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“Yo Headmaster!” Albus had to keep from scowling as he saw the last people he ever wanted to see standing there … James Potter, Lily Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin … Why were they here?
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With a slight flick of the wand hidden in his bright blue robes all the plans and blueprints for Severus’s home flew off to another room as Albus steeled himself to deal with these idiots “Mr. Potter, Mr. Black-”
“I know I know, we aren’t students so there’s no reason to be formal” James grinned as he and the others rudely pushed their way into the house. Remus was the only one who waited patiently for Albus to let him in. The headmaster had the Marauders at the top of his ‘worst student’ list basically since day 1 even without the knowledge of their pranking and then Lily was added when he discovered she knew about James harassing Severus, but did nothing. They were his least favorite students and the reason Gellert ran for Minister, but despite the others he always had a soft spot for Remus.
Albus smiled at the polite werewolf “come in Remus, it has been too long” Remus beamed happily and came in “Tea?”
“yeah, I’ll take some” James exclaimed, but his grin faltered as Albus only poured two cups of tea. One cup was given to Remus, who sheepishly sipped it while trying to avoid eye contact, and the headmaster took the other. The werewolf seemed to understand a hidden message that no one else did “err … you must be getting old-”
“so why are you here?” Albus asked in a deceitfully kind voice fully aware that he interrupted one of James’s corny jokes. A ring on Remus’s finger made him frown internally. He was more determined to fix some things …
James twitched, it felt like he was being scolded “we heard that there have been changes at Hogwarts so we thought we’d stop by and get the story” he said though Albus knew it wasn’t true. Gellert told him that the Potters have been trying to make appoints to see him at the ministry so when that didn’t work they must’ve decided to come here.
“yeah! And lets start with you dropping Snape! It’s about time” Sirius exclaimed smugly. It has been their life mission, it seems, to crush Severus’s life at every turn. Even during a war or with kids they made hurting the potion master their top priority in life. It didn’t escape his notice that James and Lily didn’t seem interested in this topic. Why were they really here? What do they really want and why is Sirius and Remus with them if it’s clear they aren’t here for the same things? Sirius was probably here to do more of the talking for James, but they clearly weren’t on the same page. Remus was dragged along because Albus cared about him … maybe he can take advantage of this disconnect …
The headmaster sipped his tea calmly “dropping? I don’t know what gave you that idea. Severus’s contract expired and he took the opportunity to travel. He found the perfect job for him researching potions overseas. Oh, that reminds me!” Albus summoned a vial from the shelf in and handed it to Remus “though Severus is away he’s still going make your Wolfsbane potion and for free as always. He should have a much easier time there. Making the Wolfsbane potion is child’s play for Severus, but it is outrageously expensive especially for someone who came from a poor family on a teacher’s salary”
Yes, he knew that he was nudging the personal boundaries, but it was time some things were cleared up. Albus could see Remus look confused and shot Lily a look, but she avoided his eyes. So Lily clearly knew about Severus’s constant family trouble. However Albus wondered if she cared enough to notice the abuse … he doubted it. Severus may have adored her because she was his first friend, but neither Albus nor Gellert believed she was ever a good friend. After all she knew that James and Sirius were playing horrible pranks on Severus and she never reported it. Gellert suspected that she was using those opportunities to get close to James and Albus agreed. Perhaps none of them were aware of the truth. All those years of covering up for the Marauders will come back to bite her …
“what the hell kind of place would want Snivelius? Do they know that he’s Death Eater scum?!” Sirius snapped furiously, but was immediately shut up as the air began to crackle with magic. The headmaster was beyond pissed …
“Severus had a painful and abusive childhood. He became angry and for a moment fell into the Dark, but only for a moment. You all owe Severus your lives because if not for him the war with Voldemort would still be going. Don’t ever call him names! Least of all in front of me! Greedy, ungrateful fools like you three will give him respect or you will leave this instance!” Albus said in a dangerously calm tone as his magic whipped around the room. Remus was, yet again, excluded from the headmaster’s wrath.
Lily froze, she thought back and winced as she remembered many moments where Severus had bruises he didn’t explain … well really she never asked or cared at the time, but after what she did to a certain eldest son she was finding it hard not to feel guilty “Severus was abused?”
“you were once his friend or you claimed to be at least. You were also smart so are you really saying you never noticed? Well I suppose you were to busy making sure no one knew about James and Sirius’s pranking to care” Lily flinched at the harsh tone in the headmasters voice.
James looked like he was just trying to stay calm even though his wife looked like she was about to cry “now Albus please, this isn’t necessary. We only came to learn about the school changing the entrance year from 11 to 10 and about the representative bringing the information. Besides you shouldn’t go pointing fingers as far as cover ups are concerned”
It sounded like a good argument for he was talking about the incident during one full moon where Severus was nearly killed after Sirius lured him to Remus’ hide away. The news never got out so Albus must’ve covered it up, but there’s much more to that story and it would finally be told.
Albus smiled sweetly as a pulse of magic filled the air “ahh yes, but there is more to that incident resulting from that fateful full moon issue” Remus raised an eyebrow not knowing what the headmaster was implying. As much as he would’ve liked to argue what was said about Lily he found himself curious at everything about Severus “and since you brought it up I can explain”
Both James and Sirius paled and Lily flinched. Remus’s eyes narrowed, there was something going on, but why was he being left out of the loop?
“what is this all about Albus?” Remus asked curiously.
Sirius chuckled nervously “it’s nothing Remmy-”
“oh Mr. Black, it’s far from nothing and James brought it up meaning the oath his father made me take was broken” Albus flashed the three fools a little extra twinkle in the eyes before turning to Remus “Remus I vow that what I’m about to say is true-”
“whoa! Look at the time! We should go!” Sirius exclaimed while leaping to his feet.
Remus didn’t even spare them a glance “you guys go, I’m staying” he said sternly. The stench of fear was rolling off them in waves and after a few moments they retreated from the headmaster’s home.
The old wizard sighed “cowards to the very end. It’s shameful to the Gryfinndor house … I should really have a heart to heart with stupid Sorting Hat” Albus took a deep breath to calm himself and once his magic settled he turned to Remus “I swear on my magic that what I’m going to say is the truth … that event during the full moon years ago, when Severus stumbled on you in the Shrieking Shack, it was not an accident. Sirius told Severus you were hurt and Severus went to help you. Just as you were changing into your wolf form Severus found you and you attacked him”
“what? I was told …” Remus trailed off knowing that it was pointless trying to deny it when Albus swore on his magic that he was telling the truth.
A sad smile came to the old wizard’s lips “I know … you were told that Severus was looking for ways to hurt the Marauders and he decided to investigate your strange movements thereby running into you, but that’s not true. I don’t know who told you that story, but I didn’t and I couldn’t”
The werewolf swallowed, but a knot in his throat was making it difficult “Lily told me”
Albus felt his heart clench as he heard Remus’s tone. The poor werewolf was trying not to cry “that’s why you believed what was said about Severus … after Severus walked into danger he tried to lead you outside to trap so neither of you got hurt. He had a sleeping potion ready, but before he could do anything James intervened. The only injuries Severus sustained were from something with hooves tramping him, which was a bit vague on James’s side of the story, but Severus was adamant that he was knocked out by something else and that you didn’t hurt him”
With his mind spinning Remus clenched his tea cup. After a few seconds he started to piece together what happened. The people he trusted with his secret allowed someone to be attacked by him. Then they covered it up. The person he never helped was the person who came to help him. Did they care about Severus at all? Did they care about his own feelings? How he would feel if he woke up next to a bloodied body or an injured person he infected? It was already too much to take in, but there was even more …
“James is an animagus … a stag, Sirius is a Grim dog” Remus muttered not caring for loyalty after what he heard.
“ah, that explains the hoof prints that were on Severus’s back” Albus scowled as he remembered the boy’s condition “as for what happened afterwards, while you and Severus were in the infirmary recovering, you realize how corrupt some people are. Severus told me his story and further provided proof by letting me see in his mind … I’m ashamed to say that was the only reason I knew anything about the Marauders worst pranks or of Severus’s abuse. I called the three of them to my office ready to expel each of them, but then the Black and Potter family got involved. They stated that if I did something that would bring shame to either of their families then they would rat you out to the ministry and use their connections to have your family executed”
Remus paled heavily “they all knew?” the werewolf gasped. Did anyone respect his secret?
Albus nodded grimly “yes … and Lily, Sirius and James all knew of the stipulations. James’s father made me take an oath saying that I wouldn’t repeat a word of this incident unless I was given permission, which James did by bringing it up. If anything got out or if any of them were punished then you would suffer. I managed to explain in subtle ways to Severus who understood though he was furious. He never said a word on the matter to protect you and he made you the Wolfsbane to help you. Talking to Severus was easy, but I had to be careful when talking to you because you could’ve been reported, which was something Sirius threatened to do just for fun”
“FUN? I could’ve gone to Azkaban or hunted down and killed if anyone knew back then and he dangled my life over you so easily?! T-that’s sick!” Remus screamed before finally breaking down into tears.
The headmaster quickly stood up and held Remus “I know Remus, believe me I know. Even when their parents died I was still bound by the oath. I tried to trick James into giving me permission, but during school he always had Sirius talk in case he slipped up. You had a right to know”
Remus sniffled sadly and spotted the ring on his finger, which sparked a horrifying realization “Sirius never told me, but used my friendship … he used me … but I can’t leave … they are my only means of financial support … they own my house. Even after everything I did for them and the secrets I kept … why would they treat me like that?”
“Sirius and James were always bullies and still are. Lily … I think she was more James’s stalker than anything. She never acted like a friend to Severus and even let him believe it was his fault that she couldn’t be friends anymore. As if she was fed up with the burden that was him” Albus muttered still rubbing Remus’s back comfortingly.
The werewolf shook his head and wiped his eyes “Lily was sneaking around with us since we were 13. She subtly hinted that Severus was her friend, but that he was disturbed and dark … Sirius never knew, but Lily became pregnant at about 14. I helped them hide it” he said feeling like a bit of revenge was called for. Not that it would hurt anything as far as he thought … he was told a heartbreaking lie about that child that had him believe no harm would come from telling.
“what?” Albus was stunned. Three of his students were hiding something like this right under his nose and he never knew … that may have been the main reason Lily shoved Severus to the wayside when she did. The time after the attacks at 15 years old would’ve been perfect timing and Severus was already angry with the werewolf incident, but that’s foolish. Sadly since Albus was limited by the oath he couldn’t make Lily’s involvement clear so all that anger was focused on only James and Sirius. Severus still thought the world of Lily and would’ve gone through whatever means necessary to help her. All she had to do was ask and he would have helped, but then …
No, she didn’t want someone low class near her … she was only a social climber who desired the title ‘Lady Potter’ and nothing would hold her back.
“I helped her give birth over the summer when she turned 15. He had pretty green eyes and James’s hair … they didn’t name him so the family tree would remain blank and they took the little boy into hiding. The plan was to hide him with a house elf until James and Lily finished school, married and James became Lord Potter, but just when they were going to pick up their son … there was a Death Eater attack. Both the house elf, Bitsy, and the little boy died. He would’ve been four years old” Remus confessed sadly feeling a burden lift away after so long of not talking about it.
Something about that story seemed odd to the old wizard. Severus and Lucius never mentioned an attack where a house elf was killed. Voldemort had his faults, but he didn’t risk killing magical children and his followers wouldn’t cross that line if they wanted to live That would certainly have been talked about amongst the Death Eaters. Maybe he’ll bring this up with Severus when they met up over the weekend.
Albus sighed sadly, but then smiled and summoned those blueprints of Severus’s house in Spinner’s End to the living room “Gellert has worked hard to help improve the life here for all creatures, but it will take time for people to warm up to the idea so if you’re interested I need help with a project. Severus decided to sell his childhood home and asked me to handle it. It needs a full remodel now that the neighborhood is no longer the criminal infested dump it was in his childhood. Problem is that Gellert says I am either colorblind or have no sense of style” Remus chuckled despite still wiping tears away. Albus decorating anything is ridiculous. Just look at the neon robes! “with that in mind I need a decorator. I’ll pay you and you could stay here or in the house itself for the time being”
Just as Remus was about to kindly decline the offer of payment until he realized what Albus was doing. He was helping him break away from the Potters …
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“DAMMIT … that old fuck must’ve explained everything right now” yelled Sirius as the three came into the Potter home.
Lily sighed in frustration “we didn’t get anything-”
The Black Lord scoffed “of course we did! We’re going to lose Remus! We learned that that Snape bastard is living it up somewhere exotic and taking advantage of his employer through lies! Piece of shit can go-”
“Sirius please don’t yell” James groaned as he rubbed his temples to sooth a headache “it’s not like Remus has a choice if he wants money or a home. He will stay right by your side and in your bed for shelter. Given time he’ll get over it and if he doesn’t where can he go without money or a special shelter for his full moon moments? He can’t smell his way out”
Suddenly his eyes widened. He and Lily both looked at each other and both came to the same conclusion. Remus can find their son. A werewolf’s sense of smell is very strong and he was there at the birth. He knows their son’s scent! Since he would be too old to be considered a child they can’t reverse the Potter family tree without his blood as proof or the sudden loss of any heirs. They can find him with Remus and the representative’s help!
Sadly they didn’t consider that the boy could be dead or how they would explain themselves or even if the boy would want anything to do with them if he was alive, but why would they worry about the consequences. They managed to get out of many things before and they will continue to get their way. The squib they abandoned will return, he will be treated and be a part of the family.
Not that they would bring this up to Sirius who hated all pureblood traditions including how to handle squibs. Remus … he will hate them, but what he can do? Leave? Not likely …
Sirius took a deep breath and calmed down completely unaware about the plotting going on between the two Potters “you’re right, you’re right … now how about these changes? A extra year of school sucks, but according to the Daily Prophet it’s similar to America’s set up for school. What do the kids think of going in only a year? Less than even”
Lily smiled “James is thrilled. Violet still has to wait a year longer, but she is happy. Both will be going with a Weasley in their year. Ron will be with James and little Ginny will be with Violet so they won’t be alone” said Lily with a strained smile. She honestly only liked the Weasleys because they were purebloods. Other than that they were just amusing to have around as people to flaunt her status and wealth in front of. Hopefully her kids will find another wealthy family to marry into …
“come to think of it the Longbottoms have a boy the same age as James” James said thoughtfully as he considered who else his son might be with during school.
“and the Malfoys” Sirius spat distastefully.
James sneered always in agreement with his equally bigoted friend “yes, we will have to explain a few things to the kids before they’re exposed-”
A loud rush of flames from the floo echoed through the Potter. They saw Remus standing there looking pissed. Before any words were said the werewolf ripped the ring on his finger and tossed it at Sirius. An awkward silence lingered for a while, but Remus could see that they were smug about this. They truly thought they had him under their thumbs. They will see how wrong they are.
“you people are sick. You don’t care who you hurt as long as your reputation isn’t blemished and you get your egos stroked. I’m through, good riddance” Remus said in a cold fury as he glared harshly at them. Albus blocked the Potters from coming through, which is why they had to walk to the headmaster’s home, but Albus disabled it for Remus to go and return quickly.
“don’t you dare leave” Sirius snarled and smirked as Remus paused in front of the fireplace “are you forgetting that you owe us? We gave you everything. If you leave you lose everything. Your house, all your money and contact with Violet and James. Absolutely everything. Where will you go? We’re your only friends. What will you do for money besides selling that ass? No one wants werewolves despite the changes Gellert made”
“don’t concern yourself with my life. I made plans … tell me Sirius, that little boy in our first year, Peter Pettigrew, who carried my books and tagged along with us. He fell so horribly sick after two months of following us. Peter was sent to St. Mungo’s … he nearly died … I didn’t have an owl so I asked you to send some letters to him. Did any of them make it?” Remus noticed Sirius flinch and knew. Not one letter was sent. With a toss of green powder the werewolf disappeared in green flames before he did something foolish.
Sirius snarled “that bitch!”
The Black Lord never noticed that he wasn’t the only one hating the situation. Both James and Lily started plotting on how to get the werewolf on their side … willingly or not …
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“yes Narcissa I’m fine. I just finished the next test bath of my potion and need some sleep” Severus said in the floo.
The face of Narcissa in the embers smiled “that’s great! So will you send it in for testing?”
Severus nodded “it’s stable so I’m going to send it to the lab and present it right before you guys come tomorrow”
“Draco will need to hear every detail so be ready … now how are things going with Harry?” she asked eagerly.
“I … well … he invited me to dinner at his place after the Squib Bylines were settled and … I said yes” Severus admitted almost shyly.
Narcissa cheered “it’s about time!”
A blush crept to Severus’s face “I don’t know if I should’ve though”
“why?” Narcissa asked curiously “you clearly like him and he seems to like you so what’s wrong?”
“I’m older than him and I don’t mean just years. I look and feel like I went through war and … this mark” Severus scowled as he caught a glimpse of the offending black mark on his left forearm.
“you shouldn’t let that burden you” she said sincerely.
“I know … goodnight Narcissa” Severus said and the floo connection was stopped.
As Severus went to bed a small gray haired man popped out of the sand outside his home. It was Doc …
Doc just stood there a moment as pondering something before finally walking down the beach. He eventually came to Harry’s home and wet in through the back where he met Zippy who was cleaning the kitchen. The house elf shot him a glare for tracking in sand, but just spelled it away. Doc didn’t seem to notice. He just went to the living room with the floo and turned towards his clock. After going in his surprisingly big apartment hidden in the ordinary grandfather clock he went to the back and stopped in front of a set of floor length blue curtains.
It took a minute for some reason, but finally Doc shut his eyes and opened the curtains revealing a portrait of three people. One person was a man with gray hair and black eyes dressed in old style clothes. He was standing next to a taller blonde woman with blue eyes. Between them was a 12 year old boy with blonde hair and hazel eyes.
The inscription on the bottom of the frame was …
‘Daniel Oscar Caldwell and his wife Elizabeth Caldwell with their son Sebastian Caldwell’
Doc kept his eyes screwed shut as he tapped the simple wooden frame. The portrait warped into a door implying that it was a door leading to a real physical location and not a space in a painting. With a loud creak the door opened and Doc went through. He was now standing in a large old library filled with old handwritten scrolls, books and hundreds of artifacts of all types. It was as if he made this trip through the halls many times before because didn’t miss a step even with his eyes shut.
As he passed a sloppily boarded up hall he paused before continuing on up the staircase to the left. If you looked through the gaps between the planks blocking off the hall you would see the ruins of a potion lab that exploded decades ago. No attempts were made to rebuild the lab. If you looked out the window next to the hall you would see a tree with two tombstones underneath …
The old crazy wizard got up the stairs and went towards a bookshelf with a chest nestled between the books and an old globe. On the wall nearby was a hanging cloth with the words ‘Cold + Spring = Caldwell’ stitched into it with three hearts. The chest was newer than the cloth, but it had an odd inscription saying ‘Seed samples of Extinct Plants - collected by Elizabeth’
Next to this chest was a book titled ‘Age Reversal Potion - made by Dan’. Under the title was a notation saying ‘All plants for Age Reversal Potion now extinct – consult greenhouse’ with a date implying that the note was jotted down 200 years ago …
Doc picked up the chest and retreated down the steps pausing again at the boarded up hall. He passed another shelf of books as he left through the door he entered before. On that book shelf was a book titled ‘Sebastian’s blueprints for Aura Seeing Goggles’, which showed a diagram that looked a lot like the goggles Doc always wore …
At this point Doc was entering Decoction with his eyes open now and placing the chest on an Herbologist’s desk. He left before the Herbologist returned to find the puzzling chest that seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
The old wizard returned to Harry’s home and found the potion master finishing some paperwork upstairs in his office “the sparkling of the maker of potion’s soul shines with the same brilliance of a young cold spring”
Harry looked up at the odd comment and blinked “thank you?”
“and worry not! Termites are demolishing the blockade surrounding the closed heart” Doc said before walking downstairs.
“first he calls me Sebastian when we first met and now my soul looks like someone else’s … he’s getting crazier every day … I hope he doesn’t mean actual termites” Harry frowned, but shrugged it off knowing Doc speaks in riddles …
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