Making the truth known

Can Hogwarts adapt

Sirius put his arm around his son's shoulders as they walked out the doors, but he could feel how stiff the kid was holding himself. He knew perfectly well why. The kid was upset that he let Remus join them, but Sirius wasn't letting his thirteen year old son call the shots, no matter what his Pup thought.

Harry was furious, how could his Dad let Remus Lupin come with them like nothing had happened? Yes, he knew the man didn't remember his Dad and Da were married. So what if he didn't remember he was Harry's Godfather? The man still knew he had been Sirius's friend, he still knew Harry was the son of James Potter, another of his friends, but he still abandoned both of them like they were yesterday's garbage. How could his Dad forget that? How could he act like the man was still his friend? How could he give him another chance to hurt them both? He didn't think he would ever understand his Dad, the last three weeks hadn't given him any insights, that was for sure, but it had been the happiest time of his life. Just thinking of the time he spent with his Dad brought a smile to his face even through his anger.

Remus's mind was spinning with everything he heard today. Here he was walking beside one of his best friends and his cub, two people he never thought he would ever see again. A couple of hours ago he had never wanted to see Sirius Black again, the man he had thought that had caused the death of two of his friends and killed another one, but now he knew Sirius had been innocent all along. Sirius hadn't betrayed their friendship, but Peter had, the man he had thought died as a hero. Not only that, but his cub considered Remus, himself, to also be a betrayer to his friends, and looking at it from Harry's point of view, he had to agree. Why had he let Dumbledore convince him to stay away from his cub? Why didn't he insist that Dumbledore make sure Sirius got a trial? Maybe nobody in high positions would have heard him out, but he could have tried to get others like Augusta Longbottom and her late husband William to push for a trial, or possibly Moody as he knew the man was very committed to justice. Harry was right, evidently he didn't have any loyalty at all, he for sure didn't blame his cub for being angry at him.

The three of them had been climbing the stairs while lost in their own thoughts, but now Remus realized they were walking down a fourth floor corridor, and he had no idea where they were going. His office was on the third floor and the Gryffindor tower was on the seventh, so why were they on the fourth floor?

"Where are we actually going," he finally asked.

But even as the words were leaving his mouth Sirius stopped in front of a tapestry showing a pride of lions frolicking around in a jungle setting.

"Right here," he answered his oldest friend.

"Okay, Sirius why are we stopping in front of this tapestry? We know it doesn't go anywhere after all," Remus pointed out.

A smirking Sirius said, "that's what you think Moony. Just because we didn't find it when making the map doesn't mean it doesn't have a secret here."

"Really? When did you find it then," the surprise and curiosity evident in his voice.

Well truthfully this is the first time I have ever used it, but Godric told me it's here. Actually what he said is after I open this secret door that the whole castle will look different from the outside. I don't know what he means by that, but I can't wait until the morning to find out," Sirius told him excitedly.

"You don't know where it goes," Remus asked with one eyebrow raised.

'Well it leads to Godric and Helga's private chambers according to Godric's portrait, but he said it is even more than that. The portraits of the Founders that are inside will finish explaining what this place is. See the portrait at Godric's Retreat is only of Godric, but they all have portraits in here and as it is all of their secrets, he said they will explain more together."