Harry was surprised for the most part that Hermione got along with the young Malfoy easily. 'A male version of Hermione.' he thought as the conversation switched to school and lessons.
Hermione froze mid-sentence. "What's wrong Granger?" Draco asked. The girl's jaw was open in a shocked manner. She pointed a finger in the direction she was looking; making both boys look.
Remus Lupin, one of James Potter's best friends was coming towards them. There was a girl next to him and her hair was a bright bubble gum pink. The girl had a dreamy smile directed at the ex D.A.D.A professor. But it was neither of them that caught her attention.
"Sirius." the raven haired boy whispered before running toward the other man that was with Remus and the pink haired girl. The rugged black haired man laughed as his godson crashed into him.
"What are you doing here Sirius!?" asked Hermione in a hurried whisper, looking around to see if any of the adult wizards and witches noticed the Azkaban escapee.
"The Ministry gave me full pardons thanks to Harry here." Sirius laughed and ruffled his godson's hair. Remus was the first to notice the two Gryffindor's company. "Oh, Draco. Just the person I wanted to see."
"And why pray tell, would that be professor?" Draco drawled. "You haven't happened to have seen Professor Snape have you?" The young aristocrat nodded his head. "What do you want with Professor Snape?"
"There was something I needed to speak with Severus about." Draco seemed to accept the reason and went to go show the werewolf professor to the potions master.
"Excuse me, but we didn't get your name." Hermione said to the pink haired witch. "This little fiery creature is Nymphadora Tonks." Sirius said with a snicker. The girl faced her second cousin. "Don't call me that." her hair turned from the bright pink to an angry red.
Sirius snorted in laughter. "I know but I just can't help it. Always makes it worth it when you get angry." The girl seemed to calm down, her hair returning to the bright pink color again. "Just call me Tonks." she told them.
"Ah well, games aside, I think we need some time to chat. Come on you two." Sirius said, wiping fake tears from his eyes. The small group of four found a somewhat empty room.
"What's Professor Snape doing here?" Harry asked, gesturing to the bat like man who was sitting in a comfortable looking armchair. "Good evening to you too Mr. Potter." the potions master said with a bland look.
Draco was also waiting for them, looking from between Harry's group and his godfather. "Professor Snape is needed for part of something we wanted to talk to you about Harry." Remus said, gesturing for them to sit.
The raven haired boy frowned and tried to find what they were trying to hide but was immediately shut out. "No need to go snooping about through our brains Harry. You'll just have to listen." Sirius said.
He sighed and sat in-between Tonks and Hermione. "Now that we're all here I'll just get to the point." Remus said. Snape said something under his breath which probably wasn't something very nice towards the werewolf but Remus decided to ignore it.
"Severus, do you remember James wanting to talk to you about fifteen years ago?" Remus directed his question to the potions professor in question. Snape's eyes narrowed. "How do you know about that?"
"'Cause we were the ones who convinced him to." Sirius said hotly. Snape nodded his head after a second. "I do remember that particular - incident." The potions master looked as if he just smelt something terribly nasty.
"What did James say exactly?" Remus asked. "Is there a point to this mindless drabble Lupin?" Snape said with a nasty sneer. "Just answer the man Snivellus." Sirius said, temper flaring.
"I did not. That… man …was no doubt gloating over the birth of his precious son." Remus sighed and rubbed his eyes. Somehow he needed to end this or the boyhood rivals would resort to blood shed.
"Please just hear me out Severus. There is something you need to know about Lily and James. It also includes Harry and yourself." Snape laughed bitterly.
"There is nothing new you can tell me about him." he said venomously. "And as far as I'm concerned Potter is just like his father; a dimwitted show off."
That was the last straw for Sirius. "Harry isn't James's!" The man roared, slamming his fist down onto the coffee table. Snape's laugh sounded like broken glass.
"Another one of your jokes mutt? Think you might need new material." Remus was forced to stand in between the seething Sirius and hotly Snape.
"James was infertile you buffoon!" Sirius raged over Remus's shoulder. "Then if he wasn't able to have kids, then who is Harry's real father?" Hermione asked, ever the observer.
"James did not go to you to flaunt, Severus." the ex-professor said after wrestling an angry Sirius into his chair. "He was going to tell you that you're Harry's father."
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Author's Note: Plot twist brownies anyone? One secret down and many, many more to go