"Are you ready to go, Mr. Potter?" Flitwick inquired as he stood in front of the Floo in his personal quarters. As Harry's Head of House, Flitwick would be escorting Harry to St. Mungos for his visit with Sirius.
"Yes, Professor." Harry nodded as he stepped into the green flames. "St. Mungos!" He called out and was suddenly whisked through the Floo Network. When the spinning finally stopped Harry was sent stumbling out of the fireplace in the St. Mungos reception area. He ended up almost flat on his face before he felt someone grab his arm to steady him. The only problem with this was that the other person just so happened to be rather uncoordinated themselves and ended up getting pulled down along with Harry.
"Oof!" Tonks cried out as she fell on top of Harry in a tangle of limbs.
"Tonks?! What are you doing here?" Harry questioned before realizing their position and flushing red. "Can you get off me?"
"I believe that would be best, Ms. Tonks." Flitwick piped up having come through the Floo after Harry.
"Sorry about that, Harrikins!" Tonks grinned with a wink as she got up and helped Harry to his feet. "Thanks for the gift, I really like them!" She gushed as she motioned to the scarf that she had around her neck.
"No problem Tonks, I'm glad you like them." Harry smiled back before offering his own thanks for her gift. "You didn't have to spend so much on my gift, you know?"
"Better to spend it on you rather than some random thing for myself." Tonks waved off before taking his wrist and pulling him over to the reception desk. "Let's get you signed in so you can see Sirius!"
"Wait? Why are you visiting Sirius?" Harry questioned.
"Oh right, I never told you, Sirius is my second cousin. My mom and Sirius are first cousins." Tonks replied as they stopped by the reception desk and Harry was given a visitor's pass. Flitwick followed behind the duo and would wait outside of the room during Harry's visit. "Nervous?" Tonks asked seeing the look on Harry's face.
"A bit, I've never met the man when I had the ability to remember so this is basically our first meeting." Harry explained getting an understanding nod from Tonks.
"Don't worry, Harry, Sirius adored you from the moment you were born! He's been practically bouncing since he received confirmation that you were coming to see him." Tonks reassured her friend. Harry smiled slightly at Tonks' encouragement.
"Thanks Tonks, well let's go see my Godfather." Harry put on a grin though Tonks could tell he was nervous still.
"I brought Harry!" Tonks announced as she and Harry entered Sirius' hospital room. Harry saw the slim man with the trimmed beard and long dark hair sitting in the hospital bed. He was surrounded by other people Harry didn't know, a haggard looking man in older looking robes, a witch that bore a resemblance to Sirius himself, and finally another man that looked fairly plain with brown hair and a smile on his face. Though that smile was definitely the same one Tonks often wore, so this man was probably her father, Ted.
"Harry!" Sirius called happily as he threw his arms open wide. "Come give your Dogfather a hug!"
"Dogfather?" Harry questioned as Tonks laughed and gently pushed Harry forward.
"Ignore his terminology he never made it past Third Year maturity wise." The woman whom Harry was convinced was Tonks' mother, Andromeda, jibed at Sirius.
"Oi! I'm a man of culture and refinement, I'll have you know!" Sirius sniped back making all three adults laugh at the statement. "Hey! You're supposed to back me up at least Moony!"
"Sorry Padfoot can't help but laugh at a joke like that." 'Moony' chuckled getting Sirius to snort before laughing as well.
"Nice to meet you, Sirius." Harry smiled with the tension from earlier lifting away at the laughter in the room. He was quickly pulled into a warm hug by Sirius which he gently returned.
"Sorry it took me so long to wake up Harry, but I dragged the rat back for you." Sirius whispered quietly as he hugged his godson.
"It wasn't too bad, Sirius, you did what you needed to do; I'm sure my parents were happy about that." Harry whispered back strengthening his hug slightly before the two released each other.
"Thank you Harry, that means a lot." Sirius smiled getting Harry to smile in return. "So tell me how you've been, Harry, the last time I saw you was when you were one." With that Harry began to explain his life to Sirius, plus his visitors, until he got to his time starting at Hogwarts.
"Wait, you're in Ravenclaw?" Sirius questioned getting a nod from Harry. "Nerd!"
"Oi!" Harry called out getting a burst of laughter from everyone in the room.
"I know, right?!" Tonks laughed as she pulled Harry into a hug. "But he's my nerd! He makes me nice things!" She laughed as she held up one end of her Enchanted Scarf. Harry's red face only prompted further laughter from the adults in the room. Harry was surprised that Sirius hadn't asked about his Scouter and mentioned it.
"I've been reading back issues of the Prophet that St. Mungos keeps around. So as soon as I saw your name I read the article about your item. You want to scan me? I might not be in tip-top shape but I bet I still score higher than Remus here!" Sirius chuckled getting an amused roll of the eyes from Remus.
"Always so competitive." Remus huffed getting an agreeing nod from Andromeda.
"Sure, just a second." Harry smiled as he pulled his Scouter from his pocket. "Does everyone want one?" He asked the room getting a nod or shrug from the others. With that Harry started with Sirius who was looking like an eager child.
"You have '2714' mana right now Sirius. I don't know how much you had beforehand so I can't tell you if its' shrunk from your stay here or not." Harry informed getting a nod from Sirius.
"Remus has '6428' mana." Harry stated after scanning the other man. Remus smiled gently before Sirius spoke up.
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