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Disclaimer: I own only Krista. Nothing else is mine... I swear!

A Change of Fate

Welcome Home

Krista sat beside the cold and empty hearth. All the furniture around her was dusty and covered with sheets. The curtains moved restlessly despite the windows being closed because of the magical creatures that had taken up residence in them while the house was empty. She didn't seem to notice the banging of the locked writing table drawer that spoke of a boggart inside. She seemed to be waiting for something or someone, but nothing appeared in the fireplace, no one appeared with a soft popping noise inside the room, the door never opened an inch.

Sirius was sitting one floor below where Krista was in the kitchen. Remus sat beside him feeding Harry some soft cereal. "They should be here soon, Sirius." Remus said into his friend's uneasy silence. "I know, but what if they don't come. It has been nearly a week since... it happened, and Dumbledore said if they didn't come in a week..." "I know, Sirius, but they will come. Albus won't take Harry to them because they didn't come here. You know Krista and I will go get those muggles ourselves if they don't come today. Besides, these are muggles. I suppose we have to allow time for muggle transportation and that sort of thing."

Anything else Remus might have been about to say was drowned out by the ringing of a doorbell and the screaming of Sirius' mother's portrait. Krista apparated to the door while Sirius ran to silence his mother's portrait. "Filthy blood-traitor! Allowing mug-bloods and monsters into my house! Filthy bastard blood-traitor! Murderous scum!" "Oh shut up you old bat!" Sirius screamed back at her wrenching the curtains across the portrait of a bony and thin woman whom looked ancient and frail despite her screaming. The sound quieted as Krista opened the front door.

A huge, beefy man was reaching forward to ring the bell again despite the shaken look the tiny, bony woman next to him had. "Please don't do that again, Mr. Dursley." Krista sighed wearily. "The old woman's portrait starts screaming whenever there is a loud noise in this part of the house. Just come inside please." "What about our things?" huffed the thin woman. "Good to see you again too Petunia. If you three will come in," Krista's eyes rested upon the small child in Petunia Dursley's arms. "I will introduce you to the people you'll be living with; than have my husband bring your things upstairs for you."

The muggle couple entered the house glancing all about them suspiciously. "Why did we agree to this again, Petunia dear?" Mr. Dursley muttered in his wife's ear. "Because you had no choice," Krista hissed. "Now please keep quiet or the old woman's picture will wake up and start screaming obscenities again." Krista's voice was so harsh that the muggle actually fell silent until the four of them had reached the kitchen. Sirius had returned to the kitchen as soon as his mother was silent and was again seated beside Remus and Harry at the table.

The Dursley family froze in the doorway. Krista turned toward them and bowed. "I am, as you know Petunia, Krista Lupin-Black." She waved her hand at Remus. "This is my twin brother Remus Lupin. My husband Sirius Black." Her hand had moved to point out her husband. She then took Harry from Remus and smiled at him. "This is little Harry Potter, James and Lily's son. Sirius, Remus. This is Vernon Dursley, Petunia Dursley, Lily's sister, and their son Dudley. Now that we are all introduced, Sirius would you bring their things to their room while I show them to their room?"

Sirius grunted and disappeared with a soft popping noise. Mr. Dursley's eyes became as wide as saucers before narrowing alarmingly. "Now hold on there just a minute, witch!" He spat the, in his mind, offending term at Krista. "I want to know why we are here in the first place." Krista gathered her rich dark green robe in one hand, holding Harry with the other. "And I will tell you Vernon once I have shown you to you room. If you'll follow me..." Remus grinned and disappeared.

Krista started up the stairs with the Dursley family in tow. Soon they were standing on the third story landing. She led them to the second room on the right. "This is the only floor, other than the kitchen, that we have had time to make livable again. Just remember to keep quiet on the first floor until we can get Sirius' mother's portrait down from the wall. Also please stay away from any floor other than this one and the kitchen. We haven't had a chance to get rid of the more dangerous creatures there yet." She spoke conversationally, but Mr. and Mrs. Dursley were exchanging worried glances. More dangerous creatures?

There was a series of banging on the stairs behind them. "Sirius, I told you they wouldn't fit at their normal size... We'll just have to shrink them a bit." "Non-sense Moony! They will fit. Just need to lift them a bit higher in the air. Wingardium Leviosa!" "I told you that Mobilicorpus wouldn't do the trick. It was meant for moving corpses not things." Remus sighed as the two appeared on the landing, the Dursley's trucks floating in front of them suspended by Sirius' wand.

Sirius scowled at Remus before turning and smiling sheepishly at his wife. Krista didn't look pleased as they walked passed the stricken Dursley family into the room. Dudley seemed to be the only muggle not affected by the sight because he began to giggle and yank at the earring in Petunia's ear.

When everyone was crowded back into the kitchen and tea had been given to all besides the babies, Krista told the Dursley's exactly why they were at the Black family mansion.

"So you see, Harry has to call the place Petunia Evans lives home to be safe, but we are his godparents and have natural right to him over you. Thus it was decided that if we all lived together, Harry would be safe and we would have him. Besides that way you don't have to take care of him yourselves." Krista finished sweeping Petunia and her husband with her eyes.

"Well at least they are being courteous enough to let us live with them instead of sending the brat to live in our house with us." Vernon muttered so quietly that Petunia couldn't make out the words. "Indeed Vernon, but you might want to watch what you say... I have extremely good hearing and can be quite an... animal sometimes." Remus narrowed his eyes as he said this plainly and evenly. Petunia's eyes widened. "Good hearing indeed," muttered Mr. Dursley a bit louder this time. Remus smiled wolfishly at him and took a sip of his tea.

Krista sighed as Harry began to cry. "Come on, time for your nap." "Good this means you can help me take care of the stuff in the living room while he is sleeping." Sirius said and kissed his wife's cheek. "I already made up a potion to get rid of the... insects in the curtain and you can handle the writer's table problem better than I." He winked. "No need to be secretive about it dear. The Dursleys will learn to live with magic sooner or later, and if not," She paused and looked the three Dursley's over. "Well if you don't, than you don't." She walked off to put Harry to bed for his nap.

AN: I had originally posted this with Mr. Dursley's name as Viktor because I didn't know his first name... couldn't find it in the first book as far as I read... I would like to thank TeamExtremeGurl and SmacksKiller for posting reviews and helping me out by giving me his first name. Big thanks to you two! Most appreciated.

I'm not sure I like the way it is coming... the whole thing sounded better in my head, but oh well. Please tell me what you think so I know if I should keep writing it or just throw in the proverbial towel.