Hadrian Romanoff and the Beginning

Chapter-3

Sirius sat impatiently across from a beautiful with hair as red as Lily's and a man who had an honest to Merlin quiver of arrows. All he knew was that the man who had approached him outside the Ministry had told him he knew where Harry was and that Sirius had to come with him.

"Who are you?" He finally asked.

"Friends." The woman answered simply.

Sirius snorted. "Friends know each other's names."

"Well, we know yours if that makes you feel better," The man smiled nicely. It made Sirius want to trust him and also punch him.

Sirius held back from attacking the man. "Where's Harry? He's the only reason I'm here and I want to know where he is!"

"Relax, Mr. Black-"

"Please call me Sirius, even though I'm not," Sirius smiled charmingly.

"Sirius, my name is Natasha Romanoff and this is my partner Clint Barton. In case you failed to notice we work for the organization SHIELD." Natasha began.

"What does this have to do with Harry!" Sirius yelled impatiently.

Natasha narrowed her eyes. "If you would refrain from interrupting you would know, now wouldn't you?" Sirius swallowed at the hard look in her eye and leaned back in his seat, telling himself to keep his cool until he found out where his godson was. "A little over three weeks ago our sensors picked up strange readings from a place named Godric's Hollow. Once we tracked down the source we sent an agent to watch the location to gather information."

Sirius opened his mouth to say something but caught himself at the last minute. He hazarded a guess that whatever those 'sensors' picked up had to do with the attack.

Natasha hid a smile at seeing Sirius stop himself from speaking up. "The agent stationed at the house across the street, after watching for hours and recording all that he saw, his attention was caught by a flash of light and the following cries of a child." Sirius' jaw clenched. "The agent found a young boy in basket cradled in a tree, clearly distressed. The boy was able to tell the agent his name and that his mother had 'gone to sleep'." Natasha stopped when Sirius let out a loud sob.

"Harry... he saw?" Sirius choked out. "He saw Lily die? He saw his own mother die?" Tears filled his grey eyes and his hands clenched into fists at his side. He should have been there for Harry, should have been able to leave revenge behind to comfort his godson. He didn't want to think about what could have happened had Harry been found by someone else.

Neither Natasha or Clint said anything while Sirius cried to himself. They just sat patiently while the man grieved for his friends and his godson. Eventually Sirius' tears tapered off and he straightened his back.

"W-what was Harry doing in the tree?" Sirius asked once he had regained most of his composure.

Clint shrugged. "Not sure. The well wishers at Godric's Hollow appeared out of nowhere, could that have something to do with it?"

"Harry was always popping up in one place or another. Used to scare the hell out of Lily when she would set him down in his nursery and find him in the kitchen." Sirius gave a weak smile. "He might have been trying to go back to his home and got a little off course. I'm not sure about the light, though. Apparating can have a loud cracking sound but no light."

Natasha nodded at the explanation. "The agent brought Harry back to the SHIELD base to be checked over and to find out who he was. A letter that had been placed in the basket gave us his name and the name and address of his maternal aunt as well as giving a vague explanation about the night that orphaned Harry." Sirius looked away. "We ran background checks on Petunia and Vernon Dursley and when nothing untoward showed up we took Harry there to ask them if they were willing to take him in."