Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or the DC comics world. Just borrowing a few characters for a good story.

This is a continuation of my story and is set in an Alternate Universe where things can happen that can't in ours. Since this is AU, events in this story are quite different from the books but still follow the basic story line while promoting my characters abilities. Please enjoy.

Chapter 24: A Normal Summer, Sirius Black Escapes, Some investments Made

After a pleasant ride home from Kings Cross station in London, Harry and Hermione were looking forward to having a normal summer of lounging around the pool and going out together. The first few weeks were just that, the couple acting like a couple, going out on dates and generally having a good time. They knew they were going to have to get their books for the next year and study ahead so they would have free time to help out others. They had already completed their summer homework by their second day home so they had that done already.

While the Potters were having fun Minister Fudge was preparing to make his annual visit to Azkaban prison to check on the prisoners. He took his copy of the Daily Prophet with him to pass the time on the trip out to the island. It had a picture of the Weasley family in it with the Pyramids of Egypt in the background. One part of the picture showed Ron standing next to his sister with his rat Scabbers on his shoulder looking around. The text of the article said that Mr. Weasley had actually won a thousand Galleons in a contest before the end of the last school year and had the trip all planned out just waiting for the children to get home from school so they could go. Of course the gold that Ginny got made it easier to afford the trip and she was generous with it, though no one in the family asked for it. The Weasley's were a proud family in that gold earned by any of the children was set aside for that person to use exclusively, within reason. They had to put a percentage in savings and were only allowed a small portion for personal use.

As the Ministers boat docked at the island, he tucked the paper under his arm and went up the path to the main gate to be admitted by the warden. He inspected several of the cells, assuring himself that prisoners like Bellatrix Lestrange were secure. One of the prisoners he visited on this day was Sirius Black. The guard opened the cell door to see Black sitting on his bench with a blank look in his eyes. Fudge walked in while the guard stood with his wand drawn in case of trouble.

"How's prison life treating you," Fudge asks," probably better that you treated Petigrew and those 12 Muggles you killed all those years ago."

Black just sat the staring blankly until he spotted the newspaper. He points at it looking at the Minister and whispers," have."

Fudge looks down at the newspaper and hands it over to him saying," Go ahead, you can see what you are missing by being in here." With that he turns around and walks out. After inspecting a few other cells, he leaves the island back to the comfort of his office at the ministry. Back at the prison Black is looking over the paper eagerly when he spots the picture and immediately notices Scabbers. He reads the article and starts murmuring over and over," He'll be at Hogwarts." The guards thought it strange he would start doing that as he hadn't made a sound in twelve years.

The next day Sirius Black escaped.

The Minister got an owl from the warden the afternoon after his visit stating Black had escaped. His cell door was found left open by the Dementor guards but no evidence could be found on how he got out. Just that he was nowhere to be found on the island. The DMLE was alerted and posters were put everywhere with his face on it. The Minister even contacted his muggle counterpart in the hope they could help. He face was shown on all the news casts and talk shows. He made all the newspapers as public enemy number one. Very dangerous, do not approach if seen, call the authorities.

Harry and Hermione were watching a movie on the television one day when the news story broke showing pictures of Sirius Black and telling how dangerous he was.

"He looks very familiar," Harry says," I feel I know him and I also feel he is innocent of killing those people. He was always around when I was little. I remember he liked to play with me and Nymie. I'm going to write a letter to grandpa and ask him about it."

Harry gets a sheet of stationary and writes a letter to grandpa asking for a meeting and sends it off with Hedwig. A few hours later Hedwig returns and with an answer to meet him in his office anytime they are ready as he was back from his vacation.

"Let's go see him. Somehow this seems important to me." Harry says.

"Let me call mum's office and let her know we may be gone when they get home" Hermione says.

"Ok, let me know when you are ready," Harry answers back.

After the call both of them phase out of the Granger den and into the Headmaster's office where they find their grandpa sitting behind his desk. They both walk over to him and give him a hug.

"How was your vacation grandpa," Hermione asks.

"It was fine. Lots of fun and sun. I even got a little reading in on the side." He answered," What can I do for you Harry?"

"Have you read the article about Sirius Black yet?" harry asks.

"Just finished it a few minutes ago," he says," What did you want to know?"

"I feel I know him and I feel he is innocent of killing all those people," Harry says," why would I have those feelings, grandpa?"

Albus sits back in his chair thinking," Sirius Black is your godfather Harry," he says," He was an Auror at the time and I sent him after Peter to capture him thinking that with him out of the way I would get away with giving you to the Dursleys. He was caught red handed at the scene where those people and Peter Petigrew were killed. He was accused of betraying your parents to Voldemort. He was the secret keeper for your parent's house which was hidden under a fidelius charm and was arrested and sent to prison. All they could find of poor Peter was a finger."

"Something is not right with that," Hermione says," Don't godparents take an oath when they are named? If so, there is no way he could have betrayed Harry. It would have killed him."

"You're right Hermione," Albus says," I had forgotten that aspect of becoming Godparents. At the time he was arrested we were still at war and people were being killed left and right. You never knew if a family member wouldn't come home from work and kill everyone in the family because of the imperious curse. I thought he would just capture Peter as I suspected he was a death eater but he let his temper get away from him and now we don't have any evidence to prove he didn't kill those people or Peter. If Peter were alive, I think I could get him retried and cleared. I'm sorry Harry; those were not very good times for me or you."

"That's ok grandpa. Thank you for clearing that up. I feel I have to do something about this but I will figure out what and let the council know." Harry says.

"That's ok Harry. We will await your decision and follow your lead." Albus says.

"Thanks grandpa. We better get back home. See you," Harry says. And with that they phase back to the Granger house.

"Hermione?" Harry asks," I just had a thought."

"What is it Harry," she asks.

"Serius Black knows about the Dursleys. Aunt Petunia is my mother's sister. I don't think he would hurt them but he might go by there looking for me." Harry says," I think it would be safe to restore their memories and inform them of the situation. We were on good terms when I we left as I had removed all of the compulsion charms around the house. We could at least visit and see what kind of people they are now."

She could tell Harry wanted to go see them. It would be nice to have more family to visit. She walks up to Harry and hugs him real tight as she could feel his emotions affecting him in this. He wanted it real bad.

"Let's see if Dad will let Jeeves drive us over on Saturday. It should at least impress them with the car." Hermione says.

When their parents get home from work that evening and after dinner Harry approaches Mr. Granger and asks," Dad, I have a favor to ask."

"Go ahead," he says.

"Sirius Black knows where the Dursley's live, and I would like to go over and restore their memories so they can be prepared and understand the situation. He is my god father and grandpa Dumbledore agrees with me he is really innocent. When a wizard becomes a godparent they have to take an oath to watch over and protect the child. If they break the oath on purpose then their magic will kill them. If the child is hurt or dies from actions not related to the godfather then they are ok. There is no way that he would ever try to hurt me, not that he could, but my point is he might try to find me and since Aunt Petunia is my mother's sister he may start there. What I would like to do is get Jeeves to drive myself and Hermione over this weekend to visit and see what kind of people they are now."

"That sounds like a good idea. Maybe they will turn out to be decent people after all. You have my permission to use the car." Mr. Granger says.

"Thanks dad," Hermione says," this means a lot to Harry."

"I could tell," he says back.

On Saturday Jeeves pulls the car out and opens the door for Harry and Hermione to climb in the back just like a perfect chauffeur. They are wearing their best clothes for the occasion. Harry is in a nice set of slacks and shirt with highly polished black shoes and Hermione has a nice dress with matching shoes and bag.

"We will have to show them magic while we are there more than likely," Hermione says.

"I think we will be ok Hermione," Harry says," We might need to exercise a little control, especially if Aunt Marge is there with Ripper."

Earlier in the day Aunt Marge did indeed show up for a week's visit. They had just finished lunch when they heard a car pull up in front of the house. They looked out the window and watched the chauffeur get out of the front and open the back door where a very pretty young girl and a good looking young man got out and walked up to the door. The doorbell rang and Vernon went to answer it. As soon as he opened the door the memory charm lifted and he recognized the young couple standing there.

"Harry, my boy," he says," how good to see you, won't you come in?"

The couple walk in the door and Marge comes in from the dining room, not having looked at the car yet, and spots Harry.

"What are you doing here? I thought we were rid of you. Get im Ripper." She says.

The dog comes running around the corner and Harry waves his hand freezing the dog in place.

"Now look what you made Harry do Marge. There is nothing wrong with my nephew and he is not a criminal." Vernon says," I'm happy to see him. It's been what, five years almost."

"That sounds about right Uncle Vernon. We have a purpose for our visit and we were hoping you wanted to see us again. I've been too long without my family," Harry says looking at Aunt Petunia and Dudley," I see Dudley has toned up real well."

"I'm boxing champ at Smeltings this year," He says.

"Good for you Dudley. Keep it up." Harry says.

Marge is still staring at Ripper wondering what is wrong with him.

Vernon says," Let's have tea in the living room."

"I'll take care of it," Hermione says.

She waves her hand and a silver tea set appears on the table with perfect china tea cups to drink from.

"Cool," Dudley says.

"The reason we came over here, besides restoring your memories, was to warn you about Sirius Black. He is my godfather and might come around here looking for me. He is totally innocent of the charges he's been accused of. There was war going on in the wizarding world at the time of his arrest. You might remember some of that Aunt Petunia," she nods and he continues," He will not harm you as his oath to protect me will not allow him to. Anyway he was thrown into prison and lost in the shuffle. How he escaped is a mystery as no one has ever escaped from Azkaban before."

"So, we should be ok," Vernon asks?

"I'm pretty sure everything will be fine." Harry says.

Outside the window in the shade rests a large black dog listening to every word being spoken. He was very happy to hear his godson's voice.

Harry looks over at Marge and says," You should sit down Aunt Marge before you faint. I have a couple of possible business opportunities to discuss with the two of you. First though, Aunt Marge needs an explanation. Hermione is a witch and I am a Wizard. That means we can do magic. You saw some of it just now and that is what is holding Ripper in place. I will release him if you can keep him under control."

She nods so he releases the dog where she says," Ripper, sit."

The dog obediently sits next to her.

"To continue, my parents didn't die in a car crash as you were led to believe. They died in a war, murdered by a terrorist and a thug. They tried to kill me as well but the spell backfired leaving this scar on my forehead. I was left with Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon without their permission like a bottle of milk on the doorstep. The person that did this has since repented his sins and I was able to remove the compulsion charms around this house. You probably noticed Vernon is a different man now than when I lived here. Magic is real and Hermione and I are proof. You are family is the reason I am telling you this and you are not allowed to tell anyone else."

Harry looks at Riiper and then at Aunt Marge and says," You seem to have Ripper well trained. You are always going on about your dogs. Tell me about them."

Aunt Marge looks at Harry wondering why he would ask that.

"Marge, Look out the front window at the car he came in," Vernon says.

She gets up and looks out the window and sees the Rolls and Jeeves standing next to it polishing it.

"You have a chauffeur," She asks?

"Jeeves is also our butler. He is the perfect all around person for our home. We live in Crawley comfortably and our neighborhood has its own discrete security service. I assume you run an actual kennels or would like to?" Harry asks.

"I would like to run a kennels full time, I enjoy raising dogs but would need an investor to run a full time business." She responds.

Harry looks at Hermione and thinks," This would a good opportunity for some profit and help out the elves. One or two could keep the cages clean and the dogs groomed properly and we could have a vet on retainer to keep them healthy. They would be the perfect reliable employee for this type of work."

She nods at him and thinks back," that sounds good Harry. We would be expanding our business portfolio. I approve of your idea for your uncle as well. I picked up on that one on the way over."

"You are a wonderful wife. I love you." Harry smiles at her.

"I love you too." Hermione responds.

"Look at them Marge," Vernon whispers," they are talking to each other in their heads. Isn't it wonderful to see young love like that?"

"I see you noticed our conversation just then. Vernon knows this because he witnessed it. When we were eight years old Hermione and I bonded together in what is called a soul bond. It's like what non magicals call a marriage made in heaven. In the magical world it is real. What it means, in real terms, is that before we were born, the creator of all things, or God, as you call him, created two souls that were to belong together for a purpose. Once bonded, we became essentially one soul in two bodies. We can't help but love each other more than life. Our purpose is to bring this world out of anarchy and to unite all the nations of the Earth. This will take some time, of course. This may be hard for you to believe but Hermione and I are immortal. We cannot be killed and will live until such time as the creator determines our jobs are done."

They stand together and morph into the Pantheras so that the family can see the truth of his words. They morph back and sit back down and sip their tea while the Dursleys absorb what was said.

"You're those aliens that rescued the train on the telly," Marge said.

"That was us but we were born right here on Earth, same as you. Our DNA is different because it was engineered off planet and then brought here for implantation. Hermione's parents volunteered, while my parents thought it was a natural process. They would have been told if there had been time. The war here and the fact that our native sun went nova put paid to that so I didn't get to meet Hermione until I was eight or we would have grown up together." Hermione says.

"Ok, back to business. Where do you live Aunt Marge," Harry asks?

"I live out in the country. That is why I come to visit for a week in the summer." She says.

"Perfect, here is the deal. I notice you seem to drink a lot of sherry. If you will cut back to moderation for your health, I will finance the building of cages and supply a couple of elves to keep the dogs groomed and the cages clean. They will even keep your house up for you. They love to work and you will never hear a complaint from them. I will even put a vet on retainer to make sure the dogs stay healthy. Hermione and I will be silent partners for ten percent of the profit. If you can run a good business then we will come out ahead every year." Harry says.

"What are elves," Marge asks?

Harry calls out," Lorry, Stan." And two elves pop in, bow and say," You called sire?"

"Yes," Harry points over to Marge," this is my Aunt Marge. She will need help running a dog kennel. Would you like to work for her?"

"Yes sire, we love animals and will do a good job for her," They look at her and notice she is a non-magical and change into a nice looking young couple that would be perfect to help run a business.

"They look nice and respectable and I believe they will do a good job. Better than relying on kids to keep the kennels clean," Marge says.

"Oh no ma'am," the elves say, "We understand what it means to take care of any animal. We are happy to do this."

"I will take care of the elves payment as they get paid by being bonded to Hermione and me. It's how they keep their magic. All you have to do is feed them and give them a room to sleep in. You can work that out later." Harry says," Aunt Marge, for as long as you are able we will help you and you should be able to retire comfortably when the time comes."

"Thank you Harry," she said with tears in her eyes," This is my dream come true. Draw up the paperwork and we'll get started this summer."

He nods at her and then turns to Uncle Vernon.

"Would you say you are good at your job Uncle Vernon," Harry asks?

"I would say I do my best to help the company make a profit. I feel like I am being held back by upper management at times though," He answers.

"I think that as well," Harry says," Hermione and I have been watching your progress and can see where the top people have made some poor decisions and stocks aren't getting anywhere. Do you think you can bring the company around if you were in charge? Do you want the responsibility?"

"I love a good challenge and I think I could do a good job of it." Vernon answered.

"Good, Hermione and I already own thirty five percent of the stock in Grunnings. We will buy up the rest and make you director. This should be a nice promotion for you. Get you a larger house in a not so mundane neighborhood and provide for a good retirement. You can even train Dudley to take over for you if that is what he wants when he graduates college."

"How can you two be so smart at such young an age," Marge asks amazed how mature they sound.

"It's part of our genetic makeup. We have Nano-probes in our blood. Those are the equivalent of small computers. We both have the equivalent to PHDs in several fields. It's also why we do so well in magic school as we remember everything ever said or taught in class. It is necessary for us to do our jobs." Hermione responded.

"That sound great Harry," Vernon says," I won't let you down."

"I know you won't, uncle Vernon. I will make the arrangements with Gringotts Bank and Grunnings will become a family business. By the way, Hermione's Parents are dentists of the highest caliper and they have connections. I'm sure this will help in the overall picture as well. If things work out well we will have a majority of the drill contracts for Greater London," Harry says.

"I like the way you think, Harry," Vernon says," I do believe we will get on just fine."

Harry and Hermione stand up and says," let's all go out to dinner and celebrate."

"Tippy," Harry calls out. Tippy pops in and says," Yes sire."

"Everyone like Italian?" nods all around," appropriate attire for Donitello's please and make sure the Granger's can join us."

She looks around and snaps her fingers and everyone is dressed to the nines for a night out at a high class restaurant.

They all leave in the Rolls and make their way to Donitello's Fine Italian Food where they meet with the Grangers and go in. Once they are seated Harry does the introductions.

"I am making arrangements with Gringotts to buy the rest of the stock in Grunning Drills and will make Uncle Vernon director of the company, while I am also helping Aunt Marge with her dream of running a kennel. She raises bulldogs and does a good job on the ones she has." Harry says while Hermione looks on proudly at her husband and how he is handling things.

After handshakes all around Mr. Granger says," I've heard of Grunnings. After you get settled in we will have to come for a tour of the facility. If I like what I see we might be able to do business together. I also have connections to the National Dental Assn. So there is great potential if this works out."

"I would be honored to have you tour our facility to see how drills are made sir. I will contact you as soon as I can arrange it," Vernon says.

"Names George," Mr. Granger says," If Harry believes in you, I do too. The rest is just a formality."

After a very good dinner Harry has Jeeves drive the Dursleys home while the Potters phase the Grangers back to their home, where after watching Dr. Who, everyone goes to bed.