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We did not realize what was to happen here. Our life was to be changed forever. We would get the one thing we wanted but lose him. We were determined not to let this happen. So while the deal was made and decisions set, we came up with an idea that would prevent him from being completely ripped away from us.

Lily Potter looked around her as a seemingly impossible battle raged on, searching for a sign of her lost son. She noticed a door swinging ominously behind her. She looked down on the floor to see a trail a blood and in that, a pair of foot steps. Lily cast a quick look behind her to see the rest of the people who had come with them in the midst of a heated battle. She saw James come out from behind her and pull her into the corridor and motioned her to follow him with her wand ready.

James followed the path of footsteps walking quickly. He starts running as he sees Bellatrix casting a silent curse towards the two children. One hits the girl causing her to lose her grasp on her brother. Bellatrix quickly fires two other spells in quick succession, to his horror, he sees one hit his son.

"You thought you could get away from us?" The woman cackled. As she raised her wand to send another curse at them, the girl fired a fireball at the woman so fast that she barely a chance to register what was happening before she was hit. The girl slumped to the ground, snapping his son out of his stupor.

James rushed towards to help the two children, only for the Harry to snap out of his stupor and grab his sister before disappearing in a flash of Flames.

Looking up, he nodded back to Lily; both husband and wife headed back to the battle. James signaled Sirius who gave the signal to the rest of the Order members there. They needed to get back to Hogwarts, hopefully that was where the children went. James could not brush off the feeling that whatever those curses were, they would change everything.

Sirius smirked grimly as he stunned another deatheater, hoping that James was able to find his godson. He looked around him for another deatheater but something caught his eye. The young woman who appeared in the office before was battling two deatheaters at a time and seemed to be tiring. Sirius watched in horror as a flash of light hit her and she staggered. Time seemed to slow down as the light hit her face. It was the woman from the night before, the mystery woman.

Without thinking Sirius ran to her aid. Not seeing the slicing hex until the last minute when it slammed into his arm. Ignoring the pain, Sirius kept fighting, the urge to protect her causing him to fight viciously bringing down the two that dared harm her within a few moments. Sirius looked up again toward the her watching him with her sharp blue- green eyes, Sirius found himself unable to look away from her.

He was snapped out of his stupor with a shout from James. He forced himself to turn away to look for James, who gave a hurried nod to him. Understanding the sign he gave the signal to the rest of the troop and prepared to activate his portkey only to look up and see the young woman stagger before collapsing. Sirius rushed to catch her before her head hit the floor. He quickly scooped her up and portkeyed to the Hogwarts Infirmary.

Carissa looked around her in panic, she couldn't sense her youngest children anywhere in the vicinity. It seemed as if they had completely disappeared. She heard the signal and looked around for her husband who nodded to her, as they both teleported to the Hogwarts Infirmary not knowing that this would be a changing point in all of their lives and their little family would never be the same.

Demetrius threw a fireball at the nearest deatheater and immediately turned to fight another deatheater. 'Man, they never learn do they? ' he thought to himself as the deatheaters kept coming. He looked over to see his aunt tied down with two deatheaters, but before he could make his way over there, the man that had been his little brother's godfather rush in to help her. He then watched in horror as his aunt collapsed, almost in slow motion. The man seemed to catch his sister just in the nick of time. Hearing the signal, Dimitri fire ported to the Hogwarts Infirmary.

For Madam Pomphrey, it was a regular and slow summer. No students to run after, her stocks were completely full. Everything was as it should be. She sat down in her office and sipped her tea. Yes, it was nice and quiet summer.

Unfortunately for Madam Pomphrey, this peace was quickly disturbed by a burst of fire that had her holding on to the door frame of her office. Then, just as quickly as the fire bloomed, it was gone, leaving two injured teenagers, a boy and a girl in the middle of the hospital wing. The boy looked up, his emerald green eyes captured Madam Pomphrey's eyes. "Please help…" He gasped out before falling to the floor with the girl in his arms. Madam Pomphrey got to work quickly levitating the two onto their own beds.

She quickly placed a stasis charm on the girl as she looked better than the boy, who even in his unconscious state showed immense pain.

She cast the diagnosis charm and got to work. Suddenly there was a loud shout and the sound of many people filled the Hospital Wing. Madam Pomphrey looked up to see several people with various amount of injuries.

A man with emerald green eyes rushed forward to the girl and began casting a strange magic around her. Madam Pomphrey took a step back, as she watched amazed at the magic. Next to her, the woman with fierce sapphire eyes worked on the young boy with fierce determination. She could see the resemblance between the two.

She was snapped out of her daze by a familiar voice. She quickly ran over to the other beds and began to do what she could to help the injured. She was Madam Pomphrey after all, the Hogwarts Hospital Wing Mediwitch.

Lily burst in to tears at the sight of her long lost son, in pain. She sank into James' waiting arms and sobbed. Behind her shoulder, Carissa could see Lily Potter cry over her son. She pushed the thought aside and pushed more energy toward trying to heal her child, as her husband healed their daughter. Carissa gasped the power behind the curse and the magnitude of darkness it possessed.

Antonio concentrated his power into healing his daughter. The curse was an evil one, that had she been a human, she would not have survived, but thank the Gods she wasn't. Sighing, his kissed his daughter's bow and went over to his wife who was having a harder time trying to heal Oliver. He worked hard, trying cure his son of the curse that the bitch Lestrange had placed on him. It was draining his magic from him. His wife worked hard next to him trying to heal their son. But no matter how hard they tried the human half kept seeping his magic away. Antonio placed his son under a quick stasis charm.

It hit him then, the curse was indeed deadly but to mortals not them. For his son to survive, he would need to be adopted, completely adopted with the consent of his biological parents. Antonio looked over at the couple in question; both looked forlorned and had expressions of extreme grief and worry on their faces. There was no doubt they would consent to save Oliver, but at what cost? Antonio knew he had to discuss it with her first.

He nodded to his wife and they both walked out the door and erected privacy wards. This was going to be a very hard decision. One that was necessary and painful.

She knew from the moment that he set up the wards, what he was going to say. As happy as this would make the both of them, she also knew how much pain it would bring.

"His human half is killing him." Antonio said, knowing that his wife already knew. "The only way to save him is to fully adopt him as a Sorceror."

"I know, and this is something we have all wanted for a very long time, but we know the consequences. What the Potters could demand. We do not even know if they will acquiesce to this."

"I do not see them refusing this request. He is still their son, and they have been looking for him for a long time."

"They may keep him away from us." She said despairingly. She knew this might be the only way to save their son

"They would not be able to. He is our son, and after the full adoption, they will not even be related to him in any way. And to save him, we still have to take that risk. If we don't, we might all lose him." Carissa sighed as her husband's arms surrounded her in comfort. She had to protect her child and that was all she could think of at this time and knew her husband felt the same.

"Let's go talk to them." She said resignedly. To save her son, she would have to risk losing him and that was something she was just going have to accept. Even if it broker her heart to let him go.

Seeing her so upset, Antonio sighed and pulled her back into his arms and closer to him; "You know I didn't get a kiss today, you're falling behind, cara." A few tears escaped her eyes. "How can you think about something like that at a time like this?" Antonio put his finger under her chin and tilted it up so they were looking to each other eye to eye, and he kissed her. Pulling back he kissed her forehead and held her. "It's ok; it's going to be ok. No one can take our son from us, I won't let them, and neither will the children. We are a family and families always stick together no matter what. Remember, Cara, the promise? I'll never let it go. Never." Antonio felt his wife shudder knowing she was crying. "It's ok to be afraid; it's ok to let it out. You don't always need to be strong." Antonio comforted his wife.

Lily Potter sat by her long lost son's side. They two had left him under what appeared to be a complex stasis charm. The girl seemed to be alright but her son was still in pain. Lily could feel the tears slid down her cheeks. They had only just found him; they could not lose him again. They just couldn't.

James Potter paced behind his wife, occasionally glancing at his son. He was angry and frustrated, He should have gotten there soon, fought harder, somehow helped his son. And yet here was his precious little boy, lying in the stark white bed in pain and there was nothing he could do. There was no way he would lose Harry now. That was his son; he would not fail his son again. Not matter what happened. He still had to make up for all of those years, he had to show Harry that James was worth being a father to him.

Sirius laid the young women on the bed and watched as the young man healed her. He felt his heart constrict as he thought of his Godson in pain over there and yet he could not bring himself to leave her side. No wonder she had been in such awe in his room, it was her nephew. Sirius felt his anger grew. She could have told him! But then he was such an arse himself, he thought she was a muggle, when she was so much more. He regretted it every moment. He settled for sitting next to the young woman who captured his heart. He knew now, he was in too deep, and he would never be able to let her go again.

As for his Godson, he looked over to his best friend and brother, no matter what; he would never let him down again. Even if it meant turning away from the man he considered his brother. Never again…

The doors opened to reveal Carissa and Antonio, the couple walked in confidently giving nothing of what they were thinking away. They walked towards the Potters who watched them apprehensively as if they were going to take Harry away from them again. Carissa eyes were red rimmed from her tears and Antonio had a stern mask in place but his eyes displayed his desperation louder than the words could. The four parents looked at each other, the Potters waiting for them to speak first and the DeSavre's trying to find the right words to say.

"I think we need to talk. It is very serious and it could mean life or death for our son." Antonio said meeting James Potter's eyes. From the corner of his eye, James could see Sirius stand up in case he was needed. James nodded and took Lily's hand, taking strength from her as she did from him. "When we found Oliver, Harry, and took him, we were able to partially adopt him. But before we can fully adopt him as one of us, according to our laws, we need to have your permission. Right now, his human half is what is killing him. To save him, now there is no other choice."

Lily's eyes widened. They wanted to take her baby away from her completely. She knew what that meant. To adopt him completely, would be like severing his link to the Potters completely and wholly. It would be like he was never their child. How were they supposed to just let him go? They hurt him so bad, and they would never get to make it up to their son. But they couldn't do that if he was dead either.

Lily's head was spinning, her child, her eldest; she looked at his limp body. She felt James pull he into his embrace and tried to listen to his quick whispering. "Lily, we have to, it may be his only chance, Lily… Lily…"

She looked up at the two anxious faces, "But he's MY son, he wouldn't be…"

"So now he is your son… now that you realize he is here and powerful?" A male voice spoke out. Everyone turned around to the source.

Demetrius was struggling to keep himself together, Sirius trying to get him to sit back down.

"You ignored him as a child," Sirius got him to sit back down.

"Let them handle it…" he whispered to him.

"Let them handle it? Who do you think you are? This is my business too, that is my little brother, you didn't have to soothe his nightmares, and watch him try to adjust to being loved! No child should have to adjust to being love! They should be loved from the beginning, not ignored!" Demetrius yelled. He quieted at his father's soft glare.

Lily, James and Sirius all felt as though they had been slapped. James cupped her face in his hands and looked into her emerald green eyes. "If that can save him, maybe we can come up with something so we don't give him up completely, so we can still see him, adopted or not he will always be our son. Maybe we can now make up for his time with us before, replace those bad memories with good ones of us." He used his thumbs to wipe the tears that leaked out of her eyes. But Lily could only think about losing her son again, after she had just gotten him back, only this time it would be permanent. Her eldest wouldn't even be her son anymore.

"I can't lose him again, he, he is my baby, I, I just can't. Not again. Not Again." Lily cried. She knew to save she had to let him go but to let him go was just too hard.

Carissa saw the confliction in Lily's eyes and went forward and took Lily's hands in hers. "." James hugged his wife from behind; they both knew what they had to do.

"Mrs. Potter, Lily, We are not trying to take him away from you completely. We saved him when he ran away. We couldn't return him because we knew what his life was like. I have always thought of you as an insensitive woman who didn't love him. But now, I can see you still care for him; he has always been your son. Let us save him; otherwise he may not be around to forgive you. "

Lily looked up into the other woman's eyes and saw the desperation and determination glinting in her eyes. "You're right. I give my consent. Just…" She looked at James too choked up to continue.

"I know we had made a big mistake before with him, and all we want is a chance to make things right. We give our permission. Please, just save him. I just have one request… please let us take him for a year. He can live with us and get to know us as his family too. We will not isolate him completely away from you; just give him room to come back to his place in our family. Just because of this full adoption, we do not want to cut ties with him forever. He will still always be my son." James said firmly, a few tears slid down his face.

Carissa took a deep breath and exchanged a glance with Antonio and nodded. He took a deep breath and nodded. "We can agree to that. Please remember, even after the one year, we will not be keeping him away from you. We will leave that up to him, and what he wants to do."

"Deal."

I was so surprised when I was told of this development. I knew how hard it must have been to agree not to have any contact with him for a year. But both sets of parents were desperate. One would get what they always wanted but have to remain separated for a year and the other would lose him but have something to hold on to. But where would I fall in the midst of this? I was now bound to this wizard, Sirius Black. He was my mate, and denying what we have could kill me. But I was not going to give in without a fight. And boy, would I fight.

"Deal."

She heard a foreign voice say. A sterile and clean smell invaded her senses followed by the scent of Pine trees and fire. Her eyes popped open as she recognized the scent only to be shut them as her vision was filled with bright light. She slowly blinked her eyes to get them used to the brightness of the room. She looked around to see her brother and sister in law standing across from the Potters. Her younger nephew was in a stasis bubble and her niece laying comatose on the bed, her older brother at her side. She looked at the man next to her, surprised to see Sirius Black staring at her in surprise. She tried to prop herself up only to stun him into action helping her sit up, propping up pillows for her comfort. She looked at him strangely as she turned back towards her brother who walked towards her.

"Antonio, what is going on? What is wrong with Oliver?"

"He was hit by a curse that drains away the life force of wizard. The human half of him is killing him. We have received permission from the Potters to do a full adoption."

"That is great news, why are you so down?"

"Because we will have to stay away from him for a year." Antonio's voice cracked a little. Saia's eyes widened. She had never seen her big brother so distraught. She held his hand.

"Don't worry big brother, we will find a way. And you know Oliver; he will not idly stand and not see his family. Now let's adopt your son completely." She took a breath and stood up. Sirius made to stop her but she pulled away.

"Maybe you should rest first, you were injured pretty badly yourself." Saia glared at him, only for him to glare back at her. She went around him and joined her brother and sister in law around her nephew's bed; her brother on one side of the bed and her sister at the other. It was time to bring make him a full sorcerer.

AN: I want to first of all say Thank you To all of my fans, who have stuck to this story. It has been a few long and hard years and I am very sorry about that. I have received my inspiration to continue this story. Though it will be slow but I will continue.

The next chapter will be of course what comes next as this is where we had left off in the original.

Stay tuned!