bat, grimm and the cat can fix it (Translation)

Summer

After a while, Harry turned back to the former landlady.
"MyLady, why didn't you tell Sirius about his family much earlier?"
Walburga smiled gently.
“None of you have to address me so formally. both you and young Severus belong to the family. "
Severus had choked on his tea at the word "young". Yet he said nothing. You weren't welcomed into a family every day.
"To come back to your question. I would have liked to have said something to Sirius much earlier. But that didn't work. After my younger son died, Sirius made this property the headquarters of the Poultry Order. that wouldn't have been bad. I was very fond of most of the young people. Especially your mother. It could go out of the skin, I tell you. I often had to pull myself together not to laugh out loud. especially when she has put the men around her in their place. Wasn't that Sirius? "
Young Black started laughing out loud too.
“Merlin, don't remember. This box devil was often worse than youbut she always changed our minds. "
"Yes she has. A wonderful young woman.
Still, I couldn't tell Sirius. Quite simply because there were also people I didn't like. and I still don't trust some of them today. For example, there was this stubborn Alastor Moody. A good Auror and certainly not a bad person, no question about it. but so stubborn and stuck in his views that he would need a kick in the buttocks to wake up. Unfortunately, it works so badly as a picture.
Then there are the Longbottoms. I had nothing against the young couple, but Augusta was also to run away. Apparently the Aurors are trained to hate black magic. I cannot imagine this tunnel vision any other way.
but I could have come to terms with all of them. After a while, you would surely have listened. Not so the Weasleys and certainly not Dumbledore or McGonagall. "
This time it was Harry who choked.
“Please, but our head of house is not that narrow-minded. She has nothing against magical beings. And I'm sure she would listen if someone told her the truth about black magic. "

walburga looked questioningly at her son and Severus. The latter sighed and took over answering as well.
"That is today, but then she was still full of hate."
"Why actually, was there a reason for that?"
severus hit his partner lightly on the back of the head. The way Harry saw it, this gesture would probably become an integral part of the relationship between the two.
“Fool, that's what happens when you just think about yourself. and you still had this problem at times. But I have to graciously admit that in this case you can't do much for it.
"Right, I didn't know anything about my missing feeling and was just a daredevil.confirmed, Sirius.
Severus, however, shook his head.
"Thats not what I meant. It's because Minerva had long hushed up the reason for her hatred. she was not ready to talk about it and therefore could not process the experiences. "
Harry looked attentively at the man.
"Are you going to tell us or is it a secret?"
Severus stroked the boy's head and then pulled him closer to him.
“No, it's not a secret, at least not anymore. Minerva was married. "
"WHAT?" Sirius came as a surprise. Harry, on the other hand, stayed calm. The best thing to see in Severus was that teachers also had private lives. so why should it be any different with his head of house? She was still a pretty woman in her 70s. Which was certainly also due to the fact that witches and wizards were much older than Muggles.
That's exactly what he said to his godfather.
“Except that Minerva wasn't a teacher when they were married. She worked in the ministry. Her husband was an Auror and was killed by a black magician. And in a very cruel way. It was she who found the body. this experience hit her hard at the time. The two were only married three years. "
Harry put his head on Severus' chest and wrapped his arms around the man.
Sirius was silent too.

"When did you find out?" Asked the Black.
“She told me about five years after the war. At that time we talked about the differences between black and white magic. At the time, I was surprised that she also believed that both types of magic should be legal. she also wanted to be educated at Hogwarts. Especially because she hadn't shown this attitude during the war, I wanted to know what changed her mind. And so she told me her story. "
"Are you friends then?Harry beamed at the man.
“Yes, we are. But we still like to argue to compensate for the stressful job. This is called mental hygiene. You need it when you work with so many exhausting students every day. Severus smiled and nudged the boy's nose. And like a cat, he closed his eyes.