Harry was sitting in a high chair and eating away at some bananas and dry cereal. Hydrus settled on a bowl of the same cereal only with milk. Tippy was puttering around the kitchen. The toddler was quiet as he munched on his breakfast, not really understanding what was going on. He was sure his mummy and daddy would come soon.
It wasn't long until they heard someone barreling down the stairs. A very unkempt Sirius came running in to the kitchen. He skidded to a halt when he saw the other occupants. He reached for the wand that wasn't there and yelled at the only adult, "Who the fuck are you? Why do you have Harry? Where the hell are we?"
That started Harry crying, causing Tippy to do her best to soothe him. Seeing Harry was in good hands, Hydrus got up and grabbed Sirius by his robes and slammed him into the wall in the hallway, out of the view of the child. "If you don't calm the fuck down, then by Merlin's beard, I'll feed you the Draught of the Living Death and keep you in the cellar," he snarled furiously and slammed the other man into the wall again. The deadly look in his eyes showed that he had no problem doing just that.
Sirius tried to break free, but the stranger was stronger than him. He looked at the other man's angry face and roared, "Who do you think you are? That is my godson and I won't let you keep me from him."
"Yes, and you've done such a great job so far," sneered Hydrus. "You abandoned him to Hagrid to hunt the rat. You had no idea where he was being taken, even when I tried to warn you, you were more intent on your vengeance. Now, you've scared the living daylights out of him with your yelling. Yes, such a wonderful godfather you've been in his time of need." He shoved the man once again. "His parents died, and the only person you're thinking of is yourself. Merlin, why did I think bringing you in was a good idea? So, what's it going to be? Are you going to shut the hell up and listen to me? Or am I going to let you go and have you run off after Peter? I can tell you right now if you do then you will never see Harry again."
"Why? That traitor deserves to die," Sirius asked vengefully.
"Because, you inbred moron, if you go after him then you'll wind up in Azkaban." Another slamming into the wall.
"How the hell would you know that?"
"Look, if you stop yelling, calm down, and let me take care of Harry, I'll tell you everything you need to know," was the gentler response. Harry was still wailing at all the angry voices. So Hydrus let go of the robes and returned to his younger self. "Shhh, it's okay, shhh," he cooed as he picked up the scared baby from where Tippy was trying to calm him. "Uncle Padfoot is just sad; he didn't mean to scare you. Did you, Padfoot?" sending a piercing glare to the other man.
Sirius visibly wilted and moved to pat Harry on the back. "It's alright, Prongslet, Uncle Padfoot is sorry he yelled."
Harry hiccupped and looked to his godfather, seeing the man was not yelling any more he snuggled into Hydrus's shoulder, feeling safe with the big person. Hydrus continued to rock him and soothe his fears with meaningless noises.
Hydrus jerked his head to the living room and moved to go there. Settling a now quiet Harry in a playpen that had a few toys, he nodded for Sirius to take a seat in one of the chairs.
"How did you know my nickname? No one knows it except me and my friends," the now calmer, but still frazzled man asked.
Hydrus sighed and ran a hand down his face. "I didn't want to say anything at the cottage, there are too many questions on what happened that night. For all I know the place was bugged… listening charms," he explained at the confused look. "How did anyone know what happened? Two people showed up before you did, so how did they know? One was a Death Eater, the other Hagrid. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but Hagrid had orders from Dumbledore to take Harry to the Dursleys. So how did the headmaster know the Potters were dead? I was there right after it happened and your esteemed leader of the Light never showed his face. Too many unanswered questions. Ones you should be thinking about."
"That explanation leads to the question on how you knew," Sirius accused loudly, once more looking for his wand.
"If you start yelling again, so help me, I'll Obliviate you of the last week and let you suffer your own fate," Hydrus growled softly as he looked to make sure Harry was unaware of the tension. Seeing that the toddler was occupied he shot a threatening scowl at the hothead.
"Fine, tell me how you knew," Sirius huffed, and defiantly folded his arms. He didn't have a wand so he was hindered for the moment.
....
Can't wait to read ahead by more than 60 exciting premium chapters.
Then Join my p*atreon right now.
Link: p#atreon.com/InfinityWeaver (Remove the #)
Free members can unlock 2 chapters.