When the twins were old enough he was going to send them an unsigned note telling them if they kept their grades up he'd support whatever they wanted to do in the future. He just had to figure out how to do it without coming off as stalkerish; maybe he'd use the Marauders' names.
"I was hoping for something that came with pay. You cannot support me forever." Remus leaned forward and looked the time traveler in the face to show he was dead serious.
"That was a short term suggestion. Once we get you driving, you can open a bookstore or something and Harry can go to daycare fulltime," Hydrus protested. He had forgotten how touchy the man was about charity. "Maybe you can look into hiring squibs and Muggle-borns that didn't make it in the magical world, it wouldn't be much, but every little bit helps. Call Marius and ask if there is help for the squibs, maybe there is an underground network that we don't know about." That was something he never found out about in the future, he had been too busy with the Muggle-borns. "We can donate money or supplies if there is.
"That and you can have a back room for magicals and once Frostwell starts selling the book-readers, have them on display back there," he continued rapidly. Many new plans and ideas were running through his mind. "You'd have to get with him to work that out. As a matter of fact, write him a letter and give him the idea. He's a wonderful inventor and should have some up and going quickly. Then when you get established in the non-magical world, have some of your Muggle-born work a shop in Diagon Alley." He'd have to see if he could get those readers up and running in the non-magical world sooner than they had in the future. That was going to be problematic.
"We all have brilliant minds, yes, you too, Padfoot," Hydrus said at the scoff, continuing to go over his new plans. "We can do so much to help the magical world move forward without stepping on their values and traditions. The possibilities are endless. We just have to put our minds to it and sitting around this house isn't going to do that," the immortal said then pulled a pensieve out of his pocketspace. "I want to show you guys some of the more horrible things that I saw happen to the Muggle-borns, during and after the second war. It's one thing to hear about it, another to see."
So they spent an hour going over the Muggle-born trial Hydrus had witnessed, with Dolores in her glory, and the views of the beggars in Diagon Alley and what Hydrus had to do after to get them out. The other two men were speechless after that. They had been so wrapped up in Harry, their grief and other issues that they had forgotten about the horrible future that Hydrus had explained to them. Now, though, they had a purpose and could see those ideas working. That is not to say the war they just went through wasn't bad, it was, it's just that You Know Who was mostly trying to get allies and it was Pure-bloods and those that fought him that died the most.
"This'll be great," barked Sirius, when he got to thinking about the time traveler's plans for the Ministry. "Undermine them from the inside and not too quickly. With the announcement in the paper about my Lordship, I'd be expected to be seen trying to get allies, though most will think I'd go to the Darker element. Won't they be shocked when I'm seen buttering up everyone?"
"The second you see Umbridge you let me know, and I'll take care of her," Hydrus said forcefully he had no idea where that woman was in this timeline. "Don't start. I already said I'd try not to kill her. Besides, you just saw what she did, do you want her to do it again, because with the right backing she will." He glared at them when they took on wary looks and then sighed and changed the subject. "Sirius you need to be seen with pictures of Harry. Start telling stories about how he is just like any other baby. This might play down the whole Boy Who Lived thing. Take them, show them off and brag about him like anyone would their son. Tell anyone who asks that you are in touch with his family. If Dumbledore asks you can tell him the truth and that he's under the Fidelius. I can't be seen having anything to do with Harry, so it will be up to you to put rumors about him to rest."
"Yeah, I can do that," Sirius said, still worried about the Headmaster's ability to read minds. His Occlumency wasn't quite where he wanted it, but he was working on it daily, since it helped with his PTSD. "What if he asks how the Dursleys are doing?"
"You can lie and say they are doing fine. Well, that wouldn't be much of a lie, for all we know they are," the immortal replied. He'd have to hire an investigator to see if he could find them. Not that he wanted anything to do with his old family, but if the magicals got close to them, he'd need to warn them again. Hopefully they were smart and moved out of Britain, though he doubted it. On the other hand, if Dumbledore believe them to be under the charm he might just let it be.
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