I don't own any of the HP characters. JKRowling does. I'm just having fun and I'm not earning a thing.
Warning: This is a slash story, it, in later chapters, has MPreg in it just for fun. If that kind of stuff disgusts you, skip those parts and read the story anyway.
Thanks Dairygirl for the note.
This is my first fic. Hope you like it.
Prologue
Little Bird Thundercloud had just returned to her home after her fathers death from a long stay in England after her last 2 years at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry just as the First war with Voldemort was at a chaotic pace. Her work with the Order of the Phoenix all left behind ... she was pregnant and trained as an unspeakable and auror.
Only Lily and James Potter knew she was with child, and she was one of the first to know that they were going to have a baby too.. A little Samhain party and a pretty good potion laced beverage some very romantic music.. all in all a wonderful, carefree, safe night.
Lily and James were off snogging somewhere,and Remi and Sevvie were sniggering in a corner watching a very wild haired former Gryffindor with deep blue eyes and a very petite American Navajo woman with eyes that were sky blue with a circle of gold around her iris'... they knew what Sirius Black had intended on doing. They also knew what Little Bird Thundercloud had in mind. They made the potion and knew that everyone would leave with something extra if they knew their friends.
Little Bird was suddenly summoned home by the impending death of her father, King Thundercloud.. A very powerful Navajo wizard and one of Albus Dumbledore's very closest childhood friends..
As it was just before Yule in England, her friends were going to have Yule early with the woman that they've become very, very close friends with. They wanted her to have one happy day before she had to go home.. She was flying home on a muggle jetliner that day as she didn't want to take a portkey because of her 'condition.
Heathrow Airport
Concorde boarding entrance
Only Lily and James knew the real reason Little Bird would travel on a "flying deathbox" as Sirius would have called it. Lily and James took Little Bird to Heathrow Airport to fly on the super sonic jet to the States. Her trunk and all her possessions had been shrunk down to a nice size and tucked neatly into a small carry on bag.Little Bird was wearingsome smart muggle clothes for the long flight America and on to her home in Arizona.
Her 4 foot long hairwas braided magically by Lily.. Magical charms were woven into her hair for protection... Lily's tongue in cheek suggestion was, that she could at least enlarge her broom should the aircraft suddenly fall out of the sky and she could fly back to Arizona herself.. Little bird thought it was a horrible thing to think but silently thanked Lily for the gesture.
"Promise you won't tell Sirius about this Lily, James.. He will do something stupid and he has to keep his wits about himself. If you're going to kill that pendejo Voldemort... I don't want him to get hurt.. If father hadn't broken his neck you know I'd stay here but I am the one that has to maintain the wards on the reservation and send father to the beyond if that's what he wants. I'm sure his spirit is still there waiting to tell me just what I'm going to have to go thru... that's what I was here for to begin with to learn the control I would need to keep my people safe.. I'm leaving with a gift that I'll share when you all can come to visit me after that spooky bastard is dead and gone. We'll have a real big Pow Wow. My treat, I'm rich now you know.. I love you all."
With that Little Bird turned to go down the ramp to the giant "flying tin box" not giving Lily and James a chance to say a thing... she turned one time in their direction andcast a rune symbol for luck and cast it wandlessly towards her friends and blew them a kiss before the tears she swore she wouldn't shed came flooding down her face...
"Do you think she'll tell Sirius anytime soon Lily?" James had promised not to tell and even if Sirius was his best friend, he couldn't break an oath that he swore to Little Bird and Lily. "I just don't know love, I hope she will. We have to trust her reasons." Lily said as she watched her friend board the supersonic jetliner.
Harry Potter was born on the 31'st of July just as was Adam Thundercloud, and by chance (huh! it was Severus and Remus's potion), Draco Malfoy and Neville Longbottom.
Queen Little Bird Thundercloud had sent a Bald Eagle ( Owls just weren't worth a damn on an intercontinental message delivery ) to Lily and James with a birth announcement, just like she had with Albus Dumbledore and had sweetly admonished her friends still to keep her secret, her reasons her own but the war with Voldemort had to come second and her people and her child Adam had to come first..
As an Auror and a member of the Order of the Phoenix she had crossed Voldemort's path three times and she almost had an unhealthy tenacity when it came to protecting her people. Lily and James knew this and so did Dumbledore. Lily had James send a picture to Little Bird back with her Bald Eagle and she was pleased at their news as well.
Remus Sirius, Peter and James and Lily were fighting the good fight and there was no reason to upset the balance perhaps to the detriment of two wizarding worlds so Little Birds secret would be kept this year as per the oath that James and Lily and Dumbledore took.
"It's almost Samhain Lily, Sirius deserves to know about Adam and the oath expires 2 weeks before Samhain. When he comes back from where ever he's gotten himself off to, I'm telling him Lily, I can't keep it from him, he has the right to know the happiness that our little Harry gives to us. Even if he is Sirius' godson, it's just not the same."
James was almost crying, and Lily knew that Little Bird would want this now that Voldemort's activity has been so vicious. Alice and Frank were as good as lost since they were cursed until their minds mercifully left their bodies, their little boy Neville was sent to live with his grandmother, a very very powerful witch. And since they were just about to go into hiding they were going to tell Sirius this one secret they had kept for so long.
They had gone into hiding on the day before Samhain and had told Sirius the truth about Little Bird and Adam. Little Bird had been right about one thing, Sirius was going starkers at the news and was going to go to America to see his son. HIS SON, the next day after Samhain..
He had encouraged Lily and James to change their secret keeper to Peter since he wasn't an Auror and was probably low on Voldemort's list of people to kill since he was doing potions work at an out of the way apothecary in Diagon Alley.
When the evening of Samhain had come upon Godric's Hollow, a silent dark cloaked figure stalked quietly up to the Potter family home and cast a silent unlocking charm and passed thru the wards set up for only the secret keeper and Sirius Black since he was James' best friend. Remus had wanted to be kept out of the information loop and was doing survailance work for the Order on that fateful night..
"Oh Merlin, Lily it's Voldemort, I'll fight him off... save Harry..."
James words faded to silence as the green flash ofthe deadly curse was uttered.. Lily ran to Harry and muttered a charm that she hadlearned from Little Bird to protect children and loved ones from harm. She knew she had no choice but to stand up to Voldemort and protect Harry. The door to the nursery at Godric's Hollow was blown off of its hinges by a reductoblasting curse and, as soon as Lily had turned around there was no waiting for the evil that came thru the door next.
"Avada Kedavra"
and Lily was no more the last sound from her lips were "Harry..."
"Ah little one, it's time for the profacy to become fulfilled. Avada Kedavra!"
The blinding green light hit baby Harry right in the head and bounced straight back at Voldemort.. he had no time to react... The Death Eaters went berserk, viciously destroying the huge home that was Godric's Hollow.
Before anyone could do anything there was only one living person in the remains ofthat house that night.
The fallen wards were a silent but very loud signal to the Order of the Phoenix as itallerted them to Godric's hollow.
Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew were the first to arrive along with the Aurors and emergency mediwitches and wizards. The Death Eaters had blasted the house into oblivion thinking that the Dark Lord had been vanquished and had already disapparated leaving the Dark Mark above the remains of the house at Godric's Hollow behind them. They would still be trouble for the Light.
Sirius and Peter hunted for Harry. When they had foundbaby Harry,and Sirius took one look at his unconscious form, he signaled for one of the emergency mediwitches to come and take his godson to St. Mungo's Hospital to be checked over.. The Savior of the Wizarding world... the Boy Who Lived, his godson. He was going to get revenge for his best friend and his wife.
Peter had disapparated suddenly when the aurors had turned their attentions to the mediwizards for a report. He was going to talk to Peter and soon.
"Hagrid, take my motorcycle and go get Harry, he's at St. Mungo's. Fly him to Dumbledore in Surry at Lily's old house.. you know where it is. And don't worry, there's an invisibility button on that motorcycle and it can't be traced, so you won't get in trouble for doing this. Dumbledore knows what he's doing I hope.. I have to go. There are some Aurorsover there that want to talk to me and I don't have time. I have to go." With that, Sirius apparated away from Hagrid with one thing on his mind. Revenge..
When Sirius found Peter, he wasn't thinking about the fact that no one knew he wasn't the Potter's secret keeper. They only thought he was...He was only thinking of one thing when he tooka look at Pettigrew's face. He instantly knew ofhis betrayal and yelled,
"Wormtail, you traitor, you got James and Lily murdered! I'm going to kill you!"
The two ran to the street. Peterstruggled withSirius and pulled Sirius' wand out in the scuffle andkilled everyone in sight and stunned Sirius and cut off his own finger to leave as evidence... he changed into his rat formnow wandless, heranfor Diagon Alley as the Order and the Aurors arrived to witness the destruction and carnage that was once a muggle street corner, A laughing Sirius Blackand what they thought was the remains of the Potter's friend. A finger layamongst the robes that once was Peter Pettigrew.
"Sirius Black, for the murder of these muggles and as the Potters secret keeper you'll have to come with us. Stupify!"
The Auror that was once his friend didn't let Sirius say a thing before cursing him andapparated Sirius straight to the Ministry of Magic's office of Mysteries, in the MLE divisionand he was sent to Azkaban Prison withouttrial, without anything.. He wasn't ever going to see his son Adam, or Little Bird or Lily or James or Remusor Harry, his godson. He'd lost everything.
Just as Pettigrew got back to Diagon Alley, he was captured by a smiling, happy redheaded youngfather intent on giving the rat to his son as a pet. Peter recognized Arthur Weasley instantly. Now that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named had been vanquished, Peter was just too terrified to change back into human form, he had committed multiple murders, he had framed Sirius Black, and he had given Voldemort the location of Lily and James and that brat of theirs..
That child always hated Peter no matter how he tried to please him.. Little Harry just flat out hated wormtail, and Lily and James and Remus and Sirius all laughed at him over it.. They were rich and powerful and good looking. Never had to work. They had it all .. He was pretty damn good at potions, but even Severus had got the only great job available to a potion man and had become a potions master at Hogwarts..
He couldn't complain about that though, at least his master would have a spy right under Dumbledores nose until he would return, he had seen to that.. But now, he was content to go where the kind wizard was taking him .. He couldn't believe his luck. Arthur Weasley. Perhaps a nice warm house, food and best of all, he could hide in plain sight of the Order of the Phoenix... Little did he know it would be 12 years before he would change back and be safe with his master.
Dumbledore, sorrowful of his recent decisions to protect little Harry,sent a message to Little Bird to stay in America and protect her people and her son as the immediate danger of Voldemort was over,theDeath Eaters were still aserious problem.His letter said it all to her. In her fury she threw the parchment that had come from so far away into the air and it burst into flames and even ash didn't fall to the floor. Her closest friends, the father of her son, gone in a matter of days it didn't matter any more..
She'd teach her son Adam of course. He didn't need to go to a school, she was qualifiedbecause she was the fifth person to ever ace all her NEWT's in all of Hogwart's history.
She would tell Adam of his father and tell him stories of the mischief his father and his friends got into but not of his treachery.
She was going to go far in the world of wizardry..
Her father, Thundercloud, was a very powerful wizard and close friend of Dumbledore, since they were both very young boys. Before she was born, her schooling in Britain was a forgone conclusion because Thundercloud thought when she grows up she could use some refinement. Being around those paleface squaws that drank tea and ate biscuits when they didn't know what else to do, might rub off on her.
He knew that Little Bird was alreadya very powerful witch but he had kept her mostly, to the American Southwest as she grew. She went to a Navajo muggle school during the day but she was trained from a very young age in all forms of witchcraft and wizardry, spells, charms and potions and earth magic, dream magic (which in her culture isn't considered dark) and she showed an abnormal power in protection charms.
This was the real reason that Thundercloud had sent his only child so far away to be educated by his good friend and blood brother Albus.
Thundercloud was riding his horse one-day on a high playa and he fell from his mount when he sneezed violently, hitting his head on a rock, breaking his neck. He could only manage to magic his neck stable with wandlessmagic and he spoke to his horse, his familiar,
"Go and get help, I'll be ok my friend, this is not your fault."
Thundercloud pondered his life.. Almost 225 years old and not so much as a common cold, he almost laughed.. He could hear the popping sound of his Navajo family apparating next to him
He could only tell them to get Little Bird home soon, there was work to be done before he was willing to pass to the beyond.
"It has been too many years since she's been in Britain, it is time for her to take my place" Thundercloud said to his 12th wife and mother of his only child.. The Magical Navajo Nation was preparing for the impending death of Thundercloud when Little Bird arrived at her father's side from her long journey. Her eyes were misting at her father and she told him,
"I know what to do father.. don't worry. I have good news for you. You are going to be a grandfather. There is going to be another Thundercloud boy after 225 years."
Thundercloud's eyes said it all... and he died peacefully and happy, a grandson the last thought in his mortal body.
The funeral for Thundercloud lasted for a week, ending in the most spectacular funeral pyre ever to be witnessed... The flame rose into the air and a man made out of flames and embers arose reaching out for the heavens.. Lightening exploded on they playas out of crystal skies, a magnificent Thunderbird hovered for a second looking at Little Bird crying a message that only Little Bird could understand, and with that the etherial Thunderbird flew off into the heavens leaving a trail of sparks into the night sky. With one last nod of farewell, thunder echoed the four corners states and would be heard half a world away .
Albus Dumbledore could hear this magical thunder because he was tuned into darkness of failing night time in Scotland, he wept for his friend. He listened and looked to the sky just in time to see a sight not many could fathom... a thunderbird in the heavens circling the planet heading for the rising sun. Another clap of thunder from a cloudless night and Albus knew his friend was no more of this planet but of the heavens.
Albus said to the sky, I'll take care of him my friend, I'll take care of him.
(author's note) I'm doing my own editing and beta-ing, so be kind please if you review. I've discovered thanks to a reader that my chapters are pretty long and hard to read. I agree and I've tried to bust em up a little. ( those after chapter 6 or 7 are better formatted I hope )
-S.