AN: I know that I should be working on my other stories, but I simply could not get this plot bunny out of my head. I really hope that I get more reviews for this, because I'm putting a lot into it! So please review after you are done reading. This is mostly a Harry/multi fic, but Harry/Hermione will take center stage. This is going to be slow getting to Harry/multi.

Hermione watched Harry walk off the platform along with his relatives and an overwhelming sense of dread filled her. She was reporting to a secret location with the Weasley family before going home for a few weeks. Hermione knew that this summer would be hell for Harry. He had so recently witnessed Cedric Diggory's death and had dueled with Voldemort. She knew that Harry would suffer terribly from nightmares and she wouldn't be there for him as she usually was. Hermione resolved to talk to Sirius, somehow.

Upon receiving a parchment with the location of the Order of the Phoenix on it, a house appeared quite suddenly in front of them. Immediately everyone was ushered inside, and told to speak quietly. Hermione and Ron were told to go to the library. There they found Dumbledore and Sirius waiting for them. "Welcome to the headquarters of my organization." Dumbledore said smiling. "Please sit down; I have something to discuss with you. Now it is imperative that none of you reveal too much information to Harry this summer via letters. I'm afraid that our mail is being watched. And I also feel that Harry needs separation from the magical world after the ordeal that he has been through."

"I think that you are wrong Professor." Sirius said, frowning slightly. "I believe that Harry is going to need reassurance from all of us this summer."

"Now Sirius, I completely disagree. Harry needs to be cut off. He needs to come to terms with what happened." Dumbledore said in a calm manner, but one that brooked no discussion.

Sirius stood, clenching his fists. "I know my godson and he will feel abandoned. I will not make him go through that! You listen to me Old Man; I will do what is right for him, with or without your permission."

"I believe that you have already abandoned Harry enough in his young life Sirius." The color drained from Sirius's face as he glared at the headmaster. "Do not reveal any information to Harry! He will find out enough when he comes here near the end of the summer."

Oblivious to the tension between the two older men Ron stood. "Well I'm all for it Professor. If you think that this is best, then I agree. Harry doesn't need to think he is any more special than he is, and I'm tired of bowing down to the boy-who-lived. Now I'm off to eat." Ron walked out of the room and missed Hermione glaring at his back.

"Professor, I agree with Sirius. Harry should not even be going back to his relatives' house! Surely you know the torture he endures there?"

"Miss Granger, I expected more from you. This is all for Harry's safety. If you don't agree to not reveal anything, I will forbid you to communicate with Harry!" Sirius and Hermione were silent, staring at Dumbledore in shock. "Very good. I will be taking my leave now." Dumbledore swept out of the room and could be heard talking to Mrs. Weasley.

"Sirius, we need to go somewhere private to speak. Before Mrs. Weasley can stop us!" Sirius nodded, and motioned Hermione to follow him. Neither one spoke until they were in Buckbeak's room.

"What do you need to tell me?"

"You are correct about Harry. He will feel abandoned if we don't tell him what's going on. He needs to know the world is not all evil. He will have terrible nightmares, and I won't be there to comfort him like I usually am. And believe me; he shouldn't be going back to his relatives! They are absolutely terrible. Besides, I don't think Dumbledore has Harry's best interests at heart."

"Tell me everything you know." Sirius demanded; looking incensed by Hermione's speech.

"Sirius, his relatives abuse him. Until he was eleven his bedroom was a cupboard! He was starved for days or weeks at a time. He was beaten repeatedly, and even ended up in the hospital on several occasions. Whenever he performed accidental magic he was whipped. The only clothes ever bought for him is his uniform. He never got a single Christmas or birthday gift until he started Hogwarts. And until he started primary school he thought his name was freak, because that's how him relatives referred to him."

Burying his face in his hands, Sirius began to cry. "I failed him! Harry should have been with me."

"Sirius, it's not your fault. Blame Dumbledore, like I do. Did you know that Harry's Hogwarts letter was addressed to the 'cupboard under the stairs?' This shows that Dumbledore knew the abuse that Harry had to live with, and yet he didn't do anything about it."

"Meddling old fool!"

"Now I have a question, I take it that Lily wasn't very fond of her sister?"

"Lily loved Petunia. But Lily was one of the nicest people I knew. Unless you were trying to hex her or get her to fall in love with you." He said, chuckling quietly. "But the relationship between the two sisters was terrible. Petunia barely recognized that Lily existed, and when she talked to Lily, it was extremely mean."

"Exactly! Can you imagine Mr. and Mrs. Potter wanted Harry to go there?"

"No! James wouldn't have let that woman raise Harry! They must've had a will. It was during the war and all. I should have a sealed copy of the will in my vault because I am Harry's godfather. Now tell me more about why you think Dumbledore doesn't have Harry's best interests at heart." The two shifted on the floor, and Hermione got prepared to tell Sirius all of her doubts when she was interrupted. "Wait, I think that we should get Moony involved in all of this."

"Good thinking Sirius, we might need him."

Sirius pulled a small mirror out of his pocket and said, "Moony."

After several minutes Remus appeared in the mirror. "Padfoot, what's up?"

"Hermione has been telling me some interesting things." Sirius described everything that Hermione had told him about the Dursley's and about Dumbledore's knowledge of the abuse.

Remus looked shocked. "There must be an explanation! I can't believe that Dumbledore would leave an innocent child to that."

"Remus, I can understand that Dumbledore was the first person to give you a chance, but he isn't perfect. In fact he is far from it." Hermione said, grabbing the mirror from Sirius. "Let me tell you about our last few years at school. Year one, three first years are able to figure out that the Philosopher's Stone was hidden at Hogwarts. Every time we got stuck we conveniently got another clue from Hagrid. Then we were able to get thorough the protections that the Professors set up. If three first years could get through, how was it supposed to keep anyone else out?

"Second year, we are taught by an absolutely moron, and the Chamber of Secrets is opened. Only I figured out what the monster was, and it was Harry that found the entrance. He went down to save Ginny Weasley and ended up battling a basilisk! And at the opportune moment, Dumbledore's familiar showed up. Again, Dumbledore refused to tell Harry anything, even though he had just faced Voldemort!

"Third year, we have our only good DADA teacher, but Dumbledore allowed dementors into the school. He must have noticed that Harry and I went back in time to save Sirius, because he gently suggested we do so. He has always wanted Harry to see him as his savior! This wasn't very difficult for Harry to do after the upbringing he had.

"Fourth year, he let a death eater teach us, entered Harry into a dangerous contest which Harry could've gotten out of, and allowed Harry to face Voldemort again. But Dumbledore never reveals any information to Harry. Harry has even asked why Voldemort is so interested in him, but Dumbledore never answers. And on top of all of this, Dumbledore always demands Harry go back to his relatives; even though Dumbledore doesn't have that power as headmaster."

The two men stared at Hermione in shock as they processed all of the information they had just been handed. There was silence for several minutes before Sirius leapt to his feet. "We must do something! We need to go to Harry! He isn't safe at his relatives, and I'm not going to make him stay there. I was never given a trial, so there was no guilty conviction, which means that at least in the eyes of the goblins I am his magical guardian."

"You are right Sirius, something must be done. Apparate to Little Whining, and we will take care of this. We will take Harry directly to another safe place. You have several properties, and Harry owns the manor so we can go there."

"Great plan Moony. Hermione and I will be there shortly. We have to get around the Weasley's. They love Dumbledore too much, and I have always found the affection towards my son to be rather stinted and strange." Remus and Hermione simply looked at Sirius in silence. Well Remus attempted to as best he could while looking only through the glass. When Sirius noticed them staring he wiped his face, and said, "What?"

"You just called Harry your son." Hermione explained.

"Well he basically is! And it will help in trying to get him away from his relatives. Moony we will see you shortly." Remus signed off, and Sirius looked thoughtful for a moment. "Do you think that you can perform a glamour charm on me with my wand?"

"I might be able to, but that's illegal Sirius."

"If you use my wand they will never know that you cast the spell. I will disillusion both of us, and we will sneak downstairs. Once we are outside and on the top step I can apparate us. Once we reach Little Whining, I will transform to Padfoot, and we will find Harry. We will need the glamour later, unless Remus meets us in time." Sirius performed the spell, making Hermione and himself basically invisible. Together they snuck down the stairs, keeping an eye out for anyone. Coming upon the youngest two Weasleys and their mother talking in a hallway, they flattened themselves against the wall.

"Mum, you said that Hermione would notice me by now!" Ron complained. "I wasn't supposed to have to change at all, she was supposed to simply come to me."

"It seems that the potion isn't working the way it is supposed to dear. Do not worry though, as soon as Hermione and Harry get here for the rest of the summer we will start giving them the love potions."

Sirius put a hand on Hermione's shoulder, glad he'd had the foresight to not make her invisible to himself. He could tell that the young girl was incredibly angry, and as much as he would love to see her attack the Weasley family, they had to think about Harry. At least he thought that until Ginny said, "I can't wait to be Lady Potter. Just think about all the money I will have!"

"Now don't forget young lady, most of the money needs to be sent directly into the family vault after the wedding." Sirius felt the anger boil up inside of him. He felt Hermione's hand on his shoulder and he stayed silent and still. He knew that by getting Harry to safety he could prevent this future marriage from happening. Finally the Weasleys moved into the kitchen, continuing to discuss the best method to administer the love potion.

Sirius and Hermione continued outside, and as soon as they could they apparated to Little Whining. Sirius removed the spell, and immediately transformed into Padfoot. Using his sense of smell to guide him, he began running in the direction that he could sense Harry. Looking back to make sure Hermione was keeping up, he didn't stop until he saw his godson sitting on a bench in a park.

Harry had his face buried in his hands, and was shaking from the force of his sobs. Suddenly he felt something nudge against his leg, and he saw a large, black dog sitting in front of him. Crying out, Harry flung himself from the bench and all but tackled the dog to the ground. Sitting on his knees he wrapped his hands in the dog's fur and began to cry again. "It's my fault." He continued murmuring this phrase and was unaware of his surroundings. He heard a man say something, and then suddenly he was in his godfather's embrace.

"Pup, this isn't your fault. None of it is your fault! You did the best you could. Blame Voldemort, but do not blame yourself." Harry nodded, his face buried in Sirius's neck as he attempted to calm down. Finally Harry sat up, breathing normally and noticed Hermione and Remus standing behind Sirius.

Blushing Harry said, "I'm sorry that you had to see that. Though I would appreciate it if you didn't mention it to anyone." Then realizing something he looked at his godfather and exclaimed, "What are you doing here? You could be caught, and I don't want you going back to Azkaban."

"Calm down cub." Remus said gently. "I put up wards so that no one will notice anything. Padfoot didn't transform until he knew that I was done."

"Why are you all here?" Harry asked, still confused as to why the three most important people in his life had suddenly appeared.

"Well, Hermione explained what your life was like at the Dursley's and I couldn't leave you here. I've already failed so much as your Godfather. But no more! I'm taking you to Gringotts, and I'm going to adopt you and we are going to make sure that you never have to deal with the Dursleys again!"

"But Sirius, you cannot simply walk into Gringotts!" Harry protested.

"Fear not Prongslet. I am not a Marauder for nothing. Moony and I have a plan." Harry stood and watched as Sirius transformed. Then with a few waves of his wand, Remus made the animagus unrecognizable. The dog in front of them had sandy colored fur, and it was extremely well groomed, and had pink bows on each ear. The dog was also noticeably smaller. The size of a dog usually carried around in a bag.

Hermione squealed and Harry and Remus burst out into laughter. "Oh, Snuffles, you are so adorable!" Hermione said. "I will carry you in my purse; it'll be the perfect place for you!" This only succeeded to make Harry and Remus laugh even harder, and the disapproving barking from the dog did nothing to deter them.

Calming down, Harry looked at Hermione for a moment before turning to Remus. "Moony, can you please take Snuffles for a moment. I need to talk to Hermione." When the older man walked away with Hermione's purse Harry took Hermione's hands in his. "I know that you did all of this for me, and I simply can't tell you how glad I am about it. I don't know what is going to happen, but simply having you three here for me today means so much. I can't stand being alone after what happened."

"I know Harry, and you won't be alone again. We are going to solve this. But I have something to tell you. Ron has been drugging me. And they were going to start giving you love potions as well when you came for the summer."

"WHAT?" Harry yelled his outrage clearly visible. "How dare they do something like this? You and Ron would never work out as a couple, and I only see Ginny as a little sister. Are Ron and Ginny in on this?"

"Yes, Sirius and I heard them talking to their mum about it."

"I'm so sorry Hermione; I know that they only did this to you to turn my affection…" Harry cut himself off, looking extremely embarrassed.

"It's ok Harry," Hermione said with a smile. "I like you too." Harry looked at her in shock, before gathering her close to him in an embrace.

"I'm so glad Hermione. But now isn't exactly the time or place to discuss this." Hermione nodded, and Harry knew that she understood. The two teens made their way over to Remus. Stepping between them, he apparated them directly to the Leaky Cauldron. Quickly, the small group made their way to Gringotts. Once inside Harry made his way over to a goblin, and waited patiently until the goblin finished filing a paper. When the goblin turned to face him he said, "Hello Master Griphook. I was hoping to have a meeting with Ragnok."

Griphook looked at Harry rather surprised. "Mr. Potter, the goblins are not used to being addressed in such a respectful manner. However, it is customary to make an appointment with the head goblin."

"Oh, well if this is an inconvenient time, I can certainly come back at another time."

"Allow me to check if Ragnok is available Mr. Potter." Griphook hurried towards an office and was inside for several minutes. He returned and said, "Ragnok will see you now." He led the small party towards the office that he had been to before.

The three, along with the bag holding snuffles, walked into the room, and saw an ancient looking goblin sitting behind a desk. "Ah, Lord Potter, and Lord Black, I have been wondering when I would see you."

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