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Chapter 2: The Plan

"Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people."- Carl Jung

Sirius smiles at the now sleeping baby, he then held Severus close by the waist and nodded solemnly, "Let's go.". With a silent crack, the three wizards were gone from the murder scene to a place no one can plot.


Sirius, Snape and the sleeping baby arrived in a dark alley near the muggle side of Leaky Cauldron. Sirius gently guide Snape further from the Leaky Cauldron alley and guide him to a more secluded area. He then used his wand to call the knight bus. When the bus arrived, Sirius gave the location they were heading and motioned Severus to go on the bus. When they arrived at their destination Sirius lead them to an expensive looking neighbourhood, with many mansions and regal looking statues.

They both finally stopped in front of a gate to the most modest looking mansion out of all in the neighbourhood. Hadrian who had been sleeping all throughout the journey decided to wake up, he looked around confusingly, clearly at loss at where he is. He snuggled even further to Severus' neck, taking comfort in the man's deep hum. "You're awake my dear? You should go back to sleep, love." He whispered and brushed his lips on the baby's forehead. Hadrian shook his head but didn't answer anything.

Sirius watched the scene with an uncomfortable clench in his gut, no child should suffer the fate that Harry is in right now but mellowing his fate will not change anything and it will certainly not bring both Lily and James back to life. He has to stay strong and mature for Hadrian. He turned to the gate and unlock it with a silent alohomora. Severus' eyes widened but stayed quite nonetheless he began to question as to why the marauder led them here. He followed Sirius into the mansion's pathway and to the main entrance of the building.

Sirius knocks three times and twice after, he waited for a moment until the door opened by itself. Sirius motioned Severus to go inside and wordlessly flick his wand to bring up complicated wards and closed the gate. After he's satisfied with his work, he went inside the mansion. "Go take a seat on one of the couch in the living room. It's on your left. I'll alert the owner of this house." He ordered and took off his coat and let it float to one of the coat hangers in the mansion. He wasted no time and immediately walked up the stairs to the second floor.

He easily manoeuvred himself in the mansion and stop in front of a door that serves as the master bedroom door. He stayed quiet for a minute to gather his wits, clearly trying to find a way to explain everything to the owner. He sighed heavily before opening the door and closing it with an inaudible click. He gazed at the person who is sound asleep in the big bedroom with a loving smile. He quietly walked to the side of the bed where a beautiful slender woman sleeps with a peaceful smile on her face. He crouched down and lovingly brushed the woman's golden locks.

She shifted and groaned a little but recognizing the familiar touch, she graced a smiled. "Sirius. You came back late. I was beginning to worry." She grumbled while snuggling closer to the edge of the bed to feel the warmth that Sirius was emitting. She reached out her hand to cup one of Sirius's cheek. "I'm glad you're back." She smiled with her eyes still closed, ready to fall asleep again.

Sirius sighed heavily as he nuzzled her palm, leaving a few chaste kisses on it. "I'm sorry to wake you up this late and making you worry, but…" Sirius trailed, hesitant to continue he paused to gather his words. He opened his mouth a couple of times but then he remembered the state of the Potter house, he remembered how shaken Severus was that he didn't want to see James and Lily's bodies. His lips began to tremble as hot tears began to roll down his cheeks and he broke down into sobs.

Shocked with the tears, the woman opened her eyes, revealing the most beautiful emerald eyes that filled with concern. She raised her head and moved forward while still laying down to hugged Sirius. "Sirius? What is it? What happened?" She whispered soothingly, gently caressing his hair calming him in the process. "Tell me, love…" Said the fair-haired woman as she let Sirius go, to see him straight into his eyes.

"I-it's about James… and Lily." He choked and looked at her with the most broken expression. "They're both gone, Petunia. Voldemort killed them…" He finished with a sob.

Petunia Evans, the sister of Lily Potter nee Evans, stared in shock. Her face completely loses complexion and went horribly white. The news of her sister untimely demise hit her hard. She couldn't believe that her little baby sister is gone forever. She could've sworn that she just met her the other day. "M-m-my sister? Lily?" Her voice cracked. Sirius nodded, crying openly in his hand. Petunia sat up slowly, her hands trembled as the reality hit her hard. "P-please… tell me you're j-joking… Lily couldn't be… She couldn't!" She yelled while she shook Sirius' shoulder. But the man shook his head and Petunia snapped inside. Slowly tears escape her eyes then it turns into a stream and the next thing she knew, she was crying hysterically in her hands.

Sirius gently reached out and enveloped her in his arms. Petunia cried loudly on his chest, letting grief take over her emotion. She wailed, screamed, and sobbed both in sorrow and agony. She kept on denying and denying but deep down she knew that Sirius didn't lie. "NO! Please tell me this isn't true… Please…" She cried as she pulled Sirius closer to her. Sirius stayed and hold her silently, relieved that he had put a silencing charm in the room before so the other guest downstairs wouldn't hear. He kissed her hair and began to shed a tear too.

"I'm so sorry."


Severus sat quietly in the obviously expensive living room. Now that he had calm himself, he began to question the relationship Sirius had with the owner of the mansion. How did he meet such person? Let alone form an acquaintanceship that let him use the mansion freely. Did Severus miss something? Had Black finally met someone worthy of his attention? Or was this all Black's? Questions after question began to fill his mind that he missed the calculative look Hadrian was wearing as he scanned the room. Hadrian made a whining noise which made Severus broke his focus and immediately paid his full attention to the child.

"Siri?" Asked Hadrian with his piercing wide eyes looking at Severus curiously.

"Truthfully, Hadrian. I do not know where your other uncle is. But I knew that he is hiding something." Hadrian pouted at that and looked around the room again. Severus saw his curiosity as amusing, he chuckled and ruffled the boy's hair. "Do you want to look around with me?" He asked. Hadrian gave him a toothy smile and with that Severus carried him around the room.

There are no pictures around the room, only paintings from abstract to still life but no pictures. One thing that is certain was that this is a muggle house. Everything was filled with muggle things, antique clock, a radio, a piano, and there are no traces of magic around the house, except for Sirius'. "I don't know what your godfather is thinking, Hadrian. But I got a feeling that there's a surprise waiting for us later on." He sighed as he cuddled Hadrian closer. The baby, however, remained nonchalant, completely mesmerized by the antique clock ticking.


After a few minutes passed Petunia finally calmed down and had reverted to sobbing quietly in Sirius' arms. Then something hit her, Hadrian, his lovely nephew, what about him? With trembling hands, she tried to pry herself out from Sirius' hold. "Sirius… What about Hadrian? Is he okay? Is He…" She paused not wanting to finish that dreading sentence. Petunia gazed into the grey eyes that the wizard before him has.

Sirius could see a flicker of hope underneath her sorrowful gaze, he gently wiped the remaining tears on her cheeks and brought her forehead to his. "He's okay… He's downstairs with Severus." He whispered. Petunia released a choked breath, she leaned heavily to Sirius as the feeling of relief washed over her. "Do you want to see him?" He asked.

Petunia nodded, though she still couldn't believe that her dearest sister is gone she's relieved that Hadrian manages to live. She has to do everything to protect her now only blood. She slowly gets out of Sirius' hold and stood shakily on the side of the bed. She put on her night cloak and pulled Sirius out of the bed. They both stood in front of one another while holding each other's hand tightly. She took a big breath and exhaled heavily. "For Hadrian." She stated finally. Sirius nodded in agreement and kissed her forehead.

"You're so strong." He smiled. Petunia smiled sadly as she put her head on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry for your loss… James was like a brother to you." She whispered. Sirius gulped audibly and shook his head lightly.

"They're both were so brave. They've done what they could. Now… Now it's our turn. For Hadrian." He said gazing into her eyes. Petunia nodded and with that, they both left the master bedroom and descended the stairs. They found Severus standing in front of an antique clock with Hadrian watching the clock with a fantasized gaze. Petunia choked down a sob as she saw the hauntingly familiar curious gaze which resembled so much of her late sister. Hadrian looked so much like James but she has a feeling that he will inherit Lily's mind. She saw so much of her sister in her little nephew that she couldn't help but shed another tear.

Severus who heard the disgruntled sob immediately turned to the new occupant of the room. Surprised to finding none other than Petunia Evans and Sirius Black hand in hand like a married couple, standing in front of the living room entrance and was watching them staring at an antique clock. Severus was definitely taken aback. "Petunia?" Asked Severus sounding so comical that he mentally cringed himself. Hearing a familiar name from his uncle, Hadrian looked away from the clock to see a beautiful long haired blond lady with her mother eyes standing with his Uncle Sirius. Hadrian reached out to the woman, feeling familiar with her aura, he made a distressed noise when Severus didn't oblige to his demands.

"Hello, Severus." She greeted back. She immediately left Sirius' side to go cradle her nephew. Hadrian eagerly left Severus' arms to be cradled by the woman who had the similar loving eyes his mother have. When she safely placed Hadrian in her arms, the baby cupped her cheeks and brought her forehead forward to touch his. "Do you remember me, Hadrian? I carried you when you were born." She said Hadrian's face scrunched up, trying to remember this familiar face. His mother had told him what her name was. He knew this person, he knew who she was, this lady was one of his family.

"Tuney." He said finally, he remembered his mother telling stories about a person named Tuney becoming a hero for herself. Even though he was a year old, he could understand some of his mother's story. He could remember how his mother told stories about Lily, Tuney and Sevvy going on adventures and discovering many magnificent things to lulled him to sleep and it worked every single time.

Petunia took a short breath when she heard the baby said her nickname given by Lily all those years ago. She sniffed and nodded, "That's right. I'm your Aunt Tuney." She said as she hugged the baby closer. Hadrian giggled and embraced the warm hug, his aunt felt so similar to his mother, so warm and cosy and her tone of voice too made him remembered about his mother. Suddenly, remembering his mother, Hadrian began to look around trying to find her. When he could only find his uncles staring at him and his aunt he began to make distressed noise. "What's wrong, love?" His aunt asked in concern. Hadrian looked around the place again, where's his mother? Where's his father?

"Mum where? Dad?" He asked his voice close to crying. "Mum? Dad?" He asked again while still trying to look for them. Petunia looked over the shoulder to find both Severus and Sirius looking at her with sadness in their eyes. Petunia sighed heavily and moved to a big sofa to sit. She carefully positioned Hadrian so he could look at her, though still struggling, Hadrian manage to calm down to focus on Petunia.

"My darling Hadrian, from now on your mother and father couldn't be here with you. Both of your parents are having another adventure right now. Hadrian, you have to understand that they won't be coming back home." She explained slowly as she caressed Hadrian's hair. Hadrian was upset, he wailed as hard as he could, he didn't want to be away from his parents. He wanted his father's warmth and his mother's lullaby. He cried and cried until his voice went hoarse and his eyes began to tire. Petunia, who had been calmly rocked him in her arms, knew somehow that Hadrian needed this and while Hadrian was wailing loudly she cried silently with him.

Severus and Sirius watched the scene revolved in front of them with a gut-wrenching feeling in their stomach. They stood behind her awkwardly and place a hand on both of Petunia's shoulders. Without even saying everything, they just stood there giving the grieving family a silent support. After a long heavy hour, Hadrian was still sobbing loudly while Petunia just silently cry as she continued to rock him back and forth.

"Harry, my love. I know you want to meet your mummy and daddy, we can visit them one day but for now… Your uncles and I are going to take care of you, okay?" Said Petunia as she brought the crying baby to her shoulder. Hadrian nuzzled his head under her chin, still sobbing with a hoarse voice. "Oh, we are going to have so much fun together. I am going to read every book that your mum used to read, while your uncles play with you in their free time. We can visit the world and you are going to learn so many things. I am going to show you the whole world, my darling." She said Hadrian snuggled further under her neck, like the sound of learning new things. She began to hum an ancient tune as she stood up and began to rock Hadrian to sleep. "But for now, my love… sleep." She hushed and began to sing an old tune that her great-grandmother used to sing.

"Elgara Vallas, da'len (Sun sets, little one)

Melava somniar (Time to dream)

Mala taren aravas (Your mind journeys)

Ara ma'desen melar (But I will hold you here.)

Iras ma ghilas, da'len (Where will you go, little one,)

Ara ma ne'dan ashir (Lost to me in sleep

Dirthara lothlenan'as (Seek truth in a forgotten land,)

Bal emma mala dir (Deep within your heart)

Tel'enfenim, da'len (Never fear, little one,)

Irassal ma ghilas (Wherever you shall go.)

Ma garas mir renan (Follow my voice.)

Ara ma'athlan vhenas (I will call you home)

Ara ma'athlan vhenas (I will call you home)"

Hadrian blinked owlishly as he listened to his Auntie singing him his mother lullaby. "Mummy…" He muttered and slowly he fell asleep on Petunia's shoulder. Wherever his Mummy and Daddy are, he hoped that he could meet them soon, but for now, he guessed that living with his uncles and his aunt will be a great adventure. He finally let loose his consciousness and let Hypnos took him to the land of dreams, into the arms of her smiling mother.

"I'm going to tuck him in. Sev, you must be famished, right? Sirius can lead you to the kitchen. I'll be downstairs in no time." She instructed and made her way to the stairs and to her bed. Severus stood awkwardly next to Sirius, the air of discomfort just made it more awkward. Sirius began to walk out of the living room and that made Severus hastily followed him. Trying to answer some of the questions that had been erupting in his head ever since coming to this mansion. He is tired, sad, miserable, his wits beginning to get the best of him and he didn't like it. After walking a bit, they both arrived in a cosy kitchen and Sirius motioned him to sit on one of the kitchen counter's chair.

Severus sat quietly, not wanting to meet the other eyes he decided to examine his callused fingers, doing potions wasn't doing his look any good, not that his look was anything to be praised for but he at least wanted to look decent. He felt a heavy stare of the other person in the room and somehow, he felt meek since the emotional toll was beginning to get him. "What's your question?" Sirius finally began.

"I have a lot really, but putting the obvious aside, I want to know what you meant about you not being the secret keeper." Asked Severus, he decided to put the whole Petunia and Sirius behind him and asked the most important questions. "What is going on here? Dumbledore told me that you were the secret keeper and that you were on your way to tell the Dark Lord the whole plan. He told me that basically, you were to blame!"

"That old coot! I swear I am going to kill him when I have the chance! Lily was right. Why didn't I listen to her…" Growled the Auror. He took a deep breath before explaining the whole debacle, he told him how he had a plan to use another person as the secret keeper since Sirius is an obvious choice and it would throw them out of the track, Dumbledore had accepted and approved, he had been the one who witnessed the Secret Keeper ritual, the more Severus hear the more he began to detest Dumbledore more. So, it was as his best friend had expected, Dumbledore's trust had begun to waver at both Lily and James' loyalty and hearing the prophecy about the Potter's child he used it to delete them from the equation. Severus let out an animalistic growl and his magic crackled.

"So, it is true… What Lily had told me a few days ago." Said Petunia standing right behind Sirius as if she was there the whole time. Severus stared into Petunia's green eyes. Petunia took a seat right next to Sirius and fiddled with her necklace. "Lily… Lily was talking about how Dumbledore's agenda is beginning to feel one-sided. She said that she found out that Dumbledore doesn't agree with the Olde Ways anymore, he wanted to ban it, he doesn't want to liberate the creatures, he wanted to interact more with the muggles but decided to turn a blind eye to the fact that many squibs and muggleborn are neglected, abused, sold, even murdered." Explained the woman. Petunia rubbed her side as she remembered her sister's suspicion.

"Lily… I knew she was special. Ever since she was little, she could feel the thrum of magic around her, she said that as time goes by and as the Ministry Magic began to banned ridiculous rituals and began to ban dark magic and traditional family magic, the magic around her began to weaken. She somehow knew that Dumbledore was locking the dark magic knowledge by burning scrolls and tomes from Hogwarts Library. Dumbledore even messed with Hogwarts wards, he began to restrict many less known magical areas, and with his wrongdoing, the magic in your community is weakening and on the verge of dying, that's one of the reasons as to why many 'pureblood' family produced squibs lately aside from genetics anyways. She also said that since Dumbledore heard about the prophecy she caught him mumbling to himself, saying that he finally has a perfect weapon. Lily knew that he was talking about Hadrian, she knew that Dumbledore is planning to make Hadrian a weapon to fight the war that he began.

"Somehow, I think that she knew that both she and James will die soon because she began to leave her grimoires here, letters, trinkets and Hadrian's stuff too. Not just that she also said that were something to them, I should go to the goblins and they would explain everything to me. She said to me that Hadrian will bring the change that is needed in the Magical world." She finished with a heavy sigh. "I should not have brushed her paranoia so easily. I regretted that deeply." She muttered, Sirius took her hand and kissed it.

"It's not your fault, love." He reasoned. Her shoulders sagged and she leaned heavily on Sirius' shoulder. Severus watched the scene before him with an obvious discomfort painted on his face.

"I'm sorry, but I really don't need the two of you acting as if I am not present here." He groaned as he began to rub his temple. "I knew that Dumbledore is not what he is supposed to be. His agendas are one-sided and neither party will get anything positive from him. That is the reason why I uphold the Dark Lord's belief. He was not all insane and snake-like, you know. When he was spreading his belief, I understood it and I believe that he was on his path to change the wizarding world, but somewhere along the way things changed and he changed. I began to turn my back on him when he began to spread a pureblood supremacy belief. I wasn't loyal to him nor Dumbledore, I have another problem at that time but things escalated when that bloody prophecy came out. The dark lord began to target on Hadrian and I couldn't let that happened so I asked for help from Dumbledore and look at what that got me." He sighed and buried his head in his palms. Severus began to furiously massage his scalp as a headache began to seep into his brain.

Sirius nodded as he took the information slowly. He now knew some little things that happened when Dumbledore began to meddle. He began to hate everything dark when he is a dark wizard, he began to hate his family and acted so rashly. His family began to change too, he lost contact with many of them and he didn't know how to reconcile with them. "We have to leave Dumbledore. I am going to quit the order. As soon as the incident today made it to the papers, I am going to Dumbledore and leave the Order."

"I am going to quit teaching in Hogwarts. My purpose in the Order is gone and the Dark Lord is no more. My sole and only purpose now is to be with Hadrian and help him grow." Said, Severus. Petunia nodded solemnly as her brilliant mind began to work erratically. When things finally clicked in, Petunia put on her Cheshire Grin. "What are you grinning about?" Severus asked curiously. Even though he hadn't seen her for a long time, he knew some of her habits and when that particular grin showed up. He knew something was up. "You have a plan in mind don't you."

"As the matter of fact, I do. Here's the plan."


Author's Note: Thank you for the reviews!

Now the elvish lullaby that I wrote here is Mir Da'len Somniar, from Dragon Age Dallish Lullaby. The English translation just fits with their relationship. Therefore I used it for the lullaby from now on.

I am making Petunia and Sirius as a couple here, I have never thought of the both of them to be a thing. However, it is crucial for them to be together to make this story work.

Snape, Lily and Petunia are childhood friends. They kept in contact and the whole Mudblood thing that Severus spout never happened. Severus will have a partner here, sooo be sure to look forward to that.

I am afraid that I am making Hadrian a bit smarter than he was supposed to be. So if there are suggestions or comments to make this story better I am welcome to it! Please follow and favourite the story if you like it and leave a review so that I know my mistakes and to improve my writing.

T.G.E