Family

This is a what if story as in what if Sirius never went to Azkaban and what if Harry was raised by his godfather when his parents were killed at the hands of Lord Voldemort (oops, said his name, sorry) :D.

Chapter 1

*Pop*

Sirius apparates outside the gate of the Potter's Godric's Hollow home to a scene of complete and utter devastation. The house was falling apart and so was Sirius' heart. Opening the gate Sirius slowly walks up the garden path with his heart thudding within his chest.

Putting his hand on the door to open it Sirius finds that the door falls off its hinges and collapses to the floor revealing a sight to cause him to fall to the floor himself in agony. He sees his best friend James 'Prongs' Potter lying dead on the staircase with his wand next to him.

Sirius then goes to his friend and sits next to him even letting out a few tears.

"Oh Prongs you daft beggar, why did you have to get yourself killed? Why couldn't you, Lily and Harry have just apparated away?" Wait - Lily!"

Sirius then stands up and quietly stalks up the stairs, down the corridor and into the nursery where the first thing he sees is Lily lying dead on the floor. He goes to her and gently strokes the hair out of her face saying "Oh Lily, I'm so, so sorry".

Then completely unexpectedly Sirius hears a whimper to his left, "Mama" he hears and looking to his left Sirius sees baby Harry stood in his crib, gripping onto the sides and looking at his mother on the floor with tears streaming down his face.

Standing up Sirius walks to the crib and picks up his godson who is only a year old and holds the infant close to him. This is when Sirius notices a lightning bolt shaped scar on his young godson's forehead. It is at this point that Sirius hears noises from downstairs and balancing Harry on his hip he points his wand at the door and seconds later Hagrid walks through the door.

"Hagrid, what are you doing here?"

"I have orders from Dumbledore"

"What orders?"

"He told me to take young Harry to his Aunt and Uncle"

"Over my dead body. Harry stays with me"

"Sirius please, hand him to me, Professor Dumbledore says he'll be more protected with them"

"DO I LOOK LIKE I GIVE A DAMN, my best friend and his wife are dead and as Harry's godfather I think Lily and James would want me to look after them"

"No way on Earth will I LET you look after that baby, now give him here"

"You seriously think I would harm Harry?"

"BUT YOU BETRAYED JAMES AND LILY TO HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED"

"Oh for god's sake use his name Hagrid and why would you think I would betray them?"

"You were their Secret Keeper, only you knew where they were"

"But I wasn't though, we changed it a few weeks back, it was ... Peter, Peter was the one that caused all this"

"Sirius, I know you, don't do it"

"I have to find that lying, filthy evil bastard"

"You do that and I'll take Harry"

"You come near me or Harry and I swear to god I won't be responsible for my actions"

"But I have orders"

"Yes I know, from Dumbledore"

Sirius then conjures his Patronus, which is that of a large dog and orders it to go to Dumbledore saying that he will after Harry from now on. Seconds after it disappears another pop is heard and Dumbledore apparates into Harry's nursery.

"Sirius, I know you want to care for Harry, I understand, really I do but Harry will be safer with his Aunt and Uncle"

"I am not letting Harry out of sight and even if I did there is no way I would let Harry go anywhere near them. Lily told me about them, they're the worst sort of muggles there could be. Harry wouldn't be treated as an equal, they would treat him like he's a piece of dirt on the end of their shoe and I will not allow that to happen, so will you let me walk out of here with Harry?"

"Sirius ..." starts Dumbledore"

"If you say he'll be safer there one more time"

"Okay Sirius, fine Harry can stay with you"

"That's what you should've said in the first place"

"Sirius, have you thought this through, where are you going to live?" asks Hagrid.

"Not sure yet, but as long as James and Lily's wish of Harry staying with me happens I don't care"

"How about Hogwarts?"

"I'm not going to raise Harry in Hogwarts, he'll be gawked at every second of his life"

"I'm talking about raising him there Sirius, I'm just talking about a few days, so we can have time to think"

"Deal"

"Okay then, let's go"

"No, not yet, we have to move Lily and James and gather Harry's things" insisted Sirius

"Sirius is right Professor, we cannot leave James and Lily here"

"Of course, Hagrid, would you please fetch James from the stairs?"

"Yes of course"

Hagrid then disappears out the door and Dumbledore turns to Sirius and asks him "Are you sure you want to do this Sirius, you will not have the easiest of lives, you'll probably have to move a lot, you won't have a secure life"

"He's my godson Dumbledore, I'm all he has"

"Good man"

A few minutes later in the centre of the nursery Hagrid is holding James in his arms, Sirius is holding Harry and a bag of clothes, nappies and other essentials and Dumbledore is using a Levitation Charm on Lily.

"Are we ready?" questions Dumbledore.

"Yes sir"

"Sure, come on Harry, say goodbye to Godric's Hollow" croaks Sirius.

And with that they disapparate from the complete devastation that happened in the Potter's house.

End of Chapter