Ratcatchers: A Series of Standalone Fix-Its
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Remus casts the Patronus during Harry’s disastrous quidditch match. Padfoot realizes he doesn’t have to go it alone. Minerva realizes there’s a rat in her common room. Ron realizes that his rat isn't one.
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“Oi!” heckled Sirius. “If you called us all over here to poison us, you know that means we can’t keep you company while you’re in hiding?”
“Even better!” Lily declared. “I have spent the last three months developing a semi-safe alternative to Veritaserum and you, my friends, are about to witness a live demonstration.”
“Semi-safe?” echoed Remus.
“Veritaserum?” squeaked Peter.
“Wicked,” breathed Sirius.
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Remus knew, even as a luminescent stag with seven branches to his antlers and uncannily dishevelled fur atop his head sat in front of him and silently howled his name, that this could not be Prongs. It could look like Prongs; it could run like Prongs; but it could not act, communicate, or greet old friends like Prongs. It was simply not possible. It had never been done. It broke all the rules of Patronus magic that Remus had ever known, which was, quite frankly, most of them. But Harry had somehow done it, because the Patronus in front of him was clearly and unmistakably,
“Prongs.”
Prongs jerked his head down from his howl, nudged Remus in the chest with his muzzle, and disappeared.
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"If you ever want to talk about it, you can," Remus said softly to Peter. "I remember how hard it was when my mum was ill."
James snorted. "Which time?"
"We were very considerate the first time around," Sirius said, smirking. "Spent months all torn up about poor Remus and his dying mum before we realized he was pulling one over on us."
"You can't still expect me to feel sorry about that," Remus complained. "Sick mum is like the oldest trick in the book! It's a foolproof excuse for disappearing. I came off looking like a caring and dedicated son and everyone else felt rude asking too many questions about it." Remus took a contented, almost smug, sip of his butterbeer; beside him, Peter took a much longer drink. "It was perfect. A real classic."
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Twelve year-old Harry took a pinch of the proffered floo powder from Mrs. Weasley’s flower pot, dropped it into the Burrow’s empty fireplace, choked on a breathful of hot ash, and stuttered out, “D-Dia-gon Alley.”
The Floo Network, being invented by wizards and therefore following a system that was a good sight more whimsical than it was logical, did not dump poor Harry out one grate too far, in Knockturn Alley. Instead, Harry tumbled out of a different hearth, still coughing on soot, and found himself on the floor of the Dragon Valley pub. Before he could even get his bearings, a strangled voice from over to his left called out, “James?”
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Professor Lupin let out his breath very slowly. “So this is why you think you’ve been struggling to make progress with the Patronus charm? Because a part of you wants to let the dementor close, in a way, in order to hear your parents?”
Harry nodded again, though more guiltily this time. “I want to let the boggart out, just once, and, er, not cast the charm.”
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CONSTANT VIGILANCE and COMMON SENSE by darkbluedark
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
18 May 2022
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In which Alastor not-yet-"Mad-Eye"-but-still-quite-Mad Moody does as Alastor "Just Mad" Moody does, and brings a sneakoscope to an Order meeting.
~The kind of fix-it that makes so much sense that the fact that it isn't canon should be considered a plot hole in itself~
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All Harry wanted was to hear a story about his parents and then maybe mourn them in peace. He did not want to eat a feast on the anniversary of their deaths. He definitely did not want to let an escaped convict into Gryffindor tower.
Alas.
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