A New Life
2. 5 Years Later
Two identical six year olds, now seven, screamed in delight as they ran downstairs, meeting each other on the landing. As soon as they reached the living room they stopped and stared. There, piled neatly in front of them, were presents. The twins looked at each other and with sly smile burst into song, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US, HAPPY BIRTHDY HARRY AND JAMES, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US," effectively waking up their parents and their 3 year old sister.
The man and woman didn't even look at each other, it was a regular occurrence every 27th March and Christmas day, though it's a shout of merry Christmas that wakes them on that morning. They walked down, picking up their daughter, Keira, on the way, to find the two boys sitting obediently next to each other on the floor, staring at the presents they were itching to open but restraining themselves for it was tradition for them to open presents after breakfast. 3 pancakes each later, the boys grabbed the first one that came into their hands.
There were three small piles, ones that they got one each of for each other and a pile for the presents they had to share. A flurry of wrapping paper later, the twins were sat amongst various presents; sweets, chocolate, quidditch books, new clothes but what they thought was the best present were their new brooms. They had had brooms before but they were the ones that only hovered one meter off the floor and were near impossible to fall off whereas these were the grown up brooms as the children called them. They put their new toys away and Harry picked up Keira.
"Hello Keira, say Happy Birthday to your big brothers" Keira laughed happily and said "'appy Birfdy" The family laughed at Keira's butchered attempt at wishing the boys Happy Birthday and were interrupted by the fire glowing green and the boy's best friend stepping out. They ran up and hugged him. When he made no movement to hug them back they pulled away, only now taking in his appearance.
He was dressed in pyjamas and had tear tracks rolling down his cheeks but a fiery defiance in his eyes. "What's wrong Siri?" Harry asked. He shook his head. "Nothing's wrong, but my family disowned me this morning." He admitted, fresh tears snaking their way from his eyes. "But I thought you hated your family Siri and said you couldn't wait until you could get away" Sirius nodded. "Yeah but where am I gonna stay?" The last part was said as a whisper and was answered by the parents after a quick silent conversation. "You can stay with us Sirius. Actually we'll adopt you if you want" James and Harry nodded their head furiously while Sirius looked up with hopeful eyes. "I'd like that Mr and Mrs Potter" Diane laughed. "Sirius, call us Mum and Dad if you want or at least by our names" Sirius nodded, "Okay… Mum"
James cheered while Harry hugged Sirius again. "Right now that's sorted, have you got your clothes?" Sirius shook his head "No, mum burnt they when I was disowned, everything's gone except for this which I wear all the time so my little brother doesn't steal it." He pulled out a little leather necklace with a sharks tooth on the end. The twins grinned and pulled out their own from underneath their tops.
Last year they had been to the Zoo for their birthday and all three had gotten identical shark teeth necklaces as a sign of their friendship. "Well then, looks like it's a trip to Diagon Alley and some muggle shops to get you your things. For today you can wear something of the boys, their stuff should fit you and if it doesn't we can alter it" They ran upstairs after nodding and Sirius joined them. James dashed into his room while Harry dragged Sirius into his. "Right well, James and I are wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt, I have another pair of jeans if you want." Sirius nodded and Harry gave him the spare pair, after picking the plain red t-shirt and getting a pair of boxers, he quickly got changed in the bathroom. He came out to see Harry and James already dressed in white and green t-shirts respectively. The jeans were a bit too long on Sirius but he rolled them up and put on the converse Harry offered him.
He had red converse, Harry, white and James, green. They put on their necklaces as they did every day and ran downstairs. They stopped at the fireplace where Harold, Diane and Keira were waiting for them. "We have to go to the ministry as well to sort out the adoption legally but we'll do it last" He turned to the fire and throwing down the pinch of floo powder shouted "the leaky cauldron" and stepped in. Diane did the same with Keira and the boys were left. Harry looked at them before stepping up and doing the same. Sirius went next and finally James.
They stepped out into the leaky cauldron where they saw their mum and dad waiting for them.
They walked into Diagon Alley and after getting some money from Gringotts purchased, new robes, a broom, books and various other things that the twins had for Sirius. Then they went to the muggle mall where they got him some shorts, t-shirts, jeans, jackets and hoodies.
Sirius had a smile splitting his face and after they payed for everything, gave them a huge hug. "Right, now the ministry for the adoption" Harold said. They walked back home and after dropping their purchases in the living room, flooed to the Ministry of Magic. They walked into the doors where Harold and Diane had to give their wands in and the boys had to give their names. They walked to the place where they dealt with the adoptions and since Sirius had been disowned, he could sign in the place where his family was to sign. "Right do you want the paper and name adoption or do you want the full adoption with the blood-binding ritual to make you a full Potter with even blood" Harold turned to Sirius,
"It's your choice son, we don't mind either way, though we would like you to become a full blood potter" Sirius smiled and nodded. "Blood-Binding please" Harold said, turning towards the man behind the desk. "Okay we can do it now if you want" He paused as Sirius nodded again. "I am afraid the little girl is too young to fully take part in the ritual so she cannot be in the room while you are doing the ritual but we will need three drops of blood from her to include her in. Once we have that we can start, you can leave her with my associate, I assure you no harm will come to her"
Diane nodded and after magically extracting a few drops of blood from Keira, they handed her to the woman who came in and followed the man into the room. As they walked in he gave them black cloaks to put on and when he got to Sirius he gave him one with a hood to hide his face. The man directed Sirius further away from the family and in front of a little plaque. The parents and boys stood around the navy blue potion simmering in the cauldron and looked at the plaques they had to read. The man split the potion into 5 goblets, giving one to each person and keeping one for himself.
Harold went first. Holding his goblet of potion in front of him he read the paragraph on the plaque.
"Per meus cruor, EGO recipero is puer ut meus filius quod redimio meus vita, meus cruor, quod meus prosapia ut him. Ex iam ut infinitio sit meus filius, reus in cruor. Permissum him similitudo suus prosapia, pro nes es unus. Permissum nostrum cruor run per suus vena quod purgo him of suus quondam vita, quod verum suo nostrum prosapia. Nos es reus in cruor."
Once finished he cut his finger with the silver knife offered and let a few drops fall into the potion which turned a light blue. He poured it into the empty cauldron. Next was Diane's turn. Reading off the plaque and lifting the goblet she read out
"Ego, puer ut meus filius. EGO, vinculum him per meus cruor. Permissum him similitudo suus prosapia pro nos e es unus. EGO spondeo per meus cruor quod meus vita protego him ex vulnero quod tutela pro him ut meus own filius. Nos es iam suus prosapia. Nos es reus in cruor."
Diane took the knife and sliced her finger, letting a few drops out, her potion took a dark pink. She poured it into the cauldron. Now it was the boy's turns. Together they lifted their goblets and read the plaque that had changed to let both of them say it at the same time.
"Accipiamus eum sicut fratrem nostrum, quod mos tracto him ut talis. Permissum him similitudo suus prosapia, pro nos es unus. Quis nosmet have, nosmet mos partis per him, quod ut is postulo nos, nosmet ero procul suus pars. Nos es reus in cruor."
James took the knife first and sliced his finger, wincing, he let some drop into his goblet. It turned Gryffindor red and he passed the knife to his twin who repeated the action and his goblet turned Gryffindor gold. They simultaneously let the potion fall into the cauldron. The man took the goblet he had and read out in the place of Keira.
"Sine sanguine sumi sororem. Quapropter suscipe benedictionem hanc homo legit in loco sororis. Permissum him similitudo suus prosapia, pro nes es unus. Nos es iam suus prosapia. Nos es reus in cruor."
The man added Keira's blood and watched it turn a light baby pink, which then he poured it in. The potion in the cauldron turned sky blue, dark pink, Gryffindor gold, Gryffindor red and baby pink before settling on a grey – blue. The man poured the potion into another goblet and handed it to Sirius. Sirius lifted it and recited what was on the plaque.
"EGO recipero lemma ut meus prosapia. Permissum mihi similitudo lemma, pro nos es unus. EGO mos partis quis est Mei per lemma, servo lemma, quod tutela pro lemma ut meus own prosapia. Ex iam ut infinitio, nos es a prosapia. Nos es reus in cruor."
Sirius pulled back his hood and without any hesitation downed the potion. He dropped the goblet and collapsed to the floor. He let out grunts of pain as his legs grew, his hair shortened and turned messy. He became a bit skinnier and his eyes turned to a mixture of light grey and blue.
He grunted again and grew still. The man rushed over and poured another potion into his mouth and coaxed it down. He backed away before turning to the sad family. "He should be alright now and wake up in the morning." They nodded and Harold walked over to Sirius. He gently removed the black robe and picked him up after giving the robe to the man. Diane took hers and Harold's off and gave them along with the boy's cloaks to the man.
They all walked back into the office, Diane got Keira and they got the floo home. They went upstairs where James and Harry went into their adjoining rooms and got ready for bed. Harold took Sirius into his room that adjoined onto Harry's and had been done up by the house elves. They had placed all Sirius' stuff in the proper places and had decorated the room simply, ready for Sirius to do as he pleased with it. He placed Sirius on the bed and Diane came in just as he was getting some pyjamas out. He kissed her and gave her the sleepwear. She smiled and with a few flicks of her wand Sirius was changed and tucked in. She shut the door quietly and walked over to the door that led to Harry's room. The bed was empty and his clothes were on the floor.
She shook her head and walked through the door that went into James' room to find them lay on his bed, fast asleep. She smiled and lifted Harry up. He half woke up, turning in her arms and putting one arm around her neck. She placed him under the duvet in his room and tucked him in. She placed a chaste kiss on his forehead before he turned away, twisting the blankets around him. She walked back into James' room and picked him up. She tucked him in and, again, after placing a kiss on his cheek, he turned away and bunched the blankets around him. Diane smiled and walked out.
The previous disclaimer is relevant to all chapters. Also the only things i own are the plot line and my OC's