Title: Homecoming

Author: Athenethegoddess02

Fandom: Harry Potter/Buffy

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Summary: Sirius comes back home.

Warnings: None

Notes: None

Harry sighed, and turned away from the doorway. Another man, claiming to be Sirius. There was one almost every two weeks or so. At first, Harry had wanted to believe them, had wanted to believe that his godfather was still alive.

But each had turned out to be false.

I'll let Severus deal with it. Harry thought, as he headed up the stairs to his room.

He glanced over his shoulder at a commotion outside the door.

"Persistent little bugger, isn't he." Harry muttered to himself. He shrugged, and continued up the stairs.

Halfway up, he heard a voice that froze his feet.

"Harry Alexander James Lavell Harris Potter, if you take one more step I'll call Willow and tell her that you haven't been taking care of yourself, and that you need her to come mother you."

Harry spun around, his hand gripping he railing like a lifeline. Before him stood Sirius, messy hair and all.

Ron and Hermione stood behind him, grinning like idiots. Beyond them was Severus, scowl firmly in place, although his lips twitched briefly at the look on Harry's face.

"Please tell me that I've not gone mad." Harry plead.

Ron giggled. "Harry, if you've gone bleeding mad, then so have I."

Everyone looked at him. He frowned, "Wait, that didn't come out right." Hermione patted him on the arm.

"It's really me, Harry." Sirius walked forward, and stopped at the foot of the stairs.

Harry looked at Severus, who nodded minutely. That's all it took for Harry to be flying down the stairs and into the arms of his godfather.

Ron grinned more, if possible, and Hermione smiled with tears in her eyes. Snape allowed a brief smile to grace his lips, before scowling again.

Harry's joyful laugh was a half muffled sob against his godfather's shoulder.

"What the HELL happened to you?" Harry demanded the second he let go. "Where have you been?"

Sirius chuckled weakly. "Would you believe that the second I fell through the Veil, Willow was performing a summoning spell? Only when I landed at her feet, I had no idea who I was. And neither did she. It took me until last week to piece everything together. I came back as soon as I could."

Harry stared at him. "Only you, Sirius, could fall through the Veil of Tears and land on the Hellmouth."