Narcissa and Hermione dragged Harry shopping throughout Muggle London. Draco was following, as he kept watch of the twins, chuckling at the torture of having a Mother who is a shopaholic. Harry was still stunned at the amount of stuff that he was receiving. He got an entirely new wardrobe, and anything that he wanted to decorate both rooms that he was going to have, both at Malfoy Manor and Snape Manor.
"Don't you think this is enough?" Harry questioned meekly.
"Nonsense, child. A parent, or guardian is suppose to provide for the child they are caring for. Currently, I'm your guardian, as I'm the adult in charge right now. I'm getting you everything that you need, and I'm not taking no for an answer."
"Can we at least go Christmas shopping Mum? Me and Mya can show him Covent Garden. I think he would like it. Then afterwards, we can meet up for a late lunch and go see Aunt 'Dromeda, Uncle Ted, and Nym'y,"
"Just make sure you have your mobiles on, and you both have your cards and cash on you?" Both nodded their heads, and they grabbed Harry by each arm, and the twins went to Narcissa.
Hermione pulled Harry by his arm excitedly, with Draco grinning beside her. "C'me on! We're not far from the Covent Garden! You'll love it!" It reminds me of Diagon Alley in a way with all the wacky things that people are out and about selling."
Hermione and Draco dragged Harry through the streets until they reached the shopping stalls. An assortment of goods could be seen at first glance.
"Merlin! They have everything here!" Harry exclaimed excitedly. Draco and Hermione followed Harry through the stalls as the trio shopped for Christmas gifts.
"I think we did him good for once, love. He seems happy. I've never seen him this happy while he was in school. Have you? I mean, you're the one who lives with him."
"It does seem like it. He's been happier, but that might be in part of him not returning to the Dursley's for the holidays."
"Why did he even end up there for?"
"It's his maternal Aunt and her family. It was the only blood related family the he had left. From what Dad has told me of her before, she's horrid. Thinking about that make me them about what would have happened if he didn't get custody of me. You know how it is when I return home from visiting them. I mean I love seeing mom, Liz, and Tony but he is horrible. Sometimes I'm kinda glad that Liz and Tony don't show any magic. At least when I'm around that is," Hermione quieted down and she looked at a trinket as they passed a stall. She turned back to Draco.
Draco furrowed his brows. "But that's not true. You know how Siri always talks him and James being close as brothers? Well in actuality they're cousins. The Black family could have taken him in, especially if there was proof he wasn't happy. The question now, is why that didn't happen."
"Does Harry even know about Siri?" Draco shrugged. Hermione opened her mouth to speak again but was interrupted by Harry as he ran up to them.
Harry grabbed Hermione and Draco and pulled the two to a stall. He pointed at the paintings the person was selling. Draco looked up at Hermione in surprise. He picked up the painting carefully and studied it. Hermione peered over Draco's shoulder and looked at it.
"It looks like a Norwegian Redback. Why would a muggle be selling art of this for?" Harry asked quietly, and Draco shrugged.
"But it could just be a person's interpretation of what a dragon looks like. For all we know it's just a Muggle piece of work." Hermione peered down at her phone and her eyes widened as she looked at the text message from her two Uncles.
"Bloody Hell. Drake we're in trouble. They found it." Draco swore quietly.
"You mean it it?" Hermione nodded her head frantically.
"Yes. It."
"Of course they had to bloody find it as soon as the break begins. I mean, couldn't they have found it while school was still in session?" Hermione nodded her head in agreement.
"Exactly! It's been set up for over seven months now." She exclaimed.
"Wait. What if they set us up? Revenge." He inquired.
"Unlikely." Hermione shook her head.
"No. Not really. We learned from them. They ARE the best. They do it every time." Draco shook his head.
"What would they do this time though? A TDH in house colors?" Draco smirked and nodded at her idea.
"Likely. It's what they did the past few times." Hermione nodded her head in agreement. Hermione grinned widely.
"Don't finite it." Hermione snickered as she watched Draco scowl.
"Of course not. I don't want my perfect hair to be red and gold all bloody day." He snapped.
Harry looked at the two in amazement as they went back in forth.
'What if we TDH them for two days? and finiting it would make it grow longer and be Slytherin colors." Draco shook his head.
"Not good enough. We do that and worse."
"What would our worse be though?"
"What if we did that and did that to all the clothes their wearing. Anything that they would change into would automatically change to Slytherin. AND we would have it to where their cloths appears normal to them, but to everyone else it's our colors." Hermione grinned evilly and Harry looked between them confused.
"Why...exactly... are you in trouble for? And who exactly is they...?" Both grinned widely.
"Siri and Remy!" They exclaimed in unison. Harry cocked his head and stared at them.
"Siri is your godfather. He was supposed to take you in when your parents died. From what I know, is that he has been trying to gain custody of you for the past six years." Hermione explained.
"Anyways, Sirius, or has we've been lovingly calling him since we were baby's, Siri, is basically our fun loving Uncle alongside his best friend, and husband, Remus."
Hermione began speaking. "But, they are also known as Padfoot and Moony. Those are their nicknames."
Draco cut her off. "They were the most accomplished pranksters of their generation."
"And we," Hermione gestured between her and Draco.
"Pissed them off."
"One of our pranks we set up back in May I think. They found it." Draco nodded knowingly.
"It was a potion that would change the person, or in this case persons, to the opposite gender. It lasts for 6 hours." Hermione nodded.
"We got it from Dad." Harry's eyes bugged out and Hermione began to explain.
"Uncle Severus loves playing pranks with us against them." Harry looked between them.
"Professor Snape? Him?! He likes to play pranks?" Disbelief was evident in Harry's voice. Hermione and Draco nodded.
"Who did you think helped us with the prank that Weasel received a few weeks ago? When his hair was charmed green?" Draco spat, then frowned. Hermione rolled her eyes at his dramatics.
"That was you?!" Hermione grinned and nodded her head. Draco smirked.
"How did you do it?"
"A prankster never reveals his or her secrets. Plausible deniability. We learned it from the best." Hermione recited automatically. Harry huffed and crossed his arms. Hermione glanced down at her phone again.
"Come on. We've got our shopping done, and I'm hungry. Let's go meet Aunt Cissy and the twins for lunch." The two boys nodded and they left to meet them.
Not many people knew that Sirius Black was a free man. So it was a shock to the people in Gringott's when he arrived.
"May I speak with Griphook? I made an appointment with him about an hour ago." Sirius stated. He was dressed in his fine robes. The goblin shuffled through a stack of papers.
"Name?"
"Sirius Black, Head of the Noble House of Black." The goblin walked away and a few minutes later, Griphook appeared.
"How may I help you, Lord Black?"
"Sirius, if you may." Griphook nodded his head and led them to a private room.
"I would like to gain custody of my godson. His guardianship at the moment is with his maternal Aunt."
"Why exactly do you want to gain guardianship of him?"
"He is being abused. Severely, might I add." The goblin's eyes widened. "And it was said in the will of Lily and James Potter that their son, Harrison James Potter, was to never to go there. I have been trying to gain custody of him over the past six years, but the ministry has been denying me." The goblin frowned. He ruffled through the stack of papers.
"I oversaw the Potters' account while they were alive. Give me a few minutes and I'll unseal the will. It was never supposed to be sealed anyways. If it were, it should have been unsealed once the Potter Heir became 11." Sirius's eyes widened.
"Why was I never informed of this? I have the rights to know this." The goblin raised an eyebrow.
"I'm technically his father along-side James. I blood adopted him when he was a month old, with James and Lily's consent. They allowed me to do that once they told me I was godfather to ensure if anything happened to him, that I would gain custody. That of course has yet to happen." The goblin frowned, nodded and then walked out of the meeting room. He returned a few minutes later.
"This is the original will and final testament of a one, James and Lily Potter. I'll have a copy sent to your vault." Sirius nodded.
The Final Will and Testament of James and Lily Potter:
1. Harrison James Potter is to be left to his godfather - Sirius Orion Black in the case that anything happens to the two of us. If anything were to happen to Sirius, Harrison is left in the care of Remus Lupin and/or Severus Snape, both being very close familial friends.
2. To Remus Lupin, we leave you 1 million galleons, access to the Potter Library, and the Potter Property in South London. Use it wisely Moony! It's protected and no one except the ones keyed into the floo have access. This includes- Remus, Lily, Me, Sirius, Severus, Harrison, and Mya. Only Remus can add or take off people from the list.
3. To Sirius Black, we leave you the shares that the Potter family invested within Zonkos, access to the Potter Library, the Black property in Greece (inherited from Mother!), and the guardianship of Harrison James Potter.
4. To Severus Snape, we leave Lily's shares in the potions business that she created alongside you, access to the Potter Library, and all of Lily's notes and books in both Charms and Potions. We leave you 1 million galleons and access to any Potter Property in need of a safe haven for you and Mya (you technically are a spy, so it's better to be safe then sorry!)
5. Under no circumstances is Harrison James Potter to be left to the care of Petunia Dursley née Evans.
6. Any, and all remaining money, vaults, jewels, properties, pictures, investments, etc.
Everything is left to our only son, Harrison James Potter.
~ Lord James Charlus Potter and Lady Lily Rose Potter née Evans.~
Sirius stared at the paper in front of him shocked.
"Bloody hell. I apparently own 75% of Zonkos. Bloody bastard didn't even tell me he invested in it." The goblin shrugged.
"I will have adoption papers drawn up. You should have gained custody of the boy when you were released, no matter if the guardian wanted him or not. You ARE his father in the legal sense of it," Sirius nodded. He grabbed a quill and began signing papers.
"Do I need to get Dursley to sign?"
"Yes. Sign here, and I need three drops of your blood to verify. I'll do a familial potion to verify that you have in fact blood adopted him and named him your heir." Sirius nodded and he dropped the three drops of blood onto the parchment. A gold aura appeared and a quill began scribbling on the parchment in front of the two. The goblin nodded his head and then glanced at the papers again.
"You are the blood-adopted father of a one, Harrison James Potter. Custody has been released to you once you have the signatures. The address of Harrison James Potter, has been registered at Number 4 Privet Drive as of this year, according to Hogwarts books." Sirius grinned.
"Now, living conditions." Sirius nodded knowingly.
"As you know I live with Remus Lupin. There are precautions and wards set up during the full moon so Harry would be safe. It's a large property so Harry would have plenty of space too. You also don't have to worry about muggles. It's far into the countryside and its under charms and wards so they can't see it. All they see is an empty lot." The goblin nodded and handed the papers to Sirius.
"When you go get Mr. Potter, I would like him to come here. I would like one of our doctors to see him to make sure any of the abuse has no long-lasting effects on him, and if possible get them to charge the Dursley's if the abuse got too out of hand," Sirius nodded his head he thanked the goblin, walked out of the meeting room, and apparated away.
Sirius apparated to Harry's childhood 'home' and he took a deep breath. This is where his godson grew up. For years, he tried to get the address of Petunia Dursley, but every time he petitioned it, he for some reason was denied. He knew for a fact that Lily and James wanted him to go to Sirius or Severus but that never happened, and up until this day, he had no idea why he didn't.
Sirius walked up to the front door and knocked slowly. His wand sat in his holster in his arm so muggle's wouldn't see it, and he waited for the door to open. Noises could be heard across the house and the door opened. A large boy appeared and Sirius grimaced.
"What?" The boy questioned. Sirius narrowed his eyes.
"I need to speak with your mother, Petunia Dursley," The boy huffed and yelled across the house.
"Mummy! There's someone at the door for you," a few minutes later, a stick thin woman appeared at the door and she paled drastically.
"YOU!" She screeched as saw Sirius. Sirius' nostrils flared as angry look flashed across his face. He pointed at himself.
"Me?!" He said calmly, though his anger was evident in his expression. He stalked towards Petunia angrily.
"You were suppose to care for that boy. You didn't-" He spat out.
"I provided a home for that ungrateful brat!" She screeched.
"You didn't need to fucking abuse him!" He retorted and she narrowed her eyes.
"What abuse? He deserved every punishment for his mistakes," She looked at him haughtily.
Sirius growled. "You stuffed him in a bloody cupboard! You starved him! You allowed your own pig of a son to beat on him whenever he wanted! Be lucky that I am not here to kill you! This time I would actually be sent to prison for something that I did, unlike last time." Sirius looked at the woman in front of him with an evil glint in his eyes.
He pulled a paper out of his robes and he unfolded it. He pulled a muggle pen out, and set it in front of it. He motioned her towards it.
"Sign. I want full custody of my godson once again." Petunia glared at him as she signed the papers. He folded them back up and put them in his pocket once they turned gold, making them official. He waved his wand and muttered a spell under his breath.
"What did you just do?!" She screeched. Sirius grinned.
"That spell on the victim makes them relive their worst nightmares constantly, until they have learned their lesson. For you, it seems that it will be quite awhile considering you haven't changed in the past ten years, I doubt that you will start seeing things differently for a while." Sirius stood up and wiped a speck of dust off of his robes. He looked at Petunia with disdain. He walked over to Harry's cupboard and glanced inside. He paled.
"You stuck my godson in here?" He growled. Sirius muttered under his breath, and the small area glowed. A mist formed and looked around. Sirius turned to Petunia, and she shrieked at what she saw.
A transparent version of Harry appeared he looked at Sirius.
"Are you Padfoot? I remember you as a baby. Apparently, my older self can't remember that though from what I've been through." Sirius chuckled and he looked at Petunia.
"This is what you're going to live with for the rest of your life. Your nephew is going to haunt both you and Vernon for the rest of your lives. No muggles can see him, and so if they see you speaking to air, they may think a few things." Sirius shrugged innocently. He walked to the front door and paused.
"If I ever see you speaking with my son in a disrespectful way, or I see him being hit by one of you three, I will kill you." He waved his hand and smirked. Two frogs appeared in front of him. One began turning bright red very quickly.
"This will wear off soon enough. Hope you can explain things to your loving husband. He should be lucky that he isn't here right now dealing with this, or things would be much much worse than they were before," With that, Sirius walked out of the front door and smiled brightly. Things have turned out better than he thought that they would.
Remus walked into the room to find Sirius sitting in the couch with a grin on his face, and papers in his hands.
"Guess what, Moony," Remus raised an eyebrow.
"What?" Sirius grinned and shoved the papers towards him. Remus eyes roamed back and forth and his eyes widened. He looked at Sirius and then the papers again.
"SIRI! You got custody!" Remus grinned widely and his eyes twinkled. Sirius nodded.
"Let's go tell Severus and Lucius." Remus nodded. Both men apparated away. They arrived at Severus's house in the front room. A house elf led them down to the potions lab in the basement of the house and Sirius grinned widely. All of a sudden, a potion poured over the two men as they walked through the doorway.
Both men glanced at each other and their eyes widened. "Bloody Hell! You two are women!" A loud voice exclaimed from the other side of the room. Chuckling could be heard and both men scowled. Lucius laughed loudly while Severus tried to hide his smirk. Sirius stomped up to Severus.
"YOU! GIVE US THE ANTIDOTE!" Severus burst out laughing and shook his head.
"I...can't!" Severus exclaimed as he held his sides and continued to laugh loudly. Sirius growled and Severus shook his head.
"I can't! Mya and Dragon did this one." Sirius and Remus's eyes widened.
"When?" Remus exclaimed. "They've been in school since September!" Severus smirked.
"Sometime in mid- April they asked me for the instructions to make it. I didn't happen to know who it was for, though."
Remus groaned and ran his hands through his long hair. He looked at Sirius blankly.
"At least it's not the first time that this has happened though." Sirius shrugged. "True." Severus and Lucius shared a look.
Sirius shrugged. "Anyways, here." Sirius grinned widely as both men looked over paper, small grins forming on their faces as well.
"It's about bloody time, Sirius. I bet the boy will be thrilled." Lucius exclaimed. Severus smirked and turned to Sirius.
"I can't wait to see what you do with Petunia. I told her that you two would be stopping by."
Sirius frowned at the mention of his godson's maternal aunt. "Too late for that," He grinned maliciously. Sirius scowled before turning to Severus and Lucius.
"Both of your children are bloody evil. I was honestly surprised when Hermione went to Gryffindor though. The girl would have been perfect in Slytherin, considering you two are her father and godfather." Severus smirked.
"Actually I think she would have been fine in any house." Lucius spoke up.
"She is in fact as brave as a Gryffindor, cunning as a Slytherin, deadly loyal as a Hufflepuff to her friends and family, and as intelligent as a Ravenclaw. Draco would have done well in Ravenclaw as well. They literally have perfect scores in their classes." Remus's eyes bugged out and Lucius nodded proudly. Severus smirked.
"I've been keeping up with their grades and they are literally both tied in top place with perfect scores. I know they both study together in the library, or in my office, which I had to key them into the wards because they are there so much now." All three men nodded knowingly at Severus. Once before, it had taken the three men hours to get them to leave the library and to go outside.
"So when do Moony and I get to see Prongslet? I haven't seen him since...since before…" Sirius trailed off.
"Cissy took the children shopping. If I'm not mistaken, she's probably already bought Harry a whole new wardrobe, if not more." Sirius and Remus nodded.
"Well. I'm gonna go tell Andy, Ted, and Dora the good news." Severus smirked, and nodded as he watched the two men, in female bodies, walk out of his lab without even getting the antidote.
The two famed marauders apparated into the Tonks' backyard. Loud screams pierced through the air. Hermione and Nymphadora scrambled to get off of the ground and pointed their wands at the two. Sirius raised an eyebrow and glared at his 'niece's", who were looking around everywhere except them. Narcissa, Andromeda, and Ted came running out of the house with their wands raised. Narcissa and Andromeda looked at the two in disbelief.
"Sirius! Remus?! Why the bloody hell are you two women?!" Both men glared at Hermione and Draco and they looked sheepish while they admired their handiwork. Andromeda held a hand over her mouth to stifle her laugh and Narcissa chuckled loudly.
Sirius rolled his eyes and before turning around and glaring at the "2nd generation Marauders" in front of him.
"How long?" He sighed.
"This one lasts for 6 hours." Draco grinned.
"You should be lucky!" Hermione piped up. "Draco wanted it for the entire day, but I asked Dad how I could tweak it to 6 hours." Both men groaned in unison. Sirius stood up straighter and turned to the boy in front of him. He knelt down in front of Harry.
"I'm sure you don't remember, but I'm your Godfather. I was suppose to have taken you in once your parents passed," Sirius frowned at the mention of James and Lily dieing. Harry shook his head.
"I'm sorry, but I don't remember," Harry said softly. Harry glanced down at the ground, avoiding everyone's stares. Sirius frowned again, before speaking on a happier note.
"I know you don't remember much about me, but I knew you when you were little. I've been trying to gain custody of you for the past 7 years. If you would like it, you can live with Remus and I from now on. You wouldn't have to deal with Petunia or Vermin any longer." Harry's eyes lit up and he looked at Sirius and Remus with a hopeful look on his face.
"Really?! You'll let me stay with you? I don't have to go back?" Sirius shook his head and Harry ran the small distance and hugged Sirius tightly, tears falling down his cheeks.
"Thank you….so much….." Harry grabbed Sirius's robes and held onto him.
Thank you…..
End of Ch 7! Sorry it's a little late. My neice's birthday party was Saturday, and I had to finish her presents before then. Let me know what you think, and drop a review :D