Regulus's POV

"You know," James says, "I just thought of something useful."

"What?" Lily asks with trepidation. Whenever James found something useful, it was likely to cause someone some sort of trouble.

"With Remus and Sirius taking over as Harry's guardians, even if it isn't official by the ministry, it is official by the House of Potter," James says, grin growing.

"Which means?" Lily asks.

I smile, catching on, "Which means that according to the laws of the Ministry, Remus, or even Sirius, could walk into the Ministry and demand for Sirius to have a proper trial. Whether or not they'll do that is up to them."

Lily nods, "Ok, that's definitely helpful."

"Yeah, but they're going to need a bunch of evidence. Most of it will be at Potter Manor," James says then continues at Lily's look, "Before we went into hiding I'd placed a lot of our paperwork in the Vault in the manor. It was a precaution that I felt I had to take."

"Does either of them know this?"

James shakes his head, a frown on his face, "No, but they're both keyed into the wards, so that will help when they find out."

"And who is going to tell them?" I ask.

James and Lily look to each other, before looking at me. I raise an eyebrow and frown.

"And, pray tell me, why I should tell them?"

"Cause you also have to talk with Sirius about some things that happened between the two of you." Lily then smiles, "Besides, we have a date planned for tonight and this would be perfect for you to do. James warned me of what happens when you end up bored."

I glare at James before sighing in reluctance, "Fine."

Lily gives me a hug before running up to their room to get ready.

"I thought I warned you about getting close to my wife's breasts earlier," James growls lightly.

I hold my hands up, "She's the one who hugged me! Besides, I can't help it if your woman can't keep her hands off me!"

James glares at me, then laughs after a moment and shakes his head. He slaps my back as he heads up to his room. Wincing at the force in the motion I walk to the kitchen and look around for something to eat. Granted as spirits we could probably live without food, but it helps to add energy while we're on Earth. I finish making my sandwich when James and Lily walk in. Both are dressed up nicely and look like excited kids.

"Alright, we should be back in a couple of hours, so don't get into too much trouble while we're gone. I don't want to find that you've been placed in Azkaban again," Lily says, teasing.

I raise my hands up, "Can't promise I'll behave, but I won't get caught."

Lily laughs, "That's all I ask."

James smirks at me, "Remember to talk with our local mutt."

I nod and shoo them from the house. Settling back down in the living room I watch as the Harry and Sirius play. Sirius is still that little kid from when we were children. Smiling, I send my dishes back to the kitchen and touch the screen. Dropping in I glance around and smile at the place the three of them have. It's kind of cramped, but still seems like home. Closing my eyes I concentrate on making myself solid and when I can feel the floor below my feet I look up and smile.

"Alright Harry, go find Remus and talk him into going flying this afternoon," Sirius says. Neither him or Harry have noticed that I'm here and I grin.

"Sirius," I say.

My brother jumps and spins around to face me. When he sees me his eyes widen and his mouth drops slightly.

"Reg?"

I smile, "The one and only. How are you?"

"Other than trying to recover from that heart attack that you just gave me, fine. How are you?"

"Other than being dead, not too bad."

"Can I get you anything?" Sirius asks before hitting his head, "Sorry."

I wave a hand and plop down on their couch, "Don't worry about it."

Sirius sits next to me, automatically in that sprawling way that makes him seem like he has nothing better to do than just sit there.

"So to what do I owe the pleasure of talking to you?" Sirius asks.

I smile, "Well, other than I just want to talk to you, there are a couple of things that you should know."

"Alright, let's get business out of the way before we just take the time to talk, what's your message?"

"James told me to tell you that you and Remus are now Harry's guardians and are under protection of the House of Potter. If I'm right that means you can use the Potter Mansion, but you also can get immunity from the Ministry," I grin, "Thank merlin for arcane laws from the ministry, eh?"

Sirius chuckles and gives a nod, "Well you would know them."

I raise my hands up in mock surrender, "One of us had to. Merlin knew what kind of trouble you were going to get into."

Sirius is about to speak when he freezes and looks out the window, his eyes narrowed. I get ready to ask him what's going on when I feel something like a quiver from the Netherworld. Glancing over my shoulder I see that the portal is slowly starting to close and shouts are coming from that end.

"Oh shit,' I mutter, standing and walking toward the portal.

"Reg? What's wrong?" Sirius asks, momentarily distracted from his observance.

"Not sure, something is going on with the Netherworld though," I explain, "I need to get back and see if I can help. Is there a time we can talk?"

Sirius frowns before nodding, "Yeah. I'll get us to Potter Mansion, once we're there you can come back through. I don't know why, but I've got a bad feeling."

I pause before stepping through, "A bad feeling how?"

"Like we're about to be at war."

I glance at Sirius and I know he can see in my eyes I have the same feeling.

AN/ So, this is my shortest chapter to date, but I wanted to get this out there. I've just had such a writer's block with this story, my muses are being stubborn, that I can't think of where to go. Anyway, thank you for your reviews, favoriting, watching, etc. of this, it really makes my day! Please leave a review if you have a question or concern, I will be more than happy to address it, or a comment.