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Twenty-Five

As the group of first years were standing around, hugging each other and talking about what they were doing for the summer, Hermione nudged Harley and Dudley. "Your aunts here. By the entrance."

They turned around to see Petunia arguing with Dumbledore and none other than Sirius Black. He'd been cleaned up from his time in Azkaban but what bothered them all was the smirk on Dumbledore's face.

"I don't like the look of that," Pansy frowned.

The custody fight had failed.

Harley had a sick feeling in her gut. She bent down and opened her trunk, looking for her mirror. She quickly attached it to the H necklace she was wearing as Dudley closed her trunk.

The group of six pre-teens walked over to Petunia, Harley hiding behind Draco. "You okay, Mrs Dursley?" Draco suddenly asked, scaring all adults in the argument.

Sirius looked at the group, sneering at the two Slytherin's before setting his sight on Harley. "Just the girl I wanted to see."

"Touch her and I will slap you into next year!" Petunia snapped suddenly and rather violently. She walked through the two men and hugged her two children to her. "You're not taking her and that's final."

Dumbledore's eyes glittered. "My dear Petunia, Harleen needs to live with her godfather as it states in her parents will. You should never had had her. It was a mistake and luckily that mistake was rectified. The ministry has granted permanent custody of Harleen Potter to Sirius Black."

"You don't need those snakes for friends," Sirius assured her. "Some nice Gryffindor friends will do you fine."

"I have Gryffindor friends," Harley spat. "And Slytherin and Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. Did Dumbledore tell you I'm in Ravenclaw? I'm also good at potions and Professor Snape has offered me a summer job helping him prepare ingredients for his St Mungo's potions. I'm everything my dad said you'd despise. Even he's accepting of my Slytherin friends."

"Is everything alright?" Lucius suddenly asked, making them all aware that everyone was watching them.

"This is none of your business, Malfoy!" Sirius spat.

Narcissa shifted the tiny baby girl in her arms. "Actually it is, cousin. Harley is my charge and whatever happens to her is my business."

"Narcissa Malfoy has done nothing but assist and welcome Harley into the wizarding world," spoke Remus as he came up behind Sirius and Dumbledore with Augusta Longbottom and Dan and Emma Granger trailing behind them. "Padfoot."

Sirius blinked and he drank in the sight of his old friend. "Mooney."

Lucius tapped his cane on the ground. "Sirius, did Albus tell you that it was I that in fact started the process of securing your freedom? Or that he lied in the past and was stealing from the Potter vaults? Or that he illegally dumped the Girl-Who-Lived on the doorsteps of muggles despite how well raised she is? Albus Dumbledore is a liar and a thief."

"Not to mention that stunt that got him suspended as headmaster," Augusta scoffed, coming up behind Neville. "He hid the Philosopher's Stone inside Hogwarts and allowed a teacher possessed by You-Know-Who to almost kill young Harleen here."

Petunia tightened her grip on Harley's shoulders. She turned to Lucius. "How did the second hearing go?"

"It was a tie," Narcissa answered. "Lucius and I managed to persuade the wizenmagot that the decision was up to Sirius." She turned to her cousin. "Now look at this girl and tell me you would be selfish enough to rip her away from everything she knows? Away from everything she loves."

Sirius looked at Harley as she hid behind Petunia.

"Sirius my boy," Dumbledore spoke, "For Lily and James? It's what they would have wanted."

Harley threw her arms around her aunt and hugged her tightly.

Bad man! Prongs growled at Dumbledore, snapping at the bottom of his robes.

"Prongs, no!" Harley shouted, scooping up her familiar.

Petunia chuckled. "So this is your familiar? I see what Minerva meant by just going to get bigger."

Harley hugged Prongs, nervous of Dumbledore and Sirius watching her. Sirius looked in awe of the fact that his goddaughter had an actual familiar.

"Harley," Remus smiled, patting her head. "You and Dudley are coming with me whilst Petunia goes home to finish packing. Due to the situation, Potter manor is to become your home. Prevents kidnapping and unwanted guests." He looked up at the two male wizards. "The wards have been adjusted to refuse entry. Gringotts fixed that. The floo is warded. If you want to visit Harley, Padfoot, I suggest you owl first. I expected more from you. Attempting to kidnap a child."

"Mooney!" Sirius spluttered, trying to defend himself. It was clear he hadn't decided yet.

Harley held her head high. "I would like to get to know you," she told Sirius. "I very much would like to do that. However, it will be on my terms. I will send an owl to you with a few dates and times and you can pick what you like. I don't want to live with you. I don't want to live with someone who I don't know. You owe my mum and dad for just dumping me on Hagrid and running off to chase Pettigrew." She tightened her grip on Prongs. "My dad spoke highly of you, Sirius. Don't make him lie by siding with him." Harley sat Prongs back down on the ground and the panther wrapped himself around her legs, seemingly purring.

Lucius handed Sirius a rolled up piece of parchment. "You need to sign this."

"I'm not sure," Sirius muttered. Something was off about the wizard, his extended stunt in Azkaban was probably the reason why but no one standing on the platform thought he was mentally fit to raise a child let alone a girl.

Remus huffed. "For once in your life, Padfoot-do something for someone other than yourself. Harley is happy where she is. She's in Ravenclaw which is where Lily should have been. She has friends. Leave her be."

"Fine," Sirius frowned. He unrolled the parchment and summoned a quill to sign away any claim to Harley. He looked at the girl who was a carbon copy of Lily. "I hope we can get to know each other."

Petunia put her arm around Harley and Dudley. "Come near Harley again Mr Dumbledore and I will tie your beard in a knot around your neck." She ushered the children away from Dumbledore and Sirius with a sigh of relief.

"So we're moving to Potter manor?" Dudley asked, happy to change the subject.

Petunia nodded. "Yes. And don't worry about my job. Remus had agreed to apparate me to school every day."

"There's a gift waiting back at the manor for you," Remus told them. "For both of you. Now, hold hands and take a deep breath."

"See you soon mum," Dudley waved.

Harley cast a sideways glance at Sirius and Dumbledore. Inside she knew that Dumbledore wasn't done but right now-it was summer holidays and they had three months of fun before starting their second year at Hogwarts.