Chapter 2

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Sirius didn't know why he showed up here of all places. He hadn't been to this small town in the South of France since he was thirteen years old. The Blacks had owned a large estate here and he used to come there during the summers when he was a child. The Black estate was situated near the St. March estate and he and the youngest St. March daughter used to play together. The two families had held strong alliances for hundreds of years. He hadn't talked to Camille since the year he had ran away.

He took a deep breath and approached the doors of the St. March mansion. He pulled Harry closer to him and knocked on the door. A young 20 something witch answered the door. She was much older then he remembered, but it was obviously Camille. She still had the same curly blonde hair and bright blue eyes he remembered.

"Sirius what are you doing here" she said with a deep french accent.

"Camille I need sanctuary"

Her blue eyes narrowed "Why what have you done?"

"You know the rules Camille you are bound by magic to offer me sanctuary our families made an alliance three hundred years ago."

" Come in then" she said

He followed her into the house and then into a large living room.

"Are you going to tell me why after 8 years you come to my house and demand sanctuary. A blood oath that hasn't been called into affect since the 1800s."

He took a deep breath and told her the story of his fall. How his stupidity had gotten his best friend killed. How they had tried to take Harry from him. How the aurors were probably looking for him.

"I believe you" she said as she put her small hand on his.

"You do but why."

She gave him a mischievous smirk "This room has a veritius charm on it."

"This is a veritius room, I didn't think they still existed."

"Most of the old families had one, yours did until Phinneus Nigellus destroyed it."

"Sounds like something that old bugger would do" laughed Sirius.

"So is this James' son?" she asked gazing intently at Harry.

" Yeah Camille this is Harry Potter" he said pulling the child out from under his cloak.

"Sirius he needs to be looked at by a healer that scar is emitting dark magic, I have a English healer bound to the family we can get her to come look at him."

"But what if she tells people your house maybe able to protect people from finding us but if they know where we are it won't be much good."

"My family sponsored her to study the healing applications of natural magic she's bound to us she will tell no one Sirius I assure you."

"Alright, Camille I trust you"

"I'll go fire call her now."

She got up and walked out of the room yellow dress swinging.

She came back into the room with a tiny witch with shoulder length brown hair and pretty blue eyes.

"Sirius this is Alexandra"

"Lo" he said picking Harry up and walking over to the place where the healer was setting up a make-shift hospital bed.

He placed Harry on the bed telling him it will be okay.

"I'm going to do some diagnostic tests to figure out what the affect the attack had on him" she said pulling her brown hair into a bun at the top of her head. She began humming in a language Sirius had never heard before and bright beams of colourful light began swirling around Harry.

The child began giggling as the lights began to swirl around him faster and faster and then vanished. A disembodied voice then began chanting back and the Healer started jotting notes down. When the voice stopped she turned to look at Sirius.

"This boy has suffered too much magical exhaustion but with a few days of proper rest that should be fine what worries me is the child's scar is a horcrux."

"No that can't be, does that mean Harry has to die before Voldemort can."

" Within the confines of traditional European magic yes."

"What do you mean in confines?"

"I am a practitioner of natural magic Mr. Black. I've been studying the ways of ancient magical cultures. And they used nature to their advantage instead of trying to bend it. The ancient civilizations never used wands the followed nature. The Celts, the Vikings, Ancient Asian civilizations, Middle Eastern, even Native American cultures. If you would allow me I would like to try to destroy it using natural magic."

"You want me to allow you to perform some experimental magic on my godson? What if he gets hurt?" asked Sirius aggressively.

" Natural magic works within the laws of Nature it doesn't hurt the innocent. A horcrux goes against nature it is the only way to destroy it without hurting the child. If it doesn't work Harry won't be harmed."

"That's a lie the only time I've seen Natural Magic used is when a tornado was summoned to destroy a house by a wizard hopped up on his own power. Six innocent bystander were killed."

"That is a case of a wizard attempting to control nature if you work with it no harm will be done to the innocent. I give you my word Harry will not be harmed." she said grasping his hand looking deeply into his eyes. He doesn't no why but he trusts her.

"Fine, if it is the only way then we have to try but if he is hurt I will act like the murdered England is convinced I am" he growls.

" I won't let you down."

She motioned for Harry to lie down and placed her hands over his head and began chanting again all the torches in the room flare and bright lights began encircling her and Harry. It was only minutes but to Sirius it felt like hours. She backs away from Harry and says its finished before collapsing onto the ground out cold. Camille motioned for him to check on Harry as she knelt down to help Alexandra. He approached the bed and gazed down at the small child. The lighting shaped scar faded considerably and it no longer gave off any inkling of dark magic. The child in question was sleeping soundly. He didn't even realize he had been holding his breath.

He turned around to see Alexandra slowly getting up recovering slowly from the amount of magic she just displayed.

"Thank-you" he said.

"No problem" she smiled.

"You are a remarkably talented witch, it takes considerable power to be able to use Natural Magic."

She smiled "not really everyone is capable of it, you just have to train. But, I should probably go they'll be missing me at the clinic and you look like you could use some rest." And with that Alexandra was gone.

"Let him sleep Sirius we need to talk."

" You have sanctuary here but it will only last if you both stay confined to this household. That isn't healthy for you or the child. I am going to go talk to a few of my contacts see if we can't find a more suitable cover for you and Harry. Feel free to nap in one of the guest rooms Harry won't be awake for another couple of hours."

"Thank you Camille for everything."

A/N: What do you guys think? Are the OC's a little much? They may play a bigger role later on in the story but they are essentially for the time being just alliances of Sirius'. This isn't a romance it is a bonding fic.