Hello! Here is the next chapter...and yes, I did get the idea from a story on FF but mine is totally different as you will see. Enjoy!


"Regulus Sirius Black!"

Aries cringed as his mother yelled at his brother. He could hear Elara crying so Regulus must have played a prank on the poor girl. He set Spells and Charms for a First Year, and went down to the kitchen. He couldn't help but laugh at what Regulus had pulled, her normally blond hair was puke green and stiff as a board.

Elara sniffed as her favorite brother laughed at her, "its not funny." She wailed to Marlene, "fix it mummy."

Marlene sighed, waved her wand and Elara's hair turned back to its normal state. She turned her gaze on Regulus, "that was uncalled for, and as punishment you get to spend the rest of the week with me." Regulus groaned. Granted spending the week with one's parents wasn't all that bad but as a punishment Marlene took you to work at her potions lab and had you doing all kinds of labor, it got very tedious and boring not to mention gross.

Regulus rolled his eyes, "ahh, come on mum…can't I go to dad?"

Marlene shook her head, "of course not, that's not a punishment, that's a reward."

That was an understatement. Sirius was known to not be very serious with his children. The man could hardly punish them for an hour before he gave up. It didn't help that all his children had perfected the puppy dog look, only it didn't work on their mother.

She crossed her arms and glared at Regulus who tried not to cry, he mopely moved to the door and stood next to his mother. Marlene smiled at Aries and Elara, "have fun today." With that said she grabbed Regulus's hand and they left through the front door.

Sirius came down a moment later, "what was all that yelling I heard." Elara ran to Sirius, who picked her up spinning her around. He settled her on his hip, and she pouted as she recalled what happened. "Reggie played a mean trick on me daddy."

Sirius tried not to laugh, at least one son was going down the right path. "So what was his punishment?"

Aries grimaced, "he has to help out with mum all week at work."

Sirius winced, "ouch…we all know how that gets." He set Elara down, "are you ready to go to the Potter's?"

She nodded. The men had tickets to a quidditch game, the Vrasta Vugles vs. the Hollihead Harpies and were making a day out of it with the boys. Elara of course would be going to the Potter's along with Jude and Jamie.

Aries pondered, it wasn't that Aries hated quidditch because he didn't but this was a great time to spend time with Harry Potter. "Dad…do you mind if I go to the Potter's with Elara?"

Sirius looked down at that, "you don't want to spend time with me?"

Aries shook his head, "no, but I wanted to ask Aunt Lily some questions and it seems like the perfect time plus I went with you guys last time, so…" he trailed off and looked at his dad with a hopeful expression.

Sirius sighed. His son was turning into a bookworm. "Can't argue with that," he closed his eyes and nodded. Aries sensed what his dad was thinking and hugged him round the legs, "don't worry dad…I'll still follow in your footsteps."

Sirius snorted. Maybe he should warn Minnie, but then again maybe not.

He held out the pot of Floo powder, and Aries took a handful. Stepping into the grate, he threw the powder and called out, "Grodic's Hollow." He vanished in green flames tumbling out of the fireplace.

Alexander laughed, "even after all this time you still can't get flooing right."

Aries just glared at his friend, and got up from the floor brushing himself off as Sirius and Elara appeared from behind. James came at that moment, "where's Regulus?"

Sirius was about to answer but was cut off by Elara who crossed her arms, "he's in trouble." Lily laughed, knowing what that meant. Sirius set down Elara who ran off to find Jamie.

Aries turned to Lily and pulled on her sleeve, "Aunt Lily…I was wondering if I could stay here with you today?"

There were shouts of protest.

"What!"

"Why!"

Aries smirked, "not everything is about quidditch." James grunted, "how can you say that." Aries went on, "there are more things to life…like studying."

Both Sirius and James dramatically placed their hands on their hearts as if in pain while Alexander rolled his eyes and gave a slight cough that sounded like "girl." Lily only smiled and nodded, "that's fine." With a smile Aries ran off to the library, hoping that Harry would be there and sure enough…he was.

"Harry!"

Harry looked up from what he was reading and gave a big smile, "Aries." He got up and walked over, "I didn't think you would be here today, I thought for sure you would go to the quidditch game."

Aries shook his head, "life's not all about quidditch." He looked down at what Harry had been reading, "Did you like it?"

Harry nodded, which led to a lengthy discussion not just about runes but also about wards and how they can be used together.

"But blood wards are the strongest type of wards out there, their non breakable."

Aries shook his head, "blood wards can be broken. However it's been said that there is a way to make them…"

The door opened and reveled Lily Potter. She gave a soft, sad smile that was gone before Aries was really sure he had seen it. "Here you are, I came to see what you wanted for dinner?"

Aries shrugged and turned to Harry, "what do you want for dinner?"

Harry looked unsure but with a smile from his mother he answered, "can we have Italian?"

Lily gave a nod, "well then let's get going." Both boys smiled and followed Lily out to the kitchen. Lily went right ahead and started cooking, "call the girls down." Harry nodded, and went to call the girls while Aries set the table and soon Elara, and Jamie came down. They sat down at the table after that soon Lily had prepared a meal of penne pasta with mariana sauce, garlic bread and salads on the side.

As she sat down she turned to Aries, "are you excited for the party this weekend?" Aries nodded, and from the corner of his eye saw Harry get slightly down at this. "I was wondering…can Harry come to the party?"

Harry's eyes grew bright as he looked at his mother, who pursed her lips. She finally relented, "very well, but only for a short time." Aries and Harry both smiled and they couldn't wait for the weekend. After dinner the boys retreated back to the library while Lily shook her head over this friendship.

"Mum…why won't Aries play with us?" Whined Jamie.

Lily looked at her daughter and sighed. "Jamie…Aries just takes his studies very seriously."

Jamie frowned and crossed her arms. Elara pulled her arm down, "come on, let's play dollies."

Lily frowned. She would have to watch over this development. She didn't want anyone to get hurt in the future.


The weekend soon came and found Aries at Longbottom Manor. It was his first time here since meeting the Longbottom's that night in the hospital. It seemed that the Longbottom's and the Potter's were having a joint party for the boys, Neville and Alexander which confused Aries because if anyone asked it was also Harry Potter's birthday as well.

Aries flooed over with his family, who all dispersed on arrival. He looked around and saw Alexander with Neville over with a bunch of children all around the same age. He frowned as he didn't see Harry, but then felt someone come up behind him. He turned and saw just who he was looking for.

"Hey Harry." He handed over his present. Harry carefully took it in his hands. Aries could see that Harry didn't expect a gift. "What is it?" Harry asked eagerly.

Aries smiled, "open it and find out." Harry opened it slowly, to find a small black box that when he opened it found a practice snitch. His eyes lit up and gave Aries a big hug and a thank you. Aries patted him on the back and grabbed his hand, "lets go mingle."

Aries made his way over to the Weasley family, who seemed to have just arrived. "Hello Mr. Weasley."

Authur Weasley smiled at the boy. Aries had been the talk of the ministry when he had showed up and it was clear that months in the proper care had done wonders for the child. He seemed healthier, and happier then when Frank had found him on the streets.

"Why hello Aries." Arthur turned and motioned his wife over. "Aries, this is my wife Molly." Aries gave Mrs. Weasley a smile, "how do you do?"

Molly smiled, Arthur had told her about the young boy and she was pleased to see him healthy. She gestured to Harry, "and who do we have here?"

Aries pulled Harry forward, "this is my friend Harry Potter."

At those words, she pursed her lips and dragged her family away. Harry turned to Aries with tears in his eyes. Aries just didn't understand why people thought wrong about Harry Potter. Aries patted him on the back, "don't worry Harry. I'll always be your friend." He looked around and spotted a young girl over by herself. "Come on…lets go meet that girl."

She had her arms crossed as if this was the last place she wanted to be. She had pretty blonde hair that fell in ringlets down her back, and blue eyes that sparkled like jewels. She watched them as they made their way over.

"Hello, my name is Aries Black and this is my friend Harry Potter." Aries gave a slight bow. Harry tried to do the same but somehow it didn't work out as well as Aries had, however it caused the girl to giggle.

"My name is Daphne Greengrass." Aries blinked. He recognized the name from his old world. A Slytherin. How had he missed this beauty in his last life? Really, he must have been blind. They were soon joined by a caramel skinned dark haired boy with aquamarine eyes, "this is my friend Blaise Zabini."

She turned to him, "why did you come back over here?"

Blaise snorted, "the boy-who-lived is telling his story, and I couldn't take anymore."

Both Aries and Harry turned to glance at Alexander, and sure enough they could tell that he was telling a story that had everyone engrossed. Aries had to bite back a groan, and turned back to Daphne and Blaise. The four started a discussion and Aries found out that both Daphne and Blaise had an interest in runes and wards, leading into another intense argument.

It only stopped when Lily Potter came to get Harry. "Come on Harry, it's time to go." Harry looked at the ground, and nodded. He turned to Daphne and Blaise, "it was nice to meet you." It was at that moment that James came over as well and noticed the package in his son's hand. "What's that in your hand, Harry?"

Harry didn't look like he knew how to respond, so Aries decided to help him out. "Harry wants to be a seeker, so it's a practice snitch."

James frowned. "Seeker…but that's…" He was cut off by his wife who was giving him the evil glare. He blushed, "well nevermind…it's a very important position. Go on with your mother, and we'll finish celebrating when we get home."

Harry nodded and soon both Lily and Harry had left. Aries kept on visiting with Daphne and Blaise who introduced him to more children his age. There was Susan Bones, Hannah Abbot, the Patil twins, Lavender Brown, Seamus Finnigen, Theodore Nott, and Lisa Turpin.

It was around his bedtime later that night that he pulled his dad by the arm. "Can I ask you a question dad?"

Sensing the need to be serious (no pun intended) Sirius came over and sat on his son's bedside. "What is it?"

Aries rolled over and looked his dad right in the eyes, "what's wrong with Harry Potter? How come no one likes him? How come he's treated like he has some disease?"

Sirius grew still, "no one likes what's happening to Harry Potter, but there's nothing we can do about it…" he paused, "however, I'm glad that you seem disregard what people tell you and that you've made friends…but you should be careful."

Aries frowned, Sirius kissed him on the forehead and Aries could only guess that this all happened because of what went on that night. He would have to be careful and figure out just what exactly.


It was during a game of hide and seek that Aries was brought back to reality. He was hiding in an old room, covered in dust and grime when he felt a pull. His eyes glanced over at the old wardrobe and widened when his brain caught up with this news.

His breathing started to get quicker as he moved closer to the old thing and he carefully pulled the glass doors open. His eyes drifted over the knick knacks until they landed on what he was looking for.

A silver locket with a snake engraved on it and the letter S.

He bit his lip and wondered what to do. He was 10 and not a full fledged wizard for all that he knew. This was a dangerous magical artifact to even a full grown wizard. He was still wondering what to do when the answer came to him, "kretcher!"

The old house elf popped into existence with a bow. "What can Kretcher do for the young master?"

Aries narrowed his eyes. "Uncle Regulas gave you something…where did you put it?"

Kretcher's eyes bugged at the mention of Regulas's name. "How does young master know this?"

Aries glared at the old elf, "what I know isn't important. What's important is if you did what Uncle Regulas asked?"

Kretcher started to bang his head against the wall, "Kretcher is a bad elf. He has failed master Regulas…"

Aries closed his eyes. He needed to stop this before anyone came. "Shh…Kretcher. What if I told you I know how to destroy it?"

This stopped the old elf, who looked at Aries in disbelief. "You…"

Aries held up a finger to his lips, "all I need you to do is hold on to the locket for me and don't give to anyone until I ask for it. If you do this then I will promise you a reward sent straight from Uncle Regulas himself."

Kretcher nodded. "As you wish young master."

Picking up the locket very carefully, Aries handed it to Kretcher who took it and popped out.


A year later, Aries opened his eyes on that July 31st, still not quite awake then fully came as he realized what day it was. It was the day that the Potter twins turned eleven which meant that today everyone would be going to Diagon Ally to get their school supplies. He hopped out of bed, and hurried to get ready. Taking a quick shower, he jumped out and pulled on jeans, a black t-shirt and pulled on a pair of converse.

While he brushed his teeth, he checked himself out in the mirror. He took a comb and styled his hair so that it laid to one side. The good thing about being Sirius's son was that his hair was a lot less messy.

He practically flew down the stairs and ran into the kitchen. He kissed his mom on the cheek, sat down and started wolfing down his breakfast.

Sirius looked over the newspaper and laughed. "Whoa there pup…what's the hurry?"

Aries swallowed his mouthful of food, "I get my wand today!"

Sirius smiled, "I wish I could be there but James and I both have to go into work today."

A worried look came over Marlene's face. "Be careful, Sirius." Sirius set the paper down, gave his children a kiss on the forehead, and a kiss on the cheek to Marlene. "I'll be back by dinner."

His family watched him go. Marlene sighed and saw that breakfast was finished. "Go finish getting ready, so that we can leave to meet Lily and the children." Regulus and Elara rushed off while Aries went at a more slow pace. Soon they were all gathered by the fireplace and Marlene held out the floo powder. "Now, I'll be going last so make sure you all wait for me." She gave a stern look at each child, making sure that it was engrained in their minds. "Aries…why don't you go first as the oldest and more responsible."

Aries stepped up, grabbed a handful of floo powder and stepped into the fireplace. "Diagon Ally!" He vanished and came out reminded how much he hated to travel by floo. Regulus came through next followed by Elara and finally Marlene.

"Aunt Marlene!" Came an excited voice over the crowd. It was Jamie, who was running towards them at a fast pace. "Aries!" She threw herself at him, hugging him hard around the middle. Elara glared at Jamie, and crossed her arms, clearly jealous. Aries didn't know whether to laugh or be mad…he just didn't understand girls.

"Jamie Lilian Potter!" Soon enough an irate Lily Potter, Alexander and Harry in tow, was striding up to her daughter. "What have I told you about running off without me?"

Jamie looked down at the ground. "Not to do it."

"That's right…there's no telling who might…"

"But mum, I wanted to see Aries." She cut in pouting, "I haven't seen him in so long."

Lily took a deep breath. "Still, you could have waited…I need you to understand the issue here."

Jamie nodded, "I understand."

Lily looked over at Marlene, "I hope you don't mind but Alexander asked to bring a friend along, so we also have Ron Weasley."

Aries glanced over at the red head and even though they had been friends back in his old life, there was something off about this Ron Weasley. He was whispering in Alexander's ear, who both gave laughs at what he had said, which made Aries think that something rude and derogatory had been said.

Marlene smiled, "that's fine." Turning to Aries, "are you sure you will be ok by yourself?"

Aries nodded, "yes mum…I promise only to buy what's on the list."

She looked like she didn't believe him, but he turned that charming smile on her and she gave in. "Very well…let's meet up at the Leaky Cauldron in three hours."

Aries nodded, grabbed Harry's hand after Harry asked his mother and they were off amidst yells of "I wanted to go with Aries," causing the boy to shake his head while Harry laughed at him.

Three years had gone by in a flash. Aries had quickly become best friends with Harry Potter and was over at the Potter's almost every day. Of course he was friends with the others, but Harry was special to him. They had also kept in contact with Daphne and Blaise, although Aries had been reluctant at first because he wasn't sure how they would view Harry but they had all quickly become best friends.

He stopped running after a while and turned to his best friend, "where to first Mr. Potter?"

Harry grinned, "well Mr. Black, I would say robes as we just stopped in front of Madame Malkins."

Aries grinned, "cheeky."

Harry laughed and led the way into the store. Aries was amazed at the transformation of Harry Potter. He'd come a long way from the shy kid Aries had met and was confident in his self. Granted, they still had a long way to go but with the friendship of Aries, Daphne and Blaise, Harry had grown and would continue as he met more people at Hogwarts.

The door rang as they walked in and Madame Malkin came from the back. "Here for Hogwarts, dears?"

They nodded and soon they were both standing on stools, with magical tape measures flying about. After a few minutes they were finished and on the way to the next stop. In the apothecary they each got a first year's potion kit, while Aries got a few extra supplies. They then got trunks, cauldrons, scales and other miscellaneous items.

It was finally time for the one thing they had wanted more then anything. They came to a stop at Ollivander's. Aries entered first, followed by Harry. Ollivander was nowhere to be seen so they stepped in a little wary. All of a sudden from out of nowhere a man appeared, "well, well, Mr. Black and Mr. Potter. I wondered when I'd be seeing you in here." Harry took a step back as Ollivander stared at them. "You'll be wanting your wands, I suppose." They nodded. "Whose first?" Aries looked at Harry, and stepped forward. "I'll go."

Ollivander clapped and made his way to the back of his store. He came back with a box, lifting it out held it out for Aries to try. "12 in. made of vine with a core of a dragon heartstring."

Aries took it carefully, waved it and there was a crash in the back. Ollivander shook his head mumbling, "nope not that one." He came back with another, which was quickly taken out of his hand and after trying hundreds of wands. Aries was beginning to think that he would be here forever. Ollivander looked at him carefully, "hmm…I wonder." He made his way to the back, coming forward. He handed Aries…"this was made by a ancestor of mine. 13 in, made of rowan…with the core of a threstal hair."

Silence met that comment. Aries didn't quite know the difference between wand woods and cores but the way that Ollivander was looking this was a weird combination. He swallowed but took the wand anyway, and felt a rush of warmth and knew that this was the wand for him.

"Interesting." He glanced at Aries, " I expect great things from you Mr. Black."

It was Harry's turn. He seemed to be getting the same treatment, going through wand after wand when Ollivander brought out a wand and Aries knew what it was. Harry took the wand in his hand, and a golden light came from the wand. "11in, holly with the core of a phoenix feather." He looked down at Harry, "curious, very curious."

Harry gulped, "what's curious?"

"I remember every wand I've ever sold…and it so happens that the phoenix who gave your tail feather, gave one other. It's curious that you should be destined for this wand…when it's brother gave you that scar."

Harry gulped, and looked down at his wand. "That will be seven gallons each."

They paid and made their way out of the store. Aries placed a hand on Harry's shoulder. "It's only a wand…you shouldn't let that secret get you down." Harry looked up at his friend. "Yeah, your right…after all it all boils down to the owner." Aries nodded, "now lets go to Florish and Botts."

Aries led the way. They reached the store and it was crowded with students and parents. Aries and Harry made their way up the stairs, Aries tried to decide what he needed. He really didn't need any school books as he was going to use his parents old copies. Looking at the pickings he spotted something and wanted to inwardly slap himself. He hadn't even thought of this but it was probably a technique to learn. So Aries grabbed a copy of Occlumency: How to Shield Your Brain by Travers Whyte. He ended up grabbing a few more books for extra reading and met up with Harry.

Harry had a handful of books himself, so they both laughed when they saw each other. "Let's go down and pay...I still want to get a pet." Aries exclaimed. Harry nodded his agreement and with their books bought, they walked over to the pet shop. Upon entering a white owl flew down and landed on Harry's shoulder.

"Well I'll be damned." The shopkeeper came out. "I've had that bird for years and she's never taken to anyone quite like she's taken to you." Harry grinned, as she gave him a nip on the ear. "I'll take her."

Aries himself found a nice black owl, paid for her and looked at his watch. "We've still got some time before we have to meet up back at the Caldron. I don't know about you but I could go for some ice cream." Harry nodded and they made their way over to Florean's. Harry sat outside with their packages while Aries went into order for them. He came back and saw that Daphne and Blaise had joined up as well. He set the ice cream in front of Harry, "if I had known you two would be here I would have gotten more." Daphne smirked. "No need," she took a spoon, "we'll just share," and started to eat out of Harry's. Blaise took a spoon as well and started to do the same with Aries. "That's what friends are for."

They sat and talked until Harry glanced at his watch. "We need to meet up with the family." They gathered their stuff, said goodbye to their friends and made their way to the Leaky Cauldron. Elara ran up to her brother, and put her arms around his waist. "I missed you so much…"

He hadn't even been gone a day. Aries patted her on the back. "What are you going to do when I leave for Hogwarts? You do realize that I'll be gone most of the year."

Elara looked stricken and clung to him harder. "Nooooo…you'll just have to wait."

Aries dragged himself and his sister over to the table and looked pleadingly at his mother. Marlene laughed and simply pulled her daughter away from her oldest. "Look Elara, Aries got an owl. That means he'll be able to write you." Aries nodded, "that's right…I'll tell you all about my adventures."

Alexander looked over from where he was sitting with Ron Weasley. "You got an owl too, Harry? Lily looked over at her oldest to see indeed a white owl in a cage. Harry nodded, "I've decided to name her Hedwig." Alexander shrugged his shoulders and returned to the conversation he was having with Ron. Harry put on a smile to mask the pain that his brother didn't seem to care. He was used to it. His mother saw it however, and seeing the look inwardly wished that they had treated Harry differently. Not even Jamie seemed interested. "Well I think it's a pretty name Harry…and I expect you to use that owl."

He blinked at his mother. "Really?"

She nodded, "I'd like to know what goes on, and I believe that I'm more likely to get a letter from you then your brother."

Regulus finally turned away from his conversation with his best friend Teddy, who had joined late, to his brother, "what kind of wand did you get Aries?"

Aries hesitated, before calmly speaking, "rowan and thestral hair."

There was a giant pause. Marlene and Lily didn't know much about wandlore but they knew enough that those were almost the polar opposites of one another. Aries was already considered a prodigy, this wand proved that Aries would be a powerful wizard in the future.

Alexander spoke up, "well that's cool. Mine is ash and unicorn tail hair. What's your's Harry?"

"Holly and phoenix feather." The boy said quietly.

Lily and Marlene were shocked again. Phoenix cores were very rare, and they weren't sure what that meant in the hands of Harry Potter.


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