Remus paces anxiously around the shack, ignoring the pain in his shoulders, as the room slowly got darker with the sinking sun. He nearly tripped over himself as he came to an abrupt stop, his eyes wide as he stared at Padfoot, standing only a few feet away. On his back, a toddler with messy hair was fast asleep.
Padfoot crouched down, letting Harry slide off his back, taking that moment to return to his human form. "Remus."
"Sirius."
For a moment, they were both quiet. Remus took a chance to take a good look at Harry who had woken up after being removed from Padfoot's back. Sirius grinned, "Prongslet, you remember Uncle Moony don't you?" Harry tilted his head, "Moo Moo?" Remus let out a small laugh, his eyes already stinging from tears.
Sirius smiled, before turning back to more serious matters, "I didn't do it."
Remus bite back a curse as he focused on Harry, avoiding Sirius' gaze. "Care to elaborate?"
Sirius took a moment to breathe, "I was supposed to be the secret keeper, but I thought it was too obvious. We switched at the last second, I figured Peter would be a less obvious choice. No one would suspect him."
Remus almost laughed in disbelief, "Peter's dead, you killed him!" Sirius shook his head, "No, Remus, I didn't. He faked his death. He cut off his finger and is currently hiding in his Animagus form, only Merlin knows where!" Remus choked on a sob, he couldn't do this, even if Sirius was telling the truth—that meant Peter, whom he thought was his friend had done this.
"Moo?" Remus wiped the tears from his eyes and gazed down to where Harry was tugging at his coat. He crouched down to get a better look, Harry's eyes were so vivid, practically Emeralds. "You truly look like your father, you've got his messy hair, his complexion.." Harry started humming in confusion, which lead to Sirius cooing at him.
Once Remus had cooled off, he glanced towards Sirius, "What exactly did you need my help for?"
Sirius frowned, "Some way to come out of hiding until we can find Peter, all this moving around is affecting Harry. And then there's Hogwarts.."
"New identities. Just hear me out," Sirius closed his mouth and nodded, "Your parents are dead. They made you the Black heir, didn't they? That would make you Lord Black. I suggest getting identities as children to other family members."
Sirius scoffed, "And who exactly can we even play the children of?" Remus made a face which shut Sirius up. "Your brother, we can say Harry is his son. And I was thinking you can be the son of one of your uncles?"
"What about the names?"
Remus sighed, "I was getting there, you can temporarily changed your names. I actually researched a few ideas from your family tree. The main theme being stars and constellations. For Harry, I was thinking Aster Regulus Black."
Sirius nodded, "That could work, Regulus as a middle name certainly points to Regulus being the father.." he paused. "And.. me?"
Remus grinned, "Rigel Alphard Black." Sirius' eyes widened. "As in, my Uncle Alphard?" Remus nodded, "He's the one that helped you run away right?" Sirius smiled, "I can't believe you remembered that."
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Our Golden Cub: Prongslet
Fanfiction(UNEDITED) The silence was loud, too loud. You could probably hear a pen drop. Sirius was barely breathing, unable to move his gaze from the dark mark upon Peter's flesh. Sirius prayed that his friend of so many years hadn't really joined the dark...
