Fatherly Love

Harry woke up on the Saturday morning feeling completely refreshed. Sunshine streamed in through the windows of his home just of off Hogsmeades.

Turning over he picked up his glasses that lay on the bedside cabinet and put them on, he glanced at the clock and seeing as it is 8 o clock, he decided that it was time to get up and get dressed, for the day.

Choosing a pair of blue jeans, a blue t-shirt and a black shirt, he went about getting dressed. It had been eight years since he killed Voldemort, but still he often thought about the events leading up to it and the event himself. Many people had died on there side as well as Voldemorts. Bill and Charlie died, as well as, Oliver wood, Professor Flitwick, Hagrid, Percy and Tonks.

Shaking away his thoughts, he decided it was time to wake up the most important person in his life.

"Sirius… Sirius, time to get up now sweet, come on" Stroking his hair softly, Harry looked down at his beautiful son as he stirred, slowly waking up. He was six years old now, he had Harry's Black messy hair, and mouth, and his mothers blue eyes and nose.

Sirius opened his eyes and then closed them again. "Sirius Albus James Potter, it's time for you to get up". Harry had decided on these names when his boy was born, simply because he wanted to name him after the people who had the most affect on him. The mother had died not long after giving birth to him so she never really picked a name.

"If you don't get up now, well I'll just have to tickle you" the boy stayed still, with a smile on his face. "Right then" Starting to tickle the lad, Harry was rewarded with sweet laughter from Sirius. After a while he stopped his tickling and pulled the boy into a loving embrace.

They stayed like that for a while, until Sirius pulled back a little "Love you Daddy" he said. "Love you too Sirius" smiling at the boy, he kissed his head earning him a beautiful, angelic, loving smile. "Come on now, time to get you dressed, were going to have lots of fun today" Harry had been working extremely hard recently, and time off had been overdue.

He had a whole week off, which allowed him to spend it with his son. Moving the boy off him, they went about fitting him with some clothes.

Down in the kitchen Harry went about making breakfast. "What do you want for breakfast today sweet"? He asked as Sirius seated himself at the breakfast table. "Toast or cereal"? Looking up at his father, he answered "Can I have cereal please"?

"Ok" sorting out Sirius's cereal, he placed the plates down in front of them. As Sirius ate his cereal making a little bit of a mess, Harry began to read the daily profit, while slowly chewing on his toast.

There had been many odd occurrences recently; there had been reports at the ministry on people who were abusing the time traveling devices. Coming forward into the future and then before they are able to find out whom they are, they disappear and go back.

Frowning at the latest report, Harry didn't notice the head that was floating in the flames of the ever burning fire.

"Hello auntie Ginny" came the high pitched voice of his son. Looking up he saw that Ginny's head was in the fire. Putting down his paper, Harry moved forward to talk to Ginny.

"Hello Sirius sweetheart, would you mind if I talk to your daddy for a minute?" she said as she saw Harry come closer. "Ok". Once he had gone Ginny began to speak.

"Hi Harry, I'm so sorry, but Denise asked me to see if you could come in today" Harry let out a frustrated sigh. "Ginny, I promised Sirius today that I will spend the day with him, it's not often that I have time off, why now?"

Ginny gave Harry a sympathetic look. "I'm sorry Harry, but we have reason to believe that these people whom are abusing time-travel are death-eaters, and we think we know where they'll show up again, so we will need the best we have if we are right"

Harry Looked back at where Sirius had left them. He had a tough choice; he could either let his son down, or help the ministry against death-eaters again.

He hated it when this happened, it was not an enjoyable time for him or Sirius, but knowing the trouble they had before, it would do them well to catch them if he was there to get them.

He could always make it up to Sirius.

Letting out another frustrated sigh, he turned back to Ginny and nodded. "Ok, I'll come in but I'm not staying all day, will find then, detain then and then I'm coming home, with any luck the day won't be wasted totally for Sirius"

Besides Harry thought, if they are death-eaters they pose a threat to Sirius anyway.

"I'll be there as soon as I can"

Smiling at him, Ginny thanked him and then went on her way to tell Denise.

(Denise is the Minster of magic)

Walking into the front room, Harry dialed the number of his neighbor. "Hi Helen, Its Harry, look err, would you be able to look after Sirius for a couple of hours?"

"Yes of course Harry, but I thought you were of today"! Sigh. "Yeah I was, but I have been called in urgently, you sure you don't mind?"

"No of course not, just bring the lad round when you go ok"

"Thanks Helen, I'll bring him round in a minute, thanks again, I shouldn't be long, bye"

Right, he thought, now the hard part.

Turning round to go to Sirius's room, he found that the lad was already down stairs.

"Your going to leave me again aren't you?"

Harry looked down at the sad, heartbroken look on his sons face and knew that he must have heard it all. Oh how he hated that look, it was heartbreaking.

Sighing for what seemed like the hundredth time to him; he moved forward onto his knees and embraced his son.

"Sirius sweet I'm sorry, I know I promised that we will spend the day together and we will, but I have to go in today, remember what I told you about the bad people?"

Harry looked up to see his son nod silently, his head down. "You said that you stop the bad people from getting good people".

"Yes that's right sweetie, auntie Ginny thinks that there might be some bad people around so that means that I have to go find them, Ginny said that she knows where they are so we should be able to get them quick and then I could come home and spend the rest of the day with you"

Looking at his son, he saw that the boy was still upset. Sighing again Harry sorted out some items for Sirius to play with.

"Come on Sirius, let's go and see Helen".

Picking his son up, Harry went around to Helens home. "I won't be long Sirius" he said kissing his sons head, "love you".

"Love you too daddy" was Sirius reply, as he waved his father goodbye with Helen. Once Harry had gone Helen took Sirius into the house. "Now my little pet, how about some ice-cream".

Unbeknownst to them, they had been watched by two men wearing dark robes and white masks from just inside the nearby woodland.

Turning back into the woods, one of them turned to his company. "Go back to the Dark Lord, and tell him that we have found what he has been looking for". Just as the other man disappeared; the man left behind took of his mask and waited for his reply.

If anyone had seen his face at that point, in that time, would have been scared to death, for it was none other than Lucius Malfoy.

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