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"Gundam Wing" & Harry Potter – Startis

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"What's the matter, Quatre?" Harry asked.

"Nothing." Quatre replied quickly.

"Come on, this is me you're talking to here." Harry chided, "I know you. Spill. You'll feel better."

"It's complicated." Quatre tried to deflect.

"I'll make you a cup of tea." Harry rose and moved to the cupboards.

"Can I…?" Quatre started, slightly hopeful.

"Like I would give you anything other than my special blend." Harry laughed.

Not long later, Quatre was sipping at the tea.

"I know I ask every time…" Quatre began.

"No," Harry smirked, "I won't tell you what's in it. No, I won't give you any to take home… Got to give you a reason to come back."

"The work you do is reason enough," Quatre countered, "And your friendship is more than reason enough. This is just icing on the cake."

Harry clearly dismissed the compliments slightly embarrassed. Inwardly Quatre sighed, it seemed that Harry's self-depreciation hadn't yet been cured. Well, there was always next time.

"So?" Harry asked, "What's got you all disturbed?"

"I've told you about Duo?"

"Braid. Violet eyes." Harry nodded, "Good friend of yours. Orphan and former street kid."

"His DNA got into The Database."

Harry sucked in his breath.

The Database. To both of the men it deserved the capital letters. It was a system that helped identify family members and in the case of children, return them to their family. Whether that was parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings or further relatives.

However it was a double-edged sword. While some families were delighted at the reunion or even in some cases the discovery… There were others where the child was rejected or even abused.

Harry had been pushing for evaluation checks to be performed before child placement and for no child to be taken from an established, safe and supportive adoptive family to be placed with their natural family. He'd been working on this for years. During one of his petitions in front of the ESUN he had met Quatre.

Quatre had quickly realized what Harry was trying to do and that it was needed. However with the Family Reconstitution Act being a popular bill among the politicians any changes were slow in coming.

Even now Harry ran one of the few (less than ten) shelters Sphere-wide. A place for runaways to hide, secure in the knowledge that they would not be returned to where they did not wish to go.

"Good news? Bad news?" Harry asked bluntly.

"None of us are sure. It didn't find his parents. It just found a close male relative… Probably an uncle."

"Well registration is still on-going. Not everyone is yet in the system. I'm still not."

"The man's an escaped convicted felon!"

"Ah," Harry realized, "Anyone I should know?"

"Sirius Black."

Harry had been heading back from the kettle having refilled the teapot. The name caused him to stumble falling to the floor. The teapot broke splashing hot tea over Harry.

"Harry!" Quatre leapt to his feet.

He was amazed that Harry hadn't yelled, or cursed or screamed. Only hissed in pain.

Then again, he had always known that Harry hadn't had the nicest of childhoods.

"Sorry," Harry went to stand up, "Never thought I'd hear his name from you… They're certain?"

"Stay there! You'll hurt yourself!"

"I'll be fine."

"You've scalded and cut yourself."

"I'll be fine." Harry gave in, "There's some burn paste in the First Aid cupboard."

Quatre dashed to the cupboard. But Harry moved faster… By the time Quatre came back Harry had swept up the shards of china and was sitting back at the table.

"Shirt off!" Quatre ordered

"It's not necessary." Harry protested.

"Take it off, or I cut it off." Quatre threatened, "I can. And I will."

Harry simply sighed and pulled the t-shirt over his head. For a short while he endured Quatre's fussing and ministrations, before waving his friend off.

"They're sure?" Harry repeated, "What am I saying? Of course they're sure."

"I know it's a shock, but…"

"You don't get it. Sirius was my dad's best friend. My godfather."

This time it was Quatre's turn to gape.

"Allah! He was…?"

"My godfather. And you're wrong. He's not a convicted felon… He never got a trial."

"How do you know?"

"He told me."

"Harry, he could…"

"No. I saw one of his victims, still alive. The real murderer. I heard from his own lips. Sirius never killed them. Pettigrew did."

"You can be sure about that?"

"One hundred per cent. Look I told you about Riddle…"

"Cultist leader who killed your parents."

"They were in hiding at the time. Only one person knew where they were. Everyone thought it was Sirius. My dad's best friend. Practically his brother. But he wasn't. They didn't tell anyone that they switched to Pettigrew. So that they would go after Sirius. He would buy time."

"With his life." Quatre realized.

"If necessary." Harry nodded, "They knew there was a traitor among them. They just didn't know who."

"And it was Pettigrew."

"Sirius never forgave himself. He was the one who suggested Pettigrew. He only escaped after he saw a news article. One of the pictures showed Pettigrew in the background. He told me he wanted to commit at least one of the murders he was arrested for."

"Did he?"

"No. We managed to talk him out of it."

"He's dead isn't he?"

"Yes."

"What about other members of his family?"

"I know he had a brother. But Regulus died before Sirius was arrested. Then there's the cousins. I hope Duo's not Bellatrix's kid. She was crazy and her husband wasn't much better. Narcissa is alright I think, but I don't really know her all that well. The last one is Andromeda. She's alright. So's her daughter, Nymphadora. But call her that and she'll hit you. She's Tonks."

"So Duo's probably the son of one of the cousins or the brother."

"Probably. Though I put my bets on Regulus."

"Why?"

"Narcissa is married and even if she had a child out of wedlock… Or cuckolded her husband… I doubt she'd have carried it to term… Plus she was the wife of a prominent man. It would have become common knowledge at some point. Bellatrix seems too… Crazy and homicidal and twisted to have ever had a kid. And it adds a whole ick factor I don't even want to go into to… Andromeda… Well, she's a scandal all of her own. Someone would have mentioned it."

"Why?"

"Andromeda was thrown out of the family for marrying the wrong man. It's a bit of scandal."

"Wrong man?"

"Let's just say the Blacks' were once known as the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black. Narcissa married Lucius Malfoy, also a member of a powerful and wealthy family. Bellatrix married into the Lestrange family, again old and wealthy. Both marriages were arranged. Andromeda married for love. An ordinary man."

"Ah, did she have a suitor arranged for her?"

"I never asked. Never seemed polite. But I know that Sirius' father disowned Andromeda for the scandal."

"A touchy subject then."

"Family always is, in that family. If I didn't have to associate with anyone other than Tonks' side I wouldn't. But I do. So I grin and bear it."

"Is there any way you could get more information?"

"Look, I own the Family House. I'll go see if I can find anything that belonged to Regulus. Get you a DNA sample to run."

"You own the Family House?"

"Sirius basically left me everything in his will. I… I just don't like the House, but I can't sell it. I'm sort of locked in. I basically boarded it up and left it alone. Figured I'd figure out what to do with it later."

"Will there be anything left?"

"Sirius' mother was a bit odd… Regulus was her darling boy. I think his room is still intact. No one would have nicked any of that stuff anyway."

"Could you?"

"I'll try." Harry nodded.

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Sorry for the long break in writing. Brain and muses all over the fandom map.

Also, just asking if anyone remembers a story… It's been bugging me for a while. I'd love to find it again.

Heero wakes up in hospital from an injury after the Wars, and he can't remember a great deal about what has happened since the Wars. He discovers that he's been basically abusing Duo and no one noticed or helped. The whole story seemed to be about how Heero had changed and what he did to help Duo recover.

Would appreciate any help in finding this one. Thanks!

Please Review.