A/N: Thank you for taking the time to review the first chapter of my new story.

Warning: I have planned this story to be a slash (M/M pairing.) However, for those of you who are not into this type of story have nothing to fear. I did not and will not go into heavy detail about the slash pairing. I will say that there will be kissing, holding hands and such. There may well be some implied actual sex, but I will leave that for my yahoo group.

Again, I want to thank NexusAntonids for having doing a wonderful job in editing this chapter.

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After several minutes of hugging Sirius, Harry released the man and sat back down on his bed. He began staring at the man that he had believed to have died from one of his reckless adventures through tears. He was having a very hard time in accepting the knowledge that his godfather was actually there in his room.

"Harry, how did you do that?" Sirius asked as he rubbed the back of his head and slowly sunk down to sit on the floor.

"Do…do what?" Harry replied carefully still waiting for the man to vanish.

"Hit me with lightning."

"I don't know what you're talking about. Merlin, is it really you?" Harry asked his voice dropping to barely above a whisper. It also had a hint of fear in it.

Sirius laughed his usual bark like laugh. "Yes, pup it really is me."

"How?" was the only word Harry could say?

"I honestly am not sure. The last thing that I remember, I was sitting on a beautiful grassy knoll watching the sun begin to set. I was wishing that you could have been there beside me too. Then the next thing I found myself disappearing and reappearing in a small corridor in the Ministry." Sirius stated in a mater-of-fact tone. "How long have I been gone?"

"Just a few weeks," Harry replied his voice still barely above a whisper. "I…I…I'm sorry." Now Harry was looking down at his hands.

"What are you sorry for Harry?" Sirius asked sounding bewildered.

"For…for having got you killed." Harry answered in a hushed voice. He could feel the tears beginning to fill his eyes.

A light bulb clicked on in Sirius' brain at this revelation and he moved carefully over to sit in front of Harry. He grabbed a hold of his godson's hands before beginning to speak. "You did not get me killed at all. The only thing you are guilty of is caring enough about this old dog to come to his rescue. It wasn't your fault that what you had seen was false." Sirius stated in the best comforting and loving tone that he could think of.

Unfortunately his words had the opposite effect on Harry. Instead of making him feel comfortable they made him angry. And soon Sirius found himself once again being struck by lightning as he sailed across the room. However unlike last time, he vanished and reappeared on top of the small beat up desk. He could feel his entire body shaking and convulsing from the surge that it had received. The man's dark hair now stood up in every direction and even had what someone would consider smoke coming off it.

"Um, what just happened?" He asked as he tried to get his bearings.

Harry looked up to see Sirius sitting on top of his desk and he gasped. Clamoring to his feet, he rushed over to Sirius. He started to grab Sirius' hands, but the man yanked them away quickly not wanting to be shocked again. Seeing this action, Harry shrank back and the tears that had been in his eyes now began to fall down his face.

"I'm so…sorry. I did…didn't mean to hurt you." Harry stammered through his tears.

"What? How did you do that?" Sirius asked after having gotten his wits about him. But instead of getting or waiting for a reply he suddenly noticed Harry shaking and crying and so he carefully climbed off the desk and gave a grunt from the sharp pain that raced up his spine. However, he didn't let the stop him as he went over and knelt down in front of the sobbing Harry.

"I…I never meant to hurt you. I am so…sorry." Harry said again through his tears.

"Harry I don't know what you did and I don't even have any clue how you did it, but I'm alright. Sure I'm sore, but I already was anyways."

Harry hiccupped a couple of times and was about to say something when the door to his bedroom was violently flung open. There, silhouetted in the light from the hall, was Uncle Vernon with his face red from anger and panting from his hurry to Harry's room.

This caused both Harry and Sirius to look up and see who the newcomer was. Seeing who it was, Harry cringed from the sight of the man, and Sirius looked at the man with obvious distaste and hate.

"Boy! What the Hell is all that racket in here! We are trying to sleep and don't need a freak waking us up in the middle of the night." Vernon bellowed as he took a step into the room. However he stopped in mid stride when he caught sight of Sirius. "What have I told you about having your freaky friends in my house?"

At hearing the words coming out of the overly obese man caught Sirius' attention and his face darkened. He did not like anyone picking on or hurting his godson, and for once he was going to do something about it. Standing up and bringing himself to his full height with his matted black hair falling down his back and over his shoulders, he slowly started to walk towards Vernon. His steps were slow and calculating like he was stalking an animal as he made his way towards Vernon. He stopped about two feet from Vernon before he began to speak with a very dark and menacing voice.

"Vernon Dursley, my name is Sirius Black and I am Harry's Godfather." He saw the man's face drain of all anger and turn white from hearing his name. He allowed a smile to play on his face, but it wasn't your ordinary smile because it took the shape of a twisted and cruel one with only one side curling upwards. "Neither Harry nor myself are freaks like you believe. But we are both very dangerous…well I am more dangerous since I am after all an escape convict who enjoys killing." At this Vernon's face went whiter then anyone would think someone's face could. "Now I must inform you that I will be staying here with Harry until he is ready to go back to school. If I hear one derogatory comment about either one of us then I will show you just how cruel I can be. Oh and one more thing, Harry will no longer be doing the cooking or all of your cleaning. And we will eat normal portions of food, which of course you will provide us with everyday."

By now Vernon was scared to death of Sirius, especially since he knew that the man was an escaped convict. Nevertheless he quickly decided that he wasn't going to allow this man to tell him what he could and could not do in his own home. After all he reasoned this was his home and he had to protect it.

"You see here you freak! I will not have you or anyone telling me what will happen in my own home. I will treat that freak anyway I see fit and you will not stop me!" Vernon yelled.

However that was a mistake and he realized when he saw the dark calculating expression that appeared on Sirius' face. The next thing he knew, Sirius had disappeared in a cloud of smoke only to reappear behind him. He felt an arm go around his throat and a hand begin to squeeze his throat.

"Listen well, Dursley. This may very well be your home… but I will not allow any harm to Harry, especially by some over weight muggle. If you don't want me to kill you right here, then you better agree to my terms." Sirius said in an almost hissing tone.

Vernon of course could have fought back, especially since he was much bigger then Sirius, however he was just plain scared shitless… and didn't want to die. And so he slowly nodded the best he could in agreement to what he had been told. Once he had done this he felt the arm and hand release him. He grabbed his own throat and began to massage it as he stood rooted to the spot in fear.

Sirius being satisfied by Vernon's agreement stepped back and told the man to get out. And get out Vernon did as he hurried back to his bedroom. Sirius then began to laugh his usual bark like laugh at what he had just done as he stepped back into the room and closed the door behind him.

The whole time Harry had sat there on the floor watching the encounter between Sirius and his uncle. At first he felt a warm sense come over him at hearing Sirius stand up and tell the man that Harry was to basically be treated like a human for once. But that mood quickly changed when he saw Sirius somehow pop away and reappear behind his uncle. He now felt fear, afraid that Sirius would kill the man or he would be killed by his uncle.

"Sirius, were you really going to kill my uncle?" Harry asked as soon as Sirius had closed the door

"Of course I wasn't going to kill him." Sirius scoffed as he sat down on the floor next to Harry. "I just wanted to scare him a little."

"How did you pop behind him? It didn't look like apparating to me." Harry asked still sounding unsure to believe Sirius about not killing his uncle.

"I'm not really sure. It's something that I've been doing since I appeared in the ministry. I guess it's just an after effect of the veil." Sirius replied with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Besides, we need to talk about what you did to me." As soon as he said those words he saw a sad and guilty look appear on Harry's face. Seeing this, he reached over and grabbed Harry by the shoulders, pulling him into a comforting embrace. "Listen to me pup I am not mad at you for what you did. Hell I don't know how you did it. So don't go beating yourself up over it."

Harry gave him a half-hearted nod as he relished the embrace that he was getting from the one man who he knew cared and loved him.

"So how did you hit him with electricity?" Sirius asked as he began to make Harry's hair even messier then it already was.

"I don't know. I didn't even know I had done that until you said something." Harry said.

"Well, it may just be part of your magical inheritance or…" Sirius trailed off in thought.

"Or what Sirius," Harry asked as he pulled away from Sirius so that he could look at the man.

"Oh, I was just thinking that's all." Sirius replied. He did have an idea about it, but it just didn't make any sense. Also, it brought back a memory, a memory of someone that he had met when he had gone into hiding. The man had been very strange but he did find that there were other things out there that weren't magical per se from him. It was this that was giving him the idea about how Harry had struck him with lightning. But right now wasn't the time to think about that as he could see that Harry was showing just how tired he was. "Now I think you need to get some sleep. I know I sure do." Sirius stated with a huge yawn.

Hearing Sirius yawn caused him to yawn as well. With all of the events that had taken place that night he had forgotten that he was tired. And also there was the events themselves that had caused him to get excited and then depressed. Without even a word Harry stood up and climbed into his ratty old bed.

He was just about to close his eyes when he remembered Sirius had nowhere to sleep. Sitting up abruptly he looked over to where he expected to see Sirius, but the man wasn't there. This caused his heart to plummet and think that it had all been some twisted dream. That is until he felt someone or something land on him. He felt a wet tongue start licking his face and that caused him to smile briefly before shoving the dog off him.

It was about seven o'clock when Harry and Sirius were rudely awakened by a loud whirring sound. Harry grabbed his glasses and shoved them on his face just as Sirius transformed back to his usual self. Taking a glance at one another before they headed out of the room and down the stairs with a horrible thought on their minds, deatheaters were attacking.

Barreling into the living room they saw the Dursley's all cowering in fear on behind the couch, or at least that was what they were attempting to do. With a shake of their heads they ignored them and hurried to the door. Sirius reached it first and grabbed a hold of the knob, but just then there came a loud knock from the other side. This sudden noise caused Sirius to let go of the knob and hop back a little. Harry stifled a laugh as he stepped forward and opened the door. Silently pleased that he had grabbed his wand knowing that Sirius didn't have one at the moment in case they were forced to defend themselves.

To his and Sirius' shock there were no deatheaters standing there. Instead there were four very unusual people there. A distinguished looking bald headed man in a wheelchair, a young man with dark brown hair in a black body fitting suit with a strange visor over his eyes, another man in a black outfit with dark hair, but this one was different from the others. The strange man's appearance looked sort of like an animal with a cigar sticking out of his mouth. He was shorter then the others, but it was obvious from his bulk that the man was extremely built and could probably pick up a car if he wanted too. Then there was a young man about the age of Harry with short and little spiky brown hair and startling ice blue eyes. His build was that more on the lines of what people think of for swimmers, and he was a good six inches taller then Harry was.

"Mr. Potter, Mr. Black may we come in and speak with you." The man in the chair asked.

Harry wasn't sure about letting these strangers in and he wondered just how they knew his and Sirius' name. He glanced over his shoulder at Sirius to see what he thought about the idea. However, instead of getting any answer from Sirius his uncle decided to speak up.

"I will not have anymore freaks coming into my home." Vernon yelled as he started to march over towards the doors.

Hearing someone call him a freak made the shorter man angry and he pushed his way into the house. He stalked over to where Vernon had stopped and gave him a feral smile before a strange sound was heard. The sound puzzled everyone in there but soon they saw that three iron claws were protruding from the stranger's knuckles when he raised them up to Vernon's face.

"Just who do you think you are Bub, calling me and my friend's freaks?" The man snarled at Vernon. Vernon immediately went white and he began to shake from pure fear at the man standing there in front of him with claws aimed at his chest.

Sirius even though he liked seeing Vernon scared shitless didn't take it as that and grabbed Harry and yanked him closer to him. With a grey smoke they were gone from the doorway only to reappear in the kitchen door. Petunia let out a scream that could hurt a dogs' ears at seeing this and Dudley to try and squeeze himself into a small ball behind the couch.

"Logan, put them away. We are not here to harm anyone." Professor X said as he wheeled his way into the house. Followed by the other two men, who had very different looks on their faces, the one with the visor had a scowl on his, and the younger one had an amused one.

"Chuck he called us freaks." The man replied dryly as he pulled the claws back into his hands. Only this caused the Dursley's to scream again, and it caused Vernon to fall to his knees as they gave out with a loud thud.

"Logan it is of no consequence what they say. We do not harm the innocent and you know that."

"Who are you and what do you want here?" Sirius asked warily. These people were very different from any that he had encountered before.

"Mr. Black if you will let me introduce everyone, then I will explain why we have come." Seeing the tentative nod from Sirius, he began. "My name is Charles Xavier. The one that has the claws is Logan or more commonly known as Wolverine. The younger man here to my right is Robert Drake, also known as Iceman. The other young man with the visor is Scott Summers, who is also known as Cyclops. We are from the Charles Xavier School for the gifted and we are mutants."

"You are what?" Harry asked.

"We are mutants with varying powers and abilities." Professor X replied.

"Are you wizards?" Sirius asked still sounding unsure about this whole thing.

"Hey Bub, we are not wizards." Logan replied. "There is no such thing."

"That is where you are wrong Logan. These fine gentleman are wizards. I told you this on the way over he lightly chastised the man. Logan heard this and snorted his disbelief as he crossed his arms over his broad chest.

"Mr. Black as I was saying. We are what are known as mutants. Unlike wizards who have the ability to perform various forms of it, we only have one or two abilities. This is from what is known as the X gene in our DNA structure. So, in a way yes you could say that we are wizards. However, unlike wizards are abilities are not handed down from generation to generation. Many mutants are from very normal families and it is only them who have the mutant gene. We do not hide from the world like wizards do, but we also do not socialize with most because of certain reasons. An example would be Cyclops here with his visor. He has the ability to cause severe damage from his eyes by what is known as an optic blast. Unfortunately because of this and that his eyes are red he cannot control the power and so he is forced to wear the visor. There is also another one who is blue skinned and has a very unique appearance to him. Due to this appearance he is unable to go out in public. However, we have come up with what is known as an image inducer which does allow him to go out in public.

I have been trying for many years to work on tolerance for all mutants in the world. But that is a very hard thing to do. You see there are many people who fear us for our abilities and would like nothing more then to kill us. Also, there are mutants themselves who have been discriminated and harassed to the point that they have taken it upon themselves to wipe out those who do not have mutant powers. And that is where my school comes in to play.

The institute is a safe haven for all mutants that seek refuge from those who are willing to kill them. In some cases it is because their own families wish to harm them because of their abilities. At the institute everyone is considered equal regardless of their appearance and or ability. They learn science, mathematics, and various other subjects. They also learn self defense and how to control whatever their ability is. I do not turn anyone away whether they can pay or not just as long as you are not there to take advantage and use the teachings to harm others.

We also have a group within the school that is known as the X-Men. The three men with me are all apart of that group. We defend those that are in need, even if that means defending those who wish us harm. In many cases we defend them and ourselves from other mutants bent on the destruction of humanity."

"That is all well and good Professor, but you have yet to tell us why you are here and what this has to do with us?" Sirius stated.

"We are here simply to offer you a place at our school."

"What? We aren't mutants." Harry spoke up now clearly sounding confused.

"Mr. Potter you are not only a wizard, but a mutant as well." Professor X replied.

"That can't be. I'm just a wizard, just Harry."

"Mr. Potter I have a way of tracking down mutants. I was in the process of doing that last night when I came across you. I was able to discern that even though some of your abilities are magical, there is at least one part that is a mutant. And before either of you ask, I am a telepath and therefore can connect with your mind."

"No, this can't be happening. I don't want to be different. I already am and now I'm even more of a freak then ever before." Harry started rambling, panic edging his eyes.

Wolverine snorted and glared at the young man in front of him. Professor X and the others all understood what the boy was feeling and their hearts went out to them. Charles' heart went out even more so as he had dealt with this kind of thing many times before. Sirius who also felt sorry for Harry grabbed him and began to slowly but soothing rub his back. He understood completely how Harry was feeling. He knew that his godson only wished to be normal and not have so much dumped on him."

"Harry, I know exactly how you feel." Bobby said walking over to the two. "I felt like that when my power came into play. I hated it, hated the way that I felt like a freak, like I'd never be normal again. I was so afraid that I wouldn't have friends or even a life. All I wanted to do was to die and leave a world that would make me like this. One that would so easily hurt me for something I couldn't control. But I eventually did come to terms with my powers. Yes, it took some time and I am still learning about it, but I had a lot of help. I went to the school with Professor X and soon I found that I wasn't any different then the next. I even made friends and now I'm happy." Bobby finished his little speech when he reached the two.

"But I don't want to be anymore of a freak then I am now." Harry said through another bout of tears.

"I know that, we all know that. Please allow us to help you. Let Professor X show you that you are not a freak. I know you would like the school. There are so many great things there and no one will expect you to do anything that you do want to." Cyclops said from his place near Professor X.

"Hey kiddo, it may just be a good idea if you go. It does sound like it would be a great place." Sirius said sadly. He didn't like the idea of Harry going off to some place where he wouldn't get to see him, but he knew it was something that Harry needed.

"Mr. Black, you will be able to see him all of the time."

Hearing this caused Sirius' head to snap up and look over at the professor with an incredulous look.

"You forget that I said I was a telepath. I heard you thoughts. There is also the fact that you too are a mutant."

Now Sirius was just plain confused. He knew there was no way in Merlin's name that he was a mutant. If he had been, then it would have shown up a lot earlier then now. And so he voiced this to the room. "There is no way that I am a mutant. If I was I would already have known before this."

"Yes that is very true. But for some reason you are what is known as a latent mutant. Those are the ones who gain their abilities later in life. Earlier when we were flying over from America, I picked up on your mutant ability. I am not sure how this happened, but I can clearly say that you have the ability to teleport like another one of my students."

"That just doesn't make any sense. There's no way that I can teleport myself." Sirius said shaking his head.

"I am afraid that it is very true. And therefore I am offering you also the chance to come to my school and learn about your ability."

"Hey Padfoot, maybe that is how you got behind my uncle last night," Harry said looking up at his godfather who was still holding him.

Sirius was about to argue that he wasn't one but stopped when he remembered that Harry had told him about that. At the time he didn't know how he did it and he chose to just simply ignore until a later time. Also, it brought to mind what Harry had done to him.

"Hey you remember when I asked about how you hit me with that lightning?" He asked Harry, who gave him a nod. "That may have been your mutant ability."

Harry thought about this for a few minutes before answering. "You could be right, but wouldn't that be an elemental ability."

"Not necessarily Mr. Potter. There is a woman that I know who has chosen to join my group who is able to manipulate reality. She can also do what is known as probability shift which is natural magic or also known as chaos. She is what is known as a mutant sorceress. So you can see that both of you may be correct in your assumptions." Professor X said truthfully.

"It does sound interesting, but what about my friends here." Harry asked.

"Your friends can always write and you can come back in the summer and holidays if you would like."

Harry was about to reply when a couple of other things just hit him. "Professor, what about Sirius, he's considered an escaped convict. But he was setup and is innocent of what they accused him of. He didn't even get a trial. Then there's the problem with Voldemort. I am the one who has to kill him or he'll kill me."

"Clam down Mr. Potter. Sirius is allowed to come to the school even if he were guilty of the crimes. I believe in giving people a second chance if they are repentant in what they did. As to him being an escaped convict, I believe that he will be safe at the institute.

Now as to this Voldemort person you speak of, I think you should tell us about him, especially why you think you have to kill this man." Professor X said.

Harry thought it over for a brief moment before agreeing to explain everything. With that said, he offered everyone seats and refreshments. Of course the Dursleys tried to protest, but it was a feeble attempt when Sirius and Wolverine both glared at them. Those glares to the amusement of the others caused Petunia to scream and faint, while Dudley squealed like a pig would, and Vernon to crawl away.

It took about an hour for Harry to tell his story. He saw varying emotions play out on the faces' of the newcomers ranging from surprise to anger and even sadness. He at first wanted to tell them not to pity him, but he understood that wasn't what they were doing. By the time he did finish his explanation with the prophecy he saw the man known as Logan look like he wanted to eat someone alive. This look of the man with the claws made him cringe back into his chair afraid that the man would get him. There was one look though that surprised him and that was from Sirius. His expression was one of guilt and remorse. He idly wondered if there was something that Sirius knew about the prophecy, but thought that he could just ask him about that later when they were in private.

"That is a very interesting story Mr. Potter. I am sorry that you have gone thorough so much. You should never have to go through even half of that at your age. I don't know anything about prophecies and such, but there is a woman that I know of who may be able to shed light on the subject as well as a man. The woman I am thing of is Agatha Harkness who helped Wanda with here abilities since she is a witch, and the man is Doctor Strange. He is a man that is known to be a sorcerer supreme and I am certain that he could help us with this problem. That is if you are willing to speak with them and allow us to help you." Professor X added.

"I think it's a good idea Kiddo. They sound like the two people who could truly help you to understand it." Sirius said.

"You may be right Sirius." Harry replied thoughtfully. "But we have another problem."

"What is that pup?"

"If we go, how am I supposed to learn magic?"

"That will not be a problem Mr. Potter. I am sure that Agatha and Wanda would be willing to help with your magic. They both are accomplished witches." Professor X replied.

"So does that mean the two you are coming with us or did we waste all this time?" Wolverine asked in his usual gruff tone.

The two said men gave each other a look before turning to look at Professor X. "We would like to come with you." Sirius answered for the both of them.

"Very well, I would suggest you guys go and pack your belongings. We will wait for you while you do." The Professor replied.

The two headed for the stairs when Harry stopped and turned around. "Professor I believe we may have another problem."

"And just what would that be?"

"My Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, I think I should contact him about this."

Sirius was about to argue the point but was stopped by the sounds of cracking outside. Groaning loudly at the thought of who were coming gave him the urge to flee. But he knew he couldn't since he was finally being given the chance at a life as was Harry.

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I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I know you have a couple of questions and I will try to answer them here.

Sirius' teleportation ability will be dealt with during the story. I will give you all a hint. It has something to do with the veil.

I will be using X-Men characters from all areas of them; this includes the books, television and movies. A few of the characters will be around the age they are used in the evolution show and the movies. Others as you will see are several years older and this has been done to allow for more continuity to the story.

Now, I need your help. I can write this story in two ways. One is that I can write Dumbledore as a nice man who has made many mistakes. The other one is that I can write him as a manipulative man who is only out for his own reasons.

Therefore, please send me in a review which way you would like to see him as. Also, you tell me if you'd like to see Hermione. Ron, and Ginny portrayed in a good light or a bad one.

Thank You for reading this. I hope to receive your review.

Note: Those who are reading my other stories. I am currently working on the next chapters. They are a little harder then I had expected them to be. However you can expect them up within the week.