A/N: I just saw all the reviews, and I was like OMG OO I've never gotten such a big responce to a story so fast. Thank You all soo much I hope you enjoy this next chapter!
Sirius Cottage's name "The Light House" is I believe from: "A Harry Situation" by Jelsemium, or "Recnac Transfaerso" by Celebony, I love their stories, and I loved the name so I snatched it! (Light as opposed to Black, he's showing his disteaste for his family and their beliefs.)
Summery: Sirius got to Harry before Hagrid on Halloween 1981, he took the baby far from Harm to a remote cottage "The Light House", Now Remus has arrived to help out, and they're awaiting the arrival of Dumbledore.
Disclaimer: (how did I manage to forget this?) Me no ownz it it ownz me.
Warnings: Fish
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Dealing With Sirius
By Cloud
Ch. 3: In Which Things Are Discussed
When Albus and Minerva stepped out into the large den, Remus was awaiting them on the old green sofa, Sirius was down in the lower half of the room, and seemed to be attempting to murder the stove.
"He's, um, trying to make some tea-"
-There was a loud crash and a sputtering of explanitives from Sirius-
"-he's having some trouble lighting the stove though..." Remus said biting his lip, trying not to smile.
"I see..." said Albus eyeing the cursing dark haired boy cautiously. "Where's Harry?"
Remus stood up and walked over to the staircase, there underneath it in the corner was a small rosewood crib, both Albus and Minerva hurried over sighing in relief as they say the baby laying inside, sleeping peacefully.
"He has a scar. On his forehead, its like Lightning..."
They all nearly jumped and turned to look at Sirius who was looking down at the baby fretfully.
Albus reached in and gently brushed aside the toddler's banges, revealing the Lightning Bolt Scar, the man frowned, and moved his hand away, allowing the banges to fall back ito place.
Albus then turned back to look at Sirius, Remus and Minerva following suite.
Remus bit back a laugh, "So... Hows the tea coming?"
"Its not the bloody thing wont light, where did you say you say my wand?"
"On the writing desk... you mean you've been trying to do it the Muggle way?" asked Remus even more amused.
"No I don't know how to do it the Muggle way! I was trying to use wandless magic seeing as I couldn't find my effing wand!" snorted Sirius in annoyance.
Remus laughed, Sirius rolled his eyes and stormed back downstairs, over to the desk and began shuffling papers to try and find his wand.
Remus sighed, and walked down toward his friend, "Here Sirius, just sit down and I'll make the tea... Albus, Minerva, would you like to come down here, that way hopefully we won't wake up Harry while we talk..."
Sirius sighed and flopped down dramaticly in on of the wicker chairs at the table, still wandless.
Albus and Minerva took their respective seats on either side of the table and watched as Remus started the fire in the pot-bellied stove and then crossed over to the sink with Sirius's battered old brass kettle, and pumped the large lever on the spigit till water came gushing out, he continued pumping until the kettle was full, and then turned to Sirius weirily.
"We are getting you some modern Plumbing if it kills you, looking at the kitchen ones afraid to even think about your lavatory, it had better not only be a chamber pot in there!" scowled the young blound bushing a damp bange aside.
"Moony! You wound me! Of course its not! I've got a lovely stone basin in there for washing your hands in as well, and its all self cleaning!"
Remus glowered at the younger man, "You had best be joking, Padfoot."
Sirius smiled nervously, "Why? Whats wrong with liking the classics?"
Remus kept glowering.
Sirius gulped, "Moony... what are you thinking about??"
"I'm trying to remind myself Sirius Black, that you are my friend, and I like you, and that I do not want to hunt you down like the dog you are, come next Full moon." growled Remus.
"Oh...My..." breathed Sirius.
Minerva and Albus watched the tense exchange not knowing what to make of it, suddenly though Remus's glare faultered and he snorted and in the next moment both young men were in stitches, laughing themselves silly.
After afew minutes Remus looked up at the two elders appologetically, "Sorry, we haven't seen eachother in a while, and this is always the result."
"Every september 1st on the train... we got it so bad first day 5th year we needed calming draughts, had to miss the sorting and go straight to the infermery, Poppy thought the Slytherins had hexxed us..." sniggered Sirius.
Finally the two calmed down and Remus busied himself making the tea, Sirius sitting silently staring out at the lake streching out beyound the cliff.
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"Should have made breakfast..." muttered the Lycantrope nervousely, as he brused himself pouring the tea.
Albus waved him off and turned to Sirius, "I believe an explaination is in order Mister Black."
Sirius nodded, he then explained, in even greater detail about the plan, telling everything he, James, Peter and Lily had discussed.
"And you say Peter was willing to do this?" asked Albus keenly, his hands folded infrount of him the on the table, fingers laced.
Sirius nodded, he scowled at the table and then looked up at Dumbledore, their eyes meeting, "Thinking back I should have been suspicious... Peter was always the most hesitant when it came to doing something dangerous. It was just I was so happy to think everyone liked my plan, I didn't think twice about how over supportive he seemed... I think James might have noticed tho."
Everyone looked surprised, Albus cleared his throught, "And why do you say this?"
"Because," Sirius said once again looking the old man in the eye, "Once we agreed on it, James asked me to go upstairs with him to see Harry, and once we were up there alone, he suggested that I make regular visits to Peter's safe house to check that he stayed hidden... Thinking about it now what he probably ment was for me to keep an eye on him..."
Albus nodded, "I think-"
"Mummy?" came a small voice.
Everyone turned to see Harry out of his crib and toddling towards them acrossed the large wooden expance of the den.
Minerva smiled softly and looked at Sirius, "May I?"
Sirius nodded, and watched as the witch walked around the table and up into the den, before bending to scoop up the bouncey little one year old in her arm, craddling him to her tenderly.
Harry immediately snuggled up to the woman and played with the jeweled brouche which adorned the high collar of her robes, fingering it curously and watching in awe how it sparkled when the light hit it.
Minerva smiled lovingly down at the little boy, "This will make only the secound time I've ever held him, the first time was a year ago, that night Lily brought him to the Order meeting, back when he was only a few day old..."
"He's grown hasn't he..." smiled Sirius softly, a sad distant look in his eyes.
"Hung-yy!" chirped the baby.
"Knew I should have made breakfast..." grumbled Remus, everyone laughed.
"What?" asked Harry cutely.
Sirius chuckled softly, "James taught him to do that..."
Remus stood up, "Padfoot, I'm raiding your pantry to make us all breakfast."
Sirius waved him on, "Help, yourself, mind you theres a few spiders in there."
Remus walked in and screetched, "SIRIUS BLACK THOSE ARE NOT SPIDERS THEY'RE ACROMANTULAS!!!"
The young werewolf then came bolting back out chased by a spider the size of a cat.
"Oh...My..." breathed Sirius, trying hard not to laugh.
Dumbledore chuckled good naturedly.
Harry reached down as the spider ran by, "Kiddy!"
"No that is not a Kitty!" screetched Remus, jumping up on the sofa to escape the thing. He than waved his wand and vanished the spider as it started climbing up toward him.
Sirius finally cracked, disolving into pearls of laughter.
"How do you live like this Sirius? with those things in your cupboard!" chided Remus indignantly.
"I think they're cute." laughed Sirius.
"I think you're mad." scowled Remus.
"Kiddy bye..." said Harry sadly.
"What did happen to Lily's cat and the owls?" asked Remus concerned.
"They are currently with my dear friend Bathilda's until which time we can find better homes for them." said Albus his eyes twinkling.
"I'll take them if that's alright... Harry here loves Gingerfoot, tho I can't imagine why and the owls are welcome as well, I dare say Jinx could use the company, besides I'd feel funny allowing anyone else to take Godric, James had that owl sence our first year at Hogwarts, its family." said Sirius with conviction.
"Hung-yy?" asked Harry timidly.
Remus smiled and then rounded on Sirius, "You heard your Godson, Black. He's hungrey, so you just march over into that cupboard and clear out all the acromantulas and webs and whatever other nasty stuff is in there so I can make breakfast!"
Sirius scowled poutingly at Harry, "Who's side are you on kiddo?"
Harry's tiny bottem lip quivered, "Paafoot."
"I taught him to do that." smirked Sirius.
Remus gave Sirius a look.
"Oh fine! I'll clean out the bloody cupboard! Now where's my wand?"
He and Remus then spent the next five minutes scowering the writting desk and the floor around it, predictably the wand was still right where Remus had seen it last, it had just been covered over by more papers, from Sirius's previous search.
"Okay here I go... I'm gonna miss the little guys..." sighed Sirius sadly.
"You're getting a cat, and you have a baby toddling around, I'm sure that they'll more then make up for the loss of company." scoulded Remus.
"Yeah, I guess you're right..." muttered Sirius walking into the cupboard.
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Several minutes later the cupboard was spider free and a great deal less web congested.
Remus had still had a dificult time finding things do to Sirius's haphazard way of storing things. In the end he was able to make some toast and had mixed a jarr of peaches he'd found, with some sugar and cream, it wasn't great but it was edible.
"You need to go shopping." frowned Remus as he buttered a slice of toast.
"Aye..." muttered Sirius.
Minerva sat beside Harry, she had transfigured a highchair for the boy, and said child was currently in said chair, carefully eating his bowl of Peaches and cream.
"He's so well behaved, Lily must have spent ages teaching him." commented the witch.
"Both Lily and James... Poor James, he never could scould Harry for being bad..." smiled Remus sadly.
Sirius sighed, and watched Harry for a moment before asking what had been on his mind for a while, "What about Peter?"
Remus nibbled thoughtfully at his toast, Minerva coughed softly, and Albus frowned. Harry however had quite a different reaction to the name.
"WORMY!" squeeled the baby giggling, he'd always loved saying the name, even though he didn't perticularly care for the man who was attached to it.
Albus sighed, "I will try to get ahold of Peter, and hopefully then we can clear this unplesant business up, I dare say you won't mind testifing what you've told me under vertiserum?"
"No I don't mind." said Sirius calmly.
"Paafoot? Up? Up?"
Sirius looked over to were Harry sat reaching his arms out to him, wanting to be held. Smiling the young man made his way around the table, "Did you eat all your breakfast? Good boy! Come here."
Remus cleared away the dishes, scowling at the water pump again.
"I'll do the dishes Moony relax." smiled Sirius bouncing Harry.
"Moony." chirped Harry.
"Yes Moony!" grinned Sirius.
"Mummy?" asked Harry.
Sirius's smile faultered, "No Harry... no mummy... not anymore..."
Remus looked away sadly and busied himself with trying to organize Sirius's writting desk, "We need to get Harry's things from Godrics Hallow, if that's even possible. He needs his potty chair, and dipers for at night, and some clothes and toys..."
"I'm afraid that would be very difficult, The house is practically caving in on itself, the nursey is completely buried, the roof caved in as they were removing Lily body..." sighed Albus sadly, "And for the time being Mister Black you are under house, or Cottage arrest as it were, the Ministry knew of the Fidelius Charm and they, like myself, were in the beliefs that you were the Secret Keeper. So you see it would be quite unsafe for you to venture out from this place anytime soon. About how many people know how to get here?"
"Just Remus here, James, Lily, you, Minerva..." Sirius gritted his teeth, "And Peter... But I can revoke his ability to get here, I'll just alter the wards abit..."
"Will the alterations do anything to prevent us from coming back in?"
"No, I've gave you permission, Light House understands that, you and Minerva will still be allowed in, however if Peter tries to get here, the Wards will repeal him, that's how it works." explained Sirius sitting down and bouncing Harry on his knee.
Albus nodded impressed, "Well then we'll be on our way then. Minerva?"
The dark haired witch nodded and kissed and hugged Harry goodbye, she paused, "What about the food and baby things you need?"
"I'll send Moony out, he just loves running errands." smirked Sirius, in the background Remus snorted.
The corners of the witch's mouth twitched upwards threateningly but she bit back the smile and nodded primly.
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After they left Remus sat down and began writting out a shopping list, "Do you think they'll find Wormtail?"
"All depends on where they look... I could find him quick enough..." scowled Sirius as he sat watching Harry toddle around the den.
"You're not leaving tho. Harry needs you Sirius, you can't abandon him like that." said Remus sharply locking eyes with his bestfriend.
"Mister Padfoot would like to remind Mister Moony just who he's talking too here!" scowled Sirius.
"And Mister Moony would just like make sure Mister Padfoot remembers that in the heat of the moment." glowered Remus.
"BIRDIES!" squeeled Harry suddenly, both Marauders wirrled around to see a hansome Great Horned Owl and a large Great Grey Owl at one of the picture windows, a cat carrier hanging between them.
"Guess old Batty couldn't waite to be rid of them." muttered Sirius, he flicked has wand and the glass in the window vanished, allowing the two owls plenty of space to fly in.
The Owls landed near Harry and the little boy leand sideways peering into the cat carrier, "Hi Kiddy!"
The was a loud mewl from inside the cage, Remus walked over, untied the Owls from the carrier and openned the latch, a large short haired tabby, with a lovley ginger coat ran out and bounced over to Harry. Remus moved to pick up the carrier to put it away, when he noticed something else inside.
"How did she manage to get these?" Remus said in awe.
"Get what?" asked Sirius walking over.
Stuffed sideways in the cat carrier where three large, thick, leather bound, photo albums, and beside that was a tiny-
"BWOOM!" Harry cheered, pulling out the baby sized broomstick. Gingerfoot the tabby got decidedly less friendly and beatfeet it for the Oaken staircase.
Sirius and Remus laughed, and Harry quite oblivious tilted his head to one side cutely and asked, "What?"
"Nothing Kiddo... nothing..." smiled Sirius.
Remus picked up the albums and carried them over, laying them out on the coffee table infrount of the sofa, Sirius joined him, as he opened the first one to see a familiar HeadBoy and HeadGirl beaming up at them.
Sirius bit his lip and Remus, made to wipe something out of his eye...
"WHAAAHEEEEYYY!!!" came a squeel from behind them followed by a crash.
Jumping to their feet the two spun around to see that Harry had tooken off on the toy broom and sailed right down over the steps into the Kitchenette and crashed into the sink, the little boy was currently sitting on his butt beaming up at them as if he had just done the most wonderful thing in history.
"Guess we won't be allowed to wallow in our misery much, eh, Moony?" grinned Sirius coyly.
"No Padfoot I don't believe we will." smiled Remus.
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TBC
This chapter almost didn't get out, my PC errored me to death and almost erased it all, hope you liked it.
Next: Ch. 4: In Which Sirius Plays Daddy
-Cloud