It was early in the evening when the two Marauders watched in amazement. Hydrus had just deftly removed the horcrux from baby Harry. First, the immortal cast a Sleeping Spell on the child, then laid him on the padded coffee table. He then called up a piece of junk from his pocketspace, making a mental note to clean it out once again. Holding the item above the still red scar he incanted, "Repel aliena anima." Harry squirmed as the foreign bit of soul was removed from his forehead, but stayed asleep.
Hydrus called Tippy to take care of the baby, who would wake soon. He then put the cursed junk into a medium sized ceramic bowl. He called up his acid and dropped some on it and watched as it blackened. The screech of a dying soul was heard, leaving the two Marauders in stunned silence. Then it was over.
"Piece of cake," Hydrus said smugly.
"Who knew it was that easy?" Remus said with a bit of awe. "I mean, these are the Darkest items ever created. How could a simple Latin term work so well? And why hasn't anyone thought of it before? To use Muggle acid, I would have never thought of that."
"If there is one thing I've noticed about magicals, it's that they lose common sense and creativity the more they learn magic. No offense, guys, but you have to admit that the common wizard doesn't think for themselves. Even you, Remus, fell to gossip and believed the papers and not your heart," Hydrus explained. Remus looked down at his shoes sheepishly. This caused Hydrus's godfather to chuckle.
"Don't laugh, Sirius, you did the same when you took Dumbledore's and Pettigrew's word about Remus. I'm hoping that therapy will help you get back to thinking for yourselves. I know if I hadn't left the wizarding world behind, I might have lost my common sense. It's only all the stupid ridicule and gossip that kept mine where it is supposed to be."
The two men nodded in agreement. Hydrus cleaned up the mess with a Banishing Charm and Scourgify, put the bowl back in his pocketspace and then he got comfortable on the sofa. The other two settled in their chairs. By now, they each had their favorite seats; Sirius liked the leather recliner, Remus preferred the comfy straight back chair, while Hydrus always took to the sofa.
"Hey, Hydrus, you never told me how you got that wicked pocketspace above your shoulder," Sirius said, hoping to lighten the mood now that Harry no longer carried the cursed scar.
It was Hydrus's turn to look sheepish. "It was a bit of an accident, really. I was trying to make an undetectable extended bag, when I misquoted the spell and it backfired. So I have no idea how it works, I'm just glad it does."
The two men chuckled and then Sirius pouted. "That means I can't have one," he whinged.
"Well, you could try, but, I wouldn't recommend it," Hydrus said playfully.
"You could show us the memory, and we could give it a go," Remus suggested.
"Yeah, I can do that. I have a few pensieves in there somewhere," the time traveler agreed.
"So, what now?" Sirius asked.
"Tomorrow I'll call around and see about counseling. I'd like to see if my old therapist is working, but I doubt it. Maybe we can use the same clinic though," Hydrus said thoughtfully. "I also need to get to my shop and see how things are going. You guys are welcome to come along. You might get a kick out of what I'm selling, Remus."
"I would like that."
"I think I'll pass," Sirius said, wanting to spend more time with his godson.
Tippy popped in and let them know Harry was awake and asking for them. So they asked her to bring him down. They played with the now thin scarred toddler until it was his bedtime and then the three men talked over plans for the next day and soon went off to bed.
The next morning everyone woke bright and early. Hydrus, of course, made breakfast. He went for a light meal of scrambled eggs with cheese and toast. Harry as usual made quite a mess and this time Sirius volunteered to clean him up. When the two didn't appear after ten minutes, Hydrus and Remus went to find out why.
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