First: I'd like to apologize for taking longer than I expected on this chapter. I was touching up another chapter for my other story and studying for exams, which start on Monday.
Second: I'll try to get the next up nice and fast.
Enjoy!
The next few days flew in and though the Slytherin Common room was never comfortable, the dreamless sleeping drought he'd collected from Snape made it bearable.
When Friday rolled in Harry and Conor had been sitting in the Common room alone studying when a knock came on the portrait hole.
"Crab and Goyle probably forgot the password again" Harry muttered, standing up to open it.
Harry stared dumbly at the man for a moment before screaming with joy and wrapping himself around the mans chest.
"Sirius!" He yelled in delight. The man in his grasp spread his arms around him and Harry felt Sirius required the hug as much as he.
When he finally let go he was met with that all too familiar lopsided grin.
Sirius was dressed in full emerald green robes and had a new sun kissed glow to his face, even his eyes were brightened, the look from Azkaban seemed to be finally gone.
Harry shook his head and hugged him again. Sirius chuckled and held him at arms length.
"Ok, ok" he laughed. "Let me in the bloody door, pup".
Harry grinned at the name. He stood back as Sirius entered, hardly able to contain his excitement. Sirius was finally home, free and here!
"How did it go?" Harry asked quickly. "Did you round up all the dragons? What was Romania like? You look good. Did you miss me?".
Sirius drew an exaggerated sigh and place a sallow strong hand on his shoulder. "First good, second no, Third paradise, Fourth Damn right I do, and no, not in slightest".
Harry chuckled knowing the old friend of his fathers was teasing him.
Sirius looked up then and noticed the boy standing staring at them, a pang of longing in his eyes.
Sirius smiled and stepped forward. He held out another sallow hand, and Conor took it.
"You must be Conor. Sirius Black, nice to meet you". Conor shook his hand and smiled.
"Harry's been going on about you for months now". Sirius grinned at Harry.
"I'm sure he has".
As they sat down on the couch, Conor left for Herbology and Harry finally got time alone with his Godfather.
"How are you Harry?" the concern in his voice filled Harry with warmth.
"I doing ok" Harry answered honestly. Never mind the fearful students, the change in houses, the lack of sleep, worry over Voldemort or shock of even finding himself with a brother, Sirius was finally there and that's all that mattered to Harry.
"It's a great thing you are doing for Conor Harry, but he is not my priority, you are".
Harry sighed "Well, I'm not exactly chuffed to be in Slytherin but it's been bearable so far and Snape is even being nice to me". Harry laughed as he said it but Sirius eyes darkened at the name.
"I'm so sorry I didn't come for you in August Harry, but I'm here now". He smiled and tapped Harry's hand "Now tell me what's going on between you and Hermione?".
A grin broke out on Harry's face at the mention of Hermione and Sirius cocked an eyebrow.
"I see. And with a prefect too I hear. Remind me to congratulate her for that later".
Sirius stood up then. "I'd love to stay and chat more than anything but I have lots to sort out, what with Defense against the Dark Arts classes coming up. See you at lunch?".
Harry nodded, and gave Sirius one last hug before the disappeared back through the portrait hole.
Harry started at the portrait hole long after he'd left. His stomach was jumping with nerves. Now Sirius was back in his life, things could only get better.
"So that is our new defense against the Dark Arts teacher" Harry turned to see Draco Malfoy leaning against the stone wall of the stairs, a smile on his face.
"Watch it, that happens to be my Godfather you are talking about" Harry warned.
Dracko held two innocent hands in the air. "Oh I wasn't going to insult him. Even if he is on the other side he's still a Black".
Harry eyed him warily but shrugged off the comment.
"Fancy a game of exploding snap?" Draco asked.
Harry looked at his watch, he still had three hours until his next class, and he had already gotten through all his potions homework for the week. It would also give him a chance to warn Draco off creating trouble in Sirius class.
He nodded an ok. Surprise entered Draco's eyes and he quickly collected the cards at the Dark rose wood coffee table in front of the window to their left.
After the third game Harry spoke out. "You had better not give Sirius trouble in class Draco".
He heard Malfoy scoff as he tip the cards with his wand, they shuffled and the deck divded into to two halves. Giving one to Harry, Draco picked up his.
"I said I wouldn't, did I not?" Draco muttered, placing down a five of clubs. The club exploded when it hit Harry's queen of hearts and resulted in a small cloud of dark smoke. Harry coughed and waved a hand to clear the air.
"Why did you change houses Harry?" Harry rolled his eyes and let a loud tedious groan.
Draco still stared at him as determined as ever.
"I'm not going to tell you Draco" Harry muttered placing down a king of spades on the freshly burnt desk.
"Why not? Have you something to hide?".
Harry put down his cards and stared into Draco's eyes. "You are not going to stop asking me this are you?".
The blond Slytherin took his head, looking almost regretful. He placed down a club on top of Harry's card. Harry thought about throwing him off the trail altogether.
"Fine, I'll tell you, but I'm trusting you not to tell anyone we had this conversation. Not your father, or mine".
Draco's eyes widened and he nodded eagerly. "I swear I won't. You can trust me. Well?"
Harry nodded selecting a heart but then changed his mind. He placed down a diamond.
"Dumbledore put me here because I asked him to". Harry admitted , then quickly added "I have nothing to hide, but it is because of Conor" Harry watched Dracko place his card down "I remember what it was like coming here in my first year from the Dursleys, I needed someone to look out for me. Luckily I had good friends, but Conor doesn't, so I guess I'm just trying to protect him because we're similar, you know?"
"But you hate Slytherins" Malfoy laughed.
Harry shook his head. "I don't hate Slytherin's Draco, it just hate what they represent. As far as Conor goes, well I sort of felt sorry for him, and seen as he was getting such a hard time..." Harry frowned at Draco but sighed. "I guess the truth is I don't know why I did it. It seemed like a good idea at the time".
Draco smiled, a genuine smile. "I know why. You should have been in Slytherin from the start. I knew you would be, the first time I met you in the shop that day at Diagon".
Harry shrugged, deciding to let Draco draw his own conclusions and play along.
"I suppose so. I always wondered what would have happened if the sorting hat had put me in Slytherin instead of Gryffindor" It wasn't a lie.
Draco perked up and his smile got wider. "But you've a chance to find out now".
Harry shook his head and stood up placing the heart down which exploded in another cloud of smoke, winning him the game. "I'm hating that I did it now. I'm heading down to the library, I'll see you later". Harry turned to leave.
"Your dad is over the moon you know". Harry froze and trying to keep his breathing steady turned to Draco angry.
"I don't care. I'm still a Gryffindor, this means nothing for me. I hate the Dark Arts and I'll never seek them out".
Draco smiled wryly. "Yes you will Harry, you just don't know it yet". Those words shook him. Those had been the words Voldemort had said to him last year. Draco stood up and placing a hand on his shoulder strolled back up the stone steps.
Harry stayed where he was, gazing out the window, his stomach tight with nerves. He'd successfully thrown Draco off Conor's trail but he'd also made it look like he was turning Dark.
Still, Conor is in the clear, and that's what matters to me Harry reassured himself and walked out. Something inside told him it wouldn't be enough.
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