Capítulo 25: Chapter 25
There was a deafening silence as Harry, Hermione and Neville went to the same place where Nott had stood the day before speaking long and hard about why they should not be following the Dark Lord.
Harry stood uncertainly there and Hermione and Neville sat on stools on either side on him. There were a lot of cushions on which the Slytherins were sitting and staring at the boy whom they hoped would save them from what looked like a certain death even before they would finish their teens.
Nott who did not know how to extend an olive branch to the boy whom he had almost killed also sat down silently and it was left to Draco to start off with everything.
Draco cleared his throat and looked directly at Harry. He was standing next to Hermione. He walked around a little to come near where Harry was standing and he spoke softly into the oppressive yet hopeful silence.
"Potter all of us are marked." He said bluntly and looked at Harry and the others too, watched him intently. But Harry, Hermione or Neville did not even blink their eyes as Harry nodded as if it was most obvious.
"And all of us want out." He said baldly his lips twisting in a ghost of a smile.
Harry started at that. "That is great news. You must tell Dumbledore."
"NO!" a shout came from everyone present.
"You must never tell the old buffoon." Draco, Nott and the others told Harry more or less what Nott had told the Slytherins yesterday.
"So you see Potter why the pure bloods are so keen to keep away from the so called Light. There is no restriction on Granger to tell anyone about our world. Hell there is no restriction on her parents. If any parent or any muggleborn or half blood takes it into their heads and bring the muggles in, into our war, it would be nothing short of disastrous.
"It is because of Dumbledore in the first place that most of us joined with Voldemort. He is the one who tarnished the name of our House and by extension all of us who were sorted into that House. We had no choice but to serve the Dark or be severely left alone in isolation."
Harry started pacing the room as he sought answers. "What is your take on muggleborns?" Hermione asked them softly.
"We hate them and don't want them but only because they scare us. They interact with both worlds and that is where the fear lies. Otherwise they are as magical as me and Longbottom, Granger. You are as magical as me. But there must be a way to prevent you from speaking about us other than the stupid International Statute of Secrecy that comes into play only after the damage is done. The Ministry sends its people a little later to punish. They come pompously a little later to oblivate, but what if someone runs off with the information or something like that?" Nott told her.
"We need you to breed because you bring in fresh blood Granger. That is the truth whatever anybody else may tell you. What we don't need is the interaction with your side of the family because we are paranoid we will be found out." Bornis told her bluntly.
"And squibs?" she asked.
It was Nott who answered her. "We used the squibs to marry and bring in new blood. But we are asking Potter for help and that means we have to be okay with the muggleborns and the rate Voldemort is going on we will be reduced to marrying muggles and it is far better to marry muggleborns rather than marry muggles." He finished bluntly.
"Tell us you will strive honestly about preventing muggleborns from exposing our world and their families be stopped somehow to give away any information about the Wizarding World and the muggleborns would be the most sought after, Granger, as they bring in fresh blood and stronger magic. But with the things the way they are, muggleborns are seen as a threat to our world and nothing more.
"This is what the Dark Lord used to gather all his followers. What he did not say was the sheer number of muggles and also just how impossible it would be for us to kill them and how dangerous it is to even interact with them on a daily basis even if it is only to kill them." Nott finished bitterly.
Harry stared at him as Hermione took out a parchment and started writing down points. Nott was looking at her in mild alarm and Harry grinned to himself as he readied himself to speak.
Harry had stopped pacing the floor and now he came to stand in front of them and he cleared his throat and looked around. All of them were sitting straight and looking back at him with an intensity in their eyes that was a little frightening. Harry cleared his throat once again and spoke to them in a soft but a clear voice.
"I want an oath on your magic that you will not harm muggles and muggleborns ever. If you are sent out in there service of Voldemort you may not have a choice but you will promise that all of you will not kill them for the sake of killing. You will not seek revenge if any member of your family whom you know is dark and is in the service of Voldemort or is even accidentally killed by us or the Light side, even Dumbledore, because this is war."
"So mote it be." Nott said and a swirl of golden came out from his wand and went to Harry and floated gently waiting for him to accept. Harry gaped at Nott; he was really desperate, he had not even asked what Harry would do in return.
"I accept." Harry said firmly and then all the Slytherins came and gave him their oath. Draco who was the last stopped before he took the oath. "What will you do for us in return Potter?"
All the Slytherins gasped. They were so terrified and so grateful someone would be there for them they had not even questioned what they will be promised in return.
"I will help you all to the best of my ability and that means keeping you out of Azkaban and allowing you to get along with your lives any way you please unless you turn violent. I will make sure to the best of my ability that the marks you bear will not affect your daily life in any way or in any way bring down the respect of your family name in any manner.
"I will also not inform Dumbledore, the Order of the Phoenix or the Ministry about your leanings in the war without your permission unless life threatening."
The Slytherins were gob smacked and watched as Draco gave his oath and then all of them sat down. Draco patted the cushion next to him for Harry, Pansy for Hermione and Neville sat down next to Harry.
Harry then detailed all that they could do to prevent muggleborns and muggles to be killed. "Not that you can kill off all the muggles. Nott was speaking only about the ratio in terms of population. What he does not know is the muggles are more powerful in terms of weaponry. They have bombs that they can release with a touch of a button, you know bombs like dung bombs only these do not emit smells they annihilate everything around them. A single bomb can destroy Diagon Alley to only rubble."
Then Hermione and Harry told them just why the wizards should stay clear of the muggles scaring those there. "You know you guys have the right idea. I think we should restrict the information about us to the muggle world."
The Slytherins stared at Hermione while Draco smirked inside as the Slytherins were getting a taste of Hermione and her drive.
"You a muggleborn think that?" Bulstrode asked her unable to believe she was hearing something like this.
"Of course." Hermione said coolly. "While I feel any one who has magical ability must be encouraged to live here in the magical world, the parents and the other muggle siblings must be spelled to keep the secret so that there will be no threat of anyone intending to harm our world can access to it. While my parents are loving and very supportive, there are so many," Hermione flashed a look at Harry who smiled at her, "who see us as a threat and treat us as freaks. That should never be allowed to discuss about us and to stop that from happening; they should be either oblivated or spelled to stop from speaking about it in a degrading manner after a few drinks at a party."
She stopped there to take a deep breath and a 'Wow!' came from most of their lips.
Then they sat down and discussed all that they could do to still be a death eater and still not be a true one. It was six in the morning that Snape broke up the party by calling Harry's attention to the time. Hermione had by then filled many pages and the Slytherins were beginning to get scared of her and her organizational capacity.
"Potter is Granger always like this?" Bulstrode asked Harry as Draco and Pansy stifled their snickers. All of them watched Hermione who was talking to Nott and the other seventh year Slytherins explaining point after point about muggleborns and squibs that Harry was sure they were seeing stars.
"She is being very polite Bulstrode. When she is on warpath as she is when she is immersed in her pet schemes or exams that is when she is truly frightening." Harry told her his voice just loud enough to carry.
She heard it and blushed and not really caring about Harry's sarcasm she shrugged it off with a glare before turning to the others. "Sorry. Did I frighten you all?"
All of them shook their heads so vigorously that Harry was tempted to laugh. "Come on Hermione, let's go."
Hermione then took out a square bit of parchment and handed it over everyone there binding it to them with a neat flick of her wand. "There you are. All of you have parchments in which you can write anything you want. Just affix the name of the person you wish to speak to in this group and the words will appear on their parchment. To wipe it off just touch your parchments with your wand and it will disappear.
"This way you can communicate any information of importance to the three of us. I have our parchments with us and I will hand over Harry's and Neville's to them today. Alright?" the Slytherins nodded silently totally dazed at the preparation Hermione had been up to for all eventualities as she told them with a smile. She handed over the parchments to everyone and Draco, Harry Neville snickered and then went silent as Hermione turned to glare at them.
"You must carry on for the month of June like this and hope there are no causalities. I will be free only on the 31st of July when I turn seventeen and will be able to perform magic without restriction. I will contact all of you within a week after that okay? We will start all the positive action from then." Harry told them as they prepared to leave.
They cast their charms once again and Harry, Hermione and Neville who had been very quiet through the whole exercise, left. Neville had been watching Harry as he spoke to the Slytherins and he felt he learnt more about the war in that one night than in all the years put together.
He saw Harry willing to work his way through fears and prejudices and patiently explain everything along with Hermione to all of them and he felt so proud he was Harry's friend and that he had given a vow to fight along with Harry and not betray him.
They went without incident to the Tower and crept in. No one had got up as there were no classes and Harry removed all their charms and bidding Hermione a good morning Harry and Neville went silently to their dorm to sleep, promising to speak with the others in Harry's side the next day.
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Dumbledore had been planning to talk to Harry the next morning but to his surprise no one in Harry's dorm came down before lunch as they did the day before.
All of them came down at lunch and Harry noticed that Harry now-a-days especially after the attack by the dementors was interacting very little with Ron. He could pick up no conversations in the dorm. It was like Harry knew about the charms he had placed.
But that was impossible. Ron did not know about them and if Harry had known he would never be as friendly with him as he was now. But then Harry was not very friendly with anyone except Hermione since the fiasco at the Department of Mysteries last year. He was broody and very silent the Weasley brother and sister told him.
Since the dementors came into the School, and the day after Ron and Ginny placed the imperious on Harry, Dumbledore realized that Harry always had Hermione and Neville sticking to him like glue. His eyes widened in realization as he thought back to the last few months.
Yes, Ron still sat on one side and Hermione on the other side of Harry but that was all. Neville sat in front of Harry and with Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnegan the conversations very never between the trio. It was between the six of them and Harry finished every meal as if he was late for something or the other and as they left the Great Hall, Ron was somehow maneuvered to walk with Hermione and Harry walked in the middle between Hermione and Neville.
Dumbledore was alarmed and he frowned as he thought rapidly of the consequences of Harry's actions. In Easter Harry had flat out refused to go to The Burrow and it was a day later that Arthur came with the news that he wanted to leave for Romania.
Dumbledore breathing quickened as he thought of the implications of that and he wondered just what was happening with Harry in the last one year. He sent word for Harry to meet him at his office after lunch to speak to him about his holidays.
Harry came up in ten minutes his face calm and serene. Dumbledore smiled at him and asked him to sit down.
"Well Harry this year I have not seen you as much as I would usually." He smiled.
"Yes Sir. You are always busy and this year with Runes and studying hard to make up for the last five years had made me busy as well." Harry smiled back at the Headmaster.
"You have not asked me about any holiday plans so far Harry?"
"Well Sir I to be honest, I thought you will tell me before School ends as you have been doing so every year. I did not ask you anything because I have to go to Privet Drive until I am seventeen, anyway. I know there isn't any way around that. Believe me I talked enough to Ron and Hermione about it." Harry said a little sulkily and Dumbledore relaxed.
He remembered Ron telling him that for the past month Harry was constantly talking about the ways and means to avoid going back and Hermione had been stressing the importance of listening to Dumbledore. Ron had been sympathetic but that was all as for him to agree to Hermione would be out of character.
Harry was still feeling guilty about Sirius and that must be the reason why he was not as lively as he was. Plus meeting Voldemort and seeing him do the damage almost everyday must have made him more responsible Dumbledore thought as he smiled at the boy in front of him.
"Harry you must go to Privet Drive," and Dumbledore smiled when Harry's look turned sulky before he nodded in resigned acceptance. "You may stay there until the 31st of July and on that day in the evening you will be picked up by me and we will take it on from there. You need to accept Sirius's inheritance that you received so that no one else from the surviving Black members may lay their claim on it."
Harry swallowed hard and visibly as he nodded apparently unable to speak.
"Until then Harry I wish you to stay within the wards. This time the Order are needed to fight the attacks that you have been no doubt been reading about in The Daily Prophet everyday. I need you to assure me that you will not leave without asking me through Mrs. Figg. That block is safe for you to move about but not further than that. Not even the park."
Harry nodded solemnly. "I will Sir. I never do anything more foolish as I did before."
Dumbledore smiled at Harry's response. "Well then off with you. I will see you on your birthday."
Harry smiled back at Dumbledore and left his office and went to the nearest bathroom, where he told everyone what Dumbledore had said and then Harry and 'The Gang' spent another happy day before Harry and Hermione went to pack. Harry and Ron and Neville packed in silence and then went down and passed an uneventful day and the next morning they were ready to leave.
The train ride to King's Cross also passed in a lot of laughter and silly jokes that everyone was indulging in, trying to forget the horrors that lay in the outside world. Malfoy and his goons did not come and no one commented on it. Ginny had no place to sit in Harry's compartment and she had to go to sit with her own friends. She was very sulky and spent the rest of the train ride in silence.
Mrs. Weasley, Bill, Remus Lupin, Tonks and Moody were there to receive them and Harry saw that his aunt and uncle had not come to the station to pick him up. Mrs. Weasley hugged Harry and Hermione after Ron and Ginny and she was a little shocked that Bill had not even said a word of greeting to them.
She frowned as he greeted Harry and Hermione and smiled at Neville who had been given an earring the day before by Snape and had been welcomed to Harry's side by everyone else. That gesture had overwhelmed him and now he grinned back at Bill.
Not showing anything on the outside, Molly meant to talk to her eldest son about his poor behavior with his brother and sister. The Order members in the meantime had planned to apparate with Harry to Privet Drive and leave him there.
They had learnt apparition this year and Harry had his certificate as did everyone else, only he could not apparate legally until he was seventeen. So he was planning to do a side-along with one of the Order members.
Harry had not seen Lupin for almost a year and he looked at him now as Lupin came forward to take his hand. He seemed to have healed and though Harry had not even received a note from him, he knew that Lupin had been enquiring after him genuinely at every Order meeting. He was frowning now though and he visibly relaxed as he saw the confusion in Harry's eyes and face.
"Hello Harry, how are you?"
"Fine professor and you?" Harry asked him.
"Fine at last Harry. I am sorry I have not sent you a note before because I wished to discuss a few things with you in person. I will do so when we meet after your birthday."
"That sounds ominous." Harry joked and watched as Lupin's face flushed with shame?
Then the moment passed and Lupin nodded. "Indeed, it is. But that is for later and now I have the unpleasant duty to drop you off at Privet Drive."
Harry pouted and smiled as Lupin laughed and ruffled his hair and his hands stopped and stilled for a moment and he frowned. Harry who had been slapping his hands away did not notice the frown and a second later Lupin was smiling as well.
Harry said his goodbyes to the Weasleys and Hermione and Neville and shook hands with his formidable Gran and turned to Lupin to be apparated to Privet Drive.
"Come on Harry come close." Moody had already left for Privet Drive and Lupin deeply breathed into Harry's scent as they apparated and was almost snarling in anger. It was a few days before the full moon and he could smell Snape all over Harry.
Lupin controlled himself and smiled at Harry as Moody took charge. They had disillusioned themselves and now with a notice-me-not charm on, all of them walked to the front door and knocked.
Petunia opened the door and at the same time Moody cancelled the disillusion charms on all of them and she shrieked and stepped inside.
Lupin who was fuming went inside along with Harry. "We will be coming for Harry on the 31st of July. After which he will never return here. Until then he will stay here." Moody told them gruffly as Harry watched in silence.
"From his birthday Harry is legally of age in the Wizarding World and that means he can use magic. I hope you will treat him well." Lupin told them softly and watched with satisfaction as Petunia squeaked in understanding and she stared at Harry in loathing and fear.
Moody scowled at Lupin and then telling Harry not to leave the wards and ordering Petunia not to send him anywhere outside the block, Moody apparated away.
Lupin smiled at Harry and told him to be careful and glaring and actually growling at Petunia that sent the shivers down her spine, he and Tonks apparated away.
Harry went upstairs to put his trunk away and came down to see his aunt standing in the same position.
"Aunt Petunia?"
She turned to him and looked at him in distrust and fear. "You can do magic after your birthday?"
"Yes." Harry nodded, "But I will not perform magic on any of you. Professor Dumbledore will not like it."
She nodded, "You need not do any work boy! Just keep away. I will bring your meals to you in your room and you may not come out except to use the bathroom. Is that understood? I will also tell Vernon and Dudley not to disturb you and you in turn will not disturb us."
"Fine Aunt Petunia." And Harry went upstairs.
He had a whole compartment of food shrunk and with a stasis charm and also a heating spell. He only had to touch a small dot on the particular food packet and it would enlarge and also become piping hot. There was even hot coffee and cold pumpkin juice and chilled butterbeer. Harry settled down comfortably to study for the next one month and a bit.
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Lupin was enraged and not able to speak as he apparated along with Tonks. Only he did not go to Grimmauld Place as they had planned but to Hogwarts. He went inside and met Dumbledore and asked him if he could speak to Snape and ask him to brew the wolfsbane potion for him from this month as last month had been a little hard.
Dumbledore had smilingly agreed and knew that Lupin had regularly asked him to brew and Snape had refused since last year. He watched Lupin go to the dungeons not realizing Lupin was very close to giving the wolf control.
Lupin walked swiftly and was soon standing in front of the dungeons. He knocked sharply and went inside without waiting for an answer. Snape was about to sneer at him when he saw the amber of his eyes and stopped and stepped away warily. He coughed slightly and activated the earring calling Minerva, before he was blasted away by Lupin.
Snape hit the wall and he heard McGonagall asking him sharply what the matter was as she almost ran towards the dungeons.
"I would have killed you and then asked you questions Snivellus," Lupin sneered at Snape who was not even trying to pick himself up from the floor. His eyes though clouded with pain were still alert and he stayed silent as Lupin spoke more, "but there could be a good enough reason that I am unable to comprehend, for my senses smelling your nasty smell all over Harry, from head to toe."
"And," the snarl increased, "I smell him all over you. What is happening here?" Lupin asked Snape in such a controlled voice that held so much anger and rage that Snape shivered.
Snape's eyes widened as Lupin finished and he cursed Harry for not de-scenting him self when he left and cursed himself even more. Harry had been there early morning just after breakfast and had hugged him very fiercely telling Snape to take care as there would be practically no communication once Harry reached his Aunt's home.
Dumbledore had told Snape he had placed additional spells to check Harry's wellbeing because the Order could not have anyone round the clock there this month.
So Harry had instructions not to use even the parchment unless it was life threatening and he was also not to go out anywhere. Harry had agreed only because he would be free man a day before his birthday.
At that time Minerva came in and Lupin whirled to blast whoever it was and in that moment Snape put all his power into the stunner that he sent towards Lupin.
Lupin fell like a stone and Snape left him there to go very shakily to his potions store and take a few potions to feel better. McGonagall in the mean time bound him in ropes and then enervated him. The moment he awoke Lupin screamed.
"Minerva! This gutter rat is behaving wrongly with Harry. Bind me and take me away that is fine, but his smell is overwhelmingly on Harry. Unless Snape is Harry's soul mate, please demand an explanation for this. Please."
McGonagall looked at Lupin for a long moment and then started warding the room and also cast many spy spells.
"I am taking a great risk in trusting you and it is not just your closeness with Sirius that is making me tell you this but the fact you were going to explain to Harry the reason for your aloofness this past year."
Lupin frowned as he tried to make sense of her cryptic statement.
"Yes, Minerva I told you I will explain to Harry. In fact I told him at the station I have something very important to tell him once he comes to Grimmauld Place. But what has that got to do with this filth. Harry is old enough to be your son damn you." Lupin shouted.
"And he is my son, wolf in every way except that I did not father him with Evans." Snape replied coldly, standing very far away at the other end of the room as Lupin gaped at him his jaw open and hitting the floor.
"What?" Lupin asked Snape faintly.
McGonagall distracted Lupin by telling him briefly about Harry hearing him at the Order meeting and was rewarded by a look of intense shame, "So my talk to explain to Harry will not be heard by him." He said sadly the air going out of him. He looked very pathetic and sad as he sat on the floor bound and uncomfortable. "So I have lost Harry too, because of the wolf."
McGonagall felt incredibly sad for him as she knelt down. "Remus, Harry understood why you had stayed away and he realizes you did because of the wolf in you. He understands and has already forgiven you." She told him softly.
Lupin raised sad eyes to her. "Why should he forgive me Minerva? I was despicable, I still am."
"Because Harry understands." She said simply.
Lupin looked down as he tried to blink the tears away. He was not wholly successful as they coursed down his cheeks in shame and self disgust. It was some time later he asked the question Snape and McGonagall were waiting for.
"But how did he hear?" he asked looking up unable to even wipe his eyes as he was still tightly bound.
"We will answer that tonight Remus. Severus will take you to a secret place and there you will know everything. Until then I am afraid I cannot let you out so stupefy!"
Lupin fell over and Snape transfigured him into a small wolf and put him into his pocket and McGonagall flood to her office from Snape's rooms. A few hours later Snape and McGonagall left the castle at different times to meet at the cottage. Snape arrived first took out the wolf and transfigured him once more into Lupin.
Lupin blinked his eyes and glared at Snape but did not say anything more. They waited in silence until McGonagall arrived and by then Snape had secured the doors and had locked them using ancient magic and had stopped the outgoing floo in the living room the moment McGonagall arrived. Then Snape brought out his pensieve to show him all that happened.
"Before I start Lupin send word to Tonks that you are safe and you need some time alone. This will take the whole of the night and even go on tomorrow because we have much to discuss after you see what we are going to show you here." Snape told him his voice still cold.
Lupin looked for a moment at McGonagall and then nodded his head at Snape. Snape untied him and Lupin sent word to Tonks and then Snape started the memories.
A long time later the memories came to a finish and Snape glancing warily at the growling Remus went to the pensieve to place all the memories in his head once again when he heard an enraged growl and he turned sharply and stopped horrified.
Lupin had transformed. Snape watched petrified as the wolf emerged for the first time without the full moon and McGonagall ran back to the other end of the room while Snape was transported to the dreadful day so many years ago when he encountered a fully grown werewolf.
But they need not have worried because the werewolf was not even looking at them. It was howling loudly making Snape and McGonagall terrified and it had gone straight for the door and stopped when one bang did not smash the door down. It stopped there and turned towards Snape and was about to pounce on him when it stopped and seemed to realize this man had saved Harry.
So the werewolf turned and looked for a second at a trembling McGonagall and then with an enraged roar ran and banged the door once again. The whole cottage shuddered at the impact and had Snape not sealed it with such powerful magic the cottage would have fallen on them.
Now Lupin was ignoring them and was howling terrifyingly loudly, banging continuously at the door and it would have blown away had it not been secured by ancient magic. Blood was sprouting from him as he hit the door straight on every time. The superior strength of the enraged werewolf made the doors shudder ominously each time Lupin ran and tried to smash the doors open and they would have fallen down in a few minutes ancient magic or not when McGonagall came to her senses first.
"Hit him Severus! NOW!" McGonagall screamed as the werewolf turned to run at the doors again, Snape came to his senses and hit two powerful stunners one after one rapidly at it. Combined with McGonagall's three stunners the wolf finally crumpled.
Snape wasted no time and securely bound the wolf in thick ropes, chains and bound him with ancient magic. Then with a slightly shaking hand Snape enervated the wolf.
Snape and McGonagall had been shocked to the extent Remus Lupin had gone to take revenge on Dumbledore and Moody. Snape had been keeping a watch on him and he showed the memory of the second meeting that took place after the Order meeting last year only at the very end.
Lupin had seen that and the moment Moody and Dumbledore had expressed their gladness about Sirius's death Lupin had started growling. He transformed completely when he realized how much Sirius and Harry had lost and how much Harry had suppressed inside him and the urge to rip Dumbledore and Moody into shreds completely took over him as he realized their aim of taking over Harry's money and then killing Harry by releasing Harry's magic when he would meet Voldemort.
The moment Snape enervated him, Lupin started growling and straining against the chains and ropes, snarling at McGonagall who first shot a silencing charm on him and then she shouted at him, "Remus are you mad change back right now, otherwise all that we have done so far will be in vain.
"Yes! Albus is responsible for so many things but charging at him like this will not help. He will kill you and Harry will blame himself about your death as well. Instead join with us and help us and Harry to win over not only Voldemort but Albus and the Ministry as well.
"Remember Arthur is still not showing his dislike of the Headmaster and his three children and you know what they did."
At that time the fire turned green and Arran stepped into the room and looked warily at the wolf.
Remus looked at Arran in shock and a minute later he changed back staring at him like Harry had done, drinking his features in, seeing a face he had thought he would never see again. Tears flowed from his eyes as he saw the Sirius look alike and turned to Snape who had called for Arran to come in at once, while McGonagall was shouting at Lupin.
"Sirius," he whispered. "He looks so much like Sirius." He said to no one and all of them stood transfixed, their wands still held on alert. Snape removed the ropes and the chains with a flick and a chant and Lupin went close to Arran and touched him in wonder.
Then just like Harry did, he blushed and let his hand fall down and stepped away. "I am very sorry Minerva. I just saw red, he could have saved Sirius and given Harry a great childhood and made him strong and still used Harry to defeat Voldemort with Sirius still alive. None of us would have disagreed with him. Not Sirius and definitely not Harry. But to do this…" Lupin said heavily as he sat down on the floor his head in his hands.
"Tell me," he said after sometime as he slowly lifted his head and found the other three watching him warily and smiled wryly, "I am fine, although I feel I have betrayed Sirius, James and Lily and Harry."
"Give me your oath to protect Harry Lupin and we will tell you all our plans." Snape told him still shaky inside but looking almost normal outside.
"I Remus John Lupin swear on my magic to protect Harry with my life and never reveal anything I have seen here to anyone without Harry's consent. I also swear on my magic to do my utmost to help Harry in his war and help him in the rebuilding of our world."
The golden swirl of magic swirled around and went to Harry in Privet Drive and Snape activated the earring only to tell Harry to accept it. Harry did and the magic went into him. Snape confirmed it and shut off the connection once Harry hummed to signify he had said only the words 'I accept' very softly and nothing more and set to making an earring for Lupin and taught him to use that.
Lupin kept glancing at Arran and every time Arran smiled, Lupin blushed and turned away. Snape rolled his eyes, "Harry was like you too. In fact he called Arran Sirius at first and was somehow convinced Black had come back from the veil."
Lupin nodded as he thought about that memory. They were in the early hours of the morning and Snape, McGonagall and Arran filled him up on everything and told him the plans Harry had made once his stay at Privet Drive was over.
Lupin nodded approvingly and then he and Arran started a conversation about the werewolves and how to wean them away from Fenrir Greyback who was controlling them now and he was with Voldemort.
They spent the rest of the next day talking about various issues and how to approach them and McGonagall left early in the morning arriving at breakfast and Snape arriving at Hogwarts well after tea.
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