A/N: Thank you so much for reviews! Here's the fifth chapter of Sky. We have Sky throwing a temper tantrum of sorts and Marcus telling Sirius of Sky's past, plus some of his thoughts and feelings of the time he found him. It's a bit angsty at times, but there are happy moments too. Hope you like it. :)

Also thank you for reviewer dreamjanusfor pointing out my spelling error. Just to make it clear, Sky is learning martial arts and not material arts as I had accidently written. I have tried to correct this mistake in the future chapters, but it is possible that I have missed it somewhere, but I hope it doesn't bother you too much. :)

Disclaimer: Everything you recognize from Harry Potter belongs to J.K Rowling

"Parsssseltongue"

"Japanese"

'Thoughts'

Sirius was in a state of shock. He didn't know what exactly had just happened. He knew that he had just met his godson after six years, but he had calmly stated to him that he was dead and then walked away.

"Don't worry about him, Sirius. He'll be fine after a few days. Just call him Sky instead of Harry. He doesn't like being called Harry." A voice said from behind him.

Sirius whirled around and stared at the man ten years his senior.

"Marcus?"

"Hello, Sirius."

"I – How – Why – What – What's wrong with Harry?" Sirius asked. He didn't have a clue what was going on. "He is Harry, right?"

"Yes he is, and it's a long story to be told while standing in the middle of a corridor. Let's have a seat in the living room and I'll tell you all that has happened. Would you like to have some tea?"

"Yea, sure." Sirius said baffled while following Marcus to the living room. He sat down in one of the armchairs watching Marcus expectantly. Marcus sat down in the chair opposite from him and cleared his throat before starting to speak.

"I know that you met Hagrid outside the Potters' house that night Lily and James died and that he told you that he would take Harry to Dumbledore. Well he did, but Dumbledore took the matters into his own hands and took Harry to the Dursleys, while ignoring James and Lily's will – in which they stated clearly that he would under no circumstances to be taken to the Dursleys and that you, Alice or I would be named his guardian if you weren't available – completely in the process. So Dumbledore left Harry with the Dursleys knowing that they hated all that had something to do with magic.

"Harry lived with them for four years, locked up in a small cupboard, without knowing even his name before he was thrown out to the streets of London, beaten to half-dead. Fortunately he was found by three street kids who took him in and took care of his wounds. Now if it wasn't for his powerful healing magic he wouldn't be alive. The street kids gave Harry his new name Sky, which is now his official name. He lived with them roughly a year before someone cast a Fiendfyre to the shack they were living in. Sky was the only survivor." Marcus said before pausing to sip his tea.

"How did he come to you?" Sirius asked in voice barely above whisper.

"I was there when the shack burst into flames. I don't know if you heard before you went to Azkaban that my wife and daughter died, just a few days before Voldemort fell. Godric's Hollow was the last case I was on before I took my leave of absence." Marcus said and Sirius shook his head sadly – he hadn't known.

"It was the anniversary of my wife's and daughter's death, the day I found Sky. The shack was close to the cemetery where they were buried and I was just coming from visiting them, when I heard someone casting the Fiendfyre. I don't know if it was Sky's magic that led me on or something else, but I went to the shack and put out the fire. There were burned corpses of the street kids around the shack and I didn't expect anyone to have survived, but then I saw Sky, completely unaffected by the fire, but unconscious.

"I didn't recognize him as Harry until after I had brought him to my home away from the prying muggles that were venturing to the shack, and was cleaning him." Marcus said pausing for a moment before continuing with a voice full of emotion. Sirius could tell that he had never spoken from this to anyone.

"You don't know what it was like Sirius. He looked so much like his parents, but was completely different. He was pale, skinny, his skin full of scars from all the beatings he had received at the Dursleys. He was so thin that he looked like he had never eaten in his life. But the eyes were the thing that frightened me the most. Identical to his mother's, but there was no trace of the gentle and loving look Lily always had in her eyes, or the happiness his eyes held when he was a baby. It was all replaced by fear and distrust like he was expecting to get hit by any moment, but behind all that was maturity that not even most adults carry with them.

"He has been through so much in his six years of life, Sirius – way too much. I tried to tell him for a long time that I wouldn't hurt him and that he would be safe with me, but nothing worked. He just pulled back more and more after every attempt. In the end I had to use Legilimency on him to find out why he was acting like that. His mind was a complete chaos. The memories and emotions were all tangled up together and there were multiple blocks in his memories and magic. The magical signature was Dumbledore's. He had bonded Harry's magic before placing him with the Dursleys. It took me some time, but finally I found his unconsciousness that Dumbledore had chained to a mind pillar. He told me what had happened and asked me to bring him into this house and get help from the phoenixes in breaking the webs. I brought him here, but it took two months for us to get started with his healing process."

"Why?" Sirius asked dreading the answer, but he had to know.

"Due to multiple different things; what you have to understand is that Sky knew nothing about the magical world, before I told him about it. I tried to explain him things about the magical world and his parents, but it's not something you can just accept one day. Also he couldn't remember the explosion in the shack and I had to tell him about the death of the only real family he knew. He spent the two months grieving and getting used to his new situation and trying to learn to trust me at least in some level, so that I could teach him. One day, he just came to me and said that he was ready to start his training. I don't know where he got his new determination, but all his blocks were gone after four months and he was at the level of a first-year student going to Hogwarts, in his magical training.

"Now after two years of living together, which includes the time we spent in the past via time turner, he has learned to trust me and act normally when he meets a new adult, though you can still see that slight wariness in his eyes if you know what you're looking for." Marcus finished.

They sat a long time in silence, Sirius pondering all that he had learned before he spoke his voice filled with pain and regret.

"I should've never gone after Pettigrew. I should've just taken Harry and raise him somewhere in peace. It's my fault he's had to suffer so much."

"You can't take all the blame to yourself Sirius, if I had stayed in the Ministry I could've gotten you a trial and…" Marcus started, but was interrupted by a furious voice from the door to the living room.

"What if, what if, what if… Is that all you can say? You dwell in the past thinking of all the possible outcomes of things that happened anyway. Maybe I'll join your 'how to blame myself today' –club and start blaming myself about all the things that have happened in my life. What if I had just let myself die when I got abandoned to the streets of London? Fox, Dora and Blake would all be alive living their lives. Blake would have married Fox like he planned to and he would've done all he could to get out of the street life. And they would have lived happily ever after. What if I had never been born? My parents would be still alive and you would have never gone to Azkaban. What if Shadow hadn't stopped me from committing suicide like I planned to when Marcus told me that everyone important to me was dead? Is this what you want to do? Dwell in the past instead of moving on and looking what's around you? You're both just so fucking pathetic. And to think you're the adults here." Sky cried before stalking off.

"He's right... We are pathetic" Marcus said after a while. "We should stop blaming ourselves about the things we can do nothing about anymore and focus on the things we can." He continued while standing up and laying an arm on Sirius shoulder.

"Do you see now what I mean by saying that he's more mature than most adults?" Marcus said chuckling lightly. "Don't worry, you'll get used to him in time and learn to read him better. Now get some rest, I'll go and see if Sky has calmed down enough already." He said before leaving Sirius alone with his thoughts.

Sky was sitting in his favorite spot under a huge tree. He had the knife that Blake had given him the night he died, in his hands and he was watching it glitter in the sunlight.

He was amazed by his own outburst. He had never done it before, and found that he felt much lighter after doing it. He was just so angry and scared. He didn't know how to be around Sirius. He remembered him from the time his parents were still alive and he had loved him, but then he had hated him when he thought that he had betrayed his parents. Now he didn't know what he felt. It was all just so confusing. Partly he was angry at Sirius for going after the rat and leaving him with Hagrid, and partly afraid that if he allowed Sirius in his life he would die like all the others who were dear to him. Or that he would decide that he wasn't worth loving and leave.

"I can sssmell fear in you." Dexter hissed from his sleeve. "What iss wrong?"

"I don't know how to be around Ssiriusss." Sky hissed back. "I'm afraid that he will leave me if I let him near me." He was glad about his Parseltongue gift, no matter how dark other wizards and witches thought of it. If he didn't have it, he would have never met Dexter.

"He ssmellss like a dog. Dogsss are loyal creaturesss. And if he doesss leave you, I'll bite him in the arssse." Dexter said smugly curling around Sky's hand to be petted.

Sky couldn't help but laugh at the snake's antics and stroked his head. Dexter was a magical version of the Black Mamba. He could change his length and color how he pleased. He was very intelligent for a snake, but also proud. He never admitted if he was lonely, like the time when Sky found him. He just claimed that he was bored, when he wanted attention.

"What did he say, that's so funny?" a voice asked from behind him.

"He said that he would bite Sirius in the arse if he ever hurt me." Sky said without turning around. He had known it was Marcus the moment he stepped outside – he could recognize his magic.

"Remind me to never anger that snake of yours" Marcus said shivering, but smiling nevertheless.

They sat in silence for a moment before Marcus spoke.

"I'm sorry for falling into distress… Sometimes reminiscing the past just gets in to me. There are still so many ghosts in the past." He said quietly. "Luckily I have you to pull me out of depression if I ever fall again." He continued, smiling.

Sky could feel the love and fondness in his words, and smiled too. He was glad he had Marcus to count on. They kept each other from falling, and helped continuing to live.

"Did you really plan to take your own life?" Marcus asked turning to look at Sky.

"Yes."

"What stopped you?"

Sky was quiet for a while pondering whether to answer or not, but in the end decided to trust Marcus.

"Shadow… She brought this knife for me and reminded me of a promise I made." Sky began. "The night they died, we were celebrating my birthday. It had been a full year since they found me and I couldn't remember my real birthday, so they decided to make that day my birthday. I didn't want to, because I had never had a birthday, but they insisted. It was the happiest day of my life, until the night." He continued. He could feel silent tears running down his cheeks, but didn't care – He had to say it out loud.

"Blake pulled me aside at sunset and we watched it together from the hill next to the cemetery. He gave me this knife and told me to keep it as a symbol of forgiveness and life. He told me of his plan to let his past go and focus on the future. He told me that if I ever got the chance to leave the streets and go see the world, I should take it. He told me to let go all the bitterness and hatred, so that I wouldn't end up like him, living in the past and trusting barely anyone. Blake made me promise that I wouldn't dwell in the past and would always keep on living."

Sky could feel Marcus pulling him into hug and for the first time he hugged him back. They sat like that for a long time before Sky let go of Marcus.

"Can I see that knife?" Marcus asked after a while.

Sky handed it to him and he looked at it for a long time looking thoughtful. Sky was just about to ask him what he was thinking, when he spoke.

"Do you know what this knife is?"

"Blake said it was a suicide knife. His parents gave it to him when he got disowned, but he never used it. Why?"

"This knife has the crest of an old pureblood family, the Mallorys. Every pureblood family has a crest, and knives like this with the family crest carved on it were usually given to the Squibs born into the family." Marcus said.

"And you think that Blake was a Squib?"

"It is possible."

"How can they just kick their kids out of the house with a knife and tell them to kill themselves, just because they can't do magic? " Sky wondered aloud. "It's just cruel."

"Yes, it is, and that's where Voldemort gets his followers. The Mallorys were in Voldemort's inner circle during the First War and went to Azkaban for him."

"When do you think he's coming back? Voldemort, I mean."

"I don't know. He could come back at any time; tomorrow, in two years' time, in ten years or never. It's impossible to know."

Sky sat in silence pondering what it would be like when Voldemort came back, but couldn't really imagine it. In the end he decided to concentrate on the near future and asked:

"So are we going to Japan now that we have gotten Sirius out of Azkaban?"

"Of course! Can't keep Yuki miss you for too long, can we?" Marcus teased.

"We are friends! Nothing more." Sky said annoyed. Yuki was a Japanese girl whom they had met the first time they had been in Japan. She was an orphan muggle, who lived in a monastery with monks that had taught Sky more martial arts. Sky had saved her life from a tiger once when they were visiting there and she had started to worship him since then. The last time they met she had kissed Sky in the cheek and Marcus had teased him mercilessly about it.

"If, you say so. Now come on, let's go tell Sirius to start packing. And don't bite his head off every time he calls you Harry, it's not easy for him either."

"Fine, I'll try."

Marcus watched Sky out of the corner of his eye as they walked up the road to the Japanese monastery. He had a serene look on his face and looked more at peace than ever before. Marcus thought that his outburst the day before and talking about the death of his second family had been good for him. The hug that he had given to Marcus was a clear sign of him being on his way to heal from the traumas of his past. Marcus was glad that he had showed affection and opened up to him.

Due to his promise to Marcus, Sky had refrained from snapping at Sirius every time he called him Harry and instead scowled at him. Sirius was still recovering from his years in Azkaban and trying to absorb the world he hadn't been in six years. Marcus thought that Japan would be a good place to Sirius to recover, because of its peaceful nature, so he and Sky had talked him to coming with them.

At the moment Sirius was walking a few meters behind them taking in all the views that showed from the mountain the monastery was built. 'It must be a great feeling to see the beauty of this country after spending six years staring at the walls of his cell.' Marcus thought.

Suddenly a young seven-year-old girl came running down the hill and lunged herself at Sky knocking both of them down.

"Sky! You're here at last! What took you so long?" Yuki chattered in quick Japanese, while Marcus helped them up of the ground. Sky gave Marcus a look that said 'not a word', before answering.

"Some urgent business came up in England and we had to go there." Sky answered in perfect Japanese.

Marcus wished he had a camera with him when he saw Sirius face when he heard Sky speaking fluent Japanese.

"What kind of business?" Yuki asked while walking with Sky towards the monastery. Marcus doubted she even realized that he and Sirius were there too. She was always like that when Sky was in the same room with her. Marcus thought it had something to do with the fact that Sky had saved her from a tiger the first time they met.

"We found out that my godfather was put wrongly in prison and we had to free him." Sky said before turning around. "Sirius, this is my friend Yuki. Yuki this is my godfather Sirius Black."

"It is nice to meet you Sirius Black." Yuki said in broken English. Sky had tried to teach her English every time they met, but she knew only few words.

"It is nice to meet you too, Yuki" Sirius answered in Japanese.

"You speak Japanese?" She asked excited.

"Yes, I learned it when I was young with H-Sky's father."

"That's cool. Well, come on Master Katsumoto is waiting. He is eager to see if you have kept up your skills, Sky." Yuki said happily, before running to the monastery with Sky.

"She's quite… impulsive." Sirius said coming to the side of Marcus.

"Yes, she is." He agreed. "But you'll get used to her."

"So how long are we going to be here?"

"As long as it takes for Sky to complete his training." Marcus said.

"What do they teach him?"

"Japanese martial arts. Sky has to complete one more level and then he can be considered a Master."

"And why does he learn all this? I saw him train yesterday and he is way beyond even the Auror training. How can he be that good? He's only seven for Merlin's sake. And where did he learn Japanese?" Sirius asked clearly not able to accept the fact that Sky wasn't a normal child.

"He is not a normal child, Sirius." Marcus stated calmly. He didn't know how get Sirius accept that and he probably wouldn't be able to do it. Only time would let him accept it. "Sky's a prodigy for a kid his age. He learns things ten times faster than normal kids, which is partly due to his photographic memory and his will to learn. What you need to understand is that after a less than a two years of studying, he is ready to take his OWLs and NEWTs at any time and all that while training to be an Unspeakable."

"You – You are training him to be an Unspeakable?" Sirius asked his eyes wide.

"Yes, after I taught him how to master his magic I gave him an offer to complete the Unspeakable training and become an agent if he wanted to. He considered it a few days and accepted."

"How can you train a six-year-old kid to an agent? What about Hogwarts?"

Marcus was just about to answer, when Sky stepped out of the shadows of the monastery. 'How does he do that, sneaking upon us? I should be able to sense him. He did the same thing in Sirius trial." Marcus made a mental note to discuss that with Sky.

"Did you listen to anything Marcus just said?" Sky asked Sirius. "I'm a lord-level wizard and I'll be writing my OWLs and NEWTs in few years' time. I won't be going to Hogwarts. I knew what I was giving up when I took Marcus' offer, but my will to learn is too great for me to just go to Hogwarts and learn the pace other kids do. This training is something I wanted to do." He finished. "And to be honest, I don't think I could spent seven years with Dumbledore without killing him."

After saying that, Sky went back inside to the monastery.

"So there you have it, Sirius. You can't change him, so you need to accept him as he is. Don't try to be a parent to him; I don't think he could handle that at the moment. Just be the cool godfather to him, to whom he can go to if he needs to speak to someone or just have fun with. Teach him pranking; tell him stories of your time at Hogwarts and all the quarrels between his parents. Just be yourself and let him be who he is and you'll be fine." Marcus said. "I know there will be things that will amaze and overwhelm you, but that's what you get with living with a prodigy." Marcus said. "Besides, you have the advantage that he remembers you from his childhood, I didn't."

"Fine, you're right. It's just a lot to take in. I still see him as a little baby he was." Sirius said.

"I know, I did that too in the beginning, but you'll get over it once you get to know him better." Marcus laughed.

"Is there any other shocking facts of Sky?" Sirius asked though he looked like he didn't want to know.

"Well, you know about the photographic memory, metamorphmagus abilities and his healing ability… Yea, there is quite a few… Shall I tell you or would you like to find out on your own?" Marcus asked smirking.

"Just tell me."

"Well, for one he can speak ten different languages including Mermish and Gobbledygook. He completed his Animagus transformation in less than a day after taking the potion and has two forms, of which one is a phoenix. He's also a Parselmouth, which, I believe is a result of Voldemort's attack. He has Dexter, a magical version of the Black Mamba as his second familiar. You know Black Mambas, right? –The fastest snakes in the world, deadly poisonous? By the way Sky told me that Dexter had threatened to bite you in the arse if you ever hurt Sky… Just thought you ought to know…" Marcus said casually, though inside he was laughing. 'It's time for payback for all the times he and James pranked me.' He thought.

"Are you feeling well, Sirius? You look a bit pale… Maybe we should take you inside." He said innocently and took a frozen Sirius inside.

"Marcus, what's wrong with Sirius?" Sky asked as they entered.

Marcus bowed his greetings to Master Katsumoto, before answering.

"I don't know what came over him. He wanted to know about all the possibly shocking abilities you have, so I told him. I was just telling him about Dexter and how he had said that he would bite him if he ever hurt you, when he went like this." Marcus said continuing the use of his innocent tone.

"And you failed to mention that Dexter would never bite someone I didn't want him to?" Sky asked laughing.

"Must have slipped my mind."

Sky just rolled his eyes and started shaking Sirius awake.

"Sirius?"

"Show him the snake, and he'll wake up." Katsumoto said amused.

Sky took Dexter out of his sleeve and held him in front of Sirius, who came out of his trance screaming like a little girl before backing away from it.

"Sirius, calm down!" Sky said laughing along with the others.

"Not funny! Marcus how could you do that to me? You know I'm terrified of snakes."

"Payback for all the pranks I have suffered."

"Fine, but now we're quits."

"Deal, and no more pranks on me." Marcus said and held out his hand.

"Fine." Sirius said and shook it.

'And tomorrow I'll probably wake up with a pink hair…' Marcus thought smiling faintly.

A/N: Thanks for reading. Please review and tell me what you think. Suggestions to improve the story are always welcome.

- Dalnim