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Chapter One: Halloween, Losses and Saying Goodbye

With the sound of a tiny wee baby boy echoed around the dark and empty alley way as a young man dressed in in black robes cradled the tot to his chest, trying his hardest to settle him down, even as he himself wanted to breakdown in his own sobs. His best friend and the closest thing he had to a sister-in-law were dead, gone forever and here he stood holding their only child to him, his godson was now an orphan.

Sirius Black knew he hadn't much time before the aurors came after him, he knew they would believe him to be the traitor. But he was no traitor. He himself had been fooled and betrayed by someone he had once considered to one of his best friends but he could not bring himself to leave Harry behind.

Hagrid, a tall, wide and shaggy haired man with feet the size of small sleighs, had arrived shortly after his dilemma started, under orders to take Harry to Dumbledore. Sirius knew that the boy would be safe for now, plus he had a rat to hunt down and his name to clear. The long haired man quickly handed him over to the half giant with a kiss to the forehead, right on top of the new lightning bolt shaped cut that would surely scar and mark the boy as being as special as he was.

As the other man sat his giant form atop Sirius's beloved flying motorcycle with his most precious godson tucked firmly and safely in his arms, the twenty year old made a silent promise to himself, Harry and the late Lily and James that he would find Peter, clear his name and return to Harry before the now quite baby even noticed he was gone.

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The past four nights had been hell for both Remus and Sirius, they had lost their best friends, their surrogate family. While trying to find the time to grieve there losses and adjust to life without Lily and James while attending trials to keep Peter behind bars and Sirius's name cleared. They were also fighting for Harry to be put into the rightful care of his Godfather and the guardian the Potter's had wanted for him, not Lily's spiteful sister.

"Come on Padfoot, it's time to say goodbye" Remus whispered gently to his unusually quite lover. The two of them had meet when they were just eleven and had become close friends as children and later into their teen years they had become so much more. It was a strong relationship that had weathered many test to date and would hopefully stand strong against the many more that they would surely face in times to come.

"I can't Moony" Sirius said in a quite whimper that caused the Werewolf's already broken and aching heart to clench in yet more pain. He understood where the other man was coming from. He recognised the broken look in his eyes and the blankness too, he recognised it so well from his own reflection each time he had caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror since that horrid Halloween night.

He pulled his mourning lover into his arms and stroked his hair while replying "I know Padfoot, I know it's hard but we have to do this for them and for Harry."

"What if we never see Harry again too?" he asked and the raw emotional and pain that was clear in his every word and facial expression was overwhelming to say the least.

"That could never happen Sirius, we won't let it happen" the shorter man assured him in hushed and comforting tones.

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Two caskets lay side by at the front of the crowd of people who had gathered together to say their farewells to two beloved individuals who were sorely missed. They were covered with a red and gold Gryffindor banner and surrounded by beautiful white lilies. Soft harp music echoed around them accompanied by loud sobs and screams of anguish.

Many guest stood to speak and address the mourners, many stories were told and memories shared as hundreds of witches and wizards lay Lily and James to rest. Once the public ceremony was over, Sirius, Remus and other close friends were invited to the private burial.

Both men stayed silent as their two best friends were lowered into the ground where the lovingly engraved headstone now stood. As the dirt covering them echoed, Remus could hold it in no longer and let out a loud and anguished sob as he collapsed to the ground in front of the grave and continued to cry his grief out.

Sirius knelt down beside his lover and pulled him into a tight embrace as he too began to sob. Say goodbye was never easy but they weren't just saying goodbye to two people they had loved but also to the family they had formed and the life they had known. It was a scary time fill with uncertainties.

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The funeral had been a few days ago now and the two remaining Marauders were in slightly better spirits today as Harry would finally be back with them, where they could love on him and keep him safe. They had finally managed to talk Dumbledore into allowing them to raise the boy but with the small clause that Harry would return to his relatives' home for one week each year so his blood protection would remain in place.

The two men had grudgingly agreed. They were now set up in their new home, a large and old Victorian farm house in the countryside that had been in the Potter family for many generations and had been James's own childhood home and was more of a home to Sirius then his parents' home had ever felt.

It had plenty of rooms for all of them. Mr and Mrs Potter's bedroom and James's old room had been left untouched. Sirius and Remus had set up in the room that had long ago become the taller man's and Harry would be settled into the room directly across the hall from them, in a room that was already decorated in Gryffindor colours and quidditch themes.

This would surely make a wonderful home Sirius thought to himself as he settled onto one of the comfortable sofas in the pallor and waiting for Dumbledore to arrive with Harry.

A/N: I know, I know, I've plot-bunnied yet again and started another fic but I promise to still work on some of the others. But some of them have been abandoned and other's I am taking a break. Some are welcome to be adopted if you want. This is another Sirius/Remus raising Harry fic but with lots of twists and turns along the way that make it unique and different from the others. So I hope you all enjoy and as always reviews and prompts are welcomed with open arms and major excitement and love. So don't forget to tell me what you think and what you would like to see happen. The fic will pick up three years later in the next chapter.