St. Mungos

"Sirius!" Harry was barely restrained from jumping on Sirius's bed by Remus. It would not do for Sirius to be moving much, especially with sudden movements. Severus and Draco stood awkwardly in the background. They didn't want to be there, but they knew they couldn't just leave Harry by himself. He's a danger to himself.

"Harry, they told me that you were the one that broke into the Ministry." Harry nodded quickly, not even thinking due to his complete happiness of being free. Sirius suddenly became angry, grabbing Harry's shoulders and shaking them, "I will have to say that is the idiotic thing you have ever done. What in the world were you thinking?"

"I have to agree," Draco put in, reclining against the white wall. "He is just a danger."

"What are you doing here?" Sirius demanded, sitting up quickly to glare accusingly at Severus. "If you are here to kick me when I'm down, then you'll need to get out now, because I won't listen to it."

"Peace, Black, I am here to make sure my son is taken care of."

Instead of the outrage Severus was expecting, Sirius just nodded sadly while looking towards Harry again. He just stared deeply at Harry as if he was looking for something, some form of order. Nothing made sense anymore. One, when did his godson grow up? Taking on adult issues at such a young age; what had the world come to? "Remus told me before you came here." Silence fell as they waited for him to finish his mind but it never came.

"You aren't angry?" Harry asked uncertainly, hoping for the best. It would absolutely crush him if he lost Sirius again. Again, he did not answer for a long time. Remus looked awkward as if ready to comfort Harry for a bad decision.

"No," he answered raspily, "as much as I don't like it, I must accept you the way you are. You are still my godson whether I like it or not." He reached up and took Harry into a head lock, ruffling his hair to show he was joking for his last comment. "You are still the world to me Harry. Having a different name or parentage doesn't matter if you are the same person inside and out."

"Actually, when he wants, he'll be changing his appearance to the way he was born with." Severus interrupted. "Once he is ready of course."

The two adults stared at each other hard. They didn't even blink once. Harry was convinced they had forgotten any one else was in the room, though they both denied it later. He couldn't even remember seeing such utter hatred coming from either of them until… it stopped as easily as it had come. Synchronized, the two men blinked, nodded silently, and looked away. It was even scarier than Dumbledore's connection with anyone who dares lock eyes with him. Knowing the two individuals and their past experiences did not help any in the least.

"Fine," Sirius murmured, "but it is Harry's call."

"Sansone's," Severus corrected.

"Sansone's. You just have to ruin my heart to heart speech don't you?"

The rest of the evening was spent peacefully. Draco broke away from the shadows Severus clinged to as his position to watch everything at once, and took up a civil conversation with his second cousin. Ron and Hermione soon arrived, talking at top speed on how they were so happy Sirius was back to them.

"The others wanted to come as well," Hermione ended, "You know, Luna, Ginny, and Neville? Okay maybe not as you weren't there in the end…" she trailed off.

"They were with us that night," Ron continued for her, "they send their love through us. And even though they didn't know you actually, they worked just as much as we did to get you back to us. St. Mungo's just won't let all of us come at the same time."

"You'll be able to see them during Winter Break though."

The group soon spoke of the war, the exams coming up, and the much awaited Christmas vacation. It wasn't until Samantha Sinral woke up from a nightmare that they stopped their happy reunion.

"Shouldn't we do something?" Hermione asked tentatively.

Draco rolled his eyes. "What could we do, Granger? Clearly we have no idea what the nightmare was about or if these people are even stable!"

Hermione looked ready to argue back before a team of medics entered the room carrying various magical healing equipment. They set to work on stabling the crazed beeps coming from her bed sounding like a muggle heart-rate monitor would sound like. Soon Samantha Sinral was sitting up by herself, enjoying a cop of soothing tea. She did not say a word to the group, but Harry caught wistful looks aimed in their direction when she busied herself with a book.

Her brown hair fell into brown eyes constantly, so she was forced to pull them behind her eyes. It was the only sound she would make. Everything about her appearance was plain; no one would look at her in the middle of a crowd. But they knew she must be very strong of will if she was able to escape the veil when she did. It would just be a test of will again to bear all of it alone again…

The students had to leave early due to exam practices leaving Sirius, Remus, and Severus alone. Samantha had fallen back to sleep a while earlier. They wouldn't have to worry about her hearing anything they spoke inside the ward. But silence rang through their ears for a long time.

"I just want what's best for him," Sirius broke the silence.

Severus simply looked up from his shadowy corner to show he heard the statement. A minute or two later he finally answered: "And you think I want anything other? It might have taken me a lot more time than you had to get over the fact, but recognize it I did. He is my blood, and that is much more sacred than anything else."

"What about your job?" Sirius demanded. Everyone knew what job he was talking about, and it wasn't his teaching one.

"Nothing will change; I am a master of mind reading. The Dark Lord will not be able to break through my walls to learn the truth of the matter. I will just have to make sure Sansone does not do anything drastic like he tried today."

Remus turned towards him in lightning speed. "What?"

"He tried to enter the Dark Manor to save me. Apparently he had a vision that foretold my death, and he drastically reacted to it. If it were not for Albus keeping he and Draco in his office, Sansone would be at the Dark Lord's mercy."

Harry could not bear to remember her solitary form surrounded by endless scoured white pillows and sheets even years later. There they were having a grand time with Sirius while she sat silently alone. Surly there was something that could be done for her sake, and also the other victims who took up the St. Mungo's ward. When she asked a clerk at the front office about the situation, he just shook his head sadly muttering about no contacts to talk to.

"There just has to be something we could do." Hermione exclaimed once listening to Harry's thoughts, "no one should have to go through all of that."

"But do what exactly?" Draco asked, leaning against a near by wall. Clearly he was not invited to the conversation, but did he care? "What could a bunch of kids possibly do?"

"Where have you been?" Ron asked, "Mars? You really must trust on this one. Just leave it to us."

Okay, it's a little shorter than the usual lately, but I wanted to post before I left for my trip. I will be back on the fifth. Hopefully I will have another chapter done by then. Talk about procrastination… they are picking me up in exactly two minutes…

Skyseeker: I know that it is really jumpy and if I had time before the next book comes out I would have revised the whole thing, but time is simply an endangered species right now for me. My muse just runs away with me sometimes…

Paris: Well, I am flattered that you spent so much time on my story. It really has come around in the years… You will find a major jump in writing skill from chapter twenty to twenty-one as that was a year and a half of no updates. I was working on my skill during that time in school.

Sindauviel: Truly? My goodness! I wish I saw it, that would have been soooooo funny to look at!

Trinity 101: I thought it would fit Draco's personality to scold Harry for being Gryffindorish and telling Severus the truth. But it did end up being cute didn't it?

mAlFoTiSaWeSoMe: They would technically be brothers as Harry/Sansone is Severus' son and Severus will be adopting Draco once they break Lucius down (probably chapter 39).