Harry opened his eyes. Sirius stood before him.
"My boy…." Sirius murmured before wrapping his arms around Harry's shoulders. Harry clung to him, tears in his eyes.
"You should have told me. I would have protected you better." Harry cried into Sirius' shoulder.
"If I had told you, you would have never had went. You needed to face Voldemort, and I would have held you back. I had not expected whatever had killed me." Sirius softly said. Harry pulled away, wiping the tears from his eyes.
"I always knew there was something. I felt a kinship to you, and now I know why." Harry's heart lightened.
"Now we go to get your name changed to Black." Sirius smiled.
"Is that even possible?" Harry asked.
"Of course. The only issue is, I can't go to the Ministry. Therefore, you and Lily must go." Sirius replied.
"Speaking of… They should be downstairs…" Harry muttered and quickly left the room, Sirius following behind. Severus stood behind Lily again, in front of the fire. Lily turned slowly, causing a dramatic effect.
"Hello, Sirius." She barely whispered, full of love. Severus caught the hint, and Harry could tell he was visibly hurt. Sirius knelt before her, and Harry knew this was Lily's plan. She didn't love Severus in that way, but she did Sirius.
"Severus, why don't we come talk." Harry said softly, to bare him any more hurt. They went into the kitchen. "With Sirius alive, we have even more need to build a separate home. You mentioned land near the Malfoy's. Tomorrow you will take me to the place where I can buy it, and together we will build a grand mansion to house all of our comrades in need."
"Like the Malfoy Mansion used to be for Death Eaters?" Severus asked. Harry shook his head.
"Like Hogwarts. Not only will it be the Order's headquarters, it shall be a sanctuary and home. Twice as grand and twice as big as Hogwarts. " Harry explained.
"I suppose you plan on making part of it a kind of school against the Dark Arts?" Severus grinned. Harry's face lit up.
"You knew what I was thinking! I'm glad we're on the same track." Harry clapped Severus on the back, and Severus straightened his back in pride. "We'll need a Defense Teacher."
"It would be my pleasure. I assume you'll make yourself Headmaster? And this will be like a University?" Severus smiled.
"Well, yes. It will be the first Wizarding University. And ontop of being Headmaster, I plan on being a Potion Master. I did enjoy it." Harry laughed. He turned to the table. "Accio parchment." He waited a second, and then held his hand out, grabbing the thin sheet. He placed it onto the table. "Accio quill." He waited again, then grabbed the quill that appeared. He quickly sketched out a castle, far grander than Hogwarts, with two dozen towards, and several floors.
"That's it?" Severus joked.
"You never said how big the land was." Harry replied.
"You can add a Quidditch field, a few green houses, a stable, a gamekeeper's cottage, as I know you're fond of Hagrid." Severus explained, then grabbed the quill and added more to the picture. He marked out the ground, then drew a series of chambers under the dungeons. "Those will be best for practice on the harder spells, as well as cages for dangerous beasts." Severus explained. Harry grinned. The castle would be a magnificent piece of architecture.
"I'd like to extend our welcome to Wizards all over the world." Harry exclaimed, turning the paper over. He started sketching an aerial view of the castle, showing that it stretched farther back. "And I'll be with the Wizard-carpenters to tell them how I want."
"They'll do spells similar to the ones Hermione had done, only theirs would be permanent." He explained. "They'll also let you mold it, you'll be imagining it while aiding their spells."
"What are you talking about?" Hermione opened the door. Harry looked up at her.
"You'll see. Why don't we go out?" Harry asked her. She blushed and nodded before running to her room to get ready. "I want to surprise her." Severus took the parchment.
"I'd like to add to this. Just a few extra things here and there, define some places." Severus tried to explain. Harry just shrugged.
