Sirius Black fought to keep his tears back as he slowly made his way through the wreckage that was once his best friend's house. He knew that something was wrong this night, but he truly hoped that he could have saved his friend. The only reason Sirius was able to continue past the dead body of his brother was because of the loud cries coming from the nursery. His godson had somehow survived and he had to take care of the newly made orphan. Sirius let out a sound of anguish as he saw Lily's once vibrant red hair now dull and lifeless. With shaking hands he closed her eyes and moved to little Harry who now was smiling as he saw his Uncle Padfoot.
"I'm here Harry," He whispered to the little tyke, "Your Uncle is here," He said as small tears rolled down his face. Their moment was interrupted as heavy footsteps were walking up to the house. Sirius was taking no chances as he summoned the Potter vault keys to him and hid in one of the closets. The lumbering steps soon came up the stairs and revealed themselves as the steps of Rubeus Hagrid. Sirius had no problems with Hagrid, but it didn't make sense for the friendly half giant to be here mere minutes after the attack. Hagrid didn't go anywhere without Dumbledore's permission and Sirius knew that Dumbledore should have been in a meeting with the ICW and there was no way he was done yet.
"Harry," The bearded man whispered, which meant he spoke in a normal tone. "Little Harry are you in here?" Now Sirius was doubly paranoid, why would Hagrid be calling for Harry? If James and Lily were dead, why would he think Harry was any different? "Huh, I guess Professor Dumbledore already grabbed the little tyke." With that the half giant turned and walked back outside and disappeared.
"Something is wrong Harry and I will not let you get sucked into this. We need to get to Gringotts."
Getting to his motorcycle, Sirius made his way to Diagon Alley. While the Alley was filled with celebrating witches and wizards, no one paid any attention to Sirius other than the occasional one that tried to hug him, they stopped when they saw the small bundle that was clutched to his chest. It was another sign that something else was going on as Lily and James had only been killed a few hours ago. There was no way the people should know that Voldemort was defeated already. He was able to enter Gringotts and probably for the first the bank's lobby was empty except for the tellers. "What do you want wizard?" One of the tellers snarled.
"I wish to speak to the head accountant of the Potters and Blacks," Sirius said, drawing those long forgotten pureblood lessons, "As well as one of your healers."
"Do you have proof of your identity?" The goblin asked. Sirius pulled out both the Black and Potter keys getting a grudging nod from the teller. "Very well, wait here and I will be back with the accountants."
It was only a few minutes before the goblin returned with two more, very well scared goblins. "Ah, Sirius Black," One of them said, "To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit? I would have assumed you would be out celebrating with your fellow wizards."
"A few complications have arisen Master Sharptooth," Sirius said while exposing Harry's head. Many of the surrounding goblins hissed in anger as the scar was visible to them.
"Who dared harm a child like this?!"
"That is just one reason that we came here. I was hoping to have Harry healed of anything that may be on him before I discuss anything further with our vaults."
"Yes, yes that is fine. Come on and let us remove that vile magic from young Potter's head." Sirius was quite surprised that the goblins were so forthcoming in their help and then grew worried since they had only decided to help after seeing the scar. He quickly followed the two angry goblins to a place where few humans had ever been allowed to enter, their ritual/hospital room. "Lay the young Potter heir on the table. We need to remove that vile magic from his forehead quickly."
"But what?"
"Now is not the time for your questions Black, lay the Potter heir down and step away. Your questions can be asked after we are done." Hearing the order and barely restrained anger the goblin contained, Sirius was left with nothing to do but follow the directions given. When Sirius stepped back, four goblins who had entered just a few moments before launched into their strange language in a chant. Nothing happened for a moment before the scar on Harry's head started bleeding once again and a strange black mist began billowing out. Sirius had to be restrained from going to Harry who was sleeping peacefully through the process. Finally, the mist stopped pouring out and with another brief chant, the mist was set on fire getting rid of it completely. All the while, Harry was quite content in dream world.
"Now, you may ask your questions Lord Black and then explain just what you are doing here."
"What the hell just happened?" Sirius screamed in a whisper to not wake up Harry who was now back in Sirius' arms. "What was that mist?"
"That mist was the result of one of your more stupid humans delving into magic that was never meant to be touched again. Your Lord Voldemort apparently tore his soul into pieces and made those nasty horcruxes, probably in an attempt to have immortality." Sirius looked horrified at what Voldemort had managed to do and that he could possibly come back. "Oh don't worry yourself about that, we already have a few teams wiping out his other soul jars to prevent his immortality. He'll be able to come back, but he will be able to be killed just like any other beast and we are happy that you brought his dabbling to light. Now let us retire to the Black office and discuss our dealing in a more comfortable setting."
It was an usual sight for two goblins, a wizard, and a young wizard child to be sitting down together in a goblin room, but that was what ended up in the Black accountant office. "So Lord Black what brings you here with Heir Potter on All Hallow's eve?"
"There is more going on than I can see Master goblins and I am worried for my safety and more importantly Harry's. Someone was there to pick up Harry just an hour after his parents were murdered and everybody already knows to celebrate. I feel that this night was planned by someone who has far larger plans for Harry and I want out so I can do what I was entrusted to do by James and Lily. I would like to enter the portal and go to the other world."
This brought the two goblin up short as no wizard had ever wanted to go to the other world. The goblin had experimented with travel magic once long ago and had accidentally opened up a portal to another world, one where elements were wielded instead of magic and any who went through this portal would have their magic stripped and the energy of that world would replace what they lost. It was also a one way ticket.
"Do you know what you ask? Truly?" One of the goblins questioned. "You know that this will take your magic away and is only a one way trip."
"I know Sharptooth, but this must be done. Harry doesn't know magic yet and I can easily change. I will miss morphing into my animagus form, but I can get over it. This is why I asked for both of you. I know that once Harry and I walk through that portal our vaults are up for grabs and I want to do a few things for a sendoff to the stuck up bigots that rule our world."
Both of the goblins grinned at Sirius' plan as they enjoyed any plans that would make the wizards irritable. "What do you have in mind?"
"Well I'm sure you know the currency in our new home, so we will need to have some of our money converted. I'd say three quarters of the Potter fortune and maybe an eighth of the Black fortune. Of course, since we will be losing our magic we'll need chest which should take up another good portion of the fortune and of course the goblins will have to take a percentage of what we spend as it's only good business. Now, I don't want to completely empty the Black vault since Andromeda and her family could benefit from a surprise windfall. I suppose that the rest of the Black fortune should be split between that family and as payment for using the portal unless you can think of anything else that we might need."
The goblins in front of Sirius had dangerous grins on their face at the mention of a profit for them. Not only would they be making the wizards mad, but they would be paid to do it as well. "This is good and because you are willing to pay us for our services, we will perform the ritual that will allow you two to speak the language of the natives of your new home." Sirius felt pretty dumb at not having thought of that beforehand and was glad that the goblins had mentioned this.
Another hour, and Sirius could speak the language quite fluently and Harry was beginning to understand it like he had begun to understand English. The goblins had also delivered on the rest of Sirius' list and there was quite a pile of chests on a cart for the two soon to be new residents to use. "We have also found out what your magic will turn into once you step through the portal. You Sirius Black will have the power to command earth while young Harry here will be quite the powerful fire bender."
"Why do you say that Harry will be a powerful fire bender?" Sirius asked.
The goblin sighed as if it pained him to explain anything to Sirius, or explain things in general, but he consented. "The portal will take the amount of magic that you contain inside you and turn it into the energy, or chi, that is required to bend the elements. You are an above average wizard, but you pale in comparison to what young Harry will contain by the time he turns eleven. He already contains half the amount of energy you do before his second birthday and we as a nation almost wish that we could see what this young child could do later on in life."
Sirius' jaw dropped at the power his godson possessed. It did explain why Harry was said to be destined to defeat Voldemort though and why Dumbledore thought it may be possible. "Thank you for your effort in setting us up," Sirius said after rebooting his brain.
"Yes, yes," The goblin waved his thanks away, "Now, is there anything else you need before you step though the portal?" The question could have been delivered in a compassionate way, but coming from a goblin was not where you found nice.
Sirius took a deep breath before nodding his head, "Let's do this."
The portal was usually behind gilded doors of immense size so nothing accidentally made its way in, but since someone was about to use the door for the first time in centuries they had been opened exposing the violent maelstrom of chaotic energy. There was only a subtle stirring of wind as they entered the chamber, but as they walked forward the wind picked up. Harry had finally woken up and now was mesmerized by the swirling portal before him and kept trying to have Sirius speed up his steps. The goblins stopped halfway across the chamber where they had placed the cart filled with money. "This is where we leave you Lord Black. We are not a sentimental race, but we are glad you came to us and decided on one last prank in the wizarding world. We wish you and the young Potter Heir good luck."
The various goblins in the room stepped back and all that was left for Sirius to do was take the cart and step through the portal, "Well Harry, are you ready for the next great adventure?"
-Line Break-
The Jasmine Dragon was the most famous tea shop in the entire known world and was busy from opening to closing time. The owner closed the shop only twice a year. Once, for the anniversary of the owner's son's death and the other that had been implemented only two years ago in honor of Avatar Aang's life. Those that were allowed inside the Jasmine Dragon on these days were the handful of individuals directly responsible for the end of the hundred year war.
"To Twinkle Toes and his successor," Toph Beifong called out, "May his successor not be as big a wuss as Aang was in Earth bending." Those around Toph smiled at her good natured teasing that had been going on since Toph had joined the group. Even Katara had managed to smile at Toph's words. Though it still hurt to think of the death of her husband, it wasn't as painful as last year and she could enjoy the stories of their past adventures and catching up with her friends.
Tales were shared between the friends and all were in good cheer before they all sensed the shift in the wind. The wind picked up and lightning began shooting out from the center of the store. The heroes of the war all moved to a defensive posture, but as suddenly as the weird acts of nature had formed they dispersed, but left two new individuals and a cart.
"Who are you?" Sokka demanded, pulling out his sword. "How did you get in here?"
Sirius turned to face the demanding voice and gulped as he saw the defensive posture of seven people all pointing towards him, although he did see three of the women soften a little as Harry began looking around. "Sorry about popping in, but I'm Sirius Black and this little tyke is Harry Potter my godson and do I have a story for you."
Sirius launched into the tale of how he arrived with a cart load of cash and Harry starting three years ago to explain the prejudices of the other world and the powers they possessed. He went on to explain his discovery of his best friends' death and then subsequent fear for his godson's life, who by then had been taken by Katara and Suki and showered with love and affection, before turning towards the goblins in a plea for help. He then explained how his and Harry's powers had changed and the bending that they both possessed.
"He isn't lying and was quite sincere," Toph informed the others once Sirius was done.
"Of course he is," Sokka stated, "We've gone a full year since anything majorly weird has happened to us, it was about time for another adventure."
"Then it is time for us to decide what your next move is Mr. Black and luckily you landed in the middle of some of the most influential people in the world," Iroh said.
A/N: Just an idea that I had with Harry being a firebender. I was going to have Lin take on a motherly role and perhaps Sirius still have the Uncle role as I don't see him as the fatherly figure or Katara letting him be one. If I continue this, there will be Mako bashing.
