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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Rape/Non-Con, Underage
  Category:
      M/M
  Fandom:
      Harry_Potter_-_J._K._Rowling
  Relationship:
      Harry_Potter/Severus_Snape, Harry_Potter/Sirius_Black
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      Published: 2016-12-03 Updated: 2016-12-13 Chapters: 7/? Words: 4234
****** Continual of change in tide ******
by Severus_Snape_WINS
Summary
     Everyone has to decide if they are going to believe Sirius or not.
Notes
     Hi I am a new writer picking this story up for Redfield who had lost
     intrest in the story. Hopefully I will be able to keep it interesting
     for you. Please comment about what you think.
  This work was inspired by
      Change_in_Tide by Redfield_(orphan_account)
***** Slowly healing *****
Chapter Summary
     Everyone decides to trust or not to trust Sirius' story about Peter
     Petigrew.
A loud gasp erupted through the room. But it was quickly followed by a silence
so thick they could bearly breathe. Finally Remus broke the stifling silence.
"N-no.....it cant be. YOU killed Peter Petigrew. All they found of him, after
you were through with him, was his finger."
"THE BLOODY MAN CUT IT OFF HIMSELF TO FRAME ME!!!!! HE WAS THE ONE WHO BETRADED
James and Lily. Sirius roared at first but quieted down when he relized that
the infint Lily was crying. Suddenly he started crying. Now that he knew the
truth he had hoped that the others would see it too. "Please..." He wimpered.
"Please let me go and I will bring Petigrew to you."
Dumbledore looked at Remus who was looking at Siruis with question and sadness
in his eyes. "How can we trust you?" Mcganagall asked. "How will we be able to
trust that you wont just leave." "Yeah, there is no way that I am going to
trust you around Harry and Lily. You raped Harry. You should go to Azkaban."
Severus sneered at the whimpering Sirius.
"Severus please..." Dumbledore said quietly. "I think that Sirius should get a
chance-." "No he shouldnt." Harry interrupted trying to comfort Lily as he
spoke. " I know what he did to you, but I need to know if Peter Petigrew is
really alive. So...McGanagall will go with him in her cat form and I will have
the paintings watch. Will that be better, Severus and Harry."
"Well, ok. Remus let him go but keep your wand on him." Severus relented. The
chains dissappeared with a soft swishing sound.
Right before McGanagall turned herself into her animagus form she sternly told
Sirius, "If you so much as think about betraying me the others will not
hesitate to kill you." Sirius Black let out a long whimper as he quickly turned
into the black dog. Then both cat and dog ran out of the hospital wing and
disappeared from sight.
It looked as if Severus had it in mind to follow them no matter what anyone
said when Fred and George walked over to him and said, "Harry needs you right
now. He needs comfort." Seeing that the twins were correct in this thought
Severus hurried over to Harry who was trembling slightly while trying to calm
Lily down.
"Here, Harry. Get back in bed. You need to rest.." He said as he directed Harry
to the bed and got him to lie down. Severus stroked Harry's hair and placed a
gentle hand on Lily's stomach. "Severus, can you lie down next to me please?"
Harry pleaded. "Of course." Snape said soothingly as he lowered himself gently
on the bed next to Harry and pulled him close to his body letting Harry feel
his warmth.
"How can you trust him!" Remus said strongly to Dumbledore. "For all we know
Sirius could have been lieing and you just sent Professor McGanagall to her
death!" "Well, so far the people in the paintings have said that he is leading
her deeper into the dungens. I do not fear for her life but for his. She is a
great foe when she is not angry. But an even more terrible one when she is. She
knows what she is doing." Dumbledore said reasuringly. "But right now i think
you should see if Harry is alright. He has just had a big scare."
***** The Finding of Peter Petigrew. *****
Chapter Summary
     Sirius leads McGanagall to Petigrew.
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
Padfoot quickly led McGanagall deeper into the dungeons. His nose sniffing with
worry as he did not detect any smell of the traiter Petigrew. Deeper and deeper
they went. Suddenly his tail went straight up in the air wagging slightly. His
nose twiching excitedly. He had finnaly caught a wiff of Petigrew's sent. He
sarted to run faster until he heard a loud angry hiss behind him. He whipped
around to look at the ferious cat behind him.
He wondered for a split second before it hit him. She thought the he was trying
to escape. He immediately went in to a submissive stance to show her that he
ment no harm.
When she relized that he must have sented the man they were looking for she
gave Padfoot a stern nod to say that she understood and that she would follow
him.
They took off running in the direction that the sent was coming from. Padfoot's
tail going so fast it was a blur. His nose on the ground. They rounded the
corner and came face to face with a surprised rat.
Padfoot immediately sarted to growl loudly and angrily. McGanagall hissed while
the rat shrunk back in fright. Then Padfoot stretched his jaws open wide and
grabbed the rat by the neck. Both the cat and the dog turned swiftly around and
ran back up through the dungeons.
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(During that scene in the hospital wing)
"How are you doing Harry?" Remus asked with concern in his eyes. Harry's
shocked filled eyes looked up at him. "I am doing a little bit better. But i do
not know how i will be when they return or if they dont return." Severus pulled
Harry and Lily closer to him and ran his fingers soothingly through Harry's
hair. Harry sighed and relaxed a little bit.
Suddenly there was a fury of activity in one of the paintings that Dumbledore
was standing next to. They whispered something to him and then dissapeared
again. Dumbledore sighed and walked toward the others.
"They seem to have found Petigrew and are now coming this way."
Chapter End Notes
     I thought that I would leave a little cliff hanger here. I will post
     a new chapter which will be very exciting on the 5th of December.
     Hopefully this story is doing ok. If you have any suggestions please
     comment. I like to know what people think about what i write. Thanks.
***** The Reveal of the Truth *****
Chapter Summary
     Harry finnally hears the truth about the night his parents died and
     who betrayed them.
Fred and George started whispering and then whipped out their wands and quickly
created a cage big enough to fit a man but with the bars close enough that a
rat would not be able to get through.
"Good idea, Fred and George. Now when they get here Petigrew wont be able to
escape." Remus stated. Snape had just put Lily into her bed when the hospital
wing door burst open and cat and dog who was carring the rat ran in. Padfoot
seeing the open cage realized what it was for and dropped the rat in. Once he
had completed that task he dropped to the floor panting for breath.
Meanwhile Mcganagal had turned back into herself breathing harder than she
would have admitted to. "Sirius thinks this is Petigrew. I do not know if that
is true since i do not have the best sense of smell." "Well i will do a spell
that should reveal if this in fact Peter Petigrew." Dumbledore said stearnly as
he walked to the cage where the rat was desperately trying to escape.
"Revealio." Dumbledore whispered while pointing his wand at the rat. Nothing
happened for a minute then the rat started shaking uncontrollably. With a high
pitched noise it shifted into a man. While everyone had been watching Peter
Petigrew turn from a rat to a man Padfoot had turned back into Sirius.
"I told you," he said triumphantly. "I told you that i knew where Petigrew was
and now i have brought him here to you. Now will you believe me when i say that
i did not betray James and Lily to You Know Who."
"I DONT BELEIVE ANYTHING YOU SAY!!! YOU COULD BE WORKING WITH PETIGREW!!!"
Seveus yelled. Harry put a soothing hand on Severus' arm. "Let us see what
Petigrew has to say." he said softly. "I have to know the truth."
"Severus' will you get your truth telling potion from your stores. I believe
that would work better than hurting him or yelling at him to try and get
answers." Dumbledore reasoned. Severus gave a huge huff and stormed out of the
hospital wing. "Now while we wait for Severus to return, let us hear Sirius'
side of the story."
"I knew where James and Lily were hiding. Remus and Petet did also but i was
secret keeper. I was the only one who could tell people where it was..." Sirius
started. He looked down at his feet before continuing. When he did he was
crying slightly. "I had a feeling that Voldemort would come after me i had
James and Lily make Petigrew the secret keeper. Appearently i was wrong."
Just then Snape came billowing into the room. "Here is the potion that you
wanted, Headmaster. I put in something to make it a little stronger." "Do i
have to test it to make sure that you did not put anything in it that would
kill him?" Dumbledore questioned as he raised an eyebrow at Snape.
"Of course not." Snape grumped. "Great. Petigrew drink this it will be better
for everyone if you did." Dumbledore tipped the container to Peter's lips and
he drank it all whining as he did. When it was all empty Dumbledore drew away
from the cage and waited a few moments.
Then he took a breathe and spoke with authority. "Where were you a couple of
nights before James and Lily died?" "I was with The Dark Lord." Peter said in a
monotone.
"Why were you with him?" Sirius practically spat with rage. "I was there
because he had promised my power beyond my wildest dreams. He said that i was
brave and that there is no good or evil just power and those who are afraid if
it. That sounded good to me so o went over to his poont of veiw." Petigrew
replied with a blank expression on his face.
Dumbledore sighed before asking the question that everyone had been waiting for
him to ask, "Did you sell out James and Lily to Voldemort?" Petigrew looked
directly at Dumbledore and said, "Yes."
At the same moment that Sirius lunged for the cage, Fred, George, and Remus
flung up a sheild spell around the cage throwing Sirius off balance. McGanagall
gasped and slid to the floor. Harry started crying for a reason he could not
decide and Severus just stood there with a stuned expression on his face.
"LET ME AT HIM!!!" roared Sirius as he struggled to his feet. "HE IS A MURDER
AND A BETRAYRR!!! He killed James." "Sirius if you do not settle down now i
will put you back in the chains." Remus said with a stern look on his face
though inside he was jumping for joy because Sirius, his fried when they were
in school who helped him during his rough times, did not betray their other
friends James and Lily. "Now what are we going to do with Petigrew." Severus
stated while rushing to comfort the sobbing Harry.
***** The beginning of a new life *****
Chapter Summary
     Harry tries to deal with what happened.
Chapter Notes
     So sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. Had some
     difficulties with my phone.
Thirty minuts later Petigrew had been taken away to get the Dementor's kiss for
his crimes and Severus was lieing with Harry in the bed while everyone else was
looking at Sirius.
"Well i think that you still need to be punished. Even though you are innocent
of betraying James and Lily what you did to Harry cannot and will not be
forgotten. So here is what will happen. You will live as a muggle for the next
five years. I will have the proper authorities keep your wand. You will go to
muggle counseling. Do you understand?" Dumbledore spoke finnaly.
"Yes i understand. I am very sorry for what i did to Harry. I hope that you
Sna....Severus will take better care of Harry than how i did. Where do you want
me to wait?" Sirius asked.
"Come with me to my office." Dumbledore instructed. And with that Sirius and
Dumbledore left the hospital wing while Madam Pomfrey wisked in and made
everyone but Severus leave because Harry and Lily needed rest and he cant do it
when there is a bunch of people just hanging around talking.
Once it was quiet again Haryy snuggled closer to Severus. "Severus, i am
scared." "i know but Dumbledore will have wizards watching to make sure that
Sirius does not come to hurt you again."
"I dont want him to stay away forever. I mean he is my godfather and
everything." Harry wispered. "He has to get what ever it is that is wrong with
his head fixed up before he can see you. The twelve years in Askaban really
messed him up. I am not saying that what he did to you was okay either."
Severus stated.
"I dont know how to feel about this." Harry whimpered "i want him close but i
also want him as far away as possible. I want him close because he can tell me
all about my parents and what they were like but i also want him away from me
because he really hurt me."
"Hush love. Right now you need to rest. We can talk more about this in the
morning when you are no longer in shock and then i can control my desire to go
and kill him." Severus soothed. And with that they driffted into sleep.
***** Bonding *****
Chapter Summary
     Severus and Harry have a little scare before they talk about what
     happened the night before.
Severus and Harry slept through the night each with his own nightmare. Harry's
was about the night he got raped and Severus' was about being bullied in
school. When they woke up neither remembered the dreams.
A house-elf brought them breakfast within a few minutes of when they woke up.
Harry looked at Lily for a second before devoring his meal. Lily had slept
through the night with no problem which slightly worried him. "Sev, is it
normal for a baby to sleep through the night after only a couple of nights from
birth?" He questioned timiedly. He was still not use to having a kid.
"Well it is not unheard of it but still unusually. Maybe we should have Madam
Pomfrey look at her." He than called out for her. She came running thinking
that Harry had taken a turn for the worst. "What, what is it! Is it Harry." "No
it is not. We are a little concerned about Lily. She slept through the night
and has still not woken up." Severus said much calmer than he felt. He felt
like what was happening was exactly like what happened to his child.
Madam Pomfrey waved her wand over the sleeping girl muttering under to her
breath. For several minutes that is all she did. Then she took a deap breath
and turned to look at the two concerned men. "It is alright." She said happily.
"Lily was just a little over tired from all that has happened in the last few
hours. She should wake up soon."
"Thank you so much Madam Pomfrey." Severus said as he sagged with relief. He
had thought for sure that Lily was died and had put on a brace face to make
sure that Harry stayed calm. But he would never admit to the fact thqat he
himself felt like a little part of him had died when he thought that Lily haed
not madeit.
Harry threw his arms around Severus' waist and started to cry silently. "I
really thought that she had died. I knew you were trying to brave for me but i
could tell that you were as scared or even more scared than i was.Thank you for
doing that." Harry sniffled.
Severus wrapped his strong arms around the smaller boy and said softly; "I will
always do what I can to protect you.I love you more than you know." "Are you
serius?" Harry gasped. "No I am Severus. I thought you knew that." Severus
tried to joke;
Harry laughed timidly. "I love you too Severus. And I always will." "That is
good to know. So do you want to talk more about what happened last night?"
Severus asked a little cautiously. He did not want to upset Harry anymore but
he knew that they needed to talk about it sooner or later and Severus really
wanted to talk about it sooner when it was still freash.
"I geuss we could talk about it now. Just keep holding me." Harry said the last
part in sort of a plead. "Of course let us lay back on the bed." Seveus guided
Harry to the bed and pulled him close. "So what are you feeling about last
night. You said last night that you wanted Sirius close to tell you about your
parents but also want him to stay away because he hurt you. Not just physically
but emotionally as well."
"I know. I still do not know what to do. I think maybe I should wait a couple
years than see how I fell. I do feel like I want to get to know him but with a
lot of boundaries. Like no contact and no being alone with me ever. I also feel
like I should see him before the five years are up because then he wont be able
to use magic towards me and anyone else."
"I think that is a very good idea, Harry. We can tell Dumbledore and he can let
us know when it will be good to see him. I am going to suggest that you see a
mind healer so you can get that scary memory out of your head so you wont be
afraid if you are alone some time. Though I doubt that I will be leaving you
alone soon. I feel very protective of you right now after all that has
happened."
Just then Lily woke up and started crying. Severus reached over to the crib,
took her out, and handed her to Harry. Harry was able to position her to his
breast on the first try and she started to nurse. Harry smiled down on her as
she looked at him with adoring eyes. Severus looked at both of them. The boy he
wanted for his husband and the child that he calls his own, he sighed a
contented sigh and held both boy and child closer. He could go to Dumbledore
later. Right now he wanted to enjoy this time with Harry and Lily the only
people whom he had affection for.
***** Figuring out what to do *****
Chapter Summary
     Severus talks to Dumbledore while Harry is sleeping in the Hospital
     wing. Sirius has his first day as a muggle.
Harry and Severus had spent the day in the hospital wing with the baby Lily.
That evning Harry fell asleep rather early so Severus decided to take a trip to
the Headmaster's office to talk to him about what Harry wanted to do. So he
slipped off the bed gently so he would not wake Harry and walked quickly to the
other end of the castle. He had sent a patronise before he left the hospita
wing so that Dumbledore would know that he was coming. Within ten minutes he
was standing in front of the Giffin door waiting to be let in.
Suddenly the Griffin lept to life and moved aside to let Severus in. He walked
into a pleasent office. He had been there many times before so he was
acoustomed to everything in there. Though he sometimes grew irritated when the
portrits gave their say to matters that he and Dumbledore might be discussing.
He was pulled sharply from his thoughts by a merry hello coming from the
twinkling eye Headmaster who was sitting at his desk.
"What could have been so important for you to come here and leave Harry alone?"
Dumbledore mussed. "Do not worry. Harry is safe, I put up tons of spells and
wards to keep him that way until I get back to him. Anyway what I want to talk
to you about regards Harry," "Oh, what is it. Is he ok?" Dumbledore quickly
asked.
"Yes, he is great. He is sleeping right now. I need to talk to you about
Sirius. Harry is still scared of him but knows that Sirius knows a lot about
his parents. So he wants to be close to Sirius but also far enough away so that
he does not get hurt. I suggested that he wait a couple of years and then if he
still wants to, he can visit Sirius while he is still living as a muggle."
Severus' eyebrow qurked at the end of his little speach to indicate that he was
looking for Dumbledore's opinion.
Dumbledore sat still for a couple of moments before anwsering. And when he did
Severus could tell that Dumbledore had thought this through before Severus had.
"Yes, that sounds like a good idea. However I would like a couple people to go
with him just in case. I do not know how Sirius will react after all that he
will be going through."
"Okay, we can make futher arangments later when Harry is actualy going to visit
him..." Just than a slight whistle sounded. Severus jumped slightly. "I have to
go. That was telling me that Harry is waking up and I really need to be with
him when he does or he will worry." Severus said in a rush as he billowed out
of the room leaving a slightly miffed Dumbledore staring at the chair that
Severus was just seconds before sitting.
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Meanwhile in a muggle town far away from Hogwarts Sirius was moving in to his
new house that he would be living in for the next five years.
"I cannot believe that I got myself into this mess..." Sirius thought to
himself as he half paid attention to the muggle who was showing him around the
house. He nodded to the man when he realized he was staring at him then
continued to think about what had happened in the last couple of months.
"And this is the bathroom and right through this door is the master bedroom.
Now the kitchen is over here while the guest bedroom is upstairs with another
little room where you can make an office or something...." The muggle
continued. Sirius nodded every so often to make it seem that he heard but he
did not. He was concerned that Harry would be mad at him forever and would not
forgive him.
Finnaly after another half hour of following the muggle through the house
Sirius was given the keys and the muggle left. Sirius sighed and looked at the
peice of paper that he was holding. "Dish washer??" he asked aloud. "What the
heck is a dish washer??" This was the job that he would have for the next five
years. On the peice of paper was directions to get to the job and what time he
was supposed to go there tomorrow. Sirius bowed his head and cried softly.
***** Work *****
Chapter Summary
     Sirius starts work
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
Sirius awoke the next day to a screeching muggle alarm. For a couple of minutes
he just stared at it trying to figure out how to turn it off. Finnally he found
the switch on top of the alarm that silenced it. He flicked and sighed at the
welcomed silence. He shook his head as he tried to clear it from sleep. As he
looked around the room he realized that he did not reconize it. He shot out of
the bed and started to run through the unreconizable house panicing lightly.
Suddenly he just stood still as comprehension washed over him. This was his
punishment house. He was in a muggle town and he had to live as a muggle.
He looked at the time and saw that he had thirty minutes to get ready and go to
his job. As he rushed around the house trying to get ready he thought to
himself, "I do not know how they expect me to do this job when I have
apsalutely no idea how to do it. I mean I think I will be washing dishes
because that is what the name implies. Other than that I have no idea."
Twenty-five minutes he arrived at the building where he would be working. It
was called 'Sloppy Joe's Diner'. Sirius took a deep breath and walked in. He
stood in the door way for a couple of minutes just looking around before he
walked further in to the diner. One of the waiters saw him and walked over to
him.
"Hi, my name is Sunny. You look lost. Is there something I can help you with?"
He asked. "Yes, my name is Sirius Black and I am here to start my new job. I am
looking for the owner Joe." Sirius responded not quite looking Sunny in the
eye. "Great. Joe is in the back. If you will follow me this way..." Sunny said
as he started back towards the back of the diner.
When they reached the back Sunny called to a burly looking man. "Hey Joe the
new worker is here." The man who answered to the name sidled over to them and
stuck out a hand to Sirius. "Welcome to Sloppy Joe's diner. Let me show you
where you will be working." Sirius took Joe's hand hesitently and said in a low
voice, "I do not know how to do the job.." "Oh that is okay. I will have
someone train you" They walked into the kitchen of the diner and over to this
weird machine where another man was standing. "Hello Jim. This is Sirius he is
the new worker that Itold you was starting today. He needs to be trained." "You
got it Joe." With that Joe left the two men to get started on the job. Two
hours later Sirius was rushing around trying to get the job done. Jim was
telling him what to do and helping him. All the time Sirius was thinking that
tere was no way he could make it for five years.
Chapter End Notes
     Next chapter will be about Snape and Harry.
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