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Voldyismoldy: Hello all I am back and updating this story and all my other ones too. Thank you all for your reviews and I am sorry that it has taken so long for me to update. Also I seem to have lost my beta reader for this story so from now on it will be unbeated unless there is someone else who would like to beta this story for me. Anyway without further ado the chapter. I hope you enjoy and review please.
Warning: for all of you reading this chapter I want you all to keep in mind the movie Mrs. Doubtfire with Robin Williams then you will understand what I am about to do and why. For those of you who haven't seen this movie what the heck is wrong with you it's a great movie go watch it now! Anyway just bear with me and I swear all of you will be happy in the end.
Chapter 11. A Trial of Sorrow.
Harry woke the next morning wrapped in a pair of strong warm arms and smiled as thoughts of the night before came back to him. Last night had been the most amazing experience of his life so much better than his time with Ron it didn't even compare. His body felt sore but it was a good sore and he snuggled happily into the warm chest of the one holding him a soft groan sounding at his movements.
"Morning Love," the voice was soft and husky with sleep. As the arms around him tightened Harry looked up into blurry grey eyes blinking open. "Sleep well?"
"Yes very well," The black haired boy replied smiling happily at the other who grinned back at him. "Last night was amazing love."
"Well I am glad you think so," Draco said with a chuckle turning onto his side to look down at him while he ran his hand slowly up and down his arm." I hope to spend many more amazing nights and days with you."
"I hope so to Dray," Harry told him leaning forward to place a soft kiss on the area between the man's neck and shoulder as the others fingers ran through his hair. "What time is it love?"
"Eight O' clock and as much as I would love to stay with you here for the rest of the day we should probably get up and get ready to go to the ministry," the gray eyed boy replied kissing him on the forehead before sitting up Harry following him. "Why don't you go take a shower and I will order some breakfast from the house elves for us."
"Ok," Harry agreed kissing his cheek and climbing out of the bed ignoring his nakedness with a soft blush.
He felt Draco's eyes on him as he walked over to the bathroom and it sent a shiver down his back. The taller boy chuckled as he saw the boy's body shudder and he quickly closed the bathroom door to hide his increasing blush. Calming himself he turned on the shower and once the water was hot enough he slipped inside to let the steaming water wash over him as images of the night before filled his mind.
He felt Draco's hand's on him, fingers dancing across his skin, lips and teeth nipping at his flesh. He moaned softly at the remembrance of a warm tongue licking at his nipples and his hand lowered to his cock that was growing erect again. He stroked it slowly imaging someone else's hand in place of his own and his breath came in harsh pants as the memories continued. Far to quickly he came with the image of Draco's mouth on his cock in his mind and leaned against the shower wall for a few minutes while he regained control of himself.
His body back under control he quickly finished his shower and slipped on a robe hanging on the back of the door before going out into the main room. He was surprised when he found it empty save for a tray of food on the table. He went into the bedroom to see if Draco was changing but it was empty to as were the other rooms. Concerned and confused he went back out to the main room and caught sight of a note that had been left by the tray.
Harry.
I left breakfast for you, go ahead and eat and don't worry I just had to perform some prefect duties in the dungeons and will be back in a bit.
Draco
P.S. sorry I couldn't join you sounded like you were having fun in there but maybe next time.
Harry's face flushed red as he realized Draco had heard him in the bathroom wanking to memories of the night before. He hadn't realized how loud he was being and he could only imagine the amount of teasing Draco would inflict on him for this. He was only glad it had happened here and not in the Gryffindor tower as he didn't think he would ever be able to live it down if it had.
Face still burning he sat down and ate the breakfast of smily faced pancakes, eggs and bacon with pumpkin juice. He was disappointed that by the time he was done Draco still wasn't back from doing whatever he needed to do. Sighing and trying not to worry he went back into the bedroom and got dressed in the nicest robes he owned. An expensive set Narcissa picked out for him. He then tried to do something with his hair but after struggling with it for several minutes with no results he gave up and went back out to the main room to wait for the others.
Narcissa and Severus were to return this morning and Draco would return any minute so they could all go to the trial that was to take place an hour and a half from then. Anxiously he waited for them, his eyes glancing every so often to the picture frame door, and his hands twining together in impatience. He was sure they would come before it was time for him to leave, they had promised after all, but he couldn't help but worry and be nervous about their arrival and the trial that was to take place soon.
He would have to face Ron and the rest of the Weasley's as well as Hermione something he had no wish to do. He wished Ron could have just left them alone, he had denied Siri from before he was even born, but now for some reason he wanted to take his son from him. Harry was sure it was only to hurt him by threatening his son and it pained him that the redheaded boy cared so little for him after all their years of friendship to want to hurt him in such away. It was obvious to him now that they had never really been friends at all at least to the other boy and it was a painful realization for him.
He sighed softly and wiped away the tears that broke through from his eyes refusing to show how hurt he was at the trial and nearly jumped out of his seat when he heard the picture frame slide open to allow someone entrance. Relieved he turned smiling hoping to see Narcissa or Severus or Draco or even all three of them enter the room but it turned out to be none of them. Instead it was Blaise and Neville with his son held in the Gryffindors arms.
"Hey Harry we thought you would want to see this little guy before you left," Blaise told him as Neville held out his son to him. Harry stood and took his little boy grinning happily at the child who giggled and patted his face with one hand. "Where is Draco and Mrs. Malfoy and Snape?"
"Narcissa and Severus aren't back yet from their business though they should be any minute now I hope," Harry told them the smile leaving his face as they all sat down on the couch Siri held firmly in his fathers lap. "And Draco had to go take care of something in the dungeons, some prefect thing, and hasn't returned yet. Do you know anything about it Blaise?"
"No, sorry Harry I was in the Gryffindor tower last night with Nev here watching Siri," the Slytherin told him with a shrug. Harry sighed but nodded in understanding and disappointment. "But I am sure he will be here soon so don't worry."
"Everything will be fine anyway Har no one is going to want to take Siri from you," Neville told him trying to reassure the boy who was looking more and more worried by the minute. "They will see what a jerk Ron is and how much you love your little boy and won't even think about taking him from you to give to him you'll see. Everything will be all right."
Harry nodded again without speaking trying to convince himself that Neville was right and they wouldn't want to take Siri from him. They would be able to see how much Harry loved him compared to Ron and how well he was taken care of by him. Yet despite knowing that he couldn't seem to convince himself that it was true and his worry and nervousness only seemed to grow as he held his son closely to him.
Another forty minutes passed while they waited for the others and still they didn't come. Harry knew he couldn't wait any longer to go to the ministry and prayed the three of them would get to the courtroom before the trial started as he gave his son back to Blaise. The two boys assured him again that everything would be fine and Siri would be here waiting for him when he came back with the good news. They also promised to tell the others, if they showed up instead of going straight to the ministry, that Harry was already at the trial waiting for them.
Harry thanked them, kissed his son goodbye, and tossing some floo powder in the fireplace left for the ministry. Once there he made his way to the elevators and down to the courtroom where he was greeted by the lawyer Draco had gotten for him. The man was surprised not to see the Blacks or Snape but assured him everything would be fine and they would be there any minute. They went over the questions the judge was likely to ask him and Harry's answers and once satisfied the man led him into the trial room where the Weasley's had already been gathered with their wizator.
He was glad that due to the fact it was regarding a young child the trial was a closed one which meant no outside watchers and no press. It made him feel slightly less uncomfortable as he and his wizator sat down at one of the tables in front of the Judges podium. Ron and Hermione sat at the other one with their wizator and he saw the glint of a ring on the girls hand. He thought it would hurt more to see that but strangely he really didn't feel anything and knew it was because he was already happy with Draco and no longer wanted Ron at all.
It hurt more to see who was sitting behind the two of them than the ring on the girls finger and what it meant. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley sat behind him along with Percy and Ginny and the twins, though they didn't look terribly happy about it. They both sent him encouraging grins and thumbs up and Harry knew they weren't really there to support Ron in this. Not like the others though Mrs. Weasley did give him a small smile and neither seemed all that happy to be there either.
At least Ron had people with him though as the Bailiff walked out and called for them to stand without Draco or his mother or Snape having appeared. They all stood up and Harry knew he was on his own as the judge walked in and up to his seat. He didn't know what had kept them from coming but he hopped they were ok and something hadn't happened to them though in away he did as he didn't want to think of what other reason they would have for not coming to the trial as they had promised they would.
"The honorable Judge Robert Carter presiding, you may all sit," The Bailiff said handing the judge a vanilla folder. It reminded Harry a good deal of those court shows his aunt liked to watch sometimes. "This the case of Ronald Weasley VS. Harry Potter over the custody of Sirius James Potter."
"Ah yes is everyone here then and ready to begin?" the judge questioned looking over them. Both of their wizator's nodded even though Harry didn't feel ready at all with no one there on his side and Ron surrounded by his family. He wished desperately that the others would show up any moment now but feared they wouldn't. "Very well then, Mr. Weasley has filed a compliant against Mr. Potter over their son, Sirius Potter, who he does not believe is safe or properly cared for with Mr. Potter and therefore you want custody of your son to be given to you is this correct Mr. Weasley?"
"Yes your honor," Ron's wizator replied on behalf of his client who gave a Harry a smug look before quickly turning back to the judge. Unfortunately he was so quick that no one saw him but Harry. "It is my clients belief that Mr. Potter has knowingly and willingly put his child in a place of danger and in the company of people who could prove harmful to the baby. It is also his belief that Mr. Potter has no real way of his own to care for the child and that he is not mentally stable enough to be trusted with the health and well being of their son. To that end he asks that full legal and physical custody of the child be given to him."
"Your honor Mr. Weasley's claims are groundless my client is an excellent father and would never put his child in danger knowingly or not," Harry's wizator spoke up after the other had said all he wanted to. Harry trembled slightly as he listened to him his fear and nervousness causing his stomach to roll unpleasantly. "Mr. Potter also claims that when he told Mr. Weasley that he was pregnant with his child the man denied being said father leaving Mr. Potter to bare and care for their child on his own. It is our belief that he is only trying to claim custody of the child now to hurt Mr. Potter and break up a loving family."
"Very well the claims have been laid by both sides and I am willing to hear this case though at this point I am not in favor of either one of you keeping this child," The judge began. Both wizators moved to protest but he raised his hand for silence as he continued looking at the two young men. "You both are young and still in school and I can see that neither one of you was really ready for the responsibility of a child. However you have one and it is now my job to decide which one of you is more qualified to take care of him to that end I will give both sides a chance to convince me of the truthfulness of their claims. Mr. Weasley you may go first as it is you who have brought these claims and then you Mr. Potter will have a chance to speak on your behalf."
Ron grinned and stood with another smug look at Harry who had paled slightly. Hermione refused to look at him but held onto Ron's hand and Ginny looked as smug as her brother though the twins were frowning behind him and whispering to each other. Harry hoped they were coming up with some prank to pull on their brother after this was all over and that if they were he would be able to see the results of it.
"Thank you your honor, before I give my evidence for my claims I wish to refute one of the claims Mr. Potter's wizator made against me if I may?" Ron asked. The judge stared at him thoughtfully for a moment and then nodded much to his pleasure. "Thank you. As Mr. Potter's Wizator, Mr. Kettlebrin, said when he first told me he was with child I didn't believe it was mine as I could tell he had been with someone else before me and not having known about what his uncle had done to him. I was therefore angry and upset that I wasn't his first as he had claimed and shocked by the pregnancy. So I did refuse to acknowledge the child as my own but once I saw little Sirius for the first time I knew he was mine and that I wanted to be a father to him but Mr. Potter wouldn't let me see him or spend any time with him.
As to my own claims your honor Mr. Potter has been living with known former Death eaters, the Blacks and Professor Snape. The Blacks, Draco and Narcissa, were once the Malfoys, wife and son to Lucius Malfoy who is in prison for trying to bring he-who-must-not-be-named back. I fear for the life of my child should that man ever escape while Harry is with them or what they may do to him should they be proven to be as dark wizards as their former husband and father. I don't want my son influenced into embracing the dark arts and possibly becoming another dark wizard when he grows up.
Mr. Potter doesn't seem to see this danger as he has never seen the danger to himself or me and Miss Granger during are first few years of school. He put us both in danger numerous times first with the philosophers stone that he insisted we had to go after, than with the basilisk and dementors and during the tournament. He has to be the center of attention and is more than willing to risk his life or the lives of any others near him and I fear he may do the same with our son if he is left in his care.
I also your honor don't believe that Mr. Potter is mentally or emotionally stable enough to raise our child after what was done to him by his family and it is well known that those who are abused tend to abuse others as it is how they have been raised. I fear that he may do the same thing to Siri that his uncle did to him as he is the only example he has been set on how to handle children and don't want my son to be harmed by him in his anger. Finally I know that Mr. Potter does not have the funds to take care of Siri on his own if not for the Blacks and Professor Snape who I note are not here today for reasons I am curious to know why as they are his primary caregivers."
"I am well aware of Mr. Potter's exploits in school, As Professor Dumbledore was kind enough to tell me of them, and we all know of the abuse he suffered from his relatives. Those do not however necessarily make him a bad or unable parent. However I can understand your fears and find them justified to a point," Judge Carter replied and Harry felt his heart sink as Ron's grin grew wider. Yet the man still didn't look to be in favor of either one of them as he went on. "That said however I want to know Mr. Weasley what makes you feel you are the better parent and how you intend to raise young Sirius when you yourself are still in school?"
"Your honor I have only one year of school left and then will be entering into Auror training right away. During this school year and training my mother has agreed to watch Sirius for me so that I can continue my schooling," Ron told the man. Molly smiled slightly as the judge glanced at her and Harry frowned feeling strangely betrayed by that despite the fact that he had little contact with them in nearly a year. "My father will be helping me to find a place of my own once I graduate in order to provide a safe, loving home for my son and Miss Granger has agreed to marry me giving my son a much needed mother. She will also be studying to join the ministry after she graduates. So as you can see your honor I have already though of everything my son and I will need in order to have a stable environment in which he can grow and a loving family to take care of him."
"Thank you Mr. Weasley, you may sit now," The man told him thoughtfully. Ron did as he was told as he turned to look at Harry who had gone pale and was shaking slightly. "Mr. Potter it is now your turn to speak."
"T. . .Thank you your honor," Harry said as he stood trying to calm himself. He licked his suddenly dry lips and wrung his hands nervously. "I love my son very much and would never put him in danger or anyone else. I never intended to put any of my friends or myself in danger but things happened that I was unable to avoid. As for the abuse I suffered, yes I was affected by it but I have had Professor Snape to help me with it and I would never strike my son for any reason. I would never want what was done to me to be done to him.
Mr. Weasley refused to acknowledge our son when I was pregnant with him and left me to give birth to him alone even after I swore to him I hadn't been with anyone else and that the child was his. He even told his family that the child wasn't his and only tried to claim him after he saw him after he snuck into my rooms while I was in class. Before that he never had any interest in being a father to Siri or even spending time with him and I don't believe he wants to now he just wants to hurt me by taking away my son from me. My son is all I have and I beg you not to take him from me please."
"Mr. Potter it is obvious to everyone here that you love your son and I do not believe you would put the child knowingly in danger," Judge Carter told him his voice cold but not entirely unkind as he looked at the young savior of the wizarding world. "However I would ask you the same question I asked Mr. Weasley."
"Like Mr. Weasley I have one more year of school left and Narcissa has been helping me by watching Siri for me while I am in class," Harry explained feeling slightly calmer as he went on. His hands stopped shaking a little and he kept his eyes on the judge. "I once thought I would be an aurror or a professional quiditich player but those options aren't open to me with a son so I thought I might go into healing or ministry work haven't fully decided yet. But Draco wants to go into law and Narcissa agreed to continue caring for Siri at their manor after I get out of school since I will be living with them as Draco and I are together."
"So you and Mr. Black are in a relationship together and his mother has agreed to help take care of Siri for you while you finish your schooling is that correct?" The judge asked a slightly unnerving look glittering in his dark brown eyes. Harry nodded trying to look more confident than he felt. "Then may I ask Mr. Potter just where are they? Why aren't they here as I was told they would be and why are you appearing here alone?"
"I . . .I don't know your honor they were all supposed to come but something must have held them up or something," The green eyed boy explained eyes darting to the back of the room as if expecting them to appear their with apologies and explanations. "I'm sorry your honor."
"Very well court will recesses for twenty minutes while I reach my decision as I believe I have heard all that I need to," The judge replied hitting his gavel on the podium before standing and leaving the room as Harry sat back down.
Harry's wizator tried to reassure him as they sat waiting for the judge to return but the green eyed man knew that Ron had presented himself better than he had. Plus the fact he had family backing him up and Harry had no one on his side as he should have. He didn't know what had happened to them to keep them from coming but his worry and fear was starting to mix with not a small amount of anger over their absence. They had promised to be there for him and show that Harry had people on his side to help him with his son but they had broken that promise and he didn't know why.
Had they meant to come at all or had their promises all really been lies that he hadn't seen in his desperateness to believe that someone actually cared about him. He needed Draco and wanted him there to reassure him of the truth. Needed him to hold him and tell him how much he loved him and how sorry he was to not have been there. But he wasn't there and Harry didn't know where he was or even if he truly cared about him now as he sat waiting for the judge to return with his decision.
The twenty minutes passed far to quickly and all to soon the judge returned to the room. He sat behind his podium again and looked down at them his face unreadable. Ron appeared calm and cool as he waited for the judge to speak while Harry was pale and uncertain wishing he wasn't facing this alone.
"This decision gentlemen was not easy to make and I want to assure you both that I believe you both truly care about your son and have his best interest at heart," Judge Carter began looking at the two men as he spoke his eyes lingering on Harry as he continued. "However that said I have come to the decision that physical custody of young Sirius is to be given to Mr. Weasley for the time being due to the fact that I feel he has more ability and support to take care of the child than you do at this time Mr. Potter." Harry looked at him in horror while Ron grinned victoriously and squeezed Hermione's hand who gave him a strained smile. "You, Mr. Potter, will still be able to see your son every other weekend under supervision and I am willing to reopen this case in one years time if you can prove to me that you have the home, funds, and support necessary to raise your son. You will also continue to have partial legal custody of the child and I hope you and Mr. Weasley will be able to get along for your son's sake. A court official will go with you now to see to the handing over of the child and this session is now adjured. Good day gentlemen."
Hitting the podium with his gavel again the judge left the room before either could speak as Harry burst into tears. His wizator expressed his sympathies to him but Harry didn't hear them as a court official in dark blue robes came forward followed by Ron and Hermione. Without looking at any of them Harry rushed from the room knowing they would follow him and floo back to his rooms at Hogwarts the tears and smoke nearly blinding him as he stumbled out of the fireplace on the other side.
His heart broke as he saw Siri sitting on the floor between Neville and Blaise playing with his blocks and giggling happily as he waved his little fists around. The two boys saw him first and their faces paled when they saw the tears in his eyes. They moved to speak but Harry stopped them rushing over to his son and scoping him up into his arms to hold him tightly to his chest as the three others arrived behind him.
"N. . .Neville c . . .can you get Siri's things together for me please," Harry asked without looking away from his son. The Gryffindor nodded and went into the nursery trying to fight back the tears that threatened to fill his own eyes. Siri patted his cheek in concern his bottom lip trembling as he saw how upset his papa was. "Hush its ok Siri, Papa's all right, you have to go away for a while to live with your other father but its ok cause I will come see you as often as I can I promise and I will get you back so be good for papa ok." the baby gurgled and squirmed as Harry held him to tightly for his liking and spoke words that he didn't understand. "I love you Siri don't ever forget that."
"Mr. Potter its time to give the baby to Mr. Weasley now I don't have all day," the court official said. He was a tall balding man who looked bored with the whole thing and just wanted to get it over with as quickly as possible.
"Ok, just take care of him Ronald, make sure he eats every few hours and takes at least two naps a day otherwise he will get cranky. Not to many snacks either or he wont eat his dinner. He likes to be sung to at night and rocked and he hates creamed squash," Harry told the red head as Neville came back into the room with a bag of things and the blanket Mrs. Weasley had made him. He gave both things to Ron who grabbed them quickly and handed them to Hermione who was frowning next to him. "He wont sleep without the blanket your mother made him either and his favorite toy is his gold snitch Fred gave him so don't lose it or you will never get him to stop crying and he loves the story of the three little pigs and the little wizard who lost his way and . . ."
"I get it Potter and I can take care of my own son now hand him over," Ron growled holding out his hands for the baby. Harry hesitated for a moment, giving his son a kiss on the forehead and a final hug, and then gave him to the other boy choking back a sob. "You're going to come live with Daddy now Siri and his family. We'll see you in two weeks Potter."
With that he and Hermione left the rooms taking Siri with them who started crying as soon as he realized he was being taken away from his papa. Blaise took Harry into his arms as he sobbed watching his little boy cry for him, his little hands outstretched toward him, before the picture frame closed on them blocking out his cries. The official seeing his job was done reminded Harry his first visit would be the weekend after next which he would be supervising and then left through the floo again uncaring of the young man's distress.
Blaise and Neville tried to comfort him as best they could promising him that they would do all they could to help him get Siri back but it wasn't them Harry wanted right now. He wanted and needed Draco to hold him and reassure him that everything would be all right and after assuring them he would see them later he fled the rooms in search of him. He couldn't stand to be in those rooms right now anyway they had to many memories of him and Siri in them.
Without really paying attention to where he was going he rushed down to the dungeons in search of the blond Slytherin. He was just outside of where he remembered the Slytherin dorms to be from second year when he was stopped by the sound of voices nearby. Recognizing them he hurried over to the empty classroom they were coming from and froze when he saw Draco leaning casually against one wall with Theodore Nott lounging on one of the desks.
"So Draco what are you doing here anyway? I thought you were going to the custody hearing with Potter today," Theo asked curiously as Harry leaned against the door wanting to know the answer as well. "It was today wasn't it?"
"Yeah but I wasn't going to waste my time trying to help scar head keep his annoying little brat," The blonde told him with a sneer. Harry's eyes widened and his face paled as he listened to him his hands clenched into fists so tight his nails dug into the skin of his palms. "I have better things to do then waste my time with an irritating Gryffindor."
"Wow that's cold Draco," the other boy said with a chuckle and a smirk as he leaned back in his chair. Draco smiled running a hand through his hair. "and here I thought you were in love with Potter and that brat of his."
"Please like I would really be in love with the golden boy I have better taste than that," The Slytherin prince replied arrogantly seemingly uncaring of how hateful and hurtful his words were as Harry's heart broke further. "I was only using him to get what I wanted from him."
"And did you get what you wanted from him?" Theo asked. Draco grinned giving him a pointed look and the brown haired boy laughed nearly falling out of his seat. "Wow you actually did it. You got into Saint Potters pants."
"Yep last night and he was decent enough. Though I expected him to be a little better after all the practice his uncle gave him," Draco laughed and Harry decided that he had heard enough and couldn't stand to hear anymore.
He fled the corridor, tears streaming down his face, and never having seen the smirk on Theo's face as he glanced at the door way where he had been or the way Draco's eyes glazed over. If he had perhaps he wouldn't have made the decision he did but he didn't and he was in too much pain to think clearly. He only knew that he couldn't stay there at this school for a moment more, it had caused him too much pain and he had been betrayed here too many times by too many people.
So he rushed back to his rooms, packed a bag of the things that were most precious to him, and fled the castle wanting nothing more than to get away. His son was gone, Draco had used him for sex as Ron had, and he had nothing left to keep him there. He was alone and now knew for certain that he always would be for no one could ever really love him. Draco had proven that to him with his words and he cursed himself for a fool for ever believing that his one time enemy could ever love him or his mother and most hated professor.
No one noticed him leave the castle or tried to stop him cementing the belief in his mind that no one really cared about him and that no one would miss him. The only one who saw him as he hurried down the path was a black haired girl who grinned happily as he disappeared down the path to the village and laughing went in search of the one he had left behind. It would be hours before anyone would notice that he was gone and far to late by the time they realized that he was as he had apparated away without a trace from the village.
A/n: Well there it is and I am expecting a lot of upset reviews from people for giving Siri to Ron. Just let me assure you that he won't stay with him for long and that Harry will get him back. If you have seen the Robin Williams movie than you will know that his character was denied custody of his three kids because he didn't have a job or a home for them to live in and it is on the same bases that Harry was denied custody of his son. Mostly it was because Ron had a family and fiance backing him up and Harry didn't. but they will get what they deserve in the end I promise.
And just what was it that kept Snape and Narcissa from showing up at the trial and what has been done to Draco? You will find out soon enough and there will be a time jump in the next chapter so be ready for it. Also this story is coming to an end, I think there are maybe three or four more chapters to go on this one so sad. But anyway read and review and enjoy and try not to hurt me to much ok!