Another World

6 - Friends

After leaving the bank, they continued to several clothing shops for Harry. When the evening approached, they finally arrived at a very fancy looking tea-shop called SereniTea. The receptionist scowled in dislike when she looked at Remus and was about to say something. But right when she saw Sirius, she trembled a little and immediately led them to a private tea room upstairs.

I am definitely going to ask about that next time, Harry thought.

When they were all settled, Remus ordered chamomile magic while Sirius ordered expresso heaven. Harry didn't know any of the drinks so he picked a random one called bubble rush, which turns out to be a jasmine milk tea with floating and color changing jelly bobas in the cup. When the waiter left, Harry finally found his chance to ask all the questions he was so curious to know about.

"Sirius? How do I use it,... the seal, I mean," Harry asked, he was sure it wasn't only used to access the vaults and show in public, but he didn't know how to correctly use it either.

"It works kind of like a credit card in the muggle world. That's what Moony told me when I explained it to him. Whenever you need to make a purchase, you just use the seal to stamp your signature and it takes money from your vault to pay for the purchases without you having to bring your money physically.... Ugh I feel like Moony now," Sirius laughed when Remus punched his arm lightly at that statement.

"Then would it work if another person uses it?" Harry asked, wondering if the seal would still allow others to steal from him.

"No, unlike a key, the jade seal has the family crest. This binds itself to you and only you because you are the one true heir. So any other person who tries to steal from you, the seal will naturally curse them."

"Do you have one Sirius?"

"Yup!" Sirius answered happily as he pulled out a similar seal, except the color was different, "My crest animal is the wolf."

Harry observed it, it also had an animal carved into it, half of the body outside like it was coming back to life. But instead of an eagle, it was a black wolf. Anemone and Hyacinth flowers adorned around the crest and at the bottom of the wolf's feet was the word Black in cursive.

Harry felt satisfied with the answers, but one thing still plague his mind.

"Why do people always sneer at you Moony? And why do they look down when they see Sirius?"

Remus looked shocked at what Harry said and Sirius froze. The room was filled with a thick wave of anticipation and dread. Finally, Remus head hang low and he nodded to himself.

"They don't like me because I'm a werewolf, Harry, ... I'm a monster," he said.

Harry panicked inside, what had he done, he made Moony sad!

"I'm sorry I asked. I'm sorry, I'm sorry," He quickly hug Moony as tight as possible, not knowing how to comfort him, " You're not a monster," Harry continued, Sirius nodding his head intensely. Harry put his tiny hands to Remus's face and traced the long scar slanted from his eyebrow to his cheek. "You're just like me," he pointed to the lightning bolt on his forehead.

Remus smiled through his tears and sniffled a bit. He wiped his eyes and looked sheepishly at Harry and Sirius.

"You're just like Sirius, so cheesy," he said even though Harry can still see the wide smile on his face.

They continued to enjoy the breeze and busy view of the streets below, occasionally bantering, but mostly enjoying the comfortable calmness.

When the waiter came back with their drinks, she had her head bowed low and behind here were three other people. A tall man with the longest platinum blond hair Harry had ever seen, a lady with buttery blond hair and behind them was a boy. He looked so much like the man that Harry thought he was a mini version for a second. But Harry noticed that his facial features were more like the woman, except for his eyes.