Harry's eyes gleamed. "Okay..."
Everyone in the room had given their attention to the dark man sitting next to his lover on the couch.
"I believe this is long overdue, and I hope you accept it. Harry, how would you like it if I adopted you?"
Ron, Hermione, Neville, Luna, and Ginny gasped synchronously. Harry was speechless.
"Y-yes! Oh my god, yes. I- you're serious, right?" said Harry.
"Well yes, that is my name," Sirius laughed. "And I am quite serious."
Harry jumped up from the place he was sitting on the floor, and hugged Sirius. Neither of them could help themselves from holding back tears. Aurora and Remus also shed tears watching the two embrace each other.
Before Luna and Neville departed, they approached the birthday boy with wide smiles.
"I'm really happy for you, Harry. You deserve it," said Neville. "Happy birthday."
"Thanks, Neville," Harry gave him a side-hug. "I'll see you both back at school. Happy belated birthday, Neville. I didn't really know you were going to come today, or that anyone was coming, but I promise to get you something when we're back at Hogwarts."
"See you later, Harry." said Luna. She had a butterfly in her hair, that she placed on her finger and put in Harry's hair before leaving.
"You look so cute with that," said Aurora, walking up to him.
Harry immediately hugged her. "Have barely gotten time alone with you today. Are you staying long?"
Aurora's smile faded, and she turned to look at Remus.
"I'll spend the night," she forced a smile back on her face.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Aurora made their way up to Harry and Ron's room as it got dark.
"Oh! Harry, tell Aurora what happened with Dumbledore!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Yes, right. So, you know how I told you Dumbledore was going to come and get me?"
Aurora nodded.
"First of all, he told the Dursleys off for being a bunch of arses."
"Well deserved," Ron added.
"And then he took me to this place, where we met this man named Slughorn."
"Horace Slughorn?" asked Aurora.
"Yeah... how'd you know?" asked Harry.
"I know quite a bit about Hogwarts. I've even read Hogwarts: A History," said Aurora, looking at Hermione. She smiled greatly at this.
"Right... anyway, Slughorn's going to be coming back to Hogwarts as the next Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. He took a lot of convincing; he didn't want to come back. Hermione thinks Dumbledore took me as a way to convince him, which I think is true," Harry explained.
"Makes sense. You know Slughorn taught Voldemort?" said Aurora, as casual as stating a fun fact of the day.
"What?!" The four yelled in unison.
"Yeah. He quit when the first Wizarding War was happening," she explained.
"The timing seems suspicious, doesn't it? Did people know why?" asked Ginny.
"Nope. Assumed he retired. But usually people retire for good, don't they?" said Aurora.
Harry had been lost in thought over the conversation before continuing. "Also, Dumbledore's hand was burnt. I think it was burnt at least, it was dark and brittle. He said he'd explain eventually."
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Invisible String
Fanfiction"Wouldn't it be great if after everything, we had a happy ending? What could possibly occur next, for us to have such a privilege?" It seemed as if it was a who, rather than a what. A fix-it fic about a rather mysterious and heartwarming individual...
