New Family - Four


A New Family - Four
by
Black Cat
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: none WOW!
Rating: PG
Warnings: See Chapter One
Disclaimer: The characters within these stories belong
to J. K. Rowling. There is no profit made or intended
from these stories, and they should be considered as
being for entertainment purposes only.
Re-posting: To the Wraparound Porch only

	When morning comes Harry is woken up by Hedwig coming
in with a letter. He yawns and rolls over before
thinking about it. He yelps and rolls on his side.
Hedwig holds out her leg and Harry removes the letter.
He's happy it's from Hermione. He notices there is
also one from Ginny to Ron. Harry checks Hedwig's food
and water dish and then falls back asleep. He sleeps
restlessly for a while then gets up. To his shock his
scar is hurting. He immediately runs to his father's
room. "Dad. DAD! My scar is hurting me." Sirius sits
up quickly and pulls Harry into his lap. "Tell me what
you can remember?" Harry goes on to explain the dream
about his parents' death. "Shh Harry. In finally
destroying Voldemort, you pulled some things from him.
Like the memories of killing your parents. They loved
you more than life son." He says gently, cradling him
close. Harry nods and lays his head on Sirius'
shoulder. "Yes Dad. Just like you do." Sirius sighs
and moves down so he's laying down, bringing Harry
with him. When he's comfortable he pulls his son
close. Harry snuggles close needing his father as much
as any child needs a parent.

	When Ron wakes up he finds the letters but no Harry.
He goes downstairs to find his Dad cooking breakfast.
"Dad where's Harry? He's not in bed." Lupin looks up
and sighs. "He had a nightmare and is sleeping in
Sirius' bed right now. Watch this food while I go wake
them." Ron nods and walks over to make sure nothing
burns.

	With a heavy heart Lupin goes upstairs. He berates
himself, thinking: ‘I shouldn't be jealous of Harry.
Sirius is his father.' When he arrives he knocks and
walks in. He smiles as he sees Harry curled up to
Sirius' chest. "Gentlemen breakfast is served." Sirius
looks up and growls at him. "The kid needs sleep. Why
don't you give me 15 minutes and have Dobby bring us
up a tray." Lupin drops his gaze and nods. "Okay
Sirius." Sirius sighs. He knows he and Lupin have
things to work out. He watches Lupin leave and looks
down at his son. "Harry come on son time to get up.
Dobby will be up with our breakfast in a minute." As
he finishes the sentence Dobby walks in with a tray of
food. He looks up at Sirius with large eyes. "Will
Harry Potter be okay Mr. Black?" Sirius nods. "He just
had bad dreams Dobby. That's all. Come on Harry time
to eat." Harry looks up at his Dad and yawns. "Do I
have to get up. I'm still tired." Sirius smiles and
helps him sit up. Harry's eyes go wide when he sees
Dobby. "Dobby what are you doing here?" Dobby looks up
and then bows his head. "Mr. Dumbledore gave me
permission to stay with Harry Potter when he is not in
school. So I serve here when you are here." Harry
looks up at his father and smiles. "Don't worry Harry,
Dobby still gets paid and has freedom to leave at
anytime. He just wanted to stay close to you." Harry
nods and reaches to grab his glasses almost knocking
over the tray. "Harry be careful." Sirius swats him
once eliciting a yelp from Harry. "OWCH sorry." Harry
grabs his glasses with one hand and rubs his bottom
with the other. He sits back down gently not meeting
his father's eyes. "I'm sorry Dad." Sirius hugs Harry
close. "It's okay son. You made a small mistake and
got swatted for it." Sirius smiles and pulls off the
covers. He looks up and Dobby is watching them. He
bows and starts to back out of the room. "I shall go
make the beds then come check on you two." Sirius
smiles and kisses the top of Harry's head.

	After a quiet breakfast Sirius looks at his son
worried. "Okay Harry what's wrong? You're usually not
this quiet during meals." Harry sniffles and looks up.
Sirius' sighs and hugs him close. "I'm sorry Dad. I
interrupted your sleep and screwed up your day. I'm
sorry." Harry whispers the last part hanging his head.
"Oh son it's okay. I WANT to know if your scar is
hurting. So don't be afraid to tell me. If I'm not
available tell Lupin or get to Dumbledore. You now
know how to find him immediately. Right?" Harry nods.
"Right stand in front of the statue and say dementors,
right?" Sirius nods. "And if you can't wait for him to
appear say Voldemort and it will page him wherever he
is. Okay?" Harry nods. He was a prefect and he hadn't
even know that. He sighs and lays his head on his
father's shoulder. "I should get up and get dressed.
Wait I don't have the right colored robes for their
shop. What am I supposed to do?" Sirius smiles and
walks over to a package on his desk. He hands it to
Harry. When Harry opens it he finds robes that match
Ron's and a hat like the one Ron had worn. "Wow a set
for me too?" Sirius nods and Harry runs to his room.

	Upon entering he finds that Dobby has set out his
dark Hogwarts pants and a T-shirt. He dresses and
carries the hat down to the kitchen. Ron and Lupin are
waiting and smile when they see Harry in his new
robes. "Wow looking good Harry." Ron says around a
mouth full of eggs. Lupin reaches over and cuffs him
upside the head. "Ronald do not talk with your mouth
full." Ron turns brick red. It was embarrassing being
scolded in front of his best friend. Harry puts an arm
over his shoulders. "Learn to live with it Ron. I have
a feeling we'll both go through that quite a bit over
the next two years." Ron smiles up at Harry and nods.
When Sirius comes downstairs he catches Lupin's eye
and points towards the stairs with his head. Lupin
looks at the boys. "Sirius and I need to talk. Ron
finish eating and both of you do the dishes. Plus stay
down here."

	Both boys exchange a questioning look but nod their
agreement. Harry sits on the chair with a wince.
Meanwhile upstairs Sirius leads Lupin into his room.
Sirius sits on the bed and pulls Lupin close. "Okay
what's wrong? You were unusually quiet during your
punishment last night. Plus you've been on edge."
Lupin looks at his lap. How could he explain that he
was jealous of Harry? Sirius reaches out and smoothes
his hair back. "Do you think I was too hard on you?"
Lupin shakes his head. "No you were fair Sirius. It's
just that, I guess in a way I'm jealous of Harry. When
we were in hiding it was just you, me and Buckbeak.
Yes, whenever I did something you didn't approve of,
you turned me over your knee for a sound spanking. But
it was just the two of us. I'm sorry." Sirius sighs
and pushes Lupin's head back against his shoulder.
"Shh it's okay to be jealous. Just don't let it affect
you if and when you punish Harry. Because believe you
me, if you punish him too harshly we will have a talk
afterwards." Sirius scolds gently. Lupin is a quiet
and reserved man and both of them had agreed if they
felt the other had done something wrong or stupid the
other would punish him. Lupin had found himself over
Sirius' knee more often. But when Sirius had gone to
Hogsmeade and stayed there for a while Sirius had
gotten spanked every night for a week for it. Sirius
kisses Lupin's forehead gently. "Come on you have a
long day ahead of you." Both men stand up and go
downstairs.

	Both boys look up when they enter. Lupin turns to Ron
and smiles. "Come on son we need to get going." Ron
nods and follows his father out the door. Meanwhile
Harry sighs and runs back up to his room. He grabs his
quill and writes Hermione a quick note.
Dear Hermione,
As there was a note at the bottom of my letter I
assume there was one on yours. I have decided to take
Sirius and Ron as my guests. Ron's working for his
brothers in the Joke Shop. And during the school year
we both will at times also. You should see the robes
they chose. Well I have to go. Ron and I are doing
well. We've both already been spanked but Ron did so
well on his OWLs that Lupin released him from his
grounding. I was released from one week, but have
another six days to serve including today but
otherwise I'm doing well. I hope you're doing well and
I will see you at the dinner.
Love Harry

	Harry attaches the letter to Hedwig's leg and she
nips his ear. "Good travels Hedwig." He smiles as she
flies off and goes downstairs. Sirius is standing in
the kitchen holding his hat and a lunch pail. "Now be
good for the twins. If I get bad reports you will be
punished." Harry nods and hugs his father. "Yessir. I
sent Hedwig with a letter to Hermione." Sirius nods
and kisses the top of Harry's head. "I will be up at
Hogwarts for dinner." Harry nods and puts the hat on
walking out the door. It was a warm day and Harry
sighed. A nice warm day stuck inside. Being grounded
sucked. He walked to the store and went to the back
door. He knocks and George lets him in. "Ah Harry put
your lunch in the refrigerator and you can take off
that hat and robe." Harry gladly does hanging them
near the door. A few seconds later there is a knock
and George looks at Harry strangely. George looks out
the peephole and gasps. "I guess we have another set
of hands to help us boys." He opens the door to let
Dobby in. "Mr. Black didn't have things for me to do
so he suggested I come help here." All three boys nod.

	George turns to Harry and Dobby and hands them each a
clipboard. "What you need to do is an inventory. Make
sure that the amount listed on the sheet is what's in
the box. Later we'll get to work making things. Snape
promised to bring the boys down to help." Harry's eyes
light up. "He's letting Draco out of Hogwarts? I'm
surprised." Fred chuckles and ruffles Harry's hair.
"He figured it would be good practice for potions
class. Though he told us that if he catches you four
making stuff like this in potions class he'll paddle
you good." Harry blushes and nods. "I'm not surprised.
And when he gets done I'd have to face my Dad." Harry
goes over to the boxes and George hands him two
markers. "If it's okay mark it yellow if there's a
problem mark it red." Harry nods and gets to work.

	By lunchtime Harry has finished. He walks upstairs
following the twins to their apartment above the
store. Harry unpacks his lunch with a smile. His Dad
had fixed some of his favorites. After a quiet lunch
the four go back downstairs. George pulls out a map of
the store. "Okay the stuff that doesn't need anything
done to it needs to be put up. So take the boxes and
fill the bins. Then we will start some cooking. Any
questions?" Harry shakes his head and gets to work. By
mid-afternoon the stuff is put away.

	Shortly after 3 o'clock Snape and the boys show up.
Fred and George have the ingredients set out. Snape
gives Harry a small smile while Draco sits at the
table with a definite wince. He gives Harry a small
smile. "How are you Harry? Been working hard today?"
Harry sits down with a wince also. "Oh yeah. After the
warning I got this morning I wasn't going to fool
around. How are you doing?" Draco shrugs and squirms a
little. "Snape spanked me before I went to bed. Plus
this morning. So, our day in court is in two days. Are
you ready?" Harry nods and sighs. "It will be nice to
have him legally be my Dad. How does it feel to have
Snape as your Dad?" Draco blushes and studies his lap.
"It's kind of hard since a lot of the stuff I'm used
to getting away with is now naughty. He's proud of me
though. He's said that quite a few times in the last
48 hours. I believe him." He turns towards Snape and
smiles. Snape walks over and ruffles his hair. "I am
proud of you Draco. I'm not just saying it either."
Snape kisses the top of his head and puts a hand on
Harry's shoulder. "May I speak to you for a moment
please?" With a gulp Harry nods and follows Snape into
the store area. "Yessir?" He questions Snape. "Well
your father asked me to remind you of something. You
don't need to give up one of your guest tickets to
your father. As a teacher he is automatically invited.
Along with Lupin. Hagrid and Filch will sit with the
students so you still have a seat to give out." Harry
nods and looks off in the distance thinking about it.
"Would it be alright to invite Draco. We've become
closer lately." Snape smiles and nods. "I had a
feeling that is who you would invite. Why don't you go
invite him?" Harry nods and dodges the swat Snape aims
at his bottom. "Behave Mr. Potter." Harry smiles and
walks inside the kitchen area again. He sits down and
turns to Draco. "Draco I received the highest score
for the boys in the OWLs so I get to go to a special
dinner with Hermione who got the highest of the girls.
I get to bring two guests. I gave one seat to Ron and
I would like you to be in the other." Draco looks at
him shocked. "What about your Dad?" Harry smiles and
pats his shoulder. "He's a teacher so I don't need to
give him one. If you don't want to I can always invite
Percy..." He isn't surprised when Draco good naturally
smacks him upside the head. "Of course I'll go with
you. My Dad'll be there right?" Harry nods and they
mix the ingredients. An hour before supper Snape
stands up and brushes himself off. "We should head
back and shower before diner. Harry I sent Dobby to
get you a change of clothes. Come on boys."

	All four boys follow Snape up to the school. They
immediately run up to Gryffindor's tower. After
grabbing clean clothes they shower and change. As
they're heading to dinner Ron comes up and meets them.
"Dad bought me a TON of new stuff. He even lent me the
money to buy myself a Nimbus 2001. So tomorrow I can
fly." Draco groans and grumbles under his breathe.
"Lucky. I'm still grounded. Snape took a week off
because I did so well on my OWLs. He's still angry at
me though. I hate disappointing him. The look he gets
when he is makes me want to cry." Harry gives him a
hug. "He loves you that's why. If he didn't what you
do wouldn't matter. Come on or we'll be late." The
five boys walk into dinner. There is only one table
for the students and they sit as far away from the
adults as they can. Snape, Lupin, and Sirius notice
this. Snape shakes his head. He knows Draco is feeling
decisively down.

	After diner Snape, Lupin, Sirius and Dumbledore talk.
"I can't do this to him. I'm going to give him
permission to leave Gryffindor's tower as long as he
stays on the grounds." Sirius smiles and looks at the
boys. "I think he will appreciate it." They walk over
to the boys standing near the doors quietly talking.
"Boys I need to speak with Draco for a minute please?"
Draco sighs and walks with his father. Snape walks to
the other side of the great hall. "Draco I've decided
to reduce the extent of your grounding. You may leave
Gryffindor tower as long as you stay on Hogwarts
grounds." Draco looks up shocked. "Thanks Dad." He
says giving Snape a hug. "Thank you." Snape smiles and
kisses the top of his head. "Come on time for Harry's
family to go home. Let's go." Both walk over and say
goodnight.

	The walk home is animated as Ron tells Sirius and
Harry all the stuff he got. "Plus I got your birthday
present already. I couldn't resist." Ron gives him an
evil grin. Harry chuckles and leads the way up the
stairs. "We should get our homework done." Ron sighs
and continues on to his room and gets to it. At 10 PM
Sirius comes upstairs. He knocks and enters Harry's
room. Harry is lying on his bed doing his homework. He
looks up and smiles. "Can you give me 15 minutes? I'm
almost done." Sirius nods. "Fifteen minutes then get
ready for bed." Harry nods, finishes, and gets ready
for bed. Twenty minutes later when Sirius enters Harry
is reading quietly. He smiles and walks over tucking
him in. "Dad could you proof read that for me? Just to
make sure it's okay." Sirius nods and finishes tucking
him in. He pulls out his wand and lights a small fire
in the fireplace. "Sleep tight son." Sirius kisses the
top of Harry's head and goes out the door.

	When morning comes Harry wakes up with a yawn. For a
moment, without any signs of another occupant of the
room, Harry is worried he's back with the Dursley's.
Once he comes awake more he realizes he is in fact in
his father's home. He smiles. His father. Sirius loved
him immensely and he loved him back just as much. He
sighs and stumbles out of the room to the bathroom.
Harry can hear his father and Lupin downstairs. After
pulling on his robe and slippers he heads downstairs.
"Morning Dad, Uncle Lupin, Professor Snape." Harry
does a double take and rubs his eyes. Snape smiles and
ruffles his hair. "Morning Harry, Draco's around here
somewhere with Ron. Your father, myself, Draco and you
need to go to Diagon Alley and get you both new robes.
So you will look good for the judge tomorrow." Harry
yawns and nods. A few seconds later Draco and Ron run
downstairs. "Mornin' Harry. Nice of you to wake up."
"Mornin' guys." Sirius sighs and gives him a quick
hug. "Go get changed son. We need to get going soon.
Okay?"

	Harry goes upstairs and dresses for a long day. After
a quick but filling breakfast the four leave for
Diagon Alley. Once they arrive Harry and Draco go to
the robe store. Harry looks around at different
colored robes. He didn't need new robes for Hogwarts.
He stops at a green robe that resembles his dress gown
from his fourth year. "Hey Dad how about this one?"
Sirius checks it out and nods. "I think this is good.
Let's make sure it fits. Ok?" Harry nods and removes
his Hogwarts robes and pulls the green one on. The
owner comes over and uses his wand to shrink certain
areas. Harry looks in the mirror and smiles. "It looks
good. Can we get it?" Sirius smiles and helps Harry
remove it. They walk over and find Draco trying on a
blue robe. "Wow that matches your eyes." Draco looks
at Harry and nods. "Yeah that's why I choose it. That
one matches yours also. How does it fit?" Harry
shrugs. "The tailor had to shrink it a little. But
otherwise it fits well. I don't know about you but I
have most of my schoolbooks but I need some refills
for potions." Draco smiles and steps down. He pulls
the robe off and walks over to where the fathers are
looking for themselves. Both boys can't help laughing
when they see Snape trying a different color than
black. Neither man knows they're nearby. Snape starts
complaining. "Why can't I wear black? I look best in
it." Sirius sighs and glares at him. He was trying on
a dark brown robe to see if it fit. "Because you look
like a death eater in them. Come on the boys must
almost be done. Too late." He looks up and meets
Harry's eyes. "Dad we both need to pick up some
supplies. Can we leave these here and go get them?"
Snape turns and glares at his son. "Yes you may BUT
meet us here in a half hour. And stay in Diagon
Alley." Both boys gulp and nod.

	After picking up Draco's books they head to the store
for potions ingredients. "I'm almost out of
everything. Plus the list has some extras on it. I
should get Ron some supplies also. Come on." They pick
up supplies and go back to the robe store. Their
fathers are paying for the robes. Sirius smiles and
looks at the boys. "Harry I'm going to leave you at
the ice cream store and I expect you to stay there.
All three of us need to do birthday shopping for you.
Understood?" Harry nods. "Yes Dad I'll stay right
there. I promise." Sirius smiles and gives Harry some
money and leaving him at the ice cream store with a
kiss to the top of his head.

	Harry sits down with a slight wince and is surprised
when Hedwig lands on his table. "Hiya Hedwig. Oh
Hermione responded." Harry opens the envelope and
smiles. He sighs and digs into the ice cream sundae.
He reads it and then realizes he has no parchment to
write a response. His smile widens as he sees Hagrid
coming down the street. "Hi Hagrid. Hey can you do me
a favor?" Hagrid walks over and smiles at Harry. "Sure
Harry what is it?" Harry returns his smile and motions
to Hedwig. "I got a response from Hermione but I don't
have any quills, ink or parchment to write a response.
Plus I've been ordered to stay here because the others
are shopping for my birthday." Hagrid smiles and nods.
"I'll go get you some supplies. So I hear you got the
highest marks on the OWLs. Who are you taking?" Harry
looks at Hedwig who is eating his ice cream. "Ron and
Draco. My Dad and Lupin automatically go as teachers.
Too bad you can't." Hagrid frowns slightly. "No I'll
be staying with the children along with Filch.
Dumbledore kind of insisted. Though I wanted to stay
with you at the dinner. There are no real other
teachers there. But I am proud of you Harry. You and
Hermione. If you're responding to that letter can I
attach one?" Harry nods and Hagrid gets the supplies.
Harry writes the letter and rubs Hedwig's ear and puts
the two letters on her leg. "Back to Hermione Hedwig.
While I get another sundae." Hedwig leaves and Harry
is startled by Snape. "Why do you need another one?
You'll ruin your lunch." He scolds. "But Hedwig ate
most of my sundae." Harry replies, "But I'll wait."
Snape gives him a small smile and ruffles his hair.
"The others should be here soon. Then we will eat
lunch. I think you'll like my present Harry." Harry
gives him a small smile and nods.

	The other two come over and say hello to Hagrid.
"Join us for lunch Hagrid. It will be a nice quiet
lunch. Harry how did you get that stuff? I told you to
stay here." Hagrid smiles and looks at Sirius. "I got
them for him." Sirius smiles and ruffles his son's
hair. "Okay, just making sure. I didn't want to have
to spank you, Harry, for disobeying me again." He
gives Harry a quick hug and rubs his hair. After a
quiet lunch the five of them start to leave. Harry
sighs and grabs his and Ron's supplies. On their way
by the pet store he stops. "Oh wow can I get that for
an early birthday present for Ron?" The other four
stop and look at the small dog. "Please Dad?" Sirius
sighs and looks at the other adults. "What do you
think? Will he like it?" Hagrid clears his throat.
"Are dogs an okay pet for Hogwarts? I would check with
Dumbledore first." All five agree and head back to
Hogsmeade. Before Snape, Draco, and Hagrid leave
Hogsmeade Draco talks to Harry. "If you get the dog I
would like to join in the purchase." Harry looks at
him strangely. "Why don't you get your own? You've got
the money." Draco frowns. "My Dad has cut me off from
my money. He won't let me touch it without permission.
I don't know if he'd give me permission. If you don't
want to it's okay." Harry shakes his head. "That's
okay. Biggest problem is going to be Hermione's cat.
But it should be okay. I gotta go my Dad's gettin'
impatient." Draco nods. "Mine too. I have a bedtime
spanking coming as it is. I don't need it to be any
worse. I'll see you tomorrow?" Harry sighs. "As far as
I know I will. I'll talk to you later."

	Meanwhile Sirius, Snape and Hagrid are talking.
Hagrid looks at Sirius. "I'll ask Dumbledore. I don't
think it will be too big a problem." Sirius sighs and
nods. "I think Ron will enjoy a puppy." All four
adults nod and head in different directions. Sirius
walks over to Harry and puts an arm over his
shoulders. He leads him inside. "Let's make some
supper. Okay?" Harry nods and pulls out some chicken.
"How about fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and corn on
the cob?" Sirius nods and helps Harry cook the dinner.
A half hour later Lupin and Ron walk in. Ron is
talking a mile a minute about the opening day of the
store which is Saturday.

	"Hey Harry did you get those robes you needed?" Harry
smiles, picks up the bag and pulls out the green
robes. "Wow they match your eyes. How did Draco do?"
Harry sighs and puts it back. "He got light blue
robes. Oh Dad you got us robes the color for the shop?
Wow thanks." Sirius smiles and ruffles his hair. "Well
one isn't enough. Even with Dobby washing them daily.
You boys are supposed to work this weekend. While
tomorrow Ron will have to work while we go to court.
Hopefully we should be back by lunch, if not by
supper. We'll go into London for a fancy dinner.
Okay?" Harry and Ron's eyes light up. "OK Dad.
Supper's ready." All four sit down and eat a quiet
dinner.

	By bedtime Harry is having trouble falling asleep.
Sirius comes in and finds Harry looking at the photo
album. "I'm sorry Dad I'm too excited. I know I should
be in bed already. Please don't be mad." Sirius sighs
and sits next to him looking at the pictures. "Do you
realize I was the one to take most of those pictures.
I spent a lot of time protecting your mother and you.
Unfortunately I got called away that night by
Wormtail. I should have been there. I could have saved
them." Harry looks up and shakes his head. "No Dad you
probably would have been killed. Then where would I be
now. Living with the Dursley's. Or maybe Lupin would
have adopted me also." Sirius hugs Harry close. "I'm
sure he would have. He cares about you Harry. Now come
on, it's time for bed." Sirius gently tucks his son
in. With a kiss to his scar he leaves the room.