Wolfstar: Two Men And a Baby

Chapter 9: A New Start

The summer slowly went by, Sirius got his social insurance number so got a pay raise as well as shift increase, Remus learned a great deal from his new job, and Harry got to have many more play dates with his new friends. Only July 31 Sirius, Remus, and the Tonks' showed Harry in birthday gifts. They spent the rest of the beautiful hot days mostly outside, showing Harry parks and beaches.

The warm days turned cold, and before they knew it it was once again Hallowe'en. With all that happened immediately after the previous Hallowe'en, and how busy and traumatized they were for months afterward, neither Sirius nor Remus had gone to see there best friends graves.

They dressed warmly, and bundled Harry up as well, and took the motorcycle to Godric's Hollow. It turns out that they shared a tombstone made of shining white marble, and at the bottom was described a message.

"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."

'We should have been here for the funeral.'

'We were busy just surviving Sirius, they would have understood, and what matters is we are hear now.'

'Why we here?'

Harry didn't quite understand what was going on and Sirius took a knee in front of him.

'Your mummy and daddy loved you very much, but they are no longer with us, this is where your mummy and daddy now rest.'

Harry looked very confused, but he put his hand to the marble stone.

'I love you mummy and daddy.'

And to the two men's shock a couple daisies sprouted from the ground despite the cold. Sirius cheered and excitedly picked the boy up.

'Harry, you just did magic! I am so proud!'

That night they went to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour to celebrate the life of James and Lily as well as Harry's first use of magic that they knew of.

Three days later it was Sirius' birthday. The previous year they were both so focused on getting custody of Harry they forgot. This year he celebrated his birthday at the Tonks', Andromeda was not there when the three family members arrived.

'Hello Ted, beautiful day out.'

'Quite, very crisp, happy birthday Sirius.'

'Thank you. Where is that dear cousin of mine?'

'She was called away, she should be back soon, for now we have plenty of sweet things as well as some beer.'

The children played while the men talked and laughed, Sirius and Remus had bonded a lot with Edward over the last nine months. Soon Andromeda did come home, but with a concerned look on her face.

'Sirius, I hate to do this but I must speak with you in private.'

He did as he was told, she brought him to the spare room and they both sat on the bed.

'I want to to take a deep breath.'

'Who is it, my mother, I won't care if it's my mother. Or is it your father, because if so I am very sorry.'

'Pish posh, I wish it were him. No, it's our uncle Alphard, I knew how close the two of you were so I arranged a meeting with him at the tea shop to escort him here, but instead of him showing I learn that he has died. I'm really sorry Sirius, I know how much he meant to you.'

A few tears crawled down his cheeks but he quickly wiped them.

'He would have wanted me to be happy today, so in his memory I am going to part tonight.'