When Harry met Wednesday

Chapter 9: Revelations and Consequences

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Chapter 9:
Revelations and Consequences

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Remus sat with his head in his hands. The pain of the transformation was slowly fading, but the events of last night were going to stay with him forever.

From the other room he could hear the toddler giggling, and shuddered. On the one hand, the wolf was completely unable to hurt anyone.

On the other hand, he had to deal with the memory of being a child's plaything.

Thankfully it wasn't until the next full moon that he'd have to decide whether or not it was worth it.

"That was a lot of fun." Harry said as he set a cup of tea in front of Remus. "Pubert can be a handful, I don't know how you kept up with him last night. We were exhausted by the time we finally caught up with you two."

Remus gave a grunt of thanks as he took the offered drink.

Harry sat next to Remus with a cup of his own.

"We weren't sure what you wanted in your tea, so we didn't add anything. Mine has some powdered belladonna if you'd prefer. It's great for helping you relax."

That woke Remus up. He looked at the tea he was about to sip, and decided not to risk it.

"That's alright, I'm fine. Happy birthday by the way."

"Thanks." He said as he yawned, then took a long drink of his tainted tea.

Deciding for his own sanity to ignore how Harry was casually drinking poison, Remus changed the topic. "I had a discussion with Mister Longbottom and his grandmother the other day. Between what Nevile and I know, we painted a picture that infuriated Madam Longbottom."

Harry looked at Remus in interest. "From what Neville has said over the years, that sounds like a wonderfully terrifying prospect. Is that fury directed at me?"

"At Dumbledore actually." Remus corrected, which elicited a smile from Harry. "Like myself, Madam Longbottom believes what he did to be reprehensible. She's especially upset at the thought that Dumbledore likely wants to erase her grandson's memories in regards to you."

"t's too early to say for certain, but modifying the memories of a wizard is a very serious crime."

"Never mind that he was trying to modify your mind as well." Remus explained. "Dumbledore is going to get into quite a bit of trouble over this."

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"This is a joke right?" Tonks asked her mother as she held up her copy of the letter Harry had sent them both. "It's obviously not written by Harry. He knows better than to use my first name, and Harry Sirius Black isn't even his name."

Andromeda sighed. "I wouldn't be so sure about that Nymphadora. I thought the name was curious myself, so checked. Harry Sirius Black is the head of the Black family. Out of curiosity I checked who the head of the Potter family was, and according to the records in the ministry, the Potter line is extinct."

Tonks looked at her mother in horror. "Extinct? That means they killed Harry!"

"Or it means that he changed his name, and allowed the Potter line to die in favour of restoring the Black one." Andromeda pointed out. "I love you Nymphadora, but sometimes I really wish you had been a Slytherin, or at least a Ravenclaw. You have a bright mind, but you don't use it."