Harry Potter: The Witty Wizard

Remus sadly muttered, "Padfoot."

"Moony," said Sirius. "I take it by the stack of old copies of the Daily Prophet you followed my advice and read them?"

Moony looked away and nodded.

'Well, here's a very unhappy man,' thought Sirius. He asked, "And?"

Remus seemed to gather his thoughts for a bit before he finally asked in a pleading voice, "What happened to him, Pads? What happened to Dumbledore to turn him into this... this... fiend?"

Sirius sighed. In part, he was relieved his friend had 'seen the light' about Dumbledore and would no longer be a Dumbledorian. And, in part, he was sad one of his friend's personal heroes had been shown to be an utter bastard, after all.

He simply said, "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely."

"But, Dumbledore?" moped Remus.

"Even Dumbledore," replied Sirius.

Remus sighed and asked, "How's the cub handling all of this?"

Sirius smirked and replied, "He's as right as rain. He's finally got his head screwed on right and recognises he's in love with young Hermione, she's also finally recognised that she's in love with him, the people he's staying with are treating him like a long lost son and he's with family, his personal enemies have either been or are being dealt with, he's taken up his Lordship and he's managed to organise and accomplish getting his friend's parents healed and woken."

Remus listened and then gave a snort of amusement. "He really has accomplished all that, hasn't he?"

Sirius grinned and replied, "He has."

With his expression changing back to one of sadness, Remus looked down and quietly said, "I've not just read the back issues of the Prophet, as you recommended, Pads. I also went and got myself checked for potions and charms like you said I should."

Sirius gave a huff and said, "Let me guess... compulsion and or loyalty potions and or charms?"

"Potions," Remus immediately replied. "Both."

"They were keyed to Dumbledore, weren't they?" asked Sirius. He hadn't realised it before, but Remus's claim left him feeling quite relieved.

Remus nodded. "I don't know how he managed it, as the wolf should have blocked those. But, they... or, rather, it... was there. A single potion that had alchemical components.

"Actually, the healer I saw said it was the alchemical components that allowed the potion to work against the wolf. Even now I can feel it directing me to trust the old man."

"So, it's still in your system?" asked a surprised Sirius.

"It is," Remus sadly replied.

"Then I'm taking you to see Andi," he firmly stated.

He then performed a quick Tempus and asked, "Where are you staying at the moment?"

"My old place," replied Remus.

Sirius nodded and said, "Give me about fifteen minutes to come back and get you. I need to see if Andi's available at the moment."

Remus nodded as Sirius rose from his seat.

He was back in less than five.

"Come on," said Sirius, not even bothering to sit. "She wants to see you, right now."

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After working for a few hours on House of Potter documents, practically the last of the two piles sent by Ted, Harry felt the alert charm on the Doghouse go off.

However, he wasn't the only one. As he turned to look out the dinette window out into the backyard, he heard and saw one of their duty aurors, a witch, hurry out the back door and quickly make her way to the small building.

There was a moment as the auror cast a quick detection charm, before she opened the door with her wand ready and stepped inside.

Moments later, she exited again, leading Andi and Sirius.

"Andi and Sirius are here," he muttered to Hermione.

Hermione replied, "I noticed. Any idea why?"

When he turned to her he noticed she'd risen from her own chair to look over his shoulder.

"Nope," he replied. "All I can think of is she's noticed my potions have changed."

As soon as the two were led in through the back door, the two teens packed up what they were working on and made ready to receive the two.

Monica walked in just as they were finished and asked, "Guests?"

Hermione immediately replied, "Sirius and Andi. They came in via floo."

As the two adults came up the stairs from the lower ground floor, the two teens had finished packing up and were waiting for them.

As they walked in, Harry immediately noticed Sirius was smiling; but there also appeared a hint of worry behind his eyes, as well. He'd immediately turned to Hermione and gave her a hug before turning his attention to Harry. Andi just stood back and waited. Her whole posture showed she was concerned about something.

After his own quick hug with his godfather, Harry asked, "Alright, what's going on?"

"Two things," Sirius immediately replied. "First, Moony."

Harry frowned and asked, "What about him?"

Andi replied to that. "He's been potioned. A loyalty and compulsion variant very similar to what Miss Granger was dosed with."

Harry let out a sigh of relief. "So. His actions in not telling me anything right through third year were not of his own volition."

Sirius cut in, "It's a lot longer than that, Pup. Andi found it's very long term―"

"Over a decade, at least," she added. "However, it was certainly renewed a little over a year ago."

Harry parked his bum on the edge of the dinette table and folded his arms with his head down. He could hardly believe how relieved he felt learning of that. "That means, his actions since that night were not of his own choice."

"No," said Sirius.

"Thank God," he vehemently muttered.

"Yeah," said Sirius. "Andi's going to have to take a sample of his blood to Saint Mungo's so they can develop an anti-potion for it. It has an alchemical component, so a normal flushing potion isn't going to work."

"Poor man," said Monica.

Looking back at his godfather, Harry asked, "How's he taking it?"

Sirius's expression turned angry and frustrated. "Not well. Dumbledore was one of his personal heroes.

"When I met with him the other day I gave him some galleons to go and purchase back copies of the Daily Prophet and contact me again after he'd read them. He did that, plus went and got himself checked for potioning off his own back. However, he didn't get the flushing potion made as he couldn't afford it."

"That's why I'll be making it for him," said Andi. "Besides, with the alchemical component it'll be a bit of a challenge and I like challenges."

Hermione asked, "He's taking care of himself?"

Sirius nodded and replied, "He is. He's currently staying at, as he puts it, his old place somewhere. He won't tell me where it is and won't let me pay for him to stay somewhere better."

Harry asked, "What about the potion? Will it drive him to go to Dumbledore?"

Andi stepped in and replied, "No. I've given him something that will temporarily negate the effects until I can create the cure.

"Now, young man," she said, looking more fixedly at Harry. "I need to give you another once-over. I'm well aware the potion regimen you're on has changed."

Standing, ready to head upstairs, he asked, "Am I right in thinking I'm almost done?"

She smiled and said, "Pretty much. That's why I want to give you another health check. I want to see if you need to be on anything else, now."

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