AN: Thank you for the quick and great response for the first chapter in this series. This is my first fanfiction and the favorites and follows feel great. Don't forget to leave a review. All the help is needed. Please enjoy the story. Also, a question has arisen on why Sirius doesn't just take Harry home, well, not that many people know that there are still practitioners of the Godfather Ritual. Yes, Sirius is the Godfather to Harry, but Dumbledore was the witness to the wills, thus he can claim anything he wants them to believe until the wills are opened at Gringotts. As for the spell Tempus Visum, I've looked up a lot of spells, even on the wiki and on Pottermore, I found no inkling of a time telling spell, so I hopped onto google translate and invented one. Tempus Visum literally translates from Latin to Time View and creates an image of a clock that tells the exact time of whichever time zone the caster casts the spell.


Sirius woke with a start. Something was definitely wrong. Casting a quick Tempus Visum he discovered it was late into Halloween at 11:56 p.m. He got up and dressed himself as fast as he could. This feeling he had, of something terribly wrong, unnerved him.

As he walked out of the front door of his small cottage the feeling hit all the harder. He went to his garage, which hid a motorcycle that had many enchantments on it, and opened the door. He started the motorcycle and pulled it out, shutting the garage door with a flick of his wand. Tapping his wand to the ignition switch on the right side, the bike roared to life and off he went. Turning onto the road he pulled back on the handlebars and the bike soared into the air.

When he first saw the house he knew that he was too late. There was a hole in the roof of the nursery on the second floor where Harry would be at this time of night and the front door was wide open and slightly off it's hinges. All of the windows were shattered as if an explosion went off inside the house.

Landing the bike and jumping off, Sirius ran inside and nearly fainted at the sight that welcomed him. His best friend, fellow Marauder, and bother James was strewn on the floor un-moving. Sirius wept silently as he moved past his brother and up the stairs. He heard an infant crying and a spark of hope entered Sirius.

Hopefully Harry and Lily were okay, he thought. Though another entered his mind, did that mean that they somehow defeated Voldemort? By that time he reached the door. The sight chilled him to the bone. Lily was lying in a pile of rubble left by the hole in the roof as still as her husband. Harry was wailing in his crib and holding onto the bars.

"How did-" Sirius started when he then caught sight of a scar on Harry's forehead. "Oh Merlin. Harry please be alright," he spoke as he gently lifted the crying Harry into his arms. Sirius tried his best to calm the clearly irate Harry down when he heard the distant voice of a familiar friend. Hagrid was here.

"Hello? Is anyone here?" came the booming voice of Hagrid from downstairs. Sirius made a quick decision and stepped out of the nursery, toward the stairs. "I'm here, Hagrid. I arrived a few minutes ago. Harry was the only s-survivor." Sirius choked on the last word. It was then that Hagrid spoke again, "Dumbledore heard what had happened and sent me for Harry. He asked for me to take the boy to him."

"What? No. I can't allow you to take him. I was asked by Lily and James to watch over him in the case of their death and by right of the Godfather Ritual. They even expressly told me that they stated this in their wills. Dumbledore should know this, he was the witness for the penning of both of their wills."

"I'm sorry Sirius, but Dumbledore asked me to. Strict orders. I've got to."

"No Hagrid. I'll tell you what, we'll both take him to Dumbledore. Then we can decide on what to do."

"I s'pose that would be alright."

"Do you know how to drive a motorcycle, Hagrid?"

Hagrid, nodding in the affirmative gave Sirius a plan. Dumbledore was interfering in this somehow and Sirius would find out why. He beckoned for Hagrid to follow him and lead him back outside. The motorcycle in question was sitting right where Sirius had left it and with another tap of his wand it roared to life once more. He gestured for Hagrid to get on first, and once the half-giant was in position, he got on himself. Taking off the jacket he was wearing, Sirius made a makeshift sling for Harry to sit in as they were flying.

With Sirius holding onto Hagrid's overcoat the trio took off into the night sky. Sirius couldn't help but look back at the ruined remains of Potter Cottage and wept silently for the loss of his dear friends. He vowed then and there that Harry would have a good childhood, even if he couldn't spend it with his parents. He only hoped that he was good enough to give him that childhood.

Sirius still had tears in his eyes when he noticed that they were descending. It appeared that Hagrid had brought them to Dumbledore, though why they were meeting in a suburb confused him. He was further confused when he saw a completely dark street, the street he noticed was where Hagrid planned on landing.

Once Sirius saw the street sign all confusion cleared up right away. Though Lily had never spoken to her sister since she left Hogwarts, she always made sure that she was okay. This being so, Sirius knew where they lived, Number 4 Private Drive, the very street that Hagrid had landed on.

This angered Sirius, he knew full well that Petunia Dursley, specifically mentioned by both of Harry's parents, was barred from being a candidate for guardianship of Harry . Something fishy was going on. Sirius didn't like what was happening and why Dumbledore would wait here, outside of the aforementioned Petunia's house.

Once the bike was stopped Sirius slid off the back, carefully taking Harry with him and making sure he didn't drop him. Waiting for Dumbledore to approach Sirius looked down at Harry and noticed that he was sleeping. Smiling at the small face of Harry, Sirius vowed again that Harry would have a great childhood.

A clearing of a throat caught Sirius' attention. Looking up he saw Dumbledore a few feet away smiling sadly. Sirius, with a small feeling that he shouldn't mention the Godfather Ritual to Dumbledore just yet, pulled Harry closer to him and asked, "Why did you have Hagrid bring Harry here?"

"Harry needs a place to stay Sirius. As his magical guardian, I should be the one to deliver him to his new residence."

"But you're not his magical guardian. I am. Lily and James told me that I was their first choice."

"Were you their when they quilled their wills?" Dumbledore asked.

"No, but they told me what they put in them. They trusted me with that much."

"If they trusted you, why were you not there as a witness to them? How do you know what they put into their wills if you weren't there to watch them write them?"

"If you think I don't trust them then you're wrong. We can decide this tomorrow after their will reading."

Albus Dumbledore chuckled a little after Sirius said that. Clearly he was planning something and Sirius didn't like it. Just then, Minerva McGonagall showed up.

"Hello Sirius, how are you doing?" McGonagall asked.

"I'd be at home grieving about James and Lily with my Godson if Hagrid hadn't shown up and told me Dumbledore had asked for him to bring him Harry. I still don't understand why," Sirius replied.

"Regardless of you being named Godfather, there is still a traitor in our mist and we don't know who it is. Now give me the boy," Dumbledore said, with a small huff at the end.

"I would never betray James and Lily! By right of the Godfather Ritual I claim Harry James Potter as my Godson and as my right, take him to live with me." After that Sirius apparated away from Private Drive and to his own home.


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