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Short Summary: Everyone was so busy arresting Harry after the DOM, that they didn't notice a snow white dog sneak out of the Veil of Death. Sirius Black is back, and he wants payback.

Prologue: Timeless Marauder

Remus Lupin stood by with distress written on his face as Harry Potter was arrested by Aurors for breaking and entering. Lupin couldn't believe it. Harry had done everything in his power to do what he thought was right, and Voldemort had been there! Fudge had seen it, and Dumbledore had dueled him! So why were they pinning everything on Harry?

To say he was pissed would be an understatement. He went back into the Room of Death, and looked at the hanging curtain that was known as the Veil of Death. He muttered, " I'm sorry I can't help Harry, Padfoot."

He was almost too preoccupied with mourning his friends death, as well as Harry's arrest, that he almost didn't notice the snow white dog that was standing next to the Veil. He furrowed his eyebrows, and squinted. The dog certainly looked like Sirius' Animagus form, but everyone knew he was a Grim. Remus began to walk up to it, but the dog began to growl menacingly, and backed up into a corner. Being a beast at heart, Remus knew that there was no more formidable an opponent than one with its back against the wall.

The dog quickly ran out when the door opened to reveal Fudge and Dumbledore. Remus watched aghast as Fudge fired a stunner at it, but the dog swiftly dodged it, ran over, and pissed on Dumbledore's robes. Remus heard Dumbledore mutter, " Damn mutt."

Fudge snapped to Remus, and began to berate him with questions. Remus noticed the dog was standing in the doorway watching…. Then he changed into a human.

(Sirius)

Sirius stunned both Dumbledore and Fudge. Something that most men can never say they've done. Well, stunned Dumbledore. There's about a hundred men who can say that about Fudge. Sirius the revived thought with a smile. He barked out, " Moony! Come, now! We need to get out of here!"

" What about Harry? Why are you alive?"

Sirius whispered, " All will be answered, we just need to get to Grimmauld Place without anyone seeing us. I'm going back into my new Animagus form, so be a good little werewolf and guide me out of here."

Sirius smiled at the frustration on his friend's face, and shifted back into his new white wolf form. He growled whenever someone came close, even Tonks. Sirius growled even more at Moony, when he showed signs of attraction to his cousin. Remus whispered after the cheerful Auror left, " Really Sirius? Weren't you always telling me I needed to get laid?"

Sirius raised his heckles in response, and acted like he was going to piss on Moony's robes. Lupin chuckled, and continued to lead Sirius out of the Department of Mysteries. Once they were out, and onto the lift, Sirius turned back, pulled out a sheet of paper that Moony recognized as the Marauder's Map, and muttered, Portus.

" How did you get that from Harry?"

Sirius frowned, " No questions Moony! Not now! We need to get the fuck out of this joint now! Activate. Grimmauld Avenue Number Twelve."

Sirius felt the jerk behind his navel, and in a minute, they appeared out in front of Grimmauld Place Number Twelve. Sirius whispered, " Quickly, inside!"

They entered the house with wands drawn, and Sirius slammed the door shut and latched all the locks. He gestured for Remus to have a seat. He did, so Sirius asked, " What do you want to know first?"

" I thought you died. What happened?"

Sirius smiled, " James and Lily were very displeased with me dying so quickly, so they appealed to a Higher Power and had me sent back. My memories were modified so I would now see and remember things I should have already, but for unforeseen circumstances, didn't."

"Like?"

Sirius laughed and summoned a butterbeer from the fridge, " Like when you caught Ron giving Hermione the 'rough end?'"

Moony's face turned blood red, " I'll have you know, that Dumbledore specifically ordered me not to do anything about that particular situation."

" That's the point! We are all being ass raped by Dumbledore. All of us. You. Me. Definitely Harry. All of us. The bastard knew I was innocent and never did anything about it. James and Lily's will specifically said for him NOT to go to the Dursleys! I was there! I saw them write it! Yet where does he go?"

Moony frowned, " I see what you mean Sirius. I've had enough of Dumbledore's shit too. Are the wards still keyed to you?"

" Already taken care of. Dumbass and his Order of KFC are gonna get a hell of a surprise if they try to come here."

Moony chuckled darkly, but changed topics, " Padfoot, what are we going to do about Harry?"

" Unless you've been holding out on me for years, and have some cash stowed away, then nothing. Unless Fudge gives me a Posthumous Pardon, I still can't leave this house unless I'm absolutely certain I won't get caught."

Moony's frown deepened, " Unless he gets replaced, which I doubt since Dumbledore pinned everything on Harry, I don't see that happening. But, I think that a trip to Gringotts may be in store."

Sirius sighed, " I know, Moony. I know, but it's just so GODDAMN FRUSTRATING! They sent me back so that I could finish my task of helping Harry to power, and here I am sitting in a fucking manor while he's sent to Azkaban!"

" His trial is in a month. Until then, he will be kept under house arrest at either the Dursley's or the Weasleys. Aurors Kingsley, Tonks, and Vance will keep eye on him, as well as a whole slew of other members of Dumbledore's Order of the KFC as you put it."

Sirius brightened, " Good, at least we have some time. Moony, I have to do something and you know that. I'm the head of House Black. I can summon our allies."

" Not trying to rain on your parade, but both of your nieces are married to Death Eaters, we all thought that Bellatrix HAD KILLED YOU, and the other parts of the family aren't so nice either. Your aunt Cassiopeia and her husband, Perceus, they might help us."

Sirius sank back, " Good points, Moony, but I wasn't born a Black for no reason. Intrigue for Breakfast, Politics for Lunch, Corruption for snacks, and Manipulation for dinner."

Sirius stood up, and began to use some magicks that Moony hadn't thought he'd known, " I'm adding a few wards to my great grandfather's already very powerful wards. These wards will break all forms of Imperious, Mind Control, Compulsion, etc, when the subject enters the house. It has long been my hunch that Bella was controlled by her husband, Rodolphus, because she was such a sweet girl when she got married, but only a few days later, she's a killing maniac."

" Hmm, I see your point. That is a little suspicious. Guess you were an Unspeakable for a reason."

Sirius smiled, " My good looks?"

Sirius motioned for Moony to follow him to the Family Tapestry. The first thing they both noticed, was that Sirius was back on the tapestry, and he had a little leaf next to it symbolizing he was Lord Black. " Moony, what I'm about to do, only Lord Black can do. I'm calling a House Meeting."

Sirius pulled out his wand, stuck it on his portrait, and shouted, " I, Lord Sirius Orion Black, call forth a Meeting of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Black to take place in exactly ten minutes!"

A shimmer of power went through the tapestry, and touched each living member's portrait, including Bellatrix Lestrange, but not her husband, and the same for Narcissa Malfoy. Moony asked, " Now what?"

Sirius gestured for them to go back down to the foyer, " We wait my friend."

Ten minutes later, the wards pinged as about ten people entered them. They heard some shrieks, and answered the door. Most of the family had their wands pointed at Lestrange and Malfoy, who were both looking lost, but Lestrange in particular. Sirius hissed, " Everyone in! Now!"

The oldest couple entered first, the elderly woman asked, " Sirius? You're Lord Black now?"

" Yes I am, but we don't have time for this. Get inside. I can't have the Aurors or Dumbass picking up on us."

Andromeda Tonks asked, " Sirius? My daughter said you were dead. What happened? Why are my sisters here?"

" Like I told Aunt Cassiopeia, get inside and all will be explained."

Sirius slammed the door with a boom, and latched all the locks. Moony stood in the middle of the family, and Cassiopeia, an elderly witch whose trademark Black hair was now sparkling silver, harassed him, " You're that werewolf filth that Sirius befriended. You don't deserve to be in this house."

Sirius hissed, " I command you to shut the fuck up about Moony, Aunt Cassie."

Narcissa commented, " Dear Sirius, such terrible manners. How did you become Lord Black again?"

Sirius glared at her, before answering, " My father died. Now, on to business. Anyone seen Bella?"

Narcissa pointed, " She's over there, talking to Aunt Walburga like she's never met her before."

Sirius smiled, " So I was right. Bella was under a lot of mind controls when she married Rodolphus."

Cassiopeia stood up again, " I'll have you know that Rodolphus was a fine, upstanding young man when little Bella married him."

" Fine and upstanding alright. He's the reason Bella's one of Voldemort's most feared Death Eaters. But I guess you didn't know that, since you've been living in France."

Cassiopeia sighed angrily, and Narcissa looked at Sirius, " Does this mean you can get our marriages annulled? "

" Indeed, Cissy. I can have it ordered, but we need to get to Gringotts to do it. As you know, neither me nor Bella can be seen in the open or we'll be killed on sight. Maybe worse."

Andromeda was next, " Sirius, what about me and Tonks? Will we be reinstated?"

" Depends on how in love Nymphadora is with Dumbledore. If she's drinking his Kool-Aide and eating his fried chicken, then we may be able to arrange something so that you can be reinstated, but not her. I've enough of Dumbledore's shit."

Cassiopeia snorted, " I was wondering when you'd come around, Sirius boy. I told you long ago that man was nothing but trouble."

" I should have listened to you, Aunt Cassie, but I wouldn't have met James, and so many things wouldn't have happened or they may have been much worse if I hadn't."

Cassiopeia smiled at Sirius, who continued his speech, " I don't want Dumbledore having any access whatsoever to this house or its inhabitants. I take it we all know about Harry Potter?"

Narcissa snorted, " From what Draco says, he is a mediocre wizard at best, with more pride than his father."

Sirius drew his wand and roared, " YOU WILL NOT USE THE LOGIC OF YOUR BRAIN DEAD DEATH EATER SON IN MY PRESENCE!"

Narcissa cowered in front of her head of house's wand. Sirius whispered, " Are we clear?"

Narcissa nodded, so Sirius moved on, " Harry has done more against the stupidity that is Lord Voldemort than everyone in this room and Dumbledore put together. Hell, the boy killed a basilisk of all things in his second year. Second year!"

Cassiopeia laughed, " Now there is something I can respect. But how do we know you are telling the truth."

" Because Sirius owes Potter a Life debt for saving his ass from Dementors. He drove off over a hundred of the things. I read the later reports too, some of them were never accounted for." Moony answered. Narcissa muttered, " Impossible. Snape and the others all said that Dumbledore put blocks on him."

" Snake is telling the truth, Cissy."

Moony looked at Sirius oddly, " Sirius? You always call Severus Snivellus remember?"

" I haven't always. It was something that was eventually ingrained in my mind by the Headmaster. He got over that little prank that almost caused him to get killed, but let us just say that our good Headmaster had a little help in making all of us hate him. I imagine he's under the Imperious or something."

Cissy screeched, " Then we have to help him!"

" He is not a member of House Black, so it is beyond my power to help him. Maybe if you had been a better friend of his when he was in school instead of one of those stereotypical Slytherins, certain things would never have happened."

Narcissa sank back in her seat again, looking depressed at the statement Sirius had made. Sirius looked please, hers wasn't the only ego that was going to get taken down a notch here and today. Sirius shouted into the other room, " Bella! Come here please!"

They were all surprised when the deranged Death Eater came walking in. Sirius asked, " How old are you?"

She floored them with their answer, " Sixteen."

Sirius looked at Moony with his usual look of superiority. Moony sent him the finger. Andromeda asked, " What is the last thing you remember?"

" Being upset because Mother told me I was to marry Rodolphus Lestrange."

Sirius' smug look only got smugger as Bella revealed that he was absolutely correct in all matters. Moony just shook his head as Cassiopeia asked," Well, Sirius, what are we going to do about Potter going to Azkaban? Breaking him out is stupid, and hiring a law team in his name would only reveal you're still alive."

Sirius smiled, " Care to help us Narcissa?"

Narcissa looked up, " Yes. I can use Lucius' money to bribe Fudge into overruling Dumbledore's rulings. We can call in old debts to force certain houses, like the Greengrasses, to side with us. We certainly need to eat away at Dumbledore's power base. Along the way, I'll see what I can do to get you pardoned as well. That way you can claim your seats in the Wizengamot as well."

Sirius smiled, " Sounds like we got ourselves a plan! By the power vested in me as Lord Black, I order you to carry out this mission as granted to you by Lord Black!"

A small, black flash hit Narcissa, and she got up, bidding them farewell, and left to get to it. Sirius turned to Andromeda, " I need you to be loyal to me. After all, you are my favorite cousin."

Andy shrugged, " I'll see what I can do, but I can guarantee you that Dumbledore will want to know what happened tonight. In fact, his medallion has been burning since before you called the meeting."

" Then by the power of Lord Black, go! But you mustn't tell him anything! I want my survival to be an unpleasant surprise for him."

Cassiopeia stood up, " Well, me and Perseus need to get running as well. Anything you require of me?"

Sirius thought for a moment, " I will need all the information you have on Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, and several others. If you've still got that black book from your days as a diplomat, now would be a good time to use it."

She produced a journal that was larger than a Bible from her bag, " Of course, Lord Black. I shall leave this for your enjoyment. May this endeavor fare well for us."

" Et Sanguis Semper Purus."

She was mildly shocked at Sirius' use of the traditional Black farewell, which was Latin for May our blood always be pure. Sirius laughed, and moved her along. Moony asked as she left, " So, we have a plan now?"

" We've only got a month for this Moony, but it will have to work! I won't let my godson rot in my prison cell! We have a visit to make to the Burrow."

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(Harry)

Harry fumed in the cage that sat outside of the Burrow. He silently prayed that someone would help him, but he knew that help was unlikely to come. Damnation! Why did I have to do exactly as Voldemort wanted? I should have known better than to use the visions. Damn it! Damn it all! Harry angrily thought as he punched the side of his cage. He clenched his fist in pain, but it subsided quickly. They are making a huge mistake. If I ever get out of here, there will be payment, and that payment will be in blood! Harry raged, but then caught himself. Since when have I wanted to kill someone? Damn you Voldemort! You won't get me like that again!

" Harry! Quit wallowing in your guilt and talk to us man!"

Harry looked over the edge of the cage, and saw Remus Lupin with what looked like a White Grim. " Leave me alone! I don't need you tormenting me Professor!"

" Harry! Shut up and listen to Moony! We're only trying to help you!"

Harry scrambled back over at the familiar voice, and saw Sirius standing beneath the cage. Oh God, Voldemort's really got me now. I'm seeing and hearing Sirius, and he's DEAD! Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit….

" Harry, stop brooding and talk to us man! "

Harry tried to whisper, " First off, I don't know who you're playing, but Sirius is dead so get out of his body, and Second of all: You aren't supposed to be here! They'll arrest you, Professor! Go now!"

Sirius summoned a bunch of bodies, " Oh, you mean these guys? Shit. They don't give a man like me any trouble."

Harry laughed, but caught himself, " I still don't believe you. I saw Sirius fall through the Archway, and I know that he is dead! I don't know what you're playing at Professor, but if you don't stop, I may have to force you to stop."

" Harry, stop. It's really me! Sirius Black, in the flesh! Really!"

Harry sighed, " If so, then answer this. What device did you and your three friends create while you were in Hogwarts, list their Names and animagus forms."

Sirius sighed angrily, but answered, " We created the Marauder's Map in our fifth year. James Potter is Prongs, Remus Lupin is Moony, I'm Padfoot, and Peter Pettigrew is Wormtail. James' Animagus form was a Stag, Lupin is a Werewolf, Mine used to be a Grim, and Peter's was a Rat. Peter was really the Potter's secret keeper, but he betrayed us all to Voldemort. There, happy?"

Harry's heart lightened, " It really is you Sirius! But why are you here?"

" Me, Remus, and the Black Family are working to get you out of this snare! Dumbledore set you up like a tent, and now he wants your money. He seems to think you are getting too powerful, or according to Moony at any rate, and he wants you under his control. By using your accidental use of an Unforgivable on Bella to send you to Azkaban, he plans to get you back under his wing. Don't ask about Bella by the way, we found out something interesting about her."

Harry scowled, " Like how she's completely off her rocker?"

" No, not at all! She's actually very sane, and has been under the Dark Lord's Imperious for almost ten years. She still thinks she's sixteen Harry!"

Harry fell back. That changed his perception a little, but he would have to see to believe this one. Sirius continued, " We've got Narcissa and Cassie working on bribing the shit out of Fudge to get both me and you off the hook! And we are calling in some old debts that were owed to House Black, just in case this ends up going to court anyway. Plus Moony has a grudge with Ms Umbridge."

Harry muttered, " Don't we all?"

Sirius noticed Tonks beginning to stir, " Alright Harry! We've gotta get the fuck out of here now! Don't tell anyone about this! No one! Don't make eye contact with Dumbledore or Snape unless I tell you that you can! "

Harry nodded, and they both disapparated. Harry frowned as Tonks angrily muttered, " Damn my back."

Harry shouted, " Maybe if you weren't so damn clumsy, your back would hurt so damn much?"

He laughed as she fired a hex at him. Well, I guess I have to put my faith in Sirius this time. I hope it works.

A/N: Thought the exact pairing is your typical Slytherin pairings ( HP/DG/TD) with another tag along, that's not introduced for a few chapters. Just letting you know….

Rune Reader Note: I decided to get rid of those two newest chapters, and completely rewrite them. Keep that in mind for those who read that as well.