the case of dawna flynn - r.j lupin

thirteen

It'd been a couple days since the whole ordeal with Sirius Black and Remus was slowly getting back into shape after the full moon and had resigned the morning after.

He had packed up his stuff and the house elves had transported it to the Hogwarts Express which Dumbledore had up and running for Remus alone. Remus had only his case in hand, oh and Red. Remus had talked long and hard with Poppy about it until she decided ultimately that it was okay for Remus to take her away.

Just before they had to head for Hogsmeade they visited the memorial for Dawna Flynn and Red looked more upset then usual.

"We'll come back and visit it Red." Remus reassured the ginger cat but it didn't seem to brighten her mood. As they left Remus grabbed the article and stuffed it into his back pocket before helping Red up onto his shoulders.

A few nights ago he'd received letter simply with an address on it, followed by instructions and a messy pawprint as a signature and he knew immediately who it was so as soon as the pair got into muggle London, Remus hollered a cab and told the driver the address. It was about a twenty minutes in the car and once he paid and grabbed his stuff he stood where the house should be but wasn't.

Remus was confused till Red pawed at the breast pocket of his jacket and he pulled it out and read the instructions before performing the spell.

Both watched in astonishment as a house appeared between the two infront of them and Remus dragged his belongings up the stairs and knocked on the door. It opened and for a moment Remus saw no one till he heard a voice cleared from down below.

"What do you want?" A shoddy looking house elf croaked and stared up at the pair menacingly.
"Kreacher? Who is it?" A familiar voice called from inside.
"Sirius its me, Remus." Remus called and suddenly Kreacher was gone and Sirius was at the door. The man did a double take. It'd only been a few days but Sirius, although his skin looked a little sickly, had cleaned up and he cleaned up well.

"Come in, come in." Sirius moved out the way and Remus pulled his belongings in.
"Oh Kreacher will get those, you can have Regulus' old room." Sirius told him and Kreacher appeared and then dissappeared with Remus' stuff. Remus pulled Sirius into a hug as Red jumped off his shoulders and onto the table.

"You look good Sirius." Remus complimented and Sirius slapped him on the back with a laugh.
"What a flirt." Sirius hummed as ge walked to Red and scratched her on the ear gently before smiling down at her. "Hiya Red, how you doing?" The cat stared up at him and Remus laughed this time.
"You talk to ber like she can understand you clearly." Remus spoked, amused.

Sirius glanced from Remus to the cat for confirmation and Sirius nodded in understanding.
"So, Remus, how was being back at Hogwarts like?" Sirius asked and Remus smiled as he leant against the table in the middle of the room, beside where Sirius was petting Red.
"Torture at first," Remus admitted, because it had been torture but it got better. He found out Sirius was innocent and he had his friend back. "But Red here made the start bearable." He said and Red moved from Sirius to Remus and licked the mans arm affectionately and Sirius watched sadly. He knew what she really was, that she was stuck and couldn't change back and he wasn't sure how he could help.

"Okay, how about we get some tea and we'll sit and talk." Sirius suggested.
This baffled Remus but he complied and followed Sirius to the kitchen and helped make the tea before they settled into the living room.
Red sat by Sirius and curled up at his side which, all in all, upset Remus a little bit but he didn't say anything.

Sirius took a sip of his tea before setting it down on the coffee table.
"Okay, Remus, i'd love to continue the whole catching up thing but we have a couple urgent matters to attend to. The first is Red-"
Remus frowned.
"If you don't want her here, i'm sure she wouldn't mind going back to Hogwarts but it'd be unfortunate." He interrupted and looked down at Red sadly and Sirius shook his head.

"no, Moony, its nothing like that. It's more dire then that i'd say?" and he looked down at the cat who seemed to nod.

Remus was beyond confused. Sirius and Red seemed to understand eachother and it was bugging with his mind.
"Okay, tell me what's going on Sirius." he spoke impatiently.

Sirius took a deep breath.
"Red is an animagus."

Remus dropped his tea.