Harry rubbed his face as he lay down in his bed,struggling to process what he had learned. He was glad that Tonks had told him,but it was still hard to think about. Sirius Black had betrayed his parents andtold Voldemort where they were hiding, and if that wasn't bad enough then youcould also add in the fact that he had murdered a bunch of muggles and one ofhis parent's closest friends. And now he apparently wanted to finish the job.Harry had tons of thoughts going through his head right now.
'Why didn't anyone tell me? And why was it that the onlyperson who did would risk her job to do so? Did they think that I'd run awayand try to find him or something? Was not knowing somehow supposed to make himsafer from the mass murderer that was chasing after him? Would anybody elsehave ever told him this?'
'Probably not,' Venom spoke up, reminding Harry of thealien's existence. 'but it doesn't really change things.'
'What?!' Harry asked with disbelief. 'How doesn't thischange things?!'
'We knew that Black would likely be coming after you, nowwe just have extra motivation for why he is coming after you. And now we haveextra motivation to get stronger, you will get stronger and I will still beyour secret weapon against Black and any other wizard that tries to harm you.When Black finds us, I can eat him.' Venom offered.
Harry paused, usually he would quickly reply with a 'no,Venom, you can't eat him.' But right now, he could not help but think about it.The idea was certainly tempting since if anyone deserved to get their headeaten off by an alien then it would be Sirius Black, literally the man thatguided Voldemort to killing Harry's parents. But… if Harry let Venom eat SiriusBlack, then what would that say about him? Would he stop Venom from doing soagain? Who else would he let Venom eat after?
'Think about it,' Venom told Harry. 'but if you don'twant me to eat him then you should probably work on getting stronger. Practiseyour magic, make it harder for him.'
"Yeah," Harry spoke out loud. "yeah,you're right." Harry agreed before getting up and grabbing a book on thenightstand next to his bed and began looking through it. "I'll practisethe freezing spell, I should probably work on my fire spells as well."
'Must you?' Venom asked. 'I don't like fire.'
'I won't be using it on you, you big baby.'
...
The next morning Harry let out a mighty yawn as he wokeup from a rather nice sleep, he tiredly rubbed at his eyes before letting hisfingers run through his hair. One brief headshake later he stood up and tossedhis discarded shirt over his shoulder before he headed towards his bathroomwith another yawn popping out of his mouth. He stopped in front of the sink andopened the tap, once the water was suitably cold enough he splashed some on hisface repeatedly, Harry rubbed the water over his face and eyes before he lookedup into the mirror. A gasp escaped Harry's lips a second later, he stared atthe mirror with disbelief.
"Venom! Did you do this?!" Harry blurted out ashe stared at himself.
'Yep,' Venom sounded quite proud of himself. 'you likeit?'
'Like it? I love it!'
Harry couldn't help but be amazed as he stared athimself, Harry's abs looked like something out of a fitness magazine, sure theywere noticeable before, but now they were even better. The small amount of fathe had on his body had been reduced, leaving him with a much leaner and muchmore defined body. Harry also couldn't help but notice that the majority of hisscars had faded, he couldn't see any more belt marks or bruises or anythingelse that he had been left with thanks to the Dursley's. The only scars leftwere the scar where the basilisk had bitten him and the signature lightningbolt scar on his forehead. If that wasn't good enough then there was also thefact that Harry had added a couple of inches to the size of his muscles.
"This is amazing!" Harry whispered.
'Thanks, I haven't managed to heal everything yet,' Harrycouldn't help but notice the thoughtful tone in Venom's voice. 'but soon.'
'Well, thanks still.' Harry sent before he realisedsomething, his vision was perfect yet wasn't wearing his glasses. 'Venom, youfixed my eyes as well?!'
'You're welcome.' Venom sent back and Harry couldn't helpbut imagine a grinning mouth with tons of spiky white teeth. 'Hmm, perhaps weshould get you a haircut as well.'
'A haircut?' Harry frowned, looking at his wild mess ofhair. 'I haven't had a haircut in years.'
'You could have another one if you wanted.'
'Hmm, I'll think about it.' Harry eventually decided.
'Fair enough, do you want to get a tattoo as well?' Venomasked.
"A tattoo?" Harry blinked. "Not likely,mate."
'It'd look cool,' Venom told him.
'I… will think about it.'
'The girls would love it.'
'I will think about it.' Harry repeated beforeremembering that Hermione and the Weasleys would likely be downstairs, heimagined that it was going to be a fun conversation explaining this.