Chapter 4

Albus Dumbledore just come back to his office at Hogwarts from dropping off Albus Potter at the Dursleys and was still in disbelief over the events of the past 24 hours. Harry's son from the future appeared in his fireplace and told him that a man that he believed to be one of the worst traitors in modern history was really innocent. Not to mention the Department of Mysteries was playing around with history and was indirectly responsible for his victory over Grindelwald.

He was pleased to know that in the future Voldemort will be defeated and Harry will get married and have at least two sons, one which was named after him and Severus Snape. That was rather interesting. While he could understand Harry naming the boy after him, he couldn't quite figure out why Harry would also choose to name the boy after Severus Snape. The man promised to look out for Harry but was making it clear, he was not looking forward to Harry starting Hogwarts. Perhaps there is some hope for the man to see past the boy's looks Dumbledore thought privately. But all this thinking about a future that wouldn't exist now isn't going to help with the current situation. He needed to talk to Sirius Black and Remus Lupin.

He was told by Kingsley Shacklebot that Sirius Black was in better condition then had been expected when Shacklebot went to Azkaban to escort the innocent man to the hospital. He just needed to take some extra strong nutrition potions, as well as some others to get his weight back up to normal and he should be free to leave the hospital in anywhere from 3 to 5 days. Even though the man would be free to go after that time, he would still need to adjust to being free may not be up to the task of taking in two 11-year-old boys in right away without some help. He knew Sirius would ask for Remus' help and the sooner the two of them were informed of Harry's son from the future, the better. As far as the two men were concerned, James and Lily only had one son and finding out there was another son that they never knew existed would only confuse them.

He Flooed over to St. Mugno's and was surprised to Remus in the hospital's lobby.

"Two birds with one stone." Dumbledore said, quite pleased that he didn't have to tell the same story twice.

"I beg your pardon?" Remus asked confused.

"I'll explain it later." Dumbledore replied.

They went up to the hospital's front desk and asked to be shown to the room Sirius was staying in at the hospital.

It took a few minutes to get to the room. All prisoners released from Azkaban were given a private room at the hospital if they were in the infamous prison for a year or more to recover in.

Dumbledore and Remus entered to plain room that reminded Dumbledore of an extremely cheep Muggle hotel room. The only thing in the room besides the bed was a couple of chairs. Sirius was sitting up in the bed reading some magazine, which he put down when he realized he had visitors.

"Professor, Remus! I was wondering when I was going to see you two! This place is slightly better then Azkaban! At least they had the decency to give me something to read other wise I would be bored out of my skull in this place!" Sirius said conveying both excitement and frustration at the same time.

"Well, these rooms were made for convicted felons and not people who need to be kept in good spirits. To continue to punish people when they have serve their time is not right, especially when the person didn't need to serve time in the first place." Dumbledore said calmly.

"I agree. It took me a month to believe you were guilty and now to find out you were innocent... I just can't believe it. All that time it was that rat... I'm just glad he's now in that place and not you." Remus spoke.

"Its all my fault. The only thing that kept me going all these years was the fact I new I was innocent and the demetors couldn't take that way from me because it wasn't a happy thought. Why did I even suggest to James and Lily to use that filthy rat as their secrete keeper?" Sirius ranted.

"It wasn't your fault Sirius. The obviously didn't tell you what Pettigrew said during the interrogation. He was ordered by Voldemort to slip a potion into your, James, and Lily's drink that would convince them that he would make a better secrete keeper." Dumbledore explained.

"That's a relief..." Sirius sighed.

"I wish I knew why he sold out to Voldemort. Any of us would have died for him and he went and stabbed us in the back. Now Harry is living with some relatives that I'm not too sure of last I heard of..." Remus grumbled.

"Harry is still with Lily's sister? Petunia maybe jumpy around magic but at least she was able patch things up with Lily. James and Lily told me the only reason they didn't appoint Petunia as Harry's godmother was because of Petunia's husband Vernon. That man reminds me of my mother... Only he complains about witches and wizards. I can't see Harry being happy with that man around... As soon as I'm out of here, I'm going to see if I can get custody of Harry." Sirius grumbled.

"I'll see to it you do." Dumbledore assured.

"You can't be serious. You just out of prison. You don't have a place to stay. The cottage I have is falling to pieces because nobody will hire a werewolf and I can't afford repairs." Remus complained.

"I hate to admit it but my parent's place is only place I could stay. I told some person from the Ministry they can go in to the place, clean it up, and remove any of those dark items my family would collect. And you are moving in with me. I do not want any of my friends living in a place with a leaky roof." Sirius explained.

"My roof isn't leaking. Just the breeze is coming threw the place." Remus corrected.

"Same thing and you are still moving in with me. And besides, you need to be with your honorary nephew." Sirius said.

"Alright. You got me." Remus conceded.

"Before I forget, there's a situation I should inform you two about. I do not like this development but has happened has happened and we need to go a long with it." Dumbledore decided to say.

"So this what you meant about two birds with one stone back in the lobby." Remus said.

"Yes. Yesterday, an accidental time traveler arrived in my office. It was Harry's 11-year-old son from about 26 years in the future if I did my math correctly. The Department of Mystery's wants to use him as part of some insane experiment involving a prophecy about Harry and Voldemort. They are forcing him to pretend to be Harry's long lost twin brother due to the rather strong resemblance the two have to each other. The cover story the unspeakables have made is that when James and Lily went into hiding, they sent him with some friend of Jame's parents in Australia because it might through Voldemort off. The person he was staying with died, the boy was sent to a orphanage for witches and wizards and lived there until the orphanage finally decided to research the boy's family tree. I do not approve of this experiment but there isn't anything I can do to stop them and the damage has already been done." Dumbledore explained.

"What kind of damage?" Sirius said.

"You being proven innocent. Harry's son when finding out he was going to be sent to live with the Dursleys told us about you being innocent and where to find Pettigrew. He said you weren't proven innocent until after you died about 5 years from now." Dumbledore answered.

"Remind me to tell him thanks." Sirius said.

"I'm allowing you to get custody of both Harry and his son so soon is because Harry's son seemed rather frighten of having to live with his great aunt and uncle and said somethings that hinted Harry was, or rather is, being abused. Physically or emotionally, I do not know for sure but Vernon Dursley seemed rather furious over the fact that Harry's son would be staying with them for a time..." Dumbledore continued.

"Before you continue, what is Harry's son's name?" Remus asked, interrupting Dumbledore.

"Albus Severus Potter." Dumbledore answered.

"WHAT!! Why would my godson name his kid after Snape?" Sirius exclaimed.

"I have no clue. But the unspeakables said in their letter to me that under no circumstances were the boy's name to be changed. I don't know why they wish that but it may have something to do with getting Severus more involved in the up coming war they talked about. He's currently the Potions Master at Hogwarts and head of Slytherin house. I'm having him spy on the Death Eaters that managed to stay out of Azkaban on the side but I think they may want him to spend more time looking out for Harry like he reluctantly promised.

"Anyways, about Harry possibly being abused. When I went to go drop Al off at the Dursleys', I noticed that there was no sign that Harry had lived there. There were no photos of Harry anywhere that I saw. In addition, I noticed an obese young man who I believe is Vernon and Petunia's son watching cartoons by himself. Harry was no where to be seen." Dumbledore continued.

"Do you inquire as to were Harry was?" Remus asked.

"No. In hindsight, I probably should have. I just hope nothing terrible is happening to Harry." Dumbledore answered.


Meanwhile, back at 4 Privet Drive, Petunia had moved Harry's cot and what little possessions Harry had to the guest bedroom, as well as Al's suitcase. Harry was relieved that he didn't have to sleep in that cupboard anymore. He wondered why his aunt was going to have him share a room with his brother and not have one of them stay in Dudley's second bedroom. He eventually came to the conclusion that Dudley would get upset at loosing his second bedroom, even if it was temporary, and his aunt could never stand his cousin being upset.

Petunia told Harry and Al if they wanted to go outside, go to the backyard so the neighbors wouldn't get confused over the sudden arrival of Al. She also told them not to discuss anything related to magic outside and if they did, they could get into trouble for violating some law about the secrecy of magic. Harry found this unfair but he was used to life not being fair so said nothing about it. Him and Al decided to go up to the guest bedroom since there wasn't anything better to do.

"Is Uncle Vernon always like that?" Al asked Harry.

"Only when I do magic." Harry said. "He's still mad at me for causing a snake to escape from a zoo."

"You made a snake escape from a zoo?" Al responded in disbelief.

"I was mad at Dudley for pushing me at the zoo and the glass to the snake's cage disappeared and it escaped." Harry continued.

"If he keeps you locked up in a cupboard for doing things like that, why didn't you tell anyone because that is just wrong." Al inquired.

"The cupboard has always been my room and if I did any magic, he would lock me in there. Uncle Vernon said if told anyone that, I would be sent to some orphanage where they use canes to punish freaks. That's what he always called me. A freak." Harry replied.

Harry normally would feel uncomfortable about talking about his room with anyone, let alone what his uncle says to him, but some odd reason, he felt perfectly comfortable discussing then with Al.

Al looked at Harry with a shocked expression. "Well, the sooner we get to leave the better. Our aunt and uncle are going to fight when he gets back. I just hope she calls the Aurors or something." Al complained.

"Aurors?" Harry asked, wondering who or what they were.

"I guess they are kind of like police except they are wizards." Al answered while opening up his suitcase.

"So what was it like living in an orphanage?" Harry asked, wanting to change the subject.

"A lot better then this place sounds. What to play a game of exploding snap?" Al asked, holding a deck of cards.

"Sure. How do you play?" Harry asked.

The rest of the day went by with Harry and Al trying to get to know each other. Dudley, surprisingly, left them alone. Dudley, after finding out that Harry and Al can do magic, probably got scared and decided to leave them alone out of fear of being turned into a toad Harry concluded. Everything peaceful up until Vernon came home.

Harry heard Vernon come in the door. There was a couple of moments of silence before Vernon yelled.

"PETUNIA! WHERE ARE THOSE FREAKS!! THEY'VE ESCAPED!"

"Oh no, this is it..." Harry heard Al mumble.

"Vernon, I let them out of the cupboard..." Harry heard Petunia explain.

"YOU WHAT!! THAT NEW BOY MUST BE AFFECTING YOU MIND! I WILL NOT TOLERATE HIM DISUPTING THIS HOUSE! WHERE IS HE! I'M GOING TO KILL HIM! NO FREAK PLAYS WITH MY WIFE'S MIND!" Vernon yelled some more as he headed up stairs.

Harry and Al were in the guest bedroom. Scared, they both tried to hid in the closet but Vernon saw them.

"TRYING TO HIDE FROM ME YOU FREAKS, EH!?" Vernon yelled.

"VERNON! NO! I'LL CALL THE POLICE!" Petunia yelled from downstairs but Vernon wouldn't listen.

Harry, in all his life, never saw his uncle so mad and for once was scared for his life. Vernon blocked the door to the room looking like some monster from something Dudley would watch on TV. Vernon quickly took off his left shoe and with the shoe in his hand, proceeded towards Harry and Al. All Harry could do was just stand there.

Chapter Notes

My attempt at a cliff hanger. Hopefully none of you will murder me if it takes me a while to post a new chapter. If you don't know, in addition to this story, I have another story I'm working on called Snape's Second Chance. I also got a contract to make a content management system for a group of people.

Anyways, back to talking about the story, I feel sorry for Al and Harry. More so for Al because everyone he knows is in the future and his presence in the past is destroying that future. Well, his parents, aunts and uncles exist in the past but they are all 25, 26 years younger. If Al was to look into the Mirror of Erised, I'm very sure he would probably see himself back in the future he is from with his family.

Anyways, reviews!