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Chapter one: The Beginning:
Rubeus Hagrid:
Hogwarts:
Rubeus Hagrid was having a good Halloween, he had been at the feast in the great hall earlier that night, talking to professor Silvanus Kettleburn, who was teaching the Care of Magical Creatures class, about dragons. Hagrid loved dragons, they were so cute and he always wanted to pet them when he saw one. Unfortunately they were so misunderstood, the small ones always said all the fascinating animals were "dangerous". HA! What did they know.
Anyway, professor Kettleburn had just visited a dragon reserve in Norway, to study the Norwegian Ridgeback. So they had lots to talk about. The Norwegian Ridgeback was one of Hagrid's favorite dragons, and he really wanted one! Just one! Well, at least not more than four. He'd keep it/them in the back yard, build a barn with lots of hay to sleep in and have a big area for the dragon/s to run around in with a big wooden fence around it. That would ensure the safety of the children...
And the school was sturdy, being made of huge stone blocks and magic. Even a dragon could not make a dent in that building. So it would be perfectly safe. But still, the headmaster always refused him when he asked for one. Something about it being against the law, life just wasn't fair.
He could not use magic when people saw him, since he technically had been expelled from Hogwarts and should have had his wand broken. But he's trusted pink umbrella was with him wherever he went. And he could not have a dragon. But life was good all around. He had a nice home, a lot of good food up at the castle, his rock cakes, his familiar Fang - his ever faithful Boar Hound, the occasional student dropping by to talk, a few good friends in the professors, and a lot of good friends down at the Hogs Head and the Three Broomsticks.
Now Hagrid was back in his hut, thinking happy thoughts about dragons after a good day, something that was rare in this time of war. Then suddenly there was a big ball of flame materializing out of nothing in front of him over the dining table.
"Ello' Fawkes, What can i do for you toda…" was all Hagrid got to say before the Phoenix was on his shoulder and there was another bright flash of fire and he was no longer at home.
After a few seconds of confusion he noticed he was in the headmasters office. And Albus did not look good, Hagrid could not remember the last time the brilliant tiny one looked so old. Gone was the twinkling eyes, the smile and the confident stride, and in his place was an old man who had seen too much pain and suffering in his life.
"What's wrong Albus?" Hagrid asked the man.
"The Potter's. Voldemort attacked them tonight, the monitoring device i have there went off 10 minutes ago. It showed signs of huge amounts of magic being used there, and only one life sign. I feared it was Voldemort, and have been waiting for him to leave before going there myself, but i think i was wrong, i want you to go to Godric's Hollow and figure out what happened there, I have a lot to take care of if my suspicion is correct. Fawkes will take you. And Hagrid: Be carefull." Albus said with tears in his eyes.
"I think Minnie might be better for this task, but i will go since you ask me." Hagrid asked with sorrow and concern etched in his voice.
"Fawkes, after you flash Hagrid to Godric's Hollow, go get Minerva for me, we have a lot of arrangements to make. If my suspicions prove to be correct, Harry is somehow alive. And I don't think Voldemort would leave without killing them all, so he was either killed or greatly weakened and had to leave fast. Without even the time to kill Harry. I don't think he is gone for good. But I think he will be gone for a few years at least, but that's just a gut feeling."
"And since Harry Potter is the only survivor of this he will most likely end up very famous, and all this before he learn to walk. We need to get him away from all of this. I was thinking of Lily's sister: his aunt Petunia Dursley, and her husband Vernon. They are muggles and have a son his age, i think they will look after him. And make sure he grows up loved and cared for without all the attention that will come of this mess. You can travel directly to number 4 Privet Drive when you have picked up Harry. It's in Little Whinging, Surrey."
While Albus was talking Hagrid was thinking of all the times he had been talking to Lily and James while they were at school or in the Order meetings, he was going to miss them. But enough of this, he had time to mourn their passing later. Right now he had to get to Harry, and get him to the muggles.
"Al'right Albus, I'll see you there. Let's go Fawkes, outside their house if you will."
Fawkes trilled a sad tone and landed on Hagrid's shoulder, a second later they were gone in a flash of flames.
Godric's Hollow:
Fawkes dropped him off twenty yards from the Potter home. Then the golden bird flashed back to Hogwarts to pick up Minerva, and hurry back to Albus. Fawkes did not want to leave Albus alone for long at the moment.
"Thanks Fawkes." He said to the place the Phoenix had been a moment before. Then he looked over at the house, it was not a pretty site. The front wall was burning slowly, golden embers dancing across the wall. Another part of the house had caved in on the second floor. Only one thing gave him hope. The sounds of a child crying, it was faint and he guessed it was from the far side of the second floor.
"Aquamenti" Hagrid said while pointing the umbrella at the burning building.
The flames went out almost immediately, and he went towards the house. Dreading what he might find in there. He came to the door and looked inside. James was lying on the floor, face down, unmoving, and it was easy to see he was dead. His wand arm had been cut off, and he was lying in a pool of blood. He was lying in front of the staircase to the second floor. So Hagrid was pretty sure Harry and Lily was on the second floor. He stepped over James and went up the staircase.
When he was in the hallway upstairs he looked into each room expecting to see the worst. He finally found them in the last room on the right. Lily was half on the ground, half supported against the crib Harry was lying in. She had died protecting Harry, that much was obvious. There was the sound of a motorcycle outside. Harry turned his head towards the sound but Hagrid took no notice of it, all his attention was on Lily and Harry. And it was probably just a Muggle.
He went over to pick up Harry and but the umbrella in one his pockets. "Hey there little guy, time to get you out of here, this is no place for a baby to be. I'll take you to your family." Hagrid said while he bent over the crib and picked up Harry.
"Prongs! Please dont be dead! Prongs? Prongs! I, I cant... I cant loose you Prongs. please." There was silence from the first floor again for a few seconds. "I will destroy you Wormtail!" Hagrid could feel the anger and desperation in his voice. "LILY! HARRY!"
Hagrid took out his umbrella again, he thought it was Sirius who had yelled but you could never be to sure about anything these days. The footsteps outside came closer at a fast pace. Until Hagrid saw Sirius standing in the doorway. Sirius looked like a destroyed man. Like he would never laugh or smile again, ever. Sirius looked at Lily first and started crying. Then he saw Hagrid, and in his arms was Harry.
Sirius Black:
Sirius Black looked over at Harry and wanted to get him away from here. Away from Voldemort, the prophecy - until he was old enough, and trained enough, to handle it. And away from Magical Britain all together. He was Harry's godfather, and it was his duty to his now dead brother, in all but blood, to take care of his living son.
"Hagrid, give Harry to me. I'm his godfather, it's my right and duty to take care of him now that James and Lily are dead."
"I'm sorry Sirius, but Albus told me to take Harry to his aunt Petunia Dursley. And I intend to do just that. If you want Harry, you can come with me and talk to Albus yourself."
"He intends to leave him there?" Sirius snarled. "Everyone who knows Lily know Petunia and her husband hates everything to do with magic. No, Hagrid, you will give Harry to me right now, or i swear on my magic i will take my godson with me by force." There was a golden glow around Sirius when he said this, signifying that the oath took hold. "I know how Albus is when he has decided on something. He will not listen to me no matter what i say. So i will not take that chance." Sirius said while he was pointing his wand straight between the half-giants eyes.
All this time Harry had been crying in Hagrid's arms. When Sirius finished talking Harry looked at him and was holding his arms at him. Wanting Padfoot to pick him up like he usually did when he came to visit.
"And it looks like Harry want's to go with me. So Hagrid, what will it be? Will you do what is right and give me my godson? Or do i have to take him? By what right does Dumbledore do this? If they wanted him to make this decision they would have named him godfather." Sirius knew it would be a hard thing to do, take out Hagrid when he had a hold of Harry. But if it came to it he would summon Harry to him and use some of the dark courses he learned from his family to take out Hagrid. He had no choice in using dark curses. Hagrid, on account of his giants blood, would ignore most curses. So he would have to use something high powered to take him out.
"Now Sirius, you know Albus only does what he thinks is best. But i can see you are serious about this. I have no illusion about taking you on, you are one of the best fighters in the Order. Here you go" Hagrid started handing Harry to Sirius.
"Hold it, put Harry on the ground and step back to the wall. I know i'm finished if you get a hold on me."
"Fine" Hagrid said in a defeated tone, that was just what he had been planning. There was something that was wrong here. "But will you not join me to Albus and talk about it?" He said while putting Harry down at the floor.
Harry started to move over to Sirius just as Hagrid started to move away.
Sirius bent down to pick him up and held him in a tight one armed hug. "I will keep you safe pup." Then he looked at Hagrid "Tell Albus I'm sorry it had to happen this way, but i will not let that magic hating muggle make Harry's life a living hell! And ask him to track down Peter."
"I will."
"Oh, and dont move until you hear my motorcycle start up again." Sirius turned and walked out of the room, confident he would notice Hagrid if he tried to sneak up on him. Hagrid wasn't exactly stealthy after all. And into James and Lily's room across the hall from Harry's. He then went over to the wardrobe in the corner and took out the chest they had made for Harry if they died and he survived. It was full books on the magical traits in the Potter line, books on magic the Potters had made and not made public, information on where to find the Potter mansion, letters to Harry from his parents, a few Diaries from prominent family members, and so on. They wanted Harry to know where he came from. Then he went out of the house and over to his flying motorcycle, took one final look at the destroyed house while he remembered all the good times he, Remus, James and Lily had together.
"I will kill you for this Wormtail. You always were a cowardly rat! But I did not think you were a traitor."
He sat down on the bike. Put Harry down in front of him and secured him with a spell. Started the bike, and drove off into the night.
A/N
Chapter 2 is almost ready, will be posted by the end of today. 25.12.13
And here's a little bonus: :)
Chapter Two: Run away Sirius!
Moony's residence:
After he had left Godric's Hollow he drove towards the nearest town, found a parking lot for his bike, and apparated to Diagon Alley. Went to Gringotts and down in the Potter vault. He took out the message from James to Remus, made in case they had been wrong about he being the spy. Then he went to his own vault. He took out a bag of galleons, and then shrunk it to fit in his pocket. After he left Gringotts he apparated home, quickly packing his most prized possessions and some clothes and left again just as he heard the telltale crack of apparition. He walked around in a muggle neighborhood trying to decide if he should go to Remus. Remus might try to kill him before he got to explain everything. And Albus might come there looking for him. No. I can't leave without telling Remus. I owe him that. But he'd have to wait a little to be sure Albus had been there and left before he showed he's face there.
So after an hour of apparating and walking randomly around to confuse the DMLEs tracking squad Sirius had apparated to Remus's house, and knocked on the door. He had his hands visible, up around Harry with palms outwards. Clearly having no wand out. And now he stood here waiting.
A/N
Magic is not light nor dark, only used for good or evil, and Harry will use any way as long as he defeats Lord Voldemort. And i'll probably have him use a sword in some way. This will be Harry fighting for his life, and you all know the saying about Love and War.
Anyway, if anyone have a comment or a sugestion for improvements im happy to read them :) cant promise i listen to it tho :P
