A/N: Hello again. A very late hello. I apologize for the months I was MIA. I finally got the motivation to write again after all this time. Real life has been stressing since I moved, and college and work have kept me busy. I'm out of college so less busyness and less stress. Work is still keeping me busy some though. The only other thing that will keep me from updating now is that I'm moving AGAIN next week. I also have to help my mom move. We're getting it all done in one weekend, so I hopefully won't be put off much from updating within the next two weeks but we'll see. This is just a warning.

As I said in the previous chapter, I made some changes to the plot and this is the chapter where they really start coming into play. From here on out and out of what I originally wrote, a lot of it is going to be different. At this point since it's been months since I thought about the plot, I'm not totally sure what I will keep and what I will change. That's only as a heads up though. Sirius and Harry will still be 'hiding in diagon alley' and most of the beginning plot stays the same. Hope you enjoy and please review, but please keep them constructive. Reviews make me want to update more!

True to her promise, Andy went upstairs after consoling Sirius to talk with her husband. They went back and forth on ideas on how to go about it until they agreed on a plan. They decided to set the plan into motion as soon as they found out where they could ambush Remus. After a quick conversation with Sirius to determine some of Remus' whereabouts, the Tonkses apparated from their house and started to search pubs as Sirius had told them he would most likely be drowning his sorrows in ale. On the third day, they found him in a pub in London called the Hare and Brillet.

Andy sighed, shaking her head at the sight of Remus. She was the one chosen to first approach him as he knew her better. She took a quick look around the pub, but it was early in the afternoon, so not many customers were around. That was good. Less chance of something going wrong. She made her way over to Remus, taking the seat next to him. "Remus! It's been a long since I've seen you."

Remus tiredly turned his head to look at her and blinked as if he was in a daze until he seemed to recognize her. "Ande..."

She nodded, smiling and only slightly cringing at the horrible smell wafting off of him. "Yes, how have you been?"

She knew Remus was drunk and that there was no real purpose to asking this, but it would be best to keep up appearances. Remus blinked again then looked down at his drink in hand. "Hell is what I am...since James and Lily...and Sirius..." He sniffled. "and Harry..."

Her expression turned to a frown. "Yes, it was such a tragedy..." She internally sighed. "Remus, this drinking isn't going to help...How about I help you get home?"

Remus looked up at her again. "Okay...They cut me off anyway..." He lifted the drink to finish it then started to get up but stumbled. Andy jumped up to keep him from falling then put one of his arms around her neck to help keep him steady. "Alright, let's slowly walk to the door."

As they started to walk away, the barkeeper silent nodded his head and mouthed a thank you to her. She nodded back and proceeded to the door, pausing to open it. Ted quickly hurried over to grab Remus' other arm, so she could come out the door. He made a face as he caught the smell of the drunken man. "Phew, he sure does stink."

Andy looked around again then turned back to him. "Let's get to that alleyway and get out of here. We can worry about his odor when we get home."

Ted nodded and was able to help Remus move faster than Andy had been when supporting him. They made it to the alley a little distance away then Ted first apparated along with Remus then Andy following him. They appeared in the den of their house and Ted helped Remus to the sofa where he collapsed. Andy pulled her wand out and waved it at him. "Scourgify."

The smell coming from Remus instantly abated and the expression on Ted's face softened. Remus jerked and drunkenly pulled out his wand. "Wha was tha'? Ande, are we being attacked?"

Andy walked over to him. "No, we're at my home. That was just me using a spell."

Remus blinked, looking around slowly. "But, I though'...I though' I was going 'ome."

Andy shook her head. "No, we need to talk about something but you need to be sober for it. I'm sorry but I have to do this."

She quickly snatched his wand from his hand while Ted grabbed Remus as he tried lunging at her. She put his wand to the side as she grabbed a sobering potion and poured it into Remus' mouth as Ted held him. It took a few minutes for the potion to work, but the dazed look on Remus' face disappeared as he came out of it. He looked around then his eyes focused on her. "Andy? Where am I?"

"You're at my house. I had to give you a sobering potion because you were drunk, "She responded, "Ted's holding you because you tried to attack me."

Remus' eyes widened. "Oh hell. I'm so sorry. It was hard to tell in the state I was in."

He looked back at Ted. "I'm sorry, Ted."

Ted smiled at him. "It's alright."

Remus turned to look back at Andy. "I'm sorry for the inconvenience I've caused you. If you let me go, I'll just be on my way.

She stopped him, saying, "I have some news to share with you if you wouldn't mind staying but it would be be better if Ted kept holding you. You probably won't take it well."

Remus blinked and sighed. "What could it be? The worst possible thing that could have happened has happened."

Andy gave him a pitiful look. "It's about Sirius. He's here."

Remus' reaction was instantaneous. His brown eyes darkened and he growled at her. "What?! Are you out of your mind?!"

She shook her head. "No. Listen, Remus. Sirius is innocent."

Remus started to struggle in Ted's grip. "No, he's not. He must have cast an Imperius on you and Ted! He betrayed James and Lily and kidnapped Harry! He's an evil bugger and needs to die!"

Ted tightened his hold on Remus as she continued to talk to him, "Remus, Ted and I are in our right minds. We would be like zombies if we were imperiused. Sirius is innocent. He didn't betray James and Lily. It was Peter."

Remus stopped for a moment to examine her and relaxed some. "You're right but he could have tricked you some other way..."

Sirius walked into the den, carrying baby Harry. "I didn't do anything, Moony. They're telling the truth."

Remus turned to glare at him but then his gaze softened as he saw Harry. "Harry..."

Harry smiled and clapped his hands then reached for him. "Moo'e."

Sirius walked over to him until he was a few feet from him, staring into his eyes. "I didn't do it. You see Harry. He's happy and healthy. No harm has come to him since that night."

Remus stared back. "You solemnly swear?"

Sirius nodded. "I solemnly swear."

Remus relaxed. "Okay." He looked back at Ted. "You can let me go now. I promise I won't do anything. I just want to hold my nephew."

Ted nodded and let him go. Sirius gently handed Harry to him. Remus hugged Harry and inhaled his scent. "Cub..."

Harry giggled and started to grab at his glasses. Remus gently took Harry's chubby, little hand off his glasses and then looked at Sirius. "So, what did happen?"

Sirius sat down and sighed. "I was the secretkeeper at first. I wasn't afraid of being it, but I was afraid they would get to me and torture it out of me. I convinced James and Lily to switch it to Peter, but I would be the decoy secretkeeper. Peter betrayed us by telling Voldemort."

Remus nodded and sat next to him. Andy and Ted had already left the room to give them privacy. "But, what happened the night that Voldemort attacked? They said you were already there when Hagrid showed up and that you ran from him."

Sirius glared at the wall. "He was trying to take Harry from me. He said he was going to take Harry to his aunt's." He turned to look at Remus. "Petunia hates Lily. I couldn't let them take Harry to her."

Remus nodded and stopped Harry from grabbing his glasses again. "Do you know where Peter is?"

Sirius glared again. "No, I went to check up on him at his apartment on Halloween. He was gone and the place was a mess. That's when I knew something had happened and apparated to Godric's Hallow."

Remus nodded again. "I haven't seen him but he sent me a letter. He claimed that he was devastated and was staying with some relatives out of the country. The little rat apologized for not being here but that his sick aunt needed him..."

Sirius tightened his hands into fists. "Bloody rat...Should of known when we found out what his animagus was."

Remus sighed and laid back against the couch. Harry succeeded in grabbing his glasses off his face, but Remus let him play with them. "We can worry about him later. We need to worry about getting your name cleared."

Sirius shook his head. "No, Remus. They won't believe me. I don't trust those bastards at the Ministry. They won't believe you either."

Remus sighed again and nodded. "You're probably right and definitely right that they won't believe me. What are you going to do then?"

Sirius lounged his head against the back of the couch. "Andy already suggested using something from the Family grimoire. It's called the familial blood potion. It allows a member of the family to take the appearance of another family member for however as long as they need. It'll work for Harry, too. He's distantly related but it should still work."

Remus nodded. "Good idea. Fascinating potion, I would love to examine it, but that's not important. Who will you and Harry be posing as?'

"My cousin, Leo, and his son, Marc. You never met him because he lived in France. He came to England two years ago. I didn't meet him but Andy did. She and him became good friends. She also got to meet his wife and son. After visiting, they moved to a island off the cost of Italy where his wife was from. She said that he hasn't heard from him since, but we want to go to Corsica to find out what happened before we pose as them, " Sirius answered.

"Good plan, " Remus remarked, "Do you need any help?"

Sirius looked over at him and smiled faintly. "We can use all the help we can get."

Remus returned the smile. "The Marauders are back."

Story Notes: As you read above, I've decided to add Remus into the mix. I just think Sirius would be heartbroken if he left Remus like he was. I just couldn't do that to poor Remus. He's one of my favorite characters. Another note is I put that Harry is distantly related to the Blacks. I realized my mistake of Harry actually not being related to them in my previous version, but I'm going to say that for this story Harry had a grandparent who was a Black down the line. I'm not going to specify who since it most likely won't be relevant to the story. This is only for my story to keep the plot correct. If you don't like someone who deviates from canon, then please go find another story. I will be deviating from it because I think it gets boring when you don't change it up sometimes. If you do like someone who changes it up, I hope you enjoy my story.