Chapter 3:

The next day, Amelia Bones arrived to Hampshire Manor for her meeting with the Duke accompanied by an 8 year old girl with sleek red hair, rosy cheeks and big hazel eyes. As they entered the manor, the little girl held on tightly to her Aunt's robes as if afraid of a visit to the hospital. The Duchess was awaiting them in the first floor's living room sipping her afternoon tea. She stood up as they entered the room.

"Good Afternoon Madam Bones! How have you been?" asked Hestia cheerfully.

"Indeed it is Your Grace, I've been well thank you, may I introduce my niece Susan, come on Susan say Hello to Her Grace" Madam Bones said as she slightly pushed her niece towards the Duchess. Susan blushed a bit and stuttered: "Uhmm…Hello Your Grace."

"Oh there is no need to call me that! You know Madam Bones It really annoys me to be called that way, It just doesn't seem right! As for you Miss Susan, my son Orion and his friend Neville are waiting for you in the garden." Then she called Twinky the house-elf to escort Susan to the garden.

Meanwhile Orion and Neville were having a broom race. "Haha! You try your best Longbottom but you'll never surpass my abilities!" announced Orion as he accelerated even more that He seemed like a blur in the sky until Twinky appeared in the garden with a little red-headed girl with her just as the two boys finally landed.

"Master! Here is your visitor" said Twinky hastily ushering Susan towards the boys.

"Hello! You must be Madam Bones' niece right?" asked Orion as he extended his hand for her to shake.

"Yes. I am Susan Bones" she said as she shook his hand.

"Nice to meet you! I am Orion Black and this is Neville Longbottom."Orion said as Neville extended his hand as well to shake Susan's.

"It's nice to meet you both, I noticed you know how to fly a broom" she said

"Yeah, we're both good fliers, we learned how to ride a broom last year." Explained Orion to be interrupted by Neville who said: "Oh come on! Orion! I'm a good flier, yes, but you're a GREAT flier, you see Susan, Orion here is the best flier of his generation and even that's an understatement!"

"That's not true! You're exaggerating Neville!"muttered Orion

-No I'm not!

-Yes you are!

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"Oh Please would you stop that! You know, I've never ridden a broom…My aunt says I'm too young" said Susan sadly.

"Hey" Orion said as he put a hand on her shoulder "We'll teach you! Our brooms have protection charms on them so we can never fall! I bet your Aunt will be fine with that. Besides we're professionals now!" And the rest of the conversation went on about flight lessons and Hogwarts.

The next day, Sirius was in the Family Tapestry room, admiring his changes to the family tree now that Andromeda's name was back on it as well as her husbands' and Daughter's up until his mother entered the room. She has disgusted look on her face as she saw Andromeda's name back on the family tree.

"You had to bring her back didn't you! She disgraced us! She married a mudblood!" Cried Walburga.

"Mother! What did Andromeda do exactly? Fall in love? Since then was that a disgrace? And what's wrong with being a muggle-born? He's a wizard whether you like it or not!" replied Sirius.

"Fall in love! Ha! What a farce! She could've agreed with an arranged marriage like her sisters! And look at them, they're the pride of the family!"

"The pride of the family you say! Next time I checked Bellatrix was still chucked in Azkaban! She's an effin death eater and so is Lucius Malfoy! They're the real traitors! They're the real disgrace! And I've been thoughtful to your feelings to not last them off! I am now Paterfamilias and I am the one who decides who is a disgrace and who is not!" shouted Sirius just in time for Buttercup the house elf to enter the room and announce to the Duke the arrival of the Tonks Family.

Andromeda and Ted were in Sirius' study awaiting the arrival of an anonymous Duke until the doorknob twisted for the door to open up and reveal one Sirius Black in wine red robes.

Ted stood up and bowed as he said: "Good afternoon Your Grace" to be interrupted by Andromeda's gasp.

"Sirius! You're Duke of Hampshire? You're Head of the family?" exclaimed Andromeda.

"Why yes I am! I am now also Duke of Hampshire…"And he explained everything to the couple who were taken aback by this proclamation.

"Thank you Sirius! I'm so grateful to you! But how did you get Aunt Walburga to agree to this?"

"Let's sat being Paterfamilias has its advantages! Now I want to invite you to the Hampshire Christmas Ball, It's to celebrate the Black Family's Dukedom as well as Christmas of course. I also want you to bring Nymphadora with you, I would very much like to meet my niece!"

"We'd be honored!" replied the couple hastily.