So here is the third chapter- please read, enjoy and review! Flames are unwelcome but constructive criticism is always a good thing to help me improve.

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Chapter Three

It was still raining when Serenity appeared in one of the small alleys of Privet Drive, causing her to shiver in slight distaste and because of the slight chill that was settling over her skin. Having forgone the usual robes in favour of some more muggle clothing she was starting to wish she had at least brought a brolly with her! Instead of the midnight blue robes she had been wearing, she was now in a pair of black flared jeans, a plain white t-shirt with a casual black jacket over the top- hardly the kind of things most muggles wore but then again she was hardly your average person on the street.

Stepping out of the small alley running between the two houses, she turned left and made her way towards number 4, swinging her sopping braid over her shoulder to keep it out of the way as she walked. Looking around she wrinkled her nose at the perfect lawns and the big cars. She would never understand why muggles were so particular. Everything had to be perfect and anything that didn't fall into their views was classed as alien and was therefore wrong. No wonder there had been so many witch burnings back in the day! (The very thought caused a fierce shudder to run through her)

Finally she reached her destination and looked up at the house with her head tilted slightly to the side. It looked normal enough but this was where Lily's awful sister lived along with that fat husband of hers. Serenity had never known if the two had reproduced but she began to hope that if they did she didn't meet them- the parents would be bad enough but the offspring! It was hardly worth thinking over! With casual disregard of those thoughts she walked up to the door and hammered on it with her right hand, not caring in the least it was 9am on a Saturday morning.

Vernon and Petunia Dursley were in the sitting room when the hammering started and their precious Dudder's was sent to see who it was since Harry was still in his room pretending not to exist, just the way they liked him.

Dudley opened the door to come face to face with a woman who looked around 21 years of age and who was currently soaked through to the bone and starting to shiver slightly.

"Well?" She demanded, "You going to let me in or not?" She didn't bother with waiting for an answer as she pushed her way into the hall and, taking her wand out from the holster attacked to her arm, drying herself with a quick charm. "Its bloody freezing out there- how you British manage it is beyond me…although…" She peered out of the still open door, "The rain back home could be this in rainy season." She shut the door before looking at the boy- only to find he had waddled back into the living room as fast as he could.

"Its one of them!" Came his shriek, "One of the freaks!"

"Well…how rude," Serenity huffed to herself at being called a freak before she looked around her only to be drawn into the green eyed gaze of a thin looking boy on the stairs, "Lilly..." She breathed, "You have her eyes." Came the obvious fact before a small smile broke over her lips, "So you're Harry."

Harry had come downstairs when he had heard the woman's voice floating through the door and had come to investigate- even more so at Dudley's voice saying that one of the 'freaks' was standing in the hallway. And so, he had made his way half way down the stairs when she had looked directly at him and by the look on her face she had not been expecting him to look quite like this.

"I'm Harry," He confirmed with a small nod, not being able to hide his hurt and confusion.

She gave a small, grim smile at him before she turned to look at the Dursley's- well, Vernon anyway since he took up most of the hallway. She gave a small growl as she looked at them. "You," She hissed as she took a step towards them, "You better start praying to whatever God you pray to that Harry tells me good things about you." Her eyes held a silent promise however that only Vernon caught, although Harry saw the barely noticeable shudder run through him.

Rena turned and made her way to the stairs and started to shoo Harry up them, "Come on, we can have a chat before we leave." Harry had no choice but to lead the way to his room where she stopped to look at the door, a frown marring her lips as she looked at the lock- a frown he couldn't help but feel like it shouldn't be there. "I may have to hurt them." She announced as she followed him into the room only to stop still and look around.

Harry's room was obviously the smallest room in the house and whilst he could open the window she could see the tell tale signs of what must have been bars. His room was messy although she gathered it would be- after all, most teenagers tried to avoid being clean most of the time- but there was still so little! There was a bed, a wardrobe and a desk. There was barely anything else in here and as she turned around she noticed the trunk and then the owl still in her cage.

"Oh you poor thing!" She bee lined for the cage and did a quick opening charm and letting the bird out. "You had better open the window, I think she'll find my place easily enough and Mitzy will give her a good meal when she arrives- she looks like she needs the exercise and food." Harry obeyed and after giving him an affectionate nip, Hedwig was flying out of the window and into the heavy rain.

At her look, Harry looked to the side slightly, "Uncle Vernon wouldn't let her out. He said he didn't want me to communicate with the others. He doesn't like magic."

"Well, he's a vile little fat muggle who has no idea what he has done," she told him as she sat down on the rather lumpy bed, "How on earth do you sleep on this?" She grimaced before fixing her eyes on him, "I suppose you have some questions?" She could see him practically brewing them in his head.

Harry started to pace in front of her as he tried to think of what to ask first. "Who are you? The letter said you're my godmother but no one has ever mentioned you! Where have you been? Why haven't you come for me before? How could you let them keep me here?!"

Her gaze turned sorrowful as she watched him, "I'm sorry," She whispered as she finally turned her eyes to the floor, "I didn't even know." As he looked at her he thought he saw what he would call an aura of sadness and defeat around her.

"How could you not know?" He bit out, anger evident.

"I didn't even know they died!" She looked at him and he flinched at the anger in her eyes- but it was not directed at him, "That old fool made me leave! He took away everything I loved and made me leave the country all for some big plan of his!" She stood suddenly and this time she was the one pacing around the small room like a caged lioness.

"How could I have known? I was in the middle of Japan! The war hadn't reached out there at the time! I was in a dead zone away from everyone and everything I knew!" She looked at Harry and she couldn't help but allow the tears to well up, "I lost my entire family because of that headmaster."

"Who did you lose?" Harry suddenly found himself looking at someone who knew how he felt after losing Sirius. She knew what it was like to have someone ripped away and suddenly he felt like he could trust her.

"My child," Came her agonised whisper, "He was ripped from my arms the moment he was born and taken away for 'the greater good'," She said it with a venom in her voice, "I was told to leave, to carry out a mission in Tokyo and then I would get him back….how was I to know he would lie?" And then, she gave a low choked sob before she sank to the floor.

"Oh Lilly….I promised I would look after you and look what happened! I couldn't even look after my own child, my husband!" She looked at Harry, her eyes burning in determination, "But I'll be damned to all of the hells if I fail you Harry Potter. I promised your mother I would look after you if I could and I won't allow anyone to get in the way of that promise. I may not have known that they had died, and I may not have known other things but I won't let that stop me."

Harry fell to his knees in front of her, "I lost Sirius," Came his choked sob as he looked at her, "He fell….Bellatrix Lestrange killed him!" As his vision clouded in tears he felt strong arms wrap around him and hold him close as he finally started to cry for his loss. He didn't feel any better but he was glad that someone cared enough to let him mourn without asking if he was ok- his friends hadn't even bothered to write, probably thinking that he wanted to be alone, although, Luna and Neville had both sent notes to him so he figured they at least cared about his feelings.

"I can bring him back," He jerked away from her at that and looked at her in both shock and in denial, "I can bring him back to you Harry."

"No you can't," He shook his head, "You can't bring back the dead."

"He isn't dead Harry; he's alive just a bit lost." She gave him a watery smile, "Just because everyone else told you he's dead doesn't mean it's true. Will you trust me?" She asked suddenly quite shy, "I don't have much experience…but I'm going to try. I'll bring Sirius back to you and I'll find my son- he'll be your age now I guess." At his look she laughed, "I'm a lot older than I look, but, will you trust me?"

Harry continued to stare at her. She could bring Sirius back? Numbly he nodded before a grin cracked over his lips for the first time in what felt like years. He would finally have a family! He laughed suddenly in complete happiness and she joined with him before she stood, pulling him up.

"Now," She looked over him, "I'm not having any nephew of mine dressed like that! First things first, tomorrow we are going shopping for a whole new look and then perhaps we can see about getting rid of those hideous glasses!" She got her wand out and with a swift flick all of his things were neatly packed in the trunk before it was shrunk down to fit in her pocket. "And," she turned to him with a brilliant smile that he couldn't help but return, "You can call me Rena- Serenity makes me feel so old."

Harry was wise enough to not comment on that one as he started to follow her down the stairs where the Dursley's were still packed into the hallway. At the sight of them Harry shuddered slightly before moving in slightly closer to Rena who automatically noticed.

As they came to the bottom of the staircase she moved right into Vernon's face, her eyes narrow and angry. "When they come asking for Harry you'll tell that old fool that if he really thinks he can get away with everything he has been doing he is sorely mistaken. Tell him Serenity is back and this time there is no way he can hide from me- he will pay for what he has done to my life and Harry's," She pressed in closed, "Understood?" She hissed and then pulled back as they nodded.

Turning on her heal she moved to the door, flinging it open before pulling Harry outside, "What about the order members?" He asked as he followed her- for someone with short legs she certainly moved quickly. They were also very wet now that they had come outside into the pouring rain.

"Don't worry," She flashed him a smile, "They haven't seen us- as far as they are concerned I'm a mother picking up her son who was staying with that fat pig they call a son." She grinned, "Moody isn't on duty so it's easy to make a simple illusion like this." She gave a wink at his slightly dumbfounded look.

As they made their way down the street Harry suddenly had a thought, "Rena?"

"Hm?" She looked at him from the corner of her eye as they walked towards the park.

"You said your son would be my age right?" At her nod he continued, "Well would he have gone to Hogwarts?"

"Of course he would have done! And he would have gone into the same house as me and his father."

"What house?"

"Slytherin of course- best house there is there! Apart from that idiotic stereotyping that everyone gives to its members. I mean really, dark witches and wizards! Do I look dark to you?" She gave a snort as she finally stopped and turned to him, "Why do you ask?" At his look she gave a sheepish grin, "You would have been a Gryffindor right? Same as your parents to." She ruffled his hair causing him to give an indignant 'oi!'

"Well…the hat wanted me in Slytherin first but that's not the point," at her raised eyebrow he shrugged, "Long story. But….what's his name?"

"His name?" Rena paused as she looked at him, wrapping her arms around so they could apperate away. "His name was Draco."

As they disappeared Harry's voice echoed across the empty street, "YOUR KIDDING ME?!"

End chapter

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