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There might be some confusion with the use of Sirius Black for both Siriuses (is that even a word? it is now) but if you read it I think the content will be quite clear, hopefully.
Also, I'm Australian, I typed this story up under an Australian spell check, but when I uploaded it to Doc manager and edited it on here everything goes under the American spelling. So I hope there's not too much confusion with the words.
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Chapter 2 Thoughts and frustrations
While his best friend Sirius Black, or Padfoot as the marauders preferred, was on a rant about his dreadful mother, and his best friend's future self (the other Sirius) was muttering something about dirty little boys, James Potter took a moment to look around and gather his thoughts. Maybe we should call him Sirius senior, no that's his great-grandfather. What about Mr Black? Oh Merlin no, that sounds too serious. Oh wait, I did not just, oh yes I did. Oh Merlin Padfoot must never know about this, at least he can't perform legilimency. While mentally face palming himself, his eyes came to rest upon the girl who looked so like him.
She had curly black hair which was tied up in a messy ponytail, a heart shaped face with high cheekbones, a pert nose, rosy lips, and - James gasped at the familiarity - dazzling green eyes, shining like emeralds with curiosity and a touch of fear. He hoped she wasn't scared of him.
The girl looked at him and their eyes made contact for a second, and he saw her eyes widen in surprise, before she broke it off.
"Sirius, we need to explain."
Padfoot's older self snapped himself out of his own ramblings with an elegant "Ah Shit." Which pulled his younger self back to the real world as well.
Sirius Black was exhilarated, they had performed extraordinary magic, far beyond the expectations for his age level. He and Prongs had travelled 20 years into the future, an amazing feat! Maybe his mother would be pleased if she ever heard about this, she'll never show her pride to others, of course. But she'll say to his father in the privacy of their house that only a scion of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black could perform this level of magic at such a young age. But then she'll complain about how it was Sirius and not Regulus. Her talented son who is ever so obedient to his parents, and of course she wouldn't care for any of his accomplishments since she disowned him. And this thought killed a bit of his enthusiasm, only a bit.
He took a deep breath and looked at himself, his older self, who was staring right back.
That creeped him out. So he looked at the girl from before, and lost his breath.
She was stunningly beautiful, with curly black hair, pale skin and those sparkling green eyes. Her sweet lips were open in surprise, and he wished he could test that sweetness himself.
But what shocked him the most was her resemblance to his best friend. Before he could question it, Mr-future-Sirius-Black had noticed his gaze towards his goddaughter and fatherly protectiveness was turned on at full blast.
Sirius Black had decided that he would let the two time travellers stay in his humble home, he was considering how much to tell them about the news of today when he noticed his younger self staring at Holly. EMERGENCY!
What do you do when you need to protect your goddaughter from the less than innocent intentions of hormone filled teenage boys? He didn't know, and the people who did know were either dead, insane, or imprisoned, and maybe all three. And one of the people in those categories was the father of the goddaughter in question and the man who had the good sense to make him the godfather.
With no further advice, because who in their right mind would give Sirius Black parenting advice. He may have been the biggest flirt of his day but everyone had to admit he could perform the best damn contraception charm. James and he had heard dear Professor Flitwick telling Professor McGonagall that on one of their adventures under the cloak after curfew. Furthermore to their shock and proud embarrassment, McGonagall had agreed!
He didn't need the responsibility of little Blacks running around before he completed Hogwarts. Although that would have infuriated his mother beyond belief. Bastards of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black? Oh the shame it would bring.
Or the blackmail if it was with a pureblood daughter, and there's his Slytherin side.
He's a Black, of course he would have some Slytherin qualities.
But there was no use going down that thought, the past is in the past. Anyway, with no further advice, he proceeded to push Holly out of the room. To the safety of a room sans Mr Flirt. "I think Remus is in the library, why don't you go to him and ask for some help on some spells hmm?"
Holly sent him an exasperated look as if to say I'm not a baby.
Of course you are he thought back, but she'd never know that. He realised she had Lily's temper.
Holly sent one last curious look at the direction of the unexpected visitors, and walked out of the room, allowing Sirius to close the door on her back.
He turned around at the sound of a wolf whistle. Glaring, he demanded "That better have not been for my goddaughter."
Padfoot answered that with a smirk.
"Who is she?" Oh yeah, James was also there.
"My goddaughter, Holly Potter."
The mood suddenly turned serious, very serious.
Flabbergasted expressions instantly appeared on their faces with stunned disbelief. Until:
"Wow Prongs, your daughter is hot."
"M-m-my d-daughter!?"
"Who else would look so much like you with me as the godfather in 20 years?"
"My daughter, I have a daughter. Another Potter..."
"Yes, that's right. You'll have a daughter, and she'll be your goddaughter," Here Sirius glared at his younger self "and as her godfather, it is my job to protect her from unpleasant encounters."
"Wouldn't that be her father's - James' job?"
Oh shit, he forgot about that detail. What should he do now? How can he make this situation understandable without saying that Lily and James Potter will be murdered by Voldemort in a few years' time, leaving their daughter an orphan who ends up in the oh-so-loving care of Lily's sister, Holly's Aunt Petunia. Petunia herself wasn't much of a problem, it was that horrid muggle Vernon and his son Dudley.
Sirius will never forgive them for what they did to Holly, and thanked the Gods each day that he now had custody of her since the ministry of magic incident.
He was so close to the veil when dearest cousin Bellatrix threw that stunner at him quickly followed by a mild cutting curse that hit his wand arm. Had it not been for Holly who came quickly to his defence, he would've left with so much more than a bleeding arm, or much less as he remembered some of the tales featuring his cousin from the first war. Or even worse, had he been a feet further from where he stood at the time, the angle of his fall would've landed him through the veil. The damage that would have done to Holly was unimaginable. He vaguely recalled Remus quickly reviving him and they chased after Holly to the atrium, Remus helping Sirius who was hit with a minor bone weakening curse on the way out.
There they watched horrified and gleeful as Holly cast her first unforgivable on Voldemort's most loyal follower. Needless to say, they were quite shaken when Voldemort arrived. Not because of the oh-so-scary Dark Lord, of course not. But rather because of the close proximity he was in to Holly. Poor Holly, who already had to go against multiple highly powerful death eaters prior to the arrival of the order of the phoenix, was quite exhausted, and unfortunately, her robes had been torn a considerable amount at some point during all the fighting. Sirius did not like how close Voldemort was to his goddaughter when she wasn't properly dressed – or armed, and neither did Remus. His irises were tinted gold, while Sirius thought launching a surprise werewolf attack on Voldemort was a great idea, he did not want Remus to be further discredited in the event should a ministry personnel turned up – where the hell were they all anyway, there should at least be a night guard.
Sirius shook himself out of it, again. He really has been experiencing more flashbacks after that incident, Remus says it might be an effect of being so close to the veil.
"Um, hello? Mr Black?"
Oh yes, his past mischievous self had managed to travel to the future along with his the past self of his dead best friend. Pulling together his dignity, he answered the haunting face of James Potter "That's me" and after a pause "please, call me Sirius."
The boy smiled, and Sirius realised that Holly's smile rather resembled Lily's. "As you might have noticed, we have accomplished a most extraordinary feat" Ah, of course, it was the flattering tone James always used when caught red-handed by his professors or mother. "Unfortunately, we have encountered a difficulty and-"
Sirius held up a hand, he didn't have time for this crap. "I think you've forgotten, I am your best mate's future self, and therefore I know what you're thinking."
James stopped, and looked up, a most confused expression across his face. Was this the infamous Dunderhead expression Snape complained about so often? "You do?" and a second later "oh yes, of course you do, of course. Sorry, I'm being an idiot."
"What do you mean being, you're just emphasising your natural quality." Ah, his younger self always needed the attention, he remembered that well.
"Padfoot!"
"It's fine. He's me after all."
"Oh… Well, I suppose that's true."
Padfoot grinned, and turned to Sirius. "So, I heard Prongslette saying something about explaining stuff? What stuff are we talking about here? Answers to our NEWTs I hope, although I doubt I would remember them after 20 years. In fact, I know I wouldn't. Pity."
"It's a miracle you actually thought about work Pad."
"HEY! I do have a brain you know, I just choose to put it to more entertaining uses."
"Yes, you certainly did."
All heads turned towards the door as a new voice filled with sarcasm joined in the conversation, and the person behind it.
Author's note: a semi-cliff-hanger I suppose, nothing to scream about I assure you, but do give your answer in a review about who you think the new addition to the story is.
Once again, thank you all for reading, I will try to update asap :)
