HARRY POTTER:Rainbow in the Dark

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You've done so well with Harry the short time you've had him, Sev and he loves you so much."

"I love him too and he is a good kid despite having had to live with Petunia, her oaf of a husband, and their spoiled son for over ten years."

"Once I'm completely recovered, there are a few people I'm going to be having some words with," Lily promised.

"In the meantime, you should be getting to bed," Severus suggested. "I have set up the guestroom for you." He helped Lily to her feet and helped her down the hall to the room. "If you need anything, I will be out here. I have still got some assignments that need correcting."

Well, don't stay up too late, Sev," Lily teased as she closed the door.

Severus went into the kitchen and made himself a pot of strong coffee and then sat down at his desk, quill and red ink at ready and began correcting and grading the assignments. He frowned and shook his head as he read. It seemed that some students were too lazy to even open their textbooks to find the correct answers and just wrote anything off the top of their heads. He worked his way through the stack. He finished with the last one with a sigh and then got up taking his coffee mug to the kitchen, washing it out, and putting it away again. He washed out he coffee pot, dried it and set it back on the stove for the morning. He walked quietly down the hallway so he wouldn't wake Lily and went into his room.

The next morning he rose at his usual time of 6:00 am and brewed a pot of coffee. He poured himself a cup and picked up his copy of the Prophet, scanning the front page for anything interesting. There was no mention of any kind of disturbance at the Ministry for Magic, but of course the Unspeakables could not reveal what had happened in the Veil Room on Halloween night. An unexpected knock on his door startled Severus out of his contemplation of the events of two nights ago. He looked at the door and saw Remus Lupin spelled out over the door. Severus walked over and opened the door.

"Good morning, Severus," Remus said pleasantly. "May I come in?"

"Good morning, Remus," Severus stepped aside and Remus came in. "Would you like some tea?"

"That would be good," Remus replied.

Severus called Blinky and asked him to bring a pot of tea. Blinky was back in a few moments with a tray containing a teapot wrapped in a Hogwarts cozy, a cup and saucer, and a plate of freshly baked Pumpkin muffins.

"Thank you, Blinky for your always excellent service," Severus said.

"Blinky is happy he has pleased Mr. Professor Severus," Blinky replied bowing before he popped away again.

"Mr. Professor Severus?" Remus asked quite amused.

"I have known Blinky since my first year at Hogwarts and when I came back here to teach we agreed that he would be my personal house elf."

"I wanted to speak with you about Harry," Remus said. At Severus' stormy expression he held up a hand. "I don't agree with what Albus and Sirius are planning. I hate them acting as if Harry's some kind of secret weapon, their secret weapon in the fight against of You-Know-Who." He sighed. "If one of Harry's parents were going to come back; why couldn't it have been Lily instead of James?"

"I thought Marauders stuck together?" Severus asked in a wry tone.

Remus took a sip of his tea and a bite of his muffin. "Well, I guess you wouldn't know, but James cut me off even before they went into hiding because many werewolves were going over to You-Know-Who with his promises of equality. Many unfortunately found out the hard way that it was a lie. He just wanted them to do his dirty work and when they did, he took care of them with a Avada Kedavra."

"He actually thought you would turn them over to You-Know-Who?" Severus asked stunned. "I did not of course know what the inner dynamics of the Marauders were, but I always knew you to be loyal."

"Yes, he said it was nothing personal, but he didn't want me coming to visit Lily or Harry anymore."

"He always was a first-rate idiot."

"What I came for is to assure you that I won't help Albus, Sirius or James to try to take Harry away from you."

"That is good to know. Why don't you come by tonight for dinner? I am sure Harry will enjoy seeing you outside the classroom," Severus suggested. "Seven o'clock?"

Remus nodded and got up to leave. "Thank you for the invitation and I'm looking forward to it."

When Lily came out of the guestroom dressed and ready to go, Severus was scrambling eggs, frying bacon, and making toast. A pot of jasmine tea wrapped in a cozy sat on the small table near the kitchen.

"You remembered, Sev," Lily said pouring herself a cup of tea.

"Yes," he replied setting two plates of bacon, eggs on the table and sitting down. He raised his coffee cup to her. "You look the picture of spring in that dress, Lily."

"Thank you. Cissa has such good taste in clothing." She looked around her. "And your quarters are very homey and comfortable not at all like I remember Professor Slughorn's being." Both Severus and she had belonged to Slughorn's Slug Club and he had held parties two or three times a year in his quarters.

"I had the elves remove everything and find me other furniture and then when I was 25 I inherited the Prince trust and I was able to afford to furnish my quarters as you now see it."

"Do you still have the house in Spinner's End?"

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