Picks up with more secrets revealing under the watchful eyes of Kingsley and whomever else is keeping track at Hogwarts while the newlyweds are away. Like I said gonna keep the anti-Weasleys out of it for a few chapters and Dumbledore, just keeping up with updates for Harry so he can be sure that if Dumbledore tries anything he can counter it.

Also I have been told that I've sped up on the chapters with the storyline a bit, I understand it looks that way but it's how it's supposed to look. All of this happening while Harry and Ginny are married to Severus and Draco, so the drama builds up whereas they discover who else Dumbledore has destroyed and ruined.

I don't own Harry Potter.

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The next day:

Harry woke up early the next morning with Severus still sleeping in his arms. The events of the night before had flown through his head and he felt relieved and happy now that he and Nigel were alright with each other.

"Sev…Sev baby it's time to wake up." He stroked the silky black hair getting a groan in return.

"No…" Sev snuggled up under the covers.

"Come on love we have to eat breakfast." Harry glanced at the clock. "It's almost nine."

"Don't care."

"Ok, but you leave me no choice." Harry reached for his wand and pointed it at Sev's face. "Aguamenti." Water splashed Sev's face and he fell straight out of the bed.

"YAAH!" he fell with the sheet wrapped around his body. Harry laughed so hard he fell back clutching his gut. "You little sneak!" Sev got up and smacked him with a pillow.

"Had to wake you didn't I?" Harry got up and pulled on his freshly clean pants and shirt. "Let's get going you can take a nap later." Severus groaned and sat up unwrapping the sheet from him and snagging a black set of robes.

"What?" Severus noticed Harry staring at his clothes.

"You need to wear more than black love, at least a new green or something."

"I've always worn black."

"I know but it's starting to wear out on you." Severus smacked him again.

"Oh shut up." Severus pulled on his robes and magically fixed up the bed. They left the room hand in hand and went straight for the dining room where Ginny, Draco, Eileen, Joan, and Nigel sitting at the table.

"Good morning boys." Eileen smiled at them.

"Morning mother."

"Morning everyone." Harry and Sev took their spots digging into their food.

"Sleep alright everyone?" Eileen.

"Yes ma'am." Everyone answered.

"Good because Lucius and Narcissa are coming with the Minister in a few hours." Harry nearly choked and dropped his fork. "How did I know you'd do that Harry?" she laughed.

"Kingsley's coming by later? What for?" Nigel.

"Something about uncovering some old files at the Ministry. Said it was important for Harry to know."

"Why are my parents coming?" Draco held onto Ginny's hand.

"They're involved in it somehow, that's all I know."

"Oh…well alright then."

'What could this be about?' Harry decided to give it a little thought later, right now he was more focused on spending the day with Sev. After breakfast he was going to ask Severus to show him around some more.

"Hey Harry…I got this in the mail." Ginny passed Harry an envelope and he saw it was from Bill and Fleur. "Bill knows where we are, as do anyone else who works under Kingsley. I told him only to contact when it was important." Harry unfolded the letter and read it over.

Dear Harry and Ginny,

I'm sorry I can't say much but just to let you know I found some rather interesting details on the Black family vault. I had been checking old family vaults for any enchantments and charms after the war ended and I came across the Black vault to realize there's more than one.

The way I saw it, Sirius had one vault from the main branch of the family, and Narcissa and Draco both have shares of the smaller and main branches but oddly there's one under the name of Regulus Black. I was able to look inside the vault, and it was full of books and old treasures of the family. There was some money, but not much.

Anyway the main thing is that when the owner of the vault passes on, its contents are left to whomever is next in line for the fortune or whomever is included in the wills, but everything remains in this one vault. From what I can tell it can be one of three options:

Regulus never named an heir, so the money remains in the next family's name, the Malfoys.

The vault was forgotten for a long time due to the condition of the items inside.

Regulus Black could still be alive.

I told Kingsley about this, and he said he'd look into it because he had a feeling something was off. He'll be by later on to see you two.

Oh and don't worry about the others, Charlie, the twins, and I have cut off contact with them completely. We wish you the best.

Love,

Bill

"That can't be." Harry showed the letter to Severus and he skimmed over it.

"It can't…"

"What is it?" Joan tried to look but Severus moved the letter away from her wondering eyes.

"Excuse us please." Severus pulled Harry out of the dining hall and outside to the gardens. "Do you believe that?"

"I don't know, I mean it could mean anything…" Harry wasn't sure what to say. If Regulus was alive at all then what happened after Kreacher took the locket and vanished?

"Kreacher told you everything didn't he? About when he took the locket and seeing Regulus killed by the Inferi?"

"He did, and it sounded sincere so Kreacher had no reason to lie." He and Severus were silent for a few seconds, and then Harry gasped. "Hold on, if Dumbledore survived the war before, then it's possible others may have survived too right?"

"I don't know Harry that old fool's had more secrets locked up than the goblins."

"Then we'll have to wait until Kingsley gets here. For all we know Regulus could be alive but there's no trace of him. Kingsley will help he may have something…" Sev reached in and kissed him. "What was that for?"

"To shut you up." Sev smiled. "You babble sometimes."

"Hmph." Harry shoved his arm. "This coming from Hogwarts strictest teacher, 'Do this Potter, do that Potter, detention Potter, don't sass me Potter.' You say I babble, so do you." Severus groaned and rolled his eyes.

"Whatever." Severus about walked away when Harry grabbed his arm and yanked him back.

"Now where are you going?"

"Inside it's fixing to rain." Harry looked up seeing the sky was only a light gray, no sunshine though.

"It's just cloudy today, besides you promised to show me around some more." Severus rolled his eyes again and Harry pinched his arse.

"Ow!"

"You had that coming." Harry pulled Sev down for a kiss. "Now show me around."

"As you wish 'master'." Severus chuckled and Harry followed him around to the back of the huge manor, straight to a graveyard. Harry stopped looking at the headstones and crypts, feeling a small shiver run up his spine. "Harry?"

"Sorry…just get weird feelings around graveyards. Is this the whole Prince clan?" he pointed at the headstones.

"It's most of them, all the people who lived in this huge manor for years." Severus took his hand and led him down the path into the cemetery. They passed several old stones, Harry saw the dates went back to maybe a hundred years ago all buried with their spouses and children next to them. Harry followed Sev through the path for a few more minutes right before they stopped at a headstone with an angel's face above it.

"Who's this?" he looked and saw the name 'Oswald Parley-Prince'.

"My stepfather." Harry turned his head to Severus, watching as he pulled out his wand and conjured up a bouquet of white roses onto the headstone. He brushed some dust off the top of the stone and set the flowers in a nice arrangement; Harry waited until he stood to hold his hand.

"He was good wasn't he?" Sev stiffly nodded and Harry saw tears forming in the man's eyes. "Oh Sev…" he brushed a tear from his cheek and kissed the same spot.

"I'm fine, it's just hard sometimes." Harry put his arm around his husband's waist and stood with him.

"Are your grandparents here too?" Sev pointed to some stones just above Oswald's.

"They along with my aunt and uncles, and my two year old cousin Clarinda." Harry's eyes widened.

"Two?"

"She died of a lung infection, something in the garden made her sick for months before she passed. Tore my aunt's heart to pieces, and my uncle never spoke of it. Her dying caused everyone so much pain, but I was able to move on like my mother and sister, but they didn't."

"I'm sorry."

"This family's been broken for a long time, but maybe now it will mend." Harry leaned in and rested his head on Sev's shoulder.

"We'll make it work Sev, we'll make it work." They stood there for a few more moments, and as the winds began to pick up Harry started to shiver.

"Cold?"

"A little." Severus took off his long billowing robe and wrapped it around Harry.

"Let's get inside." They began to walk back towards the manor when Joan came out to meet them.

"Gugh! Finally found you two, Kingsley's here."

"What? He wasn't supposed to show for another few hours?" she shrugged at them.

"You know politicians, they always make an early entrance if not a grand entrance. Now come on he says it's urgent." They quickly followed her inside straight to the living room where everyone was waiting, including Narcissa and Lucius.

"There you two are, what kept you?" Eileen.

"We were visiting the cemetery." Severus sat down but Harry stood. "Morning Minister."

"Morning to you too Severus, Harry."

"What's this about? Does it have something to do with the Black family?" Ginny asked sitting on Draco's lap. Kingsley smiled slightly and held out a folder.

"I guess Bill got to you first, and yes this has to do with the Black family." Kingsley flipped through the folder's contents before turning to Narcissa. "Narcissa, were you aware of the money that vanished from your cousin Sirius' vault during the time he was imprisoned?"

"Um…yes I remember getting a notice from Gringotts but at the time Sirius and I weren't talking so I thought nothing of it." Kingsley nodded.

"Well it seems that after a little help from the elder Mr. Weasley, we were able to trace where that money had gone, a penitentiary called 'Hodgkin's Home for Incurably Ill'."

"I've never heard of it." Lucius.

"It's on the outskirts of London, just near the sea but the Ministry only sends the 'insane' ones there, like Bellatrix if she lived. Apparently they received a patient that was told to be completely psychotic, always throwing tantrums, never calm even under medicine, panic attacks, anxiety attacks the complete package of madness."

"When were they institutionalized?" Narcissa.

"Umm…" Kingsley flipped through some papers. "November 26 1979." Harry thought for a minute, that was at least three months after Regulus 'died'.

"Who brought them in?" he asked.

"Dumbledore, from the description of the man he was old, long gray hair and beard, crescent moon glasses, blue eyes, fair wrinkled skin, wore blue or gray robes."

"Sounds like the old bastard." Severus sighed. "But who was it he turned in?" Kingsley took a deep breath and looked at Harry.

"It was Regulus Black." Kingsley showed a photo to Harry and from the looks of it, the person in the photo was in fact Regulus Black but he looked worse than Harry had when he was living with the Dursleys. His skin was thin and pale, his hair was matted and straggly, and his eyes looked like they'd lost their shine with dark circles underneath.

"Oh no." Harry looked at Nigel, who looked far more stunned than himself. "Nigel…is that Regulus?" he showed him the picture and Nigel's eyes filled instantly.

"It's him…it's him but you said…" he looked at Harry.

"I thought he was, no one's seen him since that one night."

"How did he survive against the Inferi?" Severus scratched his chin. "Kreacher told you after they'd retrieved the horcrux that the Inferi dragged Regulus underwater just before he apparated back to Grimmauld. Unless he had his wand there's no way he should've survived?"

"The only person who can answer that is locked in a madhouse." Lucius stood up from his chair. "Whatever Dumbledore did to him is horrible, but what I'd like to know is what his connection with him is." he pointed at Nigel.

"Nigel what's this about?" Eileen walked over to him and tried to pull the picture from his hands but he wouldn't let go. "Nigel…"

"He and Regulus were lovers." Severus answered. "They had a relationship in school together, that's why he's been so bitter to me and Harry, because we reminded him of those memories." Severus got up and touched Nigel's shoulder.

"Nigel you're gay?" Eileen looked stunned. "I suspected it but…why didn't you tell me?" Nigel didn't answer, just collapsed on his knees and put his hands in his face.

"Nigel, easy." Severus was at his side. "Take it easy…relax."

"I'm sorry if this reopened any old wounds, but I do agree with everyone when I say this is one of the lowest deeds Dumbledore has done."

"We need to save him." Narcissa stood. "That's my baby cousin, I need to help him."

"I understand Narcissa, and I agree too. That's why I'm arranging the paperwork to remove Regulus from that hellhole. After that I'll need you, Severus, and Harry to accompany me there to pick him up."

"What?" Nigel looked up. "Wh-Why not me? I can help him." Severus tightened his hold on his little brother.

"Nigel you're in no condition to go, you need to stay here and besides Regulus will need some treatment before he comes here. He needs to clean up first."

"But…"

"No buts Nigel, this has to be done properly or Regulus could lose himself completely." Nigel looked down and Severus hugged him slightly. Harry suddenly felt a twinge of guilt fill him, and he could see that not being able to see his only love Nigel wasn't going to take this very well alone.

"Maybe I should stay behind." Harry spoke up. "I can give Nigel some support."

"Harry are you sure?" Narcissa.

"Yes I am, I can help Nigel while we wait for your word. Besides Regulus will need to tell you what happened and I don't think he'll be able to do that if Nigel's there." Narcissa smiled.

"Very well, we'll let you know what happens after we rescue him." She turned to Kingsley. "How soon can we leave?"

"Tomorrow afternoon, by then I'll have everything ready."

"Then it's settled." Lucius. "We'll rescue Regulus and bring Dumbledore to justice."

"Here here." Everyone agreed.

Harry had to admit he was happy that Nigel's love was alive, but something wasn't right about this. If Regulus had been alive the whole time, then why did Dumbledore lock him up in the first place?

I hope you enjoyed it. Next one is a little in-law bonding between Harry and Nigel and off to where Severus and the others rescue Regulus to get his story. Gonna throw in a little fluff too for the boys, and please no more flames.

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