Claimed

Chapter 23

All Of Them Wakening Up

Severus walked towards the Hospital wing, people had been wakening up all morning. None of them seemed…completely insane so far, just extremely disorientated. Which was easy to understand, they had all spent time in Azkaban, along time for most of them. They had been unfortunate enough to find out about Dumbledore, remember what they had done to them, or trying to tell someone about what Dumbledore was doing. He walked with purpose towards Sirius Black's bed. Or Padfoot as the twins had taken to constantly calling him.

"Hello," said Severus smoothly.

"Who are you?" questioned Sirius weakly.

"Severus Snape, you are currently in my home," explained Severus.

"You turned my godson didn't you?" asked Sirius looking rather upset at that.

"Indeed, if I hadn't he would be with his parents now," said Severus arching an eyebrow wondering if Black had a problem with vampires.

"Thank you for protecting him when I couldn't," said Sirius gratefully.

"I can reassure you it was no chore," smirked Severus, thinking about all the times he had Harry to himself. He couldn't wait until that was true once more, maybe once Dumbledore was dealt with it would happen. Not that he truly minded them there, he just wanted to have a normal life with his mate. Teach him to hunt, hunt with him, visit friends instead of them always being around that sort of thing.

"What happened to Dumbledore?" asked Sirius trying to hold his glee in.

"Excuse me?" asked Severus confused, what the hell was Black talking about.

"Harry says he was dead?" questioned Sirius Black, blanching in confusion.

"I think he was meaning metaphorically," said Severus rolling his eyes, Harry was much to eager to see Dumbledore dead. Not that Severus could blame him, but he was getting a little ahead of himself… Unless Harry had just been testing Sirius, to see how he would react. His little minx, and he hadn't set the record straight, Severus smirked in bitter amusement.

"He's still alive?" asked Sirius a grimace stretching out on his once handsome face.

"Indeed, hopefully not for long," said Severus smoothly. "Why did you end up in Azkaban?"

"I saw something I wasn't supposed to," admitted Sirius bitterly. In turn he had been imprisoned again, and separated from his godson. If he got better, they weren't going to kill Dumbledore - he would make sure he did. He also had to know if what they told him was true, if it was he didn't know what he would do…he certainly couldn't tell Harry.

"What did you see?" asked Severus his eyes narrowed in suspicion and anticipation. If Black could actually show something happening they had their first attack against Dumbledore in the paper. Harry didn't want anyone to know (other than his friends) what had happened to him. Which meant obviously that he wouldn't put it in the paper, so the truth could become known. There had been a time where he had almost done it, with the knowledge of what he was doing to eleven year olds. Unfortunately Harry was too ashamed, at the thought of people judging him and knowing. So Severus had been waiting impatiently, trying to find a shred of evidence against the old bastard. Its why he had freed all those people, to hope that he would get his evidence, and because they had been improperly imprisoned.

"He was hurting a thirteen year old boy…a Huffelpuff," said Sirius his stomach heaving at the thought alone. "I just wanted to get to Harry but before I could he stunned me."

"If its any consolation he never touched Harry like that when he was younger," said Severus, he had to tell Sirius because he knew Harry wouldn't be able to. Sirius had been the only true adult in Harry's life, if you could call him a true adult, he had fled to the tropics and only appeared when Harry was in trouble.

"Younger?" gasped Sirius sitting up wanting answers immediately, ignoring the pain his sudden movements elicited.

"Unfortunately after Harry defeated Voldemort his friends and the Order turned on him, they Obliviated him of his defeat of Voldemort. Then let him watch the world turn on him, when no one cared Dumbledore put him with the Dursley's and ensured he was unable to escape. Not that he was in any shape to do such a thing, if I hadn't turned him when I did he wouldn't have survived the night…he barely survived the turning." said Severus.

"What are you doing about Dumbledore?" growled Sirius furiously.

"We are returning the favour, we will ensure the world knows the truth about Dumbledore and his Order, then we will kill him once no one cares…" sneered Severus, that is if Dumbledore didn't get the Dementors kiss for his crimes. The Ministry couldn't risk a public outcry, and would be forced to act when the proof ends up in the Daily Prophet. By then hopefully they would know exactly who knew what Dumbledore was, who had been hiding his atrocious actions. They would be killed too and the world would be made a safer place.

He would make sure it was, so his mate was safe from harm. They would finish the quest they had begun thirty years ago and protect the world from Dumbledore.

"Well I'll help," said Sirius in satisfaction.

"You already have, give me the memory of what you saw," said Severus demandingly.

"I'll give you what I need to, nothing more," said Sirius looking pensive and hurt.

Severus stared at Sirius cautiously, "Do you need to talk?" asked Severus eventually, the man obviously needed someone to speak to.

"Can anyone hear us?" asked Sirius.

"Yes," said Severus regarding Sirius extremely guarded.

"Put up a silencing spell…please," said Sirius, grimacing at having to beg someone, he wasn't used to that. Unfortunately he would beg for anything, even if it was just to save his godson from further harm. Even if it was only emotional harm, but he knew emotional hurt could be the worst thing - even worse than physical harm.

Severus did as instructed, also shut down the bond slightly so Harry couldn't hear what was being said.

"What is it?" asked Severus bracing himself for worse news than they already had.

"Dumbledore bragged that…James knew what he was like…that he had dealt with one of the people complaining about Dumbledore…what he had done to her…she had been a Muggle born…one I knew died with her parents in a supposed Death Eater raid." said Sirius swallowing the bile in his throat.

Severus was suddenly glad for the silencing spell, and more so for the bond being shut, this wasn't information he wanted Harry to know.

"That's the only reason Voldemort went after them isn't it?" said Sirius weakly, Voldemort had found out James knew, and went to destroy him and his family for it.

"With all the new information we have…I'd say so…he wanted revenge against Dumbledore. Dumbledore was abusing Voldemort as a child. It's why he fashioned himself a new name…and gathered followers. He knew he wasn't powerful enough to bring Dumbledore down on his own…not with a Ministry conspiracy." said Severus.

"What new information?" asked Sirius, trying to shake of the woozy feeling, it didn't help that he felt sick to his stomach. He didn't like the fact his friend had been evil after all, his doubts had vanished, it was true and he hated it. He wished he could go back to being a teenager, unaware of just how sick and twisted the world was. Where everything was black and white, and everything he learned he knew was true, not a twisted version of it. It didn't matter though, Harry had been innocent and hadn't deserved what Voldemort had been about to do. So in his opinion Voldemort was still evil, he just had help…someone he had admired once upon a time.

"There's a lot to go through, I'll give you the papers you can read for yourself." said Severus "Harry is never to know about this, do you understand me?" his voice was commanding and fierce by the end of that statement.

"Do you think I'd devastate my godson?" snapped Sirius defensively.

"I'd hope not," was all Severus said in reply to that statement.

"If he finds out though…that we kept it from him he would be devastated…Harry hates lies and things being kept from him…I didn't get to know my godson very well…but I do know that." said Sirius almost reluctantly.

"I know, I am his mate," said Severus coolly, he knew Harry a lot more than Sirius did, no offence to the man but Sirius had said a few things that had hurt Harry a lot. He and Harry did a lot more than just have sex and try and bring Dumbledore down. At night Harry liked to talk, especially when he was tired, that's usually when he found out a lot of information about his mate.

Sirius frowned at the defensive manner, if he didn't know better he would have thought this man was disappointed and angry at him. He wasn't sure how to feel about that, he wanted to get to know Harry and his man better. He hoped there wasn't going to be bad feelings between them. He knew what mate meant, he also knew Harry was extremely loyal to those he loved. If he forced Harry to choose, he had a feeling it would be Severus he would choose. Severus had saved him after all, probably shown him love, gave him a place to stay.

"Has anyone else woken up?" asked Sirius, looking around the infirmary in a curious manner.

"Briefly," said Severus, "So far everyone seems sane."

"Remus is a werewolf, if its near the full moon…he needs to be placed somewhere safe and secure," said Sirius urgently, he couldn't believe he had forgotten about that. It was a good thing he hadn't been placed in the same cell as Remus or he would have been made one too - if he had survived being mauled by his best friend that was. It had been hard though, hearing his friend writhing in agony all these years.

"We know, there's plenty of people who ensured we knew here." said Severus.

"Who's all here?" asked Sirius curiously, dying to get out of the bed and nose around, see who was here, and he wanted a word with his godson. He didn't like the fact that Harry had told him Dumbledore was dead and he wasn't. Severus knew him better, and obviously knew him enough to know that he had been taking about taking him down not him already being down.

"You'll find out soon enough," said Severus standing up "Now if you'll excuse me I need to get a Pensive so you can get the memory placed inside. We shall get Harry to send it to the Prophet station as soon as possible.

Things are coming together! soon dumbledore will be on trial but question is will harry kill him in revenge or let him stew for years unable to use his magic stuck in a place he had condemend others too? or will he actually be sentenced to the kiss? R&R PLEASE!