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Chapter 3 – being a family is not so easy

Meanwhile Sirius arrives back at Grimmauld Place with Jo in tow. Together they step into the sitting room and Sirius yells. "Kreacher."

A little pop later the old house elf appears beside them and looks at his master. "What can I do for the ungrateful son of my old Miss." he says.

Sirius ignores it, because what else can he do. "Kreacher please show Jo a room and treat her like a part of the family." he tells him and adds after a moment. "And where is Harry?"

"In the Library." was the elf's answers. Sirius nods and lets Jo alone with the elf. Probably a not so good idea, but he has to take care of his godson. Who, was sitting alone in the library, again and keeps others away from him. Sirius doesn't have a problem with him sitting in the library, no his problem lays in the being alone part. Since the death of Dumbledore he baths in his grieve and that has to stop.

So Sirius walks to the library fast and hopes that with his nephews living here, who have a similar back story as him, he would come out of his shell. After all they are all part of the same family, even if Harry isn't related to them. He is the adoptive brother of Hermione and Sirius godson, because of that they are family. As he enters the library he sees his godson, who is more like a son to him since they live together, reading a book with a grieve stricken expression on his face.

He didn't hear him enter, so Sirius says. "Hey Harry, what are you doing?"

Harry looks up at his godfather and answers. "Just reading." Sirius nods and takes the seat beside his godson on the couch and instead of starting the talk; they needed to have before the rest of the family arrives, he waits, because he is nervous. He doesn't know where to begin and he doesn't know how Harry will take it, because he hates it if something is kept from him, even if that something doesn't concerns him or at least not fully. But Harry just asks him after some moments. "So where have you been or better what was so important that you had to leave after George floo-called?"

Nothing goes by his godson. So he sighs, takes a deep breath and begins. "I don't know how to begin, so I tell you what will happen. There will be some changes from this day forward. … My two nephews and my niece will be living with us. I am not replacing you, but I hope that you all will get along, especially because you and my niece are best friends since you were eleven."

Harry looks bewildered at him, because the only best female friend he has is Hermione, but she can't be a Black. They look at each other and Sirius starts to smile, because his smart son has figured it out and he tells him that he is right with his eyes. Harry can't believe what he sees in his godfather's eyes to be the truth. "Are you telling me that Hermione is your niece … How … and why didn't you tell me?"

"I am sorry, that I didn't tell you, but I made an unbreakable vow, which was lifted with Regulus death. … I helped my brother to fake his death and he went to America to live as a muggle, there he fell in love and had two sons Dean and Sam, but after his wife was killed, he started the life of a hunter and as such he got to know Hermione's mother. … And I am not talking about Jean Granger, because she is actually her aunt." he tells his god son and sees the hurt in his eyes, because his best friend, who is like a sister to him, didn't tell him about that. "Don't be mad with Hermione, she kept her true parents a secret because they were hunters and she didn't know that Reg is, or was her father. … She only learnt that today."

Harry doesn't know what he should think about that. Hermione lied to him, but he understands why, hunters are a big no-go in the Wizarding world, at least in Britain. In America they started to work together two decades ago. They were used as scary bed time stories to keep naughty children in check. Danger, destruction and death follow them in the most cases. Hunters, who are caught by the Ministry, were obliviated and lose all their memories of the supernatural as well as their family members, who could be part of the community. Yeah he can't be mad at her for trying to keep her family save. He also understands his godfather for keeping that from him. Because of the vow he literally couldn't talk to him and his brother was always important to him, Harry knows that. He knows that Sirius wouldn't replace him and it doesn't feel that way, but he hates to get to know new people; because they are always are mysteries to him. But he would give them a chance, because he sees how important that is to his godfather. "When will they be here?"

"Soon, Hermione is taking them to get wands, because they only learnt today that they are wizards. So we are going to train them. Are you up for that?" Sirius is so proud of his son, because even if he hates change and with that new people, he still accepts it without problems.

"Interesting." was all that Harry could say to that. They hear a tapping on one of the library's windows. Sirius looks up and sees a beautiful white raven outside. He didn't know the bird, but something tells him, that he would be part of this family as well. So he got up, walks to the window and opens it.

"Welcome beautiful, the other birds are in kitchen at the moment." Sirius tells him, the raven nods and then made his way to the room.

Harry follows the bird with his eyes before he says. "Do you think that he belongs to someone we know?"

"If I have to guess I would say that Hermione took her brothers into a menagerie and that could be the familiar of Sam." Sirius doesn't know why, but the bird remembered him of his tall nephew. He was an old soul with a burden of guilt on his shoulder just like his owner. If he remembers correctly the things Regulus told him over the journal. His family soon would be complete and the first thing that needs to happen is a family meeting with all the members. To tell them that they all are equals to him and he loves them all very much. He also wants to establish some ground rules, which is his right as the Paterfamilias of the house. They all belong to him and it his responsibility to look after them. So he tells his godson. "Come on let's get to the living room and wait for them."

As answer Harry nods, marks the page, puts the book away and stands up. Together Sirius and Harry walk into the living room to wait for the rest of the family. Harry has mixed feelings about this, but he always will love Hermione, she is his sister, if not by blood, but he is a little bit nervous. She may have brothers now, but that will not change, how he feels about her.

While his siblings where off in Circle Lane doing their thing, Dean was sitting with Mirror on the bench and took a good look around. He learnt so much by observing the new environment, which apparently was his home from the beginning. Home a foreign concept for him, Kansas was his only home with his Mom, but that was taken from him by a demon. But this home or better world inside of another world looks so different to him, but feels like normal. While he observed all the occupants on the shopping mile as well as the environment itself, he discovers so much about this new life. The wizarding world apparently wasn't up to date like the rest of the world, because on the streets you find oil lamps as well as candles in the shops; this tells him that there isn't any electricity. That of course leaded to the question, how will he or Sam power up their electronics. The clothes were also outdated; even if the robes fulfill the purpose of a jacket he rarely saw some of the woman wearing jeans or any jeans for that matter.

This new world wasn't better, it's simply outdated and different, because even if the normal world were in the 21th Century, the wizarding world still was in the 17 or 18th century. That can't be a good thing, especially in combination with being part of a family, who is apparently royalty in the wizarding world. How can Sam and him handle it, how can the maneuver through these new waters without drowning? Even if all of this feels new, it also feels familiar, like a part of him had always belonged into this world. Dean doesn't know if he will fit in, because he is as far as it can get from royalty, but with Hermione and Sirius at his side they could learn to maybe fit in someday. The question is does he want that? Yes, because even if Dean never would admit it out loud, he always wanted a real home for him and Sammy, to be somehow normal and if this is as normal as it can get, he would take it.

His mushing was interrupted as Dean feels something on his check. It was his new familiar Mirror, like she could feel or see what he is thinking she is trying to give him comfort. Dean is so at ease with the snake that he didn't even felt her moving, while she was wrapped around his body. He looks at her with a thankful glance for her presence and as answer she hisses. Oh he really liked the reptile; she was so much like him only showing what you really feel in the eyes and always knows a good way out of a tight spot. That's why the name fits, because she is his mirror.

He didn't know how much time has passed while he watched all of this to learn some new things, but as a person took a seat beside him, he knew without a doubt that it was Sam. "Did you find something interesting?" Dean wants to know.

"Yeah, I went to the book shop and you can't believe what I found there!" Sam tells him exited.

"I can't wait to hear it." Dean says with a smile at his brother's enthusiasm.

"They have a whole section of books about demons and I bought at least a dozen books about deals. … This could be a break through." Sam tells him and Dean's smile dies down. Not that he wanted his deal to be fulfilled, but the cost from preventing it is too high. He can't afford to lose Sammy. Not going to happen.

"I told you to let it go." he says in a stern voice. But before Sam can reply anything to his brother their little sister walks with a smile to them. She looks happy, even in this dark times, and beautiful, both her brothers are on the same page that she wouldn't date someone without their approval and even if they didn't know Fred that much. In the short time they saw them together they liked him, because he treated her like she should be, like a princess. So they didn't go deeper into their discussion, because if Dean hates one thing more than Sams constant nagging to do something about his deal, is that his little sister would learn about it.

She stops in front of them. "Are we all done?" she wants to know and they nod. "Good than let's get home." But before that she shrinks the shopping bag beside Sam, so he can put it in his pocket instead of carrying it. "All set?"

"How we are getting there?" Dean wants to know.

"We will apparate to the roadhouse and then use the Floo-Network." She answers.

Not what Dean wanted to hear, the feeling the first time was bad enough, he can't fandom that is getting better the more he uses it. He also is worried about Mirror. "Can that hurt Mirror?" he asks her.

She looks at him with a smile. It is cute that he likes his new familiar that much that he didn't want her to get hurt. They already formed a bond, like it should be. "No, magical creatures are used to magical transport." she says.

So he nods, but still isn't so sold on this apparition thing, but what can he do. Hermione sees that her brothers don't like to apparate, which she can understand, but like her they have to get used to it. Better be unprepared for the pull, so instead of telling them lets go, she takes there hand and vanishes with a 'pop' to the bar of her mother.

The moment Sirius and Harry step into the living room, the floo in the sitting room activates and the both of them can hear. "Damn it, Mia is there any transportation form that doesn't suck in the wizarding world." Dean exclaims and Sirius as well as Harry has to laugh at that. They are not alone, because they clearly hear Hermione's sweet laugh from the other room as well.

"We are in the living room." Sirius yells after he calmed himself down. "Kreacher." after a moment he appears, before the creature could say anything to discredit Sirius, he orders him. "Please collect Jo and escort her to us." Without looking any longer at him, Sirius turns to the door and waits for the rest of his family. The soft pop is the only indicator that Kreacher will do as told.

After some short moments Harry and Sirius hear feet walking in their direction. Even if he never would admit it, but Sirius was nervous, how his nephews would like their new home. Not that it is a home at the moment or ever was for him, but he is determent to change that for his family. For that they all have to work together and be a family, but that's not so easy to achieve. But Sirius Black never backs down form a challenge.

The three young Blacks enter the living room and as the head of the home he makes the introduction. Or at least he tries, but his niece crosses his plans as she interrupts him midsentence. "These are my nephews …"

Hermione yells "Harry." runs to him and captures him a big hug. Being used to her antics Harry catches her with ease. Dean and Sam watch the exchange between them with curiosity and see that they have history together. Both were a little jealous of that, but for different reason, Sam was jealous because he hasn't a relationship like that with his sister and Dean was jealous, because he never was good at sharing. But they didn't say anything and let them take their time.

After some moments Hermione steps away from Harry and tells him. "This is my brother Dean, he is to oldest." and points at the slightly smaller one, but compared to Harry he still looks like a giant. Dean offers his hand and Harry takes it. After that Hermione points at taller of the two. "And that's my brother Sam." Sam holds out his hand in greeting for Harry. As their hands connect Sam is overwhelmed with a vision.

He sees a little baby in his cradle and a beautiful red haired woman stand protectively in front of him. She pleads with the intruder, who has a very dark soul and looks like a snake with red eyes to spare the life of her son. But the intruder doesn't listen. No, he killed her with his wand and shouts a green spell at her; she was dead in only seconds. After that he turns to the little boy and without any word tries to kill him as well. But as the spell connects with the boy it backfires and flew back at his caster, who dies or a least a part of him. His dark soul splits into a half; one slightly bigger than the other one. The bigger one dispatches into nothingness, while the smaller one clutches to the little boy. The soul fragment pierced his self into him and the boy cried in pain. It took only seconds and then it was over the only indicator that there was something different with the boy, were the scar on his forehead in the shape of lightning bold and the tears on his cheek.

The vision ends as fast as it came to Sam, but to say that he was disturbed, by what he saw, was an understatement. As he looks at Harry he sees his scar shimmer through his hair and he knows that the little boy from his vision was him. It was the first time that Sam saw the past and not the future. The others watched him, they saw that something happened, but they didn't ask about it, not even Sirius. That would have to wait, because Sirius was certain that after the ritual he has planned to make the home unplottable again, will reveal everything to him, to them. That is how the ritual works. It is a good or better alternative to the Fidelius Charm, after it was lifted with Dumbledore's death.

So instead of waiting for Sam or any other one to point out what happened, he says. "Please take a seat." They all take a look around the room and Sam as well as Dean took a place on couch, why Harry and Hermione take the couch across from them. That leaves Sirius with a chair so he takes a seat as well, at least for now. In that moment Kreacher followed by Jo walks in. He looks at her and asks. "Ah Jo, good that you are here, I have a question to ask." she nods to encourage him to go on. "To keep all of you save I want to make a blood ritual that is part of this family since the ancestors started the family. That's why I want to know if you want to be part of the ritual or not. Because even if you are not a witch you are still a part of this family, because you are the sister of Hermione." Jo thinks a moment of the question, before she nods in agreement. "Good." with that he turns to Kreacher. "I don't want to be disturbed so you keep every uninvited guest out of this room. Is that clear?" His tone was commanding and claims total obedience form the little creature.

"As you wish." was his answer combined with a disrespectful sneer as he left the room. As soon as he was out Sirius cast a Not-notice-me-charm and a Muffliato to secure the room. He really doesn't need anyone to disturb this.

After that he looks at his family and asks himself, where he should start? At the beginning would probably be a good idea. To calm his nerves as well as so that he can think better, he stood up and starts to pace through the room. "We are a family and as your head of house it is my responsibility and duty to keep you all save … to protect you at all costs." Out of the corner of his eyes Sirius sees that Dean wants to protest, but he wasn't done. "Before you say anything Dean, I know that it was your responsibility to watch over Sammy since you were a little boy. … I know that because that's part of how this family works. The task of the oldest sibling was always to protect the younger ones. Even if Walburga tried to drive a wedge between Reg and me, constantly. I never gave up my watch over him." He takes a deep breath, stops and looks directly at Dean. "So I don't have a problem with you helping me to keep this family save, but you have to accept that you are an equally important part to me, to us and that means that while you help me watch over them." he made a gesture with his hands at the others in the room to include everyone in it. "I will watch over you as well, because even if you are an adult Dean it always will be my duty to protect you and to show you that you are as worth to this family as the rest of us."

He lets his words sink in and sees in Dean's face that he is equally annoyed as well as proud. He is annoyed because someone wants to take away his responsibility or least a part of it. But proud because it has been a long time since John had given Dean any form of acknowledging besides being Sams brother and his caretaker or even took care of him. "I will try." he answers truthfully, because let's face it; nobody can change a habit of a life time over night.

Sirius smiles to that. "That's all I ask." he says back and starts walking again. "To keep all of you save from Voldemort … we will build blood wards and after they are done only we will know where Grimmauld Place is." He starts his explanation and lets his words sink in, because he knew that at least two of the present persons will have to say something about that.

It was Hermione, who voices her opinion first. "Sirius there aren't any blood wards with which we can hide this place."

She is smart; he has to give her that, but she is also wrong. Only because she hasn't read about such wards doesn't mean they don't exist. "You are almost right, but the Sanguis Secretas Ritual is an old family ritual, only the members of the family know it, and it is connected to the house. You need more than three blacks under one roof. … As you can guess Hermione you have to reveal your personal secrets to the family members so they became family secrets. It creates a bond between the members, because the willingly tell their deepest secret, which will be sealed with blood. … Only the family members will know these secrets and can only talk to them about it." With that he takes his seat again. He knows that they all will have to come to terms with this, because the ritual can only work fully if all the participants are 100% on board with it.

Dean was the first, who voiced his concern, about that. "Why would we do that?" He really has a problem with telling them his secret, especially to his sister. He doesn't want her to know or at least not now. There is no running away from that, but he can at least choose the moment for himself. Sirius looks at him and sees his hesitance. He looks around at the others they also aren't as thrilled about that. Especially Hermione and Harry, because they have to tell him about the mission of Dumbledore, which Harry kept a secret from him, even if he tried to get it out of him.

That's not ideal, but he has to make them understand, that being a family isn't easy and never will be. He sighs. "Four of you of have a prophecy over your head and I, for my part don't want Voldemort use any one of you. … An unplottable home gives us the change to train you all." he looks at Hermione and Harry. "Even if either of you has six years of education which the both don't have." he points at the brothers. "So you still need more knowledge for the upcoming fight, because believe me there will be a fight. … Just a reminder I will also tell you my secret, which haunts me still in my dreams so we all are in the same boat. But I don't have a problem to tell you all, because being a family means accepting the others with all his flaws and still love them. … So I tell you all, that I will still love you after you literally spilled all the beans." he jokes to light the tension, before he adds. "So please think about it." That were his last words for now, the ball was now in the corner of his family and they have to decide if they want that on their own.

The silence in the room wasn't painful for Sirius, because it means that his family is thinking it through. They all were deep in thought as he looked from one face to the next. So he gives them time. Wandless and wordless he summoned the diary of the Lord of the house. Every Black Lord wrote in it for his descendants to learn from his mistakes or solutions. The ritual he found in the entries of Sirius, the Second, who used that ritual after Phineas Black was disowned because he supported rights for muggles. That created a problem between him and his siblings, so Sirius II used it to get them all on the same page. It worked for him, why shouldn't it work now. So Sirius read the diary while he let them all think.

All the occupants had mixed feelings about the ritual. Harry wasn't sure that he should tell Sirius about his mission, because they more people know the merrier is the chance that Voldemort learns about it. But if they truly can't talk to someone outside the family members, then it shouldn't be a problem. Hermione has similar thoughts on that matter. But it wasn't the only secret of Harry, the other one is that Ron tried to feed Hermione love potion since last year. But as the good brother he was, he could interfere every time and only the last time Ron learnt that he was discovered. To say that he was furious would be an understatement, but Hermione is his sister and she was always on his side, she has a bigger place in his heart then Ron. But how would she react to that, he hopes that she will not shoot the messenger, because after some moments of thinking he is willing to do this. Especially because it is a way to bond on a deeper level with Sirius as well as Hermione, this way they really can become a family.

He looks at Hermione and sees in her eyes that she as well is willing to tell them about their secret to become a family with the rest of them. Then they look at the others, besides Jo, who had decided quickly. She only had one secret and maybe revealing it will make everything better. So she was on board and nods to them in understanding. The only ones, who still haven't made a decision were Dean and Sam. Even if he hates to admit his secrets, Sam knows that this could set him free. He always likes to talk about things, but Dean always blocks his attempts. So here is his chance to maybe move on and start living again. So he looks up and sees the waiting faces of his sister, Jo and Harry, while Sirius was reading something. He didn't need to see Deans face to know that he has problems with the ritual.

Problems would be an understatement. He isn't Mr. Chick-Flick, he doesn't share his feelings with others, not even with Sam and here his uncle wants him to admit his deepest secret. Which only Sam knows, because let's not forget it, it is about him. He doesn't know if he is able to do it without breaking. Because even if he tells Sam that he should let his research go, he still hopes that he will find something, because he really doesn't want to go to Hell. Without a decision he looks up and sees the waiting face of his brother and sister. But it isn't the face of Sam that chances his answer to a yes. Because even if he doesn't want to tell Hermione, there is a part of him that whispers to him that it is important, so he nods. Hermione smiles, but she gestures to him as the oldest of all of them to tell Sirius about their decision. "Sirius." he says and waits till he looks up from the book. "Let's do this."

A big smile starts on his uncle's face and he nods. All of a sudden a bowl appears in the middle of the couch table. "I will start." was all he said before he took his wand out and drew some runes into the air. The runes glowed for a moment, but didn't vanish completely after that; there was still a shadow to be seen for them. Sirius takes a deep breath and thinks, here goes nothing, as he starts with his secret. "I know you call me a ladies man, Hermione." he looks at her as he says that. "But what you don't know is that even if I flirt mercifulness with everything that has legs, my heart belongs to only one person and he has my heart since we were at Hogwarts." All the occupants were shocked to hear that, he could read that in their faces, but why he wasn't sure either because he declares his love for only one person or that that person is a man. "I fell in love with him in our last year. We were in love with each other, of course it took him longer then me to admit the feelings, but he can be a git sometimes." he says with a smile, while he thinks about the person, he loved with all of his heart. "But we had to keep our love a secret, because we were and still are on different sides of the war. Only Lily, James and Remus knew about that. Not even Peter, that little shit knew about it, which was very good, because this way he never could sell him out." Sirius looks at Harry. "You mother was the reason we finally became an item. The last six months of Hogwarts were like a dream after that not so much; we saw each other only once a month. The last time we saw each other was a week before I was sent to Azkaban." He sighs, closes his eyes, because the hard part only comes now. He still has his eyes closed as he goes on. "That day I told him that we would have a child, because I was pregnant. Yeah Sam, Dean in the wizarding world male pregnancy is a possibility. We were happy, but that ended with my imprisonment, because of the Dementors and not eating probably I lost our baby." A single tear runs down his cheek. "He was furious because it was my own fault that I landed in prison, which was true. He never visited and it took us over two years after I escaped from Azkaban before we somehow were a couple again." Wow, that was easier then he thought, there was only one thing left to do. He opens his eyes and looks at Harry and Hermione as he says in a whisper. "The men I loved and still love is Severus Snape." With that he cast the silent Diffindo on his palm and let his blood drop into the bowl. A new rune appears beside the others and was colored red.

After that Sirius takes a place at his seat again and waits for the reactions, which of course were very loud. Harry was angry as he yelled. "What? … You love Snape, but he killed Dumbledore. … Not to forget he made my life hell in Hogwarts." In his anger Harry jumped up from his seat.

Sirius looks at him and says with a smile. "As I said before he is a git." A poor attempt to lighten the mood, but of course it isn't working. So Sirius tells his son the secrets of his lover. "I know that he killed Dumbledore, but it isn't like you think ..."

But he was interrupted. "I saw what happened, he killed him."

Now Sirius was slightly pissed that his son wouldn't let him finish. He stands up and says. "Let me finish before you speak trail. … I know that he killed Dumbledore, because he told me that he has to kill him." Sirius sees that Harry wants to protest, but he stops him with a hand gesture. "It was an order from Dumbledore, because he was already dying. He was poisoned and Sev did everything to keep it in check, but it wasn't enough."

It was Hermione, who figured it out. "His black hand."

"Yes, I shouldn't even know about this, but Dumbledore doesn't know about my relationship with Sev and that we are bonded like a married couple and he can't lie to Me." he yells at his godson and tears where running down his check. Only an unbreakable vow can interfere with their bond. The tears were an indicator that Sirius is afraid that would lose his godson, because of that and that he would make him choose. It was a shock to all of them that Sirius was married.

Harry feels for his godfather, but he still can believe in the innocence of Severus Snape. "How was Dumbledore poisoned?" he asks him.

"Sev wasn't so sure about that, he only knows that Dumbledore was cursed because of a ring, which he wore since that day on his already dead hand." Sirius answers. Harry knew of which ring he was speaking of, because it was one of Voldemort's Horcrux's. Because of his encounter with the dairy he knows that they are warded with curses and that the objects would fight against anyone, who wants to destroy them. So instead of saying something Harry walks to his godfather and takes him in his arms. He may not like Severus Snape, but he loves his godfather, like a father and he would have to start living with Snape as part of his life, if he has to.

Sirius is happy, because his godson is so forgiving and he loves him for that. But he still was curious for this mood change, but before he could ask, it was Harry that spoke. "It was a Horcrux of Voldemort."

Now Sirius was speechless, he would have guessed everything but not that. That is really dark magic and so wrong on so many levels. "What is a Horcrux?" Dean wants to know.

It was Hermione, who answered in her teacher voice. "Voldemort stored parts of his soul in different objects to be immortal."

Dean sees the resemblance between Sam and their sister, they both are so smart. But what she told them can't be good, especially if he understood her right. "Do you mean with parts that he created more than one?" he wants to know.

"Seven actually." was Harrys answer as he steps out of Sirius embraces and retakes the seat beside Hermione. "We already destroyed two, I destroyed his diary in my second year and Dumbledore destroyed his ring last year, there are still five things left. … We only know of one object definitely that is a locket, but it was stolen by a death eater decades ago. So we don't know where it is."

"Actually we do." Hermione interrupts him.

"What do you mean?"

"I figured it out R.A.B. was Regulus Arcturus Black and in the letter he sent us." she gestures between her and brothers. "He told us that he stole something from Voldemort, but couldn't destroy it. … So he stored it. I think it is a Horcrux. … George and Fred are collecting the things from that locker for us." With a questionable glance she looks at Dean, who nods reassuring.

A smile starts on Harrys face. "So we have only four objects left to find and destroy, that is what Dumbledore has ordered us to." so with that Hermione and Harry both cut themselves with their wands and let their blood trop into the bowl. Besides the red rune a blue one appears.

"That man is insane." Sirius yells. It was the first reaction from him after he learnt about this. "I will not allow you to do it alone."

"Sirius!" Hermione and Harry exclaim.

"No discussion. We are a family, so we deal with it as a family." To bring his point across that this isn't up for discussion he looks at them with a hard expression on his face. He draws the family rune into the air as part of the ritual and says. "We are the Black family and nobody messes with us." His tone was promising and that was the reason that the rune stayed yellow as symbol for hope. The tension was so thick in the room you almost could cut it. But even if they weren't done with the ritual yet, Sirius wanted to know more, about their mission. "What do you know?" he asks his son and niece.

They look at each other and Hermione answers for them after some short moments. "We are not sure. We think he has something of Hufflepuff like a Cup, something from Ravenclaw and the snake, but no idea of the last thing." she tells them.

As Sam heard that, he was reminded of the vision; he had only moments ago and thinks that the last part could be in Harry. But he had to be sure. "Are you telling us that he transferred his soul into a living being?" he wants to know. Harry simply nods. Maybe it was time for Sam to come clean. So says. "I think I know where you will find the last part of his soul." he makes a short pause and looks at his uncle, before he adds. "But I don't think you will like it."

Sirius and Harry speak at the same time. Sirius wants to know "Why?" while Harry wants to know. "How?"

With a deep sighs he tells them his secret. "I have visions. Normally about the future, but as I touched your hand Harry I saw your past."

Now Sirius was perplexed. Regulus never told him about that. "What? … How?"

"The night my mother died I was exactly six months old … she died because of me. A yellow eyed demon called Azazel fed my some of his blood and with 22 my visions started. Normally combined with heavy head eggs, but after I saw your past Harry I think the magic made my ability stronger." with that he cuts his hand with one of his knifes and let some blood fall into the bowl. A green rune started to shine beside the others.

The room was silent Sirius knew how Mary died, but never knew that it was because of Sam. He can see that his nephew burdens this knowledge and feels guilty about it. So he stands up, walks to him and embraces him in his arms. For a moment Sam was stiff, but he soon relaxed into the embrace. "It wasn't your fault, you were a baby. So don't feel guilty." he whispers into his ears. Hermione was also pained by the secret of her brother; she hopes that she somehow can help to let him go of the guilt, because nobody else besides the demon is the reason for his mother's death.

Harry looks at Sam and somehow finds a kindred spirit in him. They have similar life stories and share the same guilt. "What did you see?" he asks him, because he needed to know what he knows.

Sirius lets go of his nephew, so that he can answer. "I think I saw the night your mother died. She died saving you; the curse Voldemort cursed rebounded and destroyed him. Am I correct?"

"Yes." Harry answers in a shaky whisper.

"But that's not all, what I saw." Sam takes a deep breath because the information he has will hurt on so many levels. "The curse didn't destroy him completely, to be precise it split his soul into two parts, one very big the other small and the small part …" he looks directly and Harry. "linked his self onto you."

For a moment Harry was shocked, but that clears so many things up, like why he can talk to snakes or why there was a connection between him and Voldemort. "Wow." was the only thing he could say to that.

"Fuck." Sirius exclaimed. His problems grew more complicated with the minute; he not only has to remove the demon blood out of Sam, but also a part of Voldemort's soul out of Harry. "Anything else that we should know?" he asks into the round, it was considered a joke, but he shouldn't have said it a he hears Dean reaction to it.

Dean cringes, but it would be better to come clean now. His uncle is at the verge of breaking and even if he doesn't want to put his problems on his shoulders, he knows that it would happen after his confession. "Harrys or Sams souls aren't the only ones, whose are tainted." he looks at the floor. "As Sam said Azazel fed him his blood, because he wanted him. … He wasn't the only one, with powers. The demon visited many children and feed them his blood. There were so much more, but he only needed one. So he let them compete against each other in match until death. … I tried to save him, but I wasn't fast enough and Sam died." All look at him bewildered, how could he be here than. Dean looks up at his uncle; a single tear runs down his check, as he declared. "I grieved for three days, but I couldn't bear a world without him. … So I went to a crossroad and made a deal with a demon. My soul for Sams life and they granted me my wish, but instead of 10 more years I only have a little under a year left. … And should I do anything to get out of the deal, Sam would die." with that he cuts his palm as well and gives his blood willing into the bowl. The runes were advanced with a rune that is white and black as well. Mirror hissed for him to show him that she is here by his side and always will be. Dean was grateful for his snake.

It took Hermione only a moment to work out that she would lose her brother, because he loved her other brother so much that he couldn't live without him. In a blink of an eye Dean has a little witch in his arms crying and he holds her close to him, silently crying too. Dean doesn't cry he isn't the type, but Hermione brought an unknown side out of him and he isn't sure, how he should take that. She clings to him, to show him that she is there for him, even if he made a terrible decision for the right reason, she would love him and she would to everything to help him. After a moment so compose herself she looks at him and says in a hard, compelling voice. "I find a way to save you … both of you, I promise." That activated something in the magic of their bond, because a white light surrounds the siblings to let them know, that she would help as well.

"Wow." All look at Sirius, because he was the only one, who understands what that could mean. Their bond was only established today and it was already so strong that one of the three can change the live of the others. It shows how strong they are and will become with training. The bond of siblings is a very strong magic, because magic and family stay on the same level, both are part of Love, the oldest form of magic. A thing Voldemort knows nothing about. They wait for an explanation, so he sighs. "There is a reason why siblings, who have a strong bond, like you three apparently, are feared by others, because they can evade faith. … In your case Dean you can't die even if your deal is up, because this two will not let you go or better their magic will keep you here, until your soul is free. The same goes for Sam. The magic of siblings is ancient and sacred, but also feared, because it means power and with that, what you could do with it. A bond like yours only happens once a Millennium, which is the reason why you are either the fall or the rise of Voldemort."

That is some news, who would have thought. It stunted all the inhabitants into silence. What should they say to something like this? But Dean wasn't so sold on that. "So you're saying I don't go to hell."

Sirius has a determinate smile on his face. "You definitely won't go to hell. … I and I believe the others will be on my side on this one, will do everything to keep you here." Sam, Jo, Hermione and even Harry, who only knew him since today nodded with enthusiasm. "But let's figure the details out later and finish this ritual." with that he looks at Jo and encourage her to tell them her secret.

Embarrassment starts on Jos face in the form of the color red. Dean finds the color on her face adorable, but he wouldn't say that out loud. She doesn't know how the others will react to her secret or better the person in question. With a deep breath she makes her confession. "I have feelings for someone in this room. I hide them behind wit, sarcasm and flirting, but since the day Dean walked into the roadhouse, he is on my mind almost every minute. Even if he never will return my feelings because he sees my like a sister, I still fell in love with him." with that she cuts her palm and gives her blood to the bowl, the rune for this secret colors like a rainbow. All found the rune fascinating, only Sirius knew that the rune displayed this way means that Dean returns her feelings. But he would keep quiet for now, but help them to maybe find love.

Dean doesn't know what to say to Jos confession, because he never saw her as a sister. But that she was in love with him, doesn't sit right with him, he wasn't good enough for her and probably never will be. Even if he doesn't know where these thoughts come from, he still knows that they are true. Sam and Hermione look at each other and like they knew each other their whole lives they communicated through that one look that they would help their siblings to find each other.

Sirius takes a look around, before he asks as a part of the ritual. "Does anyone has something else to confess."

It was Harry, how answered shyly. "Yes I have." Sirius nods and gestures him to go on. "Hermione you know that Ron is in love with you?" Harry looks at her as he asks her that and she nods as answers. "The thing you don't know is that since the beginning of sixth year he tries to give you love potions."

"What?" Hermione yells angered. In the eyes of her brothers Harry could see that they also were lethal about that information. They may be new to the whole being a wizard thing, but even they know what a love potion is.

"Don't panic I could stop it every time. But …" Harry tries to reassure them.

"But what?"

"He caught me at his last attempt and we had a big fight about it. I told him that if he doesn't stop doing that, he doesn't have a best friend anymore. He asked why and I told him he may be my best friend, but are my sister Hermione, so I would always choose you over him. … We haven't talked since and if I am truthful I don't want to." with that he cut his palm again and the rune that appears has the color brown, like it was dirty to do such a thing.

Dean and Sam were grateful that their sister has someone like Harry in her corner, who would watch over her if they couldn't. The thankfully nod their head at him and with that they accept him as another brother to their sister. The three of them would always work together to protect her.

"I am going to hex him into oblivion." Hermione says.

"Get in line." say the four males in the room.

The animagus in him comes out as Sirius growls after that and declares. "To be clear as head of house it is my responsibility." he looks at all the males in the room, before he adds with a mischievous grin. "And believe me he will not know what hit him."

All the males were happy to hear that and look forward to see what is going to happen to him. But Hermione doesn't need someone to look out for her. "Thank you, but I can take care of it myself."

"That's true kitten, but please let me have some fun too." Sirius pleads with her and gives her a puppy dog glance, which she can't resist and he knows that. Dean compares that glance with Sam's puppy dog eyes and can seriously say that his uncle gives his brother a run for his money.

She sighs defeated and says. "Ok." Because she knows if Sirius sets his mind to something it was hard to change. But that doesn't mean that she would accept that he will keep her honor, no she will wait and see what happens and if necessary interfere.

"Thank you." Sirius took a look around and tries to assess the situation. As he looks from face to face magic is telling him that all secrets are revealed. With that he takes a step to the bowl and speaks the last incantation to activate the ritual. "Blood willing given. Secrets willing confessed. All barriers removed. Only family remains. Accepting your faith and be fulfilled. Sanguis Secreta." All the runes glowed one last time before the merge into one. The family rune is the only one remaining in a glowing light and splits itself in equally six parts and marks the hearts of the new Black family. As the rune enters their bodies, they feel now the house as one member of the family and as such it can only be seen by them.

"Wow." Hermione said, because she can fell the house as a living being. She would have never guessed such a thing. This ritual was very impressive; she has to research more about that as well as other customs in the Black Family.

With the secrets out of the way they can be a real family. Because of the willingness to open up and receiving nothing but compassion in return all of them learned one important lesson. Keeping a secret can be a problem, especially if the circumstances would be interpreted differently. More eyes on a problem open up the possibility of more ways to solve them. Sirius hopes that they grow together, but he also knows that it will not be easy. First they have to get to know each other, live together under the same roof with the same rule set. "Ok, after this is out of the way. I want to tell you all, that there will be some rules." He starts pacing the room again.

"What rules?" Dean wants to know. He hates restrictions and he isn't a teenager anymore.

Sirius looks at him a she says. "Problems will be solved together as a family … We are the Black family and will give the wizarding world a new view on us, because we will be different then our ancestors."

"Okay." Dean answers because he can live with that.

"Also please no sex in the house and yeah that includes me?" he looks at all the inhabitants. He may know that Harry and Hermione are virgins or at least hopes so, but he isn't as clueless as other parents not to see that they have possibilities for that. "Are we clear?"

"Yes." they all say together, a rule with which Dean and Sam don't have a problem. Sam hates hook ups and Dean doesn't bring his date's home. Their sister also wouldn't do that, her and Fred were often alone in his apartment. Harry knows that he doesn't have time for that and also doesn't know with whom. Because he didn't only end his relationship with Ginny because of the war, but also because something doesn't feel right for him, he wasn't in tune with her. Jo doesn't have a problem with that, because the one with which she wants to be intimate with, doesn't want her at least that is what she thinks.

"Good." he makes a short pause in which he takes out a necklace he always wears. It was given to him by Dorea Potter, James mother, but she was a Black before her marriage. The necklace contains a ring with the family crest on it and of course the house motto. He didn't want it at first, but she told him that those words while interpreted differently by the rest of the family with "always pure" don't have to be related to a pureblood stereotypes. He can interpret them in any way he wants and maybe someday he will rebuild the family with a new meaning for those words. The day has finally come. "I have something for all you." he shows them his necklace and makes five exact copies of it and gives one to everyone in the room. Before anyone could say a thing about the crest, he declares. "We all together will give the house words, a new meaning. … Always pure from this day forward will not relate to blood status, but to the intentions of the heart. Always to follow your heart and do what your heart wishes, without repercussions form the rest of the family. Acceptance of each other in every possible way." he said in a hard voice.

They all look at the necklace with mixed feeling at least Harry and Hermione, because they are the only ones, who really understand, how this words where used in the wizarding world. But both of them agree silently with Sirius that the words have to remain the same, but only the interpretation has to differ and together as a family they can pull it off. So as an indicator that they are on the same page with him on this one, they put the necklace on, Dean, Sam and Joe followed their leads. Sirius has to smile at his family and their acceptance of their new house. He also feels the acceptance of the house itself as it reforms his point of view according to the inhabitants. Some of the darkness in the house vanishes and was replaced with light. "A little thing you all should know is that the necklace is a portkey as well. Activated with the house words it will transport you form where ever you are directly in too this house. Your emergency get a way car if want to call it that." he tells his family and they all have to smile. Because all of them know it is always a good idea to have a backup plan should you be in a tight spot and need on.

The family moment was interrupted as a white fox reappears in front of Hermione and declared in Fred voice. "Love, I am in a tight spot here. I tried to find Gr…, your home, but I can't remember where it is. Could you please give me a hint?" he asks.

Hermione looks at her uncle and asks. "Is it possible to tell it to Fred and George?"

"Of course, I like the trouble makers, they remind me of … Me, if the rest of the family agrees to it!" Sirius declares and looks from face to face and every one of them nods their head. "Good. Now you simply can tell them, so go fetch them and bring them here. Don't panic even if they knew, we are the only ones, who can speak about the location." he tells Hermione, but before he leaves he adds. "But with the rest of the Weasley clan we have to be a little more cautious." Hermione and Harry agree to that.

With that Hermione vanishes and Sirius gets a mischievous smile on his face. "Only one thing to do." he declares and the others look at him expectantly. So he adds after a dramatic pause. "We have to tell my mother, about the new family members." with that he walks out of the living room in to hall and hopes that rest follows him. He stops in front of the portrait of his deranged mother, who was thankfully hidden behind the black curtains. It took only moments until his family stood by his side, so he opens the curtain.

His delightful mother sees him and starts her rant. "SHAME OF MY ANCESTORS HOME, YOU INGRATE EXCUSE FOR A WIZARD! YOU ARE NOT PART OF THIS HOUSE, YOU FILTHY …"

But Sirius didn't let her go further as he declared in a loud voice. "Mother I want to introduce you to your grandsons Perseus and Heracles Black. Their father was Regulus, your beloved son and he married a muggle." The smile on his face was so big; he couldn't contain it, not with the unbelieving look of his mother.

"LIAR, REGULUS NEVER WOULD DISGRACE THIS HOUSE LIKE YOU DID."

It was Deans turn to say something to her. "Lady if you like it or not we are your family and my mother was a better Mother then you could have ever been. … I thought purebloods know what etiquette is, but apparently you skipped the class." Sirius barked out laughing, because his mother wasn't only speechless after that, but more shocked than ever in her life. But before she can find her countenance again, he closes the curtains and secures them shut. He turns to Dean as he asks. "That was your mother?"

"Afraid so."

"Wow, what a bitch." surprisingly it was Sam, who said that and not Dean.

"Reg or John was the only one in the family, who loved me." Sirius declared in a stern tone after he calmed himself down.

"Now you have us." was Sam answers to that, he always was better with the touchy feely stuff then Dean.

Sirius was grateful for that. He may have lost his brother, but he gained two nephews and a niece. Together with his son they are his family and he will do everything to keep them save, for his and for Reg sake. "Come one I show you to your the rooms." Sirius tells them as he walks up the stairs.

The brothers follow him, while Harry and Jo walk into the kitchen for something to eat after the whole ritual they were a little hungry. As the climb the stairs Sam is reminded of something. "Sirius has a raven arrived recently?" he asks and really hopes that he sees Hope again. He still can't believe that he would come back. Everything in this world, which was apparently their home from the beginning, was still so new.

"Yeah I think he will fight Hedwig, Harry's owl, for bacon in the kitchen." Sirius declares, before he adds. "He is a beautiful creature and a rarity, because white ravens are very, very, very rare, even in the wizarding world."

With that they walk in silence until the reach the second floor. Because even without Sirius asking the house elf which room he prepared he knew that it would be his and Regulus old rooms. So he stops in front of the two rooms, which doors where closed and tells them. "From now on those will be your rooms. Which one you want, depends on your choosing. But so that you know, the right one was my old room and the left one was Johns." In their eyes he sees that they probably will fight over the room, but he doesn't want to get involved. So he lets them alone with. "Find us in the kitchen after you are done. … and Dean meanwhile I put your car into garage next to my bike."

As soon as he was gone the brothers look at each other and without a word they start their normal decision making process to solve a problem. Of course like always Sam wins, because Dean just chooses scissors, like always. So he chooses the room, surprisingly he decides for his father room. This way he maybe can get something of his father back that made him understand him more and better. He opens the door to his first room ever and takes it all in. Dean does the same and both can't believe that after all those years they finally have something besides the Impala, they can call home.

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