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American Magician

Chapter 8:

Last time:

Albus said. "First will be Simeon, what is your last name?"

"Thomas."

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"Alright, they will be in fifth year. Simeon, come up here and put the hat on." Sirius watched as his best friend put the filthy hat on. After about three minutes, it yelled, "Slytherin."

"Sirius Johnson will be next." Albus said as he put the hat on Sirius' head.

"This is odd, very odd. You're very brave and loyal. You could be better if you put your mind to it. Great mind. Your ambition and cunning is what kept you alive. You could be great, but your name isn't Sirius." A voice sounded in his head.

"What! What do you mean!" Sirius shouted, angry at the words.

"I know to put you in Slytherin, though before anyone knows, I must speak with the headmaster."

"Sir, the hat wants to chat." Sirius said as he pulled the hat off. Albus nodded and put the hat on.

"Oh my." Was murmured from the headmaster.

"Slytherin!" The hat called.

"Would everyone but Severus, Lily, and James please leave?" Albus asked.

"I'm staying. If it has something to do with Spec, I ain't leaving." Simeon said. No one said he had to.

"Now what I say is up to the Potters on if it's released." Dumbledore warned. "The sorting hat had some interesting news." Albus continued. "What did it tell you?" He asked Sirius.

"It told me my abilities and why the hell I'm alive-ish." Simeon snorted at the ish because that usually meant that Sirius wasn't telling the complete truth and didn't mind if people knew.

"Did it tell you anything else?" Albus asked.

"Yes, of course. It said it wanted to talk to you." Sirius said. Albus gave him a pointed look. "Could you mean that other thing?" A nod. "The part about I'm not me?" Was bitterly spat.

"Now the hat told me who you were."

"And that might be?"

"It told me that your name was Harry." He took a breath. "Harry Potter."

"Bull shit!" Sirius yelled. "Bull fucking shit! Your shitting me!" He demanded.

"You told us he was dead, Albus." James protested angrily.

"There wasn't a body." Albus said.

"Simeon, I gotta go, do something. I can't handle this. Parents get rid of me to have two other kids." He muttered, holding his head in his hands.

"Sirius, you can't leave yet." Simeon whispered. "It's your room for a reason."

"A Potter in Slytherin!" Severus yelled, outraged by the very thought.

"No Potters are in Slytherin!" James agreed.

"Shut up! Both of you!" Lily yelled. "Bloody hell! This is a bloody hospital ward!"

"Is anyone to know about this?" Albus asked.

"Sure, why not? Not that it matters much. I'm still me, just under another fucking name." Sirius said.

"Watch your language." James growled.

"Why should I?" He growled back.

"If you're going to be my son, you'll bloody well act like it."

"And a nice job you did as my father."

"Dude!" Simeon yelled. "Don't you be tellin' Spec to change! It's your god damn fault he's like this as you weren't there! Maybe you should!" He yelled to James. "First you abandon him, then you don't like how he turned out!"

"Shut up! The next person that talks will be fixed!" Lily yelled. Her angry green eyes shifted from face to face. "Now, let's talk about this like mature adults. You two, give me those bullet? Yeh, bullets." She held her hand out and the teens looked at each other. They immediately stood and began to empty pockets and hidden places; a growing pile of stuff, money, keys, gum, candy, bullets, pictures, papers, pens, and other small things, each even brought out a knife.

"Hey! That's mine!" Sirius said as he snatched the gum away.

"Where'd you get that money?" Simeon hissed.

"I beat Nate up. That's my pen!"

"Where'd you get Lyndsie's note?"

"Why do you have Nick's keys?"

"Oh, shit. Forgot about those."

"Is that a hundred?"

"I took it Tyler's dope money."

"Oh, hmm. That's cool." Finally after a lot of arguing and discussion, they had the bullets out and in Lily's hand.

The red-head was giving them an amused grin while Albus' eyes were twinkling merrily. The black-haired men were scowling at the boys.

"So, Spec are you going to go by Harry or Sirius?" Simeon asked.

"I guess I'll go by Harry, that is my name." The teen said slowly.

"Alright, Harry." He said, testing the name out. "I'll stick to Spec."

"Good idea." Harry stage whispered.

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