Chapter 1

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October 31st 1981,

Sirius Black is with Remus Lupin at his house, 12 Grimmauld Place, when he hears an owl at the window. It's a chilly late fall evening in London so he wraps his jumper closer around him and opens the window expecting an owl from Lily and James about Harry's first Halloween. However, upon reading the owl from Minerva Mcgonagall he falls to his knees and throws the parchment at Remus screaming about running after the rat and killing him.

"I swear I'll kill him, Moony! The fucking rat! They trusted him! WE trusted him! I told them that he'd be safe!"

Remus stares wide eyed at one of his best friends, scared to read the letter, scared of what he'd learn.

Just as Sirius was running out the door to apparate a half giant of a man, Rubeus Hagrid comes knocking at the door with tears in his eyes.

"Sirius, Remus, he needs you. Harry needs you. You two are all he has left of his true family. You know what they say 'the blood of the coven is thicker than the water of the womb.' Please. Be strong for him. I can't help it anymore." Hagrid pleads of the grieving young men.

"Give him to me" Remus says with a small teary eyed smile as he takes the wrapped infant from the huge man.

"Well, I best be off, Dumblebore needs to see me about some official Hogwarts business" Hagrid states staring at the savior of the wizarding world, Harry Potter.

Sirius is in a state of disbelief. He decides to write a letter with all of the power in the Black name to the Auror Department at the Ministry of Magic explaining Wormtail, no Peter Pettigrew's guilt in the death of Lily and James Potter's death.

"Moony," Sirius sighs "what are we going to do?"

"We figure it out, Padfoot." Remus replies to his best friend. "Just like we always do. He needs us."

The rest of the night was spent mourning the death of their two best friends while caring for their godson.

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