Werewolf's pup

Finding back his pup was an alleviation from the torturous thoughts Remus had for the last two weeks.

His wolf was finally in peace to have his own back, and safe, by his side. But safe at the moment didn't equal uninjured and a sniff could tell him how the cub smelt of blood and pain. He tried to loosen his hold to let the boy breath but only got embraced more tightly.

And Remus bit his tongue, hating himself for not being by his side when he expericed first time the horror of a full moon without the wolfsbane potion.

Just what happened to his boy?

 

When Remus and Sirius left Harry at Hogwarts after the scene they made, he had a really bad feeling that it was the last he saw of his pup.

Admitedly, he acted rashly and he wasn't proud of everything he had said. And he couldn't even blame it on the full moon as they were still two weeks away, but Harry had to hear what he had to say. The young innocent boy of not even 15 didn't have to give up on his life for a bunch of people who did nothing for him. Harry left British Isles for the exact reason because the authority had failed him time and time again, so why should he die for a disappointing community that didn't even know him?

Of course, like Sirius said, it was his parents' home country and also the birth place of all his friends who made his life more bearable. Yet Harry still left and only returned once a year to celebrate both his birthday and Neville's at the Burrow, with Hagrid, the Lovegood and sometimes the Diggory, too. Because despite everything, friends could do so much in a wrong place.

Remus didn't even have his friends with him when he was sent in foreign land and surrounded by dangerous predators.

Harry didn't contact him for the following week.

Sirius didn't bother either, certainly still mad about all he said.

And if Remus wasn't too much concerned with the latter, the foreboding that nagged him for the Harry since Ron and Neville told Sirius and him how Harry didn't show up at dinner and wasn't in the kitchen when they went to check was fully assailing him now.

Called it beast instinct, but Remus couldn't shake out the ominous feeling that something bad would happen and he will be too late to save his pup.

And he was right. Harry vanished a week later.

He had Ron and Neville gave him light report everyday, like where Harry was when not with them (in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, which made Rem understood that the Chamber of Secret was here, not that he said anything to anyone of his conclusion), what he do when he's down (go to the creatures and his dad, or brew potion with Snape) and how he felt in general. Neville admit in half words in the letter as Remus was staying in the Three Broomsticks that the night Harry's back the three of them tried to waste themselves in drinks, though Harry's metabolism desintoxicated him quick enough, though he was really taken aback by the sudden urge to drink and Remus couldn't answer him properly especially when they both knew that earlier that day Harry was with both Sirius and him.

It should have been the same for the beginning of the week-end. Remus would send an inquiry message to both Ron and Neville to check discreetly on their friend for security mesures because Jorkins and Crouch were still on the run and Harry was out of the castle again, despite everyting. So when after one hour of neither boy answering him, he sent his patronus (apologizing for the sudden manifestation and his insistance) to ask if something happened for the delay of response. Both kids showed up at the door of the inn no long after, asking for him and apologized as soon as he showed up by announcing him that Harry was no where to be found.

Remus asked an audience with the headmaster immediately, surprising everyone by his presence with two students that were supposed to be inside the castle (he was surprised when they said they didn't use the one-eyed witch passage and refused to tell him which one they used but assured him that one would ever know about it but trusted people). After borrowing the maurauder's map from the Weasley twins to assure that Harry was really not in Hogwarts anymore, neither in Hogsmeade because Remus checked beforehand, they involved madame Maxime in the search too.

By then, Sirius was informed of his godson's disappearance and wasn't helping much but blaming himself for quitting the boy in bad terms while Hagrid was the one to show them about the broken two-way mirror wy the Beaux Bâtons carriage.

The three men's heart broke upon realizing their charge was about to ask for help but was stopped violently to the point of breaking the only way of contact.

From there, the staff investigated of all the residents' whereabouts, in case it was an inside job (Karkaroff, for one ; Snape, for Sirius and literally everyone, for Remus) and bingo, professor Quirrell was missing too.

First, they checked his office thoroughly but found nothing suspicious but what dada professors would have in their office. Second, they sent aurors to check on the residence of the man only to discover the place was long since abandoned for four years, when he first start his sabbatical. In lack of evidences, they returned empty hands. And third, they had to interrogate the ghosts to ask if they noticed everything wrong about the man since they could travel through walls.

When nothing came up, but seeing all those adults running around, the students became aware of the big news.

Beaux Bâtons students first, being quite united went to give testimmony of everything they thought off about the school that could maybe help the investigation. Miss Fleur Delacour proposed to use her veela power to enchant some magical creature to make them more compliant in the search, which Remus was very grateful. The girl was smart and talent, her effective power could do wonder. Unfortunately, only the porlock guarding the abraxans could only tell them about the kidnapping.

Quirrell passed himself for Neville thanks to the polyjuice potion (appaling the boy who wondered how the professor got hand of his cells), submit Harry by whatever mean, making Harry's scar bleed, then used a full-body bind charm before levitating him inside the castle.

The creature didn't have anymore to say as it didn't wander inside, but when the staff questioned the ghost again, they still came out with nothing. 

As the circumstances seemed desperate, two Slytherin boys came to Remus (because Sirius looked unapprochable at the moment while he was holding the broken two-way mirror that he could have easily repared, something Remus put on the Black madness) and told him about the one-eyed witch secret passage because Harry was speaking a lot about it when they were first found outside of Hogwarts' protection. Blaise Zabini and Theodore Nott were their name. Remus thanked them, already knowing it wouldn't bring anything more, but still went to check the passage and even the one in the West Wall because it was where they got out during Yule Ball. Nothing.

The situation was so dire that not even Peeves tried to joke about, in truth, the twins were making sure that he won't utter the wrong thing to say by casting the locklang on the poltergeist. But Remus lift it, thinking that maybe it did know something. Tough luck, it only mocked him by implying his furry problem in front of everyone, getting him a well-placed wadiwassi from Ron.

By dinnertime, everyone was talking about it.

Alice and Franck showed up too, the news having somehow leaked though the Daily hadn't anything posted, and didn't leave their son for the night. Remus was grieved of envy, he wanted to be there for his pup too and rassured him that all woes of this world won't be reaching him if he had a say. Guess he failed before even getting to try.

Remus tried to reach the aurors many times through the day, despite them coming empty-hand, but since they had more field experience they must have quite the tactic to research missing people. Nevermind that they still hadn't get neither Crouch nor Jorkins. He didn't even thought about asking Sirius who was an auror once, but even that short time he was allowed in their rank, he was only doing desk job.

Before he could, Sirius went to fetch him and brought him to the courtyard where two ghosts and professor Dumbledore were. Remus almost missed a step when he saw who were they.

"James? Lily?"

"Moony! We heard you're worrying yourself sick! Don't worry, we knew where Harry is! At the Riddle's graveyard!"

"We're not sure about the exact location. When we were back in the living world, we were brought at Godric Hollow, our grave to be more precise. We had to glide to Hogwarts and inform Professor Dumbledore who knew where the adress refer."

"Indeed. It's in Little Hangleton, not far of Greater Hangleton, which's not far from Little Whinging, in the Surrey."

Lily's look twisted a little at that. Remus could only blink a few time, trying to register all the info he's getting from left and right.

"Then what are we waiting? We had to send the auror there! Nevermind, I'll go with them!"

"Calm down, Remus, my boy. There's no need to rush before making a plan. James and Lily said there's a shortcut to reach there?"

"Right! When we were in the afterlife, we could follow our son's step everywhere. We saw what the porlock saw and told you, but we also saw where that bastard of Quirrell brought Harry inside the castle! In this unused classroom, there's a cupboard here, it's a vanishing cabinet and it'll lead you right to Riddle's graveyard."

Remus had words about having a vanishing cabinet inside the school, supposed to be the best proptected place in the UK, right next to Gringotts. But considering an imposter could have retrive something from Bellatrix Lestrange's vault, it wasn't surprising to have another breach in the protection. How could have Remus even dare blame Harry to be out of the school's protections when it was so easy to get in?

They all hurried to said place with the auror and came through the other side to find three corpses but no other living beings. At least, Harry wasn't among the death. Then again, the identity of the deceased were those people who've been missing for months now. Bertha Jorkins, killed by the killing curse, Bartenius Crouch junior, killed by poison same goes for the big snake.

Aurors' conclusion was that Quirrell was working with them, made a deal with Jorkins and hid her after her cover was blown during summer, freed Crouoch from St Mungo and kept him in the shack by using veritaserum they found on the ground and when they had a discord after getting Harry Potter- Black, Quirrell killed Jorkins and imperio the snake to take down Crouch before using a curse to poison the snake too. He still needed Harry Black for something but they were already out of reach, having moved. Neither James nor Lily knew where as they're no longer in the afterlife to glance through their son's doings.

Remus could have wish they never showed up if they would be so useless.

"Remus, you need to calm down, Harry's still alive-"

"Calm down? Don't tell me to calm down when we don't even know how Harry is! You don't know in what mind he could be! This day is super important to him! If he didn't get his wolfsbane potion... Why didn't any of you look into that Quirrell bloke? If you had, you'd know the address of residence was fake and that he was suspicious! Why didn't any of you did anything? If Harry would go under the worst week because of your carelessness-...!"

His emotion must gone the worst of him, because a passing student suddenly broke into tears. Sirius grabed his arm and dragged him to the potion master's office, who opened the door and extended a goblet of said wolfsbane potion for him with a sour look and gritting teeth. Obviously, Snape had seen Lily Potter's ghost too.

Remus took the goblet of potion in his tremblind hand and felt guilty to get the chance of passing a calm full moon when Harry was suffering somewhere in this cursed UK.

 

In the following week, everytime the aurors seemed to get something, they missed Quirrell and Harry by an arm.

Remus was losing temper more and more and refused to speak to anyone.

He learned by word of mouth that the student who burst into tears wasn't crying because she figured out that Remus was a werewolf too, but because she was feeling really guilty for stopping Harry when he first spoke up his suspicion about Quirinus Quirrell. At his first dada lesson, upon seeing the man's suspicious behavior, he stunned the supposedly death eater and could have reported this if Hermione Granger didn't stopped him saying that lesson was more important. Now they had the proof the man was indeed a dangerous criminal, she was blaming herself for being the reason he got the chance to kidnap Harry.

None of Ron and Neville, who were also present at the scene, said anything to refute her complaints, with the Slytherins even adding in how cruel of chick she was besides being a mudblood. If the Weasley twins threatened to hex the Slytherin for using such word again, only Viktor Krum went to comfort her.

Because his wife was also called of such name in their youth, James helped by Sirius also start threatening the Slytherin students. Malfoy especially when James implied that he saw his father being a death eater from the afterlife. And he was acting definitely out of imperius curse, Sirius added insult to injury by involving his mother.

Remus watched the scene with clear disgust.

Lily saw him and tried to apologize for her husband's immaturity, saying he never actually got the chance the mature after graduation and with the war coming on them. Remus refused to let her off the hook too.

"Why did you never came for Harry before this? Where were you when Sirius was wrongly accused of betraying you? When I had to learn that Harry was alone and raised by Hagrid at Hogwarts but could have been sent to your hateful muggle sister? When little Harry was asking memories about you?"

Lily's see-through face distorted in pain and her eyes simmered in ghostly tears.

"I'm- I'm sorry, Remus. We-"

When she didn't continue, Remus let go of his own tears. "You always been so good to me, I guess I was expecting too much of you, you were also just a kid. But then, why didn't you let your childish fear get the best of you and flee the country for Harry's sake? Didn't you two felt anything when you were summoned by the prior incantato seven years ago? Or was it actually not you two? Just mere echoes?"

"Remus, of Remus, no, it was us, we saw how Harry was having the family he deserved and how Hagrid did a good job in raising him and making him love any creatures without prejudices-"

"But it wasn't his job. I know Hagrid loves Harrry more than anything else and would do anything for him, but he's not his father despite everything. Weren't you touched by his desperated tears when seeing you for the first time? How could you still leave him behind after that?"

Left them behind, really.

"...Harry did gave us a word of two about our behavior in limbo. He said, he made clear that he would never forgive us and that he's going back for y-"

Remus' heart missed a beat at the first part. "Harry died?"

"He- It was the horcrux in him- he had, it was-"

"You had to wait for your son to die to decide to, to have regrets and haunt the living for the rest of eternity? Have you no shame? Just how selfish could the two of you be? You know what, it was actually a good thing you didn't raise Harry, he deserves better than whaveter you're showing. Maybe you should have a word with Snape, I'm sure you both will enjoy it."

The last bit was uncalled and unnecessarily mean, but Remus wasn't a saint and if anyone dared to hurt his pup, he will go down too.

Besides, Snape was not unblamable. Apparently, he's the only person Harry said his suspicions about Quirrell and his only advice was to keep guard without grazing upon the horcrux connection in the scar.

Harry should have never come to Hogwarts, it was a succession of bad thing after another. Why would fate harass such good kid like his pup?

 

Last night was full moon, Remus was restless despite having took his daily dose of wolfsbane in the week preceding the dreadful night.

But being the only one getting the potion while Harry was suffering alone was making him unworthy of the luck he had. Without Harry he would have got the chance of cunsuming the wolfsbane potion because Snape was resentful and refused every apologies he could have given him to not brew his part of the potion when making it for miss Lobosca, so Remus stayed confined in Shrieking Shack till Harry became a werewolf too. And then Harry decided to brew the potion by himself, saying he had potion making in the blood thanks to his ancestor Linfred and his granddad Fleamont.

Harry was his light, yet because of evil mind he was in forced in the dark.

Remus paced before the one-eyed witch passage for some reason. Maybe because like messrs Zabini and Nott said, Harry wanted absolutly to go through the passage as Ron and Neville mentioned that Harry was also going to use the passage after done in the Hog's head though they did not say how the three of them got to the bad shape inn. He also went to Myrtle's bathroom, thinking that maybe the Chamber of Secret also had a passage to outside that he and the marauder's weren't aware. But the dilapidated lavatory was making him uncomfortable, and it was the girl's bathroom to boot.

However, his instinct to stay before the one-eyed witch was the right one and he was so glad to be the first to welcome Harry back to safety. He won't shied away from his duty to take care of his boy ever.

Harry eventually let go, but his next words were not what he thought.

"We had to go now, dad."

"But, shouldn't we tell the other that you're fine?"

"No! We get out of UK, NOW!"

The hurry in his voice put Remus in edge but he complied quickly. He didn't know what Harry went through and clearly it was not the time to ask about it but if Harry need to get out of the country as if he was chased by death (something he did experienced once) Remus will help him flee after ignoring it the first time.

He cast the portkey spell on the bread he had prepared in case of Harry's appearance, knowing that apparition won't be good in Harry's health and not inside the castle that had anti-apparition spell, and as the blue light showed they both grab it.

They arrived just before Beaux Bâtons academy, in the south of France, and Remus congratulated himself for the quick decision because Harry's fell unconscious as soon he recognized a familiar place. Remus didn't know much about healing magic and he was always too worn after full moon before the creation of wolfsbane potion, so he couldn't have treated Harry's wound by his own if he had portkeyed them to their cottage.

Asking shelter to the academy's staff was easier once they recognized Harry and his wound being those of werewolf's.

Harry took sometime to wake up and the school's healer told him that Harry was overwhelmed of nightmares so his recovery was delayed regularly. In the end, they had to inject the dreamless sleep potion through IV infusion to get a recuperative rest.

In the meantime, Remus put the Black cottage under fidelius and unplottable charm charm to even reject owl's letters, just for security measures. He searched through the cottage but found nothing else than Harry's second copy of bestiary, concluding that he had nothing left nothing back at Hogwarts but his broom in the school carriage. Once sure than nothing could lead anyone back to them, Remus returned to the school to wait for Harry's wake.

The healer had changed Harry's clothes to put him in patient robe and let Remus look through his wizard robe from the empty wand holster to whatever Harry's hiding in the little pouch.

Magical plants, bottles of all sort of potion, two philosopher's stones and many other artefact of Harry's passion, that also served in his survival. Looking at this, he was mixed in being proud of Harry's wide-spread area of interest or worried that was because he was prepared in case of V- Tom's return.

As he was musing those thoughts, Harry finally opened his eyes and Remus noticed it was already the next day.

After ascertaining himself of the place they were, all warth from finding each other's back gone and Harry went straight to business.

"Does anyone knew that we're here? That I'm here?"

"No one but the school's healer. I asked them to be discreet and they looked at me with affront that was nothing comparable of madam Pomfrey. I didn't even inform anyone of my whereabouts."

"Good, don't. Maybe sent a patronus that you're alright, but not a word of me of where you are. Madame Maxime and the school's delegation will back in two months but it left enough time for me to keep low. I had to prepare to go in exchange for the next few years, and the brevet of course, maybe I should change my name again. What about the Black cottage?"

"Under fidelius and unplottable charm. No magical animal could send us letters either."

Harry blinked, looking finally like the child he's supposed to be at his foresight, and finally relaxed his body to rest on the bed. He stayed so comfortable he almost melt in the matress. Remus hold himself from asking any question.

"A week ago, two new ghosts took up residence in Hogwarts. They're known as James and Lily Potter."

Harry took his time to choose how to react to this, or he may already known about it.

"Great, now, they could celebreate their deathday with Nearly Headless Nick."

Not the answer Remus was waiting for. He expected even less to see Harry getting out of the resting bed before any healer show up.

"Harry, I don't think it's a good idea for you to get up. Let's wait up for-"

"Don't get patronizing on me!"

They both freeze at Harry's harsh tone and Harry had to force himself to breath evenly after stop breathing altogether due to shock. Remus had to think quickly what he ahd said to set out the boy. Not to be patronizing, perhaps the way Remus formulate the phrase of waiting for a healing to check on Harry's state? Let's, like an order. Harry's wolf was free individual in the beginning and after a full moon with-, Harry didn't need to be ordered to do anything.

"How about we wait for the check-up of a healer? Just to be sure? It's not like we're in hurry, right?"

Made it sound it's Harry's own decision, just turn the sentence to make it look merely a suggestion and how Harry knew better what's good for him.

"Sure, the house's under protection, no one knew we're here and my wounds did need a look."

Remus didn't say anything to that, just pulling a sad face that his pup to go under the same painful experiences he was forced to. If only werewolves' scratch could be healed.

 

When Harry left the sickbay, it was spring holiday. Beaux Bâtons academy called it easter because they had more Christians students and to blend in easier with the muggle world.

It was a good thing for them so they could keep in their presence here a little longer.

They were invited to go back to their residence because the academy's closed for every breaks for let the staff live their own life. The creatures are tended by another organization from the nine countries that proposed services to the school. 

The first thing Harry did was to write a letter to Bill Weasley so he took upon the dada position for the third semester before school ended in June.

"Quirrell's no more,' was the only thing he said before neglecting on signing the letter and delivering it to the post office to not betray their position.

"But Bill is working as curse breaker in Egypt."

"Being one yourself, you should know how easy it is to take a break, or change it for a desk job. The student there will need a substitute and Charlie said his brother did illegal lessons at night a few years prior to fix his juniors' lack of studies in the area. If he ever cares about his younger siblings, he will accept my ask."

"Should I still work as cursebreaker?"

"You're free to do what you want, dad. I would never force anything on you."

"Me neither. But I don't want to do anything that could be difficult for you."

Harry thought for a moment.

"Maybe ask to be transferred to the States for the upcoming school year? Beaux Bâtons had cordial partnership with Ilvermorny, I'm sure my first exchange could be there. Also, I want to see if the way they sort student in houses is better than the joke sorting hat is."

"And next year?"

"Uagadou? I think the wizard in Africa are really good in wandless magic. It would have come in handy when- It's handy when you don't have your wand beside you."

"Transfer to South Africa, then. I don't think Ouganda wizards ever want European cursebreaker in their business."

Harry nodded and before being prompted for the exchange of his last year, he said : "Mahoutokorou before graduation could be good. I'm not sure about Japanese wizards, but Japanese muggle sure appreciate French ones, and French muggles love their manga."

"China's Gringotts headquarter does take a lot of foreigners. Not sure the Japanese isolasionists are ready to welcome foreigners yet."

"I heard that Macau had the biggest casino."

"Please tell me it's an offhand comment and you're not into gambling."

"I'm not into gambling, but it's not lack of ressources. I have my Philosopher's stones. That reminded me, I had to improve my second-rate one. Maybe I should have taken Ravenclaw's diadem before leaving..."

"How about you create your own diadem, or wisdom enhancement artefact?"

"Charm's not my best subject. Or creation for that matter, I'm more a studious pupil."

"Somehow, I have my doubts."

"You should. But then, you have to admit that I was never one to came up with original things! The twins were the inventors, Luna the creative. I just merely thought about way to ease everyone."

"And isn't that a proof of creative mind? The laziest people are the most creative ones."

"Oh. That- that does make sense."

"I'm glad I was of help, how about a little rest after lunch? An afternoon rest right of half an hour is good for the health and it's not like we have any other plan, right?"

Harry hesitated, because sleep and him were a difficult combination recently.

"Let's think about what we'll eat. What do you feel like at this moment?"

After having everything transferred directly in his blood through catheter, Harry felt like it's a pain to chew by himself, expecially the last thing he had under his fangs, no tooth. Lunch suddenly turned to a tense business.

And afternoon nap ended badly when Harry woke them up with a leg-trashing nightmare. He kicked Remus when he tried to physically calm him down.

"Harry, it's OK, it's me. It's just you and me, we're home, we're in France."

It took time, and countless words of reassurance for him to calm down and even then it need a comfortable setting and the certainty that their relationship was strong enough for Harry to tell everything.

How he was alone against Quirrell that Tom possessed and the crazy look of Crouch junior, the menacing fangs of Nagini, Jorkins' corpse!

Then how he planned to change British wizarding world by giving a hand to Tom, so kept as hostage for a week then his encounter of Greyback. He didn't talk in depth about what happened and was obvisouly trying to change subject by shoving him some memories that could please him.

Remus wasn't fooled and insisted on asking if Harry needed to talk more about it because an encounter with Greyback could never end well.

"No, this time it was good! A dementor got him and he was crawling like he was kicked in the crotch, his soul was about to be sucked!"

"There was a dementor? Why didn't you say so before? Hold on, I'll go make some some hot chocolate."

"It's alright, it's in the past! I- I subdued it with my patronus! Ah, it changed, it's now an abraxan so don't be too surprised if I send you one in the future."

"That's alright, patronus changed form of strong emotion like love. And seldom people can keep the same feeling for an eternity."

Love? It's more like a lack of love for Harry. His first form was something humongus like a dragon because of his desire to live with his family, but now, it was more discreet and refined, somehow? Maybe a found family was more precious.

"But don't you want to see how Greyback is crumbling down as if in the end of his life? For all his crimes, that's he deserve!"

Remus was back by Harry's side in a flash, the heating of milk forgotten.

"Harry, did he do anything to you?"

"Wha- no! No! Why would think that? Why- why do keep turning thing around to me? I was talking about his misery to lift you up! I came back just to see be happy!"

"Your safety and well-being is my happiness."

Harry refused to accept the kindness outright.

"Because you're fond of Lily Potter?"

Remus came quickly to the only conclusion. "...Snape's memory?"

"Somewhat, yes. He hated James Potter with a passion because he was more open about his advances, but you were closer to her in a more subtle way, so he was targetting in more discreet way."

"By denouncing my statue..."

"He thought better of it?"

"Let's say that more important matter fell on him when he got his life saved by his mortal enemy."

"He was livid when I saw the memory in his pensieve and almost refused to give me more occlumency lesson. I had to convince him that I will learn legimancy otherwise."

"You cunning pup."

"I mean, he was there and had all those knowledges and will teach me anyway for my survival, so..."

He will later learn that it did not really help and that, unfortunately, it wasn't in anyone else's responsability.

 

At the next full moon, they chose to spend it in the academy, to have immediate help. In general they were roaming the premise without actually participating in the social activity because Harry's presence wasn't supposed to be known but staying in the cottage all day would be a waste to learn new things so Remus would snuck out books from the library for them to read in the park, under sunlight.

It was a good thing they were there because Harry showed sign of not taking the wolfsbane greatly like usual. Probably due to the shock of missing it once and having the worst company for that sole time. Cub Harry rejected the presence of another dominant wolf and almost start a fight. A staff had to cast the homorphus spell on him just to give him a strong calming draught before he turned back and fell into a slumber.

At dawn, after remembering everything, Harry apologized profusely, not knowing what came to him.

And despite not wanting to force anything in Harry, Remus tried to make him understand that he has lasting trauma and should seek a mind healer. Harry then confessed what he tried to hide from him, that to take care of the last horcrux that was Nagini and put an end to Crouch's state, he forced the basilisk poison in their throat and essentially killed them. Making him a killer.

That's probably what's eating him at night.

The guilt of taking another's life. Even though it was necessary, even though they were bad guy and death would have been the best outcome, Harry was still the one to do the job at only 14.

They talked at great length and therapy sessions were planned, some even the two of them as father and son.

 

The day the Beaux Bâtons delegation came back to the academy, Harry had just finished taking his brevet exams and went to the headmistress' office under polyjuice disguise.

He came back home with a set of news.

"Madame Maxime agreed to the exchange program for the three upcoming years. She agreed that staying in a same school in a row couldn't be good for me and that I better stay far from Europe. Or anything related to Hogwarts."

"Good thing you didn't chose Koldovstorets or Castelobruxo."

"I know right. She said that because a Beaux Bâtons student, Harry Potter because not everyone knew about my name change, while under headmaster Dumbledore's rule and the basilisk that frighten the residents to death, he will go under trial, held the wizengamot. Because of various testimony, saying he wanted to rule over muggles and that the war against Grindelwald was actually a play to deceive the wizarding world as a whole and his misjudgement in some dada teacher putting students in danger, it's not really going well for him. The only thing that saved him was the last hiring of Bill Weasley as substitute dada teach, and the young man said it wasn't even his idea. Bill gave my name as instigator but neither confirmed nor denied my living statue as an owl letter from UK to Egypt took a long way and that I could have send it way before my disappearance."

"Smart move. Did the headmistress said anything about the Weasleys or any of your friend?"

Harry shrugged. "Fleur had the hots for Bill."

"Great for them. They do suit each other, both talent in their area and strong-willed."

"And attractives. She didn't win the tournament, unfortunately. Cedric did, much to mr. Diggory's joy despite the whole scandal with the basilisk at the same time. Apparently, to show his good self, people are saying Dumbledore blinded it but that one thing wasn't enough because they also heard him speak parceltongue to control it first."

"Who gave out the testimonies...?"

"Snape? I think to get on the good side of Tom, that he must known had come back and that me missing just proved the dark side winning, he had to find something to make up."

Certainly, it could be a waste to have such potion maker gone, though he could change its personality a little.

"So when the two foreign school were about to leave, they were bid goodbye by not the headmaster but the deputy headmistress who had to apologize for the way their trip ended, especially Beaux Bâtons who lost three of its students. The twins will be staying at Hogwarts next year. And she probably won't be the next head of the school because the ministry was present during the disaster and promised to send one of theirs as head. I think Mr. Malfoy had a hand in it, madama Maxime said she saw him whispering wildly during the minister's outrage speech. Oh, and I think Percy will be transfered to be assistant to another head of department because mr. Runcorn was part of the deceased despite the basilisk not having his deadly weapon. Anyway."

"Anything else?"

"Madame Maxime is on first name basis with dad."

"That's sweet."

"I know right."

No mention of his best mates Ron nor Neville. Remus' not one to push but he didn't want his son to end friendless like him, though it seemed to be in line to.

 

During Harry's fifth year in the States, with Remus looking for treasure between the borders of USA and Canada, tons of scandal about Hogwarts spread around the world.

The new headmistress, ms. Umbridge, was also the dada professor.

But such a bad one that a secret organization raised secretly among the student to bring last year's sub as illegal teacher back. They had night's lesson in the Room of Requirement by using the protean charm as device of communication, related reporter Rita Skeeter.

By spring holiday, the short while headmistress was dismissed when the scandal of her using blood quill broke out and minister Fudge was overthrown for being accused having agreed to everything. Oh, and Dolores Umbridge wasn't even dismissed à la legal way, she was literally hurled out by the centaur because she was a disgurting racist that did not like half-breed. So Cornelius Fudge was known as supporter in oppressing other species, useless to say that even Gringotts refused to deal with the man.

New minister was appointed to be a man named Pius Thicknesse, and the senior undersecretary post went to a newcomer by the name of Thomas Gaunt.

As the school year came to an end, Remus and Harry had the greatest pleasure to welcome the Longbottoms and Ron Weasley at Beaux Bâtons Academy. Both boys transferred after taking and passing their OWLs and will pursue their studies there. Or more like, as exchange students to be with Harry.

Black's cottage now accepted in its secret emplacement four more residents.

 

During summer between fifth and sixth year, Harry found his friend Blaise back at Dubai and they had to make the boy promise to not tell anyone about it.

And former Gryffindor Ron and Neville had to trust this Slytherin boy because they have no way to check it as they're no longer student at Hogwarts.

 

For the boy's sixth year, the three adults went to traval around Africa continent just to be closer closer in mind and also learn new ways to use magic.

If Alice and Frank Longbottom were still lacking in reflex sometime, because stuck  seven years in madness was long, getting the gist of wandless magic was more easy for when they could barely cast a spell nor think wordlessly about it. Now, with just the strong desire they could accio, sent patronuses and raised magical shield.

The boys furthered more of their knowledges and everyone came out winner.

 

Before their seventh year in a floating school, Ron went back to the burrow because his elder brother Bill will be marrying Fleur Delecour and they wanted to invited Harry and his dad and the Longbottoms.

Because Harry and his two best mates managed to create a set of three way mirror back at Ouganda, they used the it to contact when far from each other.

Harry reminded that he couldn't return to British's soil and suggested they did the marriage in the Black cottage.

Which was the moment Sirius showed up by proposing the basement of the cottage that no one were aware till now because it could only reacted to Black blood, confirmed by Frank who had it through his grandmother Callidora, née Black. Both Harry and Remus shared a look, thinking the lack of trust for Sirius to omit this fact. Thankfully, they had both Frank, Neville and Ron by their side to discover all the secrets the property hold. This way, in using only the basement, they won't be giving out the secret emplacement of the cottage to everyone.

They used the portal still in the Weasleys household to transport all the guests. But since it needed both ministries' permission, they had to modify the runes of the portals so it only connected to the basement of the cottage. It had to be worked on both ways and Harry could now show off the extent of his knowledges in runes.

So on the first of August, the reception to the union of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour was held in the basement of Black cottage, in France.

Both families were there the day before, to celebrate both Harry and Neville's birthday and to prepare for the next day. No one was invited to the private part and no one insisted, the Delacour saying they were at least glad it was really in France as they sensed it in the air, which Remus called bullshit but anyway.

There were tons of guest neither Remus not Harry knew, there was this one unpleasant old woman, Muriel who was critisizing everyon that came across her.

There was Viktor Krum, Fleur's guest, that Ron was still infatuated, the Diggorys (and Cho as Cedric's plus one) who were really happy to find Harry's alive, the Lovegoods who never doubted it (Lowell even recognizing Harry this time) and Hermione Granger who was Fred's plus one.

"Not Angelina?"

"She's George's partner."

"Huh. What happened? She finally saw you're the better looking twin?"

"They're literally identical twin?"

"You know what I mean."

Granger didn't, but she had better thing to talk. "Actually, I wasn't sure if I got to meet mr. Lupin but I brought this for you. If Harry Pot- I mean, Harry Black's here, it's even better. For the past year, after having a wake-up call, I created a potion to help on the werewolves. Nothing as great as the wolfsbane but merely something to help the transformation. I have personally witnessed how the transition could be violent, so the potion put the mind at peace when your human body's morphing to another anatomy. The sensation remained the same, bone cracking, muscles stretching and melting, but you won't be suffering from it anymore. It's tested and approved, miss Chiara Lobosca is using it for a year now."

"Chiara is?"

Fred and George exchanged a smirk and opened their mouth at the same time.

"Yes, kind healer Chiara Lobosca approved the potion..."

"Of course, no announcing to the rest of the world that she's a werewolf..."

"But only to the concerned party. And since your precious Chiara did-"

Harry didn't let Fred finish and slapped him right across the face, so hard that he flew through the hall of reception. Nothing material damaged though. Seeing that, George cleverly closed his mouth.

"Next time, put your boyfriend on a leash when talking to a werewolf."

Hermione Granger clattered her tooth when her jaw closed suddenly. She nodded with wide eyes. "I'll make sure to make a note of this."

People were rushing to where Fred was sent flying, his parents and Sirius included, and mrs. Weasley came running to their group.

"Harry, dear, what happened? People said you hit Fred and that sent him flying?"

"He said indecent thing on my person."

"Fred! How could you!" Mr. Weasley reacted immediately.

"How was it bad?! I just-"

"Well, are a werewolf to know anything about hurting us?"

Remus had to bit his lip to not laugh out loud at Harry's scathing tone. No one said anything anymore as Harry was the master of the place they were using and everyone scatter around after a moment.

With this, Remus finally had the time to exchange with Sirius who gave his congratulation for Harry's seventeenth birthday a day later because he wasn't invited to come yesterday and that he had no way to communicate with any of them, not even knowing the address of the cottage. Harry only thanked his once godfather as he was now in age and not in need of an extra guardian.

"Right, I want to introduce you to the Tonkses. I don't know if you remember N-"

"It's Tonks! Just Tonks!"

"Nymphadora, don't cut people when they're talking."

"I wouldn't if cousin Sirius wasn't about to introduce me in a ridiculous name that my mother foolishly gave me upon birth!"

"I think it's fitting, dear. It's about your changing appearance!"

"Dad, stop, please! Not in front of new people!"

"So, Tonks, my beloved cousin Andromeda and her husband Ted."

"Full name's Edward Tonks, close friend call me Ted."

"Teddy if you're my mum," Tonks muttered.

If Harry was glad to excahnge with Tonks like he did in his youth and finally meet Tonks seniors, Remus got flustered when Tonks winked at him. Unfortunately, it didn't do unnoticed to Harry who winked at him immediately.

Thankfully, he was pulled out of the conversation by none other than Percy Weasley.

"Hey, Percy, how are you?"

"Great. I recently became the junior assistant of the minister Thicknesse."

"Wow, you know how to climb the ladder, don't you?"

"All thanks to you and your little game of string pulling. Also, I'm no fool and I know the minitry is controlled by the undersecretary. That's why I ask his permission to have the wedding a private matter and have a shield raised around the burrow. So for the rest of the world, the marriage is officially hold at the Burrow, as the existance of the portal because null two years ago when you disappeared."

"Huh, great job in seeing that far."

"That's not all. A new law will be passed shortly, concerning werewolves and Greyback, who was caught and will be sentenced in autumn. So keep up with the news."

Harry didn't get to know more after this. Just that Percy had promised Harry to make the changes of UK so both Remus and Harry could live peacefully again there.

 

Last year of school, except if people desire to have superior studies, the boys went to study at Mahoutokorou, in the air while Remus scavange close to Mongolia. Alice and Frank are resting in Macau, sometimes winning in the casino other trying to learn Chinise which's complicated when they heard about all the different pronunciations there were and differant dialects.

The news about Greyback fell first, for his multiple crimes of biting innocent children and transforming them in werewolves, he will work at Azkaban with the Dementor. 

Next, to help on the werewolves if Britain, the ministry will supplied the ingredients for wolfsbane potion and all the potion makers of the country had to brew some monthly quota and put it in disposition for the all the half-breed.

Anyone disagreeing to it will be sent to work with Greyback and the dementor.

Seeing that, with the Bac in the bag, Harry talked Remus into returning to his homecountry. But Remus wasn't fooled.

"You said if you did not have a proper inviation, you won't be setting foot again on the land. Don't think I forgot."

"Damn, I was hoping that you meeting Tonks would have mellow you."

Remus sputtered and couldn't find a responce to that.

"Come on. Till when will you hold yourself for my sake? She's great, Tonks and she made you feel things thanks to be an auror, mh?"

"She's also a lot younger than me. And she's not longer auror after the changes it occured in the ministry."

"Oh, what she doing, then? And who cares, she's in age! She did her own decisions!"

"Hit wizard. And I'm just taking thing slow. Being friends is good too."

"Isn't that the same? It's also too slow! She's a chick that likes adventures! Obviously, she thinks you can give her that!"

"I'm not sure, I never worked for the ministry. And don't put it that way."

"Well, it's true! She clearly had the hots for you! And she strikes me as Fleur kind of girl, maybe there'll be a wedding in a few years too!"

"Putting the cart before the horses, aren't you?"

"Come on, is it about the baby that could be born with werewolf gene? I think that from what we learn all around the world that can't be case, right? There's no risk!"

"Harry, I just don't want to start a family when I'm not ready to have a kid at the moment. I'm berely believing the luck I have to gain a wonderful woman's attention. Let's take it one step at time, alright?"

"Oh. Oh, Ok. Of course, yeah, if you're not ready yet, you shouldn't-"

"I know what it is to be a parent, and I know that it's way easier to give birth than to raise a kid. Tonks' young, yes, but she's also not actually in the best disposition to take care of someone else than herself."

"True that. Just wanting isn't enough."

"I know. And I would never subject this to anyone if I can help."

"If it could be any comfort, I'll stop you if you ever do that mistake. Besides, protection spell is always a thing."

"I'm not gonna have this kind of conversation with you."

"How the turn have tabled, huh."

"Speak understandably."

"Why? Feeling the generation separating us? Will you ever make a dad joke?"

"I never joke."

"Lie."

"I don't lie either. Maybe on the side during full moon."

"If that isn't a dad joke."

Remus changed the topic to ask him about his future project. 

Later, Harry did receive a personal invation from the undersecretary to stay whenever he like in the British isles at the condition that he supplied the elixir of life now that he finally succeeded in finishing it. Maybe Harry would agree on the deal, maybe he will just travel the world on dragon's back as he's so great with them despite no longer having a dragon patronus, maybe like Neville he will pursue additional studies in the University attached to Beaux Bâtons as his parents encouraged him or maybe he will stop like Ron did and instead play his favorite activity (chess for Ron, Quidditch for Harry).

Either way, Remus will support any of his decision, because that's what parent do and Harry's his pup.