The Rainbow`s Incentive

A/N: This is my first attempt at a fanfiction of any type and I wish to use this as a writing experience for a book I am trying to write, so any constructive critisicm would be much appreciated!

There will be mentions of sexual content and innuendo during the story, as well as fights and some obcene language use, therefore I am rating the story under M from the get-go to avoid future issues.

This story will be a different take on the Harry Potter story and there will be some major changes as well as minor changes. First of all, this is not a super powerful Harry story or a Harry/harem story, but there will be titles and lordships, though the reveals will have to wait for time being. My intention for this story is to take place across Harry`s life up until 7th year, maybe some after. There will be time skips and various perspectives.

Harry Potter and all characters are the property of J.K Rowling, I am just using her sandbox for non-profit and entertainment purposes. May contain some OCs that I am currently working on. Please enjoy and leave comments and ideas as well. Without further ado, let us commence with this journey.

Chapter 1 – Green in a sea of Black

31 October 1981 – Saturday

"Avada Kadavra!"

A green flash lights up the night sky mere minutes after midnight, leaving the neighbourhood around the two floor cottage in a viridescent glow for a fraction of a second. A bone-chilling scream echoes through the night, followed by a man in a billowing cloak rushing through the hole where the front door should be, talking to himself under his breath.

"Please no, please let me be wrong," he begged, rushing up the stairs and into the nursery. The baby in the crib, bawling loudly while looking up at him with bright green eyes. The man picked up the baby and started grabbing some important things in the house when his head snapped up at the sound of a few soft pops a small distance away.

"No, I need to leave, now," he snapped his palm and a wand jumped into his hand from the holster on his forearm. Waving it around him in quick, elegant patterns and turning on his heel, he disappeared just as men in black and blue robes entered the house, led by an old man with a long, silvery white beard.

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Sirius Black appeared in an alley in a muggle neighbourhood a few blocks from his destination. He started running down the deserted street with a crying baby wrapped in a blue blanket held tight against his chest, hoping against hope that no-one finds him before he arrives at his destination.

Please be home, please be home, he thought to himself as he took the stairs in front of him, two at a time, hammering on the door when he reached the top.

"Who are you? What do you want?" Andromeda Tonks gasped at what she saw at the door, her cousin trying to calm down a screaming baby, panting loudly. His grey eyes bloodshot and tearing, his shoulder length black hair in disarray.

"Please Andi, this is very important, I need sanctuary. They will be looking for us now, please let me in and I`ll explain everything! Get Ted as well, this is very important," Sirius kept looking over his shoulders, eyes darting everywhere, searching the shadows.

"Sirius, get inside, go to the living room. I`ll be right back with Ted, please try to keep the child quiet, Dora is sleeping," she spoke in a hushed tone as she rushed off to the stairs to wake up her husband. Sirius started pacing in the living room bouncing lightly, trying to settle the bundle against his chest. It took several minutes, but finally, the baby settled down and fell asleep again, peaceful at last.

"Please explain why you need to ask for sanctuary, and who`s child is that?" Ted spoke up as soon as he entered the room, not bothering to sit down, his wife summoned a kettle and a few cups and started brewing three cups of tea, looking up from her seat at Sirius, still pacing in front of her, at a slower pace this time.

"Please tell me they won`t be able to track me here? They can`t know I`m here, I`ll tell you everything, but I need to know that we are safe," he sat down, took the cup of tea in one hand and took a few tentative sips, sitting back in the chair and settling the bundle against him.

Ted raised his wand, waving it around, muttering under his breath for a few seconds before speaking up, "Go ahead, Sirius. No-one can find you here now. By the power at my disposal as a man of the law, as registered lawyer with the Ministry of Magic, I grant sanctuary to Sirius Black and the child currently in his custody."

"Thank you Ted, this is a long story, so please try to listen, then ask questions," Sirius looked at them and took a ragged breath, another sip of tea, and when they nodded their acceptance, he launched into his explanation.

"This is little Harry Potter, James and Lily`s son. He is only 14 months old. James and Lily have been on the run from you-know-who for a long time now. At Dumbledore`s insistence, they went into hiding under the Fidilius charm in a cottage in Godric`s Hollow. Everyone that knows about this, is under the impression that I am their Secret Keeper, but Pettigrew is, he is the one that had to give me the location to their house. He is also the reason that they are dead now," he took another ragged breath and a sip of tea. Andromeda looked as if she was on the verge of tears while Ted sat on the edge of his chair, face ashen and his knuckles strained under the tension of his clenched fists.

"James and Lily gave me a necklace that is enchanted to serve as a warning device in the case of an emergency. Earlier tonight I felt the destress pulses and hurried to get to them, however, I was too late. I got there and the door was still smoking, James was lying on the floor, dead. I was fearing the worst for little Harry and Lily at that point. I ran up the stairs and into the nursery, only to find Lily in the same state as her husband, the wall adjacent to the door was pitch black and Harry was bawling his eyes out. The air in the room felt stifling with the amount of magic hanging in the air. I had to grab Harry and a few important documents and break the anti-apparition wards. I got out of there just as people apparated close by, my guess would be that it was the Order," Sirius poured himself another cup of tea while he waited for the questions to start. He didn`t wait long.

"Why would you need to run from the Order? Didn`t they know you`re not the Secret Keeper?" Andromeda had a confused look on her face, her eyes tearing lightly. Ted sat quietly, looking thoughtful.

"No, only myself, Lily, James, Peter and Dumbledore knows, eveyone else thinks I am the Secret Keeper. That is why I am here. We need to get the Potter Will, James updated it a few weeks ago, shortly after they moved to the cottage. The Will expains everything, me being Harry`s godfather, Peter being their Secret Keeper and chain of custody as well as inheritances in the case of their death," Sirius paced around again, lightly bouncing Harry on his shoulder as he went.

"What steps are we taking from here? I assume you have some sort of plan in place to help you and Harry stay under the radar until the Will is read?" Ted had his hands in his hair, thoughts flicking through his eyes at a mile a minute as he processed everything.

"Yes, there is a few things I have in mind, one of which is actually a favor that I want to ask you," Sirius started pulling sheets of parchment and folders out of the pockets on his robes, looking through them and handing an envelope to Ted across the small table in the middle of the room, "This letter needs to be opened by a goblin at Gringotts. The late Lord Charlus Potter, James` father, gave this letter to Lily and told her that if any of us runs into problems and needs help from the goblins until the problems are cleared up, we should have someone we trust present it to the goblins along with the name of the person it is applicable to, in this case, that would be me."

"So this is a letter requesting asylum on behalf of a goblin-friend? What favor do you need to ask us? Not counting this letter, of course," Ted put the letter down, unopened, focusing on Sirius, while Andromeda started looking through the rest of the documents.

"I need you to help me raise Harry and look after him, I am way out of my depth and he is, how do you say, a special case," Sirius stood up and handed Harry over to Andromeda, who took him and parted the blanket to look at Harry. She gasped loudly at what she saw. Ted looked over her shoulder and looked stunned. Little Harry had a head full of jet-black hair with crimson streaks, that changed colors before their eyes, cycling through purple, blue, green, yellow and more as they watched.

"He is a metamorphmagus... How is this possible?" Andromeda asked, her eyes shining brightly with pure adoration at the little bundle in her arms.

"His grandmother was Dorea Potter, her surname before Potter, was Black. It shouldn`t be possible, but he was labled as a metamorphmagus while in the womb. He kept shifting while the Healers checked up on him. Dorea was so proud to hear the news. I hope you can understand why I am asking for your help. I don`t want to dump him on you, I merely need help raising him," Sirius lifted his hands in surrender, showing no ill intent at his request.

"We will take him in. He will live with us and we will raise him along with Nymphadora. They should get along great, since she is only two years older than him," Andromeda spoke softly, not taking her eyes off of the little bundle in her arms.

"I am still going to teach him everything he needs to know, as a person, a wizard and as the future Lord Potter, we just need to name you his magical guardians, so that he can live with you without any problems," Sirius spoke softly, brows furrowed in concentration, looking at the wall behind Ted.

Ted looked outside, seeing the sun peek out between buildings, he frowned and looked at his watch, "Andi, Dora will wake up soon and I need to prepare to go to Gringotts with the letter. Please help Sirius get settled in a room while Tafty prepare breakfast," looking over to Sirius, he spoke again, "Get some sleep, we may not have a lot of time for rest in the coming days."

After eating, taking a shower and making sure that Harry is all settled, Sirius collapsed on the bed in the bedroom pointed out to him and fell asleep almost instantaneously.

A/N: I hope you guys find the story enjoyable, please let me know what you think. For those that want to know, no, there will not be horcruxes, or a return of Voldemort. I have another villain in mind, which will be revealed soon enough. I have an idea of what relationships I want, but I will let it flow naturally for the time being.

The story will have a few similarities to the original series, and once again, all those are property of J.K Rowling. Any suggestions and comments are more than welcome.