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Part 3 of Son of a Werewolf - A Harry Potter reimagining
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2020-09-04
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2020-09-27
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Harry Lupin Potter and the Scars of the Past

Summary:

“Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban.” 

Harry read the words out loud. His features were lit up with understanding as he raised his head to look at his dad, whose eyes had filled with tears upon Harry’s words making the headline real. Remus wasn’t dreaming, he hadn’t misread. Like the text upon a gravestone, signalling the reality of death, Harry’s utterance of the words had made them real. Confirmed their meaning. 

Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban. 
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Third book of a series. Harry has been raised with love and care by Remus Lupin, resulting in major changes in the Harry Potter book series.

Notes:

♡♡♡ Thank you all for the comments and kudos on the previous stories. ♡♡♡

It's no surprise to us that this book has been a lot of fun to write. As adults, we do identify more with and have a bigger interest in the conflicts involving the adults. It also feels like we derive further from the canon for every installment we work on.

We are posting the prologue now as evidence that this book is going to be published soon, and for easy access to save or bookmark it.

Important note:
We have a separate fanfic series called Recipe for Circumstances. Quite a few of our changes to the lore of this work are reminiscent of how we wrote the stories related to Remus, Severus, Sirius, Peter, James and Lily. While certain aspects are similar as we've had similar ideas we want to explore, situations are not guaranteed to have happened the way they did in the Recipe for Circumstances series. These two fanfic series are not connected.

Another note is that it's difficult to decide upon relationship tags. The series isn't focusing on the romances happening within it, they're simply part of the plot, and will most likely happen in later installments, if at all, depending on couple. As of currently we will only post the relationship tags once a relationship is a certainty, rather than being built up.

Series order:
Harry Lupin Potter and the Path to Self Worth
Harry Lupin Potter and the Nature of Evil
Harry Lupin Potter and the Scars of the Past
More to follow

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This work is a reimagining of the Harry Potter series, and is written purely without profit, claiming no ownership of content originating from J.K.Rowling’s book series.

That being said, this reimagining focuses strongly on the importance of identity and one’s right to their own identity and person. Even more so to be in charge of one’s own identity. The series further explores sound logic, humane approaches and will make changes to the world of Harry Potter in attempts to add logic and reason to concepts which the audience may know differently.

You may find yourself disagreeing with changes and portrayals of the work, and the characters; if you find that this work is not suitable for your tastes, thank you for checking it out. This work will deviate from the canon, both in past and present story points. No excessive commentary is going to result in changes of the plot-line and character portrayals after audience preferences unless deemed absolutely necessary by the fanfiction authors.

We hope you find joy and potentially even comfort and reassurance in this work!

Written by Teddy.
Edited and co-written by Nathan.
Revised lore by Nathan.

Do not copy this work onto other pages without proper crediting of the both of us, including our AO3 account.

Chapter 1: Prologue - In which Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban

Chapter Text

Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban. 

Remus tried to read the letters which so cruelly stated in black and white what his mind could not comprehend to be true. His head was throbbing as he read the words again. 

Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban. 

The freshly printed headline continued to soundlessly scream at him as he once more looked upon the cover of The Daily Prophet. The world was softly spinning around him.

Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban. 

On the front page of the newspaper was his face, the face of the man who Remus had considered his friend. The face of the man he had known as a boy, the face of the man who had taken everything away from him. 

Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban.  

His eyes were sunken, his cheeks hollowed, his hair and beard wilder than the werewolf had ever seen them. The madness which had so often peeked through his eyes as a boy was on full display in the eyes of the man. 

Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban. 

His features were recognisable as those of the friend Remus had loved, yet twisted by years upon years of suffering. All that had been comforting about Sirius, all that had been the man he knew, had been replaced with the madness which the werewolf had always known was pulsing inside of his former friend like a poison. The madness he had so feared. 

Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban. 

“Dad?” Harry’s careful, gentle voice spoke up behind him. “Toast is ready, are you coming?” When the father turned towards his child who was looking at him from the end of the corridor, the boy’s face changed into a slightly worried expression. 

Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban. 

Remus couldn’t move. He couldn’t think. The world was starting to blur together as his feelings wrestled within him, fighting, clawing, struggling for an outlet. From the newspaper in his hand, Sirius Black’s cold, hollow eyes stared at him. 

Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban. 

“Dad… What’s wrong?” Harry came over to him, carefully reaching out to grab his hand. Remus flinched, pulling the newspaper to his chest as if he could protect Harry from the man who would have been his Godfather by keeping the paper away from the boy. Harry froze before smiling carefully. “It’s alright, it’s just me. What is happening, Dad?” 

Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban. 

With shaking hands and his heart beating forcefully in his chest, the world unfamiliar and frightening around him, the werewolf held the newspaper up for his son to see. 

“Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban.” 

Harry read the words out loud. His features were lit up with understanding as he raised his head to look at his dad, whose eyes had filled with tears upon Harry’s words making the headline real. He wasn’t dreaming, he hadn’t misread. Like the text upon a gravestone, signalling the reality of death, Harry’s utterance of the words had made them real. Confirmed their meaning. 

Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban.