Dumbledore's Downfall (it'll take place, just later on): Year 1

Chapter 7

Sirius was waiting patiently in the room that Lucius had taken him to. He knew the man was going to go get Remus but he was so nervous that this was all a dream. That he was going to wake back up in his cold bare cell back in Azkaban. Sirius shivered a bit as he thought about it and pinched himself to make sure he really wasn't dreaming. Sirius then started to think about Remus. Sure it had only been a month or so, but that was a month without seeing his lover. Would the man even love him anymore? Had Sirius really messed up the only good thing in his life? Two of his best friends were dead, and he didn't even have his godson. Sirius looked up when he heard the door open. He looked up to meet Remus's light brown eyes. He held his breath, not sure what the man would do.

When Remus met Sirius's gray eyes he ran and hugged his lover tightly "Sirius I missed you so much." He whimpered softly "and you need a shower." He teased softly but kept hugging his best friend and lover. He had ached for Sirius while the man was locked up. He messed waking up to the man humming softly while he showered. He missed the looks Sirius would give him while he was showering or doing anything really. Most of all he missed the man's voice. It was so lovely and was like music to Remus's ears.

Sirius held the man close "I thought you would hate me Remi." He whispered softly and relaxed a bit.

"Oh Siri, I could never hate you." Remus said softly and pulled away from the man with a smile. He turned towards Lucius when he heard the man start to talk.

"I'll let you two catch up while I talk to Fudge about filing paperwork to get Harry back from those dreaded muggles. I will come back to get you two when I am finished and we can floo back to Malfoy Manor to discuss what that paperwork entails to take Harry. After that you two can go back home. I am sure Sirius would love to take a shower and sleep in his bed. Also get some real food. You are more than welcome to shower at our house and eat dinner with us, but that is up to you." Lucius said. He nodded to the two men before walking out to go deal with Fudge.

Sirius and Remus started to catch up, Remus telling his lover how Dumbledore just took Harry before any of them could do anything. The men easily fell into a conversation, but both got startled when about 20 minutes later and angry Lucius came storming back into the room.

Remus frowned "what happened? Please tell me they aren't locking Sirius back up." He said, sounding panicked.

Lucius shook his head no and let out a frustrated sigh. "They won't let Sirius take Harry back and by they I mean Dumbledore somehow convinced Fudge that Siris wasn't stable or sane enough to care for the boy. Not to mention he brought up the fact that you and Sirius live together. Since you are affected by Lycanthropy Remus, they don't want you to have custody of Harry either. It's all bullshit!" Lucius said, sounding furious.

Sirius frowned when he heard what Lucius said. "How are we going to get Harry back? We can't leave him with those muggles. They are terrible people." He said, sounding panicked.

Lucius held a hand up to stop Sirius. "Just take a deep breath and calm down. We will think of something I promise. I'm sure we have enough evidence or some sort of paper saying something about the care of Harry should something have happened. I'll make a visit to Gringotts and see if they have anything. I could also go to Amelia Bones to see if she can do anything. She helps out with child welfare, or the lack there of I should say, in the wizarding world. Now how about we get out of this dreaded place." He mumbled

Sirius and Remus both nodded. They left the ministry and returned to Malfoy Manor. From there Remus and Sirius went on their way to go home. Lucius sighed softly as they left and went to Tom with a sigh.

Tom looked up when Lucius walked in. "Hey love. How did it all go?" He asked as Luce sat down.

"Well it was going great. Black is free, but they won't grant him custody of Harry. Dumbledore managed to convince Fudge that Black wasn't stable enough to care for Harry and since Lupin is affected by Lycanthropy he can't have custody of Harry, so we need to figure something out. We need a better form of a child welfare system. A magical child should not have been placed with muggles. I mean with muggleborns I know it is different, but we know Potter is magical." He said with a sigh.

Tom nodded "I know love. Hopefully we can change that. We have somewhat of a case for this change considering Sev was sent back to his parents, who abused him and I was sent back to the damn orphanage during the London Blitz. I know at least 15 of my classmates who never came back to Hogwarts when that was going on. We will get it changed Lucius. For now why don't you go change and relax a bit before dinner." He told the blonde gently and kissed his cheek.

Lucius nodded, smiling a bit as he went to go change and lay down before dinner. He was trying to think of ways they could get Harry back, but right now his brain felt fried. He got back to the master bedroom and smiled when he saw Sev asleep with Draco asleep in the crib they had in the room. Lucius was happy to have his little family. He changed into some comfy pajamas and laid next to Severus, falling asleep next to the man.