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When There Is No War	By : lexiatel Category: Harry Potter AU/AR > Slash - Male/Male Views: 6320 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter 7: Special Delivery
Sirius and Remus didn't play chess often. Their game together was Gobstones. That was Remus' favorite game; mostly because he usually won, and, according to Remus, Sirius could shriek like 'a cute little lady' when he got shot with the juice that those nasty gobstones squirted out.
Sirius enjoyed the Bertie Botts Every Flavour Jelly Bean game better though. It was contest a to see how many you could eat without making a disgusted face. James was the master of that one, but it was still fun to play with a group of people, no matter how old you were.
Sirius had a feeling that Remus suggested chess though because of the enchanted pieces. Andrew would probably find the actions of the game interesting. He probably wouldn't enjoy the other two games near as much.
Sirius had quite a few elaborately hand crafted Chess sets that dated back to over a century. His forth great grand mother had been an avid Wizard's Chess collector. Most were carved from real gems and expensive stones and had been assets of the Black family for a number of years. His favorite was a less expensive, mass produced one though. It obviously wasn't made from rubies or diamonds of the like, but it was the Gryffindor Edition. James gave it to him on his first Gryffindor sorting anniversary, knowing how important Gryffindor was to Sirius. It had been a treasured gift since the day he had opened it.
His son's eyes had been shifting back and forth along the game shelf. The three of them were upstairs in the entertainment room, deciding on which chess set they were going to use. Andrew's eyes stopped to stare at a sapphire and marble chess set. Sirius rolled his eyes. Figures.
Refraining from sighing, Sirius removed the chess set that his son favoured, then him, Remus, and Andrew walked over to an antique gaming table.
"Know how to play chess, Andrew?" Sirius asked as he opened the lid and set the heavy board on the table.
Andrew shook his head, staring at the blue pieces.
"We'll show you." He told his son, and Remus sat across from Sirius, claiming the marble colored side. Andrew climbed into a chair next to his father, standing on his knees, watching closely with interest.
"You'll love this, Smurf." Sirius tapped the inside of the box with his wand and the pieces sorted themselves by colour. "New match." He said. The pieces levitated out of the box and set themselves on the board.
Andrew gasped. "Are they alive?"
"They have no soul." Remus told him.
"They are programmed, like some electronic devices." Sirius explained to his son. "People of the magical world call this type of programming 'Enchantment'."
"Like Pacman?" Andrew asked, his face lighting up.
"Yes, it's sort of programed like a video game. People put spells on the pieces so they can attack, talk, and do other things." Sirius laughed at Remus' confused face. He only knew as much as Lily and Sirius told him about new things the Muggles had designed.
His mother had been a Muggle, but she died almost five years ago from a sudden unknown cause. It had been hard on him, and still was if it were ever brought up. No one mentioned her much. His father, Lyall, was still living but he was a werewolf hunter, and was hardly ever around. Likely to keep himself busy from thinking about his widower status. Remus only saw the man on Holidays.
The wizards started their game, each having a hard time setting the other one up.
"Bishop to A5." Remus said to his pieces.
"Not sure if that was a swell idea, sir." The Bishop commented, warily looking at Sirius' Knight.
"Knight to A5." Sirius grinned. The Knight galloped on his horse with his sword poised out for attack, once he got to the square, he swung his sword, knocking the 'life' out of the Bishop. The Knight then tied the Bishop up behind his horse and guided him off the chess board.
Andrew squealed with laughter.
Remus snapped his fingers in triumphant, a huge grin on his face. "Queen to A5." His Queen removed the Knight's head with what looked like a magic spell. The severed, blue head dramatically rolled off the board.
"Ah... didn't see that." Sirius grumbled, causing Remus to chuckle.
Sirius eventually won the game after capturing all of Remus' pieces except for the King, a knight, and two pawns.
"Kreacher just saw something fly in from the Floo Network, Masters." The house elf announced at the doorway.
"Fly?" Sirius asked with confusion.
At that moment something blue and white flew in at a high speed. It landed on Andrew's head and gave a loud chirp.
A bird. A small white bird with blue patching, and a blue eye mask.
"Tweeters!" Andrew reached up to take the bird into his hands. "Hi." He said to the bird, earning another chirp.
"Uh..." Sirius was speechless.
"It's a Mosaic Canary, master." Kreacher informed. "That bird also brought this-" Kreacher pointed to the table the wizards had been playing at and a small package appeared right on top of the chess game. Kreacher then unshrunk the package, and it grew enough to cover half the table.
"Merlin!" Remus stood up to open it.
"This is probably Andrew's belongings that Audrey had written about." Sirius said. "She didn't mention a bird though." He eyed the canary.
"Tweeters is mine." Andrew announced firmly, cradling it to his chest.
"I can see that. Can't mistake the blue."
"Everything is blue." Remus noted as he removed items from the sack. Most of it was clothing.
"Overalls?" Sirius picked up a pair, giving it a look of disgust.
"You have never seen a child in overalls?" Remus asked. "They are positively adorable."
"Of course I have seen them before, and it's not something I can agree with." He set the overalls back on the pile.
"Well, Andrew likes them, don't you, little man?"
Andrew nodded with a wide grin.
"And I can just bet you would like to change into a fresh set of clothing?"
"Yes." Andrew answered Remus and picked out what he wanted to wear. He then left to go up to his room, Tweeters swooped in circles above his head, singing away.
"Wait." Sirius called him before making a move to catch up with him. "Don't you need help?"
"Nope." He replied as they stepped into his bedroom.
"Independent little bugger, aren't you?"
Andrew looked confused by that. He placed his clothes on his bed.
"It means you want to do everything all by yourself." Sirius explained.
"I'm not allowed to ask for help." Andrew said as he removed his shirt.
"Huh? Who told you that?!" Sirius demanded causing Andrew to flinch. "Sorry." Sirius quickly said. He held out his hand to the boy.
Andrew eyed it like it was going to bite him.
What was wrong with this kid? He'd never met one so afraid. Much less one afraid of him. Or of Remus.
"Remember what I promised, Andrew?" Sirius asked gently. "I told you that I wouldn't ever hurt you. I meant it, Smurf."
"You're not mad then?" Andrew asked with wide eyes. He still hadn't reached for Sirius' awaiting hand.
"Of course not, you've given me no reason to be upset with you."
"I'm a good boy?"
Sirius smiled. "You're a very good boy, Andrew."
Andrew stepped up to him and touched Sirius' hand hesitantly before completely grabbing it. After a moment the two exchanged smiles.
"That's my boy." Sirius said. "Now if you need or want any help from Remus or I, just ask, okay? We want to help you as much as we can."
"Kay." He held up his clean shirt to Sirius. "Can you help me now?
"I most certainly can!"
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