Corvus

Chapter One: Intro to Stars.

Bellatrix Lestrange sat in her cell of the great wizard prison known as Azkaban, after being in here for the last six years her normal beauty had faded and left her hollow, she looked up towards the sky it was night and the stars were just as beautiful as any other night. It was one of those times when the Dementors were not around her cell so she could breathe a small sigh of relief, if it wasn't for her training in shielding her mind she might have gone insane. To keep appearances when any human would come near her cell she would act completely off her rocker, one time she managed to bite a man's ear off before they held her down. Her ears perked up a bit at the sound of voices.

"I just can't believe they want these two in the same cell!" One man said sounding irritated.

"Don't think about it too much, they are cousins" The other replied shrugging and opened the door to Bella's cell, they were both wearing cloaks with masks on so she couldn't see them, they were carrying or dragging another prisoner "Guess what Bitch you ain't going to be alone no more, Say Hi and play nice to your cellmate" With that the men closed her cell and went on with their night.

The man grunted in annoyance as he slowly stood "B-bella?" He asked in a throaty voice, his hair was as dark as night and reach down his back, his eyes were sunken in and slightly hollow looking but they burned an ice-blue.

As she examined the man her eyes widened in sudden realization on whom he was "Sirius!" She growled backing away from him.

Sirius sighed and sat down on the floor by the door "No point in trying to run from me Bella, we are just going to have to get along or kill each other." He said bitterly, crossing his arms. She could see he now had some tattooing on them, she could see a lily flower, full moon, a stag and a snake on his shoulder, it wasn't colored but symbols. Lily Evans, Remus Lupin, James Potter and the snake was more than likely Regulus, his brother. "And I would rather save my strength for Peter"

Bella raised a brow "Peter? Petigrew?" She asked now slightly interested, it was common knowledge at this point that Sirius Orion Black, the basic blood brother of James Potter had sold them out to Voldemort.

Sirius gave off a short laugh "Yeah, that bastard sold out the Potters. Don't tell me you thought it was me dear cousin" He said smirking something was keeping him from losing his mind but what?

"Oh I knew he was a spy" Bella said with a smirk "But I had hoped you came to your senses and sold them out"

"Well I didn't" He cut her off with a growl.

"Why didn't you?" She asked with a raised brow.

Sirius shrugged "James was my brother." He said softly "I failed him..."

They sat in silence for a little while; Sirius just gazed out the little port in the room. It was a full moon, no doubt he was thinking of the freedom he had running around in the moon light. His eyes had a glassed look to them, but she didn't feel the chill of the Dementors yet so he was in his memories.

Bella felt a little sorry for her cousin "Hey...Siri..Remember when we were kids?" She asked with a hint of a smile "I pushed you out of that cherry tree"

Sirius chuckled weakly "Yeah...Broke my left arm.." He said looking over at her. "Or the time I tripped Reg down the stairs?"

Bella grinned a little "Andie and Cissy smacking you both upside the head for being stupid, or when Reg tried to prank you, only to have it being used against him."

Sirius barked out a little laugh "Cissy breaking into your makeup…or Andie slipping while skating, dragging you down with her."

Bella let out a sigh, they had good memories before Hogwarts. They were a family, scared from their parents and for each other but a family "I missed you...you know that?" She said softly, brushing a little hair out of her face.

"I missed you too...Things changed when I was sorted into Gryffindor." Sirius said remembering the beating he got that winter for Christmas; he was the only member of the living family being out of Slytherin.

Bella nodded gently looking out to the stars again "No...Siri...you changed..." She whispered softly.

Sirius looked at her with confusion on his face "What are you talking about?" He said quickly.

"Siri...when you became a Lion you hated me...hated Andie...hated Cissy...hated your own brother..." She whispered with a frown shifting to where she could look at him clearly "You paid more attention to your friends, pranking and girls more than your family."

Sirius shifted a second uncomfortable "Bella...It wasn't that I didn't care for you...you just slipped farther into darkness...into Voldemort" He said rubbing his forehead moving his filthy hair out of his face.

Bella sat there stunned; did she willingly go into the Dark Arts? She only followed Voldemort because she was a pure-blood and wanted those who were Muggle-born to learn their place in this world. She didn't fully agree to attack the Muggle's they didn't know any better, they were still annoying swine.

Her husband was the one who fully followed the Dark Lord. She didn't have anything to do with the raids on the Muggle world only performing tasks set by the Dark Lord. She didn't agree with attacking Half-Bloods or other Pure-Bloods, they were few in numbers before now they were becoming a dying breed.

It made her think of the things she had done, at some point her mind had broken. She knew that much if anything Azkaban was helping her, while the Dementors brought about her worst memories she was able to meditate and move past them like she was trained.

"Siri...Would you believe me?" She whispered looking at her cousin with desperate eyes.

"Believe what?" He asked crossing his arms sitting on the sleeping mat they provided.

Bella stiffed a little "I didn't have much to do with the Longbottom's..." She whispered "Alice was always a nice enough Hufflepuff...Frank I never really knew."

"But you did do something didn't you?" He hissed glaring at her with his burning Sliver eyes.

She nodded a little, his glare was almost as cold as The Dark Lord "I did do a little of the torturing...I really didn't want to but...If he would have found out..." Bella whimpered.

Sirius stopped her short "Bella, He's gone." He said firmly "Harry...Harry!" He said as his brain reconnected the memories "SHIT!" He yelled loudly, his eyes wide. He grabbed at his hair and pulled it too think, the pain helped some.

Bella watched him with raised brow "Siri what's wrong? Harry? Harry Potter?" She asked placing a soft hand on his shoulder.

Sirius looked up at her with fear in his eyes "I don't know where they took him...Alice was his God-Mother...I don't know where they took my God-Son!" He said punching the wall behind him, he hit it hard enough to cause blood to pour down his knuckles.

Bella frowned at him, he was worried about the Potter boy. Even she didn't know where Harry would be "Siri, would Dumbledore take him in?" She asked removing a part of his sleeve and wrapping his knuckles with it.

Sirius shook his head "No...Dumbledore wouldn't..." He was racking his brain trying to think of where Harry would be. The Weasleys, no. Bones? No. Malfoy? Hell No. Lily had a sister...if he was in Azkaban and Alice in St. Mungo's...That's where he would be "I have a good idea." He whispered.

"Tell me, Siri." Bella said softly.

Sirius let out a small sigh "Petunia...Lily's sister..." He growled.

"Muggle?"

He nodded.

"Then he'll be hated, probably beaten." She said in a cold tone.

Sirius shifted a little "Not if I can help it..." He said with a cold steel like gaze. "I've got a few cards up my sleeve still and I'll need your help." He had come out the Dementor like haze, this was the Sirius Black she knew.

Bella watched with a small smile, this was the cousin she had knew. He was a Slytherin when he wanted to be, a Gryffindor and Slytherin was a deadly combo. The Hat had wanted to put her in Gryffindor, she asked for Slytherin and sealed her fate. "What is the plan? Siri?" She said glaring down at her dark mark, she removed her sleeve and tied it around the mark, she was tired of following.

Sirius looked up at her then to her mark "Does this mean?" He asked softly.

She nodded "Siri...Family is more important than a petty mark." She said wrapping him in a tight hug "Lord's come and go...family is forever. I drove Andie away, Regulus is dead, Orion is also dead, My parents Dead, Cissy in a loveless marriage and you in Azkaban..."

Sirius smirked and hugged her back "Bellatrix Lestrange?" He whispered.

"Dead." She answered "Bellatrix Black is back. Now what is your plan Sirius?" She said with a gleeful grin, one she wore when she pulled pranks at Hogwarts against Sirius and his crowd.

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A month later, Michael Colmar walked down the halls of the cells for the Death Eaters. It was well known he hated the DE's and requested the post of looking over them himself, so he could hear their screams and moans. He was about to turn the corner when he heard a growl and was lunged at by a large black beast. It tightened its mouth around his throat but not enough to pierce the skin, that was when he saw a mass of black hair hovering over him with violet eyes.

"Sorry about this." She whispered before punching him square in the face and taking his wand "Two minutes before the Dementors come." She said as Padfoot dragged the man into their cell, it wasn't a complex plan. The Dementors gave them a small amount of food every morning, this morning Padfoot stuck a small rock in a latch so the door wouldn't close completely and could be opened with a pull.

Siri walked out with the guard's clothes on, his hair tied in a pony tail. The guard would be muffled and the bed had been transfigured to look like another prisoner. This would fool them for a short time. "Let's get out of here Bella." He hissed.

Bella nodded and began to walk with him, as he was in the guards outfit and Bella held her wrists, with her head down. It looked like a prisoner exchange, from a distance.

The second they got outside, they were greeted with semi stormy weather. Sirius looked over at her and disillusioned her then himself, from there they would jump from the ledge to the roof tops and down to the ground level. They would do it quickly and quietly, with them being invisible it would work.

Twenty minutes later, they had made it to the ground floor with no trouble this area had no Dementors and only human guards. This part of the Prison was for simple crimes, and they would only be here for a few days or weeks.

"Ready for a swim?" Sirius asked with a cocky grin.

Bella rolled her eyes "Move your ass, Siri." She said casually kicking him into the freezing water.

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A week later-Harry Potter shifted a little in his small cupboard, he had been in here for another full day with no food and only a half glass of water. He didn't mean to trip and break Aunt Petunia's china, Dudley tripped him but no one would believe him.

Not that he really cared, he was used to being treated like this. His stomach had challenged him and made him cry when he was younger; this caused him to get beat by Vernon. Harry let out a sigh "Boy! Get out here!" His Aunt hissed.

Harry meekly walked out of the cupboard when the lock came undone. He moved over to the stove and began to cook breakfast for the Dursley's, this was a morning occurrence. "Today Boy, you will be weeding, doing the dishes, cleaning the bathroom and garage. All before Lunch." Vernon grunted over his paper.

Harry nodded softly "Yes uncle." A few minutes later he headed back to his cupboard as the food had been cooked, he was given a single piece of bread and a cup of water. That was when the door knocked.

"Petunia, get the door." Veron growled shifting the paper.

Harry's Aunt stood up and went over to the door, pushing Harry inside his cupboard along the way.

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Sirius and Bella, had taken a bus to Privet Drive as far as they knew no one had noticed them leave yet. Sirius had to stop and change their clothes around a little, his hair was still fairly long and kept in the pony tail. Bella straightened her hair and cut it to shoulder length, it worked for her better than the mass of tangled mess she used to have.

Bella was tense on the entire ride, being she was born to hate Muggles with a burning passion.

"Excuse me, Do you know where I can find a Petunia?" He asked a man cutting his grass.

The man looked up with a raised brow "Number 4" He said casually.

Bella gripped onto Sirius' arm tighter, Muggle's had always made her nervous.

"Relax." He whispered, suddenly glad he was holding onto the only wand "We'll get Harry and then go to Alphard's cabin." He said softly "No one, even Remus, knows about it"

Bella nodded taking a small breath "Alright." She said softly as they approached the house.

Sirius knocked on the door, they waited for a moment then a horse faced woman opened the door "Can I help you?" The woman said looking from Sirius to Bella.

"Yes, I believe you can Petunia" Sirius said with a cold smile.

"Do I know you.?" Petunia asked taking a step back.

Sirius laughed placing his hand on the door "I met you at the Potters wedding..." He said with a cold glare "I want my God-Son."

Petunia looked up at them with wide eyes "I don't know who you're talking about" She said carefully.

Sirius took a step forward "Where. Is. Harry." He hissed.

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Harry heard a man at the door, Petunia seemed to arguing with him then he heard his Uncle get up and move to the door as well. The argument seemed to go for another minute or two before he heard a low roar "He's WHERE!"

He heard a crash and footsteps approached his cupboard quickly, the door was ripped open loudly. He saw a man and woman standing at the entrance, the woman was wearing clothes that seemed to be tattered and torn a little, the man wore what looked like a worn black outfit. They both seemed to have the life sucked out of them and had angry looks on their face's, this caused Harry to shrink into his cupboard.

The man looked to the woman, it was clear they were related based on how much they looked alike and nodded, she then extended her hand to him "Hello, my name is Bellatrix Black." She said softly as the man turned to the Dursley's and began shouting at them "You're Harry aren't you?"

Harry nodded softly "Wh-What do you want with me?" He asked softly.

"My cousin and I are here to take you away." She said gently.

Harry was about to answer when he heard the man roar "Don't you dare say a word about Lily and James!" He said as a sickening crunch could be heard "If I wasn't in a hurry I would do much worse than that Vernon!" He hissed and kicked him back to the kitchen where Harry could hear Dudley scream.

A second later the man stood in the door way "Hello there Harry. I'm Sirius Black, I'm your God-Father." He said with a warm smile.

"Harry that means should something happen to your parents, he would come and take care of you." Bella finished for him.

"So you knew my parents.?" Harry asked with a raised brow, he looked from Bella who shook her head softly then to Sirius who nodded calmly.

"Sharp as a tack you are." Sirius said with a grin "I'm sorry it took me so long to get here, I want you to come and live with me and Bella here."

Harry looked up with wide eyes and nodded quickly "Please! It can't be worse than here!"

Sirius frowned and looked towards the Dursley's, Bella smiled a little "Don't worry Harry. I know of this nice little cabin where we can stay. Gather up your things and we'll take off."

With that Bella grabbed Sirius and dragged him to the door "Did you have to hit him!" She hissed.

"Yes! He was making fun of Prongs!" Sirius said with a growl.

"Wand." She said firmly, with her hand held out "I have to oblivate them."

Sirius nodded and handed the wand over, the Blacks we're well known for their powers with the mind. It was the only reason both Sirius and Bellatrix managed to stay sane in Azkaban, in the past the Blacks were spies and assassins. So if they got caught they wouldn't be able to revile the information and could get their own information.

Bella left to Oblivate them and Sirius watched as Harry packed a small backpack of clothes and what things he had.

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In thirty minutes they were on the way to the train tracks, they had taken a bit of food and some money from Vernon. With them being oblivated they wouldn't miss it, Sirius had placed a muggle repelling charm on the cupboard and Bella changed their memories enough to where they believed they gave Harry over to an Orphanage a few weeks ago after a window broke.

"So where are we going?" Harry asked, he was seven and very bright for his year.

"My Uncles cabin, it's up in Northern Scotland." Sirius answered calmly.

"We'll take the train to the next town then Apperate a few times to a tower near the cabin." Bella said carefully holding Harry's hand as they walked.

"I'm sorry what?" Harry asked giving Bella a confused look.

Sirius let out a sigh "Damn it Bella." He whispered, she mouthed back 'Sorry.' He turned and placed a hand on Harry's shoulder "Harry, have you ever done anything...strange?" He asked carefully.

Harry thought about how he worded the question "What do you mean Strange?" He asked with a raised brow.

"Like windows breaking, things appearing or moving." He said calmly.

Harry nodded "Yeah, my Aunt cut my hair and it grew back the next morning. I've talked to Snakes before as well." That made Bella and Sirius stop dead.

"Snakes." Bella whispered with wide eyes looking not at Harry but at his scar.

Harry nodded "Yeah, they find me sometimes and talk to me." He said reaching into his bag and pulling out a dark viper that was barely nine inches long. "This Alea, she made her way to me when she was just a hatchling. She took a liking to me, so I took care of her in secret."

Sirius nodded slowly "Well can you tell Alea, I have no problem with her as long as she doesn't harm me or Bella." He said carefully.

Harry nodded and hissed a few words to the snake who bowed her head softly and wrapped gently around the kid's shoulder.

"Anyway Harry, the reason you can do these things is because you are a Wizard" Sirius said calmly while Bella nodded pulling out the one wand they had with them and waved it causing sparks to fly.

Though the wand was won by Sirius, being that Bella had helped retrieve the wand they held the same amount of power over it.

Harry looked up with wide eyes "Wow." He said looking down at his hands then doing the same wave in a calm and blissful manner making a small red spark fly out of his index finger.

Sirius raised his brow's to his hair line, Bella had wide eye's "Wandless magic..." She muttered with a gleeful smile, Potter might turn out to be some fun.

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They went to London first before heading to the Cabin, being that Sirius and Bellatrix Black posters weren't placed around Diagon Alley was a good thing. First they went off to Gringott's as they would need money for the things they would need to buy.

Sirius was the one who walked proudly to the desk, though he was still slowly recovering from Azkaban he looked a little more like himself "I Sirius Orion Black wish to enter my vault and request a void pouch." He said calmly to the goblin.

Harry looked around with wide eyes, he had never seen Gobin's before when he stared at one with a dark hair and a sharp expression he hissed with fangs pierced at the boy, it was a weak attempt to scare Harry and didn't work "Bell...Should I be afraid of them?" He asked softly, as he petted Alea a little with his index finger.

Bella shook her head, slightly enjoying being called Bell, no one had called her that but Andie. She allowed Harry to do it because he was a lot like Andie, just from the short time she had talked to the boy.

Harry nodded a hissed to Alea for a moment and the viper bared it's fangs at the Goblin who jumped at the slight use of Snake. That caused Harry to laugh.

"Come on you two." Sirius said as another goblin with greying hair stood next to him "We're going to my vault."

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Sirius' vault number 224-Alpha wasn't anything overly large like the Black vault or even Lestrange vault, however it did have some things that would be deemed good to have.

Alpha did have a collection of weapons and all sorts of small items. Bella made her way to the daggers and only took four matching black throwing knives, Sirius took a short sword with a wolf howling at the moon, it was a duel sided blade for Werewolf hunting. Harry walked over to the wand area and felt his hand drift to a wand in front of him, he held it as it felt cool yet warm in his hands.

Sirius walked over and looked at the dusty plate under the wand "Cherry and Black Walnut combo, 9 inches that's damn short" He grunted as Bella made her way over as well "Flexible, with a...Basilisk Venom/Dragon Heart core?" Sirius said looking down at Harry "Twin woods, Short, Flexible and Twin cores...this wand was last used by William Black, 1491-1573."

Bella rose a brow "Impressive, It will be a Dark wand though." She commented lightly "If the Venom was countered with Phoenix then it would be a power house, being it's with a Dragons heart string it's more than likely a dueling or offensive wand." She explained looking through some of the other wands looking for a fit.

Sirius handed Harry a small black dagger with a Stag on the end of the handle, it was wrapped in leather to keep the blade away. "This was forged by your father; it was a tradition for Potters to make a Dagger, Sword or Ax when they turned seventeen." He explained calmly "He gave this to me for safe keeping."

Harry took it gingerly, it wasn't long maybe three or four inches, it was razor sharp and he slid the blade into its leather sheath.

"Now listen carefully." Sirius got down to his level, Aela hovered lightly in his face but he didn't comment or seemed fazed "Keep the Dagger on your belt okay? It is not a toy, it is a tool and a way to defend yourself." He said softly, in a kind voice. Harry still wasn't used to being spoken to like this just yet "Should you get in a situation where Myself and Bella cannot reach you, I want you to draw this dagger and threaten anyone who comes near you. Am I understood?"

Harry nodded, tucking the leather bound blade into his belt "Understood." He said watching as Bella pulled a wand off the wall and as Sirius pulled two off "Why Two?"

Sirius smiled at his observation "You see Harry, a long time ago when wands were crafted for the individual. They used blood." He explained calmly "So these wands have Black blood in them, so Bella or I can use them.

"Can we go now?" Harry asked looking up at Sirius.

"I think that would be wise." Bella spoke up, carrying a small shoulder bag filled with small items.

Sirius waved his wand at Bellatrix and then to Harry, a few of Bella's features changed making them sharper and her eye colour was changed to a bright Green like Harry's. Harry's hair grew out, covering his eyes so he had to swipe away to the left; covering his scar.

Sirius then pointed the wand at himself, making his features resemble James'. It was rather easy with a wand that liked him.

"Now we're going to do a little shopping, nothing more or less. Not in Diagon Alley either, we'll pick up what we need in Nocturn Alley." Sirius explained "Bella, you'll be the guide and Harry you'll be in the middle of us both."

Bella and Harry both nodded, the small boy swiping away at his hair again. Sirius grinned "Let's get out of here." He said walking towards the exit, the other two on his heels.

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