The Lost Heir

The Reveal of the Contract

Sirius paced in front of the floo in his office. The first three of Dumbledores summons became kindling in his fireplace. He had nothing to say to the man and the idea of being stuck in a meeting with him was borderline unbearable. Sirius sighed and ran his hand through his hair, a habit he got from James and Hadrian, and sat in his chair. It didn't take Hadrians warning to know that if Sirius went to the meeting he would be face to face with not only Dumbledore but also Remus.

Remus.

Sirius leaned forward and put his forearms on his thighs as he stared into the fire.  He never felt anything other than friendship for Remus. His heart had been taken long before the rest of his friends discovered what love truly was and there was no room in his heart for anyone else. He knew of Remus feelings for him. Remus was horrible at hiding his reactions and feelings, a true Gryffindor. Sirius had wondered at one point if he ever lead Remus on inadvertently but knew in his heart he didn't. Remus fell in love all on his own, Sirius didn't need to do anything to cultivate it. He didn't try and hinder it either, he allowed Remus to do feel what he liked with no rejection from him.

Sirius, at one point, had thought he would be able to get Remus on his side. Being a werewolf he was inherently dark, his wolf would be begging for the sweet taste of dark magic. Every time they ran together on the full moon those thoughts became more and more distant. Remus' hatred for his gift and religious devotion to Dumbledore was painfully obvious. So Sirius abandoned that plan and just lived as he wanted to while getting information for the dark and sleeping with the Dark Lord behind all off his friends backs.

Since realizing that Hadrian would be going back to Hogwarts for the tournament Sirius thought long and hard about what he was going to do with Remus. That sliver of friendship was still in him. A small part that didn't want to hurt his old friend with cruel words and actions.

But...

He did want to hurt his old friend with cruel words and actions. The man instantly pinned him as the traitor and fought against him being the secret keeper. Once the doubts started to creep into their minds Remus had no problem going to James and Dumbledore to tell them of his suspicious. He had no evidence, Sirius was too good for that, but he still was convinced that it was Sirius. The fact that he was correct didn't matter, it was the principle of the thing.

Then he abandoned Hadrian. He never visited him, never even checked up on the child of his best friends, a child he claimed as his pup. Instead he fell off the face of the earth and lived in the muggle world doing odd jobs for cash. Sirius didn't need to wonder why this was, he knew it was because of Dumbledore and Remus' need to follow his every word. But it was still horrible and completely disrespectful to the memory of James and Lily.

Sirius stood up and brushed his robes off. Giving one last sigh he tossed the powder into the floo and stepped in.

"Headmasters office, Hogwarts!"

Sirius smoothly left he flood and brushed the soot off his robes as his eyes took in the office. Absolutely nothing had changed since the last time he had step foot into this office. Still packed full of instruments and books, the Gryffindor colors on almost every surface. Behind his desk sat a twinkle eyed Dumbledore and in the front...a cowered Remus.

"I won't be having any type of meeting if he is in here,"Sirius said with a jerk of his head to Remus.

"Now my Boy! I thought I could help mend some bridges between you two. After all you were best friends and it's best to move on from the past,"Dumbledore said wisely.

Sirius glanced at Remus and back to Dumbledore and let out a barking laugh, "Your kidding right? I have moved on from the past. Which is why I want nothing to do with him. Not only did he accuse me of being the bloody spy all those years ago but he abandoned my son when he had already lost everything."