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35. Wolf taming

Luckily this night was over. Severus looked at his baby and stroked his soft hair. After they lay down yesterday, Harry had been shaken twice by heavy nightmares. The first time he begged his uncle again to not beat him, Severus had to wake the boy and reassure him that everything was alright. The potions master did not know what the second dream was about, but it was definitely not pretty either. Harry had clung to him like a drowning man and wrapped his tail around his waist. He was still there.
Severus started to sit up, but the cat boy did not seem to mind at all, on the contrary, the grip on the brackets only increased. severus gave up his attempts to regain his freedom of movement. Harry snuggled, satisfied, and right, and began to purr loudly.
"Well, then I'll just stay."
Half an hour later, Severus realized that Harry's tail was twitching slightly. infected by the waking tail, his little one opened his eyes and beautiful sleepy emeralds looked at him.
"Good Morning."
"Good morning, Kitten."
"I'm sorry I kept you from sleeping."
"Never apologize for having nightmares. I think the visit to your relatives has been more stressful than you thought. "
"Speaking of the topic. You said yesterday that the Dursleys were under a surveillance spell. How exactly do I have to imagine that and why has not Dumbledore already used it? "
"The surveillance spell allows the user to take a look at the people the spell lies on, just like the cameras in a mall. However, privacy is automatically protected. I am glad that I have no interest in observing Vernon and Petunia in their marital duties. "
Both Severus and Harry shook it at the very thought.
"And as for Dumbledore. The answer ist quite easy. The old fool just does not think that people can be evil, especially not a child who is related to one. I've already told him x times that, according to his logic, there should be no Riddle or Grindelwald. "
"I do not suppose he listened to you."
"Right. He just smiled and offered me one of his disgusting lemon drops. "
Both fell into silence and only then they realized that they were still cuddled in bed during the entire conversation. But that did not bother her, it was just pleasant.
Only when hedgehogs spoke up with a loud fiepen did they get up.
They went to the bathroom one after the other and got dressed. Harry took care of his garden sleeper and also cleared away the remains of the little one. fawkes and Hedwig were able to fly outside. And where he was thinking of the two, they came through the window already.
Hedwig's first path led to Hedgehog, whom she laid something under her nose. then she came to Harry and picked up her morning pats, also the Phoenix was not too short.
"What's that?"
severus had just come out of the bathroom and stared in disgust on the small bird house, on whose lead a visibly satisfied rodent sat and limped in front of him.
"Hedwig brought him some nudibranchs. gardeners are omnivores and one of the few animals that eat snails. "
"And how could he have made your owl play food supplier for him?"
"I asked her at Igel's first treatment to bring him some. By the way, she did that for many of the injured animals. "
"And after your patients were well again, they did not eat them on one of their hunts. That is amazing."
"Hedwig is just a smart girl."
said girl puffed proudly, she loved being praised by her 'boy'. And when Harry then even scratched her head, for the white lady, the world was absolutely perfect.

severus had just grabbed the brush and untangled Harry's hair, a small gesture that would soon be part of the daily routine when there was a knock on the door.
"In."
"Good morning, my furry friends *, have you slept well despite nightmares?"
"Morning, Luna. yes, surprisingly, I am well rested. I do not know about Severus. "
"I am quite relaxed."
Severus still had to nibble at his student's address. He understood why she called Harry furry, but why ask him? that probably belonged to the category, so Luna is just '. But he just noticed something else:
"How did you know that Harry had nightmares?"
"That was foreseeable after yesterday."
Harry grinned. Yes, that was his sweet sister, you could just love her.
"Why are you here, dream dancer, surely you're already sneaked in here for a reason?"
Luna smiled dreamily and sat next to Harry on the bed, but did not say anything yet. she waited until Severus finished with her brother's hair and sat down behind his man.
"Daddy gave me all the documentation from Mummy yesterday. Actually, I wanted to sort everything out and then read it more closely, but then I came across this. "
luna held up a large bound book depicting a beautiful wolf. The title was 'Wolf Taming'.
"Apparently, Mummy has written more books and most are about magical creatures and how misunderstood they are."
Both men looked at the book with wide eyes.
"If I understand you correctly, is this book about werewolves?"
"And value others, since they all have the same problem. to be precise, these pages describe exactly how one can control one's inner animal and thus initiate the transformation at will. You become an Animagus, so to speak. "
"But if that's true, why did not your mother publish it?"
severus knew Laura Lovegood from his schooldays, she was two classes under him, he knew that she had done everything to make it easier for the magical creatures. He still knew that she once referred to the creatures as 'poor creatures' who are given no opportunity to integrate into society. Since Severus was almost killed by Lupine back then, he disagreed on that point. he had also invented the Wolfsbane only out of fear, which he had always kept to himself. "
Luna tore him out of his memories with her answer.
"I found notes explaining the reason. Apparently, while Mummy has talked to many concerned werwes, so those who could control their inner animal, but she still wanted proof. In other words, she wanted to find a victim and go through the 'healing' with him. "
Harry thought for a moment.
"Remus."
"I agree."
"Second, you two! How come you on Lupine? Although we went to school with Laura for a while, they did not really know each other. Besides, your mother did not know about Lupine's lycan. "
"Mr. lovegood always says that Luna is just like her mother, so I guess she knew about Remus' condition. "
"I think so too. but you're right with one thing, Remus would never have been so easily persuaded to try this, besides, Mommy certainly did not want to make him feel like a guinea pig. her notes say that it would take a long time to persuade someone to join in and she wants to take a lot of time. But then she unfortunately died. "
Harry immediately took his Luna in his arms. It was always hard for him to think of his mother and for Luna the feeling of loss had to be much worse, after all, Luna was nine when Laura died and she had seen him too. He gently stroked his sister's hair and could feel that Toby and Zwirbel were trying to comfort. After a while she caught herself again.
Severus had followed the whole scene attentively and was once again surprised how familiar the two of them were with each other. but what was unintelligible to the Potions Master was how could Harry's 'best' friends miss that? Not only the relationship with Luna but in general, there were as much about the boy out of his flying skills and the fact that he always got into trouble. probably that was why Severus did not particularly like them.
Again, he was torn from his thoughts, this time by Harry.
"And what exactly is in the book now?"
"It explains, point by point, how to control your being and what you need. or rather, the different things that are needed. To explain this better, Mommy, as I said before, talked to people who had a different way of dealing with their nature. they are all considered Animagus, for the simple reason that otherwise they would not have much future prospects. Some of them also work in the ministry and have often tried to change the laws for the advertising industry, so far without success. one more reason why this book has to be published at last. But first in the text.
On the whole, it's about 'speaking out' with your inner animal - after all, you share the same body. You fall into a kind of trance, during this time you are completely defenseless, so you need someone who protects you for so long. That may sound funny, but with their inner beast, these people are very scary, which has something to do with the instincts.
it is also necessary to let oneself fall and be at peace with oneself and to absolutely accept his nature.
After the 'conversation' with the inner being, man and beast form a unity, in other words, they merge into a being. As a result, alphas become calmer and non-dominant beings gain more self-confidence.
So what do you think about it, shall we give the book Remus so that he can finally reconcile with his wolf? "
"The idea is good, there is only one problem. You said that the person who wants to deal with his inner animal must be completely balanced. But that's not so easy in Remus's case. he is, even if he does not always show it, a very strong alpha with an extreme protective instinct, which he repeatedly shows to me and to Sirius. and Sirius is the key word here, I love my godfather, but in my eyes he is still a child, especially after the effects of Azkaban. Although Remus will accept that nothing will happen to me while he is talking to Moony, he will not want to lose sight of his partner. Remmy feels responsible for him and is just afraid he'll be taken away if he does not pay attention."