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Nymphadora asked for a pause. She knew Remus needed at least five minutes to himself, she pulled his hand and whispered— "Breath, cry, wash your face, and come back, don't make me go for you."
Remus nodded worriedly and tried to leave the room quietly, but a few people were staring at him.
Augusta did to speak but Sirius raised his hand and waited for the sound of the bathroom door, he cast a silencing charm. – "One prejudice word of that man and book or not you will be escorted out of this house"—he warned.
Hermione spoke— "We don't blame Professor Lupin if that's what your concern Mrs. Longbottom. We know he couldn't help it."
Snape scoffed— "Your inability to understand the danger Lupin is, makes you look like a fool."
"I don't blame Remus, neither does Hermione or Ron…"—Harry said looking at Amelia— "He didn't harm anyone."
Augusta sighed—"But he could have, he was irresponsible, the bad decision you three made can be understandable because you are children, Sirius was… probably still is mentally unstable and Mr. Snape's behavior is unacceptable, at that moment he didn't look out for your safety, only for his own satisfaction no matter what he says—she said daring Snape to say something
Sirius had an icy glare directed at everyone—"So what are you saying, you're going to press charges?"
"No"—Harry said and Hermione followed with Ron. The Weasleys looked at Ron who implore them with his eyes to understand, Arthur gave his son a little smile.
"This happened almost three years ago, though Remus made a mistake, nobody got hurt, I don't see why we should press charges."
Amelia nodded—"Yes but this might still come up in your trail Sirius, this whole incident will have to be shown."
"I know, so does he…just don't mention it right now."—he heard the door and quickly took the silencing charm. Remus came back to the room a little more tear eye and sniffing but nobody said a thing. He didn't grab Tonks's hand again but looked at Sirius who tried to smile reassuringly.
Dumbledore started the book again.
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE HERMIONE'S SECRET
Ginny clapped—"Finally, the description you've done makes my head hurt"-she said looking at her friend.
Harry answered instead—"Oh I'm sure this won't help either, I still don't understand it and I lived it"
Amelia rubbed at her temple— "So that's what you lost an Order of Merlin…Fudge likes to give those away like they are candy."
"And without proof apparently"—Neville said—"Pettigrew and Lockhart…again what exactly did they do to deserve one?"
"They have always been shit, dear grandfather Sirius bought his"—Sirius shrugged.
Snape's anger kept boiling and boiling, he didn't know how much more of readjusting his occlumency and locking the outburst would help.
"Black had bewitched them, I saw it immediately. A Confundus Charm, to
judge by their behavior.
Andromeda frowned—"That could be easily be proven wrong…"
"Nobody allowed Madam Pomfrey to check on us"—Hermione said—"The Dementors magic still lingered, she only checked Ron"
When Minerva raised an eyebrow in question, Hermione blushed—"I asked her"
Snape remained impassive at the looks people in the room were giving him. He knew he was saying half lies to the minister, he knew there was doubt in his mind that night but oh he was so sure that Black deserved to die.
"What amazes me most is the behavior of the dementors...
"Extraordinary."
"The hell is wrong with him"—Charlie accused— "He should be concerned, soul sucking monsters can't be around having free will."
"Minister, listen!" Harry said. "Sirius Black's innocent! Peter
Pettigrew faked his own death! We saw him tonight! You can't let the
dementors do that thing to Sirius, he's -"
"I mean it does sound crazy"—Goerge said.
"Yes, but he is supposed to corroborate evidence"—Kingsley said— "The Aurors should have been called"
"Which weren't, I yelled at him for an hour for his lack of judgment"—Amelia said.
"YOU HAVEN'T!" Harry yelled. "YOUVE GOT THE WRONG MAN!"
"Minister, listen, please," Hermione said; she had hurried to Harry's
Fleur shook her head— "I understand how crazy this might sound, but the way the minister is speaking, he doesn't care…he just wants it to be done."
"He killed Jr with not one single thought about the repercussions, just to save his career, it brings into perspective how many more things, Cornelius Fudge is probably hiding."
Harry was passively staring at the book, he would lay in bed and think of the many ways he could have reacted, the different things he could have done…slowly in his mind different plans were forming. He was angry and that anger was just rising, he was now understanding how many people have just dismissed him…he turned to Amelia…. not this time.
"You see, Minister?" said Snape. "Confunded, both of them... Black's
done a very good job on them..."
"You were grasping"—Ted said.
"May I remind you I was unconscious…for all, I know my truth is real."
"Your truth has holes, and you knew it, you sound desperate for Fudge to believe you, to get a move one…."—Ginny said without looking at her professor, she was brave but not stupid she knew the man was only tolerating them because of Dumbledore.
But Madam Pomfrey suddenly stuffed a large chunk of chocolate into
Harry's mouth; he choked, and she seized the opportunity to force him
back onto the bed.
Harry tense and that made Sirius turn to him—"Are you ok pup"
"No, at this moment I'm not really happy with a lot of people"—he shrugged.
"That was rude of her"
"Sometimes Madam Pomfrey is so intense"
"Damn, Poppy needs to chill"—Tonks said—"you would think she doesn't want to hear the story that might help her in caring for her patients"
"And does my evidence count for nothing?" snarled Snape. "Peter
Pettigrew was not in the Shrieking Shack, nor did I see any sign of him
on the grounds."
"Fuck…you"—Harry said looking directly at Snape. —"You would have seen it if you had listened"
"There is no need for that language …"
Harry turned to Dumbledore with the insult in his mouth and Dumbledore realized, he leaned back in surprise. Harry shook his head and turned back to the book. There was no need to start insulting everyone, he wasn't like that.
Molly fidgeted the need to tell Harry to watch his mouth, but she looked at Sirius and Andromeda and sighed in annoyance, fighting with them wouldn't be a good idea right now.
"Sirius Black showed he was capable of murder at the age of sixteen," he
breathed. "You haven't forgotten that, Headmaster? You haven't forgotten
that he once tried to kill me?"
"Very hypocrite of you"—Andromeda spat.
Snape looked at her— "It was very easy for him to send me to my death."
Andromeda nodded— "How did you get that mark, Snape?"
Snape closed his mouth and glared at her.
"What? Nothing to say…before I left this family, I was invited to a few initiations…to get that mark in your arm you had to prove you were worthy of his cause."
"Andromeda…"—Dumbledore started.
"No no…to get the mark in his left arm you have to kill…torture…you don't have to stutter or pause…how old were you when you got the mark Snape…seventeen? How are my cousins' sins worse than yours?"
"But..."—Hermione started making everyone turn to her, she cleared her throat—"It's just…seventeen that's too young and…"—she blushed
Andromeda smiled with pity— "How old do you think everyone else was when they joined, Sirius would have been inducted at Sixteen, Regulus was sixteen, Rodolphus had just graduated Hogwarts, and Bellatrix was eighteen when my parents introduced her to him…"—she did a so on so on gestured.
Remus cleared his throat—"The Order was formed of many recent graduates, many were 17-21 the rest were already in their late twenties or early thirties…war makes people age and grow up fast Hermione but just like right now many of us were children when it started"
"Listen to me, Harry. It is too late, you understand me? You must see
that Professor Snape's version of events is far more convincing than
yours."
"Is it?"—Neville asked.
"Yes, Cornelius had already made up his mind, the only reason he allowed me time alone with Sirius was because I told him I needed to know how he infiltrated the school. Cornelius has a very narrowed mind."
Kingsley did have to agree with that— "Let's not forget that this seems simpler to us because we have all the details, they don't."—he pointed at the book— "Fudge was desperate since Sirius escaped …he had Sirius, and nothing was going to stop him from fixing the problem."
said Dumbledore quietly. "But I have no power to make other men see the truth, or to overrule the Minister of Magic..."
Sirius laughed bitterly.
Augusta scoffed— "That's bullshit."
Andromeda— "No, you meant I don't want to overrule the minister because it's not convenient right now."
Remus who had been silent, looked up at Dumbledore with a frown. It was like all those times he had obeyed the man was coming back to the front of his mind. Dumbledore could do many things but just chose not to.
He had grown used to the idea that Dumbledore could solve anything.
Dumbledore remained impassive; he knew he could have fought Fudge but it meant aligning against the man so early…he sighed…he thought he would be able to prepare Fudge for what was to come if he remained cooperative. Now he saw his mistake.
Harry looked at the man in question, he wanted to speak with him, ask him why he wasn't looking at him, that he felt lost and needed advice…that maybe they wouldn't be in this situation if he was more concerned for his feelings than his safety. Harry had every question on the tip of his tongue he just didn't know if he had the courage enough to listen to the excuses.
Miss Granger, you know law - you know what is at stake... You - must - not - be - seen."
Hermione fidgeted in her seat, Harry realized and grabbed her hand. — "It's going to be ok; nobody saw us, and Amelia can't punish you"—he whispered.
Hermione turned the hourglass over three times. The dark ward dissolved. Harry had the sensation that he was flying very fast, backward. A blur of colors and shapes rushed past him, his ears were pounding, he tried to yell but couldn't hear his own voice - And then he felt solid ground beneath his feet, and everything came into focus again –
"Fascinating"—Arthur said.
Minerva smiled— "It's inexperience."
"Have you done it?"—Sirius asked.
"Yes, a few years when they were being tested, only for one hour."
"For me, it wasn't like that"—Hermione turned to Harry—"I got used to the spinning, I could see everyone just move faster."
"We've gone back in time," Hermione whispered, lifting the chain off
Harry's neck in the darkness. "Three hours back..."
"Say it more calmly Hermione"—Remus said.
"Yeah, poor Harry he is always confused I can't imagine now"—Ginny said making the Weasley boys laugh and Harry glare at her.
"Are you telling me," Harry whispered, "that we're here in this cupboard
and we're out there too?"
"That's the most accurate thing said in the dumbest tone."
Harry rolled his eyes at Ron—"I would like to see you try, I was dizzy, angry, and still not emotionally stable from the Dementors and Hermione was wide eye and looked terrified."
"I was….we broke so many laws"
Harry stood up and pressed his ear against the door. "Doesn't sound like anyone's there... Come on, let's go."
Sirius blinked—"The ability you have to accept the strange things happening to you is a talent, Harry"
"If I sit down I break down and waste valuable time."
Madeye nodded—"That's good and dangerous at the same time"
"We need to keep out of sight of Hagrid's front door, or
we'll see us! We must be nearly at Hagrid's by now!"
Hermione arrived beside him, panting.
Luna hummed— "Your back in time and suddenly you are both moving fast, I wonder if it's always like this…"
"Like what?"—Ginny asked.
Hermione answered—"You have time on your hands but feels like time is wasting away. I have never run so much as I did in those three hours."
"This is the weirdest thing we've ever done," Harry said fervently.
"It still is, even though a few months later I would be fighting a dragon"
"Your life is so weird"
It was,without a doubt, the strangest sensation of his life, standing behind the tree, and watching himself in the pumpkin patch.
Remus even though he was still shaking with suppressed anger and guilt he leaned fascinated— "I would like to see the memory, see if you subconsciously saw something and dismiss it"
Hermione nodded— "I did, but well I was more prepared to ignore it"
"What did you see?"—George asked.
"My hair"
Harry threw all his weight onto the rope, but Buckbeak had dug in his
front feet.
"This is not the moment for that Bucky"—Hagrid chastised.
"Buckbeak doesn't like to be ordered around"—Sirius said.
"One moment, please, Macnair," came Dumbledore's voice.
Suddenly all eyes were on Dumbledore.
"Did you know?"
"Did you see them?"
"It's impossible"—Amelia said.
Dumbledore hummed—"Why do you assume I knew what was happening?"
"Because you are you"—Minerva said pressing her lips.
Buckbeak broke into a grudging trot They had reached the trees...
Hagrid smiled thankfully— "Oh Harry Hermione, thank you"—he couldn't believe the kind of things those children could get into and still manage to come out unharmed.
"How extraordinary," said Dumbledore. There was a note of amusement in his voice.
"Holly hell you knew!"—Neville said amazed.
Dumbledore smiled kindly while Snape scoffed in anger, he would never understand the man. — "You couldn't have."
"I agree with Snape"—Bill said— "Dumbledore probably saw them from the window"
Arthur agreed— "And maybe that's why he told them they could save another life…he connected the situation."
Fred scratched at his chin— "So to look omnipotent you just have to be very observant then…interesting."
Seconds later, they heard footsteps quite close by. Committee member were making their way up to the castle.
"You have horrible luck."—George said.
"Imagine if the committee had noticed how different everything would have been."
"Here comes Lupin!" said Harry.
Remus tried not to flinch at the way Harry referred to him by his last name, Sirius was Sirius the moment they met, he shook his head and tried not to let it bother him, he could make a change.
"I can see your exasperation Mr. Potter but time is very complicated. I hope that if some of you ever find yourself in this type of situation try to control your impulses."
I think -" Harry swallowed, knowing how strange this was going to sound. I think it was my dad."
Harry let out a shaky breath, he remembered the slight hope, he was even willing to forgive his father for disappearing for so long. He smiled sadly and then felt Sirius hand touching his shoulder—"I'm sorry pup"
"This is why traveling time is dangerous"—Minerva said in a quiet voice.
"Harry, your dad's - well - dead," she said quietly.
"Sorry Harry but I had to be direct, I couldn't let you keep believing it."
"I know"—Harry said plainly.
"Maybe I was seeing things," said Harry. "But... from what I could see... it looked like him... I've got photos of him..."
"You are acting like he was crazy"—Ron said
"I wasn't worried about his sanity"—Hermione defended herself—"Time traveling is taxing and I was confused, plus the running and it was a hot day…"
"So? You had been doing it for months"—Ron said
"Yes, but I was tested for it…if everyone could time travel it would have been discovered many years ago, time turners wouldn't be so difficult to build…time has to accept your magic…I was thinking maybe Harry's brain was getting fried"
Harry looked at her horrified— "You tell me this now?"
"Well…nothing happened."
He was thinking about his father and about his father's three oldest friends... Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs... Had all four of them been out on the grounds tonight? Wormtail had reappeared this evening when everyone had thought he was dead... Was it so impossible his father had done the same?
Sirius pulled him into a hug when he realized Harry was getting uncomfortable—"as much as I would love that, I would beat him up…where the fuck was he, nothing would excuse him"
Harry smiled sadly and whisper enough for only him to hear—"I was ready to forgive him"
"Here we come!" Hermione whispered. (Changing to movie script with slight changes to narration)
Sirius talked to me. He's asked me to come live with him. When we free him, I'll never have to go back to the Dursley's. I'm going to tell him I'd like to live someplace in the country. I think he'd like that, after all those years in Azkaban. We don't need a big place and I can help him...
Harry closed his eyes, he forgot about what he talked about with Hermione, those ideas seemed like such a distant dream. Everything changed so much and so drastically it was sometimes difficult to adjust to the changes.
Sirius smiled sadly at his godsons' words, that is exactly what he thought about, he considered living at Remus for a while before they found a bigger place…maybe, maybe they could still do that in the further future.
Every sentence felt like a hot knife stabbing at Remus, if only he had drunk his potion then he wouldn't have cost Harry so much.
Dumbledore tensed a little from the tone of hopefulness in Harry's voice, he knew he could have done more, but things could get so out of control if they weren't done right.
Harry watches himself appear, hurl the stick as before. The werewolf turns, begins to stalk...
"OWWWWWWWWW!" Harry wheels, sees Hermione, hands cupped to her mouth, making a loud HOWL.
"Hermione!"—Remus said alarmed—"What the hell do you think…why?"—he exasperated
Hermione raised her chin—"You had to be distracted."
"Not like that!"
Molly looked at Hermione with concern— "Nobody values their life, there had to be other ways."
"I would love to hear them…the moment for action was while Professor Dumbledore had the minister face to face."—Fleur shook her head angrily.
Because that werewolf you just called is running right this way.
"Shit, I don't remember this"
"You were quite busy being soul suck"—Harry said to Sirius.
Remus stood up— "Nobody told me this."
"There was no need"-Harry said nonchalantly.
"I disagree!"
"You want to fight with me Remus…we did what we had to do. You're alive, Sirius is alive, everyone got out alive which is what Dumbledore wanted."
Dumbledore turned sharply to Harry; his tone had a cold edge.
Harry and Hermione dash for the lives, swing behind a
HUGE TREE, they both heard the werewolf approaching …they slowly started moving the opposite direction…
"This sounds like a horror movie"—Ted whispered— "Much respect for you kids…that forest is scary at night I can't imagine it in this particular situation."
Remus closed his eyes in dismay.
Harry and Hermione step out, they froze, the werewolf prepared to pounce
"Merlin"—Remus whispered in pain, Sirius immediately stood up and handed him a cup of tea.
"Breath Remus, nothing happened"
"It doesn't fucking matter, I almost killed them that was the closest encounter I've ever had outside the war... It was Harry Sirius!"
Remus' reaction had made Augusta calm down in her anger about the situation, she understood the man to be good at his job and he seemed like a nice person, but this situation was unacceptable, yet she could see the man was not in any way underestimating the situation.
Andromeda didn't know how to react to this situation, she was already so angry at Snape and Dumbledore…Harry was just a child who was being manipulated in all directions, she settled in Remus, she had mixed reactions about him, she could see the depression and self-hatred coming out of his body in waves and it alarmed her that Dora didn't want to see that.
"Poor Professor Lupin is having a really tough night..."
Remus laughed a little insanely. – "Yes, 'cause it's me who you should be concerned about."
Hermione rolled her eyes. — "I'm quite empathic Remus."
"Do you usually get attacked by other animals?"
Remus didn't even hear George, so Sirius answered instead— "He used to be stabbed by a stag and bitten by a dog all the time."
"Come on!" he muttered, staring about. "Where are you? Dad, come on -" But no one came.
"Oh Harry…"-Hermione sighed.
"I know…Mione"
"EXPECTO PATRONUM! "he yelled. It was galloping silently away from him, across the black surface of the lake. He saw it lower its head and charge at the swarming dementors...
"It sounds wonderful Harry"—Luna smiled— "Bright and powerful."
Ginny agreed—"Do you think you could show us?"
Sirius shifted in his seat.
Neville sighed— "How are we supposed to do that after the break?"
"I'm sure you can do it Nev"—Harry said.
Its hooves made no mark on the soft ground as it stared at Harry with its large, silver eyes. Slowly, it bowed its antlered head. And Harry realized... "Prongs, "he whispered.
Sirius had tears strolling down his face— "I'm sure it was him, Harry. He loved you so much, I'm sure it wasn't just Lily that left something of theirs with you."
Harry too emotional just nodded.
I knew I could do it this time," said Harry, "because I'd already done it...
"So what does that mean?"—Ginny asked
It was Percy who answered—"It's a circle, the events are always meant to happen"
"But what if they changed something like…catching Pettigrew"—Kingsley asked
Hermione answered—"nobody knows…that's why it's dangerous, either the events happen the same except now we have to explain a rat that came out of nowhere…or we create a different reality while this one just follows its natural order…or we get stuck…we break time…or we die"—
"Or you go insane."
"Would explaining the rat be so complicated?"
Minerva clicked her tongue— "It's not about explaining the rat it's about the consequences that come after it…it's not only about you-know-who returning."
"Macnair!" said Harry. "The executioner! He's gone to get the dementors!
"You have what ten minutes at the most?"
"Hermione you don't even like brooms and you're about to fly a hippogriff."
Hermione shrugged but Sirius turned to look at her and flinched when he realized how awful he had been to the girl in the summer—"Hermione I'm… grateful you know right"
The girl turned to him and gave him a kind smile—"I know"
"Poor Mione sounds terrified."
"That tower is taller than it looks"—She flinched
"You're flying Buckbeak like it's an everyday occurrence"—Charlie said to Harry in surprise
"Yes, well it sounds simpler than it was…feathers are not the most comfortable thing"
"And there is nowhere to grab"—Hermione reminded.
Sirius chuckled—"Just let Buckbeak drive, he makes it a smooth ride."
Black looked up. Harry saw his jaw drop.
"I thought I was hallucinating"—that comment got a little chuckle from Remus who still looked slightly green.
"Stand back!" Hermione called to him-"BOMBARDA!"
Mad-eye let out a raspy laugh— "Did you consider doing things quietly?"
"I was in a hurry."
"Alohomora wouldn't have taken more than 3 seconds"—
Neville looked at Hermione in surprise— "You could do a bombarda at thirteen?"
"Ah yes, it does take a little more force and magic."
Sirius kneeled in front of him, he cupped his face in his hands.
"You look like your father, except for your eyes, you have Lily's eyes. It's cruel that I got to spend so much time with James and Lily and you so little. But know this, the ones that love us never really leave us and you can always find them... In here"- Sirius said settling a hand on top of his heart
Before Harry could say anything, Sirius smiled and ran to Buckbeak.
Harry smiled at his godfather and leaned into him— "Those words helped a lot during the summer." –Sirius gave him a quick kiss on his head, being more affectionate was becoming easier with Harry though he still knew the boy got uncomfortable.
Molly looked up at Sirius and very quietly said—"Thank you for asking about Ron"
Sirius gave her a shrug—"They got hurt because of us…I needed to know he was ok"
"Black! For merlin's sake leave!"—Mad-eye complained—"You are taking your bloody time"
"Well excuse me for trying to hold on to my godson."
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO—OWL POST AGAIN
"You have to run back to the hospital wing"—Molly said.
Arthur looked pensive—"What happens if you don't?"
"Again with this"—Percy said exasperated—"we have already explained…they have to be there"
"Watch it Percival"—Bill warned—"Nobody except those two has gone back in time… it's strange and not everyone understands it"
Dumbledore was the one who explained it to Arthur—"It's very simple, they have to be there so nobody finds them in the hall…that way they were never involved."
"... only hope Dumbledore's not going to make difficulties," Snape was saying. "The Kiss will be performed immediately?"
"You knew! You knew Dumbledore would try to save Sirius."
"Of course, I knew"—Snape spat to Tonks—"the headmaster has a weak spot as we can all clearly see"—Pointing at the book.
"A weak spot for what? Severus"—Sirius said—"For second chances? Like the one he gave you.
Snape glared at Black.
Dumbledore looked up, and a wide smile appeared under the long silver mustache. "Well?" he said quietly.
Everyone looked at Dumbledore in disbelief.
"You are the weirdest person sir"— Charlie said.
"How fast does your mind have to be to understand all of this without panicking"
Ted pointed out— "Or making a mistake"
"I think some mistakes have been done"—Tonks said—"Dumbledore had power enough to calm Fudge down and listen"
Dumbledore sighed—"I really don't, Cornelius doesn't listen to me his mind functions differently and is full of…"
"Shit"—Amelia said—But I have to agree with Tonks, you have more power than Fudge Dumbledore that's why he fears you.
"Okay I really have to ask did you know that they traveled back in time did you plan it?" - Percy said and just believe
Dumbledore was enjoying the praises and Minerva could notice, she chastised him with a tug at his wrist—"Dumbledore as some people forget has lived a very long life, he has lived making plans for every outcome for the past hundred years. He knew about the time turn, I'm pretty sure this was one of the many different outcomes he planned for."
Dumbledore sighed— "Minerva's right, when time Turner was given to Miss Granger, I did sit down and plan for different outcomes like Miss Granger being outed, the artifact being stolen, her getting hurt…etc."
"HE DIDN'T DISAPPARATE!" Snape roared, now very close at hand. "YOU CAN'T APPARATE OR DISAPPARATE INSIDE THIS CASTLE! THIS – HAS -SOMETHING - TO - DO - WITH - POTTER!"
Harry laughed making Snape turn to him in anger. He tried to speak but Minerva stopped him.
"Though you were right Severus, screaming like that, bursting the door and trying to intimidate children is distasteful, for a man who prides himself in decorum and intelligence, I hope you see how deplorable this makes you look"—
"Yes, Minerva let's keep justifying Potter's illegal actions."
"I would gladly do them again"—Harry spat.
"Harry!"_-Molly chastised
"Mr. Potter please you are not helping your case."
Fred accused—"Why should Harry be reprimanded, he saved everyone's life"
"After the beast put us all in danger, he should be the one accountable"
Remus bristled at Snapes' words and Sirius snarled in anger but it was Neville who spoke surprising everyone— "Yes Professor Lupin made a mistake but you could have listened or provided some help as well."
"Nobody is asking for your opinion, Longbottom."
"ENOUGH!"—Amelia whipped her wand – "I want to finish this book and then I will tell you what you all did wrong."
"The only reason you know Harry did it is because you know Dumbledore helped…so why not yell at Dumbledore?"—Kingsley told Snape
"Think about what you are saying. This door has been locked since I left the ward ten minutes ago.
"You made me look like a fool"—Snape said angrily at Dumbledore.
"I tried to reason with you…I tried to make you see things could have been different but Severus that night vengeance blind you…I did what was right."
"And yet not the best"—Andromeda stated.
"Ok I agree with Snape here"—Amelia said—"no need to mock the whole "Unless you are suggesting that Harry and Hermione are able to be in two places at Once" You don't have to brag about it…it only makes Harry believe you don't care about the consequences."
Snape nodded his head aggressively, hopefully, Dumbledore finally gets an earful of how his behavior makes Potter feel invincible.
said Hagrid, "Er - Snape told all the Slytherins this mornin'... Thought everyone'd know by now... Professor Lupin's a werewolf, see. An' he was loose on the grounds las' night... He's packin' now, o' course.
Tonks' magic sparked angrily, making Remus tell her to calm down.
"Why, why would I calm me down?"
"Please girl, do you think that because you defend him, he will choose you?"
"Severus be careful with what you say"—Remus warned him.
but Tonks laughed—"You think you offend me, you'll need more than that to get under my skin, it offends me more than you think you're decent enough to go around ruining people's lives."
Amelia once again called attention—"Tonks stop it, Severus put away the wand."
"No. Professor Dumbledore managed to convince Fudge that I was trying to save your lives." He sighed. "That was the final straw for Severus."
"Because you almost killed us!"—Snape snarled.
"I've never denied it"—Remus said calmly.
Sirius was trying so hard to keep his anger and comments to himself, but between the strong grip of Harry on his knee, Andromeda's shake of the head, and Minerva's glare he knew he would be put down immediately. It didn't stop him from mumbling insults that only Harry was listening to.
"This time tomorrow, the owls will start arriving from parents...
-"We can admit it would have been bad Horrible
…Dangerous"
"Unnecessary"—Remus added to the twins.
Ginny glared at them— "But I'm sure you would have gotten support from the students and the teachers, not everyone moves to their parent's believe, your best friend is an example of that."
Remus smiled kindly toward her— "Perhaps but there was no need"
"That's what you believe but it doesn't have to be like that
"Gin"—Arthur said slowly— "Nobody here understands Remus' discomforts and harmful treatments better than himself."
"I know and I'm not trying to undermine them but come on if people knew the kind of professors we've had…after Remus, we had an actual death eater, and now we have a crazy bitch who loves to torture children, I can only imagine who we will get for next year…"
"So what are you saying, Lupin should have put the school under scrutiny just to create awareness."—Percy said –"Do you know how much hate the school…"
"Are you even listing to yourself!"—Ginny said—"Awareness…Remus could create a change with the right help, that help coming from Albus Dumbledore…just neither chooses to do something about it"
Sirius turned sharply to Remus who was trying to not show the hurt of Ginny's words, but he could agree with the girl, it wasn't a new speech, James had said as much to Remus on many drunk nights, though he knew it wasn't that simple.
said Harry. "Don't go!" Lupin shook his head and didn't speak.
Harry was looking at Remus out of the corner of his eye, until that moment Remus was just an adult with whom he felt comfortable and had learned to trust, something Harry rarely did, the anger came weeks later and spread to the next year, now he understands why Remus did what he did but that didn't mean that it didn't hurt and what Ginny said hit him... Remus could have fought for his position at the end and after all Dumbledore owed him a lot, he could have also fought for him but he didn't and now it made Harry think how much Remus really wanted to be in his life...or why Remus didn't think he deserved it, shouldn't Harry decide that?
Harry jerked; he didn't want to think about it.
"Well - good-bye, Harry," he said, smiling. "It has been a real pleasure teaching you. I feel sure we'll meet again sometime.
Sirius kicked Remus in the shin making him groan in pain—"what the hell pads!
At some time, at some time... you're an idiot."
"Do you want to fight about that now, what did you want me to do...I had to leave before the parents arrived, or the reporters...besides, Harry didn't really know my friendship with James."
"Because you decide not to tell him."
"Tell him what... WHAT?"
Enough please." Harry told them.
The two marauders turned to see Harry who looked sad and turned to see the rest of the people who were looking at them with sadness and concern, they immediately calmed down.
"Why so miserable, Harry?"
Augusta looked at Dumbledore with distaste. —"Why so miserable…are you mocking the boy Dumbledore. You've got a nerve, this boy's family just walked out the door, and they are finally reunited, all three can heal the traumas and pain…do you know how many of us wish we could do that? You could have done something but instead, you let it play to see if it might benefit your secret agenda."
Dumbledore said nothing, what he just saw between Remus and Sirius had left a bittersweet taste in his mouth.
"But let's not point fingers either, Remus could have stayed and Sirius couldn't, I'm sure neither of them was well enough to take care of a child."-Molly said
"Nobody is ever okay Molly, not when there is pain involved, Remus and Sirius, although not stable, are the only ones who can make Harry really know who his parents were. Also, Harry is not entirely stable."
Dumbledore looked mildly impressed brings her total of real predictions up to two. I should offer her a pay raise..."
"I forgot about that…what is her first prediction?"
Dumbledore looked at Harry with a sad frown—"I will let that up to Sirius and Remus"
Sirius glared at Dumbledore but immediately turned to Harry—"Um…perhaps not yet perhaps at the end of…"—Sirius was stuck he turned to Remus who shrugged not feeling like he had a say and Sirius hated him for that at the moment.
"Give me a few days to get my thoughts together"—He asked Harry who gave an unsure nod.
Mad-eye leaned forward—"Albus is right Potter, Pettigrew owes you a life debt"
"The rat betrayed his best friends…I doubt he cares about Harry"
"It's not about that…remember children, magic always knows"—Bill stated making the young one frown.
He kept wondering where Pettigrew was now, whether he had
sought sanctuary with Voldemort yet.
"It really didn't take him that much; he was with Voldemort by the end of July"
Amelia looked up in shock—"How do you know?"
"I have dreams"—Harry said making her frown
"Like predictions?"
"They are dreams"—Harry stated again, Amelia was going to ask again but saw Dumbledore's little shake of her head and said nothing more.
Dear Harry,
I am enclosing something else for you, which I think will make your next
year at Hogwarts more enjoyable.
If ever you need me, send word. Your owl will find me.
I'll write again soon.
Sirius
Sirius smiled at Harry with care, it had felt incredibly nice to do something for his godson.
"This end of the term felt so gloomy for you Harry"—Luna said
"Yeah, wait until next year"—
Harry cheerfully. "It's a letter from my godfather."He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison
and he's on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though
That made Sirius laugh out loud, and it actually got a smile out of Remus.
"Good Job pup"
Dumbledore looked at the book— "Um that's the end of it"
That was enough for all hell to let loose. Tonks screaming at Snape as Augusta and Andromeda to Dumbledor, Molly was trying to get the kids out of the room before the spells started flying, Minerva had to through a quick stick charm to Sirius, and Remus immediately ran away.
That was what made everyone in the room stop. Sirius tried to get up to run after him and yelled in desperation to Minerva who quickly unstick him. Tonks tried to leave with him but she was grabbed by her father.
Amelia cleared her throat—"I will let all of you calm down and talk as you all clearly need it but I will discuss a few points during dinner." –and with that, she walked away.
Hello, guys so we are done with POA I actually thought we weren't going to finish it…I really don't know why I got blocked in the last chapters.
So regarding some reviews, I am really sorry that you think it's repetitive, in some points so do I but I do my best since I do this to calm my day-to-day anxiety, I hope you come back in the future months or when I finish writing.
And for the other reviews, thank you for the support and for liking my story inside the story. That is something that I wanted to achieve. Something that I don't like about this kind of fics is that they only react but nothing happens with the characters and it makes me a little crazy because really? The idea of this story is the characters that they see how their mistakes, fear, and lack of communication caused certain catastrophes that could have been avoided.
And yes, I will react to all 7 books.
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