Harry chuckled as he heard the familiar aerosol sound of a can of disinfectant spray as the door was closing behind them. "Hey Siri," Harry finally said as he gave the dog a pat on the head. Thankfully, Sirius only barked happily and licked Harry's arm instead of reacting negatively to his godson.
"Have you ever side-along apparated?" Remus asked when they traveled down the street towards the park.
"No, is it like portkey?" Harry asked, pulling his trunk over the uneven ground behind him and holding Hedwig's cage so she didn't get jostled.
Remus gave him a wolfish smile and took ahold of both Harry's arm and the scruff behind Sirius's neck. "Hold onto your owl and trunk tightly…It's best to just get it over with."
Harry was furious; they made his Harry-suit throw up. He promised to never side-along apparate ever again then and there. "There, there. It does get better," Remus ineffectually assured him as he awkwardly patted the retching teen's back. "I need you to read this piece of paper once you feel well enough."
Sirius gamboled around them, chasing pigeons and trying to distract his godson from his stomach flipping over itself. "Is there a single, pleasant form of wizard transportation?" Harry asked seriously as he grabbed the extended piece of paper to read something about an Order of the Phoenix and a house address. "What?!"
"Brooms aren't too bad," Remus shrugged as Harry stared in awe at where a massive townhome appeared in the middle of the neighborhood where there hadn't been one before. "Sirius will probably want to apologize for his mother later, but for now, try to be quiet as we enter."
"What?" Harry asked again dazedly as he followed his old professor up the front steps while Sirius dug his heels in following behind them. Hedwig squawked and Harry let her out of her cage just before entering so she could fly off and hunt.
Walking in, Harry took in a deep breath and smiled. The house felt so…homey and welcoming. Just the aura of it seemed to reach out to him and give him a hug. If this was Sirius's home, which he figured it must be if his mother was around somewhere, he hoped he'd be able to spend a lot of time here. They passed by a heavily curtained portrait and entered into a sitting room as Sirius turned back into a human. "Oh pup, it's so good to see you again!" He pulled the teen into a bear hug.
Harry had a tight hold on his aura, keeping it as much inside of himself as possible while he held his breath, hoping Sirius wouldn't notice. "I'm so glad you're here, Padfoot. Where are we?"
Sirius pulled back and sneered. "My childhood home. I'm so sorry, Harry. This place is awful! My relatives were the darkest of dark and this house is infested with cursed objects and bad juju! At least I was able to offer the protection of the wards to the Order though. The portrait in the entryway is of my thankfully deceased mother. If you make noise, she screeches to high heaven."
Harry raised an eyebrow. The house seemed more than fine to him. Sure, it was a little dusty and grimy, but a feather duster and a wet cloth would have that fixed in no time. As Remus nodded along with Sirius's assessment, Harry decided to keep this mouth shut. He figured maybe this was a dementor-thing and the darkness of the house fit him now. Regardless, he was already looking forward to his stay. "So, the Order, was that the phoenix thing I read about that made the house appear?"
"Yes, the Order of the Phoenix is an organization Dumbledore put together in the first war to fight Voldemort. Now that he's back, everyone's been called up to join again," Remus explained, sitting in an armchair by the unlit fire. Harry was wondering what the odds were of getting someone to light the fire even though it was summer.
"Awesome! So…things are actually being done to fight the bastard?" Harry asked in interest. He hoped he'd be told something now that he was no longer in the muggle world.
"Actually, both sides are mainly just recruiting right now," the animagus explained as he seemed to look over his shoulder to make sure no one was listening. Harry looked back as well wondering why he'd be worried in his own house. "Voldemort has been really quiet lately with no major attacks."
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