Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters, they belong to J.K.Rowling. I do own any others you never knew, including Adhara, Vanessa, Miriet, and all of the rest of the ideas of the story.

Summary: AU Starting after Fourth year. Harry is down about Cedric but Sirius has been helping him through it. Secrets are revealed and a family is gained. Vampires, Werewolves, and other things to come.

AN: I made a few minor changes in some past chapters (mostly chapter 2), spelling and such. So you know at one point when Harry was learning about his new family Sirius mentions that his Sire was Vanessa's father. This has been corrected. As noted in later chapters Sirius' Sire was Vanessa's grandmother, Miriet. It was also noted in that same paragraph that Sirius already met with the council. Though this was true as a bitten vampire it was when he was still in Hogwarts.It is not the case for his involvement of the Potter Murdersas will be seen in this chapter. On a side note also mentioned at the bottom; I have looked for the correct spelling of the truth serum but was unable to find any thing. There for if any one has anything better that >Verstatium I would be happy to change it.

Chapter 5

"Harry, how do you feel?" Sirius asked as he helped the young man sit up.

"Like shit." he said and then blushed when he looked up, realizing what he just said and how many he said it to. "I'll be fine. I'm just a little tired, but can we talk later about what happened?" He asked looking at his godfather.

"Sure kid. But first I have to have my trial. That is why every one is here. I didn't really expect it to happen this quickly but then the sooner done the better." Harry nodded as Sirius spoke.

Sirius helped Harry to stand as Remus and Vanessa came to help him to a seat at the front. Sirius then took his own seat at the table with Adhara. The trial was about to begin.

Clan Law Returns

In a surprising revelation late yesterday evening it has come to this reporter's attention that many Clans are returning to open life. The head of the Togalla clan is reported as having seen the Minister late last night and declaring a clan member innocent of charges he had been accused and imprisoned for. As Ministry law can not go over that of the Clans the former accused is to be pardoned by the Ministry as off this afternoon. Till then we at the Daily Profit are unable to get his name to but will be sure to let you, our faithful readers, know when we have more.

Rita Skeeter

Mass Murderer Declared Innocent Of All Charges

Through a recent press release it was stated that the Togalla clan has tried and found innocent member Sirius Orion Black, now Sirius Orion Black Togalla, and have since informed the ministry of the trial and the use of Verstatium at said trial. We must wonder at the fact of Mr. Black Togalla's innocence. If he was tried with Verstatium and found innocent then why was he placed into Azkaban in the first place? This reporter has come across information stating that Mr. Black Togalla was not even given a trial when taken into custody. He was simply placed into Azkaban and left there for a total of twelve years before he escaped. It is still unknown as to how Mr. Black Togalla was able to escape the inescapable island but as it seems even Mr. Black Togalla can not remember and so it will continue to be a mystery to all.

Markon Makkinis

True Criminal On The Loose

Recently released: True criminal of Potter betrayal and Murder of 13 Muggles Peter Pettigrew. In a surprising revelation it was stated that Pettigrew is still alive and in hiding. He is short and plump with a bald head. Charged with being an illegal animagus in the form of a rat. He was last reported seen by none other that Harry Potter and has a silver right hand. Be on the look out he is considered dangerous. For more information turn to page 3.

Gretion Greentow

The days following Sirius' trial and its subsequent release to the Ministry of Magic were quite hectic to those in the Wizarding World. It was somewhat the same among the clans as well. The reason? Clan meetings. They had much to talk about, for not only was a vampire now freed of wrongful persecution, something all vampire abhored, but Clan historys and legends were being looked over as well. Something big was going to happen. And it all started when a young new vampire came into one of the older clans.
Sirius sat down at the table next to Adhara. Looking up to the council he saw Miriet nod. "Well then. We certainly have much to go over but to start with, the trial of one Sirius Orion Black Togalla." Began an older man. He was sitting in the center of the head table and Harry assumed that it must be Vanessa's great grandfather.

"Sirius you were charged, convicted, and imprisoned for the charges of being a traitor to the Wizarding World by siding with one self proclaimed Lord Voldemort. You are also charged with the murder of 13 muggles. What do you say?" The man asked.

"First off I was never convicted. I was captured and sent to Azkaban without a trial. Second off I was never the secret keeper of the Potters and have never and will never work with or for Voldemort." Sirius replied.

"Very well the plea has been written. Will you submit to Vertsatium?" The Council head asked.

"I will." Sirius replied. At this point all of the clan in the manor were now in the council chambers. A chair appeared at the front of the hall between those sitting and the council.

"I see that Serverus Snape is present. Would you go and retrieve Vertsatium please." The Woman next to the head position called out. Snape stood at this and with a slight bow to the council, turned and walked out of the room. He was back a few minutes later and by that time Sirius had moved from the defendant table to the witness chair.

Snape walked up to the front and stood in front of Sirius' chair. With another nod to the council and then a small one to Sirius that was returned, Snape put three drops of the truth potion onto the escaped convicts tongue.

The council head then began the questions. "What is your name?"

"Sirius Orion Black Togalla." He replied in a dazed sort of monotone. The council nodded that the potion was working.

"You are charged with the murder of 13 muggles and one wizard, how do you plea?"

"Not guilty."

"You are charged with being a Death Eater and betraying a James and Lily Potter to one who has claimed the title Lord Voldemort, how do you plea?"

"Not guilty."

"Very well. Adhara Togalla, as defense representative you may begin the questioning. If anything is not answered to our content we will ask question when you have finished."

Adhara nodded to the council and stood from her chair. Walking around the table for the defense she went and stood to the side of Sirius to begin her questioning. "When were you placed as the Potter's secret keeper?"

"I was never the secret keeper for the Potters." At this statement many murmurs were heard throughout the hall.

"Who was the Potter's secret keeper?"

"Peter Pettigrew was the Potter's secret keeper."

"How is that you have this knowledge if you were not the secret keeper?" Adhara asked her brother for the sake of those present.

"When James first asked me about doing the Fidilus Charm we discussed who should be the secret keeper. We finally came up with the decision to make Peter Pettigrew the secret keeper as everyone would think that it would be me. This way the true keeper would be hidden and Voldemort would have to look for me to find the Potters, or so we hoped he would believe."

"What happened on the night of October the 31st, 1980?" Adhara asked.

"The night was going as any night, normal. When I had a terrible feeling. I don't know what it was but I assume it was the vampire's pull to my soul brother and his family. It felt awful and I immediately ran out of my flat and took my motorbike to James' house. I saw part of the second floor on fire and ran into the house. On the floor near the door was the body of James Potter. I could tell that he was dead by the killing curse. There was unfortunately nothing I could do. But maybe I could help Lily and little Harry.

"I ran up the stairs and found them in the nursery. This was also where the fire had started I could see. Most of it was around the doorway and down into the hall, the nursery was mostly untouched. On the floor at the doorway was a pile of ashes that I could literally feel the evil emanating from. I could only assume that it was what was left of Voldemort. I did my best to put out the fires in the room and went to check on the occupants. I truthfully didn't have much hope.

"I saw Lily then, on the floor. She seemed to have crumpled from a standing position in front of the crib. I bent down and closed her eyes. That is when I heard a slight whimper from the crib. Looking in I saw my godson Harry. He was unconscious but it seemed he was hurting. He also had a large gash on his forehead that was bleeding. I reached over to the changing table and grabbed a cloth which I then pressed to his head to stop the bleeding."

By this time many were rivited to their chairs listening to the unfolding events. Harry on the other hand was doing his best to keep his emotions in check. It was only through the help of Remus and Venessa, who each sat to his sides, that he was able to do so.

"I took Harry downstairs then and met Rubius Hagrid at the entrance way. He was just standing up from closing James' eyes. As he spots me and Harry he called out, 'Sirius, wha… what of Lily?' I shook my head at him and the two of us walked out of the house, we were both crying. He then turned to me and said that Dumbledore had sent him to bring Harry to him, no matter what. I asked why as I looked again at Harry and checked his forehead to see that it was no longer bleeding. I asked why again when he did not answer but he only said that he did not know why only that Harry had to go to Dumbledore.

"After a few moments of thought I did give Harry over to Hagrid. I believed that once I had Pettigrew that I could get my godson back. It was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. I did make Hagrid promise to me that what ever may happen that he would look out for Harry, that he would not let anything happen to him. Once he promised me that he would indeed watch over James and Lily's child I gave him my motorbike as Harry could not travel other magical means due to his age. By the time the two were ready to go it was past midnight."

Sirius ended there and the whole hall held still, waiting for more. Everyone seemed to be in a stupor. All those except the council, and those who had known of his innocence in the first place that is. Harry and Vanessa looked a bit confused when Sirius did not continue. Looking at each other for a quick moment they then both looked to Snape who was directly behind them.

Snape, being his usual self glared at the two before answering what he believed to be an idiotic question. "She only asked him about the night of the 31st." Many around them also heard the answer of the potion master and nodded their heads in understanding.

In the mean time Adhara had called for a house elf to bring a pitcher and glass of water for Sirius. Once his thirst had be quenched Adhara looked to the council. Receiving a nod she began her questioning again.

"What are the events of November the first, 1980 from your point of view?"

"After I had given Harry to Hadgrid along with my motorbike I went off to find Pettigrew. My thought was that if I had him then nothing else would happen and I would get Harry to raise as was my right. I thought to confront Dumbledore but at that moment I heard a noise. I was in the middle of Godric's Hollow now and when I looked over I saw Pettigrew as a rat running. I followed and though many time I was close I didn't catch him.

"It wasn't till around 7 am that he tired out enough for me to catch him before he scurried through another hole. When I was close he transformed back into a human and ran out of the ally we were in and into a street full of muggles. That is when he turned on me as I too came out of the ally and yelled out "Lily and James, Sirius how could you!" Of course it was only then that I thought of my magic and began to raise my wand.

"He already was prepared for it and with his wand behind his back he blew up the street, cut off one of his fingers and again transformed into a rat. The last I saw of him was as he ran down into a sewer." Sirius stopped and could be seen by some to be licking his lips.

"Please clarify what you mean when yousay you saw 'Pettigrew as a rat running'." Adhara said to her brother.

"Peter Pettigrew, James Potter, and myself are all unregistered animagus. We did so to help our friend Remus Lupin whois a werewolf. Pettigrew is a rat, James was a stag, and i am a grim-like dog." Sirius answered with out hesitation, though he did lick his lips again.

Adhara brought forth the glass of water that had been set on her table and gave it to him so that he could again quench his thirst. "What happened after Pettigrew disappeared?" She asked wanting to get the trial back underway.

"Just after he disappeared the Arrors arrived. I was so shocked and overwhelmed that I couldn't help it. I laughed. I didn't even protest when the took me. I knew the evidence would be overwhelming but I thought that I would at least get a proper trial. One where I could testify under Verstatium. It didn't happen. I didn't even get a trial, simply a boat trip to Azkaban." Sirius finished.

At that point Adhara looked to the council. "That is all we offer in defense, High Council." She said with a bow.

"Very well." The head of the council looked to the rest of those at the table. Receiving head shakes from every one there he called out into the crowd again. "The Council has no more questions, Serverus Snape, please administer the antidote." Once that was done and Snape was again sitting, the council looked to Sirius, still in the witness chair but now nearly out of the affects of Verstatium. As they watched and waited for him to be fully free of the effect they were deciding on the verdict through the use of the Family Blood Gift, otherwise known as telepathy.

Once they were finished and Sirius was back to his normal self, the Head of the council looked to Miriet. As he was her Child she spoke the verdict. "Sirius Orion Black Togalla, We the council find you Not Guilty of all charges. The Ministry of Magic will be informed but with this will also come that you are in fact a member of the Clan. It is our understanding that if you did not wish for this to happen you would not have come." It could clearly be seen that Sirius was extatic to finally be cleared of the charges, even to those in the back. He did how ever look to have something to say. "Speak Sirius. What do you wish to add?" Miriet asked.

"Council, Sire, I propose that as it was not previously known that I was a member of the clan that when telling the Ministry it be hinted at the fact that I am a new member, especially as those with who I was staying believe it so even though nothing was outright said that I would be joining the clan at this time. It is also true that I am joining the clan now as a public member." Sirius put in. Many of the council smiled at the deviousness of said action. It would protect many that way. For another moment the council was silently communicating.

"Very well the council has agreed to you plan.Now, we also had a new bitten vampiremember and awerewolf canidate for enterance to the clanbut due to previous events and the trial it has gotten quite late. The initiation of the new vampire and an invited member will be done tomorrow. Have a good evening everyone." Once Miriet was finish all in the Council Hall rose from their seat as the Council rose to leave. After the Head had gone through a door behind his chair the rest of the hall began to disperse.

The hall continued to clear out quickly until only Adhara, Sirius, Remus, Serverus, Miriet, Vanessa, and Harry were left. Miriet looked at those around her. "Come, let us retire somewhere more pleasant to talk."

With this she led the others out of the hall and through the back of the manor, ending up in a semi-enclosed Japanese style garden. Once everyone was seated on benches or sitting stones and comfortable they began some quiet conversations about miscellaneous things. Even Harry and Vanessa were chatting about Hogwarts and the next term. After a while conversation turned to the events of the morning.

"I really need to be exonerated by the Ministry. Harry needs to be out of the Dursleys for good. My title of Lord Black will also be helpful in the future." Sirius said to the others.

"We must also keep in mind a controlling Dumbledore. I'll not let him mess with my cub any longer." Remus growled softly. As Harry heard this he looked over at the man with a soft smile.

"I would like to make my clan affiliation public as well if I could. Though not the fact that I am now a vampire. I don't think that would go over very well right now." Harry said quietly to the others.

Miriet looked over to the young vampire. "I do believe that is a good idea. We also must discuss what happened to you earlier."

"Indeed. What was that?" Snape asked.

"If I understand correctly, the beginning of an old prophecy." Adhara said. At this everyone heard Harry groan and could see him mumble something though could not tell what.

Sirius stood and moved over to Harry. "What was that?" He asked

Harry looked up to the man he thought of as a father. He had a sad look in his eyes, almost one of defeat. Sirius seeing this pulled Harry onto his lap and hugged him tightly. Being hugged gave Harry the strengthhe didn't know he needed, but Sirius could feel the need and vowed to do this more often. He was tecnically his son now. Harry turned to the side and buried his head in the older man's shoulder. He was so thankful to have Sirius as his Sire, now a true father and not just a godfather. But this didn't make things easier. Harry again mumbled against Sirius' shoulder and of course the human cuddle pillow heard all of the self depreciation stating not so gently that Harry currently 'hated his life.'

Sirius looked shocked for a moment. "Don't say that Harry. Please don't say that." The others looked on in concern not having heard what Harry had said.

Harry turned his head so that he could see his Sire's face. "Its not you Sirius, or the fact that I'm a vampire now or any of that. Its just…. I don't know how to describe it. I might as well just tell you."

Sirius looked down at this godson. "What do you want to tell me?"

With this Harry gave a soft sigh. He gently turned in Sirius' lap to face forward with his back against the elder vampire's chest and his arms around the young man loosely. "I guess it begins after the Third Task and Fake Moody. After Moron-Minister Fudge had the imposter Kissed by dementors and Dumbledore was able to get me away from the man he led me to his office. There he tried to relax my concerns but brought out a pensive bowl thing. He then told me why I was so special in the fight against Voldemort and that I would need to be especially careful now that he had returned. He showed me a prophecy from the bowl. It was of Trelawny and she went into this trace sort of thing."

Harry took a deep breath before he continued. "The one with the power to defeat the Dark Lord approaches… Born as the seventh month dies. Born to those who have thrice defied him… And the Dark Lord will mark him as equal… But he will have power the Dark Lord knows not. And either must die at the had of the other, for neither can live while the other survives… The one with the power will be born as the seventh month dies."

When Harry finished he again turned into Sirius and hid his face. At the same time of course Sirius' arms tightened significantly on the young man between them. Every one was looking at said young man with varying degrees of shock and contemplation. "Well we always knew you were special kid. Ever since you were born you've shown that to any one and every one." Sirius finally said with a smile beginning to form and another tightening of his arms. He knew every one present would do any thing within their power to help and protect Harry. Even if it was buried quite deep for a certain potions master.

Remus chucked lightly at Sirius' comment. "Yes I totally agree. Like the time you wanted to see 'Prongs' but you parents were headed out to a very fancy muggle restaurant and need to be on time to keep their reservations. Sirius and I were babysitting and Siri' changed to Padfoot for you to play with. But you would have none of it. You were adamant that you had to have Prongs. Your magic forced your dad to change. We were all so surprised and he tried changing back almost immediately but he couldn't bypass your magic. Because of this your mom and dad wound up missing their dinner reservations and you got to play with Prongs. Of course it didn't end there. The next day we found out that the area with the restaurant had been attacked and completely obliterated. It was a muggle explosion and an Arabic Terrorist Group claimed responsibility. Apparently they were aiming for one of the dinner residents. It had happened so quickly that if your parents had been their they would not have survived."

Harry looked at Remus, "I…What…But…" He was so shocked he could barely utter a sound, let alone a complete sentence.

"Harry," Sirius began, "You have always had so much magic within you. And you have always been a bit pre-cognite about things."

By this time Harry was looking back and forth between the two. He was dumbfounded, but it did seem to make a bit of sense. He was almost always able to tell when something big was going to happen. Usually it was always the bad things though. He had the feeling when his parents were killed. He had cried for a half an hour before anything happened he remembered. He also had the feeling before going after Quirrell or even a day before going down to the Chamber Of Secrets. The thing was he never knew what caused the feelings before. Maybe he could work on that.

While Harry was thinking this through Vanessa was going over what had already been said. "So in truth Harry has always been really powerful and may have a slight bit of sight but it must have been repressed to at least some extent 'cus he certainly didn't know about Big D and his bullies right?" Harry absently nodded and Vanessa continued. "Maybe that is the Power the Dark Lord Know Not? Then again maybe not. We also have this other prophecy for the vampires that may or may not pertain to him. Do I have every thing?" Miriet and Adhara both nodded at the girl. "So what is this prophecy then?" She asked finally.

Miriet smiled at her granddaughter. She certainly was a feisty one. "The prophecy is ancient. Passed down through all clan texts from the First Clan. The prophecy goes as such… 'He comes, the Prophecy Child… The one on whom things depend… The rifts that have come, Shall now be undone, By the works of his hand… Born not of blood but of Sire, Of one close to his heart… With family finally found, And gathered close to surround, Shall he put together what once was torn apart… The coming shall be marked, With eyes obsidian black and hair in tips of blue… Look for him but beware… His power will be in the air… Only through love and Sire should danger dare." When she had finished all was silent.

That was until Harry spoke up with his confusion. "What? I don't get it." Yes Harry was vary confused and all could see it by looking at him.

Adhara took pity on the young man. "Harry when we arrived you went into the normal trance for all bitten vampires on their first trip here. But your eyes changed to black and you hair tipped electric blue. This is not normal for the trance but it does follow with the prophecy. The fact that you already have one prophecy on you makes you a prime candidate for Prophecy Child, someone with more that one Prophecy. This would be very important to all vampire clans if it proves true Harry." She finished.

Harry looked at her then up into the face of his Sire and godfather. Seeing love and faith in those two sets of eyes just made him hide his face again and once again groan on the 'wonders' of his life.

AN/ Ok well that is all for this chapter. Time to make you all think a bit. About the first Prophecy. I felt it fit better with my story to be known now instead of after Sirius died in the fifth book. I just makes my story flow better. Other than that minor change for the cannon story of book four things are the same. Except of course that my story is definitely not cannon but hey what do you expect for some one who does not go by the name of Rowling. That's all for now folks…. DragonFoxx

On a side note I believe that the truth serum Verstatium is spelled wrong but I just couldn't find a correct spelling of it. If any one knows of such please let me know.