It had been a few days since Harry had come back from Sabrina's. The night he came back he had been so tired that he had fallen asleep in my arms when he tried to hug me. I had chuckled at his antics and bid Sabrina at the door.
I had wanted to let him be that night, but it was a good opportunity to get the soul out of him, since he was already tired. But just to be on the safer side, I had made sure to wake him up to drink a dreamless sleep potion. I had carried him down to the basement and where I had drawn the magic circle to extract the soul from a living organism, which I had also found in the book and laid him down on one of the two smaller circles. On the other smaller circle I had placed the ring and had began the chanting. Thankfully there was no potion that was need in this procedure.
After getting the soul out of Harry I had taken him back and tucked him in. 3 down 4 more to go.
" Good Morning Dri " Harry says rubbing the sleepiness out of his eyes. I looked up from the book I was reading to smile at him. I set the book aside as Harry climbed into my lap to cuddle. It had become our routine to cuddle in the mornings ever since Harry came back from Sabrina's. He had also made good friends with Aliana and Jonas who were Sabrina's Niece and Nephew.
For Two days after his return he spoke animatedly about how much fun he had there, which made me a little envious to be honest that he had more fun with them, but I was also happy that Harry was getting to live his childhood.
" So I have something I have to tell you. We can talk after breakfast. " I say.
" What is it about? " He asks.
" About your parents and who you are. " I say, picking him up and carrying him to the dining room.
" About my parents? " He asks as I set him down on his chair. I hum but don't say anything further.
After breakfast we sit down in the lounge and I start from the starting. I tell him about James, Lily, Sirius, Remus, Peter. I tell him about Severus, how he was bullied by James, his love for Lily, I also tell him that when he starts the school year Severus might be a pain in the neck. I tell him about Dumbledore and his prophecy, then about Tom who became Voldemort. Then I tell him about Peter and his betrayal, and then Lily and James' death, then about him being the 'boy who lived'. Then about Sirius and how and why, he had to spend 9 years in Azkaban.
Harry had a lot of questions. I answered them to the best of my ability. Sometimes Death would help me out in answering his questions. But all in all the day was spent pretty much in answering questions about his parents. Our parents.
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" HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY!! " Everyone stood out of their hiding place and sang the Happy birthday song for Harry. It was a pretty small party. I had only invited Sabrina, Aliana, Jonas and Sirius. Since Harry didn't have all that many friends , hoping that would change when he started school.
Harry blew out the candles and cut the cake. After a bit of smearing cake all over everyone's faces, I introduced Harry to Sirius. He looked at me with surprised eyes. They spoke for a bit then everyone gathered around waiting for Harry to open their gifts.
Sabrina had gotten him some sweets and another stuff toy to add to his collection. Aliana had gotten him a book on Quidditch, Jonas had gotten him a new quill set. Sirius had gotten him a prank kit, I rolled my eyes.
" Here. " I say placing the snake tank wrapped in shiny paper on the table in front of Harry.
" Why is yours so big? " Sirius asks.
" Let him open it you'll find out. " I reply. Harry laughs at the face Sirius makes and proceeds to unwrap the paper. His eyes lit up when he saw what it was. A big smile spread on his face as he rushed towards me to engulf me in a hug.
" You got him a snake?! You got, an 11 year old kid, a snake that could potentially hurt him?! " Sirius yells.
" Calm down Sirius, its non-venomous." I say.
" I love it! Thanks Dri! " Harry exclaims jumping around to his new pet where he tried translating what the snake said to the Langram kids.
" Lets go everybody, dinner's ready." I say and we all head to the dining room. The atmosphere was pleasant, there was laughter sounding from the kids and Sirius every now and then. All in all I would say this birthday was a success.
" Its already dead Peverell how long are you gonna stab it? " Sabrina asks when she sees me picking at the steak, " Are you okay? Is raising a kid alone taking a toll on you or something? " She adds.
" No its not Harry, its just, me. I have just been having these, nightmares lately, even dreamless sleep potion doesn't seem to be working properly " I say sighing and rubbing my temples. Remembering the nightmare I had last night about Sirius again, I had thought now that I had saved him, I would feel a little at ease, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
" Have you thought of you know St. Mungo's and have yourself looked at? " Sabrina suggests. That doesn't sound like a bad idea.
" I think I will, sometime soon. " I say, poking at the steak again. Sabrina looks at me worriedly but gets pulled into Harry's animated conversation about dragons that he had read about in a book a few days ago. He had seemed so interested in it that he had forgotten to come down for dinner that evening.
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" Dri! Its here. I am finally going to the place where mum and dad spent their school years in! " Harry says holding out his letter.
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