Hello! Here is a new story for everyone to enjoy. ALSO...This will have SLASH...if you don't like it, don't read.

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Darkness.

It surrounded him, suffocated him.

He'd allowed Voldemort to hit him with the killing curse, thus killing the small part of Voldemort that was inside him. Everything happened so fast after that, after Hagrid carried him to the castle, it seemed that the battle started in full swing. Coming forward he battled Voldemort, where it all finally came to an end. Looking down at the pile of robes that had been the most evil wizard, Harry couldn't begin to explain what he was feeling at that moment. Yes, the wizarding world was saved but at what cost? Thinking on all the bodies he had passed, the families grieving, the ones to young to fight. His eyes burned with the prospect of trying to hold back tears as he heard Ron and Hermione call out to him. He started to turn but it appeared to him that the fight with Voldemort has taken more of a toll on him then he thought, as his world turns black and the last thing he can remember is his name being called over and over.

The darkness eventually faded and Harry slowly opened his eyes. What awaited him was a seemingly empty white room, he slowly stood up and wondered what happened. He was in such deep thought that when a voice rang out from behind him, he jumped.

"Ah Harry Potter…finally I am able to meet you."

Harry spun around to find a person wearing a cloak as dark as midnight that covered his face and which meant that this could only be one person.

Harry gave a small nod, "Death…how nice to meet you…too. I was under the impression that I would meet you…well at death."

Death laughed. "That would normally be true but your time in that world is over."

"What do you mean," asked a confused Harry. He wanted to get back and make a life with Ginny, finally have a family.

Death sighs as if this is the last conversation he wanted to have but never the less plows on through. "My fellow guardians and I were watching the time stream when we saw something in a different reality very much like this one with a future that can not happen."

Harry was even more confused but listened as Death looked at Harry.

"Tell me Harry…what do you know of souls?"

Harry had to shake his head, he knew next to nothing and wished that Hermione were here to give him some insight.

Death gave a nod as if he had been expecting that answer. "When people are born, their soul is the same, no matter what reality that person lives in. However that does not mean they will grow up the same way. People make their lives with the experiences that influence them the most."

Harry grew silent. "What does that have to do with me?" He finally spoke up in a quiet voice.

Death looked Harry in the eye, "you are the Master of Death and it has always been written that you would achieve this goal. In this reality you used that knowledge for good…but in another…"

Harry paled at what Death was implying. "You mean…"

Death could only nod, "Yes…you, Harry Potter had become the new Dark Lord, and what's more…this darkness has contaminated your soul."

Suddenly images began to play around them, showcasing just how dark Harry had been and it caused Harry to grow faintly sick.

Harry grew even more pale as Death continued, "your soul can no longer be considered pure and light. If it continues, soon your soul will be so overrun with evil that it won't get the chance for the after life or rebirth. You'll be doomed to wonder the earth as a mindless, vengeful spirit."

Harry clenched his fists and grew determined, "is there a way that I can fix this?"

Death smiled and snapped his fingers. They had arrived in what seemed to be a train of some sorts that was going backwards. "I had thought you would say that. This is the time train and will stop at some point and drop you in this new life. However I should warn you…when you arrive in the new reality you will be given a new identity and it will be your task to make sure that Harry Potter remains light."

Harry nodded while looking at the window, frowning at the images flying by. He finally turned away unable to look at himself partaking in acts that brought about death and suffering.

"Will I know who I am when I stop?" He asked with his eyes closed.

Death gave a sly smile, "that will be up to you. A few things before I take my leave of you. The first is that to help you on your task you will keep all your knowledge of your old reality…use it well. Secondly, I have decided to get rid of the Hallows. They are objects that give away too much power and thus I want you to destroy them."

Harry winced. That meant destroying his cloak and he wasn't sure he wanted to get rid of that. Death must have sensed his thoughts because he gave Harry a smile, "on second thought…you can keep the cloak but please destroy the others."

Harry gave a small nod. Death flashed out and Harry leaned back, thinking on what Death had said. He wondered what his home life was like, Death hadn't said anything so it was Harry's guess. This thought had barely crossed his mind when all of a sudden the train stopped and spit Harry out onto the ground in a flash of light.

Harry opened his eyes, blinking the light away. Shaking his head he started to get his bearings. He brought his hands up to his face and inwardly groaned. 'I'm seven…why on earth am I seven again.'

Looking around he saw that he had landed outside of the Leaky Cauldron. He stood up and dusted himself off and went inside. He was about to go and speak with Tom the landlord when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and looked into the eyes of someone who looked familiar but Harry couldn't place.

The man smiled, "whats your name, kid?"

Harry inwardly groaned, he hadn't given much thought to his name, when suddenly the right name popped into his head, "Aries."

"Well Aries, my name is Frank Longbottom." Of course. Now that he knew his name Harry could see the resemblance to Neville. "Where are your parents?"

Tears suddenly came to his eyes and Harry looked down at his feet. "I'm not sure. All I remember is a green light, and mum yelling at me to run away. I closed my eyes and the next thing I know I'm here."

Frank frowned, what this child was describing was clearly the work of renegade Death Eaters. Even though their leader was gone, his followers were still out there and causing havoc. He looked down at the young child and took in his features, his hair was black and slightly wavy, and he gasped as he took in the child's eyes. They were a dark blue that Frank knew belonged to only one person, and indeed as Frank continued to glance at the child it was looking more and more like miniature of this person. He wondered how he could have missed that similarity.

"You described your mother…what about your father?"

Death hadn't seen fit to give him the details of his new life except his mother's name so Harry had no idea. "I have no clue who my father is."

Frank drew in a deep breath, if what he was thinking was true then this was none other then Sirius's child. There was only one thing to do. He would have to put off his errands and deal with this instead. He bent down to look in the child's eyes, "well I'm sure we can fix this. For now, we should get you looked at. Let's go to St. Mungo's."

They went there without delay. Aries was sitting down on the table when the medi witch came in. She was a petite blond haired women and Aries couldn't help thinking that he knew her from somewhere but he couldn't quite place it. She turned to Frank, "Frank, what are you doing here? I thought you were running errands."

Frank smiled at his wife and motioned to Aries on the table, "I found young Aries wondering around with no parents. When I asked him who he was, he couldn't remember anything. I was hoping you could help, Alice."

Alice. Of course, he only knew one Alice and that was Neville's mother. So this could only be Alice Longbottom. Aries glanced at the women and could see the resemblance. So Neville's mum worked at St. Mungos, he inwardly smiled and was pleased at the thought that Neville had his parents in this reality. Though thinking about the Longbottoms made him think that his parents were alive here and he tried not to let that thought come through because although he was Harry Potter, he also wasn't and the Lily and James Potter weren't his parents, they were the other Harry's.

She gave him a smile, "lets get started then." She waved her wand, and waited for the results. She frowned, "hmm…that's weird." She waved her wand again, and as she hummed again, she must have gotten the same results.

Frank noticed as well, "what's the problem, Alice?"

She yelped as if she had forgotten he was in the room but explained the issue. "Well…it seems that his father is…" she hesitated…"is Sirius Black and the mother is…was a muggle."

Aries took that piece of information in stride, so he was the son of Sirius and a muggle. Frank frowned, "well…that's news," he looked over at Aries, "but now that you mention it, I did notice the characteristics of the Black family. The only question is how will Sirius take this?"

Aries inwardly frowned, why would him being here be a problem for Sirius. He decided to play dumb. "Um…do you know this Sirius person?"

They both turned to the child on the table, and each one gave Aries smiles that seemed forced. Alice was the one to speak up, "Frank, why don't you go and give Sirius a call." He nodded and then left the room. Alice turned back to Aries, wondering what she should tell the seven year old kid. "Well…" She was interrupted when Frank returned along with Sirius and a pretty blond haired witch that must have been Sirius's wife.

Sirius for his part couldn't believe what Frank Longbottom had just told him. One moment he had been at home with his wife and their two children when Frank burst through the floo yelling at Sirius to get his butt over to St. Mungo's. He'd flooed over followed by his wife and it was then that Frank had told him the news, and he was floored. He then had to see for himself, and he rushed to St. Mungo's while his wife followed at a more sedate pace.

When the door opened, he was more then floored, he was shocked. It was like going back in time.

Aries watched Sirius come forward his eyes never breaking contact. "It's like looking at a mini me." Sirius spoke what everyone was thinking. Aries took a moment to glance at his godfather. He had long black hair, and blue eyes, and Aries could tell that Sirius liked a good laugh. Overall he seemed happier and healthier and Aries silently approved.

"Who's the mother?" Marlene asked, glancing over at Alice.

She looked at the results, and both Sirius and Remus could tell she seemed down, "well it seems like his mother was…a muggle named Jordan."

Sirius gasped. Jordan had been a one night stand when Sirius had had to much to drink during a brief breakup with Marlene right out of school. To think that she had been pregnant with his child, and had kept it from him made him burn with anger.

Alice placed her hand on Sirius's shoulder. "Sirius…she only did what she thought was right."

He turned on Alice and growled, "how is keeping a child from his father right."

Frank stepped in front of Alice, "what's done is done and in the past. What matters now is that he's where he belongs. Now calm down, your scaring the kid."

Sirius turned around and saw that Frank was right. The boy was hiding behind Frank and peering around his legs with tears in his eyes. Sirius's heart broke, and he bent down to gaze at the child. He opened his arms, and beckoned for him to come closer.

Aries took his hand and to his surprise he was lifted off the table and set on the ground. Sirius knelt down next to him and gave him a smile sensing his nervousness. Aries glanced down, "Aries" he said quietly. From the quiet response Sirius could tell what kind of life he might have led and he would have to fix it. Sirius gently lifted Aries face so that their eyes met. "I don't know what kind of life you've been living before now, but I can promise that from now on you've got family behind you, and people who care about you." He gathered Aries in his arms and Aries allowed Sirius to hug him close, the overall emotion of the day finally getting to him. Sirius stood up, bringing Aries along with him, wrapping his arms around the boy. Aries didn't know whether to be embarrassed or what but he chose to simply ignore what he was feeling and settle in Sirius's arms. Chances are he would never get this opportunity again so better take it while he could and he was rather tired, so he laid his head on Sirius's shoulder and promptly fell asleep.

Alice shook her head, "poor kid…he's been through a lot."

"What do you mean," asked Sirius.

Alice looked over her diagnostic reports. "Well…it looks like he's suffering from malnutrition, plus he's been abused. He show's signs of broken bones, bruises and more."

Sirius's arms tightened around Aries. Marlene thanked the Longbottoms, and the new family made their way back to the manor. When they stepped through the floo into the Black family home, Aries was woken by Sirius. He sleepily wiped his eyes, "what's going on?"

Sirius smiled, "I just wanted to introduce you to some people." Aries nodded and Sirius set the boy down calling two names. There was a thundering noise and soon two small bodies flew into the room. One was a boy with dark blond hair and blue eyes and the other one was a girl with blond hair and green eyes. It seemed that Aries was the only one with Sirius's hair.

Sirius placed his hand on Aries back and pushed him forward, "Aries…this is Regulas and Elara. Your new brother and sister." He smiled at the two kids who were looking at Aries with curisoty alight in their eyes, "Regulas and Elara…this is Aries, your older brother." Elara grinned at Aries while Regulas seemed wary. Aries wanted to get to talk with them but it was time for bed so all three were taken and made ready for bed.

Aries woke up the next morning and for a minute wondered where he was, then he remembered the night before. He heard voices coming from downstairs and wondered why they didn't come wake him for breakfast. He jumped off the bed and started getting ready for the day. He went to shower, and when he came out of the bathroom finally noticing bags around his bed. Someone must have brought them up when he got in the shower. The door opened and Sirius stuck his head in, "good afternoon Aries. I sent the ladies out this morning for some new clothes. Get dressed and come down whenever you're ready."

From what Aries saw there must be hundreds of bags that were filled with new clothes. He sniffed and didn't know what to say, no one had ever done this for him and it showed how much people cared. He ran over to Sirius, who was looking at him in confusion, and gave him a big hug, and whispered "thank you."

Sirius patted him on the back, gave a wink then shut the door so Aries could get ready. Aries took a look through the bags until he found a pair of black jeans, and a blue t-shirt along with the basics. He pulled them on and then feeling ready to start the day padded down the stairs.

"Aries!" Elara shouted, getting down from her chair seat, splashing her mother, who was trying to feed the young girl.

This of course had everyone at the table turn around to look at him. Aries took a moment to look around the table. There was Sirius and Marlene, and Remus was seated beside them and then there were the Potters. James, with messy black hair, hazel eyes that twinkled behind a pair of wire frame glasses, then there was Lily, beautiful with her long red hair and green eyes. He looked further down the table and had to bite back a yelp, because sitting there looking right at home was none other then Severus Snape with a pretty black haired lady, who looked a little like none other then James Potter.

Lily Potter got up and came to stand next to Aries. "You must be Aries. My name is Lily Potter," she put a hand on his back and guided him to the table, introducing as she went. "You already know Sirius and Marlene. Next to them is a good friend, Remus Lupin." Lily continued on, "next to them is my husband who thinks he's five, James Potter." Aries smiled while everyone at the table laughed.

"She's got you there Prongs." Sirius laughed.

James Potter, aka Prongs, smirked, "like you're any better Padfoot."

Sirius blinked and pouted admist the smiles. Lily shook her head but went on, "then we have Severus Snape and his wife Juliet, who is actually James's little sister." Aries blinked in confusion, so James had siblings here, well that was news, and why they all seemed to be on good terms with each other. She then went on to introduce the children, "lets see, there's Regulus and Elara. Teddy is Remus's," she pointed to a light blond haired brown eyes boy who looked about Regulus's age. "Then there's my son Alexander and his sister Jamie." Aries could see the resemblance and while Alexander didn't have black hair like Harry it was still a dark brown, and he had hazel eyes. Jamie was a miniature version of his mother and knew that she would be a heartbreaker when she was older. Aries inwardly frowned, wondering where Harry Potter was and why wasn't he here as well. "Finally we have little Jude." This was a child who had inherited his father's coloring but thankfully his mothers good looks. She looked down at Aries, gave him a smile and then steered him to a seat next to Elara.

Aries looked around and saw that pretty much everyone had finished eating. Elara sensed his thoughts and gave him a pat on the arm, "don't worry, bro'thr. I'll wait with you." Aries gave a small smile and nodded, as Kretcher brought out a plate filled with food. The rest of the children were excused and ran to the playroom, extracting a promise from Aries to come up as soon as he was finished eating. Aries began to eat, trying to keep an ear in both the adult's conversation and what Elara was talking about. He finally gave up, he'd have to figure out what was going on another time and listened to Elara with his full attention. She was going on and on about some little thing that had to do with her dolls, and Aries tried not to groan, giving small smiles and nods. As soon as he was done he carefully picked Elara out of her highchair and left for the playroom.

The adults watched him go, and James gave a laugh. "It hasn't even been one night and already she's got him wrapped around her finger." Lily slapped him in the arm, "I think it's cute."

James pouted, while Sirius, Remus and Severus smirked at his predicament. Juliet turned to the Blacks, "I'm glad you found him though, if what you said was true, he needed to be rescued."

Lily agreed. "Are you terribly upset at the fact that Regulus is no longer the heir?" spoke Lily to her best friend, Marlene.

Marlene pursed her lips as the conversation got quiet around the table. She was about to speak up when Aries came running back into the room. He came up to Marlene and spoke up, "I just wanted to say thank you for the new clothes." He gave her a dashing smile along with a hug and a kiss to the cheek then preceded to do the same to Lily and Juliet, leaving as quickly as he came, leaving the women in shock.

Sirius and James of course, just laughed. While Remus hid his smirk behind his cup of tea, and Severus groaned. "Great…just what I need, another Black who thinks he's man's gift to earth."

This of course just made James and Remus laugh even harder, while Sirius sputtered. "Hey…I'm pretty sure that was an insult." He looked over at James, "right, Prongsie?"

James shook his head, "you're on your own with that one."

Lily turned from the conversation the ladies were having, hearing Severus's comment and smirked. "And what makes you think that you're in the clear. You do realize that he could have easily have gotten the idea from your own son."

James grimaced. "You're right, Lily-flower." He glared at Sirius, "Pads…keep your womanizing ways away from my children."

Remus smirked. "I think womanizing should be the last thing you need to worry about…more like pranking."

Sirius and James groaned, while Severus closed his eyes, shaking his head. Remus had a point, they could already imagine the grey hairs they would have when it was time to start Hogwarts. The women smiled, each one thinking of all the payback that they would be receiving when the children went to school.

Upstairs in the playroom, havoc was being caused. Aries entered with Elara and was soon swamped on all sides. Alexander pushed forward, "so you're Aries Black…we must be the same age." Aries nodded and Alexander grinned. "Great, we're going to have such a blast when we get to Hogwarts."

After introducing the children and getting the ages, Teddy, Regulus and Jamie were all five, while Jude and Elara were three, the children played until the parents came to gather their children.

It was a few days later that Regulus and Elara had doctors appointments so Marlene gathered them up and left, leaving Sirius and Aries. Sirius had some work to get done, so after checking to see if Aries would be ok on his own, he left for his office. Aries took this time to introduce himself to the Black library.

Glancing up and down the shelves, he gathered a few books for him to read. Sitting down in a chair, he opened the first one, entitled A Beginner's Guide to Runes by Martha Hilde and started reading. He soon lost himself in the book and fell asleep in the chair, the book hanging messily off his lap.

Marlene had been having an awful week. Even though they put up a strong front, there was an underlying tension between her and Sirius. Thankfully the children hadn't picked up on it, but the longer it went on she was sure they would soon start to ask questions. The reason for all this tension was none other then Aries Black…Marlene didn't know what to think about him.

She had gotten back from the kid's doctors visits and Aries was nowhere to be seen and so she had taken it upon herself to search for him. Marlene opened the door to the library, wondering who could be in here at this hour. What she saw was Aries, curled up in a chair fast asleep, a book sitting in his lap. She walked over and couldn't help the smile that came over her face. She also instantly felt guilty, it was clear that Aries needed to be rescued and seeing this look a like Sirius was a little weird because Sirius was the type of person who never studied, but that wasn't the case with his son. She bent down and brushed Aries hair out of his eyes, sighing on the inside. She herself was a muggle-born so it's not like she hated the fact that his mother was muggle, it was more the fact that he represented the fact that Sirius had cheated on her. She stilled as she felt Sirius come and bend down next to her, and put his arms around her.

"Mar…I'm truly sorry. I don't know what to do to make you forgive me," he whispered in her ear. She turned to face him and looked into those blue eyes that she had fallen in love with during their time at Hogwarts and felt her anger fade. She could never stay angry at him for long. She placed her forehead on his own, "it's fine…I could never stay angry at you for long."

He smiled, and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Aries smiled to himself, he'd awoken but due to the nature of the scene playing out before him, pretended like he was still asleep. It was nice to know that Sirius and Marlene had made up, it had been getting a little tense around home.

Marlene smirked, "alright you little sneaker. I know you saw that."

Aries opened his eyes and gave an innocent smile. "See what, I didn't see anything." Marlene rolled her eyes while Sirius didn't look embarrassed at all for that little bit of PDA. "Come on, it's time for bed." Aries jumped off the chair and gathered the books to bring back to his room, and with a wave rushed off to his bedroom. He stuck his head in the door, "Don't stay up to late…" winked and then was off.

Sirius laughed and Marlene blushed at the implications. Sirius pretended to wipe a tear from his eyes. "He's even better at this age then I was…I can already see the hearts breaking at Hogwarts."

Marlene inwardly face palmed, and beckoning to Sirius they left for their bedroom, making good on what Aries had implied.

A few days before Christmas, Aries was in a predicament. Over the weeks he'd gotten closer to his new family, including Marlene who seemed to have forgiven him for what his presence meant to the family. He loved spending time with Regulus and Elara and loved being a big brother. However, due to the fact that he had needed to heal he had spent the last few weeks at the Black family Residence, but he was finally healed so for Christmas they would finally be going to the Potter's.

Hence his predicament, he needed to get presents, and only now realized that he was quite broke.

Taking a deep breath, he knocked on Sirius's door. "Um…Sirius?"

Sirius looked up from some paperwork, waved Aries in, "what can I do for you Aries."

Aries looked at the ground, not quite sure how to ask his question, he didn't want to seem needy or greedy but went ahead anyway.

"Well Christmas is coming up, and I wanted to get presents for everyone," he paused, glancing at Sirius who was nodding in understanding.

"That's right, we haven't talked about your allowance." He looked at Aries, "we've decided to give you 20 gallons a month as an allowance. What you do with it is up to you, but be careful…there's no advance payments so try not to spend it all."

Aries smiled and nodded, "Can I go to Diagon Ally today?"

Sirius shook his head, and Aries deflated. Sirius scratched his chin, "well, I think Remus needed to visit Diagon Ally, so let me see if he can take you?"

Aries grinned at Sirius and soon Aries was walking alongside with Remus in Diagon Ally. Teddy had wanted to stay and play with Regulus so he was at Grimmauld Place.

"Remus?" The wizard in question, turned to the young boy and Remus paused, waiting for what was to come next.

"I know that Sirius and James are aurors, and Severus works at Hogwarts. What do you do for a living?"

Remus nodded. He wondered when this would come up, "I don't work in the wizarding world. I have a condition that makes it hard for me to find work so I work in the muggle world." Aries inwardly frowned at that, one thing he wanted to do was find a way to help Remus. Remus smiled down at young Aries, "in fact I work with Lily, we run a small bookstore."

Aries smiled, that was so Remus and Lily, it suited them. "What kinds of books do you have in your store?"

Remus looked ahead, "all kinds, and we're known to have a knack for finding what ever book a person needs."

Aries let out a laugh, and Remus had to keep back the awe at how much it sounded like Sirius. When Sirius had told them what had happened, they were all in shock and disbelief, but when they all saw the child, it was like going back in time. Remus was sure he would never get over how much they looked and acted alike.

He stopped at the apothecary's, "here we go, first stop of the day."

Aries followed him into the shop, and busied himself looking around the store all the while asking questions about certain ingredients and such. After they were done there, Remus helped him pick out gifts, for the women he got very pretty scarves, and for the men he picked books that he thought were appropriate. He decided to get candy for the children, and wondered what kind of candy Harry liked.

He glanced up at Remus, "what should I get Harry Potter?"

Remus looked uncomfortable at the question, "I'm not sure what Harry likes…"

Aries inwardly sighed. Feeling that Harry didn't get to many gifts he felt that he wanted to get Harry something other then candy, so decided to head back to Florish and Botts, and picked up a book on defense that he knew would come in handy.

Christmas Eve came and found Aries and company flooing to the Potters in Godric's Hollow. Aries tumbled out of the fireplace, got to his feet, and brushed himself off.

Alexander rushed forward, "Aries, you're here!"

Aries grinned, "hey Alexander."

Alexander grabbed his hand, pulling him to his room. "Come on, I got this new toy and I want to show you."

Jamie had other plans, "that's not fair. Aries wants to play with me." She stood with Elara in her hands, who both turned their puppy dog eyes towards Aries.

Alexander groaned, "who wants to play with girls?"

Aries actually wanted to visit the Potter library, as Sirius had told him it was filled with even more books on warding and runes. He sighed, he'd have to visit during the night. He needed to figure out a neutral plan and looked outside and had an idea, "why don't we go outside and have a snowball fight?"

Alexander grinned, "excellent idea." He turned to his mother, and pleaded, "can we go play outside?" The other children turned to their respective mothers, and one father, turning the puppy dog glance into a war tactic.

Lily shared a glance with Marlene. "Come on Lils, you might as well give in…their going to keep on going until you let them out," James spoke.

Lily and Marlene sighed at the losing battle. "Fine, but make sure you all bundle up."

The children yelled and went to begin collecting their winter attire. Aries briefly wondered if he should invite Harry but realized that he didn't know Harry yet, so it might seem strange. Soon they were bundled up and ready to head outside, and it was one glorious fight. The youngest children, Elara and Jude stayed close to the porch with their mothers, while James, Remus and Sirius joined in adding to the mixture.

Aries waited until it was midnight, first making his way down to the den where the tree was set up. He set his presents down, glad he had gotten something for Harry as the only gift he had seemed to get was one, and it was most likely from the looks of it some article of clothing. He sighed, and made his way up to the library. When he got there he saw a soft light coming from the door. He quietly opened the door and peeked inside. Harry Potter was sitting in the chair, curled up in a blanket, reading a book. He glanced up when the door opened and for the first time Aries met the eyes of Harry Potter. Aries entered the room, and started to look for some books, when he noticed Harry getting up to leave.

"Where are you going?" Aries questioned.

Harry glanced at him, and cast his eyes down to the floor. "I was just leaving…no one likes to be in the same room with me."

Aries frowned at that statement. On one hand he wanted to be mad at the Potters but on the other hand he also wanted to get this chance to know them as well. He resolved then to make sure that Harry at least knew that he cared.

Aries shook his head, "no, its fine. You can stay…in fact maybe you can help me find the books I was looking for?"

Harry looked up with hope in his eyes. "Really, you don't mind?"

Aries shook his head, "I'm looking for books on Runes and Warding?" Harry's eyes widened, "you like Runes?" Aries nodded and Harry disappeared into the darkness and returned with a handful of books.

He set them down, "these are the best on Runes and there's also this book on Warding that shows you how to use Runes and Warding together…" he trailed off at Aries expression.

He grew red and glanced down at the floor. "I'm sorry," he said quietly. Aries shook his head and soon both boys were knee deep in the books they had piled around themselves and were having pleasant conversation. The talk soon turned to yawns and both boys fell asleep, back to back.

Aries woke when the sun streamed on his face, and he could hear the noise that was coming from downstairs. He shook Harry awake.

"Come on Harry…lets go open presents."

Harry frowned as if this was the last thing he wanted to do, but Aries grinned. "You never know what you might find."

Grabbing his hand Aries pulled Harry out to the hallway and down the stairs, to see everyone gathered.

Sirius looked up from where he sat with Marlene, and shared a glance with James at who had followed Aries down the stairs. Everyone had been wondering where the two were and it was surprising to see Aries with Harry.

Aries ignored everyone's eye's and pulled Harry to a spot big enough for two people on one of the couches. "Good morning!" He cried out to everyone.

Harry crawled up behind Aries and echoed the greeting. "Good morning."

Lily gave a smile, to the boys. "Good morning. We were just going to find you. Where were you hiding out?"

Aries gave a sly grin, before slyly looking at Sirius. "I fell asleep in the library this morning, and found Harry there, so we came down together."

Sirius groaned, he would have a Ravenclaw on his hands if he didn't do anything to change that. Marlene laughed, "well Sirius…looks like we have a Raven on our hands." Sirius shook his head in disbelief, wondering how to fix this.

Lily nodded with a smile then looked at Harry. "Don't forget to take your potions later. Severus brought them just for you."

Harry nodded, "yes, mother."

They started to open the gifts then and from the Potters Aries got a big box of different wizard candy along with some muggle candy as well. From Remus, he got a book, and when he opened it, saw that it was rare book on potions. He looked up, "how did you know that I wanted this?" Remus just gave him a smile. From the Snapes, he was given another book on potions, this was even more surprising because of the fact that it had been written by none other then the man himself.

Aries glanced over at Harry to see that he was already engrossed in his book, eyes glistening with unshed tears, and Aries was grateful that he had gotten the present for Harry.

He turned his eyes back towards the tree to see what Sirius and Marlene had given him, not surprised when he found a long rectangle, that he knew would be a broom. Sure enough, when he opened it, a new nimbus was gleaming in his hands.

Alexander noticed, "Cool, you got a new broom too? Now we can go flying." Aries looked to see that Alexander was decked out in all new quidditch equipment. He snorted, James was trying so hard to make sure that his children were good quidditch players.

Aries continued to open his gifts, and saw that he had been given more advanced books on runes, and a potions kit as well. All in all he had gotten a good haul and was pleased with his gifts. It was then that he noticed a small parcel with his name on it. Curious he picked it up and slowly opened it, confused when all he saw inside was a vile of some sort of potion.

Looking up his eyes met Sirius and Marlene, "what's this potion for?" They glanced at each other before Marlene spoke up. "Well, your already Sirius's son by blood…and we talked it over," she paused and looked him in the eye. "We were wondering if you wanted to well…become my son as well?"

Aries was confused and probably looked it, because Sirius spoke up. "We wanted to give you the gift of becoming part of the family…the whole family."

Aries didn't speak as he was sort of choked up, they meant to make him their full blooded child, so that he would be full siblings and not considered a half-sibling. Sirius and Marlene were apprehensive as they waited to see what Aries would say, and it took Aries a moment before he wiped his eyes. He ran over to both of them, pulled them into a big hug, "Nothing would make me happier…dad and mum." Sirius pulled him into a hug as Marlene's arms came and wrapped around him. They were joined by Regulus and Elara, and Aries felt like the most loved boy on the planet.

He looked up, and in an excited voice asked, "can we do it now?"

Sirius glanced down at his eldest, "are you sure you don't want to wait?"

Aries shook his head, "I'd rather get it over with, so that way I can belong to both of you faster."

This caused everyone to chuckle and since only Marlene needed to put blood in the potion, she took the bottle and placed a few drops in. It sizzled and turned a golden color, and she offered it to Aries. He took it and gulped it down with a grimace. His body tingled as it changed and soon it was over.

He looked at both his parents, "well how do I look?"

Marlene conjured a mirror for him and he glanced at himself, basically he looked the same except that instead of Sirius's eye's he seemed to have gotten Marlene's golden green. It seemed he was doomed to always have green eyes no matter what reality he was in.

After that it was time for a late breakfast so they went into the dining hall and Aries made sure he was seated by Harry. After breakfast was over he really was itching to try out his new broom and so was Alexander, so he turned to Harry, "do you want to come with us?" He asked Harry quietly. Harry bit his lip and while the idea did sound like fun, he knew that Alexander wouldn't like it so he shook his head. Aries frowned but didn't push the issue, "well then when we're done, I'll come find you in the library." Harry nodded, took the potions his mother offered him, then made his way up the stairs.

Aries and Alexander went outside with the rest of the children and with the men. James and Sirius decided to have a little fun and soon they had a little game of quidditch going, the Blacks vs. the Potters, with the Blacks coming out the winner.

Coming inside, Aries made his way up to the library and found Harry reading, found a book to read and promptly joined Harry on the couch.

All in all it had been a great Christmas for both boys.

Ok...new story based off Death's Heir.