Rebirth

Chapter 5

-Harry-

The second Madam Bones declared Sirius of all charges, along with the Ministry now owing the new Lord Black a ridiculously large amount of Galleons, Moony led him, Beck, and Silena out to go and meet Sirius. Moony led them to a room off to the side of the courtroom, explaining that Madam Bones thought it would be a bad idea for the new Lord Black to walk out of the Ministry in Rags that were close to falling apart. When they got close to the room they could hear a heated argument within between Dumbledore and Sirius, "No Dumbledore!" Sirius yelled angrily "I refuse to let my godson go back there. He's staying with me and that is final!"

"Sirius listen to reason," Dumbledore commanded "Harry has to continue to spend the summers with his Aunt and Uncle and you're in no condition to make any reasonable decision for him during the school year."

"I said no!" Sirius roared and he could have sworn he felt a pulse of furious magic accompany it, "You could have gotten me a trial over a decade ago but you just spent the years in your tower, twiddling your thumbs and sitting on your ass while leaving me to rot! Added to that, if Petunia's still the same bitch that Lily told me she was, then she no doubt neglected Harry or worse. I'll tell you this now, if I find out that those miserable curs abused Harry and you did nothing to stop it…I will do everything in my power to ruin you."

Hearing the tirade he gave a low whistle, "Got that right." A wide eyed Beck said while Silena nodded and Moony seemed to be growing angry as well.

"Let's go join the fray, shall we?" he asked with a grin that was reflected on his companions as they opened the door to see the two men within close to blows, or perhaps curses.

"Pup!" Sirius exclaimed happily and limped over before giving him and Moony a massive group hug, laughing in a hoarse voice as the man probably hadn't made the sound since before his incarceration.

Laughing back he returned the hug before pulling back and sending a glare at the Headmaster "Get lost you old bat, this is a family matter and you sure as hell aren't family."

Dumbledore scowled darkly at his words, "I'd watch what you say Harry before I place you in detention for a good portion of the semester."

"You can't do jack shit to me about anything that happens off the ground of Hogwarts you dumbass," he said with a snort "and now that Sirius is free and once more my guardian you lack both the power and the right to meddle with my life. Now scram." Dumbledore looked about to argue the point until Madam Bones walked in, causing the ancient Headmaster to cut losses and leave before things got worse.

"Lord Black," Madam Bones said with a small smile while handing over an envelope "within are a serious of documents, the first stating that you are Mr. Potter's official guardian. The second is a writ that will transfer a sum of Galleons to your accounts from those of Ex Minister Bagnold, Bartameius Crouch Senior, and the Ministry itself for your illegal incarceration. And finally the third is a document verifying that you have been cleared of all charges should anyone attempt to cause problems."

"Thank you Madam Bones." Sirius said gratefully, taking the Envelope as well as a simply robe that Madam Bones conjured a moment later.

"You're welcome." The red haired woman said with a nod before turning and exiting the room.

"Okay Sirius, first things first is that you are in desperate need of a shower." He said with a grin as he pinched his nose playfully "After that we're going to get you some clothes and I know just the place."

"Oi!" Sirius growled playfully before sniffing and recoiling "Okay, shower it is. But what do you mean you know just the place for clothes?"

"Well to start with" he said with a wide grin as he wrapped an arm around Silena's waist and pulled her forward "Sirius, meet my Girlfriend Silena Beauregard. Her mom owns a clothing store in the Knockturn Alley Grey District and I met both her and my friend Beck in there over the summer."

"Well then it's a pleasure to meet you," Sirius said with a wide grin "I'll be sure to try and get to know you better when I don't smell like Dementor shit."

"Do Dementors even do that?" he asked as they all walked over to the Floo stations, completely ignoring the Reporters taking pictures and shouting out questions.

"Only after doing the kiss." Sirius said seriously causing him to shudder, having heard about the kiss over the summer "And that shit not only is the foulest smelling thing I've ever been forced to endure it also is able to eat through solid rock before losing its acidity."

"Yikes," he said wide eyed before climbing into the Floo Station and calling out "The Leaky Cauldron!".

After a great deal of spinning, almost losing his Oakleys, and almost losing his lunch he was finally spat back out into the tavern of Diagon Alley, Silena following a moment later as well as Moony, Beck, and Sirius. "Ah, Sirius," Tom said happily at the sight of them while the rest of the tavern went silent "I was listening to your trial on the wireless. I must say I'm relieved that they finally saw sense and released you."

"You never thought I was guilty?" Sirius asked surprised.

"I watched you grow up with James Potter and Mr. Lupin there," Tom said, giving the usual toothless grin "you three were as closer than brothers, hell you're closer than a lot of actual brothers I've seen. I knew that you would have never sold out the Potters to You-Know-Who."

"Thanks Tom," Sirius said gratefully, reaching out and shaking the landlord's hand "that means a lot to me. Listen, I need to take a shower before I go get some new clothes, can I rent a room for an hour or so?"

"Room 2A and it's on the house as is this," Tom said sliding Sirius a large beer "consider it my welcome back gift."

"Forget Dumbledore, you Tom are the greatest Wizard of the age!" Sirius laughed happily before taking the key and the beer, rushing upstairs to go get clean.

"Thank you Tom," Remus said once Sirius was gone "I know that meant a lot to him."

"Don't worry about it," Tom bushed it off "you just get him back to being healthy. I miss the stories of the marauders causing mischief."

"I wouldn't mind hearing a few of these stories myself." He said with a grin, having only heard some of the stories from his parent's journals.

"Well Harry, while we wait for your godfather to decontaminate himself why don't I tell you the story of the time your Father came here begging for my help in planning his first date with your mother?" Tom asked as he nodded eagerly, sitting at the bar along with Silena and Beck while Moony leaned against a column and smirked.

An hour later he had been told not only the story of his parents first date but also of the many times Tom had hidden Moony, Sirius, and his dad from the angered shop owners of the alley after a prank. "Feeling better Sirius?" Moony called out as they turned to see Sirius, much less grimy, walking down the stairs, hair still dripping wet but a wide grin on the man's face.

"I feel like a million Galleons!" Sirius said happily "Now come on, lets get this voucher cashed, me a new wardrobe, and then we eat like kings!"

"Hey!" Silena exclaimed with a mock glare.

"And Harry's Queen." Sirius amended as Silena nodded smugly. They walked out into the Alley, making a stop in Gringotts to have the voucher redeemed, before heading into the Grey District and into Natalia's store.

"Hey Mom," Silena said, running up and surprising the beautiful shop owner with a hug "miss me?"

"Silena!" Natalia laughed happily and returned the hug "But what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at Hogwarts?"

Silena quickly explained that they had gotten excused for the trial and why they were here, "So can you help us?" Silena asked after telling the story.

"Of Course," Natalia said before looking Sirius up and down "step over here and I'll begin taking your measurements. After that you can go through our catalogue and select what you want."

"Of course dear lady." Sirius said, taking Natalia's hand and kissing her knuckles with a roguish grin.

Seeing his godfather flirting with his girlfriend's mother he snorted but they stood by and watched as the beautiful woman took Sirius' measurements, the pair of them flirting throughout the entire process as he couldn't decide on whether to be amused or disturbed, a dilemma that Silena seemed to share. Finally they were finished as Sirius placed a large order with the store, "So dear lady," Sirius flirted after filing out the payment form for the order "care to join us for lunch?"

"I'd be delighted." Natalia laughed, linking her arm with Sirius as the pair of them walked out of the store.

Glancing at Silena he said "I'm not sure how to take this."

"Me either." Silena admitted, her eyebrows furrowed.

"At least things aren't boring." Beck piped up before they all walked out, not realizing that Moony had been rooted to the spot since the two adults had started flirting and only shook out of it once the door closed.

"Oh sweet Merlin," the werewolf whispered in wide eyed horror "there's two of them!"