Chapter 11
Sirius Black lay pale and still on the bed in front of them. Ginny reached over and took Teddy from Harry's arms and he walked forward. He sat next to the bed and just stared at Sirius. A single tear rolled down his cheek before he took a deep breath.
He pulled out the letter and re-read the part about how to wake the older man up. He asked Hermione how to pronounce the words and practiced them a few times before taking Sirius's hand in his own.
Taking a deep breath he started.
"Ego restituo vos ut plenus valetudo," he said clearly without mistake. A bright white bubble floated out of Harry and into Sirius's chest. Color rushed to Sirius's face and his head turned, though his eyes remained closed. Harry took out his wand and placed it on the older man's hand and repeated the second part which was slightly different from what he'd have to say for his parents.
"Vos es tutus ut excito iam," his finished. The second part meant 'You are safe to wake now.' The letter told them that he would wake up fully in a few more minutes. So they settled in to wait. Harry took Teddy from Ginny and sat where he was next to Sirius.
While they waited Molly did a few spells to check Sirius's health; Life Vitals, and an Anti-Atrophy spell that she had learned when she had gone to medic training before Bill had been born. She had quit when she realized she didn't want to leave her son alone and in the care of someone else all day. It took her a few tries to get it right, but eventually she did and they knew that Sirius would wake and be able to get up right away.
After a few minutes, Sirius groaned and rolled his head to the side. He licked his lips and opened his eyes. It took a few seconds for him to realize how many people were sitting in the small room. when he looked around he saw Harry right in front…holding a baby?
"Ha-" he started before he croaked. He mouthed Water and someone passed a clear glass of water to the man who drank it greedily. He laid back down and sighed. Just sitting up for the length of time to drink a glass of water had tired him out.
"Harry, please tell that isn't your kid," he mumbled. The silence in the room made him crack open his eyes and look around. What he saw confuse him, many people were smiling but Harry was gaping at him. Suddenly, the boy burst out laughing followed by the younger people in the room.
"No, he's not mine. He's my Godson," Harry said after calming down. Sirius sighed in relief.
"Who was stupid enough to make you Godfather of a baby at your age?" he asked. Harry smiled. He had thought the same thing.
"Sirius, I'd like you to meet Teddy Lupin," Harry said sadly. Sirius opened his eyes again and looked at Teddy, just in time for him to see his hair change from black shaggy mess like Harry's to brilliant, red, short and spiky like George's.
"So, Moony got the girl, huh? Where is the old wolf anyways? Dumbledore said he was the one who was supposed to wake me up," he said as he looked around. He saw the sad looks and then looked from Harry to Teddy. His face fell.
"No, no, no. Where's Tonks?" he asked getting panicky. This couldn't be happening. He was supposed to wake up and everything was supposed be better. Harry sighed.
"They both died fighting in the war. Three months exactly in two days," Harry said quietly.
"No," Sirius whispered shaking his head.
Everyone saw he needed a moment and left Harry, Teddy and Sirius in the room alone. Sirius had sat up by now, and he pulled his knees up to his chest and hugged them, his forehead dropped to his knees.
"Sirius, there's something else you need to know," Harry said. When Sirius's head shot up
"It's not bad," he added when Harry saw his eyes were red. Sirius sighed.
"I've lost all my best friends, what could you tell me that's good enough to counter that news," he asked miserably. Harry smiled.
"You haven't lost all your friends," he said quietly. Sirius didn't look up at Harry to see the boys smile.
"You are a good friend Harry, but I mean the ones I grew up with. My best friends. James, Lily, Remus, even Peter was a friend then. Now they're all gone, and I'm left alone in this world. Well, I guess I could try and be friends with Snivellus, maybe. Nah, I don't think I could sink to that level of greasiness."
Harry smiled.
"Snape died three months ago too," he added. Sirius raised an eyebrow and finally looked at Harry.
"So who else died besides Remus, Tonks, and Snape?" he asked his godson.
"Well, end of my sixth year Dumbledore was died. He had been slowly dying from a cursed injury for almost the whole year," Harry said, leaving out that he died of the Killing Curse by Snape's hand. Sirius gasped.
"Albus? How did you end the war without him?"
"Well, you know how they say things will get worse before they get better?" Sirius nodded.
"There's your answer. But I'd rather not get into too many details of the war, I'm saving that for out next stop." Sirius opened his mouth but Harry beat him to it and continued.
"Peter Pettigrew died by his own hand. He owed me a life debt, and when he tried to kill me, he paused and his hand that Voldemort gave him turned on him and strangled him to death," Harry said with a straight face. He held no remorse for the betrayer so it didn't matter to him that he basically killed himself. Sirius smiled.
"A fitting end for the rat," he said with a smile.
"Dumbledore, Hedwig, Mad-eye, Rufus Scrimgeour, Ted Tonks, Dobby, Fred, Remus, Tonks, Colin Creevey, and Snape all died since you were put into this coma," Harry said quickly to get it over with. Sirius gasped.
"Mad-eye and Fred too?" he asked quietly. Harry nodded. "How…how is George doing?" he asked trying to get his mind around the concept of the Dynamic Duo down to Uno.
"He's…not. He attempted suicide the day after we won. We stopped him and got him to Madam Pomfrey before he died, but he's been in heavy therapy since, paid by me. The last few weeks have been okay. He and Ron are working at the shop to get it ready to open again, but it's hard. He almost never smiles anymore," Harry said. He looked at Teddy and then at Sirius.
"Here, I think he wants to meet his Uncle Sirius," he said as he forced the baby into the older man's arms. Sirius stuttered and then looked at Harry strangely who then looked at his Godfather with a raised eyebrow.
"Your father said and did the same thing to me when you were born," he said sadly. Harry smiled.
"Hold on for a moment," he said as he went to the door. He asked one person to come in with him and she looked confused. Minerva followed him in and sat in a chair at the foot of the bed. She was confused but she still smiled when she saw the great and wild Sirius Black holding a baby so carefully.
"Hello, Sirius. I'm glad your okay," she said.
"Minerva, I'm glad too. Though I'm a little depressed about Remus, and Tonks. Now they're all gone," he said sadly staring at Teddy who was mimicking Sirius's obscenely long, slightly greasy hair. He smiled sadly at the little boy.
"Sirius, I…I want you to read a letter I got today. I…well, lets just say I was so shocked I fainted," Harry said. Minerva looked at Harry a little shocked. All the boy has lived through and he faints at a letter? She shook her head. Sirius looked surprised also, but took the letter from Harry and handed him the baby.
He read the letter, and looked up.
"So? Why's this so important for me to read?" he asked Harry. Minerva gasped.
"Surely Sirius, you find this surprising? Not at all? I mean he was—"
a/n: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HARRY POTTER!!!!! Enter Sirius! sorry it's so late (and another cliffy, *evil grin*), the horribleness of Algebra strikes again. five problems and it took four hours...of basic algebra...you'd think two 22 years old could do some elementary algelbra but no...i had to ask my 15 year old sister for some help for my friends homework... anyways, as i got home and read my glowing reviews (thanks to everyone btw) i realized the date and thought, how can i celebrate HP's b-day? Post another chapter where Sirius comes back! I believe he would be 29 years old today (if he wasn't a fictional character). Please Review! You are all amazing!
