"Tomorrow, we're going to the Burrow," the Animagus answered with a grin, he too was happy to stop guessing. "With all the money they are making off your sales, Ron is doing much better. He still gets shirty when people show up with new toys, but he calms down after a talking-to."
"That's good to hear, I hope he gets better, except for his bouts of jealousy he was a good friend. Are Neville and Hermione going to be there? How about Luna? She must be lonely," Hydrus asked, thinking about his quirky friend, there was something he was supposed to remember about her, but it was just out of his reach.
"Well, the Longbottoms are bringing Neville and I'll go and ask the Lovegoods if Luna can join us," Sirius answered. "The Grangers are driving up. They want to see what a magical house looks like." It would be their first time at the Burrow and you couldn't find a more magical house.
"That's good, try and be patient with Luna, she's a little flighty. Much like her parents," the older Black warned with a fond grin, taking the bite out of his words.
"Yeah, I've read the Quibbler," the dogman replied with a chuckle.
"I enjoy his conspiracy theories," Remus said with a small laugh. "Too bad it might fold soon."
"What?" Hydrus exclaimed.
"Yeah, don't you read your own paper? There was an article on the drop in subscriptions of the Daily Prophet and the Quibbler. Seems like the Quibbler might be gone soon, if they don't find proof of one of their creatures," Sirius said a bit sad, he really did like that magazine. The rune crosswords were mindboggling and you had to read the entire paper to get the answers. It was a crafty piece of work.
"Well, we'll have to see what we can do to help," the immortal said firmly, maybe some private funding and a few hints will keep it afloat. Then he changed the subject, "If you're taking Harry tomorrow then I'm going to visit Grace. I better call her and ask before it gets too late." And with that picked up the phone and called his girlfriend and made arrangements to meet the next day.
The next morning the newspapers ran the articles about the words in the sky. The Times asked who they were talking about. What the words meant? And how they got into the sky?
The Prophet went on to say it was much like the Dark Mark and that it was someone trying to draw out the Dark Lady. It insinuated that there might be a turf war.
The Quibbler said it was merely the Wibblewonkers playing with people's minds and to not pay attention to the words as they didn't mean anything.
Having read the papers, they all shared a good laugh to relieve their worries, and then they all split up. Harry and Sirius popped to the Burrow. Remus went to the study to have a day reading the new mystery novel. Hydrus went to the lab to work on a port-key that would take him home if he ever fell dead. This way no one would know that he actually died and he would never have to earn the title ending with Who Lived. He worked until it was time to go and popped to Grace's flat. They had a great couple of hours, chatting and making out. Then he went home, feeling that same calm he felt every time he spent time in her company.
Once again settling for their evening chat, the three men claimed their chairs to talk about their day. Harry settled next to Hydrus on the sofa and told about his exciting day at the Weasleys.
"We went flying and Uncle Padfoot tried to teach us how to catch apples, like a seeker. Then we had a pretend game of Quidditch, with the adults throwing apples to each of us. Fred and George had to use bats to swat them away. And Ron was appost to make sure they didn't get in the hoops. It was loads of fun. Then me and Ginny played who could catch the mostest, I caught the more and Mrs. Weasley gave me a biscuit and said I'm going to grow up and be a great seeker," the child rambled on, making swooping motions with his hands.
Hydrus chuckled and gave him a one-armed hug and said, "That you will, Harry. I have no doubt."
"Hermione didn't want to play with us, so she talked to Mr. Weasley with her parents. I don't think she likes flying," Harry complained. Who didn't like flying? Even Ginny played with them. Girls are weird.
"Bill and Charlie had to degnome the garden, they were in trouble. Percy was in his room reading. Harry, here, was great," Sirius beamed at his nephew. "He caught six apples. The twins are going to be powerful beaters, and Ron was a good keeper. Ginny almost beat Harry in the number of apples caught, she got five. Little Luna didn't fly, but she did commentate and it was funny as… heck," he said with a small laugh, remembering all the mysterious creatures the little girl would blame if someone missed what they were aiming for.
"Ginny's alright for a baby," Harry said with a shrug. He was still put out that he had to play with a girl and a baby one at that.
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