Back from the veil

Chapter 13 : The end of summer

Harry came down the stairs that morning and run into another discussion between Sirius and Remus who had stopped by again.

He first heard Sirius's loud voice coming from the kitchen "I can't believe that you use the fact that you will be in a mission for a long time as an excuse to blow everything up with her"

"You know it's more complicated than that Sirius. No one deserves the fate of being with someone of my kind. Specially not someone as kind as her" Lupin's voice spoke with sadness.

"That's bullshit and you know it. Tonks know what you are and she doesn't care. She sees way past that and she is goddam right. Replied Sirius with an annoyed tone

"Exactly she is too good to be condamned to be with someone like me" sighed Remus.

Harry came into the kitchen, unoticed by the two adults quarrelling and chose to spoke his truth.

" I know it's none of my business but I heard a bit of you conversation and Remus you know the fact that you are a werewolf doesn't change anything to the person you are. You're still a kind man, a skilled wizard, you were by far the best dada teacher I had and you deserve to be happy as much as anyone without that "problem" spoke Harry

Sirius and Remus almost fell from their chair by noticing Harry. "Prongslet, sorry we didn't noticed you were there" greeted Sirius.

Remus sighed at the thought Harry had heard that but started to speak "you really are Lily's son. She gave me about the same speech when she found out about my condition and she was the reason Snape did not tell the whole school about it after Sirius's stupid prank." Harry smiled at the thought he was like his mother.

"And we all know Lily was always right. Well save the fact that she was friend with Snape but I guess we all make mistakes" added Sirius.

"Well, as I didn't came by to discuss my love life with you both. I must tell you the bad news I am here to deliver.  Emmeline Vance was had been killed during her mission to protect the prime ministers office yesterday evening. So Dumbledore asked me to tell you to not go out until the end of the holiday" sais Lupin in a very serious tone.

Sirius's eyes opened in shock "Emmeline's dead? That's a really sad news. She was a kind woman and a really skilled witch. Besides, that kind of missions are top secret, how did they knew were she was?" Sirius started passing around in circles in deep thinking in the kitchen. Harry felt a shiver trough his spine knowing that a member of the order had been killed on a mission.

"I don't know pads, that's all the information we have right now. Everyone is in shock at headquarters and I guess I won't know anything else as I'm leaving in two days to find the werewolves" responded Remus.

"That's the long mission you were chatting about?" Asked Harry and Remus nodded. "But going all by yourself, isn't that a big risk?"

"Don't worry about me Harry I'm used to that kind of missions. I'll be fine" responded Remus in a tired voice.

"You better be moony, if you don't come back in one piece I'm murdering you" said Sirius.

"I'm not going to risk that" responded Remus with a forced smile.

He left soon after and Harry and Sirius spend the rest of the morning practising transfiguration and agreed on doing occlumency again in the afternoon.

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After eating a well deserved lunch they were both ready to practise occlumency again. Though that time Sirius wasn't really ready for what he was going to see. The first memory he saw was Harry trying to find a way to save him after seeing Voldemort's fake vision. It pained him as much as he touched him to see Harry so desperate to save him. But that was nothing compared to what he felt towards the next memory who was the one where Harry saw Cedric Diggory murdered and then was under the cruciatus curse. The memory fade away as Harry managed to kick him out.