Bloody Hell!

Chapter Two

In the next moment, he felt the pain return. He stiffened and tried to back away from Remus, not wanting to hurt him, but Remus didn't allow him to do so. Harry whimpered,

'Remus, please, let me go...'

Remus shook his head, and Harry bit his lip to not scream out loud. He stayed in Remus's arms and his whole body shook. Remus sat there, slowly rocking the trembling body and was shocked to see his face changing. His eyelashes were becoming thicker, his eyebrows more elegant, his cheekbones higher, and his hair longer and more tameable. In the last three weeks, he didn't notice that! However, he did notice his hands, which were now longer, his fingers too. His knobbly knees were gone and he was more muscular. Suddenly it hit him, why Harry was changing. He remembered the night Lily told him everything, and then Obliviated him. He felt his memories returning. Then he felt the boy stop shaking and he pulled him even closer. He looked at Snape and noticed a blank expression. He quietly said,

'Severus, I have to speak to you, now.'

Snape nodded and with his cloak billowing behind him, stormed off to the dungeons. Remus put the small boy on the bed and pulled the covers to his neck. He then did something he had never done before. He kissed Harry on his forehead. With a short nod at the Headmaster of Hogwarts he too, was off. When he came to the Dungeons, he walked in the classroom. He saw Snape, sitting in his office, drinking tea. There was a cup for him too. He stepped in the office and sat on the armchair near the fireplace. He said,

'Thank you, Severus. I have to ask you a few questions, though.'

Snape irritably nodded and Remus continued,

'Did you notice how Harry is changing?'

Snape's face was empty of all emotions. Remus continued,

'I know you were Lily's boyfriend before she married James. I must know, Severus. Did you two... sleep together?'

Snape's face contorted in rage when he sneered,

'That's none of your business!'

'It is my bloody business! Lily told me she discovered you were a Death Eater one night, and she broke up with you as she did that! She told me, she married James to forget you and to give her unborn child a father.'

Snape was quiet.

'Did you sleep with her? Bloody hell, Severus! Answer me!'

Snape gazed in the crackling fire and started talking,

'Yes, I did sleep with Lily. But only once, Remus, only once. It was two months later, that she discovered I was a Death Eater and ran away from me. The next week, I found out, she was marrying Potter. And then, several months later, she gave birth to Harry.'

Remus gaped at him,

'So you knew of the possibility that Harry is your son?'

Severus nodded and continued,

'Though, when I first set my eyes on him, he looked so much like James that all my hopes vanished. For me, he was a bloody Potter. And I hated him for that. I hated James that he stole what should be mine. He stole Lily, and the baby that should be my son or my daughter.'

Remus shook his head,

'I was the one that first saw the baby, Severus, and it didn't look like James at all. It looked like you. I don't know what they did to him, but it's wearing off now and Harry's in pain because of that. Severus, you do realise that Harry is your son. Do you?'

Snape stared at Remus, and then apprehension showed on his face. He put it in his hands and said,

'Yes, I do, Remus. God, Harry is my son! I have a son!'

'Yes, Severus, a son who thinks you hate him! Who doesn't know you're his father. You have to tell him, Severus!'

Severus nodded and said,

'But how? And when?'

Remus chuckled to himself and answered,

'The sooner, the better. You know him, Severus. When he will find out he's changing, he'll try to find out why, and then, what will you do?'

'Why are you being so damn nice to me?'

Remus shook his head and replied,

'Well, for one, I never liked what James and... Sirius did to you, but I didn't want to lose their friendship. I was a coward, Severus. I'm just acting like I should years ago.'

Severus seemed to think about Remus's word for a moment and then he nodded. Remus continued,

'Do you think we can put our differences, and old grudges, aside? For Harry's sake. He will need us now. He will need us more than you can imagine. You heard of his new powers. Even before he gained them, he was special. He was... still is, mind you... the boy-who-lived, the boy who escaped Voldemort more times than any of us and came out alive. He's so special, Severus.'

All Snape did was give Remus a small nod. Remus put a finger on his temples and thought for a moment, then asked,

'Tell me, why are you always on Harry's case?'

Snape looked away and murmured something, then coughed and said,

'I thought he lived a perfect life with his Muggles. I thought... I thought he was a spoiled little brat. I know I was wrong now. I was blind. I should have known at once what a life he had. He was always thinner in September than in June when he went back to his family, if I can call those... those Dursleys one. He was never happy on the last day here. He never got any mail, excluding Black, of course. He always stayed at school in holidays. He...'

Snape stopped and drank a sip of his already cold tea, and then he continued,

'Although, it was all an act. I had to act. The children of the Death Eaters were at school, so I had to favour them, hate all the Gryffindors, and especially, torment Harry. If I was kind to him, they would have reported to their mothers and fathers and I wouldn't have been so well accepted back in the Death Eater circles, if the Dark Lord ever came back, for I knew he will return one day, and for that day, I had to be prepared. The Dark Lord barely trusts me now, and I know that if he knew what I have done, I would be dead now.'

There was a silence over the Potions Master's office. Both men were in thought and both were thinking of a boy. A very special boy, whose name was Harry Potter. After a few minutes, Remus said,

'You will have to let him know it is all an act, though. His whole life is and will be turned on its head and it will be hard for him, thinking that you really mean what you say to him.'

Severus nodded and stood up.

'I'm going to make a few potions now, so if you will excuse me.'

Remus nodded and also stood up. He left the Potions Master in his thoughts and retreated to the Hospital Wing.

~8~8~8~8~

When Dumbledore also went on his way, Harry sank in his bed, thoroughly exhausted. He was almost fast asleep when he heard tapping on the window. He stood up and opened it. It was an owl. On her leg, there were some letters, which Harry recognized. They were the letters he hadn't had the chance to open at Privet Drive. He released the owl of her burden and sat on the bed. He picked the first letter and saw that it was from the Magical Law Enforcement Department. He opened it and read,

Dear Mr Potter,

We are writing to you in the matter of Sirius Black's Will, which was supposed to be read at third of July. As we couldn't contact you, it wasn't read, but we copied it and we sent it to you. You can find it in the envelope. As you are the main heir of Mr Black's fortune and as you were his godson, you are also the heir of all his possessions, which are given from a father to son.

We are sorry for your loss!

Yours sincerely,

Amelia Susan Bones,

Magical Law Enforcement Department,

Ministry of Magic

Harry sat there, a great lump making itself in his throat. He shuffled with the envelope and put out the Will. He read it through and found himself staring at it, tears freely pouring down his face.

'Sirius? Sirius, can you hear me?'

Harry desperately sent to his dead godfather. There was a moment's silence and all of sudden he heard Sirius's voice.

'Harry?!? What... How... Why...'

'Sirius, please calm down or I'll have to finish the connection and then I think I'll be too exhausted to put it on again.'

'Okay, okay... I'm calm... HOW IN THE HELL SHOULD I CALM DOWN? CALM DOWN HE SAYS! WHERE ARE YOU?!?'

'Sirius, please, I don't want to lose my ears! I'm in the Hospital Wing at Hogwarts...'

'Why are you in the Hospital Wing? Is something wrong?' Sirius's a little calmer voice was heard in Harry's head.

'Well, I am alright now. But I wasn't before.'

'What happened?'

'The Dursleys happened.'

'What did they do?'

'Beat me up...'

'WHAT?!? THOSE SLIMY... THOSE FILTHY... THOSE... THOSE... I'D KILL THEM, IF I COULD!!!'

'Sirius, please, it's okay now, I'm gone from there! Remus and Snape picked me up and brought me here.'

'Oh. Snape brought you here. That's a miracle... Snape willing to help you, that is.'

'Yeah, I know. You should hear them though, how they gasped when I called them.'

'Why?'

'I called them in their minds...'

'Like the telepaths can do?'

'Exactly like that.'

'But you aren't a telepath...'

'I am now.'

There was a shocked silence and Sirius said,

'How can you be a telepath? You can't just gain the power, you must inherit it...'

'Well, I kind of did inherit it. You see, some people came to me on my birthday... Well, I went to them, truth to be told.'

'You know, this is getting stranger and stranger.'

'Tell me about it.'

'Okay, who did you visit?'

'Er ... Er ... Bloody hell, I don't know how to say it.'

'That bad, hmm?'

'You have no idea. Okay, here it goes. I met Salazar Slytherin, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Godric Gryffindor.'

'...'

'Sirius, you okay?'

'...You met the Founders of Hogwarts?'

'Yeah, I did.'

'The Hogwarts Founders...'

'Sirius, snap out of it.'

'Hmm? Oh, okay. I'm cool, I'm cool.'

Harry chuckled at Sirius's antics.

'They are my ancestors, Sirius.'

'Wow, Harry. Really?'

'You think I would make a joke about something so serious?'

'No, you wouldn't. But James would.'

'Sirius, I'm not James.'

'I know, I know. Sorry.'

'Okay. They gave me some powers. Geese, I'm even more special now.'

'Harry, there is no need to be sarcastic, you know.'

'Yeah, sorry. Well, they gave me so much power and knowledge that I could defeat Voldemort with my left little finger, I suppose.'

'Will you tell me already, which abilities they gave you?'

'Sure. As you hear me, I am able to talk to the dead...'

'Yeah, I figured that out, by now.'

'Please, don't interrupt me, or I'll never tell you.'

'Sorry,' came Sirius's sheepish answer. Harry thought for a moment and then told him everything, including the wandless magic ability, which he didn't tell to Dumbledore, Snape, and Remus. When he finished, there was a short pause and then Sirius said,

'I am very proud of you, Harry. Although I don't know why you didn't tell Dumbledore about the wandless magic thing.'

'I thought that I should have at least one secret weapon that Dumbledore knows nothing about.'

'Smart kid, you are.'

'Sirius, be serious.'

'What do you think my name is, Orion?'

'Sirius...'

'Geese, Harry! Don't you get the joke?'

'How can you be so insensitive?'

'Me!?! Insensitive!?! You hurt me...'

'Sirius, you died! Why do you think I'm not laughing!?! And why the hell did you leave me everything in your will?'

'Don't change the sub... You read it?'

'Yes, I did. I got the letter from the Magical Law Department just a few minutes ago and I...'

'Yes...'

'I became sort of desperate. I should learn Occlumency. I wouldn't have had the dream if I learnt it. You wouldn't be d...'

'Stop there right this instant! Listen to me, Harry! THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT! Got it into that thick scull of yours? Yes, you should learn Occlumency, but you couldn't know, what Voldemort planned... It's kind of my fault too, I should remain at the Grimmauld Place and not jump up to Snape's bait. Nevertheless, you have to know, it is not your fault... And if it was, I wouldn't blame you. Heck, Harry! I love you! I love you like a son. Bloody hell, you practically are my son, and I wouldn't want any other.'

'Thanks, Sirius. I needed to hear that... I love you too.'

'Now look what you've done... Got me to cry...'

Harry laughed through his own tears. There was a quiet cough behind him and Harry swirled around and saw Remus standing near his bed, waiting for him to acknowledge him. He smiled apologetically and sent to Sirius,

'Sirius, I have to go now, Remus came to the Infirmary and is looking at me strange. I'll contact you later, okay?'

'Sure, kiddo. Tell Remus I miss him!'

'Will do! Bye!'

'Sorry Remus... I was talking to Sirius...'

Remus nodded and cleared his throat.

'I just wanted to tell you, that no matter what you do or say, I will be always there for you.'

Harry smiled and replied,

'Thank you, Remus. This means a lot to me.'

He stretched and hugged Remus around the middle. Remus patted his head and kissed his black mop of hair.

~8~8~8~8~

They parted a few minutes later and Harry said,

'Sirius told me to tell you that he misses you.'

Remus's eyes became somewhat misty and his voice cracked a little,

'Thanks, Harry.'

Harry smiled up to him, sat back down on the bed, and picked up the next letter. It also had a Ministry seal on it and he tore it open.

'What do you reckon, Remus? Who sent it?'

Remus looked at the letter and his eyes lit up,

'I think Harry, that this letter contains your OWL results.'

Harry quickly opened the papers and read them to Remus,

Dear Mr Potter,

I am glad to say, we have finished the examination of your OWL exams. Here are your scores:

PRACTICAL EXAMS:

Transfiguration: O

Charms: O

Defence Against Dark Arts: O

Herbology: E

Potions: O

Care of Magical Creatures: O

Divination: P (not passed)

Astronomy: P (not passed)

History of Magic: A

WRITTEN EXAMS:

Transfiguration: E

Charms: O

Defence Against Dark Arts: O

Herbology: E

Potions: E

Care of Magical Creatures: O

Divination: A

Astronomy: E

History of Magic: A

With these marks, you have gotten 16 OWLs out of 18.

Enjoy your holidays,

Griselda Marchbanks,

Wizarding Examinations Authority Department

When Harry finished reading, he just sat there in shock. Sixteen OWLs? He got 16 OWLs? Remus's voice broke the swirl of thoughts in his head,

'Harry! Bravo! You've done great!'

Harry shook himself and replied,

'Yeah, I can't believe it!

'I'm very proud of you Harry.'

Harry smiled and said,

'How about we open the last letter?'

Remus shrugged and replied,

'Okay.'

Harry opened the last letter and it was the letter from Hogwarts.

Dear Mr Potter,

Please note that the new school year will begin on September 1. The Hogwarts Express will leave from King's Cross-Station, platform nine and three quarters, at eleven o'clock.

As you have now entered your sixth year you will be able to drop a few subjects, but you will have to pick two new ones. On the other piece of parchment, there will be some subjects from which you will have to choose.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall,

Deputy Headmistress

Harry picked the next parchment,

These are the subjects, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, has prepared for sixth and seventh years.

~HEALING

~DIVINATION

~ARITHMANCY

~ANCIENT RUNES

~CARE OF MAGICAL CREATURES

~DUELLING

Please note, you have to choose two subjects from this list,

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall,

Deputy Headmistress

There was another letter in the school's official envelope.

Dear Mr Potter,

I am pleased to inform you, that the lifelong Quidditch ban you have, is now lifted.

Enjoy your holidays,

Albus Dumbledore,

Headmaster

Harry made a whoop and laughed. Suddenly, the door to the Infirmary opened with a bang.