Raised by Wolfstar

Chapter 23

I'm hitting a wall guys!! I'm so sorry! Help me out!!

"DRACO!!!" Harry yells running over as soon as he sees his best friend. "I've missed you! I have so much to tell you! Hey Mrs. Cissy!! I missed you, too!"

"Harry!!" Draco yelled hugging his best friend. "Well, let's go! I want to hear everything! I have so much to tell you, too!"

As the boys told one another every detail they could think of about their summers the adults called for tea to talk about all new and known information. Everyone had a common goal: keep the children safe.

"So, Draco will be staying in the room with Harry until the sorting. Then both boys will be living with their houses. Mr. Black and Mr. Lupin will take the two to Diagon Alley tomorrow to buy the necessary supplies, after that they won't be permitted to leave the school grounds. I suspect that won't be a problem." Dumbledore said looking over his half moon glasses to Narcissa, Remus, and Sirius.

"They shouldn't be a problem, the two just tend to pull little pranks here and there, but never full on disobey something of importance." Narcissa said twisting her hands up, clearly upset at having to leave her little boy. "Just, please. Please keep him safe. She's out there, she's coming for Harry next will probably be Draco. She wants to hurt Lucius and myself, he's the best way to do that." At this she was in tears, holding onto Sirius' hand.

"We'll keep him safe, Cissy. He's under the same rules and protections as Harry. Make sure you stay in touch with us, we'll have him write to you as well." Sirius said trying to calm him cousin.

"Narcissa I can assure you that everyone here at the castle will be doing everything in their power to keep the boys safe." Dumbledore said nodding to the woman.

After Narcissa had said her goodbyes to Draco, hugged him longer than he thought possible, and kissed his cheeks and head more times than he cared to admit the two boys went to the library. They wanted to do a bit of reading and talk about what they thought might happen. Harry never let on to the adults just how much he knew, not that he knew too much, but he did know people wanted to hurt him, possibly kill him. Draco knew that the person after Harry was his Aunt Bellatrix, he also knew that he was staying here because people might come after him.

"So, what do you think will happen when people do eventually come for us? They can't expect to watch us every second of everyday during the school year." Harry asked while they were browsing the library.

"I don't know. We'll have to help stop whoever does come though." Draco said with a shrug. With that the boys grabbed books on defense against the dark arts and began discussing possibilities and how they would handle them. Madam Pince was keeping an eye on them from afar, she charmed the library to show her where they were at all times.

While the boys were occupied Sirius and Remus decided to treat themselves to a date night, they hadn't had a proper one since coming to the castle. So the men planned to go to Hogsmead to do a bit of shopping then have dinner. However when they were looking through the bookshelves in Tomes and Scrolls Sirius heard an all too familiar giggle. He stopped dead in his tracks which caused Remus to run right into the back of him, as he was looking down at a book.

"Oh Sirius!" Called a wispered sing-song voice. Sirius held a finger up to his lips indicating for Remus to be quiet, then he put his hands behind his back with a firm grip on his wand and walked around the corner towards the voice.

"Bella dear. I know you're here. Come out and chat, yeah?" He said looking around more nervous than he portrayed.

"Keep your little boy close, Sirius." Bellatrix laughed from another isle. She brushed past Remus and barked, turning the corner before Remus could catch a glimpse of anything other than the end of her tattered black dress. "And your other boy, too." She laughed leaving the bookshop too quickly for Sirius to catch anything but her bushy hair.

"Moony, Moony, are you okay?!" Sirius said running to his husband who was standing up, eyes wide with shock. Neither of them were fully prepared for that encounter.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm okay Padfoot. Let's get back to the castle, yeah? I need Prongslet." Remus said grabbing Sirius' hand and pulling him to the door.

"DUMBLEDORE!!" Sirius yelled as soon as they were inside the castle. When they stormed past the library on the way to Dumbledore's office Harry and Draco overheard the men. They looked around and didn't see Madam Pince so they decided to try to sneak off and follow Harry's godfathers.

"Mr. Potter, Mr. Malfoy, where do you think you're going?" The stern looking woman said striding over to stand in front of the boys.

"Well, uh." Draco started to studder and looked panicked over to Harry.

"We, uh, heard, uh, Sirius and Remus call us." Harry said looking anywhere except the woman's eyes.

"Did you now? Because I don't think so. I think you're trying to follow them. Am I correct, Mr. Malfoy?" Madam Pince said turning to Draco.

"Oh, uh, well, I uh." Draco stumbled over his words again.

"Stay here, gentlemen." She said turning around. "The room is charmed, don't think about it!" She called as soon as the boys started to walk out the door.

"We have to find out what's happening!!" Harry almost yelled to Draco.

"Harry, they're going to tell you if it's important. They always do. They love you." Draco started to reason with Harry. "Let's go see Hagrid? We'll get Madam Pince to call did him."

"Okay, I guess that's fine." Harry huffed crossing his arms.

Sirius and Remus ran into the Headmaster's office with Professor Mcgonagall close behind them. She heard them yelling and chased after to find out what was happening after checking with Madam Pince that the boys were okay. Minerva told the other woman to keep the boys in the library until someone came for them, so they charmed the doorway to alert Dumbledore's office if the boys tried to sneak out.

"I can't believe we have to stay here!" Harry complained.

"Let's just keep reading and planning, yeah?" Draco said.

"Dumbledore!" Sirius said barging into the office. "Bellatrix. Bellatrix is in Hogsmead." He says out of breath hands on his knees. 

"We knew she was coming, Mr. Black." Dumbledore said calmly. "We need to be prepared. We need a plan of action."

"We need to call the Aurors!" Remus all but yelled.

"We will get to that Mr. Lupin. Right now we need to make sure the boys are safe. One of you need to go get the boys and take them to your rooms. The other one needs to stay here with myself and the rest of the staff so we can create a plan." Dumbledore replied.

"With all due respect, Headmaster we should call the Aurors then create a plan with them. They are professionals. We are teachers." Minerva said with a stern look on her face that made the entire room grow quiet. "Severus, send for the Head of the Auror Department. Remus, decide between the two of you who will fetch the boys."

"Okay, Sirius I'll go get the boys." Remus said kissing his husband. "I love you."

"I love you. We should tell them what they need to know together." Sirius said giving Remus a small smile.

At that Sirius rushed out to collect Draco and Harry. Once he had the boys and practically ran them to their rooms, they began throwing questions at him left and right. They wanted to know everything. It took Sirius three hours and four cups of hot chocolate each for them to give up trying and lay down on the couch. About twenty minutes later Remus came in, looking tired and drained. He saw his husband curled up asleep on the couch with his godson and godson's best friend. He made sure to commit every detail to memory, there was something big coming and he needed to keep every positive memory he could.