So I thought I would answer some of the questions from reviews and messages I have recieved.

1) Andromeda will be introduced later but at the moment she is slightly unnecessary and I didn't want to have too many characters at this point in the story.

2) Dumbledore is not going to be evil but manipulative for the 'greater good' whilst blind to the suffering it causes. The Weasley's are going to be very firmly supporters of him

3) Lupin will be involved but later, I haven't decided his relationship with Sirius yet

Disclaimer- I do not own Harry Potter nor any of the characters

Chapter 3:

Tuesday came, as it is apt to do, quicker than expected for all three members of the Black family. For Cassiopeia it meant the arrival of her brother who she had not seen since she was thirteen and of her cousin. She was well aware of the likely fears of both her guests, after all one was a squib and the other had practically been chased from Britain for his more alternative views. Although she would never admit she was nervous and flitted around the chateau without finding something to entertain here before her visitors arrived. She now sat in her Drawing Room, waiting for her house elf to inform her of her guests' arrivals. So deep was she in thought that she missed the 'crack' as the house elf appeared in the room.

"Mistress, your guests have arrived"

"Oh, thank you Mispsy"

Steeling herself for what promised to be a difficult reunion Cassiopeia walked through the Chateau to the hall, entering it she saw two rather unmistakable figures. Phineas Black, who now looked in his sixties was tall and had the typical Black appearance complete with the grey eyes. Eyes that matched Cassiopeia herself and Marius. Marius looked slightly uncomfortable, likely feeling out of place in the halls of his ancestors.

"I can only thank you for coming. And before we go any further I swear an oath on my magic that I mean no harm to either of you."

"The offer of your oath is appreciated Cassi, but unnecessary. I am willing to trust your word alone sister."

"I will trust your word too cousin, we are family whether we like it or not and in some matters it is best to trust one and other."

"Marius, Phineas. I thank you for your words. Will you accompany me to my study?"

"Lead the way Cassi"

Both men followed Cassiopeia through the corridors to a small door. As far as both men knew no one had ever entered this room other than Cassiopeia who was rather protective of it, the fact that they were allowed in spoke volumes of her trust in them. Both men gasped slightly as they entered. One wall was taken up by a family tree covered with various annotations and the occasional piece of parchment whilst on the desk was an single A5 size leather bound book that seemed as innocuous as it was possible to be, yet both men knew its true worth.

Cassiopeia's voice interrupted them from their perusal of the room, "Whilst I am sure that the room itself is interesting, we must start our discussions…"

Both men flushed slightly acknowledging her words, "Agreed, sister. Where might we start, why have you called us here?"

"We are old and we have in our lifetimes seen our family change from neutral to dark, from good to bad and from great in both size and actions to corrupt and ill. I have lived here for the past forty years and seen Arcturus' folly followed by Orion's henpecked indecisions and I will stand it no longer. I seek the redemption of our family and name and whilst the actions of certain familial members in the war will never be forgotten, I seek a way of negating those actions. I need your help, why have information, I cannot do this alone. I would go to Andromeda as daughter of Cygnus but she has separated herself from so much of the magical society I struggle to see how, at the moment, it would help. So I plead that you help me, for I would not see the knowledge and magics of our family disappear."

Both men were aware of the disaster that the loss of a family could cause. Like so many of the ancient families, it was common for families to specialise in certain branches of magics. The death of an entire line meant the loss of their libraries and in many cases the family magics, if the House Black ended, then a thousand years of knowledge, spells and books would be lost. House Black specialised in offensive magic, just like House Potter specialised in defensive, House Longbottom specialised in herbology and the Lovegoods in magical creatures. And whilst Draco Malfoy may be a member of House Black he would not be accepted by the magic and thus unable to use the knowledge and perhaps open the libraries.

Phineas spoke first, "I understand what you are saying, it is true that it is necessary we find someone who the magic would accept and who can be raised as heir."

Marius smirked, "Sister, I know you. You have a plan already and we are simply game pieces, care to inform us?"

"Marius, you know me well. Fine, I acknowledge I have a plan and I acknowledge that you are integral to it, but I would not call you 'game pieces', I think 'minions' suits you better, don't you think?"

"Sister?" Marius said semi-warningly.

"I am sorry gentleman, I have lacked the presence of anyone to verbally spar with, we Black's are so wonderful at it…. Anyway, as you know Sirius has been utterly removed from becoming Lord Black, Walburga and Arcturus were particularly viscous in their revenge when he ran away after refusing to be force-fed their beliefs and agendas. I have been unable to find anyway to reverse this action however, they missed an important part as they never removed Sirius' heirs from succession, therefore whomever he declares his heir could be accepted as the legal Heir Black. Sirius' will, which was updated in December 1980, lists only two main beneficiaries. Some money to go to Remus Lupin, the other is the godson and the will reads "all other monies, properties, chattels and affects to him as my heir". Considering that Regulus Black died in 1979, we can then assume that the title of Heir Black is up in the air at the moment, however in literal as no-one had claim of the title, by acknowledging the godson as heir, he can become Heir Black over Malfoy if the magic acknowledges him. Is this making sense so far?"

Marius, understand what his sister was saying from a legal point of view, replied, "So what you are saying is that the ambiguity in the will benefits the godson over any other member of the family as he is Heir by the design of a family member. But the magic would only accept him if he were a member of House Black, who is the godson?"

Phineas laughed, "I always forget how much of a genius you can be cousin. Sirius only has one godson, the grandson of Dorea. Which would mean the Heir Black title can be claimed by one Harry James Potter and the magic and law will accept him."

"Indeed gentleman. Whilst the law would accept Draco Malfoy as heir, the magic wouldn't as he is not a member of another Ancient and Noble House. As Harry Potter is already Heir Potter the magic would accept him as Heir Black by combining the magics. He can also take the title much earlier, whilst he cannot become Paterfamilias until after his majority, as heir in both magic and law as well as the only a member of a Most Ancient and Noble house, he can become Heir Lord to both families, he would become Harry Potter-Black".

"So I take it your first step is to adopt Harry Potter, who has care of him since his parent's deaths?" Phineas asked.

"This is where it gets a little tricky, Dumbledore placed him in the care of his muggle family apparently, hidden away from the magical world. We would need to find him first."

Marius responded, "That is no problem, I doubt they will have changed his name or anything, all it would take is a little research on the computer and a couple of favours pulled in with Scotland Yard. I am familiar with the muggle world, it shouldn't take too long."

Cassiopeia breathed a sigh of relief at this, "I had been thinking it would take months of work, I am grateful for your assistance."

"I take it there is more to your plan than just ensuring that Potter is accepted Heir before the Malfoy boy?"

"Indeed, this is where I believe I need your help cousin. Sirius never received a trial, I believe that we should ensure he receives one. I have evidence that suggests that he was framed for the murder of the muggles on the 1st November 1981, if this is the case I struggle to see why that was necessary?"

"You are right cousin. I don't know how easy it would be to get a trial, the British government seem to try to sweep the past under the carpet. They are corrupt beyond belief and in the pocket of many who I doubt would want Sirius to stand trial."

Cassisopeia smirked

Seeing this Marius laughed, "Phineas, if you have never seen that look on Cassi's face that is her evil plan face. I have no doubt that she has some suitable… 'persuasions' she can use to make the politicians see the... necessity of ensuring a swift trial of one Sirius Orion Black."

All three Blacks laughed before Cassiopeia added "I do so find it interesting that the Head of the Aurors, Crutthers, is having an affair with his secretary. Almost as interesting as the fact that the advisor to Minister Bagnold has been stealing from his boss. It really is such a shame I can't use this…information"

Marius and Phineas chuckled again before returning to their previous conversation.

"Sister, I must admit I get the plan but from the sounds of it Sirius is firmly placed under Dumbledore's thumb, how can we extricate him from this?"

"You are correct, if Sirius goes free, Dumbledore will claim him again and do what he can to ensure that if Sirius claims Harry back, they are still under his control. I thought that we do in an illogical order and manner. That is to say, we first remove Harry from his muggle relatives. Then we publically ask for a trial, if Sirius goes free then we have shown that we are were responsible and then we will be more able to approach him to tell him we have his godson. Otherwise we will not get close."

Phineas smirked, "The evil mastermind strikes again, Marius. We are lucky you never turned into a Dark Lady Cassi for if you did we would have been under your subjugation decades ago."

"There is still time gentleman. Don't tempt me. I find myself rather fond of playing puppeteer but only when no one can tell it is me behind the mayhem."

Marius turned serious once more, "I find myself in need of the full story as I feel that I lack some knowledge of events at the moment, will you tell me as I believe your suspicions of Dumbledore deserve some explanation."

"Of course brother, let us go for lunch, afterwards we can continue our plans."

Hope this all makes sense, if you need clarification tell me and I can explain it more. Also, where do you think Harry should go to school? It won't be for a few more chapters yet but I would like to hear people's thoughts about the subject.