Disclaimer: No matter how often I write to JKR asking if she can give Harry Potter and all associated things to me, the answer always comes back negative. Drat.

AN: Hello all! Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed! I really appreciate all the feedback you guys gave me! Thanks heaps:) The tally for the poll was about 7 for Gryffindor and about 3 for Slytherin…thank you all again for voting! It helped me out a lot with the decision!

I know this chap is shorter than the other three have been…but I'm trying to get another chap up for you lot before I go to Melbourne for my 18th, so sorry about the relative shortness of this chap. Also (I don't know if they will be in this chap or not…probably not…) the Weasley twins in this story area year younger than in the books…coz I really wanted them to be a part of this story. So, when Harry, Ayden, Ron, Hermione, etc are in their 6th year, Fred and George are only in their 7th.

Also, in this story, Number 12 Grimauld Place has a whole lot of land attached to the house. I don't care if that's not how it is in the books, because in the books James and Lily are dead and Harry has no twin. See my point? Great! Now, on to chapter four!

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Number 12 Grimauld Place

Harry was still smiling as he walked through Sirius' front door carrying his backpack. The look on his father's face had been priceless! Immediately after Harry had stated he would go to Hogwarts on the condition that he and the gang stayed at Sirius', James had tried to back-pedal.

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"Ayden, Sam and I will go to Hogwarts, on the condition that all of us – and I mean from me right through to Anna – live with Sirius and Remus, and they become our legal guardians."

"What?" James cried, shock etched all over his features. Harry barely had the strength to withhold a laugh. "N-no, we meant for you to live with us. With Lily, Jayme and me – not with Black and Lupin! We want you to go to Hogwarts and live with us!"

"But James!" Harry reminded him, in a 'surprised' voice. "You said that all you wanted us to do is go to Hogwarts! There was nothing else in the bargain! You gave your word. Therefore, I chose that we all live with Sirius and Remus." He couldn't hold the grin in any longer.

"B-b-but- Dumbledore! He can't stay with them! We-we're his parents!"

"I'm sorry James…" Dumbledore said, an irritated twinkle in his eye. "I did try to warn you. I'm afraid Harry's right. You said all you wanted him to do was go to Hogwarts. Nothing about who he stays with. And a wizard's word is binding."

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James had then turned on Sirius, and attempted to throttle him, but Remus stepped in before things got too out of hand.

Dumbledore asked Harry for his word that he, Ayden and Sam would attend Hogwarts, and after finding no loophole or twist in the statement, Harry happily agreed.

They had then been free to go. Sirius made a portkey out of his handkerchief, and then he, Harry (Rust under one arm), Remus, Ayden, Sam, Kirsten, Anna, Suri, Dhani, Jesse and Ebony all felt a tug behind their navels (prompting shrieks of shock from not only the girls) and seconds later had landed, sprawled, on Sirius and Remus' front lawn.

"Gee." Harry now said, looking around the entrance to number 12 Grimauld Place. "You haven't changed much have you?"

He was being sarcastic. The last time Harry had set foot in Sirius' house, he had been about five, and Sirius and Remus had 'baby-sat' him while James, Lily and Jayme were attending a press conference in Italy. Sirius had only recently inherited the house, and was planning on fixing it up as soon as he got the chance.

It appeared he had gotten a chance. Though the outside of the house looked the same as the rest of the houses in the area, so as not to attract unwanted attention, but the inside…that was a different story.

All the walls had been magically altered to look (and feel, as Harry later discovered) like the inside of a log cabin. The floor was covered in a rich, deep, thick carpet that Harry couldn't wait to feel under his bare feet.

From where he was standing, Harry could see the lounge room, where there was a hearty fire cackling away. The over all colour scheme of the house was red and gold. "Once a Gryffindor, always a Gryffindor" as Remus had said to him one Easter when presenting Harry with a huge red and gold chocolate dragon.

The atmosphere the house gave off was one of warmth, comfort and friendliness; very much different from the cold, angry feel it had given off in previous years.

Harry turned to Sirius with an appreciative expression. "Wow. I'm impressed."

Remus snorted. "Well," he said. "I'm glad one of us is. I wanted to put up paintings on the walls, but Sirius wouldn't let me. Seemed to think that they'd get ruined by pranks we were sure to pull on each other."

"Yeah, well I was right wasn't I!" Sirius retorted. "I still haven't managed to get that stain out of the family tree."

"I don't know why you bother trying. It looks much better now than it did without."

"True."

Harry rolled his eyes at the pair of bickering men, before turning and running off up the staircase. "I'm gonna go pick my room!" He called behind him as he went.

Shouts and hurried footsteps following him up the stairs was the response.

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Harry finally had his room. He'd had to wrestle Sam for it, but he finally had his room. It wasn't the room he had stayed in the last time he there – he was still certain there was something scary in that wardrobe. It was one of the smaller rooms, but still had heaps of space. His favourite part of the room was the window that overlooked the large green field out the back of the house. If he recalled correctly, that was the sort of surface perfect for playing Quidditch on. And, if he recalled correctly, he was rather good at Quidditch, when Jayme would let him play. And, if he recalled correctly, Quidditch was a lot of fun.

Harry strolled out of his room to see where the others had gotten to. Sam had claimed the room next to his on the right, and Ebony was on his left. Jesse was directly across the hall from Ebony (Harry just knew that they'd done that on purpose…he'd have to keep all ears out at night from now on…) and next to Jesse was Dhani, then Anna and Suri who were sharing a room. Ayden and Kirsten were at the far end of the hall opposite each other.

"I'm going exploring! Who's coming?" Harry called down the hall. A few seconds later, he was strolling down the staircase again with Suri and Anna chatting animatedly to him on his left and everyone else following.

Exploring the house took heaps of time. It didn't take Sam long to lead the group to the kitchen (where he managed to skive some chocolate cake off the house elves who were working there) but it did take him a long while to lead them back to where they started.

Through their travels, they found many things including a large hall (Ebony and Suri were already talking about Christmas decorations), the corridor that Remus and Sirius' rooms were in, and, to Harry, Ayden and Sam's equal euphoria, they found a Quidditch room.

This room had a range of different brooms (leisure brooms, racing brooms, long distance brooms, etc) in it, it also had a chest with the Quidditch balls in it, it had all the things you would need to care for your broom, and it had a range of books about Quidditch.

"Right, that's it." Harry said, his eyes glazed. "Tour's over."

Almost everyone agreed with Harry (Ebony and Jesse excluded…they wanted to continue exploring the house. Yeah right), and they each took a broom and headed outside.

It soon became apparent that everyone apart from Harry, Ayden and Sam were only ever meant to be on the ground.

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The remainder of the holiday passed happily. Harry, Ayden and Sam spent a lot of time playing Quidditch, and they were quite good. The first few days they played against Sirius and Remus, but the two men quickly became tired of being beaten mercilessly by the boys. Although none of the three had been on a broomstick in years, the skills and memories came back as soon as they were in the air.

All twelve of them (including Rust) took a trip to Diagon Alley to buy the boys' school equipment. They got separated a few times; Harry, Ayden and Sam were lost for about half an hour, then suddenly all three of them went sprinting past with huge grins on their faces. Sprinting after them was a well dressed man from one of the shops they had been in earlier…the man had flashing orange and blue hair.

Once the man gave up the chase, Harry, Ayden and Sam returned to the group, and they continued with their shopping, with only a few minor…disruptions along the way.

It seemed like the next day that Harry, Ayden and Sam were packed ready to go to Hogwarts.

Everyone's spirits were a bit low that morning as the large 'family' arrived at Kings Cross Station.

"Don't cry Suri," Ayden was saying once they arrived at the train station. "We'll be back for Christmas!"

"I'm not crying!" Suri screamed, tears streaming down her face. Ayden gave her a sympathetic smile and pulled her into a hug.

"I promise we'll write." Harry said to all of them. Not a smile was to be seen.

A whistle blew, and the three boys turned around and boarded the train.

They waved out the window until the train rounded a corner.

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"Poor Suri." Ayden sighed as he sat back in his seat. "I didn't realise she was so attached to us."

"She'll be alright." Sam replied, still looking a bit down. "After all…we will be back for Christmas."

Harry said nothing as he looked out the window in the direction the platform had was.

"Cheer up mate." Ayden said bracingly. "We'll be back in no time. And you haven't left all your family behind. Sam and I are here."

Harry turned around and gave a light smile. "Yeah. And I'm glad you are."

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The boys were down the far end of the train, so they didn't see anyone but the Lunch Lady for the whole day.

"Anything off the trolley dears?" She asked sweetly, then added "Oh! Mr Potter! I'm sorry, I didn't see you there! Here, you can have some of these caldron cakes for free. I thought I saw you down near the other end of the train – visiting some friends are you?"

Harry sighed. He had known this was going to happen. "Yes, you could say that." He replied. "Thank you, we will have those caldron cakes, but I wont let you give them to me for free. How much will I owe you for six?"

The Lunch Lady seemed a bit (ok…a lot) surprised that 'The-Boy-Who-Lived' was being polite to her, and that he was refusing a free treat. But she decided not to look the gift horse in the mouth and handed over the cakes in exchange for the money.

Ayden could tell that Harry was peeved at being mistaken for Jayme, and decided to cheer him up in one of the best ways possible.

The three boys spent the remainder of the train ride planning pranks that they would play on the unsuspecting victims of Hogwarts.

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AN: Sorry if it seemed rushed!! But I wanted to get SOMETHING to you all before the weekend since you all reviewed so wonderfully!

Please be nice and review again…even though this chapter was terribly short!

I have another Poll:

Who should be the DADA teacher? James? Sirius? Remus? Sirius and Remus? A new character?

Tell me what you think!

Hope you enjoyed! Next chap should be up sometime next week.

Lots of love, Bundi