Sirius whooped, dove for the console and put in HALO: Reach, while Hydrus tried to explain the concept to Remus. The three men played into the night and made it to bed around three in the morning.
It was a tired trio that trudged their way to the kitchen the next morning. Hydrus decided not to cook and everyone had cold cereal. Sirius excused himself to write his letter and the other two played blocks with Harry.
"Unca Mooy!" Harry shouted, bouncing up and down, pointing at his rickety three block tower.
"Very good, Harry," Remus said, beaming at how happy Harry was.
"Unca Hyrus, Unca Hyrus, look!" the toddler yelled as he toddled to Hydrus, who was watching in amusement.
Hydrus picked up the cheering child and gave him a raspberry on his tummy. The tot giggled and wiggled to get free. Sirius came into the room looking around to see what all the excitement was for.
"Unca P'fut," Harry said and squirmed free of Hydrus running to his favorite Animagus. "Buil' alocks."
"Look at that. You did good, Prongslet," Sirius said, and then tickled the proud child.
"I wonder how he learned to talk so well," Hydrus said as he watched the two in the tickle fight. Well, it wasn't much of a fight, Sirius was doing the tickling and Harry was trying his best to get free.
"Lily," Remus answered. "She wouldn't let us baby talk to him."
"Yeah, I read something about that. I don't remember having much of a vocabulary when I was growing up. Then again, all I got were orders and reprimands from the Dursleys." He shook his head sadly at the reminder and then went to help Harry in his war against Sirius.
The four males played until it was Harry's nap time. Sirius was playing some Mortal Kombat with Remus, and was put out that the werewolf was kicking his arse. Hydrus was going over his non-magical documents.
Harry woke up and Hydrus kicked the two adults off the telly and set the child down to watch a movie on the alphabet which used fluffy animals to learn. Harry watched it for about five minutes and then waddled away to his toys. It was a start.
It was after lunch that a regal owl pecked on the window. Sirius got up and let it in, giving him some meat from the lunch as he removed the letter addressed to him. The owl ate his treat and flew away.
"It's from Grandfather Arcturus," the dogman said as he started reading. "Says here that he told Cissy to keep her nose clean or he'd chuck her out of the family. He also wants to meet with me tomorrow. And that I'm to come alone."
"That is a good sign, right?" Remus asked.
"You don't know Grandfather Arcturus; he's a righteous old bastard. It could mean anything from him agreeing to help or wanting to kill me and let the family name die," Sirius said worriedly. Arcturus was a puzzle to him, he had only met the man once when he was a child and he wasn't ashamed to admit his grandfather scared the crap out of him.
"He's too proud to let the family name die," Hydrus said, hoping to soothe that fear.
"Yeah, maybe."
"Anyway, we need his help, so…" Hydrus trailed off as he checked in on the toddler, who was still playing with his toys. He made a mental note to invent some that lit up to the touch, so he could teach Harry his colors.
"I'm a Gryffindor and a Black, I will face him with dignity," Sirius said, straightening his shoulders and firming his face.
"And you will do Gryffindor proud," Remus said, clapping his friend on the back.
"So, Remus, have you decided if you're moving in?" Hydrus asked.
"We will go with your plan for one full moon. You take Harry out of the house and I will see if your cellar will suffice."
"That's great, why don't you go and get some of your things tomorrow, while Sirius visits his grandfather?" the immortal suggested.
The werewolf nodded and the two dog men went back to what they were doing. Hydrus left to go and talk to his solicitor about a contract for Marius. He returned an hour later, with a smug grin.
The rest of the day was spent with Hydrus and Remus playing with Harry, and Sirius playing his favorite game, HALO: Reach. He was getting addicted and attempting to drag his best friend with him.
That night they cast the Fidelius charm, so that Sirius and Remus couldn't tell where Harry lived.
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