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Chapter #3: A talk with Sirius.

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It's been a few days since Harry and Hermione had that talk about what to do with the situation that was currently going on in their world, and it wasn't because they didn't want to discuss it, it was more because they hadn't had the chance to do it.

Harry wanted to stay with Hermione in the hospital, however, he was forced to leave the place because even if he was willing to do anything to protect Hermione, the guys from the O.O.T.P. weren't too happy about giving the death eaters a perfect spot where they could easily find Harry.

Harry wanted to argue, however, he realized that he was putting Hermione in danger by being so stubborn, he also promised Hermione he was going to try to keep himself calm and not snap too often. He decided to leave her in St. Mungo's and get back to Grimmauld Place, but he wasn't going to waste time and have fun with Ron and the others, he was going to plan further, if he and Hermione were going to do this, they had a lot of things they needed to take care of to succeed.

"Uh...Sirius, are you awake?" Asked Harry late in the night before he knocked on a door.

"Yes, I'm coming over!" Said his godfather before he rushed to open the door. "Hey man," Sirius greeted him with a smile. "What can I do for you?" Asked the older wizard with a confused expression.

Harry should've been already asleep, after all, Hermione was coming back tomorrow and Harry needed to rest.

"Uh...Can I come in? I don't want anyone to know what I'm going to ask you," Harry said with an awkward smile.

"Sure, get in," Sirius looked around to see if anyone saw them.

It's not that the older man didn't trust the other people in the house, it's just that the Weasleys didn't seem to be fans of respecting the privacy of people and Harry was a very private person who hated his life being discussed by the world. After a few moments, they were sitting behind a small table close to a window and Sirius was pouring some fire tequila for the two of them.

"Cheers," Sirius said before he gulped the whole thing, Harry decided to drink it slowly. "So, Harry James...What do you want to ask me?" Asked the older man in a more cheerful mode.

Harry remained in silence as he tried not to choke on the drink because even though he was drinking it slowly, it was still strong even for a wizard, he wouldn't like to imagine what it would do to a muggle.

"Sirius...You're aware of what's happening in the world, and to be honest, every day I feel more and more helpless and frustrated...I know you guys don't want us to get involved in the order until we get our O.W.L.S at least but still, me and Hermione, we want to contribute with something, we have an idea but we don't know how we can turn it into reality," Harry said in the most coherent way possible.

Sirius remained in silence for a while, he was enjoying another sip of his drink before he sighed.

"Harry, I hate leaving you in the dark trust me I wish I could do something to make Dumbledore change his mind but—" Harry suddenly stopped his godfather.

"It's okay Sirius, I've already accepted that the order doesn't want to include us even though we've faced Voldemort more than you guys, we're not going to bother you guys anymore but we want to do something while we're at school," Harry stopped his godfather.

The older wizard felt a bit guilty due to Harry's subtle bitter tone.

Harry was tired of begging for information, no matter how much he tried to reason with them, they never gave him information, so, he decided to ignore the O.O.T.P. from today onwards, but before he and Hermione completely separated themselves from the order, they needed to sort some things first.

"What are you guys planning on doing?" Asked Sirius feeling relieved that he didn't have to argue with Harry again about the order meetings.

"We want to create spells, like a secret weapon our enemies won't know about but we have no idea about spell creation," Harry said before sighing.

Sirius remained in silence for a few moments before he chuckled.

"This brings back lots of memories, you know?" Sirius said with a smirk as he remembered the marauder days. "The marauders...We created some weird and interesting things back then...Wait a minute," Sirius told him with a desperate tone.

Soon, he moved away from Harry before lifting the mattress, there were some books under it, and suddenly, Sirius handed Harry a copy of the theory of spell creation but he also handed him one about occlumency and legilimency.

"You see Harry...I don't know what's going on with the connection you have with Voldemort but that tells me that you need to protect your mind and for that, you need to learn occlumency and legilimency," Sirius handed the book to Harry.

The younger man started to flip the pages to get a quick resume and soon, his eyes widened, not only with this book he was going to be able to stop the visions but if he was lucky enough he would have the chance to read Voldemort's mind and even know about his secrets.

"This one is a heavy lecture so, I'm going to give you a quick resume...Spell creation is about intent, but there's more behind that, so, I hope you and your girlfriend have fun while you read it together...If you know what I mean," Sirius winked at him.

Harry couldn't help but blush.

"She's not my girlfriend...And that bothers me to be honest," Harry said sincerely.

"Well, she's coming back tomorrow, you should spend some time with her alone, I'm sure Miss Granger is going to love spending time reading a book with you and don't forget to be brave, I'm sure she wants to be more than a friend too," Harry listened carefully to Sirius idea.

Even though the older man was trying to mock him, the idea didn't sound so bad, he smiled at the older man before he nodded.

"Oh, by the way, Sirius...Do you have any book or something related to wandless or non-verbal spell casting? By the way, do you happen to have spare wands?" Harry asked with a slight smirk.

This time Sirius got worried.

"Harry, why do I feel like you're planning to commit a crime?" Asked Sirius with a raised brow.

"It's not that Sirius really, but we're going to have to test our work and if an accident or something happens and the D.M.L.E. gets involved, at least they wouldn't be able to prove that we have anything to do with it," Harry said as he bit his lower lip.

He was expecting his godfather to scream at him, to scold him, and threaten him with telling Dumbledore about it.

"This is about the Dementor attack, right Harry? Honestly, I can't blame you for feeling paranoid about the threat of losing your wand again," the older wizard sighed. "Kreacher!" He called the crazy elf.

Soon, the creature gave a speech about how good his old masters were but Sirius quickly shut him up and told him to bring his parents wands, and a book from the forbidden section of the library, one not even Hermione would see as there were so many awful titles there, a few minutes later and the elf came back, he was hesitant about giving Sirius the wands of his old masters.

"You should tell Dumbledore about the way he behaves, I've seen elves treated worse and they're still loyal to their masters, you're related to Draco Malfoy, right? I'm sure that the elf is more loyal to them than to you," Harry said with a serious tone.

Sirius was going to dismiss Harry's idea but he realized that he was right, no matter how horrible their relationship was, his parents treated the elf worse and he was still faithful to them, and he doesn't forget when Narcissa and Bellatrix used Kreached as a hit target when they learned the cruciatus curse, Sirius needed to do something or else, the elf would bring Bellatrix from Azkaban if Narcissa called him or something.

"Take this Harry, these are my parents' wands, treat them as bad as you want but be careful, and don't let anyone catch you with them," Sirius warned him. "Take this copy of 'advanced spellcasting: wandless, non-verbal and others'," Sirius handed Harry a thick tome.

He couldn't help but smile, Hermione would surely love what he was going to show her, and he couldn't wait for them to start to work on their project.