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Everyone staring at them was a little bit confusing, they didn't have a clue what had just happened and no one seemed willing to offer up an explaination, so as they walked down the aisle as husband and wife the strange stares they were receiving from their family, friends and guests did not disturb them from looking at each other.
One by one Remus and Dora, Dan and Emma, Harry and Susan and Draco and Narcissa walked down the aisle after the happy couple and The Soul bonds along with Albus and Minerva followed them into the house whilst the other guests made their was to tea and coffee on the porch as directed by Aurora. Upon seeing the distress on everyone's face as they piled in one after the other Sirius was confused.
"What's going on? Why are you looking at us like that? We just got married and you are all looking like we killed someone..." Albus stepped forward and held onto both of their shoulders with a huge grin on his face.
"When you and Amelia kissed it created a soul bond..." Both of them looked between the kids and back at their former Professor for answers. They looked shock and then their faces erupted into a huge grin.
"Ah Albus you old jokester...trying to prank a Marauder on their wedding day! Very funny!" Pretty soon though the faces of everyone in the room made them realise the old man wasn't joking.
"Wait so are we gonna start speaking to each other in our heads and all the other freaky things?" Albus shook his head at them both which made them feel a lot more reassured.
"No albeit it is a soul bond it is not nearly as strong as the children's connection. Unfortunately it just appeared in front of everyone so you are going to have to decide what way you want to spin it with the media because you seem to be well on the Daily Prophets radar already. This is going to catapult you both into the stratosphere of the Wizarding World all over the world...be prepared." Sirius let out a sigh and looked downcast at his new bride.
"We have kissed before so why hasn't it appeared before now? The children only had to kiss each other on the cheek and their souls bond activated." Albus shrugged his shoulders and in all honesty he wasn't lying to them, he literally had no idea why it happened.
"Fate is a fickle friend and she had taken you two under her wing and gave you two halves of each other's soul...granted they are rare it is not unheard of as is evident from the children in front of you." They nodded and Sirius turned and held onto Amelia in that moment to allow her to catch her breath.
"I love you...this doesn't change anything right?" She nodded and smiled at him and before anyone could say anything the entire room got very cold and they all followed Albus outside and curiously the baking hot sun had disappeared and in its place thick dark clouds which were threatening to soak everyone. Temperatures continued to plummet and Albus sprang into action with a horrified look on his face.
"Who here can cast a patronus?" Remus, Amelia, Narcissa and Charlie and Bill Weasley along with Severus, Minerva and Aurora came to stand beside him.
"Why are dementors here?" Minerva didn't understand and truth be told neither did Albus but he turned his glare onto the Minister of Magic who was skulking around like a sewer rat...typical Politician.
"That is a good question...Fudge?" Before the idiot man could say anything one by one these horrific hooded creatures appeared and swooped in on Harry, Draco and Sirius. Their entire bodies jutted out and Ginny, Daphne and Amelia all collapsed to their knees along with the boys in their life much to the horror of the guests.
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" Out of the tip of Albus wand came a bright white Phoenix and it flew towards the Creatures followed by a cat from Minnie, wolf from Remus, Doe from Severus, Cheetah from Aurora, Owl from Bill, Dragon from Charlie and a Horse from Narcissa and sent the creatures packing.
On the ground Sirius was gasping for breath along with Amelia but Harry, Draco, Ginny and Daphne were all unconscious on the ground and in that Moment Andromeda flew into healer mode along with Poppy Pomfry and had them levitated into the house quicker that anyone could say boo.
"Alright everyone I am sorry but the party is over...I want to thank everyone for coming and your well wishes." One by one the guests started to trickle out leaving behind only the children's family and the majority of the Hogwarts teaching staff and the minister.
"Why were they able to get in?" Remus bowed his head and looked at his old Transfiguration teacher.
"The wards had to be lowered to allow the guests into the party but did have a rune making the access blockable to those with Dark Marks. It was my fault I should have been more specific." Bill Weasley shook his head at the humble man.
"Mate...I did your ward work...it was no ones fault...the more important question is why did they attack the wedding? Too much happy emotions and they couldn't resist or do you think they sensed Malfoy and Pettigrew?" No one could answer the young curse breaker and so they all just watched as the living room was made into a makeshift hospital with six beds conjured side by side.
Sirius and Amelia were feasting on chocolate and they knew why Sirius was so badly effected by them...due to his previous encounters it was difficult for him to be around the sheer dread a fear a Dementor projects but the children should not have had such an extreme reaction.
"Can anyone shed some light?" With their inner connection on the fritz they had no idea what was going on in all of their heads in that moment. "I suspect maybe the Malfoy blood was enough to lure the dementors here and maybe that is why they went for young Draco but why did it immediately swoop for Harry? The girls I think are suffering the same fate because of the soul bond...although I can't be certain this is only guesswork." They all began to stir in that moment causing all of the parents to jump to their bedside just as their eyes opened.
"Who was screaming?" Harry was the first one to speak as they were all assisted to sit up and handed some chocolate. "What happened?" Albus stepped forward with that comforting smile and placed a hand on Harry's arm.
"A group of dementors descended...for some reason they honed in on you, Sirius and young Draco. Can you tell us what happened?" Harry looked around at the confused looks of his friends and family and hated the look of pity they were giving him.
"I just remember feeling cold and then I felt something almost drag out of my body and I heard a woman screaming...I think it was my mum..." Ginny held onto him and he gave her a look that didn't require any words.
"Dementors will make us relive our worst memories Harry...it's not exactly sure why but they feed on the sadness...I am very sorry you had to go through that." Fudge chose that moment to knock on the door and walk into the room.
"Mr Potter I assure you the ministry will be launching a full enquiry as to why the dementors were anywhere near this property..." Even though it did absolutely nothing to ease anyone's fears it proved the man was at least half way decent. After almost shoving him out of the house they all came to settle around the children again.
"Some wedding day Sirius..." In that second they remembered the food and drink the elves had prepared and escorted everyone into the dining room for an informal albeit smaller wedding reception. Good food, wine and conversation made them forget about the days events and if they were being honest both Amy and Sirius preferred their reception this way with their closest friends and family.
"So where are you going on your honeymoon?" Nymphadora Tonks waggled her eyebrows at her boss which caused Sirius to smirk at everyone.
"Actually we arent...with the manhunt I can't justify running off for a week..." Raised eyebrows and confused glances were enough to make them all giggle and they turned their attention to Harry and Susan. Narcissa smiles at her cousin and within seconds suitcases were sitting in front of them.
"These two have been plotting away behind your back for weeks and so you are being kidnapped. We were told it was something epic and they wanted to plan it out for you both as a surprise...you won't know until you land in our destination...all we know is a portkey is taking you both away tomorrow at 12 midday...it feels very cloak and dagger but with the Daily Prophet being they way they have been recently it maybe a good thing." All of them looked at the children in question whom just imaginarily zipped up their lips and pretended to throw away the key causing everyone to laugh.
Sirius and Amy thanked the children with a hug and conversation turned teasing between everyone before Sirius turned his attention to his newest surprising friend.
"So Sev...when are you going to make an honest woman out of Aurora?" The Potions Master immediately began to choke on his wine and the astronomy teacher looked like a deer caught in the headlights.
"Excuse me..." Sirius not knowing when to shut up kept going causing the faces of the two in question to flare even brighter red than they were previously. Harry dropped his head to his hands and quite a few of the guests were hiding their grins behind their hands.
"Well you two are so good together and I figured now you were living together you would slap a ring on her finger...oww...did you just kick me?" He asked Harry from the other side of the table and Narcissa shook her head.
"That was me...speaking of slapping things...might want to slap a gag in that mouth cousin before someone hexes you for speaking out of turn..." Sirius immediately realised he overstepped his bounds and apologised profusely before Albus decided to change the subject.
"What classes have you all decided to take this year?" The headmaster had a fair idea but wanted to change the subject and soon things like Classes, Quidditch, the past the future almost everything was talked about before everyone started calling it a night and disappearing away into their designated rooms for the night.
Severus and Aurora decided to go home and the rest of the Hogwarts staff soon followed after back to their own homes. The twins decided to stay along with Ron, Ginny and Charlie but Bill, Percy, Arthur and Molly returned to the Burrow. Everyone else found a room and collapsed in a heap from the days events, the soul bonded children did not want to be separated and so they all piled into one room and split into four beds that Harry had magically altered to make bigger.
The following morning Harry awoke to a mass of red hair in his face and felt the most comforted he had felt in a long time...after the dementor attack the day before he wasn't expecting to feel so much like himself. He slowly tried to extract himself from Ginny but found her eyes gazing up at him with a smile plastered on her face.
"Good Morning..." Their connections had been hit and miss and he decided on a whim to try it and she jumped slightly so he must have gotten through a little bit.
"Good Morning!" He smiled and she slowly began to lean forward and pressed her lips to his rather tentatively and they could feel their magic start to almost swell around them almost making them feel drunk. As they pulled away both of the tweens did not really know what to say but a clearing of a throat from the doorframe made them jump slightly.
"Breakfast..." There stood Remus with his signature smile and he looked between the two children and realised what he had seen. "If I didn't know any better I would be worried about this but thankfully the soul bond almost guarantees nothing untoward is going to happen." Both children were embarrassed at the mans reaction but Remus just smiled and left them to get organised.
It seemed he walked in on quite a few of those because the children were all embarrassed at the kitchen table whereas Remus was just amused much to the other adults confusion.
"What's going on?" They just shook their heads at Narcissa and Sirius and Amy landed into the kitchen at Remus laughing and all of the kids flushing brighter than anyone had ever seen them.
After saying farewell to Sirius and Amelia all of the children separated and worked on their own things independent of their friends and other halves. Ginny was sketching in the garden as her cat swatted at the butterflies, she was unsure how long she had sat there for but time passed her by and she was more than content.
Harry sat in the library talking to his portrait parents and asking them all sorts of questions and just getting to know them. He knew it wasn't the same as actually having his parents beside him but knew it was as close as he was going to get and he was thankful for that.
Neville made his way to the greenhouse where he met up with Narcissa and volunteered to help her prune for Potions ingredients. The woman was always kind to him and in the beginning that surprised Neville but now he knew she did not have a mean bone in her body.
Luna had lay down in the grass of the orchard and tried to seep the feeling of the earth into her body, she felt it would help after the dementor attacks. Hermione was in the library of course curled up on the opposite end of the room to Harry on her favourite couch oblivious to the world around her.
Ron had been honing a new wand he was working on and with the help of Sirius's basement where all sorts of tools were in brought in for Dan who loved making things, it has helped him to finesse the appearance of his wands. There was something about hand carving them instead of using magic that made Ron feel better.
Draco had walked up to the gym to work on his Occlumency Shields in the peace and quiet. Daphne had decided to go and play The Piano in the foyer to brush up on her own skills. She had been trying to teach herself for a while and felt quite confident so far.
All in all the children spent the entire day doing their own things before coming back to each other for dinner with Narcissa. The house was quiet without Sirius but it passed in a happy affair. The plan was that Harry and Draco would stay at home as usual but on the days Narcissa was at the shop they would go to The Burrow or Longbottom Manor.
Harry and Draco chose one day out of the week to go with Narcissa to help her out at the shop. So Far it had really taken off, of course Harry, Draco, Sirius and Narcissa had used their public image to amp it up a little bit. When Harry helped out behind the counter a girl actually fainted when she realised who he was and he felt more than a little uncomfortable at everyone admiring him for something he didn't do.
Draco unfortunately had the negative reactions but people still wanted to see him and compare the two boys side by side like bulls in a show. It was disgusting and Narcissa was used to the attention having been in the Society Pages for so long but the two boys were not and they were going to have to do something about it soon.
Before they knew it the week was up and Sirius and Amelia were due home from their honeymoon. Harry, Draco, Susan, Remus and Narcissa has gathered in the foyer to greet them as they apparated in allowing hugs and well wishes to be spread.
"Anything exciting happen while we were away?" Everyone just shook their heads and they spent the rest of the day catching up with each other and before they knew it the children only had a week left before they were all going back to school.
Amelia and Susan had moved in officially and the Ministry's liaison for the Department of Children's Services representative was coming to make sure the house was going to be suitable for Dudley. Considering Dudley knew about Magic...the Powers that be in the Ministry were not too concerned with Statute of Secrecy but Harry's past abuse with the family was a factor.
At one in the afternoon a tall woman with jet black hair tied back into a braid and a severe expression on her face similar to Minerva greeted them at the Manor door.
"Lord Black?" Upon Sirius's nod she held out her hand to shake his and he invited her in. "I am Harriet Warren...thank you for taking the time out to see me today..." Sirius shook it off and let her into the Patio for some tea.
"I know this may seem rather odd but the situation in which a Muggle boy with no magical ability wants to be adopted by a magical family never mind one with your Name, Wealth and Reputation...well it's rather odd." Sirius nodded his head at the woman in front of him in understanding.
"I understand it must seem strange but Harry was living with Vernon Dursley and he abused and starved him...when Dudley came to visit Harry he showed the same signs of abuse except in a different way. His diet is astronomical, his school work is atrocious and his aunt well...she has neither his well-being nor his health at heart. I understand Vernon has passed away and I am aware that Petunia might get out but by that stage Dudley will be over eighteen and will be able to make his own decisions. I just want the boy to grow up in a better environment than what he is..." Harriet nodded at him and following some more conversation he showed her around the grounds and house.
"How do you think a non-magical child will adapt to a magical environment?" Sirius nodded his head at the woman and smiled.
"Considering Dudley already knows about magic I don't think it is going to be a problem..." As they reached the library Harry was sitting with Draco reading in one of the comfortable couches.
"Hey Sirius...what's going on?" The woman seemed as if she was ok but Sirius couldn't tell if the smile of her face was genuine or not.
"This is Harriet she is here to assess everything for Dudley..." Harry smiled and nodded at his godfather and he didn't know what it was but there was something about the woman in front of him that he didn't like.
"Actually Mr Potter I would like to ask you and Mr Malfoy some questions...if that ok?" Draco's features immediately darkened as soon as she called him Malfoy.
"Actually I am not a Malfoy...I am a Black..." She must have understood that she had offended him because she immediately apologised and sat down in the chair across from them with Sirius sitting to their left.
"You and young Mr Dursley have had a pretty tempestuous relationship yes?" Harry nodded his head and was determined to make the best of this woman investigating.
"Well considering he used to bully me yes...but once we started writing to each other..." She interrupted him which pissed off all of the men in the room.
"You are corresponding with Dudley?" Harry nodded at the woman and smiled sweetly as she wrote something down in her book. She continued asking both himself and Draco questions for another twenty minutes before she turned to Sirius.
"Look Considering Dudleys age a foster type situation might be more appropriate...if his mother gets out of Prison before he reaches eighteen she can sue for custody. When we went to investigate the home of Marge Dursley we discovered she has been illegally breeding dogs. An entire criminal organisation was found in her home not to mention poor animals who were being starved..." The three men in the room were horrified at the woman but not at all surprised.
"Dudley has had to be removed from the property and considering that Dudley already has yourself looking to take him under your protection then I would say that being here with your family is better than being in a group home or Orphanage." Sirius smiled at her and she stamped an approval before lifting out what looked to be a Portable telephone. She dialled a number and excused herself to the other side of the room leaving the men breathing in relief.
"Thank you Harry...I know this might be difficult for you..." Harry shook his head and pulled his uncle in for a hug.
"Sirius...he needs us plain and simple and sure look at Draco and I...we hated each other and now we are like brothers..." The woman walked back to them all with a smile.
"The transfer has been approved and so I am going to go pick up Mr Dursley give him the good news and bring him back here..." The men felt bad for thinking badly of her but they still just had this feeling they couldn't shake. Sirius walked the woman in question back through the house and out to her car in the driveway.
As she drove down the lane way internally Sirius was doing a little jig and without warning a loud POP was heard and Narcissa and Remus were beside him making him jump out of his wits.
"Damn it Moony...Cissa..." She laughed and looked at her cousin in amusement before coming into the foyer and taking off her coat. "Trying to give me a heart attack..." Remus found his friend amusing on so many levels.
"We didn't know you were going to be standing on the Porch did we?" Narcissa shook her head and laughed.
"Regardless...not cool! The lady from Social Services just left to pick up Dudley..." The rest of the time was spent catching up his brother and cousin on the meeting and Harry and Draco walked in to join in with the latter kissing his mothers cheek and Harry hugged her before sitting down.
"I hope you boys don't mind but so took the liberty of picking you both up some clothes for going back to school." Harry laughed at her and glanced behind her at the abundance of shopping bags.
"Some..." All of the men cracked up and smiled at the boys teasing. "Did you even leave any clothes in the store?" She smiled at his teasing before their thoughts were interrupted by the doorbell. Sirius was excited and nervous and all he wanted was for Dudley to have a nice home with people who actually cared.
Narcissa asked Dobby to help take the clothes up to her bedroom to sort them and Remus made himself scarce along with the boys throwing behind one last thumbs up as Sirius went to open the door.
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