the case of dawna flynn - r.j lupin

eighteen

a/n:
decided i should maybe leave authors notes every now and then for no reason really lol. just wanna say ty for the lile 400 odd reads :) i also got excited about posting tge next chapter so im doing it the night before instead of tomorrow. ive written like 24?? chapters in advance and things are mooooving. alright lads, enjoy the chapter aha

Fester was there a few days after. It was nearing the end of the school year with only a couple more days to go and Dawna wanted everything done and performed before it hit the summer holidays.

Sirius thought that was wishful thinking but didn't say much.

Red was currently sat atop Sirius' shoulder as Remus was pacing terribly often and it was making Red as anxious as he was. She got it though, now that Fester was finally here that meant they didn't have long till the spell could possibly go absolutely wrong.

"Remus.." Sirius spoke and the younger man looked at his friend with worried eyes.
"I know. We really should get going, Fester is waiting for us." Remus rushed but made no sign that he was going to move and Sirius had to round him up and out of the door.

Red jumped off Sirius' shoulder onto Remus' as the man shifted into the black dog.

The walk to Dumbledores office was painfully slow and painfully silent. When they finally got there Red was surprised by the young and rather dapper looking man who was leant against Dumbledores desk making idle conversation with McGonnogal.

Fester was very good looking with tousled blue hair and mocha skin. He couldn't have been older then 25 either. Her life was in the hands of someone six years younger then her. Not that it deterred her personally but Remus was going to throw a fit.

"Ah you must be Red." Fester hummed as he pushed off the desk mid conversation and walked up towards the three at the door. Red watched him cautiously and she had to press up against Remus' neck to keep him calm, she could feel the tenseness of his shoulders beneath her paws.

Padfoot remained Padfoot.

Fester stopped a couple feet from them and his gaze shifted to the dog who was watching him. His hand dropped and pet him sloppily on the head.

"You're an animagus too." Fester took his hand back and Sirius stood tall as a person again.
"Righty-o." He beamed and Fester smiled in a charming way before he turned his attention to Red and he lifted his hand towards her, Remus took a wary step back.

"I won't hurt her," Fester offered, "You must be Mr Lupin?" He held a hand out to Remus. Red knocked her head on the man's jaw and Remus glanced at her from the corner of his eye and then grabbed Festers hand and shook it once before pulling back.

"Fester." he nodded.

Fester looked back at Red who was peering towards him and reached out and gave her a soft pat on the head.

"You truly are an enigma Miss Flynn." The bluenette expressed and Red stood up and jumped from Remus' shoulder to Festers. The man laughed gently and he lifted Red off of his shoulder and held her out infront of her and examined her carefully, "I sure hope I can help you, ive read the articles that were written about to multiple times on my journey over. You've been like this for sixteen years, sixteen long years and its about time you can escape it."

Fester placed her on the ground.

"For this to work my friend Fester has some regulations and rules we need to follow for this to work." Dumbledore said and Red padded over to the table and sat atop of it and began to clean herself.

Sirius sniffed.
"Like what?"

"For the spell- well it's really more like a seance looking kinda thing-"
"A seance?" Remus blurted in disbelief and Dumbledore held up a warning hand,
"But it's definitely a spell," Fester assured Remus. "Red will need to think long and hard about the four people she loves the most and the place she feels safest."

"What does that have to do with anything?" Remus asked.

"It's meant to keep hee connected to her real self." Fester informed and Remus nodded his head,
"Hear that Red?" Remus asked and the cat nodded. Red looked at Sirius now.

She stared him down for a few moments as she thought of the answers. Padfoot padded up to her and rested his long snout on the edge of the desk.

"Can you ask about the place one? Like does it have to be a room? a Physical place or can it be someone?" Red asked and watched as Sirius was Sirius once again and he turned to Fester.

"She's asking if the place she feels safest has to be like a room or can it be..someone?" He asked and Red watched his attention divert to Remus briefly before back to Fester.

Fester thought about it.

"It depends, is that someone one of the people she loves the most?" Fester asked and looked at Red who lowered her head as an answer. "Then no, it has to be a room or a physical place."

Sirius was a dog again and looked at Red.

"do you know your answers Red?" Padfoot asked and Red stared.

She was sure she knew. The first person would definitely be Remus, the second would be Pomfrey. They were her favourite people.

"Remus. Remus and Pomfrey." She replied and Sirius nodded as if he hadn't needed to be told that.
"Two more Red."

Red shut her eyes as she really really thought about it. Who were the next two people on her list?

James. James Potter.

"James." Red told him.
"James is dead Red." Sirius reminded and she gave him a fierce look that told him to ask.

Sirius tiredly shifted again.

"She has three people." Sirius told Fester, "Remus, Poppy and..and James."

"Potter?" Remus asked and Sirius nodded.

"James Potter is dead no?" Fester asked and Sirius nodded. "Is he definitely someone she loves the most?" Sirius looked at Red then at Fester.

"Yeah. He is."

Fester nodded.

"Well he has a son right? Harry Potter?" Fester asked but it wasn't really a question, "He's the closest we have to James Potter, he should work if he's willing."

Sirius nodded with a smile ans was a dog again.

"We can use Harry as his stand in." Sirius told her.
"I heard."
"One more person Red."

Red felt a little bad that one of the four weren't Sirius Black but he seemed to know that and he didn't seem at all offended. She thought. Hse thought real hard.

"Jane Malibu." Red told him, "Jane Malibu and Pomfrey's office. The last person and the place."

Sirius was human again.

"Jane Malibu, we need to find Jane Malibu." Sirius told them all.

"Leave that to me Sirius, I'll have her here tomorrow." Dumbledore told them.
"Tomorrow?" Remus asked and walked over to scoop up Red who lay in his arms limply once again.

"That's when we'll be doing this." Fester told them, "I assume she gave you the room?"
"Yeah Poppy's office."

"alright," McGonnogal spoke as she strode towards the door, "We'll need everything ready for tomorrow evening. If you'd follow me to the Medical Wing and i can show you the room we're to do everything in and you can set up whilst I speak to Madam Pomfrey about everything." Fester picked up his briefcase and walked to stand with McGonnogal.

"Mr Black, I want you to go and tell Harry about his play in this. Im sure he'd be more then happy to help. Remus, you and Red will go and collect yourselves to be ready for tomorrow. Albus I trust you'll get someone to cover for Poppy all tomorrow?"

Dumbledore nodded.

" Chop chop everyone. Theres no time to waste."