Chapter 9
AN: Sirius black is back in black. (Yeah well I do like him. Just not as much as Snape. "Ah Mr. Potter our new celebrity." Hehehe oh I love that line! Watch his hands in the film its funny.)
Harry woke up with a big jaw-cracking yawn, getting dressed in the clothes he got for Christmas which were mostly black with silver and green colors and edges. They had protection from spilled or thrown potions and of course exploding potions. He decided to go with Sev. Harry didn't want to admit it, but Pettigrew had scared him. Even now he liked to be beside an adult even though he knew the rat wouldn't be back. He was gone.
He was now in the cell that Sirius black had occupied for several years. Unfortunately for Pettigrew, it now had spells on it stopping an animagus from turning into its animal form. He had no rat to turn into and escape. Sirius Black was freed and was in ST. Mungos getting better.
Harry left his room after looking to see if everything was in his bag. He went over to Severus and said the usual "Good morning Sev." He got himself some porridge with strawberries. "Yum." He dug in happily, even after so long still savoring the food so much. Unlike the other eight-year-olds, he was not used to getting food. He didn't want to think about the past, but he did this weekend. He was always cuddling Sev, sure he knew why he did it because he always muttered, "Still here, still here."
This weekend was brilliant. Sev had mostly sat there on the couch cuddling him and reading books. Harry most of the time afraid that he would disappear just as he had been when he first got there. He would always grab Sev's robes. If he were in a hurry he would just grab him up. Sev discovered he liked it and did it whenever Harry was deep in thought or lost in his past.
Following Sev down to the potions classroom was kind of hard, but Harry was used to it. Another kid would have been way behind him by now but not Harry. After all, as I said he was used to it.
He got all his potions equipment out and commenced chopping, mincing and dicing them and adding them in the correct order. He was using the book to stop himself making mistakes. He carried on making potions, only stopping when Sev checked his potion. When five potions exploded and they had to put up with Sev's sarcastic remarks about impatient stupid brats who couldn't make a potion to save themselves, most of them Gryffindor, Harry had to bite his tongue. It didn't matter who got the tongue-lashing, he always wanted to laugh because they couldn't get a potion correct. After all if an eight-year-old could do it so should they.
Harry was now quite tall, only 2 heads shorter than the eleven-year-olds. He put his correctly done potion into a vile; giggling at what Sev had said when he finished his potion. "Well done Harry the potion's perfect. Congratulations you just completed a third year potion."
The second years gave him the evil eye. They were jealous and Sev just gave them a wicked smirk. He bottled his potions after labeling them and gave them to Sev, keeping a few for himself. You can bottle eight or nine from a large cauldron. From a smaller one you can bottle five potions, sometimes six.
Harry was leaving for lunch with Amanda and Mark again when a man dressed in black grabbed him and pulled him into a hug. "Harry," said the strange man. Harry tried to get away from him. He shouted, "Get off me!" He was kicking the man along with Amanda and Mark. After Harry managed to get out of his grasp he ran to Sev. He was shaking, that being the second time someone had grabbed him and hurt him. It didn't matter that the man didn't mean it. Harry didn't know that.
There were men behind Sirius with a big 'A on their robes standing for Auror's and there was the minister of magic himself.
He ran to Sev and partially jumped on him, shaking and pointing to the entrance hall as the man came into the great hall. Sev went white. The bastard was here already! 'No no no no he's not getting him ever.' He held Harry in a death grip and Harry did likewise.
"Get your hands off my godson Snivellus," growled Sirius as he tried to get Harry from him. He was surprised when he went flying across the room bye none other than his own godson himself.
'What the hell?'
"Harry I'm not going to hurt you. I knew your parents and they appointed me your godfather and you will be staying with me. It's all settled with the ministry." He was thinking that Harry was going to be happy with that, but far from it. Harry was hyperventilating and practically crawling into Severus' lap, shaking his head, unaware that he was crying.
Sev's heart clenched, but he kept his mask up. He didn't want to give Black the satisfaction of seeing him tearing up. 'God what am I supposed to do? The mutt's his real guardian. I've got hardly any hope.'
"Give him here Snape he's mine," said Sirius
"He's not anyone's Black; he's a person not an object. How was Azkaban?"
Black was actually growling at him. "Your guardianship has been nullified. You will have nothing to do with him, nothing ever. I'm not letting you anywhere near him and the minister happily did that for me."
"Yes from this day fourth Harry James Potter will be adopted by Sirius Orion Black and Sirius Orion Black will have full guardianship over Harry Potter till he is seventeen years old."
Sev walked down to the dungeons with Harry clinging on to him. He had to pack Harry's things. Mark and Amanda were following him. They had heard it all and were sad that he had to go. Not as sad as Harry was or Sev. Sev didn't show it however. Mark and Amanda went back to the common room, word went round and the castle was strangely subdued.
Back in Sev's private rooms Harry still hadn't let go of him.
"I'm leaving aren't I? You don't want me do you?" said Harry as tears coursed down his face. Sev knew he was really sad because the only day he had seen Harry cry was when he was in his cupboard after getting the crap beat out of him. He really didn't know what to do. He had to leave, if Harry didn't he would end up in Azkaban. Harry knew that from reading wizard books day after day.
Very reluctantly tears still running down his cheeks, Harry began putting everything away. He had till tomorrow and then he'd be gone. As neatly as he could he put all his clothes in one compartment, books in the next, drawing stuff and all his pictures, camera and albums in the next one, shoes, sweets, ink, parchment, paint, pencil and his invisibility cloak and marauders map was also put away and so on. Picking up his things from all over the place he left most of the sweets there. There were still boxes full. He stole a pot of floo powder, putting it beside his clothes and he also stole some of Sev's potions books.
Harry knew Sev wanted him there. He could feel Sev's stomach churning when he grabbed a hold of him for dear life. 'Why do I have to go? I want to stay with Sev so much. That other man looks like he doesn't like me. He won't care, not as much as Sev. If it weren't for him I would be dead or running away. Gods I don't want to leave.'
By the time he was finished packing; only his cover was not packed. He loved it, but he wanted Sev to keep it. He walked over to Sev for about the fifth time, jumping on him and cuddling, but this was not a scared hug. This was a desperate hug, a goodbye hug. He was crying again unaware that Sev was too. He eventually cried himself to sleep. Sev put him in a more comfortable position and cuddled him, settling into sleep. A sleep that would be the last sleep that either would get for a long time to come. Well sleep with nice dreams anyway.
Both were unaware that the headmaster came by, gave them one sad glance, shook his head and left. 'Sev's devastated so is Harry. I hope they both heal in time.' Leaving, he went to his office and sucked lemon drops till he couldn't anymore then left for his bed. (Yes, the headmaster has to sleep, after all he is human.)
There we go! Another big long chapter for you guys! Dont you just love me? Ah I'm only kidding! I thank J.K Rowling for making this world! If it was not for you I would not be enjoying myself making those story's! Thank you! R&R tell me what you think. Will Harry stay with Sirius Black long? Just wondering what you think! Yes? or No? Tell me so!
