The Lost Potter-Draco Malfoy

Chapter 62 (Year 6)

"You were the one who put baking powder instead of flour!" Peter yelled,

"It's not my fault! Remus handed it to me!"

"I said let's just buy a cake! That was my idea, but apparently no we can make it ourselves, without magic!" Remus shouted as he glared at his friends, trying to pull the dough off his fingers, but it was so thick it was hard.

"You three are 35 and 36! You've never done anything without magic!" Lily shouted.

"I thought it was a good idea!" Sirius shouted,

"So, what was the idea here?" Charlotte asked.

"We were going to surprise you guys with a cake. That's what Mrs. Potter used to do for us," Sirius explained,

"I'm still going to kill you," Lily said as she took out her wand.

"We're wizards! Did you forge were wizards!" Sirius asked as Lily walked up to them with a murderous look. Remus shoved Sirius forward.

"His fault!"

"You trader!"

"Here!" Peter shouted, as he flicked his wand and all the flour was gone, including the ones on them.

"You're so lucky you're not muggles. This would have taken hours! Petunia did it once, and we spent all night cleaning it so our Mum wouldn't find out." Lily signed as Charlotte and Harry took their suitcases up to their rooms.

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They sat for dinner later that day, after Lily had scowled at them for almost the whole day.

"I'll buy you a cake tomorrow," Sirius told Harry and Charlotte.

"It's okay, Sirius. We don't need a cake. Just the thought was nice."

"I want chocolate." Charlotte and Harry said at the same time, making James choke on his drink as he laughed.

"Dad, you know what I told you and Mr. Weasley at the station when we were setting off for school?" Harry asked.

"We checked Harry. Arthur and I went and searched the Malfoys' house. There was nothing, either broken or whole, that shouldn't have been there." James looked nervously at Charlotte, who rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, I know, I saw in the Prophet that you'd looked... but this is something different. Well, something more..." Harry said, before explaining to the whole table what he had overheard from Snape and Draco's conversation.

"Has it occurred to you, Harry, that Snape was simply pretending —?" Peter asked,

"It isn't our business to know. It's Dumbledore's business. Dumbledore trusts Severus, and that ought to be good enough for all of us." Remus said, cutting Peter off, who rolled his eyes.

"But just say — just say Dumbledore's wrong about Snape —"

"People have said it many times. It comes down to whether or not you trust Dumbledore's judgment. I do; therefore, I trust Severus." Remus said,

"But Dumbledore can make mistakes. He says it himself. And honestly, does anyone here like Snape?"

"No,"

"No,"

"No," Remus shook his head at his friends.

"I neither like nor dislike Severus. No, Harry, I am speaking the truth," he added, as Harry pulled a skeptical expression.

"We shall never be bosom friends, perhaps."

"Probably after all James and I did, it's just too much bitterness that we can never even be friends. And we wouldn't want him to be." Sirius explained.

"I do not forget that during the year I taught at Hogwarts, Severus made the Wolfsbane Potion for me every month, made it perfectly, so that I did not have to suffer as I usually do at the full moon," Remus said,

"But he 'accidentally' let it slip that you're a werewolf, so you had to leave!" said Harry angrily.

"The news would have leaked out, anyway. We both know he wanted my job, but he could have wreaked much worse damage on me by tampering with the potion. He kept me healthy. I must be grateful."

"Maybe he didn't dare mess with the potion with Dumbledore watching him!" Harry accused. The four friends started laughing, and Lily shook her head, smirking at Harry.

" You are determined to hate him, Harry," Peter commented.

"And do you blame him? With James as your father, and Sirius as your godfather, you inherited an old prejudice." Lily chuckled; Harry signed looking at his soup.