Harry Potter and The Secrets he Kept

Chapter 4

Harry turned to his godfather as Rita walked away. "Well, that went well."

"Harry," Sirius began, looking surprisingly serious. "Didn't you ever tell anyone about the abuse?"

"Yeah, of course," Harry said, surprised to be asked that. "I told a teacher before, but they thought I made it up and told the Dursleys what I said, so I got in trouble. I figured why bother telling anyone at Hogwarts because they had to have already known about it. My first letter was addressed to the cupboard under the stairs."

Sirius growled.

"Oh! Sirius!" Harry said suddenly. "The day I went to the Ministry for your trial, they checked my wand, and the guard handed me this note," he said as he pulled a slip of paper from his pocket.

Sirius fumed silently as he read about the spell that had been placed on Harry's wand.

"THAT IS IT!" he yelled suddenly. "Moony! We're teaching Harry EVERYTHING about being a Marauder so he can get back at Dumbledore!"

Remus smirked and an evil glint appeared in his eyes. "I have an idea," he said.

The two men and Harry walked back to the Dursleys', and Remus led the way to Dudley's bedroom.

"Hmm, this'll work," he said, picking up Alien Destroyer III.

The two Marauders worked carefully for the next ten minutes on removing all of the charms and placing them on one of Dudley's computer games. Dumbledore wouldn't suspect a thing until too late.

They apparated to Grimmauld Place, Sirius' family home, to use the floo to get to Potter Manor.

Sirius had ordered the insane elf, Kreature, to have the house clean by the end of the summer. The elf was to give him an updated report once a week.

Kreature had, surprisingly, taken the order well. It seemed he was bored from only taking orders from a portrait rather than a human master.

Kreature was even more obedient once Sirius told him that any photos of the Black family could be put in a photo album for him to keep. This was on Harry's suggestion, and Sirius was shocked to see Kreature's eyes well up with tears of joy.

Once the house was clean, Sirius was going to hire the Gringotts Goblins to destroy any Dark Artifacts that the house held. He would also have them remove any Dark books to place in a special vault that would only be able to open to those with pure motives.

"Aah, it's good to be home," Sirius said later, as the trio entered the fireplace in the foyer of Potter Manor.

Harry was awed by the smooth marble floors, the high ceilings, and the giant crystal chandelier.

There was a large curving staircase that led to the second story, and according to Sirius and Remus, there was another one on the east wing of the second floor to get to the third floor.

There was also a huge attic, which held some very rare and expensive antiques that were occasionally swapped with what was in the main rooms just to have variety.

Sirius called for the house elves. "Tibby! Jibber!"

Instantly two tiny, middle aged house elves appeared. Both were wearing crisp white pillowcases tied with gold drapery tassels.

"Mister Sirius! Mister Remus!" they cried out together.

"It is being too long since Tibby and Jibber is seeing you," Tibby, the female elf, declared.

"Yes, it has," Remus murmured.

Harry grinned. "Hi," he said suddenly, capturing the attention of the elves.