A/N: Hey everyone! First off, this is the mark of what's going to be more than likely an extremely big project. The story starts off by taking place towards the end of The Order of the Phoenix. I have planned for this to take place all the way to the end of Deathly Hallows and possibly further. One of the big main twists of this story is what if Sirius Black never died at the Ministry? This story will follow some events from the movies and books, but will mostly be made up obviously. Romance wise, this story will heavily focus on the cannon pairings of Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione. This story will be different in most aspects than the original stories as it is fanfiction. I hope you all enjoy this story and look forward to taking this long adventure with you all!

Chapter 1: The Battle of the Ministry

Sirius felt that wind collide violently across his face as his pushed the throttle up as far as it would on his motorcycle. He quickly glanced to the right to see the small sidecar still tightly fastened to the vehicle's side. Within the next few minutes it would be carrying a small baby boy. His godson. Harry Potter.

Tears continued to fall from his eyes as they had been for the past half hour. He had given up trying to fight them back and had allowed them to flow freely now. He had just received word of what he had feared for so long. The Dark Lord had found his best friend and wife's secret location where they had been hiding with their son. How? It should have been impossible. The only explanation was someone had betrayed them and he would find them and make them suffer. But that would be latter. All that mattered was that he was there for his godson and to get him to safety.

He had finally reached the house in Godric's Hollow and leapt off his bike as fast as he could. His heart dropped upon seeing the destruction. The front door had been blasted opened and the roof on the left side of the house had crumbled.

"No," he muttered to himself, distraught. "It cannot be."

He sprinted into the house as fast as his legs would allow him and was disgusted to see the destruction inside the house was just as bad compared to the outside. Gravel and dust laid everywhere. Parts of the wall were missing and several glass remnants littered the floor.

"JAMES! LILY!" He called out.

No answer.

He began to make his way upstairs to Harry's bedroom and felt a punch in his stomach. Laying across the stairs with a blood pool behind his head, and eyes still opened, was his best friend James.

"NO!" Sirius cried out so loud that his voice vibrated the walls of the house. "JAMES!"

He kneeled down and held the lifeless body of his friend as he rocked him back and forth like a baby.

"Come back to me," Sirius continued to cry with the body still in his hands. "You can't be gone."

Sirius sat there for several long minutes. He had no idea for even how long as he refused to let his friend go. Nothing mattered anymore. His world was gone.

Then there was the subtle cry from a baby upstairs and Sirius came back from his thoughts.

He carefully laid James's body back to the floor and brought his fingers to close his eyes so he could finally rest.

He carefully opened the door to Harry's nursery and found the back of a large man that had Harry cradled into his arms.

Sirius quickly pulled out his wand and pointed towards the back of the man. "You put Harry down or I swear—"

The man carefully turned around to reveal the familiar, and friendly, face of Hagrid.

"Not to worry, it's just me Sirius," the giant spoke.

"Hagrid?" Sirius said in relief as he quickly stowed his wand away. "Thank the lord."

Sirius's eyes now gazed over the red haired woman that laid motionless on the ground in front of Harry's crib.

"Oh, Lily," Sirius mumbled and began to cry once more as he knelt down to her body and closed her eyes like he had done to his friend moments before.

"What the hell happened?" Sirius turned to Hagrid, enraged.

"You-Know-Who," Hagrid answered. "That's what happened."

"Then where the hell is he?" Sirius asked as he had failed to find a third body. "The report I got told me he tried to kill Harry but failed and had died instead."

"No idea," Hagrid replied as he looked just as confused as Sirius.

Sirius held out his hands towards Hagrid. "Give him here. I'm his Godfather. I'll look after him."

Hagrid took a cautious step back to Sirius's surprise. "Sorry, can't do that. I got special orders from Dumbledore himself. He's to go live with his Aunt and Uncle. Dumbledore is waiting for me there."

"What!" Sirius spoke as he could feel the rage building up inside him once again. "How could he think he's better off with those nasty Muggles than me!"

"I don know," Hagrid shook his head. "Said something about the blood protection he mum put on him. But this is Dumbledore we talking about. He mus have a good reason."

Sirius stood there in silence to debate this with himself. He would do whatever it took to make sure Harry was protected and safe. If he had to fight Hagrid, god forbid, to get to him he would do it. But Dumbledore was the strongest wizard in the world. Even You-Know-Who did fear him. He must have a good reason and Sirius's best option was to trust him.

"Fine," Sirius finally spoke. "If Dumbledore thinks this is what will keep Harry the safest then I support it. But please let me hold him once before you go."

Hagrid carefully handed Harry over to Sirius and looked at his beautiful green eyes. He looked so much like James but had Lily's eyes of course. Everyone always said that. His attention was soon brought to the bleeding scar on top of Harry's forehead. The scar was the shape of a lightning bolt.

"What is this?" Sirius motioned towards the scar.

"Where You-Know-Who tried to kill him," Hagrid replied. "Looked over him and he's just fine. No bruises or scratches. Just that bloody scar."

"You'll be famous, you know," Sirius spoke now looking Harry into his eyes as the baby looked back at him confused. "Remember. You were so loved by them and there's not going to be a day that goes by that I will not think of you. I love you, godson."

Sirius carefully handed Harry back over to Hagrid and was surprised to see that the baby immediately fell asleep once he was in the giant's arms.

"Take my bike," he spoke to Hagrid. "You'll get there a lot faster and it will be much safer. There's a passenger cart attached to the side for Harry.

Hagrid nodded. "And where are you going?"

"To find out what happened here," he answered as he turned around and exited the house. "And to get my revenge."

Sirius abruptly woke from his nightmare as he sat up from his bed in Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place. He hated reliving that nightmare of a memory. Ever since Harry had come back into his life it had seemed to have become a more frequent occurrence. He did not blame the boy, however. He would take that nightmare every night if that meant he could continued being part of Harry's life.

As he sat at the edge of his bed, he could not help himself but worry that something was wrong. He could feel it. He knew that somehow Harry was in danger.

"Sirius," a voice filled the room.

Sirius looked towards the fireplace inside his bedroom and saw the head of Kingsley sticking out. He quickly rushed and kneeled in front of the fireplace.

"Kingsley! What's going on?" Sirius asked.

"It's Harry," the Auror spoke. Fear in his voice. "He's at the Ministry."

"What the bloody hell is he doing there!" Sirius demanded.

"It's Voldemort," Kingsley answered. "We believe he's penetrated the boy's mind. He's put images in his mind and Harry thinks you're there at the Ministry and in danger. Not to worry though. Dumbledore and the Order have been informed and are already on their way there."

"I'm going too," Sirius said as he got up to gather his coat.

"You can't!" Kingsley countered. "It's too dangerous."

"He's my godson!" Sirius yelled back. "I have to go!"

Kingsley's head vanished in the flames of the fire as he knew he could not win this discussion. Sirius quickly left Grimmauld Place and Apparated towards the Ministry.

Some much has transpired since Sirius's arrival at the Ministry. Death Eaters were chasing after Harry and his group of friends lead by none other than Lucius Malfoy. Thankfully, Sirius and the rest of the Order had arrived just in time to disrupt their planes and now a full scale battle had erupted. No sign of Voldemort yet. That was good at least.

"Stupefy!" Sirius called out knocking out a Death Eater that was making his way towards Harry.

"Sirius!" Harry called out in relief at the site of his godfather.

"You okay Harry?" Sirius knelt next to Harry as they took cover behind a large boulder.

Harry nodded. He was obviously beat up and had signs of several bruises forming around his face but he was alive and Sirius was thankful for that.

"Voldemort. He's here," Harry told him. "I can feel it." He clenched his scar out in pain.

Sirius looked around and saw that all of Harry's friends had been rescued from members of the Order. Who cared about the prophecy anymore. They had to get out of here before Voldemort showed up.

"Potter!" A familiar voice called out to them as Sirius and Harry turned to come face to face with Lucius Malfoy. Wand pointed right at them.

The two of them stood up and began to duel the Death Eater together. It did not take long for Harry to slip in a disarming spell as Lucius's wand flew from his hand.

"Nice one, James!" Sirius called out without noticing what he said.

He cast a few more spells as Lucius went flying across to the other side of the room.

"Avada Kedavra!" Sirius heard his cousin cast as he took Harry and the both of them dived to the ground, avoiding the killing curse.

"That was close," he smiled down on Harry.

"Too close," Harry agreed.

Sirius helped Harry up and saw that his cousin had disappeared. Probably went out to find Voldemort and tell him exactly where they were. The clock was ticking. And it was ticking fast.

"Come on," Sirius grabbed Harry's shoulder. "We're getting out of here."

The rest of the Death Eaters had fled as Sirius led Harry, his friends, and the rest of the Order to the main corridor of the Ministry. He could see the Floo Network. It was merely just a few feet in front of them. Once they got there they would all finally be safe and this nightmare would finally be over.

There was a loud scream and Harry felt as if daggers had pierced his heart. Sirius looked over to his side and saw Harry had fallen to the floor. Screaming in pain while he hand clutched violently at his scar.

"Harry!" He knelt next to his godson while hearing Hermione start crying from behind him.

"What's going on?" Sirius looked to Moody for guidance.

"The Dark Lord is attempting to penetrate his mind," Moody examined.

"You got to fight it mate!" Ron called out while trying to comfort Hermione.

Sirius looked over and saw a fear stricken face on Ginny as well. About the same of how he was feeling right now.

Sirius suddenly felt the back hairs along his neck stick up as if a shadow had just passed through him.

"Stupid boy," a cold voice hissed from behind them.

They all turned around to come face to face with the pale, snake skinned dark lord.

Several people gasped from within the group as this was their first time seeing Voldemort in the flesh. This was the first time Sirius had laid eyes on him as well. He was more evil looking than he had envisioned but that did not discourage him. If anything, it made the rage inside him ignite as he remembered the night he had arrived at Godric's Hollow so many years ago.

"So, we meet at last," Sirius stepped in front of the group while drawing out his wand. "Voldemort."

Voldemort did not reply but merely responded with an evil smile.

Before he could speak again, Sirius found Lupin at his side. Wand pointed directly at Voldemort without a particle of fear in his eye.

"You will pay for what you did to Lily and James," Remus spoke.

Sirius had no idea who casted the first spell but he and Remus had now engaged in a full on duel with Voldemort.

"Protect Harry!" Sirius yelled to the person nearest to him, who happened to be Ginny.

She gave him a stern nod and rushed over to Harry's side. Sirius knew that Ginny was a strong girl and had really proved herself to be just that during these night events. Sirius would have to thank her later. That is, of course, if he survived. Right now he was in a full fledge battle with the most powerful dark wizard of all time.

Sirius and Remus were holding their ground but their power was nothing compared to that of Voldemort. He knew they could not keep this up for much longer.

"I don't know how much of this I can take," Sirius called over to Lupin as he held up a shield charm in front of the two of them.

His shield charm had now shattered and Voldemort was quick to cast a killing curse right at them. He was too late to react but was surprised to have found Moody standing in front of them both as he and Voldemort's spells had connected and were fighting against each other.

Moody struggled to push the curse back as the green spell slowly gained momentum against Moody's own red one.

"ENOUGH!" Voldemort screamed, sending everyone flying back while leaving Harry exposed and unguarded in the middle of the floor.

"NO!" Sirius screamed as he saw Voldemort slowly approaching Harry's body. He tried to move but no matter how hard he tried his legs would not pull himself up. He began to cry as he knew he had failed Harry. His own godson.

There was then a crackle from one of the nearby fireplaces and the body of Albus Dumbledore emerged into the room with his wand already drawn.

There was hope and Sirius smiled bigger than he had ever done in his life. There was still a chance. And for the first time he saw Voldemort's face drop at the sight of the wizard. Fear could be seen in the Dark Lord himself.

Voldemort took a few steps away from Harry's body as he prepared himself for battle.

"It was foolish of you to come here tonight Tom," Dumbledore's voice spoke strongly throughout the hall. "The Aurors are on their way."

"And by that time I shall be gone," Voldemort hissed. "And you shall be dead."

The two legendary wizards cast their spells and connected like Moody's and Voldemort's had done moments earlier. The mere force shook the entire hall when they collided against each other.

Dumbledore quickly advanced as he put himself in front of Harry's body. Sirius, now free to move, rushed over to Harry and noticed Ginny had came alongside him as well.

Harry was still alive but continued to clutch as his scar, screaming in agony. The poor boy. Who knows what Voldemort had put him through.

Together, Sirius and Ginny had each taken one of Harry's arms and had slid him across the floor and back to the safety of the group.

Sirius took his eyes back to the battle at hand and was amazed to see how Dumbledore seemed to be gaining the upper hand against Voldemort. He and Remus had barely been able to keep their own ground. This really showed how powerful Dumbledore really was.

The battle continued on for several minutes with each spell casted vibrating the ground bellow them. It was not long after that Voldemort convinced himself of defeat and disappeared into a black cloud. Dumbledore had won and the battle was finally over.

Dumbledore made his way over to Harry's side but his condition was not improving. If anything, it was worsening and Sirius hated himself for not knowing what to do.

"What's happening!" Sirius cried out to Dumbledore.

"Voldemort's trying to possess Harry," Dumbledore calmly answered.

Harry's eyes had now turned red and spoke, but it was not his voice but that of Voldemort's.

"You've lost old man." He glared up at Dumbledore.

"Harry, look at me!" Sirius grasped his head. "You got to fight it! You hear me? You can't let him win!"

Harry screamed out in pain, clearly trying to fight off against Voldemort's attack.

"I'm here, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, and all of your friends are here," Sirius continued to encourage. "You got to fight him for all of us! I can't loose you too!"

Sirius noticed that Ginny had now took hold of one Harry's hand. "Fight him, Harry. For me."

"Remember me?" Voldemort's voice snapped and looked at Ginny. "And now I will destroy that of which you loved."

"No," Ginny began to subtly cry. "Don't leave me Harry!"

Harry clearly had responded well to the smoothness of her voice and had changed his attention back to her. Red eyes and all.

"Ginny?" A calm voice came from Harry. His own voice.

Harry screamed out again but this time the red eyes had disappeared. His chest lifted violently and the misty image of Voldemort now looked down at the boy.

"You're a fool Harry Potter," Voldemort calmly spoke. "And you will loose. Everything."

The green fireplaces had begun to erupt in large numbers all around them as several Aurors and Ministry officials filled the hall. Even Fudge himself as he gave out a large gasp, clearly seeing Voldemort vanishing in front of him.

"He's back!" Fudge blurted out.

The Dark Lord has returned. Voldemort was alive and now everyone had seen the destruction he was capable of.

Nothing would ever be the same.