accompanied Harry to Goblin Island to help Gwenlin, Jane and Kengo with the preparations for the party.
Harry thoroughly enjoyed himself, and by the time his guests arrived he was outright relieved that he was not the only one to entertain the ten girls. Since the Portkeys were charmed to take the girls to the beach where the party was going to take place, everyone arrived at the same time.
To Harry's surprise, Sirius, Remus and the twins stood next to him, while Gwenlin greeted the few mothers who had accompanied their children. At the same time, the children lined up in a row and stepped forward to greet Harry one by one.
As soon as the first girl stepped in front of him, he was overwhelmed by emotions. 'The boy who lived,' the first girl thought. 'I'm going to be his wife in the future.' She introduced herself as Ginny Weasley, before stepping aside for the next girl to greet him.
"Hello, I am Su Li," the girl introduced herself, her thoughts revolving about the question how good the boy who lived would be in a duel.
Hannah Abbot, Lavender Brown, Millicent Bulstrode and Pavarti Patil were thinking about gaining fame by shagging the boy who lived, Gwendolyn Prince wondered why the boy who lived was so small for his age, and Padma Patil thought that he was nice but that her parents wouldn't want her to associate with the boy who lived.
Harry was about to groan in annoyance, when Daphne Greengrass stepped in front of him. 'He seems much nicer than what one hears about the boy who lived,' she thought, when she greeted him in a friendly voice.
However, all of a sudden, Luna was there. 'The one with the letter,' he thought, feeling incredibly happy upon sensing her thoughts.
'He's mine,' she thought, happiness spreading through her mind. 'His mother was right when she saw us together. He's adorable.' "Happy Birthday, Harry," she said in a soft voice.
"Thank you Luna," Harry replied, smiling, causing the girl to stare at her.
"Why do you know my name?" she enquired. "I'm sure that we haven't met before."
"Your letter," Harry informed her, only to add in a small voice, "It was different from all the others, just like you are unique."
During the rest of the day, Harry and Luna spent much time together, however, to Harry's relief, the other girls seemed to not notice anything and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
Harry liked all the girls, although in his opinion, Lavender, Ginny and Pavarti giggled too much. His decision remained with Luna though. She was not only beautiful with her white hair and blue eyes. 'She's just special,' Harry thought, feeling outright happy to have become friends with such a nice girl.
Luna was the last to take her Portkey back home. Before leaving, she turned to Sirius and asked, "Will you come over tomorrow for the betrothal contract?"
"Please," Harry added, giving Sirius a puppy eyes look.
"Harry, are you sure?" Sirius enquired in apparent surprise.
"Yes," Harry replied, smiling, happily.
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"I've known for a long time," Lily admitted. "They're going to make a wonderful couple. That's why we suggested Luna for Harry in our will."
Before heading to the Lovegoods, Sirius handed Buckbean the cancellation of the contract with the Weasleys, stating that it was not valid as Albus Dumbledore never was Harry's rightful guardian. A couple of hours later, he sent the goblin the new betrothal contract between Harry Potter and Luna Lovegood – much to his godson's delight.
"I don't like it that I have to make such an important decision on my tenth birthday," he said, sighing, "but I'm happy to have found such a nice girl, and she's happy, too."
"Congratulations, cub," Sirius said, letting out a deep sigh. "You're lucky to be able to choose yourself. My horrible mother gave me to Luisa Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy's sister." Seeing that Harry showed no reaction, he explained, "Death Eaters. Anyway, she died at child birth, which I'm not unhappy about, as she was a real bitch. It was only sad that our daughter died with her."
"I was betrothed to a pureblood witch," James spoke up, "but fortunately, she had her parents cancel the contract in our fifth year, so that I could get together with Lily."
"Thank Merlin Harry didn't want to make the betrothal with Gwendolyn Prince," Sirius moaned, grimly. "She must be the daughter of Snape."
"Who's Snape?" Harry enquired, somehow feeling safe enough with this godfather, Remus and his parents to ask questions.
"Snape's the Potions Master at Hogwarts," Remus explained.
"He was our classmate and our archenemy," Sirius added.
"Why's her name Prince then and not Snape?" Harry asked in confusion.
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"Snape isn't a pureblood line but Prince is," Remus explained. "In fact, Snape would have had to take on his mother's name from the beginning. I don't know why he got away with his father's name. If both parents are from pureblood families like in your and Luna's case, they need to have at least two children to represent both blood lines or the marriage will be annulled after ten years and a new marriage enforced. That's the rule. Totally out of place if you ask me."
"Is his wife magical?" Sirius enquired, seemingly thoughtful.
"Yes, he's married to Poppy's and Aberforth's daughter Rosie Dumbledore. Their second child, Alexander, is a Dumbledore," Remus said.
"Oh right, he's just a few months younger than Harry," Lily suddenly spoke up.
"Are you not married?" Harry asked again.
"No Harry, I'm not from one of the ancient families, plus I'm a werewolf, and werewolves aren't even allowed to marry," Remus admitted.
"Stupid," Harry replied, shaking his head in annoyance.
"It's up to you to change the future for the better, Harry," Lily threw in. "You and Luna, you're going to achieve great things in the future."
"What and how?" Harry wanted to know, however, Lily was not willing to reveal anything else.
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During the following months, Sirius and Remus home schooled Harry. While Remus taught him things which he would have learned at the muggle primary school, Sirius taught him easy magic. Every Sunday, Harry and Luna took turns visiting each other, and the two children got along very well.
The two children spent much time talking about this and that. Whilst Harry often taught her interesting spells that he had learned from Sirius and Remus, Luna spoke to him about various kinds of magical animals of which Harry had never heard before.
One day in the summer, the children decided to take a bath in the lake, and Lily encouraged them that it would be fully all right to do so.
"I can't swim though," Harry said, hesitantly, causing Luna to smile.
"That doesn't matter, Harry," she said in a soft voice. "I'll show you how to swim."
"I'll accompany you," Remus said, firmly, taking a book with him to sit on the edge of the lake and read.
Harry and Luna headed out into the large park in excitement, closely followed by Remus and a seemingly joyful black dog, who just seemed to love roaming the garden in his Animagus form.
"I'd love to become an Animagus, too," Harry said to Luna, who agreed unconditionally.
"Maybe we can try," she replied, returning a dreamy look.
"We can teach you if you wish," Remus offered. "It might take a few years before you'll be able to transform though. First of all, you need to think of what kind of animal you wish to become, and then we can give you advice on how to practise."
"Thank you Remus," Luna replied, enthusiastically. "I'd like to become an animal like the one over there, whatever it is," she added, pointing to the lake, where an animal was seemingly enjoying the sunshine.
"It's back," Harry blurted out. It was the animal, which he had observed on his first evening at the manor. However, he had not seen it again ever since.
"What animal?" Remus asked in apparent confusion.
"Over there," Harry and Luna replied, simultaneously pointing to the lake.
"I can't see any animal," Remus muttered, before he called Sirius. "Padfoot, can you see any animal in the lake?"
The black dog fervently shook his head.
By now they had reached the edge of the lake, and Luna carefully addressed the animal. "Hello there, what kind of animal are you, and why are we able to see you but our godfathers can't?" she asked in a soft voice.
=I'm a chameguise,= the animal replied. =I've taken the liberty of bonding to the two of you. I hope that was all right.=
"You bonded with both of us?" Luna enquired in clear surprise. "I didn't know that it was possible to bond with two persons at the same time."
=Usually, it isn't,= the strange animal that somehow looked like a chameleon replied, =but since I'm a chameguise and the two of you are bonded already, it was possible.=
"Excuse me, but what exactly is a chameguise, and why can't our godfathers see you?" Harry enquired, looking at the chameguise in amazement.
=A chameguise is a magical animal that's able to change into any other magical animal and also able to turn invisible and to duplicate itself,= their new familiar told them. =If you wish, I can duplicate myself, so that both of you have your own familiar,= the chameguise then offered.
"Oh yes please, I'd love that, considering that Harry will be leaving for Hogwarts in a few weeks' time, while I can only go next year," Luna replied, her voice laced with sadness.
In front of their eyes, the chameguise left the water and duplicated itself, before the two identical animals came to stand in front of them.
"Shall we name them Itsy and Bitsy?" Luna suggested, causing Harry to smile in agreement.
"Hello Bitsy," Luna addressed the one in front of her, causing the animal to gently lick her hand.
"Hi Itsy," Harry greeted the animal in front of him.
After spending the whole day with their new familiars, Harry and Luna decided to try becoming chameguises. Upon their request, Itsy and Bitsy showed themselves to Remus and Sirius, and both wizards stared at the rare animals in disbelief.
"Harry, Luna, this will be extremely difficult," Sirius spoke up, shaking his head in amazement.
"Nevertheless, you can try," Remus added, smiling.
"We will," the children replied in determination.
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When they were sitting in the dining room for dinner an hour later, Luna let out a long sigh. "I so wish I could go to Hogwarts together with Harry. I'm going to miss you so much, Harry," she said, sadly.
"Yeah, me too," Harry replied, feeling horrified at the thought of not being able to see Luna until Christmas. They had more or less spent the whole summer together, and he had very much become used to her always friendly presence.
"We'll see what we can do," Sirius said, smirking mischievously. "Let's just hope that you'll get sorted into the same house once you'll both be at Hogwarts."