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Spoiler: For book 5
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Chapter 6-Sirius's Son
Jaws dropped at this announcement.
"Are you saying that this is Sirius's son?" Lupin asked after several minutes of silence.
Meredith nodded.
Snape had a look of deepest loathing that he usually reserved solely for Harry. "But how is that possible? This child is at least thirteen. Black would have been in Azkaban."
Meredith turned to the twins, "Fred and George, would you mind showing Nicholas to the washroom? I'm sure he wants to freshen up after his long journey."
Fred and George looked at each other. "Sure", Fred replied.
"Come on mate, it's this way." George said as he led them out of the kitchen.
Nicholas gave his mother a slightly annoyed stare at being dismissed, but nonetheless followed the twins out of the kitchen.
Meredith turned to the remaining adults. "Actually he is fifteen. When Lily and James died, Sirius came to tell me. He apparated to my flat in America to tell me the horrible news." She turned her back to them and feigned a sudden fascination in the kitchen cabinets in front of her as a single tear fell down her cheek. "I remember it like it was yesterday. Lily and James dead. Voldemort sent to a near death state because of something that had to do with Harry. I spent hours crying in Sirius's arms that night." A few more tears fell from her bright blue eyes. "My best friends dead and my godson in Dumbledore's care for some reason. It was very upsetting. I feel asleep crying in his arms. When we woke up in the morning we were..just so close and maybe it was a need to be closer. Even now I don't know how it happened, but it did happen. Sirius left later that day telling me of his plans to track down Pettigrew and then take guardianship of Harry. He said 'he would send for me when it was safe'." Wiping the tears from her face she turned around. "I just assumed that either there was an uprising with the deatheaters and it was not safe or Sirius was just telling me what I would want to hear and really had no intentions of sending for me. I assumed the latter was the case when I owled him four months later to tell him of my pregnancy and he did not respond. Little did I know that he was rotting in Azkaban. The first thing he did when he escaped was visit Surrey to try and get a glimpse of our godson and then he apparated to America. He had gotten my owl in Azkaban after all and he wanted to meet his son. He stayed only a couple of days, met Nicholas, and apprised me of what had happened thirteen years earlier. He told me about Pettigrew being an animagus and how he was pretending to be a pet rat to one of the wizarding families. All of your school nicknames made sense now, Moony." She said to Remus with a slight smile. "Anyway, after Harry and Hermione helped Sirius escape the dementors-"
Snape snorted, "I knew Potter had something to do with that."
Meredith continued, "..he flew on Buckbeak back to Nicholas and me, to hide out with us in America. He came back occasionally to check on Harry and such, but until last year when he came back here to help with the order, he was with us. He wanted us-Nicholas, Harry, he and I-to be a family. I didn't want him to go. I wanted him to stay in America with us. I told him that we could send for Harry to live with us there. 'No', he said 'Harry's happy at Hogwarts. He's got friends there. Trust me, I'll be fine. I can't possibly get into any trouble staying in my old childhood home.' Yeah if only he would have stayed like a good dog." She spat bitterly.
Nicholas, who had come back into the kitchen with the twins unnoticed, put a hand on her shoulder.
"I'm sorry love. I don't mean to speak ill of your father, but he could be so stubborn."
Meredith's attention was directed to the kitchen door. The door was open a crack and she had thought she had seen a flash of red hair. She walked over and opened the door. Harry and Ron fell to the floor and Hermione and Ginny were standing behind them trying to contain their laughter.
"Eavesdropping are we?" Meredith asked lightly.
"Sorry, Professor Fairbanks, we just happened to see George and Fred lead a stranger to the bathroom and we were coming to investigate" Hermione said.
"That's okay. As a matter of fact I was going to introduce you all anyway. This is my son Nicholas. He will be in Ginny's year at Hogwarts. Nicholas, this is Ginny and Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Harry Potter."
Nicholas shook their hands each in turn. When he got to Harry he said, "My father spoke of you very often. You were like another son to him."
Harry looked puzzled, "who is your father?"
"Sirius Black"
Harry gaped at Meredith.
"It's true. It was one of the things that I was going to tell you about tonight."
Harry took a closer look at the boy. With his shoulder length black hair and lanky build he did look like Sirius. In fact except for the blue eyes, which obviously came from Meredith, Harry was astonished as to how much this boy looked like the Sirius that he had seen in Snape's memory.
Dumbledore knocked on the door. "Good evening everyone. Meredith, Tonks owled me to tell me that she had arrived with your son, and this must be him. It's Nicholas, yes? I am Albus Dumbledore the headmaster of Hogwarts. We look forward to having you join us this year. Meredith, do you have a minute?"
"Yes, of course Albus." Turning to Nicholas she said, "I'll be right back."
Upon her exit, the kids took seats at the table next to each other. After a few moments of silence, Harry said, "I'm sorry that you lost your father. Err..it must be hard for you leaving your old school and all your friends."
Nicholas thought for a second, "It was hard to leave them behind, but I knew I would make new friends here. I look forward to going to Hogwarts. Dad would tell me about this place often. Mom really never spoke about it much. I'm glad I get to attend the same school they did. Plus I'll get to know my brother now."
"Your brother?" Harry asked.
"Well dad considered you like another son, so I have come to think of you as a brother." Nicholas shrugged.
Harry pondered that for a moment. "That makes sense. It would be nice to have a brother."
"So Nicholas, who is your favorite Quidditch team?" asked Ron.
"Please call me Nick, and I am partial to the Georgian Blue Devils."
As the conversation turned to Quidditch, Molly, Arthur, Remus, and Severus left the kids alone in the kitchen to get to know each other. They came across Meredith and Dumbledore in the front hall.
"We aren't intruding are we?" asked Arthur.
"No, we were just making sure that we were all set for the new school year." Dumbledore replied.
"If we are all done going over curriculum Albus, then I am going to chat with the kids."
"Well actually they are going to be headed to bed in a minute." Molly said, "We are getting up early to go to Diagon Alley to get their school supplies."
"Oh, would you mind if Nicholas and I joined you? I have to get his supplies as well."
"Not at all, that would be great. Let's meet in the Leaky Cauldron at 9:00." Molly said.
"Sounds good." Meredith said as she turned to collect Nicholas from the kitchen.
"Well Severus, we should get back to Hogwarts to prepare for the upcoming banquet." Said Albus, and with that he and Snape left number 12 Grimmauld Place.
Well that's all for now folks. Thanks to my beta Thorn and yes Thorn I did do my law paper before I published this. I swear I'm not slacking at my homework *winks*. I hope you all enjoy and Remember www.slytherin-prefect.com
See you all in Chapter 7!
Spoiler: For book 5
Disclaimer: I own nothing-so don't sue!
Chapter 6-Sirius's Son
Jaws dropped at this announcement.
"Are you saying that this is Sirius's son?" Lupin asked after several minutes of silence.
Meredith nodded.
Snape had a look of deepest loathing that he usually reserved solely for Harry. "But how is that possible? This child is at least thirteen. Black would have been in Azkaban."
Meredith turned to the twins, "Fred and George, would you mind showing Nicholas to the washroom? I'm sure he wants to freshen up after his long journey."
Fred and George looked at each other. "Sure", Fred replied.
"Come on mate, it's this way." George said as he led them out of the kitchen.
Nicholas gave his mother a slightly annoyed stare at being dismissed, but nonetheless followed the twins out of the kitchen.
Meredith turned to the remaining adults. "Actually he is fifteen. When Lily and James died, Sirius came to tell me. He apparated to my flat in America to tell me the horrible news." She turned her back to them and feigned a sudden fascination in the kitchen cabinets in front of her as a single tear fell down her cheek. "I remember it like it was yesterday. Lily and James dead. Voldemort sent to a near death state because of something that had to do with Harry. I spent hours crying in Sirius's arms that night." A few more tears fell from her bright blue eyes. "My best friends dead and my godson in Dumbledore's care for some reason. It was very upsetting. I feel asleep crying in his arms. When we woke up in the morning we were..just so close and maybe it was a need to be closer. Even now I don't know how it happened, but it did happen. Sirius left later that day telling me of his plans to track down Pettigrew and then take guardianship of Harry. He said 'he would send for me when it was safe'." Wiping the tears from her face she turned around. "I just assumed that either there was an uprising with the deatheaters and it was not safe or Sirius was just telling me what I would want to hear and really had no intentions of sending for me. I assumed the latter was the case when I owled him four months later to tell him of my pregnancy and he did not respond. Little did I know that he was rotting in Azkaban. The first thing he did when he escaped was visit Surrey to try and get a glimpse of our godson and then he apparated to America. He had gotten my owl in Azkaban after all and he wanted to meet his son. He stayed only a couple of days, met Nicholas, and apprised me of what had happened thirteen years earlier. He told me about Pettigrew being an animagus and how he was pretending to be a pet rat to one of the wizarding families. All of your school nicknames made sense now, Moony." She said to Remus with a slight smile. "Anyway, after Harry and Hermione helped Sirius escape the dementors-"
Snape snorted, "I knew Potter had something to do with that."
Meredith continued, "..he flew on Buckbeak back to Nicholas and me, to hide out with us in America. He came back occasionally to check on Harry and such, but until last year when he came back here to help with the order, he was with us. He wanted us-Nicholas, Harry, he and I-to be a family. I didn't want him to go. I wanted him to stay in America with us. I told him that we could send for Harry to live with us there. 'No', he said 'Harry's happy at Hogwarts. He's got friends there. Trust me, I'll be fine. I can't possibly get into any trouble staying in my old childhood home.' Yeah if only he would have stayed like a good dog." She spat bitterly.
Nicholas, who had come back into the kitchen with the twins unnoticed, put a hand on her shoulder.
"I'm sorry love. I don't mean to speak ill of your father, but he could be so stubborn."
Meredith's attention was directed to the kitchen door. The door was open a crack and she had thought she had seen a flash of red hair. She walked over and opened the door. Harry and Ron fell to the floor and Hermione and Ginny were standing behind them trying to contain their laughter.
"Eavesdropping are we?" Meredith asked lightly.
"Sorry, Professor Fairbanks, we just happened to see George and Fred lead a stranger to the bathroom and we were coming to investigate" Hermione said.
"That's okay. As a matter of fact I was going to introduce you all anyway. This is my son Nicholas. He will be in Ginny's year at Hogwarts. Nicholas, this is Ginny and Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Harry Potter."
Nicholas shook their hands each in turn. When he got to Harry he said, "My father spoke of you very often. You were like another son to him."
Harry looked puzzled, "who is your father?"
"Sirius Black"
Harry gaped at Meredith.
"It's true. It was one of the things that I was going to tell you about tonight."
Harry took a closer look at the boy. With his shoulder length black hair and lanky build he did look like Sirius. In fact except for the blue eyes, which obviously came from Meredith, Harry was astonished as to how much this boy looked like the Sirius that he had seen in Snape's memory.
Dumbledore knocked on the door. "Good evening everyone. Meredith, Tonks owled me to tell me that she had arrived with your son, and this must be him. It's Nicholas, yes? I am Albus Dumbledore the headmaster of Hogwarts. We look forward to having you join us this year. Meredith, do you have a minute?"
"Yes, of course Albus." Turning to Nicholas she said, "I'll be right back."
Upon her exit, the kids took seats at the table next to each other. After a few moments of silence, Harry said, "I'm sorry that you lost your father. Err..it must be hard for you leaving your old school and all your friends."
Nicholas thought for a second, "It was hard to leave them behind, but I knew I would make new friends here. I look forward to going to Hogwarts. Dad would tell me about this place often. Mom really never spoke about it much. I'm glad I get to attend the same school they did. Plus I'll get to know my brother now."
"Your brother?" Harry asked.
"Well dad considered you like another son, so I have come to think of you as a brother." Nicholas shrugged.
Harry pondered that for a moment. "That makes sense. It would be nice to have a brother."
"So Nicholas, who is your favorite Quidditch team?" asked Ron.
"Please call me Nick, and I am partial to the Georgian Blue Devils."
As the conversation turned to Quidditch, Molly, Arthur, Remus, and Severus left the kids alone in the kitchen to get to know each other. They came across Meredith and Dumbledore in the front hall.
"We aren't intruding are we?" asked Arthur.
"No, we were just making sure that we were all set for the new school year." Dumbledore replied.
"If we are all done going over curriculum Albus, then I am going to chat with the kids."
"Well actually they are going to be headed to bed in a minute." Molly said, "We are getting up early to go to Diagon Alley to get their school supplies."
"Oh, would you mind if Nicholas and I joined you? I have to get his supplies as well."
"Not at all, that would be great. Let's meet in the Leaky Cauldron at 9:00." Molly said.
"Sounds good." Meredith said as she turned to collect Nicholas from the kitchen.
"Well Severus, we should get back to Hogwarts to prepare for the upcoming banquet." Said Albus, and with that he and Snape left number 12 Grimmauld Place.
Well that's all for now folks. Thanks to my beta Thorn and yes Thorn I did do my law paper before I published this. I swear I'm not slacking at my homework *winks*. I hope you all enjoy and Remember www.slytherin-prefect.com
See you all in Chapter 7!