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UPDATED:9/30/2019

Chapter 32

Fifth year 1995

July

"Harry, stop fussing about and just go downstairs and ask them… I'll go with you, how does that sound?"

"No, I have to do this myself…" Harry said, a nervous sigh leaving him as he stared at the unsigned adoption forms in his hands, seeing his parents like he had as ghost really stuck a painful nerve. He loved his parents even without knowing them. However, Emma was practically his mother as it was, and he'd let it slip several times already. It was a worse blow when he'd thought Barty Crouch Jr had killed Emma and Sirius. He knew he'd always know Lily and James as his mother and father, but he looked up to his Aunt like a mother ever since he found out she'd been fighting for his custody his second year. Taking a breath of courage, Harry walked down the winding steps of 12 Grimmauld Place towards the kitchen and smiled as he walked past the Twins' baby room, Kreacher was fast asleep between the cribs on the floor with a small blanket just enough for him and continued down the stairs with Draco close behind him.

Harry knew that he wasn't coming down to witness with his eyes, but his ears and hidden support.

"You got this Jamie." Draco said patting Harry's back as he watched the boy walk into the kitchen where Sirius and Emma sat drinking their afternoon tea and coffee.

"Um… Emma, Sirius? C-can I have a moment to speak with you both about something?" Harry's hands where shaking from his nerves going crazy, he knew they'd never say no to him, at least not regarding this.

Seeing Harry shaken about something, they were worried he'd gone off, not three weeks after summer had started, and gotten into trouble.

"Yes, come and sit…" Sirius said moving his feet off the chair from across from him and moved Emma's feet from his lap as both set their books and cup down as their nephew took a seat while trying to hide the papers from their sight, he looked scared, nervous and sad, which only made the two guardians worry more.

"Um, well, Re-remember, Emma, when you handed me the forms of guardianship, they were already signed, well… Um, I uh… I went back through the forms and they never sent a copy of the adoption forms to us, so I got a hold of someone, well Draco and I, and they told us that the adoption forms had been lost in the chaos when Maggie and her family were killed. Um, something must have happened because they were never filed. So, technically you're just my guardians. But I w-was just wondering if you'd both be willing to sign the adoption forms?"

"This is why you're so nervous?" Emma asked with a smile as she was filled with relief.

"Yeah, I just… I've been slipping up, calling you mum, but when I saw mum and dad in the cemetery, it kind of hit me that I don't exactly have that anymore… I just... I don't want either of you to feel like I'm trying to replace my parents, because I never will. They, and you, sacrificed a lot saving me and, in the process, we lost not only my parents but much more also. But what made it all much worse was when you were both unconscious and I thought you were dead… I called you mum and it was like I'd just lost my mother-"

"Harry," Emma had heard enough, a sweet smile on her face as she reached across the table and grabbed a hand clutching the forms, "Simple answer to a simple question. Do you want us to sign the forms?"

"…Yes." Harry wanted to cry, they were going to do it. They were going to sign the adoption forms. At the realization that his Aunt was not only going to be his Aunt, in his mind and heart, Emma was giving him the pleasure of calling her his mother, they were all on the understanding that Lily and James would never be replaced to him, and they never wanted him to forget his parents that tried to live to see him grow as much as he had.

Sirius smiled taking in a deep breath and winked at Harry, a grin coming to both of them, "Then hand them over."

Harry smiled in awe as he slid the forms over to his Uncle and Aunt, watched Emma move to find a quill and ink cartage and began signing her name.

Sirius moved and stopped her for a moment, "I think you need to sign it under 'Black' not 'Evans'," He said grinning, he'd been meaning to do this for a while, but he wanted to do it as a surprise.

Curious as to why he was correcting her on this when they hadn't exactly done the name change, nor gotten the marriage certificate yet Emma's eyes watched him curiously. "Since when? We haven't gotten our marriage certificate from the ministry yet." At his silence, Emma and Harry smiled with surprise. He'd done his job and that was to surprise.

"Actually, I went and got that last week." He said laughing when Emma playfully shoved him, after signing her new, and married, last name. Both adults took a moment to look at it as realization of it sank in, "Mrs. Emma Rose Black, sounds nice doesn't it." Sirius whispered into her hair looking over her shoulder at the forms with her signature, "It's wonderful, honestly I thought I'd die before we ever got married…"

"Yes, we are legally married, however, you never got that wedding you wanted. A wedding you will have-" He was interrupted when Emma turned her head, kissing him by surprise leaving him smiling and kissed her back.

"I don't need to have a wedding Sirius. I already have everything I've always wanted since I met you. And now we have Harry. Legally."

"And what is that, if I may ask." He was truthfully just playing around and honestly didn't think she'd give an honest answer, more like a funny remark, but honesty is what he got.

"You, Sirius, my heart skipped a few beats when our eyes first connected. You had my heart beating like a jack rabbit running… I couldn't think of living a life without you."

Sirius was glad she'd given him the honest answer because she had his heart thrumming in his chest. He knew that the moment she died would be the moment he'd die with her. "You took the words right out of my heart Fox. But the best part of this is that I get to say you really are mine-"

"Forever, beyond Eternity." She was really enjoying this moment, but she had to ruin it, she just had too, Harry's adoption forms were barely finished, "Sirius?"

"Yes Love?" He was expecting her to say something more that could possibly make him fall in love with her even more than she had, but what he got was the Fox that he knew, and he should have seen it coming when she playful grinned, "We still need to finish signing the forms for Harry."

None of them could help it, even Draco on the other side in the hallway, was laughing, "Aright, alright, but I'm getting you back for that one, you know that right?"

"Of course, you wouldn't be a Marauder if you didn't." Emma teased. She was just digging herself a hole really. Though, she knew it was all fun and games for them, but their love was pure and real. Untouchable and unbreakable, that they knew for a fact.

Draco and Harry sighed with excitement of the fresh air away from the adults and the Order business they had ended up enduring over the last month of summer. Emma and Sirius had let them go out on their own that day and Harry had taken Draco to the park he used to go too when he was at the Dursley's. Unfortunately, their fun was short lived.

Dudley and a few others walked onto the playground laughing, and Harry had a sick feeling he knew why they were laughing, especially when the two young wizards found Dudley's knuckles bruised and a little bloody, "Who the heck is that?"

"Dudley Dursley… My cousin." Harry grumbled lowly under his breath, obviously irritated and his afternoon ruined.

'This should be interesting.' Draco thought with a heavy sigh.

"Well, look here at what I found," Dudley started the second he spotted Harry he took the chance to egg him on, still under the impression the boy wouldn't do anything with magic, that he hadn't taken the notice that Harry and Draco had put on a bit of muscle, since Harry had been in the care of his Aunt, but the moment Dudley started laughing about Lily's deceased statue Draco had to hold his friend back, "Did you know he used to cry at night, 'He's going to kill me mum!' I think he's more damaged than my parents thought! Oh, and look at this, is the blondie your boyfriend? What a waist to humankind-" Draco's brow rose, kind of feeling a bit sick that Dudley was planting images in the others minds of him with Harry. However, there were a few errors in that thinking, 1) Draco and Harry were not gay, 1.a) Even if they were, it was none of their busy! though reason number two would rule that out, because 2) They were practically brother's 3) Both boys had their eye's set on their own crushes, boy or girl, again it was not Dudley's business, nor the hog's friends. Draco had heard enough from the porky kid laughing about Lily, and Harry being possibly gay, Draco let his friend/brother go and watched with glee as Harry advanced on Dudley. Unfortunately, Draco nearly regretted the decision when Harry pulled his wand from his pocket.

'Oh shit,' Fearful Harry may actually hurt his dumb cousin for being such a git and bully, Draco thought it wise to try to rectify his own mistake and attempted to keep Harry from making one of his own, "Harry-"

Harry's mistake would soon turn into a survival reaction as the sky swirled quickly with dangerous and angry clouds. "That's not good… Harry, we gotta go… Like now."

"What are you doing?" Dudley asked, his fear was understandable, but his so-called friends had abandoned him quickly.

"I'm not doing anything! Draco, what's going on?" Harry snapped at Dudley, his worried gaze dropping on Draco, hoping for an answer. Though he knew he wasn't going to like it, he'd already told him they should be running.

"We have to take cover, now! RUN!"

Thinking it was a dangerous storm, Dudley followed after the two boys as they ran for cover. Dudley almost falling on his face several times, leaving Harry to help the bullying teenager. Draco in turn, sighed with some annoyance and helped the two in getting Dudley back up and running for cover.

"Honestly, you're a better person than I am Harry." Draco said panting for breath once they had cover under the freeway tunnels.

"Why do you say that Blondie?" Dudley snapped, his face wet from the rain and red from running that distance, he was trying to be all big once again, leaving Draco to hold back as much laughter as he could.

Grinning at the boy, Draco smirked. He was going to give the bully the harsh truth, because Draco still had a bit of his mean streak in him, just because he didn't use didn't mean he couldn't toss it back. "For two reasons out of several; 1) I'd have left your ass back there in the mud and rain, and 2) You're not frightening, the only thing you have you against me and Harry is your weight, all you'd have to do is sit on us."

Both Harry and Dudley looked at the blond with utter shock, no one had ever said such a thing to Dudley before. "Draco!" Harry scolded, though deep down he was trying not to laugh, after all the trouble and hardship Dudley had caused to not only Harry himself, but to others even after he left the Dursley's, Harry had to say that even though it was cruel and very rude to say something like that. Dudley had fully deserved that. Though, the look on Dudley's face said defeat, Harry still kind of felt bad for him because his parents did not much care for trying to start him in a healthy direction, instead they had feed the boy so much that he was barely fitting in anything, hints why Dudley's school Nutritionist was very concerned. The boy had only been twelve and he was already liable for a stroke, heart attack or diabetes he was so unhealthy. However, if Harry compared then to now, he'd say Dudley had either grown out of the weight or Dudley had actually worked hard, well, Petunia must had worked hard, to lose the weight off of him.

Their cover and safe haven were soon turned into a battle ground. Two Dementors entered and moved to attack the boys, even going after Dudley, who was trying to flee in fright.

"Dudley get down!" Harry shouted, casting his Patronus.

Draco felt useless, he'd never tried his Patronus before, but he had to at least try. His attempt, however, had been cut short when he was side blinded by a third Dementor, fear filled Draco like a heavy water surrounding him. Images flashed through him, flashes of a life he'd have had, had he not been friends with Harry and the others, a life he knew would end in tragedy.

Dudley was going through the same, of a life if he continued the path he was going. A life that scared him to half madness.

"Draco help me get Dudley up," Harry panted with worry as he checked his cousin's pulse, alive he may have been, but the Muggle boy didn't look good at all.

Looking over he found he was no longer against a wall, but on the ground finding an elderly woman behind Harry looking at him with worry, "What happened? Who's she?"

"Mrs. Figg, meet Draco, Draco, Mrs. Figg…She used to watch me when the Dursley's didn't want me around. And apparently a Witch, or at least knows about us. Come on, I need help getting him up. He's completely out of it. " Harry explained.

It had taken them a good hour to get Dudley back home, Mrs. Figg explained to get him inside and to stay there until someone came for the boys. Unfortunately, that had definitely not gone as planned when the boy's walked into the Dursley's homes with Harry and Draco sporting a spooked out and sick green Dudley.

Vernon had side blinded the boys, knocking his own son down in the process as he quickly seized both of the Wizard boy' wands, shoving them up the stairs shouting incoherently.

Both boys were stunned at how fast and strong Vernon was, though the second the parents had seen the state of their son and the two wizards supporting his heavyweight, the couple had screamed, and Vernon had attacked. Vernon was understandably furious and scared his son had been attacked by the two boys and had only acted on parental emotions and fear. But locking the two boys in Harry's old room that had not been touched since his second year was a bit extreme while both parents fretted and cried and screamed in fear over their son, "He's finally done it! He's finally driven him loopy! I've had it up to here! These-these wizards, that witch sister-"

"Vernon! Enough of this, our first priority is Dudley, however as much I disapprove of Emma's and Lily'… whatever kind of illness this is from the so called magical being, I'll not have you raving about my baby sister! She's the last sister I have, I can live with her hating me because I deserve it all, just as she deserves to believe I've hated her and Lily over the years… But Vernon, I swear to whatever higher power there is if you say one more word about her instead of worrying about our son, I will pack my things… And Dudley's!" Petunia had snapped. Having enough over the years after Harry had left their home, Petunia's anger towards her sisters had disappeared almost entirely, even though she still disapproved of both Emma's and Lily's involvement with Magic.

"Well, that was a sudden change in events." Harry was shocked, finding that the old bedroom door's lock had been replaced and from what the two had seen of the new lock, it seemed durable.

Draco sighed looking out the window of the home, listened to the car door gently close and the Dursley's driving off, "Good news first, their gone. Bad news, we're troll soup if the Police show up."

"Worse news, Vernon took our wands." Harry sighed against the door feeling utterly stupid.

"Oh, yeah, that's even better." Until an even worse thought hit Draco, this thought made him sigh and plopped himself down onto the bed, "Harry?"

"Please don't tell me the Police are here?" He begged, his eyes closed and fear bubbling in his gut, "No, um… But I think this is worse than that."

"What could be worse than the Police showing up Draco." Harry barked in self irritation, and Draco really hated himself for making Harry feel worse about this, but he had to say something, "Patronus, Dudley… Wizard magic in front of a muggle…. The Ministry won't see it as defense, with all of the attacks they'll likely come straight-" but it was too late, an owl had swiftly dropped in and flew off after dropping a letter in the center of Harry's old room, one that moved and began to inform Harry he'd be expelled from Hogwarts of Magic.

Draco saw the sick look no Harry's face and his heart shattered, "Your wand, along with Mr. Malfoy's, have both been seized by Auror's on their way to gather you from Number 4 Privet Drive, which you and Mr. Malfoy are under the assumption of breaking an entry."

"WHAT!" the two shouted, outraged by the accusation and their pending arrest. They were stunned, dumbfounded but this was ridiculous!

"Hoping you are well, Mathilda Hopkins," then watched as the letter shredded itself into several pieces, leaving two very scared teenagers.

'This is much definitely worse.' Harry thought as he slumped against the door once again.

Emma and Sirius had been in shock when an informed letter arrived through their window, they had wondered why the boys where so late. The moment they were informed that a group of Auror's were on their way to collect the boys, they both jumped from the bed, shouted for Kreacher to care for the children and they'd be back as soon as they could.

Sirius headed for Mad Eye for help while Emma made her way to the hospital to correct the magical problem. However, upon her arrival, she found Dudley in the hospital room alone, rocking himself back and forth looking rather sick and frightened. Though his fright had not turned once on her, instead he began crying, "Please don't take my memories, as ho-horrible as tonight was I-I-I wanna remember this." This sudden outburst shocked Emma.

Moving to his bedside, Emma took a seat a few spaces away from him looking at him with sympathy and remorse. She didn't want to tamper with Dudley's memories, if she didn't the boys could be in trouble, but the feeling was surrounded her that if she did tamper with Dudley's memories that they'd be in a worse situation, "Dudley, can you tell me what happened?"

The boy wailed into the pillow in his arms mumbling, "Cloaked and cold… They showed me things, things I want to forget but I know if I do it'll happen." Was all Emma could make out.

"Cloaked and cold?" Emma received a nod from her nephew, "And these… things, they showed you things?" again she was graced with a nod. If a Dementor had attacked the boys and showed Dudley something Emma needed to know, "Dudley, I need you to try as hard as you can to tell me what that thing showed you… Think you can do that for me?" She smiled wide with pride at him when he sniffed back his tears and nodded, telling her whatever he could muster to tell her, "Thank you, Dudley."

"C-can you te-tell Harry that I-" He's words choked him, he couldn't say them, not to her, because they were words, he had to say to him. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a crumpled up folded piece of paper and handed it out to Emma, an Aunt he'd never had the chance to know, "Can you give him this?"

Even though she was unsure of the contents of the paper, Emma kindly took the letter and nodded, "Of course," She was gone seconds before his parents and a few doctors walked in. Dudley went silent once again.

Harry sighed tiredly, he and Draco missed their beds as it was, it was nearly past midnight and no one had come for them, but the sudden noise at the keyhole told the two boys differently when the door flew open. Standing in the doorway was Tonks illuminating the dark room and hall with her wand, "Tonks?"

"Hey Harry, Draco, how are you holding up?" She asked with a grin, winking to the boys.

"Not now Tonks," Alastor growled, the only reason he was out of his home this time was because Sirius had called an emergency rescue and evacuation from his sister-in-law's house because his two eldest boys had been fools and got themselves locked up in a room on the top floor.

"Professor Moody?" Draco grinned and laughed with delight, "Oh, thank Merlin."

Laughing with equal excitement Harry piped up for both boy's curiosity, "What are you doing here?"

"Rescuing you both of course, come along. Hurry we don't have long." Moody grumbled. Everyone gladly rushed from the house and out to the street, brooms rushing into everyone's hands present there, "But the letter said I was expelled,"

"Not yet you're not, Emma and Dumbledore went to the Minister and persuaded him to hold a hearing, postponing your expulsion." Alastor informed the boys, "Oh and Draco, Sirius has your wand. Unfortunately, the Ministry still has yours Potter, they couldn't convince them to relinquish it to them." He said with unfortunate news.

Even though Harry was pissed that they were not seeing things the way it had actually happened, which had been in full defense, Harry still somewhat understood. He had cast a spell in front of his muggle cousin and had allowed his wand to be removed from his hands by his Uncle. They hadn't exactly broken into the house though, the front door had been unlocked and Dudley needed help, they had to go in with him, the boy was nowhere near alright to walk by himself.

3 Days Later

After Cedric's death, the Daily Prophet had been saying a lot about Harry and Dumbledore.

Emma and Sirius had told Harry he was no longer allowed to read the paper because of it, and that hurt all the more that his friends at school and classmates would be reading the same things and forming new and out of the water crazy opinions, though his letters from Alicia had proven helpful, she had told him to ignore them, that she and many other believed him and Fudge was simply out of his mind, even Amos Diggory had said something against Fudge publicly. Unfortunately, for Fudge, he couldn't exactly fire Diggory simply because what Diggory had said was true and there had been previous records stating such things. This had been the moment Fudge had lost it and began to really attack the Potter and Black family. Something that had sent Emma into a rage.

But, with help from Draco, Harry had been able to get ahold of the daily prophets and he was beginning to see why his Aunt and Uncle had forbidden him from reading the papers. They were calling him a liar, a fraud and worst of all accusing him of knowing the truth behind Cedric Diggory's murder last year.

Furious, Harry had marched down the stairs and right into the middle of the first meeting of the Order in almost months, tossing the paper down onto the table, red in the face, "I don't get it, why is this happening? Why is Fudge not seeing reason? Why is he blindly missing the clues."

Everyone stood shocked, Molly was helping Emma cook, Tonks had been sitting across from Remus daydreaming and nearly jumped from her skin when Harry had barged in. Remus sat beside Sirius, looking rather pale and sick as usual, but he seemed testier on many to nearly all subjects from the sudden clinch of his jaw and fists.

Sirius sighed, glancing towards Emma and Molly both looking rather disturbed, but at his wife's nod Sirius knew it was time to talk to his nephew, all of the new generations of the Order, "Harry, I think it's time we had a talk."

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