July 30th 1980

Remus hid behind the trunk of a fallen tree in the middle of a dark forest in the north of Scotland. Sirius was about five feet away from him, his back on the bark of a tall tree, facing Remus. James was beside Remus, his eyes moving from Sirius's position to the group of death eaters that stood in a circle in the middle of a clearing torturing a young man they had abducted from the ministry earlier today.

Remus flinched as he saw one of the death eaters fire another cruciatus curse at the poor man. He looked at his dark haired friend that was a few feet away and saw how he shifted from foot to foot, eager to engage in a fight. Remus shook his head at him asking him to be patient, there were two other order members ahead who were in charge and they had to wait for the signal.

"Come on Bones" James whispered quietly. Remus saw that he two was aching to get in there. He glanced ahead trying to catch a glace of Edgar Bones and Fabian Prewett. He wondered what they were waiting for and why they had not sent the signal yet. This was the fourth time they had used the cruciatus curse and frankly Remus could not take the screams anymore.

"Now" James whispered and Remus looked to his left to see the orange light which was their signal. Immediately Sirius charged ahead of them firing stunning spells at the Death Eaters who were taking turns with the torturing curses.

James and Remus fired stunning curses at the other death eaters who began to attack Sirius, when they had the attention of the six death eaters, Edgar and Fabian came in from behind and this way each order member dueled with one death eater aside from Sirius, who happily took on two of them.

Remus easily dueled with the death eater before him. The man was skillful and quick, but Remus could not recognize him by his hair or body stature as his face was covered by the dreadful mask all of Voldemort's followers wore.

He easily avoided the cruciatus curse by bringing up his shield none verbally and wandlessly with his left hand, He then fired the leg locker curse on his opponent causing him to fall forward on his face. Chuckling slightly at the defeated man, Remus quickly surveyed the area. James was kneeling by the injured man that had been tortured probably trying to heal his smaller cuts. Sirius, Fabian and Edgar were still very engaged in battle. Remus was about to fire a disarming spell at the second death eater Sirius was dueling, when at the corner of his eye he saw movement from behind the trees. He pointed his wand at James and quickly blasted him away from where he had been kneeling and instantly a flash of green met the ground. The fighting stilled for a second as the five order members witnessed about ten more Death eaters join the fight.

Remus did not have time to see if James had gotten back to his feet yet, he was sorry he blasted him, but they was no time to call out to him to move, it was much quicker to toss him out of the way. He quickly began dueling with about three death eaters and he was sure the others where in the same boat too.

The fighting continued and one by one they were able to stun most of the death eaters or put them in full body binds. From the style of their dueling, It was clear to Remus that these were not the elite members of Voldemort's followers, but the second rate ones. With about five death eaters still on their feet, Remus was able to disarm one and stun another, He saw James move up to his left as he efficiently knocked his opponent off his feet. Remus sighed in relief that his friend was okay and that was when it happened. He felt a sharp pain in his chest and he fell to the ground feeling his body rapidly weaken, his clothing felt soaked through. His vision started to become blurry. It didn't take long before he heard the distinctive sounds of apparition and then two figures with black hair appeared before him. It was difficult to see them and their voices sounded like they were coming from afar. Remus felt tears come to his eyes. He was in so much pain he thought he was going to die at that moment.

'Hang on Moony! Moony. Moo- Would you bloody keep your eyes open!" It was James. Remus wanted to, but it was so hard.

"I'll personally jinxs you until tomorrow if you don't stay with us" Remus felt a hand slap his cheek gently and he opened his eyes and saw Sirius. He smiled gently at the both of them and the last thing he remembered before everything went black was Sirius yelling his name.

July 31st 1980

When he opened his eyes, blinding white light met his sensitive eyes causing him to sharply close them and blink.

"Welcome back to the land of the living" He heard Sirius before he saw him. When his eyes had adjusted to the light of the room, Remus saw his friend standing beside him with a huge grin on his aristocratically handsome face. Remus wanted to ask what had happened to him, but his mouth felt too heavy to open. It didn't matter though because Sirius had continued talking.

"It was a miracle Remus. Our little Harry brought you back from the dead." Remus frowned slightly. Who was Harry? It then hit him that that was the name James wanted to name his son when he was born. that meant…

"Yep. That's right. Our Prongs is a daddy" Sirius laughed and placed a hand on Remus's chest because the werewolf tried to sit up.

"W..what happ-" Sirius sat next to his friend, handing him the cup of water that was sitting on the table beside his bed. It was then that Remus looked around him and noticed he was in a hospital wing. How they had managed to bring him here, he thought. It was not acceptable to treat werewolves at St. Mungo's, especially one that had been bleeding.

"I see the wheels turning in your head, so let me explain" Sirius began "After you passed out, James and I knew we needed to get you help quickly. Fabian went to Hogwarts to get Madam Pomprey and James and I took you back to headquarters, when we got there, Peter was already waiting anxiously to tell James that Lily had gone into labor and that Molly had taken her to St. Mungo's. You can imagine James's dilemma has he tried to decide what to do, so I sent him off to be with Lily while I stayed to fuss over you. Soon Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey arrived, but it was useless, she could not stop the bleeding and we were so close to losing you, so Dumbledore made some arrangements and we brought you here." Sirius smiled as he took the now empty cup from Remus's hands "So, picture James and I running between the second and fourth floor for three hours checking on you and Lily, as you struggled for your life and she brought in a new life" He paused and smiled "And like some weird magical divine intervention, the minute Harry was born, you started showing signs of life."

Remus took in everything he said. It was probably the wolf, he had felt the presence of its cub in the world.

"Can I see them" Sirius grinned as he stood up

"You will, but they'll come to you. You rest our pretty little head while I go tell James and Lily you've finally woken up. He walked towards the door and pointed at Remus

"Don't you go anywhere" Remus smiled weakly. He could barely move his hands, where was he going to go.

Alone in his room, Remus was able to think of the fact that he was a father. He had a son. A small smile came on his face, but it did not last long as he suddenly thought about his affliction and if he had passed it on to his son, he wondered if his son looked anything like him, how would he explain that?

The door opened and James and Sirius walked in spotting matching grins. James hurried to Remus's side and enveloped his friend into a hug.

"Thanks for saving my life Moony. If you hadn't blasted me away like that, I wouldn't have been able to meet my son" James told him and Remus only gave him a small guilty smile. He would forever be sorry for his betrayal.

"No need to thank me Prongs. I'd do anything in my power to help you guys you know that, after all you have done for me" Remus said

"How many times do we have to tell you that you don't owe us for us becoming your friends Remus" Sirius said and James nodded in agreement, smiling kindly at him. Remus felt is heart clench. He was a terrible person.

The door opened once more and this time Lily walked in carrying a bundle in her arms and a healer walked in after her.

James's face lit up immensely at the sight of Lily and Harry. James took Harry from Lily's arms and cradled him gently.

"How are you feeling Remus?" Lily asked him kindly and he smiled at her

"I'm fine, thank you. I must congratulate you both on your new son" He said looking at both of them. James brought Harry closer so Remus could see the little pink faced baby with unruly jet black hair. He glanced at Lily for a second noting the baby looked so much like James.

"He's lovely James" Remus told his friend feeling a lump form in his throat

James grinned "He is, isn't he"

"Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, if you could please follow me to get the paper work done for your wife and Mr. Lupin. It would only take a few minutes." The Healer who had been waiting patiently said.

James handed Harry to Lily, kissing her on the cheek before he and Sirius briefly left the room.

Lily came closer to Remus's bed and sat on the edge. Remus heard her mutter something under her breath and immediately, Remus saw the baby in her hands grow a tad bit taller, his skin turn a little paler and the unruly black hair turned into soft brown curls.

"Remus, meet your son Harry" Lily said quietly. Remus smiled brightly as he took in Harry's new appearance. He reached out for him and Lily gently placed Harry in his arms.

"I've been studying and perfecting strong glamor spells for the last four months" Lily said as Remus studied every inch of his son "James wasn't in the room when I had him, so when the healer went out to fetch him, I quickly changed Harry's appearance. He looks a lot like you, so that didn't make my job easy" she smiled gently as Harry glanced at her.

"He as your eyes" Remus said softly

"It could be yours" Lily said. Remus also had lovely green eyes.

The werewolf shook his head. "They are dark like yours. Besides the world would assume they are yours anyway" He said looking up at her "Is his life going to be lie, is he going to be under this disguise for the rest of his life?" He felt tears sting his eyes as he handed Harry back to Lily, who frowned slightly

"I know secrets don't stay hidden forever, but for now and for as long as we can keep it a secret. James is so happy and I just...I can't take that away from him…I won't" Remus understood. He too did not have the heart to destroy his friend's happiness, James did not deserve this.

"How about my…my disease? Does he?" Lily shook her head

"He's perfectly fine." Remus relaxed significantly. He placed his hand on Harry's head

"I love you son" He whispered. Sirius's voice could be heard right outside the door, accompanied by James's and Peter's. Lily muttered the spell again and Remus watched as Harry got a bit smaller, is skin added some color and his air turned back to the unruly black that it was.

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Summer 1995

"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!" Sirius growled breaking the silence following Remus's confession.

Remus looked at him and the expression in his eyes told Sirius that his friend was not joking. The animagus could not believe it. There was no way any of this could be true, it made no sense!

"Remus..what….what's going on?" Sirius asked eager to get answers immediately.

"Professor, how can Harry be your son?" Ron questioned

"He looks so much like James. A glamor charm can't have disguised him for this long" Arthur seemed to be talking to himself.

"I swear I'll explain everything later, but first we need to take the spell off Harry so he can start feeling better." Remus moved past them and hurried with Healer Novak and Poppy as they headed for Harry's room. Healer Novak making sure to give Sirius a satisfied look as she walked pass him.

Sirius stood dumb folded for a few seconds, so did everyone else present at the kitchen. Then immediately Ron got up and ran after the other three. If what Remus was saying was true then they would have to see Harry's glamour removed themselves. As if catching on to this everyone else but Dumbledore and Sirius followed Ron. Mrs. Weasley at their heels warning them to give Harry privacy, but she too was just as curious.

Sirius didn't need to see the evidence, he saw Remus's eyes. He knew his friend so well that he could tell when he was lying verses when he was telling the truth. He looked at Dumbledore who sat at the head of the table, his expression not any different by the turn of events. Sirius frowned at his old headmaster wondering if he too had known this. Dumbledore said nothing and so Sirius walked away from the room trying to understand how this could possibly be true. Harry was James's son, he was the only piece of James he had left, and there was no way that he wasn't. He looked like James, talked like him, acted like him.

When he entered Harry's room, he saw Healer Novak cast the last of the glamor finite spell. It took a couple tries because it had been a powerful one cast on Harry, but soon, the entire room watched as Harry grew about six inches taller. His skin paled a bit. He was thin and slender, his face was longer and is hair was now a light brown and it seemed tame as it fell across his eyes.

Remus took in his son's true appearance and thought his heart was going to explode. He looked so much like him it was ridiculous, it shouldn't have surprised him because this was what the glamor spell had been imitating. The more Harry looked like Remus, the more the glamor would project James' physical traits.

Remus looked up to see Sirius staring daggers at him and he silently gulped. He watched as Sirius walked out of the room silently. Remus cast one look at Harry and was relieved to see that he looked much better already. Color had returned to his cheeks and he seemed to have stop trembling. He seemed comfortable now and so trusting he was in good hands, he went to find Sirius. Behind him Molly was ushering all the kids out of the room. No one seemed to protest as they were all still in shock.

Remus found Sirius in the hall of the third level of the house. He was pacing the hallway and Remus watched him from the top of the stairs for a few seconds. He took a nervous breath deciding that he had to talk to his friend.

"Sirius-"

"Don't come near me you bloody traitor" Sirius said in a deathly calm voice. Pointing a finger at him and causing Remus to flinch.

"It was a mistake. What happened was a mistake. I never meant to hurt anyone. I wasn't thinking, it was the night-OW" Sirius had punched Remus right in the face sending the werewolf tumbling to the ground. The animagus continued throwing punches at his friend, who did his best to not fight back but try and avoid the blows as best he can. He deserved it, Sirius had every right to hit him this way.

"YOU LIED TO HIM!" punch "AFTER EVERYTHING…" punch "…HE DID FOR YOU!"

"Si-" Remus tried to cut in

"YOU SLEPT WITH HIS WIFE AND MADE HIM THINK HARRY WAS HIS SON!"

The commotion was heard from downstairs and Arthur, the twins and Ron hurried up to separate the two men. Remus was sporting bad cuts on his face, but he didn't seem to feel them. He kept his eyes on Sirius, who was still fuming and trying to get out of Arthur's grip to come hit him some more

"Sirius you have to hear me out" Remus said wiping away the blood on his chin

"I don't want to hear your excuses. What could possibly cause you to betray James, your friend!" Sirius spat

"I didn't mean for this to happen-"

"What? You didn't mean to impregnate his wife while you were shagging her! I'm sorry Remus but did you not know that it is one of the consequences! "

"It wasn't like that I swear!" Remus tried to get him to listen. Sirius thought he had an affair with Lily "It was just-"

"He never judged you despite everything. It's bad enough that you brought Peter into our lives and now you've gone and done this!"

That was the first blow that actually hurt Remus. The hall got deadly silent all of a sudden and Remus could feel Fred's grasp on him relax. Even Sirius paled when he had realized what he had said, but he did not look any less angry.

The sound of running broke the silence in the third floor hallway. Hermione not knowing what had just transpired met them with a smile

"Harry's waking up" She announced before running back down. Ron followed her immediately, and when Sirius wanted to move, Arthur stopped him.

"Before we go in to see Harry, I need to make a couple things clear" He began looking between the fuming Sirius and the tortured looking Remus "Harry is about to experience yet another thing not many people have gone through. He is going to need the both of you to get through this, you two are the only family he has and despite what has just happened between you, you will need to work together to help him get through this"

Remus nodded quickly looking like he was about to cry. Sirius sighed and glared at Remus letting him know that Harry's new set of problems was all his fault. As if it was not bad enough that he had to deal with Voldemort.

Sirius shook Arthur and George off him and moved past them heading for the stairs. Remus watched him go. All sorts of emotions ran through him in that second. First off, he was hurt and deeply saddened that Sirius didn't even want to listen to him, crushed and angry because of what he had just said, nervous and scared because he had to go and face Harry and he was sure, people were still waiting for his explanation. In that moment his numbing spell wore off and the physical pain in his body was excruciating, but it did not come close to what he was feeling on the inside.

"He was just angry" Arthur told him. Remus glanced at the red haired man.

"He just blamed me for James and Lily's death"

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Remus walked into the room to find Harry sitting up in bed with Ron and Hermione on either side of him. Sirius stood at the end of the bed with his arms folded staring at Harry as he was still trying to get used to his new appearance. He heard Molly in the kitchen trying to quickly whip up some soup for him and he knew Arthur had gone to help her. Fred and George stood at the back corner of the room with Ginny by their side. The room was quiet and Remus saw that it was because Harry had been looking into a small mirror. All the Weasley's and Hermione looked at him when he walked in. Sirius ignored his presence and Harry was transfixed by what he saw in the mirror. Remus nervously stepped closer to the large bed

"Harry?"

The brown haired boy that resembled him so much looked up at him with a cold glare. Remus had never been on the receiving end of such a cold look from Harry and this actually made him nervous. He wasn't sure where he was going to start, he didn't have to think about it for long because Harry spoke. His voice was low, but it was menacing and on the boarder of rage.

"What the hell is going on?"

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