Dracken Awakening

Albus Dumbledore was furious. How dare his pawn kick them out of Grimmauld. How dare that mutt Black make Potter the new Lord Black. Albus had been voting their seats in the Wizegnot since that horrible night in 1981. Why would Remus stick with the brat who got his mate killed? Albus spent so much time in cultivating Remus by allowing him to attend Hogwarts even though he was a dark creature and a filthy beast. He thought Remus would feel indebted to him, but he agreed with the Potter brat and kicked the Order of the Phoenix out of Grimmauld Place. Even though the war with Voldemort was over he knew there would be another Dark Lord that he would need to fight, and it was Grimmauld Place that was secure enough for them to use. It was bad enough that Molly and her two youngest had been arrested and tried by the goblins, but Arthur and the rest of his children had turned their backs on him and the Order.

He started to blow up some of the trinkets that were in his office and it was then that he noticed some of the heirlooms he had taken from the Potter and Black vaults over the years were missing. He snarled when he realized that the Potter brat had reclaimed them from him and he didn’t even have the decency of doing it himself he had probably had those beasts of goblins and their take them from him.

Albus knew the perfect person to find out where the Potter brat was and since Severus hated him as much as Albus did he knew he could count on the man.

He kneeled in front of his floo and tossed in a pinch of floo powder. He put his head in the green flame and called out to Severus.

“What do you want old man? My service to you and this school ended when Potter killed the Dark Lord.”

“Severus my boy, there are still death eaters out there and now that they know you betrayed Voldemort you are still in danger. I need you to talk to some of your contacts and see if you can find out where the Potter boy is.”

“Why do you care? He already killed the man you couldn’t,” he sneered. He really couldn’t stand the old man, but he kept the threat of Azkaban over his head, so he had to do what the old coot wanted.

“Now Severus, that’s not very nice to say to the man that is keeping you safe from both the Ministry and the remaining death eaters,” he chided.

Severus could hear the unspoken threat in his words and knew he was trapped. Without saying another word, he turned and stormed away from his fireplace.

Fawkes sang a sad song as he heard the thoughts of his bonded. He knew his link to the old man was weak and knew this was what would break his already fragile bond. He trilled sadly before he flamed out of the office.

***

Harry was startled out of his thoughts when Fawkes flashed into the sitting room where Harry was trying to read a book on Drackens so he could better understand the relationship he now found himself in. He knew he could talk to the twins or to Charlie, but he felt he needed to do the research himself to be a proper mate to Neville. He knew he would need to accept Charlie into the relationship, but he felt he needed to focus on Neville at that moment in time.

‘I knew I forgot to ward against something,’ he thought to himself. “Fawkes, what are you doing here? I want nothing to do with that old manipulator you are bonded to.” Fawkes trilled, and Harry immediately felt a connection to the Phoenix.

Suddenly Harry heard a voice in his head. “Don’t worry hatchling; you’re not going crazy. It is I, the one you call Fawkes.”

“What do you mean? I thought your name is Fawkes.”

“That is the name the old manipulator gave me when he forced me to bond with him.”

Harry was shocked. There is only one-person Fawkes meant by the old manipulator and that is Dumbledore. There is only one thing that could cause a pure animal like a phoenix to break his bond, even if the bond is one that is forced.

“What is your true name, my friend?”

“I am called Centurion.”

“Centurion, are we in danger?”

“Hatchling, I felt your innocence the first time I met you and I knew you were my true bond. The manipulator has gone completely dark and plans harm to you and your mates.”

“He will die if he harms either one of them,” Harry hissed his thoughts to the Phoenix.

“I won’t let harm come to them,” Centurion agreed.

***

Remus sat in the garden lost in his thoughts of his mate. He had only had Sirius back in his life for a short time. He felt like he had only just gotten him back when he was cut down by his bitch of a cousin Bellatrix Lestrange. Remus knew he could one day lose his mate or his cub, it was a war after all, but he had lost so much time with him that he didn’t know if his heart could take any more pain.

“Padfoot, why did you have to chase after your crazy bitch of a cousin? I just got you back and now you’re gone again. Our pup needs you, especially now that he’s come into his creature inheritance. I don’t know how to help him. You would be proud of him though. We should have realized when he and Neville were babies that one day they would be mates. When they were together you wouldn’t find one without the other. Please show me a sign and let me know how to help him.”

Remus sat there as tears ran down his face as he stared off into the distance. As he looked at the treeline he saw a stag and a doe standing there and looking in his direction. It lifted his heart because he was reminded of Lily and James. He somehow knew things would be okay.