And so the next hour was spent telling about his childhood and the terrorist that hunted him and killed his family. Noble's eyes grew wider at each almost death experience Hydrus had as a child, but he did note the young man seemed to be in complete control. In the end it was decided that Hydrus would continue with an every three month checkup. The two shook hands and Hydrus was led back to the lobby. There two very emotional men were seated, though Remus seemed more concerned about Sirius. The immortal made his way to the front desk, paid the bills for all of them, made his appointment and turned to his friends.
"Come on, guys, let's go to get some tea," Hydrus suggested, thinking it would give everyone time to regain control before they went home. And knowing drinking alcohol would only make it worse, even if Sirius looked like he wanted to get pissed.
Remus took his friend by the elbow and led him to the car. They drove to the nearest diner and had some scones and tea.
After ten minutes of silence passed Hydrus asked, "Do you want to talk about it, Sirius?"
"Yeah, yeah, Ms. Goddard said that'd be a good thing, to talk to you two," Sirius said, coming back to himself.
Remus rubbed his back and said, "Take your time, Padfoot."
"The questions were just so intrusive," the dogman said with a shudder, had he not just been talking to the analyst he wouldn't be opening up now. "I know you told me they would be, but I brought up things I thought I had forgotten about. It was really hard and emotional. She said I had to come every day for the next few months." His face looked torn between relief at getting help and sadness that he was so screwed up. "She said the psychiatrist will give me Muggle pills for anxiety and depression. I'm going to see if there are equivalents in potions."
"Well, we're here for you, if you ever want to talk about. It's good to have people to support you through all of this," Hydrus said sincerely, looking in the other man's eyes, showing him what he said was true. He remembered well that George had been a great help to him when he first went through all his therapy. He'd hate to think how much harder it would have been if he hadn't had that support. "There are better potions; we can brew some up later."
That seemed to relax the man a bit. "She did say something about my loyalty to Dumbledore as being unnatural, especially after I told her what he did to Harry. I didn't use any names, but I did tell her that he was a great man and leader, so I didn't understand his actions," Sirius said a bit confused.
"I've been thinking about that. Was there a loyalty clause in the oaths you took for the Order of the Phoenix?" Hydrus asked.
Both men's eyes glazed over as they thought back to when they joined the Order. Recognition came to their faces as they realized that there was indeed a sentence about being loyal to the leader of the Order until the group was disbanded. They both came back to the present and nodded.
"Yeah, there was, it wasn't specifically to Dumbledore just whoever was the leader and only if that leader made a vow to fight for the Light. But, how did Pettigrew break that oath without dying?" Sirius asked a little angry.
"I'm not sure, maybe it was because he didn't go against the leader, he went against members of the Order," Hydrus answered. Though, that didn't make much sense either, wouldn't the Order members make the same vow to fight for the Light. Since he wasn't there when they made the vow he didn't have the answer to that. It could be that Pettigrew used a false name, or reworded his vow, that sneaky rat would find a way to get around it, if he was already a Death Eater.
"So, we are going to be sticking up for Albus until he disperses the Order?" Remus asked also angry about that clause, it was too much like mind control.
"Yeah, but when the trials are over, he should be doing that, so it will only be for a few more weeks," Hydrus said, hoping to ease their anger. "Besides, you guys were only fresh out of Hogwarts when you made that vow and Dumbledore had made a good impression on the both of you, letting you do the things you did without reprimand. And with enough therapy, you might just find a way around that clause, if the Order starts up again. It's amazing what the mind can do when given the correct motivation."
The two men relaxed at that, Hydrus, so far, hadn't steered them wrong.
"What about you, Remus," Sirius asked, taking a sip of his tea, wishing for something stronger. "You don't seem stressed at all."
"Oh, not to make it sound like I am better than you, but, my therapist, Ms. Frankston, said that I am simply suffering from plain old depression and will overcome it in time," the werewolf answered. "She said my fear of hurting people can be treated with meditation and perhaps exercise. So you were right, Hydrus. She gave me a pamphlet on the grieving stages. She recommended that I only come to the clinic if I feel I cannot handle the grieving process myself. I told her I had you two and that I will be okay."
"That's Moony for you, always the calm and collected one," Sirius said with a sincere smile. They finished their tea chatting about happier times and went home.
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