Chapter 6

"To be or not to be, that's the question"

Harry was thinking of how to explain this all to Sirius. Last year when Severus told him he was his father, he had owled it to Sirius, who didn't believe it. In summer they'd done a DNA-test on both Harry and Severus, and Severus appeared to have told the truth. But when Draco appeared to be his little brother… he wrote a letter to Sirius:

"Dear Sirius, -

you know I've told you Snape said he was my father. Well, yesterday afternoon, after Potions class, he asked me and Draco Malfoy to stay behind, he had some shocking news for the two of us. Draco appeared to be a full brother of mine. And Dumbledore knows of it too. How come he hasn't told you yet, Sirius?"

Harry hesitated. What did he want to ask more? After Sirius' name was cleared, an old girlfriend of him, Anne Zwarts, had sent him an owl, she wanted to meet him again, she still loved him, she had said. And Sirius had told him that they were together again. Anne had been in the same year as Sirius, Remus, James, Peter, Lily and Linda. Sirius had fallen in love with her on the Yule Ball, at the end of their seventh year. After it, he hadn't seen her again, because she left Hogwarts a week earlier than anyone else, and she had gone for a trip around the world, one whole year long. Oh yes, Sirius had missed her, especially when she had sent him an owl to announce she was going to stay in Australia for over a year. When she came back after two-and-a-half year, she didn't have the opportunity to meet him again, as Sirius was in Azkaban. But she still loved him, and she had always hoped he was innocent. When he had escaped and his name was cleared, she had immediately tried to contact him…

"Is Anne living with you by now? I hope she is, I liked her."

Harry hesitated again. Did he want to ask about Remus? He also had a girlfriend, Linda Lupos, she had told Harry that she is a good friend of Anne's. Linda and Remus are married since a while now.

"And how are Remus and Linda?

Please, say hello to Remus, Linda and Anne from me!

- Harry."

Harry was quite satisfied with the letter and sent it away, with Hedwig, his Snow owl.

Next day he received an answer from Sirius.

"Dear Harry, -

Malfoy's your brother? Oh my…. Hopingly he isn't as bad as he always was, right? No, Dumbledore never told me anything about it…

About Remus and Linda, they're doing well, they got a daughter, Luna. We (Anne and I) got a son, Alex! I'm father… I would like you to come over to us on December 15th, Anne and I are getting married then! I've already informed Dumbledore, McGonagall and… Snape.

Good luck!

-Sirius and Anne.

PS: Luna and Alex are born on the same day!"

Harry was stunned for a few moments, then he ran to Dumbledore and came panting to his office, the letter still clutched in his hand.

"Prof… Professor… Dumbledore!" panted he. "I've… re… received… a letter… from… Sirius!" Dumbledore grinned.

"Please, sit down, Harry. So you've received a letter from your Godfather?" Dumbledore said, as Harry sat down. Harry nodded, and handed the letter to Dumbledore, who read it.

"Indeed, I've never told Sirius about this. Did you know Sirius and Anne have bought a house just outside Hogsmeade? Remus and Linda are living near here too. Every month Remus can hunt the Shrieking Shack again…" said Dumbledore with a twinkle in his light blue eyes.

"Does Remus come back as a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher here?" asked Harry. Dumbledore grinned at him.

"Harry, if he comes back, he'll never teach you."

"I know, but I would like him to become a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher here again," said Harry. "Just because I find he's a good teacher.

"Never say never, Harry…" said Dumbledore, with a mysterious glance over his eyes. Harry raised an eyebrow.

"Asked Sirius me if it was alright to let you come to his house, this weekend. He sent me a map for you, so you can find it more easy…" said Dumbledore. Harry jumped in the air of joy, took the map Dumbledore handed him, thanked him and ran away, to go and visit his Godfather. Dumbledore grinned at Harry's reaction. Like father like son, Dumbledore thought. Unable to tear away from Sirius.

A/N: In this chapter I've begun to add some things a friend of mine, Linda Lupos, and I are talking about in some wicked e-mail conversations. I asked her to match Sirius and me in her story, and promised her I would add her in this story too. Including the 'children' we have, yes we're sick!