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The night had progressed quietly, it had taken Alex, as Jenny had started calling her little brother the others following suit, to warm up to anyone, but eventually he warmed up to them enough to play on the floor with Ron, Ginny, and the twins. However, he would glance around the room every couple of minutes to make sure Ennis was still there. Ron had given Alex his teddy bear to hold, and Alex wasn't seen without it the rest of the night.

He'd wondered if it was a good idea letting his son sleep in Ron's room, true he was only a couple of floors down, and his daughters were just across the hall from the boys, but even so, he couldn't help but worry that it would terrify Alex to wake up without him. He'd sat with his son until he'd fallen asleep, before joining the rest of the adults downstairs.

He'd discussed with Molly and Arthur his plans to return to the US as soon as the paperwork was done, wanting to get Alex settled as soon as possible. He worried about returning, knowing he would likely not have a job, ranches were folding up all over the place, and no one would keep an old ranch hand on staff that kept disappearing for weeks at a time.

It made him wonder, not for the first time, if he'd made a mistake not accepting that sweet life Jack had always been talking about? Would they have been able to make it work, could the two of them have been able to make a ranch successful? Would Alex have been taken if they had both been there watching over him, was Ennis not enough to keep their baby safe? Would Jack have lived in the two of them had been together instead of living in different states?

He glanced over at the door when he heard it creak open, and sat up when he saw Ron creeping into his room, "Mr. Del Mar, Alex is crying." The little boy told him, and he was out of bed in a flash, ready to go get his son. Ron took his hand, pulling him down the hall, and up the stairs to the room Alex, Ron, and the twins had been sharing, and he found his little boy sitting up in bed in a pair of borrowed pajamas Molly had given him. It was clear within seconds that Alex had had an accident, and when he saw Ennis standing there, he just cried harder.

He breathed a sigh of relief to see that the boy was alright, "Come on, we'll get you both cleaned up." He took Ron's hand too as they were sharing a bed. He knew Molly could have just waved her wand over the boys, and they would have both been cleaned, but he didn't have that luxury. He'd never learned magic, nor held a wand, so he did everything himself; not that he minded.

"Ya guys keep watch on each other, I'll be back in a minute." He told the two boys as they sat in the bathtub, he figured he'd wash them both together to save himself some time, so they could all get some sleep. Going to his bedroom he pulled out a couple of his t-shirts so he could dress the boys in something, and he didn't want to wake up the twins who'd slept through the whole thing by rummaging through drawers.

"Alrigh' ya two, time to git out a' there." He found a towel, and dried off Ron first, pulling the t-shirt over the boys head, grinning when he noticed it came down to the boy's ankles and the sleeves to his wrists. "Alrigh' son, yer next." He held out the towel in front of him, and wrapped it around his son when the boy stood up. He walked back to the boy's room, Alex on his hip since the boy kept tripping over the bottom of his shirt, and stripped the sheets off the bed. He cleaned up after them as best he could, then took the two of them back to his room.

"Alrigh' boys, inta bed with ya." He told them as he lifted them up, and put them into the bed, laying down next to them. "Alrigh', ifin yer gonna sleep in here, yer gonna sleep." He said with a grin, wrapping his arm around them as they scooted closer to him, Alex between him and Ron. He could feel Alex's shaking, so just pulled his son tighter against his chest hoping it will calm him, he could feel Ron's tiny hand mirroring his, rubbing up and down Alex's back, both of them trying to calm him.

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It was the giggling that woke him the next morning, and when he opened his eyes he saw his daughters standing over him, Junior holding a camera in her hand, Molly watching from behind them with a happy grin. He moved to sit up, but felt the weight on his chest, and looked down to find his son curled up against him, his tiny thumb in his mouth. Glancing just past Alex, he saw Ron laying on his stomach, arms and legs sprawled wide, taking up as much room as his little body could.

The giggling woke Alex, and he watched as his son turned to glance around the room, "How about we head down and get some breakfast?" Junior asked Alex, walking toward them, her arms out, hoping that he would go to her. He could see how much his girls wanted their little brother to accept and trust them. That was why Junior practically beamed when Alex wrapped his little hand around one of hers, though he refused to leave until he was sure Ennis was on his feet and following them.

Alex started out in the seat next to him, but when the room started to fill up, he moved into his lap, Ron taking over the seat next to him. "What ya feel like eatin' bud?" He asked Alex ready to make a plate for the two of them. He hadn't gotten the hang of getting Alex to eat food that wasn't being shared, so the two of them would eat off the same plate.

"Remus should be by soon, I believe Sirius will be with him as well." He didn't know who Sirius was, but remembered he had something to do with how they figured out Alex was his and not the Potters. "Apparently he was granted a trial, and found innocent. I'd like to say I always knew he was innocent, but I sadly believed what James said..." She said sadly, as she looked at him and his children.

Just then two loud pops were heard, followed by, "Stupid bloody reporters." He heard someone grumbling outside the door, which was followed by a knock on the door. He grinned at his girls while he listened to Molly complain about whoever it was not watching the their language when children are around.

He looked up when the door was opened, and gave Remus a slight nod, before going back to making sure his son was eating. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed Remus take a seat across from him. "Ennis, I'd like you to meet my mate, Sirius." He glanced at the man sitting next to Remus, and watched as he draped possessively around the back of Remus's chair. It was painful to think of all the times he'd wished he could have done that with Jack, but hadn't dared.

"Good ter meet ya." He shifted his son in his lap so that he could reach across the table and shake the man's hand, giving back just as good as he got when Sirius gave his hand a warning squeeze...never was one to back down from a challenge. "These are my girls, Alma Jr., sept we all call her Junior, and the younger one's Jenny." He then glanced down at Alex, smiling when he saw the boy was taking little bites off the plate in front of them, "Been told ya know Alex already."

The man's gaze softened when he looked down at his son, "It's very good to see you again Alex." Sirius said as he held out his hand to the boy, face falling when Alex wouldn't even look at him. "You used to call me uncle Padfoot, after my animagus form, I can turn into a dog, do you remember, used to ride around on my back...I doubt you remember that." He looked sadly at the boy, "Would you like to see that, see me turn into a dog?" He asked, looking hopeful, and disappointed when Alex didn't respond.

Ennis looked around the table at the excited expressions on the faces of all the children, especially his girls. Glancing down at Alex, he saw that the little boy was peeking out from under his lashes at the man sitting across from them. "I'm thinkin' he'd like ter se that." He saw the man looking excitedly at his son before standing up and stepping away from the table. In seconds, standing in the place of the man, was a large black dog, jumping around and barking excitedly. He disappeared under the table, and Ennis pushed back a little so that Alex could look under, enthralled with the large dog. He decided he liked the man when he heard Alex's giggles, watching as the dog licked the little boy's fingers.

"Give him some sausage." Remus said from across the table, and he couldn't contain his smile when he saw the dog shoot a glare at him. Figuring he'd see it through he grabbed a sausage from the plate, and handed it to Alex. The dog rolled his eyes, but ate the sausage from the little boy's hand anyways, and before long all of the children were feeding the dog under the table.

"Now make sure some o' that goes inta yer mouth too." He said as he watched his son continue to give food to the dog. Alex looked at him, tears already forming in his eyes, so he just kissed his forehead, "Ya can still give him some o' the food, just make sure ya eat it to." Alex gave a slight smile, before picking up the fork, and spearing some of the eggs, holding them up to his mouth; he just chuckled and took the offered bite.

"So, what's going to happen to the Potters?" Arthur asked, his smile growing as he watched Ennis spear some eggs and repeat the process with Alex, getting the little boy to eat. Ennis glanced up at Sirius, seeing that his daughters as well as Arthurs two older boys , Charlie being Jenny's age and Bill being the same age as Junior, were also paying attention, just like Molly.

"Snape and Dumbledore testified on my behalf, also someone named KE Del Mar...Your older brother?" Ennis nodded, and Sirius continued, "Snape and KE provided memories of finding Har...Alexander, those were just..." He trailed off, not wanting to continue that line of thought. "But when it came time to question them under vertiserum, that's when it got interesting. Couldn't do that for a simple custody hearing, but because this one came with criminal charges we could. They knew what they were doing when they took him. Paid off a nurse to turn off the machines long enough to switch the babies when they realized their son wasn't going to make it. Lily charmed you to sleep, knew you wouldn't be able to fight it, you been sleeping so little," He told Ennis this, "She then charmed the babies to look like the other one. The charms she put on Alex faded after they left him with her sister since she wasn't there to refresh them."

"But why did they take 'im?" Jenny asked the question that was on everyone's mind.

"There was a prophesy about a child who would defeat the Dark Lord, Alex didn't qualify, but their son Harry did, just as their other son Evan did. People had known about Harry's Birth, and Lily thought it would reflect poorly on the family later on if their child didn't survive. Then your baby was brought in sometime in early August and she saw it as an answer to her prayers. The two even looked similar, so she wouldn't have to use much magic to hide who they really were." Sirius was having a hard time hiding his rage, and it appeared Jenny picked up on it.

"I'm done, how about I take the kids and get them dressed." They waited till the kids were clear before they continued.

"They put him with the Dursleys so they could concentrate on keeping Evan safe, I really think they meant to go back for him but..." Sirius trailed off, but Ennis didn't care, they took his child from him, then left him with someone who did nothing but hurt him.

"The ministry made them surrender half their fortune to you, the other half will be returned to them after they get out of prison. Lily sobbed and pleaded with them when they said they were going to send Evan to the Dursleys, and they said that while that would be fitting, they can't actually knowingly put the child in danger." Remus picked up the story there.

"Damn straight they're not puttin' 'im there." Ennis blushed when he was promptly scolded for his language.

"No, he's going to be a ward of the ministry. I would have taken him, but being fresh out of Azkaban, and dodging reporters, it's really not right for a child." Sirius took over, but Ennis could tell there was something he wasn't saying.

"They revoked his position as godfather, so our hands are tied." Remus supplied for them, "We're not allowed to see him and..." He trailed off there, but Ennis knew what he was thinking. It was obvious the two men cared very deeply for his son.

"Ya know, ya can always come ter the states with us." He hoped he wasn't over stepping when he made the offer. "I mean, Alex needs ter know who his godfather is."

"You want to keep me as a godfather?" Sirius's eyes filled with tears.

"Well...yeah...I mean...you don' right by him so far, may's well make it official, fer you and Severus." He'd been surprised to find out that their bonds as godfathers had been weaker than normal because they weren't named by him and Jack as Alex's parents.