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THE FOURTH PROTECTOR
The next few weeks were divided between training and studying. Soon it would be the Christmas break and everyone had planed to go to Grimauld Place for the holydays.
It was a Hogsmead weekend and the four young wizards had decided to separate to go shopping for presents. Severus would be accompanying Draco since he was now over three months pregnant and was starting to have trouble moving around. He was getting huge and kept complaining that he didn't have any clothes that fit him anymore. Severus just rolled his eyes at the blond and helped him shop for gifts for his friends. Ron and Hermione had also disappeared in Hogsmead each going their own way.
Sirius had gone by himself to muggle London to get some new clothes for Harry and his friends. Since all of them had grew quite a lot in the last couple of months they desperately needed new stuff. He also found a beautiful set of rings that he wanted Remus and him to wear. They were gold and within each of them was a single ruby. It was a simple ring but the craftsmanship was superb. Suddenly he stopped when he felt out of breath. This had been happening more often to him in the last weeks. He felt different and his magic was starting to play tricks on him. One minute he couldn't even use a simple spell the next he would knock somebody out with a hair color charm. He just didn't understand why his magic was unstable. He had gone through his magical maturity at fifteen like most wizards; so why was his magic acting up now? He tried not to think too much about it and got back to his shopping.
Harry was in Hogsmead buying a big box of chocolate frogs for Ron and some for Draco who had an awful sweet tooth now that he was pregnant. He also got Ron a broom servicing kit and for Hermione he got her two new books on the history of Vampires and Werewolves. For Draco he got the most beautiful set of robes that he could find. He wanted his love to have something special to wear after he gave birth to their children. The robes themselves were made of the finest silk. They were silvery gray that shinned many colors in the light. They would bring out the color of Draco's eyes. Harry happy with his purchases decided that he would contact his mentor the Phoenix Lord to get magical potions ingredients for Severus. He knew that some of the potions Severus experimented with cost him a fortune so he wanted to give him a break. For Sirius and Remus; Harry had gotten them a certificate from a magical travel agency. They could use the certificate to book a weekend away at any tropical destination they wanted. He knew that with all the teaching and training his guardians needed a break.
Remus had decided to go to Diagon Alley for the day. Since he now had loads of money in a vault that his father had given to him; he planed of spoiling his husband this Christmas. He had already bought Sirius a new broom and some new robes. Now he wanted to get a piece of jewelry that Sirius could wear when they returned to the werewolf realm. He thought that maybe a chain with a medallion with the royal family crest would be a good present. It would show all the werewolves that Sirius was the Prince consort. Remus chuckled when he thought back at the first meeting between his mother and Sirius. The animagus had spent hours answering all the questions that his mother threw at him. Some had been simple like what was your favorite subject at school while others had been as embarrassing as to when they had first made love. Sirius blushed a bright red at that one. Remus couldn't remember the last time that Sirius had blushed. He had always been the more open one of their relationship. I guess that being confronted by your mother in law isn't the same as joking around with friends.
Remus was also worried about Sirius who seemed preoccupied about something lately. Every time that Remus had asked him about it Sirius had just told him that he was a bit tired and would feel better at the Christmas break. He shrugged and went back to his shopping. He would ask him again tonight if something was wrong.
Later that evening Remus got a good look at Sirius. He looked feverish. Again Sirius brushed him off telling him that he was ok and just tired. So they went to bed early that evening. In the middle of the night Sirius eyes opened they were glowing a golden yellow. He sat up in bed and got up and walked to the door or their quarters. He was in a trance like state. Something was calling to him to go to the forest. He made his way outside barely noticing the cold air that hit him. He was only wearing the bottoms of his pajamas and was barefoot.
With his eyes still glowing he walked towards the forest. If someone from the castle had been looking outside at the moment they would have seen a figure surrounded by a golden light entering the forest. After about a fifteen minute walk Sirius came upon a frozen lake. In the middle of the lake stood a Gryffin with his wings spread out. The Gryffin watched as Sirius walked up to him and got down on one knee.
The Gryffin Lord looked at Sirius and laughed. "Rise Sirius Black, I should have known that the fates would send you to me as the worthy one. It seems that all the close family of the two young Lords are meant for greatness."
Sirius got up and smiled back at the Gryffin Lord. "You know that I would do anything to protect Harry and his friends."
"Yes you fit the prophesy of the chosen one perfectly.'
"Oh, what prophesy?"
"A long time ago a great war was predicted between the forces of light and dark. A prophesy was made to the current Gryffin Lord. My great-great grand father was the one to receive it. It told of a chosen one who would be born in the human world, would love a non human and come from the dark to the light. It also said that this warrior would be worthy of the staff of Gryffins. As the prophesy was told to my grand father a ruby the size of an egg appeared on a pedestal in front of him. It said that when the gem started signing the worthy one would be ready to receive the staff. About a month ago the day after the last full moon the gem started signing. Yesterday the staff appeared next to it. I was sent to bring back the chosen one so that he can receive the staff. It is its call that brought you here to me. The staff has chosen you and now you will be able to help by becoming a protector to the two young Lords. Now come with me and I will show you the way to the staff." The Gryffin Lord got up and turned around to leave.
"Er... I don't think I should go to your world dressed like this." Sirius waved his arms in front of him to show his state of undress. The Gryffin just chuckled and waved his paw in front of Sirius who found himself dressed in red and god battle robes. He told Sirius that the last human to be close to being able to wield the staff had been Godric Gryffindor himself. Sirius stumbled when he hear this. He looked at the Gryffin with eyes wide with shock. "How the hell am I better the Godric. The man is practically a god. And I'm just Sirius Black." He was still thinking about what the Gryffin told him when they stopped in front of what look like a black hole.
"This is a portal to my world. With the staff you will be able to create these to go from one world to the other." The Gryffin entered the portal and Sirius followed him. When the came out on the other side Sirius saw that the land of Gryffins was mostly mountain terrain with some volcanoes mixed in between. The Gryffin Lord told him to climb on to his back. Then he flew off. After almost and hour of flying they stopped in front of a mountain that was higher than any other ones he had seen before. At the base of the mountains were steps leading to the top.
"You must climb these yourself. But beware there can be many dangers that you will have to face before you attain your goal." The Gryffin waved his paw again and Sirius found himself holding his wand.
"Now go, I will wait for you here. Good luck and stay safe."
The Gryffin sat down and waited for Sirius to start climbing the stairs before turning to talk with an invisible figure next to him.
"You can stop being invisible Prince Joshua. Your son's mate is a brave soul. He will succeed in his quest."
"Yes I've grown quite attached to my son in law. He makes my son happy and that all that matters to me."
"Yes he's a good man. It's amazing to see that from the dark can come such light." Both men sat down looking up at the mountain that Sirius had climbed up not to long ago.
Meanwhile in the castle the paintings had alerted Albus Dumbledore about the strange way that Sirius Black had exited the school. Making his way to his and Remus' quarters he was clearly puzzled about the activities that were happening under his nose in the school. He knew that Severus, Sirius, Harry, Draco, Ronald, Remus and Hermione were mix into these secret meetings. And why were they meeting in the girl's bathroom. The only thing in there was the entrance to the chamber of secrets. Surely they weren't using it.
He found himself in front of Remus' door. He knocked and noticed that the door had been left opened. He hear Remus make his way towards him.
"Headmaster what bring you here at this time of night?"
"Remus it seems that the paintings notice Sirius leaving your quarters to go outside. He was just wearing his pajama bottoms. Er... anything you two want to discuss?"
Remus looked at Albus with shock. He ran back to his bedroom to see that Sirius wasn't in bed. He came back to the sitting room and asked Albus to sit down.
"I don't know Albus where he went. He was there when I fell asleep. We even went to bed early because he was so tired."
"Remus I want you to tell me the truth. What is going on. I received report of you meeting with Severus, Harry and his friends inside the girl's bathroom on the second floor." He raised and eyebrow telling the werewolf that he had better not lie to him. Remus closed his eyes and took a shaky breath.
"All right Albus. Just give me a minute to contact the others. He went to a desk where he retrieved a mirror. He looked at the mirror and spoke a name. "Hermione Granger."
After a few seconds a tired voice answered back. "What is it Remus?"
"I need all of you to come to my quarters immediately, it's and emergency. Can you contact the others?"
"Sure I will just give us a few minutes to get there."
"Thanks Hermione."
"You're welcome your Highness."
Albus didn't say anything when he heard Hermione call Remus Highness; he thought that she was joking with him. Remus returned and sat down next to the old wizard. "Would you like some tea while we wait for everyone to show up?"
"Yes tea would be nice." They quietly drank their tea while waiting.
Meanwhile on some mountain in the Gryffin realm Sirius was starting to get tired of climbing stairs. He had been at it for almost an hour and a half. He decide to sit down of a few minutes to catch his breath. "How the hell can I be worthy of this staff?" he asked himself for the hundredth time. He was sitting thinking about everything when he heard a noise coming from the bushes on his right. He turned around just in time to see a twenty foot long snake make his way towards him. Sirius took out his wand and pointed it at the snake.
The snake stopped advancing on him and raised his head to look at Sirius. He started hissing at Sirius as to ask him something.
"I'm sorry but I can't speak parceltongue. I should have brought my godson." Sirius remembered the medallion that Harry had given him to get into the chamber of secret. "Maybe that will help me pass." He took the medallion in his hand and spoke to it. He told it to tell the snake that he meant it now harm. It glowed for a few minutes before hissing to the snake. The snake looked into Sirius' eyes then he answered back in English. "Young Gryffin you may pass. Someone with less bravery would have left running and screaming." The snake seemed to be amused at Sirius' shocked expression.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome, now go, you still have quite a long way to go."
Sirius took one last look at the snake and started climbing the stairs again. "What else am I going to meet on this mountain."
Back at the castle it was a weary group that was looking at the Headmaster who was calmly drinking his tea. Nobody knew where Sirius had disappeared they were all worried. Suddenly a scroll appeared in front of Remus. He read the message and saw that it was from his father. "My father sends a message to tell us that Sirius is ok and will return in the morning." Seing the puzzled look on Albus' face Remus decided that it was time for confessions so he started at the beginning.
"Albus I know that what you hear from us is going to be quiet a shock but you must believe everything I tell you. And please don't stop me until I'm done or I might not be able to continue."
The old wizard nodded and Remus began telling him their story. "It started this summer at Harry's birthday. He found out that he was actually the Grand Lord of Phoenix." Albus said nothing but looked at Harry who showed him his wedding ring which was also the Phoenix Lord ring. He shone with a golden light and found himself wearing his golden dress robes.
"Then a few weeks later when Draco turned sixteen he became the Grand Lord of Unicorns. Sirius and I discovered this a few weeks after school started. We were able to witness their wedding ceremony. They performed a Lunarias ceremony on the full moon. The next morning we let Severus know of what we had found out since he is Draco's godfather." He turned around to look at Draco. "Take off the glamour Draco we might as well tell him everything."
Draco waved his hand in front of his stomach and his big round belly appeared. His dress robes also appeared. He was now dressed all in silver. "I'm three months pregnant with twin girls. They will be born sometime in January."
Dumbledore had paled a bit when he saw his student so far along in his pregnancy. He turned to look at Remus to let him know that it was ok to continue.
"A few weeks after the discovery of their ranks they found out that Ron was one of their protectors. We found this out by accident when Harry followed him to the Room of requirements. Ron is the first protector of our two Lords; his actual name and title are Prince Alderic Ronuldus Navir. Son of Queen Adira of the light Elves and of King Ulrich of the dark Elves." Ron hearing this removed his own glamour to reveal his real appearance to the headmaster. He soon found himself wearing his navy blue royal robes.
"And again a few weeks after that it was Hermione's sixteenth birthday; she became the second protector. We found out that she is Princess Hermione Servov of the Vampire realm." When the old wizard turned towards Hermione she waved her hand and her glamour disappeared and she was wearing her blood read gown with her necklace and the royal crest medallion.
Remus seeing that every one were now dressed according to their rank wondered what he would wound up with at the end of his explanation.
"I myself discover over a month ago that the man who bit me as a child is actually Prince Joshua Lang of the Werewolf realm. Since this is actually how they chose an heir; I am now Prince Remus John Lupin of the Werewolf realm. I am the third protector of our Lords." As soon that he was done speaking his clothes changed to light blue robes with golden moons embroidered around the hems. His necklace appeared; it also bared the royal crest of the Werewolf clan.
"Well now Albus you know who we are and why we're here. This must be kept a secret at all cost. Voldemort would give his right arm to get this information. He desperately wants to get his hands on Draco and Harry. He would loose it completely if he ever found out about the babies."
The old wizard smiled and the twinkle that was always present in his eyes was even brighter. "Yes I see the importance of secrecy. You have my word that I will not tell a soul."
"Thank you professor. I finally have the family that I've dreamed of and now I must do everything to protect it. Now if you don't mind Draco and I are going back to bed. He needs all the rest he can get being so close to the birth of our children." Harry got up and took Draco's hand; before leaving the room he waved his hand and they were dressed in their regular clothes again. Soon every one left telling Remus that they would return in the morning before class to see what happened with Sirius.
The werewolf went back to bed thinking about his father's message. He fell back asleep dreaming about Gryffins and mountains.
Sirius who was still climbing came upon a nest filled with Eggs made of rare jewels and precious metal. He stood there for a few minutes looking at the eggs. A small voice in the back of his head was coaxing him into taking one of the eggs. It was telling him that he would want for nothing as long as he lived if he took one. Like in a dream he saw his hand going towards the nest. Then his inner voice told him to stop. "Don't touch those they may be a trap. Besides you have your family waiting for you back at the castle isn't that enough riches for you?" Sirius shook himself out of his stupor. He took on final look at the nest then started climbing again.
After another thirty minutes of climbing he came upon a creature that look like it was a mix of a unicorn and eagle. It was wounded and desperately in need of help. He took out his wand and healed what he could but he knew that if he didn't bring the creature to the Gryffin Lord waiting for him at the bottom of the mountain that it would die. He levitated the creature while making his way down the steps. He hoped that this was the right decision. He hadn't been given a time limit so he hope he could try climbing back again. Time seemed to pass quicker going down them up. So before he knew it he was back at the base of the mountain. As soon that he placed the animal back on the ground a light surrounded him and he found himself back where he had found the creature. "BLOODY HELL, THIS IS CONFUSING."
Shaking his head he turned around and started climbing again. After a while he sat down to take a few minutes of rest. He was thirsty. As soon as the thought left him a very beautiful woman appeared in front of him. She offered him drink and food. While he drank and ate he noticed that the girl was making advances at him. Sirius just chuckled and thought "If you only knew that I don't swing that way." Again as if someone read his thoughts a very muscular Adonis came out and started making advance at him. Sirius rolled his eyes and kindly told the man that he wasn't interested. "I love Remus to much than to be temped by you."
He thanked the almost naked woman and man then turned back around to climb. "This is getting ridiculous how high IS this stupid mountain?"
Finally after what seemed like forever he made it to the top. He saw a ruby that was emitting a strange noise which just got stronger as he came closer. When he got up to within three feet from the stone a voice spoke to him. Looking around and seeing no one; he knew that the voice came from the stone itself.
"Chosen one. Let me be the first to congratulate you on succeeding at your quest.'
"My quest but I didn't do anything really dangerous."
"You showed your bravery and intelligence when you faced the snake. Then you showed that you would not be led by greed by refusing one of the fortunes eggs. You showed compassion and kindness when you rescued and unknown creature. And finally you showed loyalty and love to your mate when your refused the temptation of the flesh."
Sirius never realized that all these things had been tests to see what kind of person he was. He smiled and felt a lot better about himself.
"Yes young protector you can be proud of yourself. Now receive the staff of Gryffin and return to your world to protect your family."
A blinding light appeared on top of the ruby and the staff came to Sirius' hand. As soon that he touched it the ruby came off the pedestal and inserted itself in the Gryffin paw that made up the top piece of the staff. Sirius felt the power of the staff course through his body. Knowledge long lost was transferred to him. He found out that he had now a second animagus form; a Gryffin. He smiled and couldn't wait to tell Remus. He quickly made his way down the mountain were he noticed that his father in law was also waiting for him sitting next to the Gryffin Lord.
The Gryffin Lord walked up to him and bowed. "From this day on you will be know as the Gryffin Arch Mage. You will be instrumental in the battle with the demon world who are now allies of Voldemort. Now it is time for you to return to your world."
Sirius bowed to the two men and in a flash he was gone. He appeared in the sitting room of his and Remus' quarters. He made his way to their bedroom where he stood at the door looking at his sleeping husband. He slowly made his way to sit next to Remus; he kept on looking at the beautiful man asleep in their bed. He felt that his love was stronger than it had ever been. He bent over to kiss those lips that called to him. When he sat back up he saw Remus' eyes begin to open. He saw his mate sniffing the air. When recognition set in he quickly sat up in bed looking at a laughing animagus.
"SIRIUS BLACK where have you been. You scared me half to death. If my father hadn't written me a note saying that you were safe I would still be in a panic."
"Remus, I've just come back from a quest."
"What?"
"I was taken to the land of the Gryffin and told that I was their chosen one. It seems that I'm the only one able to hold the staff of Gryffin." Sirius stood up so that Remus could see how he was dressed and the staff.
Remus' eyes went wide when he saw the red and gold robes. They went even wider when he saw the staff that Sirius was holding. It was made of holy and was etched with runes going all the way up to what seemed like a Gryffins claw that was holding a ruby.
"I'm the Gryffin Arch Mage, I am the fourth protector of the chosen ones." Sirius started taking his clothes off to go to bed. He waved his hand in front of the wall and a stand appeared on which he placed the staff. Once he was completely naked he turned around and gave Remus a wicked smile. He made his way to bed and started kissing his husband. "You know love, all this physical activity has gotten me really in the mood. I should burn some more of my energy by making love to you."
Remus' golden eyes started shining with lust. "Mmm... I think you're right Siri I thinks I have some energy to burn myself."
The two lovers soon found themselves dancing a dance that has existed for as long as the world has existed. In the morning there would be time for more explanations, right now was the time for love...
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THE FOURTH PROTECTOR
The next few weeks were divided between training and studying. Soon it would be the Christmas break and everyone had planed to go to Grimauld Place for the holydays.
It was a Hogsmead weekend and the four young wizards had decided to separate to go shopping for presents. Severus would be accompanying Draco since he was now over three months pregnant and was starting to have trouble moving around. He was getting huge and kept complaining that he didn't have any clothes that fit him anymore. Severus just rolled his eyes at the blond and helped him shop for gifts for his friends. Ron and Hermione had also disappeared in Hogsmead each going their own way.
Sirius had gone by himself to muggle London to get some new clothes for Harry and his friends. Since all of them had grew quite a lot in the last couple of months they desperately needed new stuff. He also found a beautiful set of rings that he wanted Remus and him to wear. They were gold and within each of them was a single ruby. It was a simple ring but the craftsmanship was superb. Suddenly he stopped when he felt out of breath. This had been happening more often to him in the last weeks. He felt different and his magic was starting to play tricks on him. One minute he couldn't even use a simple spell the next he would knock somebody out with a hair color charm. He just didn't understand why his magic was unstable. He had gone through his magical maturity at fifteen like most wizards; so why was his magic acting up now? He tried not to think too much about it and got back to his shopping.
Harry was in Hogsmead buying a big box of chocolate frogs for Ron and some for Draco who had an awful sweet tooth now that he was pregnant. He also got Ron a broom servicing kit and for Hermione he got her two new books on the history of Vampires and Werewolves. For Draco he got the most beautiful set of robes that he could find. He wanted his love to have something special to wear after he gave birth to their children. The robes themselves were made of the finest silk. They were silvery gray that shinned many colors in the light. They would bring out the color of Draco's eyes. Harry happy with his purchases decided that he would contact his mentor the Phoenix Lord to get magical potions ingredients for Severus. He knew that some of the potions Severus experimented with cost him a fortune so he wanted to give him a break. For Sirius and Remus; Harry had gotten them a certificate from a magical travel agency. They could use the certificate to book a weekend away at any tropical destination they wanted. He knew that with all the teaching and training his guardians needed a break.
Remus had decided to go to Diagon Alley for the day. Since he now had loads of money in a vault that his father had given to him; he planed of spoiling his husband this Christmas. He had already bought Sirius a new broom and some new robes. Now he wanted to get a piece of jewelry that Sirius could wear when they returned to the werewolf realm. He thought that maybe a chain with a medallion with the royal family crest would be a good present. It would show all the werewolves that Sirius was the Prince consort. Remus chuckled when he thought back at the first meeting between his mother and Sirius. The animagus had spent hours answering all the questions that his mother threw at him. Some had been simple like what was your favorite subject at school while others had been as embarrassing as to when they had first made love. Sirius blushed a bright red at that one. Remus couldn't remember the last time that Sirius had blushed. He had always been the more open one of their relationship. I guess that being confronted by your mother in law isn't the same as joking around with friends.
Remus was also worried about Sirius who seemed preoccupied about something lately. Every time that Remus had asked him about it Sirius had just told him that he was a bit tired and would feel better at the Christmas break. He shrugged and went back to his shopping. He would ask him again tonight if something was wrong.
Later that evening Remus got a good look at Sirius. He looked feverish. Again Sirius brushed him off telling him that he was ok and just tired. So they went to bed early that evening. In the middle of the night Sirius eyes opened they were glowing a golden yellow. He sat up in bed and got up and walked to the door or their quarters. He was in a trance like state. Something was calling to him to go to the forest. He made his way outside barely noticing the cold air that hit him. He was only wearing the bottoms of his pajamas and was barefoot.
With his eyes still glowing he walked towards the forest. If someone from the castle had been looking outside at the moment they would have seen a figure surrounded by a golden light entering the forest. After about a fifteen minute walk Sirius came upon a frozen lake. In the middle of the lake stood a Gryffin with his wings spread out. The Gryffin watched as Sirius walked up to him and got down on one knee.
The Gryffin Lord looked at Sirius and laughed. "Rise Sirius Black, I should have known that the fates would send you to me as the worthy one. It seems that all the close family of the two young Lords are meant for greatness."
Sirius got up and smiled back at the Gryffin Lord. "You know that I would do anything to protect Harry and his friends."
"Yes you fit the prophesy of the chosen one perfectly.'
"Oh, what prophesy?"
"A long time ago a great war was predicted between the forces of light and dark. A prophesy was made to the current Gryffin Lord. My great-great grand father was the one to receive it. It told of a chosen one who would be born in the human world, would love a non human and come from the dark to the light. It also said that this warrior would be worthy of the staff of Gryffins. As the prophesy was told to my grand father a ruby the size of an egg appeared on a pedestal in front of him. It said that when the gem started signing the worthy one would be ready to receive the staff. About a month ago the day after the last full moon the gem started signing. Yesterday the staff appeared next to it. I was sent to bring back the chosen one so that he can receive the staff. It is its call that brought you here to me. The staff has chosen you and now you will be able to help by becoming a protector to the two young Lords. Now come with me and I will show you the way to the staff." The Gryffin Lord got up and turned around to leave.
"Er... I don't think I should go to your world dressed like this." Sirius waved his arms in front of him to show his state of undress. The Gryffin just chuckled and waved his paw in front of Sirius who found himself dressed in red and god battle robes. He told Sirius that the last human to be close to being able to wield the staff had been Godric Gryffindor himself. Sirius stumbled when he hear this. He looked at the Gryffin with eyes wide with shock. "How the hell am I better the Godric. The man is practically a god. And I'm just Sirius Black." He was still thinking about what the Gryffin told him when they stopped in front of what look like a black hole.
"This is a portal to my world. With the staff you will be able to create these to go from one world to the other." The Gryffin entered the portal and Sirius followed him. When the came out on the other side Sirius saw that the land of Gryffins was mostly mountain terrain with some volcanoes mixed in between. The Gryffin Lord told him to climb on to his back. Then he flew off. After almost and hour of flying they stopped in front of a mountain that was higher than any other ones he had seen before. At the base of the mountains were steps leading to the top.
"You must climb these yourself. But beware there can be many dangers that you will have to face before you attain your goal." The Gryffin waved his paw again and Sirius found himself holding his wand.
"Now go, I will wait for you here. Good luck and stay safe."
The Gryffin sat down and waited for Sirius to start climbing the stairs before turning to talk with an invisible figure next to him.
"You can stop being invisible Prince Joshua. Your son's mate is a brave soul. He will succeed in his quest."
"Yes I've grown quite attached to my son in law. He makes my son happy and that all that matters to me."
"Yes he's a good man. It's amazing to see that from the dark can come such light." Both men sat down looking up at the mountain that Sirius had climbed up not to long ago.
Meanwhile in the castle the paintings had alerted Albus Dumbledore about the strange way that Sirius Black had exited the school. Making his way to his and Remus' quarters he was clearly puzzled about the activities that were happening under his nose in the school. He knew that Severus, Sirius, Harry, Draco, Ronald, Remus and Hermione were mix into these secret meetings. And why were they meeting in the girl's bathroom. The only thing in there was the entrance to the chamber of secrets. Surely they weren't using it.
He found himself in front of Remus' door. He knocked and noticed that the door had been left opened. He hear Remus make his way towards him.
"Headmaster what bring you here at this time of night?"
"Remus it seems that the paintings notice Sirius leaving your quarters to go outside. He was just wearing his pajama bottoms. Er... anything you two want to discuss?"
Remus looked at Albus with shock. He ran back to his bedroom to see that Sirius wasn't in bed. He came back to the sitting room and asked Albus to sit down.
"I don't know Albus where he went. He was there when I fell asleep. We even went to bed early because he was so tired."
"Remus I want you to tell me the truth. What is going on. I received report of you meeting with Severus, Harry and his friends inside the girl's bathroom on the second floor." He raised and eyebrow telling the werewolf that he had better not lie to him. Remus closed his eyes and took a shaky breath.
"All right Albus. Just give me a minute to contact the others. He went to a desk where he retrieved a mirror. He looked at the mirror and spoke a name. "Hermione Granger."
After a few seconds a tired voice answered back. "What is it Remus?"
"I need all of you to come to my quarters immediately, it's and emergency. Can you contact the others?"
"Sure I will just give us a few minutes to get there."
"Thanks Hermione."
"You're welcome your Highness."
Albus didn't say anything when he heard Hermione call Remus Highness; he thought that she was joking with him. Remus returned and sat down next to the old wizard. "Would you like some tea while we wait for everyone to show up?"
"Yes tea would be nice." They quietly drank their tea while waiting.
Meanwhile on some mountain in the Gryffin realm Sirius was starting to get tired of climbing stairs. He had been at it for almost an hour and a half. He decide to sit down of a few minutes to catch his breath. "How the hell can I be worthy of this staff?" he asked himself for the hundredth time. He was sitting thinking about everything when he heard a noise coming from the bushes on his right. He turned around just in time to see a twenty foot long snake make his way towards him. Sirius took out his wand and pointed it at the snake.
The snake stopped advancing on him and raised his head to look at Sirius. He started hissing at Sirius as to ask him something.
"I'm sorry but I can't speak parceltongue. I should have brought my godson." Sirius remembered the medallion that Harry had given him to get into the chamber of secret. "Maybe that will help me pass." He took the medallion in his hand and spoke to it. He told it to tell the snake that he meant it now harm. It glowed for a few minutes before hissing to the snake. The snake looked into Sirius' eyes then he answered back in English. "Young Gryffin you may pass. Someone with less bravery would have left running and screaming." The snake seemed to be amused at Sirius' shocked expression.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome, now go, you still have quite a long way to go."
Sirius took one last look at the snake and started climbing the stairs again. "What else am I going to meet on this mountain."
Back at the castle it was a weary group that was looking at the Headmaster who was calmly drinking his tea. Nobody knew where Sirius had disappeared they were all worried. Suddenly a scroll appeared in front of Remus. He read the message and saw that it was from his father. "My father sends a message to tell us that Sirius is ok and will return in the morning." Seing the puzzled look on Albus' face Remus decided that it was time for confessions so he started at the beginning.
"Albus I know that what you hear from us is going to be quiet a shock but you must believe everything I tell you. And please don't stop me until I'm done or I might not be able to continue."
The old wizard nodded and Remus began telling him their story. "It started this summer at Harry's birthday. He found out that he was actually the Grand Lord of Phoenix." Albus said nothing but looked at Harry who showed him his wedding ring which was also the Phoenix Lord ring. He shone with a golden light and found himself wearing his golden dress robes.
"Then a few weeks later when Draco turned sixteen he became the Grand Lord of Unicorns. Sirius and I discovered this a few weeks after school started. We were able to witness their wedding ceremony. They performed a Lunarias ceremony on the full moon. The next morning we let Severus know of what we had found out since he is Draco's godfather." He turned around to look at Draco. "Take off the glamour Draco we might as well tell him everything."
Draco waved his hand in front of his stomach and his big round belly appeared. His dress robes also appeared. He was now dressed all in silver. "I'm three months pregnant with twin girls. They will be born sometime in January."
Dumbledore had paled a bit when he saw his student so far along in his pregnancy. He turned to look at Remus to let him know that it was ok to continue.
"A few weeks after the discovery of their ranks they found out that Ron was one of their protectors. We found this out by accident when Harry followed him to the Room of requirements. Ron is the first protector of our two Lords; his actual name and title are Prince Alderic Ronuldus Navir. Son of Queen Adira of the light Elves and of King Ulrich of the dark Elves." Ron hearing this removed his own glamour to reveal his real appearance to the headmaster. He soon found himself wearing his navy blue royal robes.
"And again a few weeks after that it was Hermione's sixteenth birthday; she became the second protector. We found out that she is Princess Hermione Servov of the Vampire realm." When the old wizard turned towards Hermione she waved her hand and her glamour disappeared and she was wearing her blood read gown with her necklace and the royal crest medallion.
Remus seeing that every one were now dressed according to their rank wondered what he would wound up with at the end of his explanation.
"I myself discover over a month ago that the man who bit me as a child is actually Prince Joshua Lang of the Werewolf realm. Since this is actually how they chose an heir; I am now Prince Remus John Lupin of the Werewolf realm. I am the third protector of our Lords." As soon that he was done speaking his clothes changed to light blue robes with golden moons embroidered around the hems. His necklace appeared; it also bared the royal crest of the Werewolf clan.
"Well now Albus you know who we are and why we're here. This must be kept a secret at all cost. Voldemort would give his right arm to get this information. He desperately wants to get his hands on Draco and Harry. He would loose it completely if he ever found out about the babies."
The old wizard smiled and the twinkle that was always present in his eyes was even brighter. "Yes I see the importance of secrecy. You have my word that I will not tell a soul."
"Thank you professor. I finally have the family that I've dreamed of and now I must do everything to protect it. Now if you don't mind Draco and I are going back to bed. He needs all the rest he can get being so close to the birth of our children." Harry got up and took Draco's hand; before leaving the room he waved his hand and they were dressed in their regular clothes again. Soon every one left telling Remus that they would return in the morning before class to see what happened with Sirius.
The werewolf went back to bed thinking about his father's message. He fell back asleep dreaming about Gryffins and mountains.
Sirius who was still climbing came upon a nest filled with Eggs made of rare jewels and precious metal. He stood there for a few minutes looking at the eggs. A small voice in the back of his head was coaxing him into taking one of the eggs. It was telling him that he would want for nothing as long as he lived if he took one. Like in a dream he saw his hand going towards the nest. Then his inner voice told him to stop. "Don't touch those they may be a trap. Besides you have your family waiting for you back at the castle isn't that enough riches for you?" Sirius shook himself out of his stupor. He took on final look at the nest then started climbing again.
After another thirty minutes of climbing he came upon a creature that look like it was a mix of a unicorn and eagle. It was wounded and desperately in need of help. He took out his wand and healed what he could but he knew that if he didn't bring the creature to the Gryffin Lord waiting for him at the bottom of the mountain that it would die. He levitated the creature while making his way down the steps. He hoped that this was the right decision. He hadn't been given a time limit so he hope he could try climbing back again. Time seemed to pass quicker going down them up. So before he knew it he was back at the base of the mountain. As soon that he placed the animal back on the ground a light surrounded him and he found himself back where he had found the creature. "BLOODY HELL, THIS IS CONFUSING."
Shaking his head he turned around and started climbing again. After a while he sat down to take a few minutes of rest. He was thirsty. As soon as the thought left him a very beautiful woman appeared in front of him. She offered him drink and food. While he drank and ate he noticed that the girl was making advances at him. Sirius just chuckled and thought "If you only knew that I don't swing that way." Again as if someone read his thoughts a very muscular Adonis came out and started making advance at him. Sirius rolled his eyes and kindly told the man that he wasn't interested. "I love Remus to much than to be temped by you."
He thanked the almost naked woman and man then turned back around to climb. "This is getting ridiculous how high IS this stupid mountain?"
Finally after what seemed like forever he made it to the top. He saw a ruby that was emitting a strange noise which just got stronger as he came closer. When he got up to within three feet from the stone a voice spoke to him. Looking around and seeing no one; he knew that the voice came from the stone itself.
"Chosen one. Let me be the first to congratulate you on succeeding at your quest.'
"My quest but I didn't do anything really dangerous."
"You showed your bravery and intelligence when you faced the snake. Then you showed that you would not be led by greed by refusing one of the fortunes eggs. You showed compassion and kindness when you rescued and unknown creature. And finally you showed loyalty and love to your mate when your refused the temptation of the flesh."
Sirius never realized that all these things had been tests to see what kind of person he was. He smiled and felt a lot better about himself.
"Yes young protector you can be proud of yourself. Now receive the staff of Gryffin and return to your world to protect your family."
A blinding light appeared on top of the ruby and the staff came to Sirius' hand. As soon that he touched it the ruby came off the pedestal and inserted itself in the Gryffin paw that made up the top piece of the staff. Sirius felt the power of the staff course through his body. Knowledge long lost was transferred to him. He found out that he had now a second animagus form; a Gryffin. He smiled and couldn't wait to tell Remus. He quickly made his way down the mountain were he noticed that his father in law was also waiting for him sitting next to the Gryffin Lord.
The Gryffin Lord walked up to him and bowed. "From this day on you will be know as the Gryffin Arch Mage. You will be instrumental in the battle with the demon world who are now allies of Voldemort. Now it is time for you to return to your world."
Sirius bowed to the two men and in a flash he was gone. He appeared in the sitting room of his and Remus' quarters. He made his way to their bedroom where he stood at the door looking at his sleeping husband. He slowly made his way to sit next to Remus; he kept on looking at the beautiful man asleep in their bed. He felt that his love was stronger than it had ever been. He bent over to kiss those lips that called to him. When he sat back up he saw Remus' eyes begin to open. He saw his mate sniffing the air. When recognition set in he quickly sat up in bed looking at a laughing animagus.
"SIRIUS BLACK where have you been. You scared me half to death. If my father hadn't written me a note saying that you were safe I would still be in a panic."
"Remus, I've just come back from a quest."
"What?"
"I was taken to the land of the Gryffin and told that I was their chosen one. It seems that I'm the only one able to hold the staff of Gryffin." Sirius stood up so that Remus could see how he was dressed and the staff.
Remus' eyes went wide when he saw the red and gold robes. They went even wider when he saw the staff that Sirius was holding. It was made of holy and was etched with runes going all the way up to what seemed like a Gryffins claw that was holding a ruby.
"I'm the Gryffin Arch Mage, I am the fourth protector of the chosen ones." Sirius started taking his clothes off to go to bed. He waved his hand in front of the wall and a stand appeared on which he placed the staff. Once he was completely naked he turned around and gave Remus a wicked smile. He made his way to bed and started kissing his husband. "You know love, all this physical activity has gotten me really in the mood. I should burn some more of my energy by making love to you."
Remus' golden eyes started shining with lust. "Mmm... I think you're right Siri I thinks I have some energy to burn myself."
The two lovers soon found themselves dancing a dance that has existed for as long as the world has existed. In the morning there would be time for more explanations, right now was the time for love...