by DrT - Sahits

even kills him, I'll be the new Defense teacher."
The four sat in amazed silence, unable to believe what Moody had said -- not even Moody could
believe what Dumbledore had told him. Then Tonks said, "The Grangers both said that Harry and
even Hermione had grown so much they were barely recognizable. Could they have spent the last
few weeks under some extreme use of a time-turner?"
"Or has someone substituted someone else for the pair?" Moody demanded.
The four sat in silence, because there was nothing further any of them dared say.
Tuesday, August 29, 1995
As Sirius sat in the kitchen, nursing his fourth firewhisky, a voice asked, "Don't you think you've
had enough?"
"Bugger off, James," Sirius almost snarled.
"If you don't realize what's wrong with that statement, then you've certainly had too many."
Sirius frowned, and then realized what exactly he had said. He turned around so quickly he fell out
of the chair. "Harry!"
"Sirius!" Harry hauled Sirius to his feet and gave the older man a strong hug.
Sirius pulled back and looked at Harry. "Damn, Harry! What the hell happened to you?" He looked
again. "You grew what? Five inches?"
"Just over six," Harry said.
"Which isn't possible in less than three weeks," Remus said from the kitchen doorway, his wand
out.
"I took a few days worth of special maturing potions and nutrient potions," Harry stated. "Amazing
that no one equated the near- starvation I went through at the Dursleys for ten years and then for
three and a half more summers with my being shorter than both of my parents. A few legal potions
and I've caught up to where I should be."
"James wasn't this tall until sometime during his Sixth year," Remus observed.
"I'm not my father," Harry reminded the two men.
"No, you're not," Remus agreed. "The question is, are you Harry?"
"Am I?" Harry challenged. "Of all the people in the Order, you two should know."
"Why?" Sirius asked. He had had too many, after all.
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