30 Easter With Sirius (1/2)
”Sirius!” exclaimed Harry as he hugged Sirius. ”I didn't hear anything from you until last week after the whole Wormtail incident.”
”Sorry, Harry,” apologised Sirius, returning Harry's hug. ”I've just been very busy. Coming home after ten years of prison time leaves one a lot to catch up on.”
Sirius had come to Hogsmeade to pick Harry up. Ron, Hermione, Daphne and everyone else had stayed back in Hogwarts to continue their studying since exams were less than two months away.
”That seems to be going better for you, Sirius,” said Harry with a sly grin. ”New fashionable clothing, healthy skin, confident aura ... all you're missing is a woman to hold your hand.”
”No time for that, Harry,” says Sirius. ”We have more important things to focus on.”
”This isn't the best place to talk,” said Harry, ”Do you want to come to Hogwarts? I've got the place that's very good for hiding.”
”No, let's to my house,” said Sirius. ”Remus is already there waiting for us.”
”Very well, let's go,” said Harry. ”Please tell me you'll apparate both of directly there.”
”I'll do that,” replied Sirius. ”I'm not a fan of long journeys either.”
Harry held onto Sirius as they apparated away from Hogsmeade. The experience of Apparition was just as it was described in the books, like passing through a rubber tube. As abruptly as it started, the Apparition ended and Harry found himself inside of Sirius' house in the living room. He found Remus sitting on a couch sipping tea from a mug.
”Hello, Remus,” said Harry with a smile. ”I hope you've moved in with Sirius now.”
”Harry, it's good to see you again,” said Remus, getting up to hug Harry. ”Yes, I've moved in here for now. How've you been at Hogwarts?”
”I've been good,” said Harry. ”Exams are coming up soon, so I've been busy.”
”I have to congratulate you, Harry,” said Sirius with a smile. ”That deal you manages to strike with the Ministry was very good. You've got them hooked onto something very strong. How did you come up with it?”
”I was experimenting with my skills and I showed my clothes I had enchanted to Dumbledore,” said Harry. ”He praised it highly and said if only the Ministery had something like that. That's when I thought of selling it to them. But I wasn't expecting them to buy it so readily.”
”They are high quality enchantment magic,” said Remus. ”Naturally they'd want to readily buy the items.”
”Harry, something has been bothering us for a while now,” said Sirius with a serious face. ”How did you know Wormtail was Peter's nickname?”
”I can use Legilimency,” said Harry shrugging his shoulders. ”I used it on Pettigrew to get information.”
”How much did you find out?” asked Remus shakily.
”Pretty much everything,” said Harry, smiling slyly. ”Even your monthly little problem.”
”Ha, little problem!” exclaimed Remus. ”You hear that Sirius? Like father, like son. He also called it a 'little problem'.”
”Remus, I don't want to get your hopes up too high, but I may be able to help you cure it,” said Harry, looking at Remus straight in the eyes.
”How?” asked Remus, this time fully shakened up.
”I've come up with a new method to get stronger,” replied Harry. ”I've reached a Stage where my body heals itself as long as I have magic in my body. Right now it's not that strong and I don't know how to use it externally on others. I also don't know if the effects will be the same for others once they've reached my level.”
”Do you want us to train in this path?” asked Sirius.
”It's up to the both of you,” replied Harry. ”This new method allows us to feel the magic that is in the air and absorb it into our bodies. From what I've experienced do far, it has healing properties. I've included a physical training programme with it because our bodies act as the retainers of magic. It's like apressure cooker not being able to handle the pressure and exploding.”
”How far have you advanced so far?” asked Remus.
”Right now, I'm in Stage 6,” replied Harry.
”How many stages are there?” asked Sirius.
”I don't know since I've only started in this path in September,” said Harry. ”This will make your magical abilities increase tremendously. If you don't like it, you can always stop and it won't harm you.”
As Sirius and Remus were in deep thought, Harry started talking with the system. ”System, is there a way for me to get rid of Remus' problem?”
[There is, however, you will need an S rank mana control.]
”Why so high?” asked Harry, stunned.
[Because this is an S type of curse. Plus Remus Lupin has been in this affected for almost his entire life raising the difficulty of breaking the curse.]
”Ok, what about if they were to practice my cultivation method?” asked Harry.
[For Remus Lupin, it would be difficult to reach Stage 6 since his werewolf curse will interfere with his Dantian formation.]
”Which means I only have a few short months to raise my mana control,” said Harry. ”Then what is the method to get rid of the curse?”
[Once you've reached S-Rank in mana control, you'll be able to sense the curse that affects Remus Lupin and through guiding the mana particles under your control, you'll be able to destroy the infected cells.]
”You make it sound like it's an infection,” said Harry in his mind.