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YR 6 ☆•°~'* 04

A/N - I almost forgot to update, whoops...

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Shortly after the wolf-dog incident, they all went back to The Burrow, where they met Remus, Mr and Mrs Weasley for a birthday dinner. It would have been an enjoyable evening had it not been for the grisly tidings brought to the party by Remus.

'There have been another couple of Dementor attacks,' he announced, as Mrs Weasley passed him a large slice of birthday cake. 'And they've found Igor Karkaroff's body in a shack up north. Frankly, I'm surprised he stayed alive for even a year after deserting the Death Eaters; Sirius's brother Regulus only managed a few days as far as I can remember.'

'Yes, well,' said Mrs Weasley, frowning, 'perhaps we should talk about something diff-'

'Did you hear about Ollivander, Remus?' asked Bill, who was being plied with wine by Fleur.

'The wand-maker?' said Ginny, looking startled.

'That's the one,' said Mr Weasley darkly. 'Shop's empty. No sign of a struggle. No one knows whether he left voluntarily or was kidnapped.'

'But what'll people do for wands?' asked Y/N.

'They'll make do with other makers,' said Lupin. 'But Ollivander was the best, and if the other side have got him it's not so good for us.'

'Diagon Alley's never quiet these days,' said Fred. 'There's always something going on.'

'Can barely get a good night's sleep,' added George grimly. 

'Oh, yeah, George,' Y/N suddenly piped up, 'Hermione's got a bone to pick with you.'

'What for?'

'One of your stupid products punched me in the eye!' Hermione groaned, pointing at her black eye, which had still not shown any sign of improvement. 

'Oh, that'll be our Punching Telescopes,' said Fred, trying to resist a laugh. 'Well, I'm sorry to say, but we don't have a remedy for you.'

'W-what?' gasped Hermione.

'It's back at the shop,' said George swiftly. 'It's a special cream, gets rid of your bruise in about an hour.'

'But- but couldn't you have brought it with you?'

'How was I to know you'd be rummaging in our products?' 

'Hey, Remus...'

Y/N pulled Remus away from the main party and the ongoing argument between the twins and Hermione. 

'What is it?' said Remus.

'Er, do you know if... if Animagi can change eye colour?' asked Y/N.

Remus frowned down at her. 'Well, no, an Animagus's physical appearance is permanent.'

'Ah, right,' said Y/N, slightly disappointed. 

'Why do you ask?'

'Oh, nothing,' said Y/N quickly. Remus continued staring at her. 'Well- well, it's just that... Earlier, the others and I went out for a picnic for Harry's birthday and there was this huge black dog that approached us and it just kept running around me and Harry. It looked... it looked like-'

'Padfoot?' finished Remus. Y/N nodded. 'Y/N... Sirius is-'

'I know he's dead,' said Y/N, furrowing her eyebrows. 'I was just... I don't know. I thought... maybe because it wasn't the Killing Curse that took him-'