Harry Potter: Hydrus Black

Seeing the men in dark robes with masks on their face, Dolores pondered her answer. She was thinking that she was somehow in the middle of a Death Eater raid. Though, how she got there from her office, she had no idea. "I believe he had the right idea, but went about it the wrong way," she finally settled on, simpering. "He should have started with the Ministry. If he had done what I did then more of the Mudbloods would be dead."

"Wrong answer," Hydrus said gleefully, stunning her again, Obliviating the last five minutes and once again changing her into the chamber pot and putting her in his pocketspace. "So, turn her over?" he asked, looking at the other two.

"I think so," Remus said thoughtfully, shedding his disguise. "But how would you explain her absence?"

"And her lack of memories for the last few years?" Sirius piped in, also ridding himself of the cloak and mask.

"Those are valid questions," Hydrus conceded, thinking furiously on how to solve them. "Well, I could write an anonymous note stating I found her wandering Muggle London dazed and confused. Spouting off how she was going to kill them all. Then make sure to say she mentioned the Unforgivables."

"That might work, as long as you type it up. With computers being more recognized in the magical world there would be no tying it to you," Remus answered.

So that's what Hydrus did, he typed the note, put on his Cloak and snuck into the DMLE in the middle of lunch and went to the head office. He then summoned her out, put her back to herself, stunned her with his holly wand and bound her tight. Using the Elder wand, he cleared his magical signature; left her tied to a chair, stuck the note to her forehead and simply walked away.

Two days later an article appeared in The Times, stating that Dolores Umbridge was found and questioned under Veritaserum. The questioning led to her confessing that she had used two of the Unforgivables on Muggle-raised, giving her a life sentence in Azkaban.

The two dogmen were overjoyed that Hydrus hadn't had to kill. While they thought well of the time traveler that was always an underlying fear of theirs.

The first Saturday with the Weasleys went with only a few hitches. Since Hydrus couldn't join them, he learned about it from Sirius.

"It was going well," the Animagus said that night after Harry was in bed. "The kids were getting along and even the twins were behaving. Though, you were right about that Ron kid, he came off as a tad jealous. Don't know why though the Weasleys are doing well with the deposits you make to their vault. Arthur is still wondering where that money is coming from, by the way." They both chuckled at that. Arthur even tried to give the money back at one point, but to no avail.

Sirius sobered a bit and continued, "I'm hoping to work on Ron; he's not a bad kid, just overshadowed by all his brothers. Anyway, they have a TV, VCR and loads of kids' movies, so the kids watched a show and then went outside. Bill and Charlie were showing me that they have some of Frostwell's portable radios. We were all playing in the back garden, with the younger kids chasing the gnomes, when Dumbledore showed."

"Well, that's disconcerting," Hydrus said, a bit on edge. He had had a few more run-ins with the Headmaster, though nothing really came from them. "How did he even know Harry was there?"

"Arthur was bragging about it at work," Sirius answered, berating himself for not telling the man to keep it to himself. Thankfully all the Death Eaters were dead, imprisoned or gone. "Albus said he only came by to make sure Harry was healthy. The problem came up when he asked Harry how his family was. Harry answered honestly that they were fine. The Headmaster then asked if he was happy and the little guy smiled and said yes. We dodged curse fire today. But, what are we going to do if he asks Harry specifically about his aunt?" Sirius was majorly concerned about that. He was more than thankful that Albus wouldn't go so far as to use Legilimency on a small child, since it was unknown how the child would react. Some say it could cause major pain, while others say that it could affect their brain and slow their thinking.

"Hmmm," was all the answer he got.

"Hydrus," the dogman snapped, "this is serious."

"I know, I'm thinking," the immortal snapped back. "How did the Headmaster react?"

"He patted Harry on the head, talked with me about the Dursleys and Arthur about the movies. He went on to complain that he was still trying to get the Board to let TV's be in the common rooms or set up a theater, and then he left."

"So, he seemed satisfied? No wand waving? Or in-depth questions?" Hydrus asked, his mind going over different scenarios. After all their encounters with the Headmaster, he never once put spells on them. They had checked and were mildly surprised when they always came up clean. Albus seemed content on thinking that all was right with little Harry.

"Yeah, he just seemed happy that Harry was happy," Sirius said thoughtfully. Maybe he was worried over nothing. He just didn't want anything to take away his family.

"I think… no, that won't work… maybe… no, that won't work either… how about… can't ask Harry to do that…" Hydrus mumbled to himself as he paced around the room, leaving Sirius to look at him strangely.

Remus came into the room and looked at the muttering man and asked Sirius, "What has got him so bent out of shape?"

"Dumbledore showed up at the Weasleys and questioned Harry."

"Oh, I can see where that might be a problem."

The two men sat and watched the immortal think of and discard ideas. They were thinking of solutions as well, just not as rapidly as Hydrus seemed to be.

"Is there any way to plant false memories?" Sirius asked, grasping at straws.

"It's too risky," Remus answered, "just like Legilimency, it could have adverse effects on a small child."

"Hydrus," the youngest Black said, loudly, to get the older man's attention. When the immortal focused on him he asked, "Can you get pictures of the Dursleys and doctor them to have Harry in them?"

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