Raised by Wolfstar

Chapter 21

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The three of them took dinner in their room, Harry wasn't quite sold on spending the rest of his summer without his friends. So they talked, ate, and laughed for well over an hour while they slowly ate their dinner. Sirius saw Remus procrastinating finishing dinner, he knew that Remus wasn't ready for bad news, or more worries.

"Do you want me to call, Lucius? I can do it while you take a hot shower and relax?" Sirius asked after Harry had gotten up. He rubbed his husband's shoulders and kissed his cheek, trying to convince Remus to relax for a little bit.

"Are you sure you don't mind relaying everything to me?" Remus asked with tired eyes. "I'm just stressed and tired and I honestly don't want to hear anymore bad news today. It's just been such a long day."

Sirius said that he understood and that he'd go ahead and call him while Harry and Remus read for a bit before bed.

Sirius threw floo powder into the fireplace and yelled "Malfoy Manor!" before putting his face into the cool green flames.

"Sirius! As I'm sure you know Bellatrix is after Harry, but I know why." Lucius said rushed, as though he needed to get it out right now.

"Continue." Sirius said more calmly than he actually felt.

"Well, I was doing some reading on dark potions and spells trying to figure out what Bellatrix was up to when I found a potion circled. I'm sure he did that when he was using the manor as a base of operations. Anyway, it says that they need Harry's blood. I'm positive that she's trying to bring him back." Lucius said with a grim look on his face. "You can't let her get to him, Sirius."

"I bloody well know I can't let her get to him! I can't believe she knows a way to bring him back. She's mad! She's sure as hell living up to the Black code of honor!" Sirius was yelling at this point, more out of frustration that this was happening to his Prongslet, than anger at Lucius.

"Calm down, Black. Just keep him safe. You're at Hogwarts, he's protected. " Lucius said trying to reassure Sirius that Harry was indeed safe there, and snap him out of the irrational anger.

"Calm down?! Some one is trying to use my godson to bring back a powerful dark wizard, the wizard that killed his parents! Yes we're at Hogwarts, but he's a ten year old boy, he's going to get restless!" Sirius said still half yelling. He took a deep breath to steady himself.  "Okay Lucius, thank you for that information. I'll let everyone know. Thank you." He said finally calming down enough to go talk to Remus.

Sirius poured himself a glass of wine and went into the sitting room plopping himself down in one of the chairs with a sigh. He took a sip of his wine, propped his feet up on the ottoman and stared into the fire.

"So, what did we find out?" Remus asked as he sat down on Sirius' lap running his fingers through the man's dark hair.

"We know why they want him." Sirius almost whispered looking directly at the fireplace. "They want his blood to bring Voldemort back."

Remus took a deep breath and blew out slowly, trying to calm himself. "He's safe here, Padfoot." He reminded Sirius.

"I know, but he's just a child. Our child to protect." He leaned over and rested his head on Remus' chest taking a deep breath, letting the situation really hit him.

"PRONGSLET OH PRONGSLET PRONGY PRONGY PRONGSLET!!" Sirius sang at the top of his lungs to wake Harry up two days before the full moon.

"M up!" Harry mumbles rolling out of bed. "What's up?"

"Quidditch? Wanna play? Cooooome on! Get dressed. Brush your teeth. Eat something. I wanna gooooo!" Sirius was practically bouncing off the walls.

"Okay, okay. I'm going!" Harry said laughing as he got himself dressed. Sirius was floating their broomsticks around them as they walked to the pitch to play. As soon as the pitch was in sight Sirius sent the brooms flying over to the stands, changed into Padfoot and took off running. Of course Harry took off running behind him trying to catch up, every few steps Padfoot would look back and smile. The two were out there just enjoying themselves while they played and laughed for a few hours. Eventually Remus went down, sat in the stands and watched his boys weave back and forth in a wonderful laughing harmony.

"Woah! Who's the hottie in the stands?!" Sirius yelled when he caught sight of Remus. This remark made Remus blush and scratch the back of his neck, the gesture that he knew drove Sirius crazy. "Hey, how's it going? Drinks after this?" Sirius landed and started flirting with his husband.

"Mmm. I don't know, I do have a busy calendar. Plus I'm married, so there's that obstacle." Remus said with a shrug playing along with Sirius.

"Lucky lucky man." Sirius said scooping his husband up and landing a kiss on his lips. Harry rolled his eyes and smiled at their display of affection. Before they realized how fast time was going by Minerva walked out to the pitch and watched for a few minutes before calling the men over and asking them to have lunch and talk with her for a bit.

The four had lunch in her office where they talked about how things were when Remus and Sirius were in school, having her watch Harry during the full moon, and the upcoming school year. Minerva was giving Remus tips on teaching and lesson planning, reminding him that students learned in vastly different ways so he would have to plan accordingly. When Sirius decided to relay what Lucius had told him the night prior they called for Hagrid to take Harry to tend to the Thestrals with him.

"Well, we just have to be vigilant, making sure he's always with an adult. That means he does not get that cloak of his father's yet." She said looking over her glasses at the men. "You will also need to keep that old man is yours on you at all times. Checking it periodically to see who is around." At this she nodded to the men with a wink. 

"Minnie! How did you know about the map?!" Sirius asked, just a hint of real shock masked under exaggerated shock.

"Well, Mr. Black. I was your head of house. If you recall when Mr. Filch confiscated it, he turned it into me. I saw the names and knew who it belonged to, contrary to popular belief teachers do listen." Minerva replied casually.

"Mm. Okay, map, no invisibility cloak, always with someone." Remus said checking things  off on his fingers. "So during the full moon we would prefer if you were the one in charge of him. Not that we don't trust anyone else, we just trust you more than anyone else." Remus says holding onto Sirius' hand to reassure himself that everything was going to be okay.

After they were done talking and finished their tea they went down to Hagrid's to pick Harry up. They caught sight of him helping Hagrid in the garden, covered in dirt, laughing. As soon as Harry saw them he ran over yelling "MINNIE!!" and wrapping his arms around her waist. Sirius laughed loudly behind her because he was positive that he had gotten the front of her robes covered in dirt. Remus just chuckled, trying to hide his smile under his hand. Minerva simply similed lovingly at the boy and hugged him tight.

"You know Harry, when school starts you will have to refer to me as Professor Mcgonagall." The woman said with her hand on his back.

"That's okay, until then you're still Minnie, yeah?" Harry said smiling.

"Yes, still Minnie." The woman said with a smile.