AN: This is the last chapter? Well…fiddlesticks.

Chapter 22 – An Offer for a better life

As Pettigrew looked around the room, a pair of arms suddenly grabbed him and held him to the floor two wands directed at the back of his head.

"Finally, after twelve years in Azkaban I will finally get my revenge and avenge Lily and James rat!" Sirius spat as he prepared to cast a spell at Pettigrew's head.

"Sirius wait" Harry cried as soon as he saw Sirius prepare to cast a spell.

"What is it Harry? He's the one led your parents to their deaths and my imprisonment, he deserves to die" Sirius said vehemently as everyone could see that he was itching to kill the traitor.

"As Luna said, this is our only chance at becoming a real family, give Pettigrew over to the ministry and explain how he is the traitor, not you, again this is our only chance" Harry said with a bit of emotion in his voice.

For several moments, the rest of the group thought Sirius was not going to go along with Harry's suggestion and kill Pettigrew but after breathing out a deep sigh, Sirius cast a spell that wrapped Pettigrew in ropes and then lowered his wand.

"For you Harry, I promised your parents I would protect you and give you a proper family and home and I intend to do that, no offense to Miss Granger and her family of course" Sirius said apologetically with a small sad smile towards Hermione.

"It's alright Mr Black; the one dream that would bring Harry the greatest pleasure is having a real family, despite how much my family and I love him, having the one who was planned to give him a proper family should be the one to do it" Hermione said while giving Sirius an understanding smile.

As Sirius and Remus got Peter to his feet, Harry and his friends came together to discuss what was going to happen next.

"Nev first off I really do apologize for you having to see that, it's one of the reasons I don't ever use it around you, I don't want to drag you into this dark stuff" Harry apologized to his friend/brother .

"I knew something was up with you Harry ever since you went down back into the chamber" at this Harry's eyes widened with a look of slight horror on his face.

Neville quickly explained to ease Harry's fears about no one else knowing about the chamber.

"It was only me that followed you Harry, I'm really sorry about it but I knew that you'd tell me in your own time, I knew you were going to be training and I guess this was the end result of it eh?" Neville half smiled at Harry and it seemed to allay his fears.

"Okay Nev, now let's finish with tonight's festivities and get back to bed"

The group turned back around to see all three men standing and waiting for them to finish and with an unseen signal, the two groups started to walk back the way they came and outside the shack.

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When the group resurfaced from under the Whomping Willow, Sirius took Harry by the shoulder and took him over to an area that had a beautiful view of the outside of the great hall.

For several seconds the two of them stood silent, thinking over the events of tonight and what it could mean for the future.

"When your mother and father asked me to be your godfather, I felt like I was fully accepted into your family, sure your grandparents on your father's side took me in when I was disowned, but when I held you in my arms and you looked up at me with a smile on your face, I thought everything would be perfect from then on" Sirius said with a wistful smile.

Harry stood silent, listening intently as Sirius told his story.

"This is that chance of being a family Harry, when we turn Pettigrew over to the ministry, then we will be able to live as a real family, I know I can never replace your parents but I'll do my best with what we have" Sirius smiled at Harry and got a smile in return.

"I understand why you went after him, it's what I would've done in your position, you thought who took me to the Dursley's would've given me to you after you avenged my parents but it seemed it wasn't to be" Harry's words gave a little comfort to Sirius as they continued to stare at the beauty of Hogwarts.

While Sirius and Harry were staring up at Hogwarts, the rest of the group, holding Pettigrew at wand point, walked to a point in front of the whomping willow that allowed them to move freely without worrying about the danger it presented.

"They really both deserve a bit of happiness, having a true family is anyone's hope and dream" Luna said as she looked on Harry and Sirius with a smile.

However, before anyone could respond, the air suddenly began to grow cold and the members of the group began to feel dread as if all light had left their bodies.

To their horror, the skies around them began to fill up with dementor after dementor, staring at them with eyeless cloaks, making the air around continue to drop in temperature.

"Harry!" Luna shouted to gain the attention of her friend as the dementors began to creep closer towards them, their intention clear to any who saw them.

Harry and Sirius heard the shout and quickly turned around and to their horror; they saw the dementors creep towards their friends.

The duo grabbed their wands and Sirius began to attempt to try to drive them away by casting a spell but only managed to create a small mist type effect.

With Harry, he swept his wand is a wide arc, shouted a few warp incantations and from them summoned several groups of horrors, partly to combat the feelings of despair from the dementors and for them to utilise their warp fire against the dementors.

After summoned his daemons, Harry chose to use two warp-based power he had only recently been able to utilise.

While Harry was preparing his warp spells, Hermione had sped into action as soon as Harry did and summoned several of her own to keep a barrier in between the dementors and their own group.

"If any get close, show them the full pleasures of the Prince of Pleasure" Hermione hissed at the closest daemonette and received a bow in return.

As Hermione began her own preparation for her spells, the other members of the group watched as the horrors sped around the area, flinging spheres of warp fire at the dementors and every so often they hit with pinpoint accuracy, engulfing the dementor in a plume of writhing flames, surprising them as it flew away, a horrific screeching that grated on their ears as it fled.

After several moments of gathering the warp within themselves, Harry and Hermione each took a deep breath in and with a whisper of dark incantation, flourished their wands and as they watched, the world around them began to slow down until those around them were moving at a snail's pace.

As the warptime continued, Harry saw his horrors look at the dementors with their cackling faces, their excited chatters with warp fire spewing from their claws.

While Harry watched his horrors continue with their cackling, Hermione saw a few of the daemonettes snap their claws at a couple of dementors who came too close to their razor-sharp claws.

As the flow of slowed time continued, Harry and Hermione began to call forth and pool their magic at their very core and while Harry continued to pool his magic, Hermione began to gather the screaming lust aspects from her patron to fuel her own loathing that they had for the creatures above and with a twinned roar, ripped at the fabric of the material universe and opened a portal leading into the Formless Wastes of the warp.

Sirius and the others watched in horror and grim fascination as they watched the creatures of fear get slowly sucked into the portal as if someone was slowly pulling them to their doom.

He turned towards his godson and his friend and saw that Harry's eyes had turned from a beautiful ice blue, into a deadly blue that held such power that it almost frightened him while Hermione's held a stunning pink, hers had turned from their normal colour to a pink that glittered as if they had a thousand stars being held in them.

After the last dementor had been sucked into the portal, Harry and Sirius looked back to the group but as they did, their faces contorted in a rage as they saw that they were missing a certain person.

"Where is he?" Sirius shouted as he ran over to the group but saw only a pile of ropes and shabby clothing.

"He must've transformed when we were distracted by what happened to the dementors, dammit!" Harry shouted as he kicked the willow in rage.

"Harry listen to me, we will get another chance, but for now we must wait for it, Remus, the contingency plan," Sirius said to Remus as he held out his hand towards Remus with a determined expression.

Remus quickly nodded, reached into his pocket and withdrew a shrunken down broomstick that he quickly enlarged it.

"Fly Sirius, I'll meet you at your place, just go before Dumbledore notices" Remus said with a bit of urgency.

"Alright but hang on a minute, I have to say goodbye to Harry" Sirius said as he looked at Harry.

"Harry, whatever happens, know that I will do everything in my power to recapture the rat so we can be a real family, no matter what I will always love you, keep these three with you as I suspect they will play a big part in your future" Sirius said as he hugged Harry with all of his being.

Harry hugged him back just as hard and with a nod of his head, urged Sirius to escape to wherever he was going.

Sirius jumped onto the broom but left with a parting word to Hermione.

"Thank you for everything your family has given him Miss Granger, I owe you a debt that I can never repay but know this, you and yours will always be welcome in my house, should ever you need it" and with that Sirius kicked off and sped away.

Harry watched as Sirius sped off and with a wave of his wand, the daemons were banished to back whence they came.

The rest of the group stood silently as they watched Sirius escape into the night on his broomstick and when he was gone from their sights, Remus turned towards the others and let out a sigh.

"Come on you four, let's get you back up to the castle before anyone realises what's transpired this night," Remus said as he led them up the path back to the castle with a small smile gracing his lips.

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After the end of year speech and the student populace of Hogwarts had entered Hogsmeade station for the Hogwarts Express, Harry and his friends were about to enter the train when an owl swooped down onto his shoulder with a letter attached to a leg.

"Well what's this I wonder? You'd best not let P'tarix and Xirat'p find you on my shoulder, they can be a little bit…. protective of me" Harry offered to the mysterious owl and when he said that, his two owls screeched loudly, reminding everyone that they were near them and they could see what was going on.

The mystery owl screeched in alarm and quickly flew away but not before Harry grabbed the letter from its leg.

"Come on then, let's find a compartment and I can read this letter" Harry said and after a few compartments later, they found one that was empty.

Harry sat in the corner furthest from the door with Luna next to him, Hermione in front of him and Neville sitting at next to the door.

Harry held the letter in front of him, looked at it with a critical eye before shrugging his shoulders and opened it to see what it contained.

Dear Harry

I meant what I said when I said that I would do my best to find the rat so we can be a real family and when I said that whatever happens, I will always love you as my godson and my home will always be open to you.

The offer extends to your friends as well; Mr Longbottom, Miss Lovegood and Miss Granger are all welcome at any time at the house of Black.

I've enclosed the address to my house so we can exchange letters over the summer if you would like so you can use one your owls, I know you have two because Remus has been telling me about your year, even though you refused to speak with him after your discussion with him, he still cares for you as I do.

Just read the address and send a letter with the address on it with one of your owls and I'll receive it.

You really do have the best of friends Harry

Your godfather

Sirius

Harry read the letter with tears entering his eyes slightly but wiped them away before anyone could see them.

"When will you accept the offer Sirius gave you?" Hermione asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I can't accept it for this summer, we have work to do but I will send him updates on my summer, I want a family from before the Dursley's Hermione and this is the chance, I will always love your family for what they've given me but this may be the time to change" Harry smiled sadly but Hermione waved him off.

"Ones greatest pleasure can come from family and this change will be good for you brother dear"

Harry smiled at her as he turned back towards the window and stared out if it, wondering how his summer will go and whom he will meet.

'Besides, why should we settle for the magical world when there is a whole other world overflowing with people just ripe for the taking.'

And that ladies and gentleman is the final chapter of Champions of Chaos Book Two: Temptation.

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