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You Complete Me	By : Giovanna Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Tom Views: 32224 -:- Recommendations : 9 -:- Currently Reading : 12
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Chapter List
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Chapter 6: I’ll Stand by My Cub
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(Flashback to the day of the fire)
Arabella Figg, known to the Wizarding world as a squib, was born to magical parents but had no magic of her own. She was lonely; her only company was her cats and the occasional visit from Harry Potter, who to the Wizarding world was a hero. For eleven years she watched over the little boy, only taking a vacation for herself when he was in school at Hogwarts. She knew how his family treated him. She told the Headmaster in many letters that Harry was not being cared for properly. While the father and son grew larger and larger in size, Harry shrunk. Yet, each time she wrote to him, his response was the same. “All is not has it seems,” the Headmaster would say.
There were guards that watched his family but they did not see what she saw. She saw the bruises on the boy far too often. The time he broke his arm, his family did not seem to care. It worried her greatly that the Headmaster did not seem concern about the young man but what could she do. No one would listen to the word of a squib. To the Wizarding world she does not exist, even to her family. She’s an outcast, a leper within the Wizarding world.
She joined and became a member of the Order of Phoenix hoping it would give her some standing in the Wizarding world but how can it help her in what she wanted if no one knew where she was or who she watched after? It was times like this she wanted to pack all her belongings and leave England and all this war business behind, she was not a fighter nor was she a killer.
She was coming from her daily exercise when she saw there was a commotion happening on her block. When she went for her walk the block was quiet, there were no guards watching the street because the Headmaster felt Harry was safe with his family. As she got closer she saw that the house Harry lived in was on fire, most people would only see flames but as a squib she could see magical things. Above the burning house in black smoke was the shape of a black Phoenix, she gasped, could a member of the order of the phoenix have done this?
She walked closer to the crowd “What a shame” she heard one of her neighbor’s say,
“The family was inside, burnt to a crisp all of ‘em. Fire department said the doors were locked bolted from the inside. They think the family was in a cult and killed themselves. And they seemed like such a nice family too.” She grabbed the person shaking them,
“You have to be lying, I don't believe you! Tell me you're lying!” She yelled frantically, looking like a mad woman.
“Look, I'm sorry lady if they were your family but they did not survive, the fireman confirmed it.”
Putting her hand over her mouth, she shook and thought of Harry. Harry was inside there, what were they going to do? All is lost she thought, never realizing she said this out loud. Tears ran down her face, she would have to tell the Headmaster. Pushing her way to through the crowd, she ran home not even stopping to pet her cats. Throwing floo powder in the fireplace, she shouted “Hogwarts, Dumbledore’s office.” He was sitting behind his desk and he looked up when he saw her.
“Arabella, I told you not to call me here unless it is an emergency. What is it you want? If it is more money, you will have to wait.” He snapped before she could get a word out.
“He’s dead!” she screamed.
“Who’s dead, what are you blathering on about woman?” he said impatiently.
“Harry, you old fool, he’s dead. Gone all gone…hope is lost,” she sagged her shoulders as she said those words and began to cry again.
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Dumbledore was shocked. That’s impossible, he thought. He would know if Harry was dead. All of his well-placed artifacts in his office are keyed into Harry. He would know if Harry was dead or not. He told her to step back he was coming over. She did as she was told; he stepped from around his desk and walked through the fireplace. She stood at the other side of the room; her shoulders were shaking as she cried hysterically.
“Arabella, I would advise you to calm down my dear, I can also assure you Harry is very much alive.”
She sniffed, wiped her tear stained cheeks, “Then, if that’s true where is he? He knows he could come to me.” Dumbledore watches as her expression turned from sorrow to confusion. “He does know he can come to me right?”
Dumbledore sighed; he really was not in the mood to assuage the daft woman conscience. “I am sure that whereever he is he knows that you are there for him. There is a good chance he was not in the house when the fire happened.”
“Then, why is he not here? She asked him. Lowering her eyes, she stared at something on her rugs. “I should have taken him from them; I knew he was not being treated right. I told you time and time again that they were starving and beating him and god knows what else. But, you would not listen to me and now he is gone.” She became frantic again, “All hope is lost for us, what are we going to do, Albus?”
Pinching the bridge of his knows to compose his mind and magic, “All is not lost Arabella, Harry will go on to defeat Voldemort then the Wizarding world will be able to live in peace. We will find him”
She snapped her head up, “You better Albus or I will tell anyone that would listen that you caused Harry’s death. I might be a squib but I know everything, Albus.”
“How dare you threaten me, I think you have forgotten exactly who I and what I am, Arabella. I am Albus Percival Wulfrc Brian Dumbledore, the leader of the light powerful in all things and a mere squib thinks she can threaten me, don't make me laugh.”
He could see he quiver just a bit in fear but she stood her ground, “You are as evil as the man you claim to hunt. If the world knew how truly manipulative you are, you would lose your followers.”
He purposely dropped his glamour; he made sure she saw that his eyes no longer twinkled, stalking over to her. He reached out with one hand grabbed her by the throat, picking her up off the ground, leaving her feet dangling in the air. “I am very sorry my dear, after today you will no longer talk…” clenching his fingers tightly around her neck, cutting off the air to her windpipe.
She reached up and gripped his forearms. She pulled at his arm, trying to dislodge his fingers but the more she tried, the harder he squeezed. He used his other hand and covered her nose and mouth, making sure she had no other way to breath. He watched as her eyes bulged and her faced turned colors. Her fighting became weak, it took only a few minutes and she was dead. For good measure, he twisted her head to the side until he heard a satisfying crack.
When he was satisfied she was completely dead, he vanished any traces that he had been there. He looked over at her body, gloating “I think you have learned Arabella, I do not take kindly to threats.” He walked over to the fireplace that was still open to his office and stepped through it, nonchalantly. He acted as if nothing was out of order. He certainly was not thinking of the woman he just killed with his bare hands. Dumbledore wasn't feeling any remorse. He was thinking only about where Harry Potter was.
He wondered ‘Could Tom have been the one to do it? It was not his style he would want me to know immediately.’ Looking over the artifacts in his office that are connected Harry, he noticed that they all showed that he was still alive. He had to call an Order meeting; the search for Harry was paramount. He wrote a message giving it to Fawkes, his trusted Phoenix, who flashed out of his sight to do as asked. Now, all he had to do was find Harry and keep a tight leash on the Order.
The only problem he had beside Harry was that damn werewolf. Since the mutt’s death, he'd been out of control, now with Harry missing he feared he would be completely out of control. Using the confundus charm on him as it was useless on werewolves, his only recourse was to either kill him or lock him away. The question was how to do it. He needed to meet with his trusted Order members on how best to deal with Remus.
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Harry, Neville, Luna and Seamus were sitting down to dinner when there was a flash in the room. “Why hello Fawkes, to what do I owe this visit, the old man being a pain again?” asked Harry. She flew over to Harry and landed on his shoulder, nipping at his ear affectionately. Fawkes sang for Harry, but in the music was a message.
“The old man knows you have gone missing; he has sent me to deliver a message for his allies to meet. Be careful my heir, he is dangerous…his heart is corrupted…his hands are stained with blood of another, the one who was sent to watch over you...” she sang.
Harry sat listening to what Fawkes sang, as the heir to Gryffindor she was loyal to him. It was not common knowledge that Fawkes belonged to Godric Gryffindor. After he ascended with the other founders, she stayed as a fixture in the castle. She had waited for the next heir who was strong enough to warrant her trust. The first time Harry stared into her flaming eyes, she branded him as hers and she also showed him her true form. Others saw her coloring of yellow and gold. However, Fawkes’ true colors are black and her flames are the color of purple with a touch of violet. Fawkes is a rare Phoenix. Where others die and are reborn every so often, Fawkes is reborn whenever she wishes. To those she is loyal to, her flames are not harmful. As with her tears, which heal the body, her flames if touched will heal the mind. This is a very close kept secret. After finding out what Fawkes could do, he decided after everything with Dumbledore is taken care of he will heal the mind of his brother’s parents as a gift for taking him in.
Looking up at Fawkes now as she peered at him, he bowed his head in recognition of her song, taking her words to heart. Reaching up, he caressed her feathers. “Thank you my friend, I will be on guard. Deliver the message as requested.”
She sang again, “I will await you this coming year.” With that, she flashed out of Harry and the others’ sight.
“Dumbledore knows I am not at the Dursely’s.” He told the people he considered his brothers and sisters.
“After tomorrow Harry, you will not need to pretend, things will change dramatically for all of us. It will be for the better,” Luna stated.
They all nodded their heads, and then dug into their dinner.
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*Number 12 Grimmauld Place*
Everyone was gathered at the Order headquarters waiting for the Headmaster to show up. Four redheads sat opposite each other at the kitchen table waiting for Dumbledore to arrive. Fred and George made sure they had the equipment they needed. Harry had taken them to the muggle world and showed them recording devices that they could use to covertly record the meetings. However, because muggle technology and magic cannot work together, the twins designed their own.
With the inspiration of muggle camera technology, they developed their own magical recording device, which resemble a button or cufflink. In order to watch it, all they had to do was tap their wand to the device and they could watch it play the events with sound and color without being drawn into it like a pensive. The Headmaster arrived giving everyone a greeting as he moved up to the head of the table. He looked around making sure all the right people were there. Their mother and father sat on either side of the Headmaster, Moody sat beside their mother, Ron, Hermione and Ginny sat opposite their mother and Moody.
It often surprised Fred and George that Hermione never spent time with her family; didn't she like her parents? It was often a topic of discussion between the twins and Harry: the fact that she was never with her parents. Snape sat in the far corner looking just as uninterested to be there as he always did. The only person who sat near him was Remus, he was leaning against the door jam with a very menacing look on his face. Since the date of his best friend and lover’s death, he’s been acting very strange. The twins looked at each other, then at Charlie and Billy and tipped their heads discreetly in Remus’s direction. Nodding their head, they understood they would need talk to the werewolf before leaving headquarters. The Headmaster cleared his throat to get everyone’s attention.
Their mother spoke first, “Albus, what is the meaning of this meeting? Has you-know-who done something more?”
Shaking his head, the Headmaster spoke “I heard some distressing news. It appears that Harry’s family was murdered today.” Everyone in the room gasped, before he could be bombarded with questions he went on “They were burned to death. It is unclear as to whether Harry was near the home when it was burned. However, all indications show that he is alive.”
An angry growl echoed the room, startling everyone even the twins “So what you’re fucking telling us is that you have no idea where the fuck my godson is?”
When the twins turned to look, they saw Remus’s eyes glowing almost yellow as if his wolf would take over any minute. He was breathing heavy and his face was changing. Most were shocked that Remus would show his rage but many forgot how close Harry had become with him and Sirius.
Dumbledore made the mistake of opening his mouth and saying the wrong thing, thought the twins “Remus, please calm down. We will find Harry and bring him here, where it is safe.”
“Safe, SAFE! If here is so fucking safe, why is he not living here? You told us he was SAFE with his family because of blood wards and now you're saying here is SAFE. Doesn't that sound a bit contradictory, Albus? You are a bloody liar. I refuse to sit here and listen to you say another word about protecting Harry. If you really cared for him, he would be living here instead of with people who abused and starved him!” with that he left the room, going to his room and slamming the door.
Again the twins looked at each other; this is a side of Remus they'd never seen before. It made them proud. The other occupants in the room were shocked. No one said another word for what seem like forever.
A voice of reason spoke up which again surprised the entire room. “Albus, as much as I hate to agree with the wolf he is right. If Potter was much safer here from the Dark Lord, why was he not living here in the first place? As much as I detest the boy, you keep telling us we need him to defeat the Dark Lord and now it seems your savior is missing. And before you ask the Dark Lord to my knowledge did not kill his family. Did it ever occur to you that Petunia and her husband were not the best muggles to send Harry to?”
It seemed they had another ally in the midst. Still they would have to watch him more closely.
“Severus, I did what I thought was best. Growing up with his family was for the greater good.”
Snape stood, “Well, I guess your greater good is now missing. If you'll excuse me, I have potions to brew. Call me when you have something more important to tell me.” With that he left Number 12. Again, the room was left speechless.
“Albus, what are we going to do? We cannot win this war without the boy.” Professor McGonagall spoke up for the first time since entering the room.
“That is why it is important for us to find him. Mr. Weasley, Ms. Granger, have you heard from Harry since the summer began?”
The little-miss-know-it all piped up, seeming to enjoy the opportunity to finally speak, “Yes, Professor he wrote me back two days ago to let me know he was fine, and that his family is treating him better this year.”
“Are you sure it was Harry and not his Uncle or Aunt who wrote it, to make us think all is well when it’s not?” Bill asked.
“Oy Bill, we know what Harry’s handwriting looks like, it was from him. What do take us for bloody idiots?”
The twins were about to answer but one look from Charlie stopped them.
“Did you see the house, Albus?” Moody asked critically “Do you know if it was set by muggles or by magical means? I don't want to take Snape’s word but he has a point. Could Harry’s uncle be involved in something that was illegal?”
“That is what we are going to find out Alastor , I want you to take Dedalus and search the property. Then, I want you to report back to me. The rest of us will separate and search for Harry. Report back to me on anything you find.” As he finished, everyone got up to do what he or she needed to do. It did not escape the twins’ notice that the Headmaster stopped their mother, Ron, Hermione and Ginny from leaving the room.
Making sure that everyone went about their business, the four redheads stopped. No words needed to be said as Charlie and Bill walked over to the room Remus went into. Before the last person left and the door to the meeting room was closed, the twins cast an advanced disillusion charm, one they came up with on themselves. When they walked into the room unnoticed, Dumbledore’s anger finally showed.
“How dare that little bastard disappear on me, after all that I have invested in him? We need to find him before the school year begins. Inquire to all of your friends, see if he contacted them or if they are staying with him.”
“Yes Professor,” they all said together.
Sighing and pinching the bridge of his nose, “The other reason I wanted to speak to you all is how to deal with the wolf; he is becoming unstable and unmanageable. I don’t know how much longer I can be around the filthy beast. I thought about sending him on a very dangerous mission, one that would get him killed but then I’d have to deal with an unmanageable Harry.”
Their mother, always the one to follow Dumbledore even to her death, replied “If it was only so easy as to poison him then we wouldn't have to get our hands dirty.”
“But why can't we? If we found a way to mix it into his Wolfsbane potion, it would mask the smell. This way it would kill him while he transformed.” And there was the know-it-all they've come to hate thought the twins, with a look at each other.
“It would require some research, if only I could get into the Black library. Think of all the books on poisons they have.” She went on with a dreamy expression.
“No matter. That will be your job, Mr & Miss Weasley will do the search for Harry, and you will return to Hogwarts and look in the library. I will procure the potion from Severus; the full moon is three weeks away. Find me the perfect poison, Mr. Granger I want to hear him scream as he dies. Run along I need to speak with Molly a bit longer.”
Ron, Hermione and Ginny left the room, the twins still hidden stayed behind to hear what was to being discussed. “Molly, my dear,” he said as she got up then walked over to him he pulled her into his arms hugging her to him.
“Albus, how much longer must I stay with that man? I can no longer sleep next to him; you are who and what I want. The charm we put on Ron and Ginny will soon fade and the parentage of their father will be known, how much longer must we hide our love? I do not need to worry about Percy he is the only one of Arthur's children I can stand. Percy is the only that will do as I say without asking any questions.”
Lifting her face to him, he bent and kissed her on the lips, soothing her worry. “The moment Ginny marries Harry. We'll kill him, and then we will get all he has. Then we will kill Arthur and the rest of his blood and live as one big happy family, how does that sound my little lamb?”
She smiled, her eyes twinkling “It sounds perfect Albus, simply perfect.”
They stayed in the room a bit longer kissing unaware they had an audience. Once they left, the twins rushed to Remus’s room giving the secret knock only Bill and Charlie knew. Once in the room, they nodded to Bill to cast the strongest silencing charm they could. Then, they let go and laughed. Bill, Charlie and Remus looked at the twins as if they had lost their bloody minds.
“If you two hens will stop cackling for a minute, we have someone we need to talk to.” Bill told them.
Getting very serious they looked at Remus “What we are about,” Fred said.
“To share with you,” continued George.
“Cannot leave this room. We will require you to take a vow,” the twins declared together.
Remus looked in the twins’ faces. “All I want to know is Harry okay? And wherever he is I want in.” This shocked them.
“You have no idea what they are about to say,” said Bill
Remus got a determined look on his face. “I don’t care. If Harry went and joined Voldemort, I will stand by him. I am sick of standing on the sidelines while Dumbledore uses him to add to his own power and for his own personal gain. He took James, Sirius and Lily from me, I will not let him take my cub away from me too.” When he finished, he was breathing hard again as if his wolf wanted to come out.
“We will still require the vow,” said the twins together. “Harry’s safety is our top priority.”
“I, Remus John Lupin, do solemnly swear that I will stand by Harrison James Potter-Black as his guide and father in all things, no matter what. If I do not abide by my words, let me live the rest of my days as a crazed werewolf. So mote it be.”
“Remus, do you know what you are saying?” a shocked Charlie responded.
“Yes I do, Harry is all I have left and I intend to keep him.”
“Then my friend welcome to the “Black Wolf Pack” cheered the twins. “Now, the first order of business is to get out of here. That includes you Remus, because Dumbledore plans to kill you in three weeks, and that is something we cannot have.”
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