Title: Harry Potter and the Return of Voldemort

Disclaimer: Everything is JKR's. Please don't sue me!

Chapter Summery: Sirius gets released from Azkaban after being proven innocent and along with Remus, they go to collect Harry. They arrive and are shocked at what they see.

Chapter 1: Rescued

"Get up now boy!" Harry's uncle yelled as he walked up to Harry's cupboard, where he had been living for the last 10 years, and unlocked it. The locks had been placed on his cupboard ever since Vernon caught Harry eating some food one night. He had been severely punished for 'stealing' their food, as his uncle liked to call it. Harry sat up and immediately regretted doing so. His left wrist appeared to be broken and was bruised very badly. His uncle had been unhappy with some of his yard work and made sure that Harry knew about his displeasure.

"Hurry up and get in here to cook our breakfast!" Uncle Vernon called from the kitchen, where he was currently reading his newspaper. Harry slowly got up, despite the pain in his back from the recent belt wounds that he acquired and stepped out of his cupboard. He went into the kitchen and began preparing the Dursley's breakfast, like he did everyday for them. He had finished everything except the bacon when his fat lump of a cousin walked in. He saw Harry standing there as he just pulled the last strips of bacon off the frying pan. Dudley walked up to his cousin and gave him a slight shove which caused Harry's left hand to hit the frying pan, which was still very hot and full of bacon grease. Dudley started laughing when Harry screamed out in pain. Harry's palm began to blister as soon as it hit the immensely hot surface.

Uncle Vernon jumped up from the table and grabbed Harry by his hair and drug him out of the kitchen and into the hallway. He pulled off his belt and began to beat Harry with it. Harry tried to keep as quiet as possible in hopes of Vernon assuming he learned his 'lesson' on staying quiet. Then again, that was easier said than done since he had just burned his palm on a hot surface and it has his broken arm, none the less. After the pain became unbearable, Harry slipped into the blissful unconsciousness.

Earlier that day, the so called 'mass-murderer' Sirius Black was released after being proven innocent. The Ministry of Magic had apparently found the 'dead' Peter Pettigrew, who in fact had the dark mark on his arm when they arrested him. They used Veritaserum on him and found out that Sirius Black was in fact innocent. They immediately contacted the minister and told him of the news they learned. This allowed Sirius to be freed from that dreaded prison that he had been living in for the past ten years. His best friend, who suspected he was guilty, showed up when he was released. It had been far too long since they last saw each other.

"Padfoot! I am so glad that you have been proven innocent. It has been so lonely without having any more of my fellow marauder friends around." Before Remus could finish talking anymore, he was interrupted by Sirius.

"Wait just a minute! I thought that you were supposed to get custody of Prongslet if I wasn't around. Who is he with?" Sirius demanded.

"The minister passed some laws just before you were imprisoned about werewolves and their families. They don't allow any werewolves to obtain custody of any children mostly because they fear that we werewolves would infect them." Remus replied to his friend as they continued walking towards the Leaky Cauldron, where they were planning on sharing a drink in order to celebrate the release of Sirius.

"Who is he with then?" Sirius demanded again as he got this feeling in the pit of his stomach that he knew who Remus was going to say.

"Dumbledore thought it was best that Harry went to live with Lily's sister, especially since Harry would be receiving some type of blood protection to keep him safe from Voldemort." Remus and Sirius were one of the few who actually said Voldemort, rather than fearing a simple name.

"Lily's sister? As in Petunia Dursley?" Sirius was very alarmed now that his suspicions have been confirmed.

"Well yes, but what is wrong?" Remus asked as he saw the distraught look his friend was showing.

"The Dursley's are the worst sort of people possible! They hate magic and Petunia has always despised her sister. I know for a fact because I met her one time when James and I were visiting Lily when she was at her parent's house. Petunia happened to be there at the same time along with her husband and their child. Harry was never supposed to be sent there, even with some blood charm that Dumbledore talked about. Remus, we have to get over there and remove him from their care as soon as possible!" Sirius explained quickly.

"We can't just kidnap him. What do you have in mind?" Remus asked.

"Right now, Fudge is trying to suck up to me over the fact that I was wrongfully imprisoned. I am sure that he wouldn't mind granting us custody over Harry as a form of apology." Sirius said.

"I suppose that would work. We should head over to the ministry as soon as possible then, if you want to get him out of their care." Remus said.

"First, I need to get cleaned up and to put some new robes on." Sirius said. Shortly after Sirius cleaned up a bit, he and Remus apparated over to the Ministry of Magic and had a short meeting with Minister Fudge. Fudge agreed to let Harry live with them as long as Sirius didn't ask for anything else in repayment for his wrongful imprisonment. Fudge was one cheap guy who wanted to look good, even if it meant he was covering something up. After filling out some basic adopting paper work for about an hour they were finally finished. Before going to collect Harry, they decided to stop by Hogwarts to inform the headmaster that they were the official guardians of Harry now. Dumbledore wasn't thrilled that they were removing Harry from the blood protection at Number Four Private Drive, but after hearing about the way the Dursley's acted around wizards and witches he agreed that it was probably best. Later on, Dumbledore would realize what a serious mistake he had made when sending Harry to live with the Dursley's. After their conversation with their ex-headmaster, they finally left the school and apparated over to Private Drive. They knocked on the door and a short while later an abnormally large young boy opened the front door for them. What they saw behind the boy was a scene that would haunt them for quite some time.

Later in the afternoon, Harry awoke inside his cupboard under the stairs. After he had passed out, his uncle had apparently shoved him back into his so called bedroom. Surprisingly enough, he liked his cupboard a bit. It was one place where he usually felt somewhat safe from his large uncle, who had difficulty getting to him sometimes while he was sitting in there. It was also a place of his own that his relatives never entered. He managed to sit up but he inhaled some dust that fell though the cracks above as his cousin walked downstairs. This caused him to cough and that alerted his uncle that he had regained consciousness. His cousin had heard it too and watched as his father came over to the cupboard. Dudley usually watched his father beat his cousin because he claimed that it was 'fun to watch'. It was most definitely not fun for Harry.

"I see you have finally woken up. It's about time! I had chores for you to do today but it is already late in the afternoon and I don't think you will be able to finish them. Since you didn't get around to the tasks I had planned for you, you will be punished. I think Dudley here wants to practice a bit of his boxing, after all, one day he will be a famous boxer." Vernon said after he had opened the cupboard door and looked down at the small boy who was holding his left arm carefully avoiding the blisters.

Dudley pulled Harry out of the cupboard since he was smaller than his father. Dudley took a swing at Harry, who was leaning against the wall for support, and Dudley's fist connected with Harry' nose. It immediately began bleeding onto his Aunt Petunia's white carpet. Luckily for her, she wasn't even here to see it happen since she was currently visiting a friend for the week. Dudley took another swing at Harry and he missed when Harry slid to the floor. Dudley's hand connected with the wall and he started wailing like a baby. Vernon immediately rushed to his aid and grabbed his son an ice pack for his hand, which was barely hurt at all.

"How dare you try to escape punishment? I thought you learned your lesson last time boy but I guess not." Vernon said as he kicked Harry, who was still slumped on the ground holding his bleeding nose. Vernon continued to kick Harry and caused Harry to cry out when his ribs cracked. Vernon then resorted to using his belt again and began to beat Harry with it. Vernon usually hit Harry's back but Harry was currently lying on his back, even though that already hurt, and was holding his chest where he was just kicked. Vernon brought down the belt on Harry's arms and legs continually. Dudley stood by the front door watching as his cousin was being beat with his father's belt. As he stood there, he heard a quiet knock coming from the door. His father hadn't heard it because he continued to whip Harry with the belt. Dudley went ahead and opened the door to reveal to funny dressed men. He was about to ask them who they were and why they were wearing their funny looking clothes but he was rendered unconscious by a stupefy spell.

The large boy had opened the door for them and they were able to see Harry's uncle bringing the belt down on the little boy. Sirius wasted no time and quickly stunned the boy just before entering the house. Vernon heard the thump caused by his son and turned around to see two wizards. He had met one of them before and instantly paled when he realized that they saw what he was doing to his nephew.

"Get out of my house you freaks before I call the authorities!" Vernon shouted in the worst tone that he could get out, but it wasn't very successful because he was terrified of what they could do to him. He did his best not to how his fear, but was unsuccessful. Just after he said that, they stunned him. He fell to the ground next to Harry, who was once again unconscious again.

"Shit! Moony we need to get him to St. Mungos for treatment. We can deal with them later." Sirius said as he carefully picked the small boy up. Harry was pretty small for his age and severely malnourished which caused him to weigh very little too. When Sirius picked him up, Harry gave a quiet whimper as he faded in and out of consciousness. Harry wasn't sure what was going on but for some reason he felt relatively safe especially since he knew he wasn't in his uncle's arms. After a moment of semi-consciousness, he once again passed out just before they apparated out of the Dursley household, leaving two stunned muggles behind.

Revised: May 22nd, 2006

A/N: I am currently revising the story and some things may or may not add up perfectly. As of right now, the first two chapters have been revised and I am currently working on the third chapter. So some parts might be confusing until I finish revising everything.