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Finding Family

A Harry Potter fanfiction



Chapter 3 of 16


And now what?

Sirius laid Harry on one of the beds that obviously the house elves had prepared while they chatted, and turned to Madam Pomfrey, who was looking at him curiously.

"You remind me of someone." she said.

"I have a common face. How is he?"

"Exhausted, magically drained. I don't know what the boy did but that took out every bit of energy he had."

"So, what do we do?" Remus asked and again she had the feeling of knowing him.

"We wait, he needs to rest, he should take this strengthening potion every six hours and stay in bed. At least at first. It may take a while for him to recover completely, maybe some months even. I can't be sure, I never had a case like this. Is he related to James Potter, he is James spitting image".

Remus cut her "So you're saying he has to stay in bed for months?"

"No, just a few days, but for a while there he will tire easily."

She looked like she was going to pursue the James issue further so Remus interjected.

"Thank you Madam Pomfrey, I'll accompany you, better let him rest." And she accompanied her to the portrait hole and told the others, that were waiting anxiously in the common room, of Harry's condition.


Sirius was stroking his godson's hair and thinking how many more times would he fail to protect him.

"Padfoot," came Remus voice from the door.

"What happened to the plans James and Lily made for him?" Sirius said with a choked voice.

"I don't know." Remus answered almost in a whisper. He moved near them and held Harry's limp hand. "Dumbledore is outside, he want's to talk to the both of us and Tonks."

"And the kids?"

"They're already sleeping. I think they decided this will be your room."

Sirius stood up and walked with his friend to the common room.

"Ah, Sirius, thanks for joining us." Dumbledore said pleasantly. "I trust Harry is feeling better."

"He will eventually." Sirius answered.

"To what do we owe the late visit Headmaster?" Tonks asked.

"Please Ms. Tonks, call me Albus, as all my other colleagues do," he said, "I've done some research and found what I wanted. As I suspected the Proferus Tempus spell is a branch of very ancient Dark magic. The spell sends someone, normally an enemy, to the past while creating another time line."

"I don't understand" said Sirius.

But Remus was the one to answer "So what happens here doesn't affect the future were we came from."

"Yes, in theory, that is how this works, so even if Harry killed our Voldemort now, yours wouldn't be affected. "

"And he isn't above sacrificing another him." Tonks added.

"So how do we go back?" Sirius quickly asked.

"That's the problem," Dumbledore answered with a sigh, "I don't know. There aren't records of this spell being used before. Maybe because no one was ever able to come back or the spell was never used, that's why I'm not entirely sure you being here doesn't affect your time line. Until the moment you arrived both timelines were the same, but now I don't know."

"So, basically, what you are saying is that we may never go home?" Sirius said standing up and beginning to pace nervously.

"That's the problem, at this moment I don't know, I'll do my best to help you but I can't promise you anything." Dumbledore answered.

"But that's disastrous" Lupin said in a somewhat nervous tone, so uncharacteristically of him, "and I am not talking about the "Harry is the only one that can stop Voldemort" issue, I'm talking about the people that care about us. The Grangers can't loose their only daughter, we had just promised them we were going to keep her safe. And Molly and Arthur, they won't survive losing five of their kids, and…"

"My parents…" Tonks whispered.

"We only have four Weasleys here?" Dumbledore asked.

"Harry, they regard Harry as one of their one," Sirius said softly while he resumed his seat, "the kids won't handle losing them either."

"As I said, it is too soon to get desperate. I still have to do more research, we may still find a way, but until that time comes we have some matters to discuss." Dumbledore continued. "First, as we don't know if your time line is affected I will ask you not to tell anyone about facts concerning the future, as that may alter them, at least the ones you can avoid." He waited for them to nod their understanding before continuing, "Secondly, as we don't know how long you are staying you need means to support yourselves and new names."

"New names?" Sirius asked.

"Yes, you can hardly go telling people you are Sirius Black, now can you?" Dumbledore answered satisfied with the expression of understanding on his former charges, "But you can't also deny the uncanny similarities between you and your past counterparts, as you may have already noticed with Madam Pomfrey. This is why I think we need to bring my Sirius, Remus, James and Arthur to our scheme. I need them to say you are family. Specially James."

"Why, especially James?" Tonks asked.

"Because James is barely over twenty. Not long ago he was attending the school and looking almost exactly as Harry does, only the eyes, Harry has-"

"His mother's eyes," Remus and Sirius completed with a reminiscent smile.

"Yes, so you see, the teachers won't fail to notice that. I thought, that since, if I'm not mistaken, you are a Metamorphmagus Ms. Tonks, you can change your appearance to resemble Harry and say that you are his older sister, and both say that you are cousins of James. The same goes for Remus and the Weasley kids, say you are cousins of our Remus and Arthur. Since Arthur comes from such a big family that won't be difficult to pull off."

"But wouldn't people get suspicious of the coincidences? And how do you explain James and the others attacking us if we are family?" Tonks pointed out.

"Ah, yes, I'm glad to see that you appreciate details. As I said Arthur comes from a big family, scattered all over Britain, so the fact that more than one Lupin, or a Potter leaves near a Weasley won't be strange."

"Yes, but what about the Lupin and Potter." Asked Tonks

"There are! I remember graduation, when all our parents got together and some family members that I had never seen, and saw only there, came mostly for my parents. My mom told me about some of James relatives living near some of mine. And I don't think James knew them well either, he could easily not recognize them. But that still leaves the coincidence of us being friends." Remus finished with a statement.

"Yes, indeed, and that was the occasion I was thinking of, that could also solve the coincidence problem." Dumbledore said.

"How?" Sirius asked

"Well, it is not uncommon for people to meet at parties and then become romantically involved." Dumbledore said. His trademark twinkle visible in his eyes.

Sirius grinned mischievously "Oh, you mean Tonks and Remus being married?"

Remus and Tonks jaws dropped at this and Remus started "Of course that is not what he means"

"This would be only for appearance sake of course. This way we can explain Harry's closeness to Remus. We may say Tonks is raising her brother with her husband and you, Sirius, can keep your role as godfather, this way not only the fact that he regards you both as father figures would not be questioned but the friendship between the two of you would be explained too,"

"No, that's absurd, I mean, Albus, honestly" Remus tried to reason.

"So you think I am not wife material." Tonks said with a mock pout.

"No, I mean… you're nice, er…I'm too old" Remus said completely blushing.

"Yes, definitely ancient, I'll soon be getting you a cane." Sirius said through chuckles.

"Sirius, this is not funny." Remus said exasperated, not understanding why the other three seemed to be enjoying this so much.

"No, this is perfect, how else would you explain Harry and the others being so attached to us. He is family and the others come through him, which is actually what happened." Sirius said, and this time not laughing and with a finality tone in his voice.

Remus stared at him, trying to find arguments but the more he thought about the subject the more he realized they were right. Seeing resignation on Remus face Tonks asked.

"So, will you accept to be my lawfully wedded husband, for better or for worse, for richer-"

"Yes" he cut her "I have no other choice."

"So romantic," Sirius said pretending to wipe his eyes.

"So, as this is settled we come to you Sirius, as I can't have you an Ms. Tonks saying you're Blacks, because of the affiliations your family has with Voldemort" at this both Tonks and Sirius grimaced " you should say you are muggle born, this way no one would be looking for a family." Sirius nodded and said.

"But then why tell my past self?"

"Well, you know yourself better than me. He is already suspicious, so better cut that problem from the start." The four of them chuckled and Dumbledore continued, "This leaves us with why you are here and why you showed up at the Burrow. Right now I have three teaching positions opened. I would like if you considered taking them. This way you can say you learned about the positions from Arthur and applied, then decided to let him bring you here since you didn't know the way."

"But wouldn't Arthur say we were arriving?" Tonks asked

"Once we got news of the probable attack to the Burrow we removed the Weasleys at once. We had just taken them away when you showed up. Arthur can most convincingly say that in the haste he forgot, and since Remus most efficiently concealed Harry's face, James can say he also did not recognize you." Dumbledore explained "The fact that you learned of the positions opening from Arthur can also explain why you escorted the children, we can say they used to go to a school that had to close due to Death Eaters attack and will now be attending Hogwarts. As Ms. Grange is Muggleborn her presence is explained by her friendship to Harry and the Weasleys."

"What if someone looks into that?"

"I thought of that, unfortunately many of the smaller schools had to close their doors for that same reason lately. They wouldn't be the first children to come to Hogwarts on that account."

"I remember that," Remus said under his breath.

"What are the posts? "Sirius asked business like.

"Well, Professor Slughorn has just retired so we need a Potions master. I am also in need of a Defense teacher, again" they all chuckled, even back then the job was jinxed "and I would like for Minerva to do some special jobs for the Order, and in that case she wouldn't be able to take care of her teaching and Head of House responsibilities."

"Well, I always was good in transfiguration, so I could take that." Sirius said, smiling inwardly as he remember the Animagus transformation.

"I got Outstanding in my Potions N.E.W.T.S. so I can take that one" Tonks said "And my dear husband was the all time favorite Defense teacher a couple of years ago."

Remus shot her a murderous glance but Dumbledore grinned, he always thought Remus would be a wonderful teacher.

"That would be excellent, could you also take the head of house post, not that I don't think either of you two capable. You Ms. Tonks, are just to young for the students to come to you with the kind of concerns that they would to Minerva, and although I'm certain you've matured Mr. Black," at this Remus snorted and Sirius shot him a mock hurt glance "Remus has just more of a Head of House tipe" Dumbledore continued as if there had been no interruptions.

"What about the Slytherin Head of House, wasn't Slughorn the Head?" Tonks asked remembering her Potions Master, Snape.

"Yes, but I had already discussed this with Professor Sinistra, she will be taking the post temporarily, in case I didn't find a ex- Slytherin for one of the posts, mind you she is not very happy, I'll have to find someone when you leave." Dumbledore answered, then turned to Remus "That leaves us just one last problem Remus, the Schriecking Schack is still available but I don't think the staff will fail to notice the coincidence."

"There's no problem there, I can brew the Wolfsbane potion for him and he'll just do the same as when he taught, curl up in his office like a good puppy," Tonks said with a smirk.

Remus answered in mock hurt "Oh, I'll be eternally grateful."

Dumbledore, amused with the exchange, asked "Wolfsbane?"

"Oh, yes sorry, that potion hasn't been invented yet. I just have to take the potion in the week preceding the full moon and then when I transform I am able to keep my mind. I became a harmless wolf and usually, as Tonks stated, just curl up in my office."

"You are sure that is safe?" Dumbledore asked.

"Completely," Sirius answered "I've been with him during a full moon, and he just looked at me and then proceeded to ignore me, quite rude actually." He finished suppressing a grin and looking at Remus, who just glared back.

"Well then. Everything is settled. You better get some sleep, tomorrow will be a big day. I trust you will explain to the kids." The three nodded and Dumbledore continued "Good night, then."

When Dumbledore was almost at the door Sirius said "Professor, I think best if we leave Peter out of the loop, er, he is not very good in keeping secrets," he finished, again averting Dumbledore's gaze.

"Of course, good night," Dumbledore said, leaving once again with the feeling that they weren't being completely honest.

"Not good at keeping secrets. If there's one thing he knows really well how to do is keep a secret," Remus muttered angrily, the others nodded grim faced.


He was back in the graveyard and Voldemort was putting him under the Imperius curse, his cold voice saying "Bow to death Harry".

"No I won't" Harry cried out loud, sitting upright and startling the dog that was curled up at the bottom of his bed. There was a soft pop and Sirius was sitting next to Harry on the bed, hugging his trembling godson.

"Shh, calm down, that's over, your safe" he said in whispers while he rubbed Harry's back, the boy wasn't answering, he just kept his eyes screwed shut and held Sirius arms fiercely like his life depended on it. Sirius knew well what "I won't" meant, he remembered every word of what Harry told him and Dumbledore. How Voldemort try to force him to beg for his life, he never said anything but he was immensely proud of his godson for resisting the Imperius curse. Suddenly he felt a gentle touch in his shoulder. He looked up and through the light that came through the door saw his friend concerned face.

"Everything ok?" Remus asked softly, not tearing his gaze from Harry's terrified trembling form. Sirius didn't answer, but he knew what that look meant, because he felt the same. They didn't know what to do, if they could they would rip away the pain from the boy but they couldn't. And on top of all they weren't there for a month. For a month he'd been alone with his pain on that muggle house were no one cared. They went to pick him up on his birthday, they would have a celebration at headquarters, his first birthday party ever, but even that Voldemort ruined. Remus sat near them and stroked Harry's head trying to calm him down, they stayed that way until Harry fell back to sleep, not because he had calmed down but from utter exhaustion. Men were thinking the same, they had no idea how to help Harry, he needed more than everything a father. What they didn't realize was that Harry's father was there, on the Hospital wing, surveying his beautiful wife and newborn son as they slept. They were peaceful, and safe. Baby Harry was perfect, with his untidy hair and his mothers beautiful eyes. Everything was perfect, and yet, James couldn't shrug off the feeling that something was wrong, that his son needed him, he decided that he was just nervous from the days event, not every day you become a father, and went to sleep.




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