In This Life
Chapter 20
Harry slept the majority of the night, Draco was asleep in Harry's bed and Severus and Sirius were taking turns sleeping in the chairs beside Harry's bed. Chairs they had shrunken and taken up the stairs. If they were going to be sitting they might as well be comfortable.
"Harry?" asked Sirius softly, when he saw a hand twitch.
'Groan'
"Harry?!" said Sirius more excited this time, causing Severus to wake up his hand automatically.
"Who are you?" asked Harry looking petrified calming down when he saw he was still in his house. Looking at his arms he saw there was nothing there, almost like nothing had happened. He knew immediately these people were magical - obviously not there to hurt him or they would have left him to die.
"This is Severus Snape the blonde boy sleeping in your bed is called Draco Malfoy and I'm Sirius Black…your godfather" said Sirius softly.
"Godfather?" gaped a shocked Harry.
"Yes," said Sirius smiling.
"Then how did I end up in an orphanage?" asked Harry stiffly.
"I didn't know James was giving you away, when I realised this I was furious tried as much as I could do find out where you were. Even tried magic but never found you, I know why now - your…James put a cloaking spell on you" said Sirius.
"How did you find me then?" asked Harry sitting up, the other black haired man left.
"I used a very dark spell and used a hair I found from when you were younger on a blanket" admitted Sirius. "I needed to find you before your parents did".
"Why?" asked Harry it seems all he was doing was asking questions.
"Because they just want you back to use you" said Sirius angrily at the thought.
"Because they finally found out their son isn't the boy who lived?" sneered Harry.
"You know all about this?" asked Severus coming in with food for them all, it had obviously been magically cooked or summoned.
"Some of it, I remembered it was me that defeated him but I had a vision of Voldemort" said Harry "He told James and the idiot managed to get himself away before he died".
"Indeed we won't have a lot to explain to you then" said Severus.
"No sir," said Harry.
"What happened to the guy down the stairs?" asked Sirius softly. He knew he would have to tread softly.
"That was me" said Harry extremely pale.
"You killed him?" asked Severus.
"He was beating his wife Hilda when she was pregnant with his child. He was about to beat me up again and I didn't want it I was so angry," he said tears falling down his face "I hated him my magic reacted a big massive ball of green lightening came out of my hand and it went flying at him".
"Did you say anything?" asked Severus, "Where is your wand?"
"What's a wand? I guess that is what some people use to get magic? And I didn't say anything" said Harry.
Severus and Sirius both looked stunned; they couldn't believe what they had just heard. Harry had wordlessly wandlessly cast the killing curse? Just how powerful was this boy? It was unheard of anyone being able to cast a basic stupefy curse wandless never mind wordless. And they were taking about a killing curse here? No wonder it's suggested he may be able to defeat Voldemort.
"I know I will have to go to prison for what I did" said Harry looking petrified but resigned to his future.
"Prison don't be daft! The man deserved it" snapped Sirius oh how he hated wife beaters and child abusers.
"We must train your magic though, because we cannot let your anger get out of control and let your magic control you again" said Severus "Because that's what happened you let your magic control you."
"But what about him?" asked Harry gesturing to down the stairs still scared. Who wouldn't be he had killed someone accidental or not…and had tried to commit suicide but to wake up to find two wizards at his bed side.
"We will make it look like he had a heart attack, the longer we leave it the more damaging it will be phone the emergency services" said Sirius.
"Ok, but what about Hilda?" asked Harry scared.
"What's her name?" asked Severus.
"Hilda Cunningham" replied Harry.
"I'll go get her" said Draco, already saying the spell to find the woman and apparating away.
"Where did he go?" asked Harry wide eyed.
"He apparated away, another word for appearing and disappearing" said Severus. Looks like Harry didn't know as much as Severus had first thought he believed.
"Now go call them" said Sirius as Draco apparated in with Hilda who looked petrified.
Sirius took her aside and explained everything to her, Severus handed him potions to give to her and went to tend to the man. Sitting him in the chair they made him very warm as if it had just occurred. Their alibi's confirmed they awaited the arrival of the ambulance.
"What happened?" asked the ambulance service man. Who was a nice guy called Greg.
"We were all sleeping I had my Nephews godfather and friends over for the night he got up to go to work as usual and we found him like this" said Hilda seemingly in shock.
"I see," said the man checking Isaac over making sure he was really dead before going over everything finding nothing suspicious the pronounced him dead by heart attack. Before taking him away in a body bag, when they were gone Hilda rounded on them demanding an answer.
"Your nephew is a wizard" said Severus bluntly.
"There's no such thing!" snapped Hilda.
"Really? Care to explain what you saw?" asked Draco.
"I…I…I" spluttered Hilda having no way to explain it.
"He killed my husband!" she snapped.
"Who would have killed your unborn baby and possibly you as well as Harry" said Sirius.
She slumped on the couch completely defeated.
"Don't worry Harry won't be staying with you, he will be staying with me, and I've got a manor five minutes from here" said Sirius he had wrote a letter to Gringotts when everyone had been asleep.
"You can't just take him away!" protested Hilda despite everything she did indeed care for him.
"He needs training to make sure nothing like this happens again, you can still see him if he chooses to" said Severus.
"You are staying as well aren't you Uncle Severus?" asked Draco looking at his godfather.
"I am Draco," said Severus nodding his head, "You are also and you will be going to that Muggle School" he finished with a smirk.
"What?" said Draco wide eyed unable to believe his ears.
"You can train when Harry has caught up with you" said Severus.
"Deal!" grinned Draco he was away from Hogwarts still getting trained in magic for when he comes of age nothing could be better.
Severus nodded he knew it wouldn't take much to get Draco to agree his school life at Hogwarts had been living hell. The Potter's had seen to that, hopefully Harry will get on with Draco help him get some confidence back into him. Seeing Harry he saw that the boy would need some help himself. He was abused by guardians Draco was only bullied by school children. It was different but the same either way it did affect them obviously.
There you go how did you like that? they are staying in forks and Sirius has a manor in Forks he had full control over his vaults of course and everything being the last Black. Will Harry be alright with this and still go to normal school? will the Cullens move back? will Harry accept them? or make them beg? R&R please