Seeing Dumbledore caused tunnel vision for Sirius and at the end of his sight was a red target in front of Dumbledore's face. Rage coursed though him and before he knew it he swung his arm and punched Dumbledore breaking his nose. A giggle brought some of his sense back because he put Harry on a couch then returned to the fallen form of the old man grabbed his beard, Dumbledore's wand fell from his hand as he was dragged into another room where he was punched and kicked by Sirius with all the rage he was feeling. Neither of them noticed the shadow standing next to Harry talking to him or that harry was responding in his baby talk.

Thanatos appeared by Harry and watched the scene unfold in the next room through the open door. A look of glee was on his face, one which Harry gave him a questioning look for. He looked at Harry and said "I have been through many worlds where your counterparts are put through so much by this old man's counterparts. I am happy to see him get what's his. Anyway I need Sirius to kill him, the road you need to travel will be made easier if he is not blocking your way."

Harry was not surprised to hear that, after all to Thanatos death was a normal occurrence to him. It did not mean the same to him as it would to a human. He gave Thanatos a look that said "are you kidding?"

Thanatos scowled and said "Well I would think he would want the man dead after all he is the one who had him locked up illegally."

Harry shook his head and said "No!"

Annoyed Thanatos replied "Fine, have it your way. It will be much harder with ..."

Harry cut him off and looked him in the eye, Thanatos realised what he wanted. He was having trouble formulating his words so he wanted Thanatos to read his mind. Thanatos went into Harry's mind scape to find his avatar in the former form of Percy Jackson. The mind scape looked like the Poseidon cabin at camp half blood. He was sat on his bed when Thanatos found him. Thanatos smirked and said "It must be very frustrating for you."

Harry replied "You have no idea. I can't express myself the way I want to and people keep misinterpreting what I want, don't get me started on the bath times, it's embarrassing. Although I have to say none of that is as embarrassing as being breast fed. It took me months before I could turn away properly and refuse to be breast fed."

Thanatos was in stitches. He had not laughed so hard in centuries. Actually he had not really laughed at all. He liked being where he was, he felt more free than ever.

"Hey it's not funny. I'm probably going to need therapy by the time this is all over. I mean who remembers being breast fed by their mother? I thought it was one of those child hood privileges you get to forget." Harry was sulking by the time he stopped talking. Thanatos managed to calm himself enough to say "I'm sure there is a lot you would want to remember to about your family."

Harry nodded and said that is true. I just hope it balances out. Any way I was trying to ask you since you are able to remove souls and travel between worlds, is there a world you came across that had a good Dumbledore, one who you think would be willing to switch with our Dumbledore. Perhaps one who died before his time? I was thinking instead of traumatising my godfather by turning him into a murderer, why can't we switch the old man send this one to the after life and give a second chance to one who will help further our goals. I mean if I can be shuffled from my world why can't someone else?"

Thanatos was quiet for a whole minute making Harry worry that perhaps he had crossed some invisible line. But the small smile on his face made Harry calm a little and perk up when he heard Thanatos say "I suppose just because I don't do it ever does not mean I shouldn't, I do have the power to do it. It just so happens I do know one Dumbledore who is about to die for one of your counterparts saving him from Voldemort. He is a good man who loves your counterpart like a grandson. If he agrees to the switch I will come for the other one."

He pulled out of Harry's mind and disappeared. Sirius was still pounding on the old man and Harry realised only half a second had passed since he was in his mind scape with Thanatos.

When he finally stopped Dumbledore was a massive bruise and was swollen all over blood trickled from various cuts and Thanatos had returned with the soul of another Albus Dumbledore.

The Dumbledore on the floor covered in his own blood looked up and saw Thanatos and himself standing in front of him. Confusion warred in his eyes and Thanatos smirked. Dumbledore stood up not noticing his body was still on the floor. Sirius seeing Dumbledore's soul leave his body sat there in shock. He had not meant to actually kill the old man he wanted him to suffer the way he had made him suffer. He however was not prepared for seeing another Dumbledore appear next to the one who just left his body and enter the body on the floor.

Thanatos noticing Sirius was about to freak out dropped the vault key on the floor as a sign. Luckily Sirius understood what it meant when he saw the key. He smiled and spoke to Thanatos who he could not see or hear "You are switching them?"

Thanatos did not answer. He was forbidden from communicating with mortals unless they are dead. He had already broken that rule by creating the vault where he could speak to Sirius. He did not want to risk something happening to the man and indirectly to Harry. The new Dumbledore would answer the questions Sirius had. He was already waking up. He hoped Sirius would have enough sense to heal the man before he died of the injuries he was not as young as he used to be.

A groan from Dumbledore had Sirius' attention back to the body on the floor. He could see the damage he had done to the old man and a part of him inwardly cringed. If what he thought happened then this was not the same old man he had been pounding on a while ago. He took out his wand and cast a few healing spells allowing Albus to sit up and say "Well Sirius, you really did a number on this old body."

Sirius kept his wand trained on the old man and said "Well he deserved it, merlin knows what he was expecting when he came here."

"I agree, Death showed me what he has done in the name of the greater good. I want to assure you that I will do all that I can to fix everything I can. Just so you know, your arrest was never officiated. The ministry is not after you, at least not yet, you got away just in time. My counterpart did not have the time to frame you properly yet. He had you thrown in Azkaban by three of his minions who work at the prison. It was a matter of them taking you with them on their shift and placing you in a cell. He was going to call the ministry tomorrow to make it official and have you become a convict. Right now the only ones who even know of you being locked up are himself, and the three auras who placed you there and they cannot say anything without implicating themselves."

Stopping to see Sirius' reaction Albus cleared his throat and continued "You might also want to know that it was him who leaked the information about your friends going to St Mungos. He needed them out of the way to gain access to the Potter fortune. The Longbottom fortune is not in the hands of young Neville and he cannot get past Augusta Longbottom to get it and even if she died there are too many family members for him to gain control. Young Harry does not have other family members that have control of his inheritance."

He waited a second before dropping the last bombshell "...and your friend Remus, although he is not dead, he is not as bad but in a similar state as young Harry's parents. He was in the room you appeared in when you went to get him, except he was under an invisibility enchantment on the couch."

Sirius did not know how to feel in that moment. It was one thing to suspect and another to have the confirmation. He went into the other room and picked up Harry then said to Dumbledore, we are going back to Remus'."

He water travelled them back to Remus' flat where he found the enchantment broken and Remus just lay there drooling on himself. Sirius fell on his knees next to his friend and wept. He did not see Thanatos standing behind him rolling his eyes at the fact that Sirius had already forgotten about his new powers and the fact that he could help Remus. He turned to Harry and said "Remind him will you Harry? This tear fest is making me want to gag."

Harry tugged on Sirius' shirt, but Sirius did not respond to him. Annoyed at being ignored Harry zapped him with a small electric shock. Sirius jumped and looked at a scowling Harry. Now with the attention he wanted Harry spoke "Pafoof fix."

Sirius was confused until Harry made his hands glow and repeated his statement "Pafoof fix mooey"

Sirius for the first time looked at Harry like he had never seen him before. Harry was much more intelligent than he gave him credit for. For the first time everything he learned about Harry at the bank seemed more real than he had believed. Before it felt like some story that had nothing to do with him but now he could see and believe.

He sat next to Remus and placed a hand over his head and allowed himself to concentrate on his new powers. The information was there and all he had to do was find it and implement it. Focusing like he did when he practised his water powers he found himself in Remus' forest landscape. He looked around the forest and saw Mooney sat huddled over something a few meters away from him.

Sirius was not sure whether or not to approach Mooney. He stood where he was to gauge Mooney's aggressiveness but Mooney did not even pay him any attention. He was too preoccupied by whatever he was huddled over.

Sirius moved forward slowly and spoke "Mooney!"

Mooney lifted his head and turned toward the sound of Sirius' voice and gave gave a low howl of pain. It wasn't until Sirius reached Mooney's side that he saw what was hidden underneath the were wolf. It was Remus. He lay in a pool of his own blood bruises and cuts all over him. Sirius understood it was a representation of his mental wounds and winced. Fury filled him again at Dumbledore but he pushed it down and faced Mooney and said "Will you let me help?"

Mooney moved aside to let Sirius move closer. Sirius was glad for the trust because it could have turned really ugly really fast. Summoning his power from his body he began to heal Remus. The blood and cuts slowly disappeared as they healed until Remus was completely healed. He noticed Mooney had an arm across his stomach as if trying to staunch blood. He looked at the were wolf and said "Here let me heal that for you."

Mooney looked at Sirius warily but after a several seconds moved his arm from the massive cut across his stomach and watched as Sirius healed him. When Sirius finished Mooney licked his face and barked a laugh that sounded like' thank you.'

Sirius smiled and said "You're welcome old friend."

Remus was now sitting up watching Sirius interact with his wolf side. His whole life he had fought the wolf and kept him locked up in a cage in his mind. When Dumbledore attacked him with legilimency trying to find out if he knew where Sirius was he let Mooney out, out of sheer desperation and they were both wounded. It allowed him to see that Mooney was not as wild and unintelligent as he thought he was. He was more aware of things than he gave him credit for and the biggest thing of all, Mooney was him, he was Mooney. They were not two separate entities. He now understood that he had been suppressing himself all this time and that caused his wolf side to become angry and aggressive. It would take time but he believed he could fix it. His proof was the way Mooney was interacting with his best friend.

Remus slowly opened his eyes just as Sirius left his mind. He sat up wiping the drool on his face and winced as he remembered what had caused it. The sight of Harry with Sirius in the room made him smile. A smile that was completely wiped off at the sight of Dumbledore. Seeing the look of rage on Remus' face Sirius knew he needed to do some damage control and fast.

"Remus! It's not Dumbledore, well it is but it's not the same Dumbledore. The one who did this to you is dead, he's gone I kinda accidentally beat him to death. This Dumbledore is from a different world. Death brought him." Sirius was stumbling over his explanation and making Remus very confused.

He looked at Sirius then back at Dumbledore unsure of what to say or do. Sirius was calming down and began to explain what happened in a much slower pace. It took a while but soon Remus was caught up. Remus sat down on the couch with Harry in his arms afraid if he put him down he would be taken from him again. He asked Sirius "So are you able to help James and Lily?"

Sirius shook his head and said "I can only do so much. You were not as difficult as you were mentally tortured, they were physically and mentally tortured. Death said only Harry can fully bring them back. I am mostly worried about how they are going to react when they wake up to find their baby is dead and they have lost a chunk of their lives as well as a part of Harry's childhood."

Dumbledore cut in then "Perhaps if we concentrate on repairing the damage done by my counterpart we can have something for them to look forward to when they wake up. He kept a lot of his memories in a pensive in his office locked with a blood lock I can open. I suggest we go there and find out the extent of the damage. The memories I received are too many for me to go through now. It seems our lives are different due to the choices we each made."

Remus was still wary about the headmaster. He kept his distance and would not let Harry near the man either. Albus gave him a look of understanding although it was tinged with a bit of hurt. In his world he cared about all of the children he looked over as headmaster and the marauders had a special place in his heart. He had even taught Remus how to find balance with his wolf so that he would not be a danger to anyone during the full moon. However he understood these were not his boys and he would need to differentiate them.

Sirius was less wary which made him feel better and Harry smiled at him to show his support making him know he could live with whatever this new world brought. As long as he had those he cared about nearby he could deal with anything.