the secert that will change everything

by badness101

harry is back at his aunts and uncles for the summer and he finds out that james isnt his father. if james isnt then who is betaed by icklecassikins

4. Sirius' Surprise

Thanks to all that reviewed just a quick note to tell my readers that i might not be updating for a while i have a bad case of writers block and my computer is acting up. i have another story that i will be posting. for those that are enjoying this story my other one is about what if harry wanted to keep his apperence it will be called "secert" look out for it if u want to read it. on with the story

Sirius' Surprise

"Harry come on, we are running late!" Severus stood at the bottom of the
stairs and yelled to the top where Harry was still in his room.
"I'll be right down dad!" Harry yelled back. It has been two weeks since Harry last had his fight with Severus. Harry has calmed down a lot in that time. Severus has been working on getting him use to loud voices and not freaking out when someone raises their voice. It didn't work. Even if his voice got louder a little bit he would start shaking so they have given up for now until Sirus could be there to help, because some people are not going to
know about his problem.
Harry came down a minute after he was called to his father. "What took you so
long?" Severus asked.
"I had to wait and put Hedwig in her cage. She just got back from her
nightly hunt." Harry said.
"Ok let's go. Dumbledore is waiting for us." they got their stuff and then
apparated to the gates. When Severus got there Harry was nowhere to be seen.
'He must already be inside.' Severus thought. He walked up to the castle.
When he got there Dumbledore was waiting for him in the great hall. All of
the sudden Harry was beside him. "How did you do that Harry? No one should
be able to apparate inside of this school." Severus asked surprised. Harry
just shrugged.
"I just did what I would do for apparating anywhere else. I pictured myself
next to Professor Dumbledore and then I was there. I am hungry. Lets go eat
super." Harry was gone again leaving both Professors confused.
When Harry got into the great hall he saw that he wasn't the only student
there. He was happy to see his friends Ron and Hermione. He walked over and
sat down in front of them. They didn't realize that there was someone else
there with them. Hermione then looked up and saw Harry. "Harry! How nice
to see you. I didn't notice that you were there. When did you get here?" she
asked.
"I just got here. There is something I want to tell you after the
Welcoming feast for the teachers." they both nodded and then started eating.
When they were done they went out to the great hall. Harry didn't know that
he was being followed.
"Listen, a lot had happened over the summer and you guys maybe won't
like what I have to say but you should know." they went over and sat down on
the stairs. "I learnt to apparate over the summer and Sirus gave me the
test. I passed with flying colors. I can apparate anywhere I want because
I am so powerful. I apparated inside the school when I left the place I was
staying at for the summer." Harry explained.
"Well, that isn't a bad thing so there must be other things then. That is
really good mate, congratulations." Ron said.
"Your right! That's not all. Something else happened. I have found out that my father
is alive and I have known him for a few years now." Harry started.
"Who is it Harry? I mean… I know that you can't bring the dead back so who is
it?" Hermione asked.
"It is a teacher at the school. We all have him. I know you guys aren't
going to like this but my father is Professor Snape." Harry finished. Then he
waited for someone to blow. Hermione stayed calm but Ron was turning
red.
"So when will you change into a smaller form of him? You look just like James so when do you change? Are you going to be put into his house too? Leave us behind and make
Slytherin friends?" Ron said yelling
"Harry wouldn't do that, Ron! You should know that already. Would you Harry?" Hermione asked.
"If I was going to do that I would have already. I changed into my other
appearance on my 16th birthday but I didn't want to leave you guys and
Gryffindor so I asked Dumbledore to put a spell on me to make me look like James for
another five years or until we take it off. So Ron, will you grow up?" Harry
said. Ron just got up and stormed away. Hermione stayed with Harry though.
"I believe you Harry. I understand that what you are going through is hard. And on
top of that you have your school responsibilities. I am going to stand behind you this year
even more then what I have been and helping you any way I can." she said and
lend over a gave him a hug. "You ever need a break let me know. I'll do what I
can to help you."
"Thanks Hermione." He said.
"No problem. That is what friends are for." she said. 'Even though I wish
we could be more but it might not happen in the near future. He has enough
on his plate at the moment.' they got up and decided to walk around the
school to give Ron time alone in the common room. Before they got up the
stairs Sirus came out from behind a suit of armor. Harry looked surprised to
see him there.
"What are you doing here Sirus?" Harry asked.
"You mean Professor Black. I am your new Defense against the Dark Arts
teacher." Sirus said.
"Oh cool! But do I have to call you 'professor' all the time? Or just in
class?"
"Just in class Harry. You are welcome to call me what ever you want outside
of class. You guys can also come to my chambers anytime." Sirus said. They
started walking around for a little while. "So when did you find out that
Severus was your father?" he asked.
"On my birthday. I got a letter from mom but I didn't find out the truth
until the other day after my apparition test." Harry said.
"So what made him remove you from you aunt's house?" Sirus asked.
"He came to talk to me and when he got there he found me unconscious in my
room. He took my uncle to Lord Voldemort and came to take me to Snape
manor." Harry said.
"Your uncle bet you unconscious?" Sirus asked trying to stay under control.
"Yes but I am fine now. You can't even tell that he touched me. If I didn't say
anything then you would have never known." Harry said.
"Yea, you're right. But you are not fully fine. You freak when someone's voice
rises just a little bit." Sirus said.
"Other then that I am perfectly fine. Dad and me are working on that." Harry said
rolling his eyes. Sirus just laughed.
"You still look like James when you do that." Sirus said. They just kept
walking for a little while. "So when are you guys going to talk to Ron? I am
willing to let you guys live in my rooms for a little while but the school
rules say that you have to sleep in your common room at lest once a week unless
your life is in danger." Sirus asked.
"I just don't see why he doesn't see that if I wanted to go into my father's
house I would have already but no, I changed back to Harry and stayed with
Hermione and Ron like I said earlier."
"Have you told him that?" Sirus asked.
"Yes he was right there when I said that to them. Then he stormed off."
Harry said.
"So we are aloud to stay in your rooms if we have too? I mean Harry has to
share a room with him and things can get out of control. Harry doesn't want
to lose his prefect badge. Oh Ron can also be mad because Harry got the
badge and he didn't again this year." Hermione said.
"You guys can come anytime you like and I won't change the password with out
you guys knowing the password." Sirus said.
"Thanks Sirus. come on we have to go see Professor McGonagall wanted to
speak to us about perfect duties." Harry said. Sirus decided to go along
with them since he had nothing better to do.
When they got there they found her waiting outside of her class room. When
they got there is motioned them for them to follow her. they went in and
sat down on the chairs in front of the desk.
"Since you guys are not coming here on the train I have decided to tell
you the powers and responsibilities that you as a prefect have. First off
you have the power to give detentions to any student that breaks any rule.
You decide who they spend it with other then the headmaster. You may also
dock points from any house. You can not award points to any house. You must
walk the halls with the teachers some nights in shifts. You will be told
when you go. You must follow all rules like students or you could also get
detention. Any Questions?" McGonagall asked. they shook their heads.
McGonagall then told them they may leave.
By that time it was after 9:00. when Sirus noticed the time he asked. "Do
you want me to go with you to see how everything goes with Ron?"
"Shore we might need to take your offer tonight well Harry anyways."
Hermione said.
"You can come too Hermione, Harry might want some company other then me."
Sirus said. He knows that Hermione has a crush on his godson and hoped she
will make her move soon. Hermione just nodded and they walked to Gryffindor
tower. they hadn't put a password on the houses yet so they just opened for
anyone wearing the house colors.
When they entered Ron was sitting in his favorite chair by the fire
reading. they walked over to him and sat down on the couch that was next to
the chair he was sitting in. "Hi Ron." Harry said.
"What are you doing here? I thought you would be in Slytherin by now with
your father." He said.
"When are you going to realize that I am not moving from Gryffindor? I could
have moved to Slytherin right away and not have told you guys. that's what
dad wanted but he left it up to me. He wants me to be happy. I told him I am
not going to leave my friends. He supports me and we are going to find away
to spend time together with out no one knowing about us. When you get that
threw your thick head come find me. I wont be back in here until we get this
fixed I am sleeping in Sirus' rooms. I'll see you at breakfast even if you
don't want to. Good night Ron." with that Harry got up and went to get his
trunk because he didn't know how long this would last. when he got downstairs
he was greeted by Hermione who went to get her things. when they entered the
common room Sirus was waiting by the entrance. Ron didn't even look up with
they said good bye and left him alone in the common room. They walked down to the Defense against the Dark Arts classroom. there was a portrait across from the classroom. the picture was one of Sirus as a dog.
"Prongs. That's the password in honor of your step father Harry." Sirus
said. the portrait slid across and aloud them to enter. "I take it you guys
will be ok sharing a room since I only have one other room. I trust that you
guys won't be doing anything anyways." Sirus said with a smile. they just
rolled their eyes and went off to explore the place. When they found the
guest room they saw that it had its own bathroom. the room itself was huge.
Sirus followed them in and with a wave of his wand another bed appeared.
"You guys set up how ever you want if you need help come and get me ill be
in my study." they nodded and Sirus left.
"So how do we want to do this?" Hermione asked.
"Well I want my bed near the window if that is alright with you. you can
put your where ever you want." Harry said. Hermione nodded. they used their
wands and soon the room was set up. they decided to be on both sides of the
window with a night table between them. The room was Gryffindor colors with
the ceiling matching what ever mood the other person was in. They added two
bookshelf's so they could put their light reading books on so the other
person could read. After they were finished Sirus came in the check on
them.
"The room looks great, you guys shore set it up fast." Sirus said.
"We just did what we wanted to be done in the room and made shore it was ok
with the other person." Harry told him
" How did you make the ceiling like that?" Sirus asked looking up.
"Like what all I see are colors that match Hermione's mood." Harry said.
"Half in one of your moods and half in the other persons?" Sirus told them.
"Hermione did that I don't know what she did." Harry said looking at
Hermione.
"All I did was say 'ceiling change to...' and said the two names. It wasn't
hard." Hermione said.
"That's good to know thanks Hermione." Sirus said. "Come on lets get some
sleep." after they said good night and Sirus left they got changed with
Hermione in the bathroom and got into bed.
"Harry can I ask you something?" Hermione asked. Not able to resist asking
him.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"I was just wondering... I'll understand if you have too much to handle
right now. But if you would like to be... I mean..."
"What Hermione its ok."
"If you would like to be my boyfriend?" the room was quiet for a few
minutes and Hermione thought she said something. "Harry you ok?"
"I am fine Hermione just in shock. Of course I'll be your boyfriend. I have
cared about you since we first met but I didn't know how you felt." Harry
said. They were both smiling and went to sleep that way. What they didn't
know was that Sirus had heard them and smiled. 'Finally took them long
enough' he thought to himself. He then went to bed.
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The next morning Harry woke up early feeling like pranking his
godfather and got Hermione up to join in. After they got changed they
quietly went to fill up a bucket of cold water. They put over Sirus door and
quietly went to read in their room, with the door open so they could hear.
About 5 minutes later they heard a splash and they started throwing
laughing fits quietly. "HARRY!" Sirus yelled. It didn't affect Harry when
Sirus yelled for some reason. He came in all wet. "What was that for? I
didn't pull a prank on you guys yet."
"I know you Sirus and thought we would get one ahead of you." Harry said
laughing on the floor.
"Yea well let's see what your father has to say about this. "Sirius said
smiling."Come on." they went down to the great hall and the only person
there was Severus. They walked up to him. He looked up and smiled.
"you're sapose to take a shower with your clothes off, Padfoot." Severus
asked laughing.
"Ha ha these two thought they would get one over on me and they did. What do
you have to say about this Severus?"
"Well it looks like my son and his friend here learnt from the best and
decided to play one on the masters. We'll get them Sirus don't worry. Why
were they in your rooms anyway?" Severus said.
"They are fighting with Ron and I didn't think it was safe for them to stay
in the common room until this is fixed."
"What are they fighting about?"
"About you and Harry's new relationship, and whatever or not Harry is moving
to Slytherin." Sirus explained. "It was better then going to you and end up
having someone find out that you don't want to know" Severus nodded.
"Keep me up to date on this. If I have to Ill knock it into him. You two
go sit down to eat. Sirus go get changed before Filch finds out that you
are dripping all over his floor." they left and went their own ways.
Ron didn't turn up until Harry and Hermione were leaving the great hall. He
didn't even look at them. The rest of the morning went by and they didn't see him. They decided to spend the morning in the library reading up on new spells. After a little while they went back to Sirus' room careful to watch to make shore they didn't walk into any pranks he might have set up for them.
When they got back they went into their room and move the beds together so
they are under the window all the way and laid down in them. Harry wrapped
his arm around Hermione. Hermione snuggled down into him. They laid like
that for awhile then fell asleep.
They woke a few hours later to whispering. Sirus and Severus were in there
whispering. "What are you guys going here?" Harry asked.
"We were wondering why you guys missed lunch. We came in here looking for
you and found you guys sleeping." Severus said.
"Yea well we were tired and wanted to sleep. We have been going out since
last night and just wanted to be alone together not doing anything wrong.
Last time I checked we are aloud to be together alone as long as don't break
anyone's trust and we haven't." Harry said. "But if it would make you guys
happy we'll go down to the kitchens and get something to eat. Come on
Hermione and watch it they might have this place full of pranks."
They got up and walked over to the door. Harry held out his hand to stop
Hermione and opened the door and moved off to the side. Just as the door
opened water fell on to the floor. "Nice try with that one." Harry said and
kept walking they didn't run into anything else. The castle smelt good. The
elves were making the food for the feast that night. They to the room where
the kitchen was and tickled the pear in the fruit bowl. The door opened and
they walked in.
Dobby came over as soon as he saw him, "What can Dobby get Harry Potter
today?" He asked.
"Just something to eat to keep my father and godfather quiet for both me
and my girlfriend here." Dobby bowed and went to get some things. When he
came back he had some sandwiches for them.
"Dobby hopes this is enough for the sir and misses."
"It is Dobby thank you." Harry said to them. They then left so Dobby could
finish helping the other elves with the feast. When they got back to Sirus'
room, Severus and Sirus were no where to be seen. They were careful where
they walked so they wouldn't walk into any pranks but there were none set up.
They went into Sirus' study so they could read some more on DADA, that way
they would be ready for the next day for shore. after reading a book each on
DADA and practicing and teaching each other the spells they learnt they went
back into their room to read their potions books.
"We would be ready for the tomorrow what ever classes we have." Hermione
said as they finished reading their potions book. They figured that was
enough studding for the day and went to walk around the castle. They were
surprised to see that they didn't run into Ron. Around 3:00 they went down to
Severus' chambers to see him. When they got to the picture of the founder of
Slytherin across from their common room, they knocked on the portrait. When
no one answers they figured they were walking around the school looking for
them and went back to Sirus' room to get read for the rest of the students
to arrive. They put on their prefect robes badge and waited till 4:30 talking about their summer. At 4:00 Sirus came in to get ready."Where were you?" Harry asked him.
"Doing stuff. Why did you need something?" Sirus asked.
"No we were just wondering what happened to you and dad, that's all." Harry
said.
"We went to make shore that you did eat something at lunch then had to do
other things." Sirus explained. "If you ever do need me just apparate to me
since you know how to inside of this school so I have heard." Harry just
nodded he forgot he can apparate in the school. He now had plans for the
school year. Hermione noticed the smile he had on his face and knew what
this year is going to be like. Sirus seen it too but they didn't say
anything.
After Sirus got into his teachers robes they all walked down to the great
hall together. When they finally got there they had 10 minutes before the
rest of the students arrived so they sat down at their tables. They decided
to try to sit next to Ron since it was the first meal they were in the room
for at the same time. That wasn't a great choice at all because once Harry
sat down Ron says "Aren't you sitting at the wrong table Potter?" Harry was
hurt at that but didn't have time to say anything because Hermione exploited
"Ron when is that brain of yours going to start working? If you have
noticed if Harry was supposed to be in Slytherin then he wouldn't be in
Gryffindor and dating someone like me. Slytherin's hate muggle-born's but
Harry loves me and his father knows and supports us. So when ever that brain of yours
turns on let us know. Come on Harry it is crowded here."
Before they could walk away Ron said. "Listen guys please just for a sec?"
they nodded and sat down. "You're right Hermione I have been acting stupid. If
Harry was supposed to be in Slytherin then he wouldn't be here and I am sorry I
said those things to you, Harry mate. I should be happy that you have a
living father after all these years you had to go with out. Congratulations
on finding him, for your and Hermione's relationship and for making prefect.
Are we still friends?" He asked.
"Yes of course we are it just about time you came to your senses." Harry
said. They hugged. When they finished the students began to walk into the
great hall.
When everyone was seated Professor McGonagall came into the great hall with
the sorting hat and stool with the first year's trailing behind her in a line
of two. When she put the stool down, the chatting in the hall stopped and
they all looked at the hat on the stool. Then the rip in the hat opened and burst
into a song ( A/N: I am not good at making songs up for the hat to sing.). When he
stopped the hall started clapping. When the noise stopped McGonagall
started reading out the names. Harry noticed that there weren't many first
years this year. When he pointed it out to Hermione she said "Maybe all the
parents didn't want their children starting this year because of Voldemort."
"When I call your name step forward, so I can put the sorting hat on your
head. Anthony AAron." A brown haired boy step forward. he put the hat on his
head. The hat didn't say anything at first then yelled
"Gryffindor!" The Gryffindor table burst into applause as he went to sit down.
"Jason AAron." McGonagall called. A boy that looked the same as Anthony
stepped forward. The hat thought for a minute then yelled
"Slytherin!" the table at the other end of the hall applauded. The three
friends exchanged confused looks.
"Aren't they brothers?" Harry asked.
"It looks like it. I hope their family is not Death Eaters. If they are,
we should tell the first years when we show them around that they can come
to us prefects if they need to talk. But only Gryffindor prefects, Harry."
Hermione said. The list was almost done by the time they finished talking.
There were only seven more first years. Two went into Ravenclaw, 4 into
Slytherin and one into Gryffindor. When McGonagall took the stool away
Dumbledore rose to his feet.
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts. Welcome to our new hands and welcome
back to our old ones. I hope everyone had a wonderful summer. I know I did.
There will be more time for me to talk after the feast. Tuck in." Just then
the food appeared on the plates in front of them. Everyone began to eat and
talk.
"So where did you guys sleep?" Ron asked.
"Sirus' rooms like we said we were. We get to share a room if we ever want
to get away from the tower or we have another fight. Sirus trusts us not to
go much further in his rooms and we won't. We will always know the password
to get in if we have to." Harry said.
"Well that's good." Ron said while he was eating. They didn't bring that up
again while they were eating. They just talked about other things. When
they were done the plates cleared away leaving them as they were before.
Dumbledore then rose to his feet again.
"We just have to go over the rules we have around here for our new comers
and our old ones need to be reminded too, that the Forbidden forest is just
that, forbidden. Second there is a list of things that are not allowed in the
school. They are posted on the back of Filch's office. Curfew is 9:00 for up to 3rd
year, 10:00 for 3rd-5th year, 12:00 for the rest. That is all for now, good
night." Dumbledore said. Everyone got up and headed off to their dorms.
Hermione and Harry called "First year Gryffindor over here. When they had everyone there Hermione said "I am Hermione and this is Harry. We are two of the Gryffindor prefects. I want you guys to know if you have any problems at home come to one of us and we will help you. What ever you say to us will just stay with us unless you are getting abused." the first years
nodded and then they left the great hall with the prefects.
When they got to the fat lady Harry told to first years that the password
is "bravery". When they were done showing the first years their rooms, Harry
and Hermione went into their rooms. 6th year perfects get separate room in
the common room. Harry and Hermione share a room since Dumbledore trusted
them not to do anything that they are not ready for. Since they didn't have
patrolling duty that night they went to bed.
End chapter