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Chapter 10

Wanted

It was now Tuesday and the four boys had been in 4 hour detentions every night since the Wednesday Waterfall Extravaganza (as they liked to call it). Both Sirius and James were anxious as they were the only two that had not heard from their parents as of yet. Remus had received a strongly worded letter from his father about rules, discipline and honoring the sacrifices that had been made for him. Peter's parents hadn't sent anything but his grandmother had sent a short letter professing her disappointment.

James and Sirius weren't fooled, their parents were not going to be a quiet about things, and Sirius was picturing a howler filled with hexes. They were barely eating today as they had finally bowed to their nerves and just sat there with white faces. They didn't wait long today as when the post owls flew in they dropped two letters, a red one apiece in front of each boy. They looked up at each other not sure who should go first.

"Go ahead Siri, if you let yours wait it is likely to kill us all." James said with a sympathetic smile.

Sirius ran his hand over his short spiked hair and nodded as he opened the letter slowly.

"YOU ARE A DISGRACE, YOU ARE NO SON OF MINE"

And to the boys immense surprise it exploded and that was it. Sirius looked over at James with raised eyebrows.

"That was it? That was…Well that was almost civil. Mate you better open that, it is starting to vibrate."

James gulped knowing that his was not going to be, as Sirius said, civil. Although he also knew his mum would never deny that he was her son. He went to open it when the seal caught fire and it blew itself open. Madeline Potter's voice boomed through the great hall.

"JAMES CHARLES POTTER, AND SIRIUS ORION BLACK"

Sirius looked shocked at being directly addressed by this howler.

"I CANNOT BELIEVE THE TWO OF YOU. THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS, HERE WE ARE WORKING TO KEEP YOU SAFE SO YOU CAN GET A GOOD EDUCATION AND HAVE GOOD LIVES AND YOU ARE OFF DESTROYING THE SCHOOL."

"Now Maddie it was just in fun" they heard James' father say soothingly, obviously trying to make her settle down.

"IT WAS NOT JUST IN FUN! IT WAS JUST PLAIN DANGEROUS! YOU ARE BRILLIANT BOYS AND YOU WASTE IT ON THIS STUPID PRANKING"

"In all fairness, it was a brilliant prank. You should be proud of our sons' abilities."

"CHARLES! YOU ARE NOT HELPING! I EXPECT YOU TWO TO COME HOME THIS CHRISTMAS AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE AGAIN, IS THAT UNDERSTOOD. REMUS I AM ASTOUNDED THAT YOU LET THEM DRAG YOU INTO THIS AND PETER YOU ARE SUCH A SWEET BOY STOP FOLLOWING THEM INTO TROUBLE!

I LOVE YOU BOYS."

The four boys looked at each other in shock as the letter turned to ash and poofed into smoke in front of them.

"That was the strangest howler ever." James said shaking his head in laughter at his parents.

"I love your parents." Sirius said happily.

"You both have more letters. Sirius yours looks important, it has a ministry seal on it." Remus said inspecting the letter.

"Well open it and read it, It can't be anything important I mean you can't get sent to Azkaban for school pranks." Sirius replied shrugging his shoulders and piling bacon onto his plate. He was suddenly starving.

James looked warily at the scroll Remus was unrolling and hurried to open his own. As Remus was struggling with the seal James' face turned white and he looked up in horror at the roll of parchment that was being unfurled. Remus began to read aloud before he could stop him.

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Mr. Sirius Black,

We regret to inform you that you have officially been released of your parentage. You are required to stay at school through the year until you have achieved your 17th birthday.

As of my writing this letter you are officially a ward of the ministry of magic and are required to attain an overall E average for each term as well as no more than 3 resulting detentions per year if you wish to receive our assistance.

Unless a guardian presents themselves to the court of the underage magic office for a hearing you shall remain in our custodial care until you are of age.

Thank you for you acceptance of these rules and in this matter.

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Sirius' face had drained of all color, as he stared at the parchment that was in Remus' shaking hands.

"Siri." James started.

"They…They…What? They released me from parentage?" Sirius stammered ripping the letter away from his friend and re-reading it himself.

"That was a really cold letter. I mean the ministry could have come up with something better." Peter said before James kicked him in the shin to shut him up.

"Sirius, listen."

"No I need to go…I have to do…Something. I, yeah I am going." He stood up and let the letter fall to the floor.

He started to walk away but was stopped by a restraining hand on his shoulder. He turned to yell at whoever it was but was taken aback by Minerva McGonagall standing behind him with a sad look on her face.

"Mr. Black, I am sorry. I only just received a copy of the letter you have. They copied me as your direct physical guardian while at school because I am your head of house."

All three boys at the table's mouths dropped as she said the words.

"I…What?" Sirius spluttered.

"I need you to come to my office, and Mr. Potter there as well. I have a feeling you haven't let him read you his own letter yet and it is pertinent. Come along boys."

Sirius shot a look at James as he stood, James walked over and shoved his arm with a reassuring smile and they followed their favorite Professor out.

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The boys both sat down in the straight backed chairs and looked over the desk at the professor.

"Sirius. I know this has to be a shock for you. I know you must be devastated." She said kindly.

James wasn't positive if Sirius had remained silent from, nerves, embarrassment, sadness or shock at Minnie calling him Sirius and not Black.

"James I want you to read your letter to him."

James nodded, a bit dazed at the use of his first name as well.

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Jamie and Sirius,

We were at the ministry when Mrs. Black came in and filed the paperwork for parental release. We are scheduling an emergency appointment to be appointed legal guardians.

Sirius please I know you must be heartbroken but know that we love you very much and you will be coming home to us. You will get this well after our session is scheduled but we promise we will not let you down.

James you had better cool it with the pranks and take care of him. He needs you right now. Behave!

I expect that your head of house will receive notification of dates and hearings and I will make certain that Minerva knows to tell you what is going on.

Sirius if this is not what you want, then please let us know, and understand that it will not hurt our feelings at all, we only want you to be happy, we want what is best for you son.

We love you both. BEHAVE!

All our Love.

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Sirius looked at James, shocked.

"They want me? Like to live with you and everything?" Sirius said, the disbelief was plain in his tone.

"Of course they want you, my parents adore you. Sometimes they like you better than me. You should have seen my mum when you showed up this summer. She was beside herself. She wanted to go to the ministry and file charges against them but I wouldn't let her. I told her it would make it worse for you."

"I don't know what to say. I…No one has wanted me since I was like 8 years old. What do I do?"

McGonagall cleared her throat reminding both boys that she was there. If James wasn't mistaken she had tears sparkling in her eyes.

"Well, the first thing you need to do is decide if this is what you want. Charles and Maddie have obtained an emergency hearing tomorrow and they do not want to go through with it if you don't want them to. So Mr Black I need to know, do you want to go live with the Potters?"

Sirius smiled at the renewed use of his surname.

"Of course I do. Live at Potter Manor with James and his parents? There is no one in their right mind that would not want them. I mean what do I do when someone wants you? How do you act like a normal son?"

The professor's breath hitched in her throat. She had no idea how to answer that question. Luckily James came to the rescue with a huge smile on his face.

"That's easy mate. You just act like me! They love me an awful lot. And seeing as they have known and adored you for the last 6 years as you are I think you can just be your normal self. We don't want to shock mum into a heart attack by actually being role model students. We can leave that to Remus."

"Oh Merlin help this school" McGonagall muttered as both boys grinned.

SIRIUS" POV

Sirius was beaming as they practically pranced out of the office. She said she loved him, she had called him son…