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Dursley's Dumped

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Sirius banged on the door of #4 Privet Drive three times. Remus put his hand on his angry friend's shoulder and knocked again, calmly this time.

Vernon Dursley flung the door open with an angry roar "What do you want?" But he fell back when he saw the two men. "You!" He spluttered.

"Us." Remus smirked "We're here to talk to you about Harry."

"What about that useless boy?" Vernon's demeanor changed from fright at the wizards before him, to rage at the mention of his nephew "What's he done now?"

"Don't play dumb with us, Dursley." Sirius growled, his protective Padfoot side coming out in his human form "We know what you've done to the boy."

"I've done nothing but give him what he deserves."

"What he deserves my arse!"

"Sirius!" Remus scolded.

"What?!"

"Be quiet." Remus turned back to Vernon "Harry won't be coming back to this house. We're just here to get his things. Where are they?"

Silently, Vernon led the two men inside and towards the small cupboard under the stairs. Petunia came down the stairs, squeaked, and scampered back up when she saw her nephew's godfather and his best friend.

"In here." Vernon opened the cupboard door.

"His things are stored here?" Remus asked.

"No. Moony, look." Sirius pointed inside.

Inside there was a little bed, a couple shelves, and a single lightbulb.

"He sleeps here?" Remus felt the wolf in him rearing and trying to break free, wanting to tear the fat man in front of him to pieces for the pain he had inflicted on James and Lily's child.

"We don't have much room." Vernon grunted.

"Let me do it." Sirius snarled, pulling out his wand "Let me curse this monster for my godson. For James and Lily, for all that's good in the world let me do it!"

Vernon cowered in fear in front of the tall, raging wizard.

"Sirius, listen to me." Remus spoke calmly but his tone was laced with ire "If you kill this man you will go to Azkaban. I won't be able to raise Harry, they won't let a werewolf near him. He will have to return to this hellhole. We can't kill him."

Sirius grumbled several curse words under his breath but nodded and put away his wand. He started to gather the few belongings in the cupboard while Remus tried to calm himself. Once they had gathered the odds and ends that had been in the cupboard, they left #4 and walked back to #9.

Before they reached the door Sirius turned to his friend "Dumbledore's going to kill us."

"Yep. But it'll be worth it."

"Moony!"

"What?"

"I'm so proud of you!" Sirius patted his friend on the back and opened the front door.

"You've been a terrible influence on me." Remus groaned.

"I know. But you love me."

Remus rolled his eyes playfully.

Harry was still sitting in the kitchen, sipping the tea Sirius had given him and clutching the little, stuffed back dog toy in his arms.

Remus turned to his friend "Why'd you only give him that one?"

Sirius shrugged "It was the first one I saw."

"Go get the others, would you? And start packing your things. We can't stay here. It's not secure enough." Remus sighed then knelt down next to Harry "You like him?" He indicated the stuffed dog.

Harry nodded furiously "He looks just like Padfoot!" He looked around "Where is Padfoot?"

"Oh...um, Padfoot's staying at the bookshop for a while." Remus lied "Don't worry, I'll arrange for him to stay with someone for a while. Just until we get settled somewhere else."

"Oh," Harry said quietly "okay. Where are we going?"

"I'm not sure yet. But I've got a few ideas. I'll discuss them with Sirius."

"You mean Mr. Black?" Harry asked.

"Yeah. Can I get you anything while you wait?" Remus asked but the small boy yawned before he could answer "Tired?"

Harry nodded blearily and rubbed his eyes.

"Come on. I have a spare room you can take a nap in." Remus took the teacup, put it in the sink, and led Harry to his spare bedroom.

As soon as the small boy had curled into the blankets he was asleep. Sirius came in with an two more stuffed animals, a deer and a wolf.

"Blimey, he must have been tired." Sirius muttered, nestling the stuffed toys next to the sleeping child.

"It's been a tiring day."

"That it has."

"Pads? Where are we going to go? We can't stay here." Moony whispered, the fear of what they had done finally sinking in as they left the sleeping Harry in his bed.

"What about The Burrow? Molly Weasley would love Harry. And she'd be a great help during the full moon." Sirius suggested.

"No, it's not safe enough either. But maybe she can help during the full moon." Remus mused.

"Well, how about Hogwarts? No place is safer."

"Do we really want Harry growing up there though? He'd be so far ahead of the rest of his class. We want him to have as normal a life as possible."

"Well, Moony, There's only one other place I can think of..."

"No. Absolutely not." Remus scowled.

"Why not?! She loves kids. Her house is the most well protected home in the world. And she's your-"

"I said no. She'll never go for it."

"Moony the least we can do is ask." Sirius pressed "I'm sure she's forgiven you. It was three months ago."

"Three months where she hasn't said a word to me."

"Moony, quit being a baby and ask her. Go floo her. Now!" Sirius ordered.

"Fine! Okay! I'll ask her!" Remus stomped into the kitchen.

Sirius smirked and chuckled at his friend's antics. He sat down in the living room and switched on the television to watch the news. After several minutes Remus returned and sat down next to him.

"Well?" Sirius asked.

"She said we can stay for as long as we need and when, or if, we decide to move she'll help us set up the same protections on wherever we decide to go." Remus sounded completely shocked.

"Ha! I told you she'd forgiven you."

"Hardly." Remus sighed "She swore she'd get me back and I'd never see it coming."

Sirius thought for a moment before turning to his friend "Moony..."

"What?"

"It was nice knowing you."

Word count: 1075 words
Hi! Now I really like The Sirius/Remus friendship but I want to be clear that this is NOT a Wolfstar fanfiction. I absolutely think they would be great together but I have no idea how to write it so in this story they're just friends.
Lots of love,
The Author