Harry Potter and the Marauder's Legacy!

Chapter 1 Bad Days For Now

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter as that would be Riddikulus!

Albus Dumbledore was having a frustrating day. In all his 111 years of life and on his moonlight blue robes and wizard hat that he was currently wearing and his favorite outfit he could not fathom how Sirius Black escaped the wizarding prison Azkaban. It has been 5 years since he betrayed his former friends the Potter family and his brother albeit really distant cousin but really brother in blood James Potter. Albus always thought it was fishy what went down but saw nothing that was out of place and as he was told that Sirius got a trial of tribunal and found guilty then. Albus just had to accept the betrayal of the century. He took a heavy sigh and put some lemon drops, his favorite candy, in his mouth and ate it in his spacious office that dignified him Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The most premiere magical boarding school in Great Britain and one of top four magical schools in the world. As he was putting another lemon drop in his mouth his familiar Fawkes, a brilliant red phoenix, moaned softly in sorrow as he felt the mood. Albus sighed again before getting up and vaguely registering that the portraits in his office of the past headmasters and headmistresses where asleep as it was a late hour.

He got up from his desk and went to his familiar and scratched the phoenix's head. "It's okay Fawkes, well catch him" he said before the phoenix moaned in sorrow again before catching fire after Albus moved his hand away and turning to ashes. Albus chuckled as he moved the ashes away and saw a baby phoenix. "Sometimes I'm envious of your rebirth. I feel like there's a lot we can learn from it" he said a little philosophically. Before he left to a meeting with Cornelius Fudge the Minister of Magic, and a few higher ups in the Ministry of Magic in Britain; he checked his instruments on the wards around Harry and his guardian's house that showed them as strong as ever. Nodding once he went to fireplace, grabbed some floo powder, tossed it into the fire and yelled "Ministry of Magic" and stepped in. He had no way of knowing that the blood wards protecting one Harry James Potter the Boy-Who-Lived would disappear when he came back through the floo network to his office again.

Sirius Orion Black III was in illegal, because he never registered, but rather interesting animagus form of a big black shaggy dog that looked rather like a grim if there ever was one. His normal handsome face before turning into his dog form was marred by an almost haunted shrunken and unkempt look. He hadn't had a proper shave or personal care in 5 years and his normally wavy hair was matted and tangled. All this because one Peter Pettigrew, his former friend and Marauder, and the betrayer of his brother James, yelling that he betrayed the Potters and blowing up the street after he admits foolishly chasing after him after his brother James and his wife Lily's death. He cast a protection charm and started laughing at his loss after he saw Peter disappear into a rat and scamper off into the sewer. It all just fell apart for him then when he was hit by a stunner and all went black.

Next thing he knows he's waking up to a horrible feeling of the Dementers of Azkaban Prison in the isolation High Security Section. Sometimes he could faintly hear the other prisoner's screams but that was here and there at best thankfully. He had cried himself to sleep for a week after waking up on the first night before he got himself together and thought of himself innocent and as that wasn't a happy thought so he didn't go insane like many of the others. He also realized that he was the only innocent person alive who knew that Peter was the Potter's Secret Keeper by means of the Fidelius Charm so he decided to play this coolly. He was also thinking and not hoping as that is a happy thought that his friends and family would start to build a case for him. He knew they wouldn't let him down. His favorite cousin Andromeda and her husband Ted and daughter Nymphadora would surely use their connections to help him.

Or Remus Lupin the secret writer for some of Whizz Hard Books most successful books would inquire despite the Ministry's bias views on him for his furry little problem. Kingley Shacklebolt or Frank Longbottom was his and James's partners in the Aurors with Mad-eye Moody, surely they would advocate he kept telling himself in Azkaban, and let's not forget his special someone, his heart's desire the one that tamed the old dog, rogue Marauder, and bachelor extraordinaire and beater for the Welsh Quidditch team the Holyhead Harpies Gwenog Jones, or just Gwen. He figured that the Ministry in all their infinite wisdom would take a while to realize their mistake but it seemed forever till he decided he needed to escape. It's not like he had much faith in the ministry much anyway. After his escape he discovered it has been 5 years and that surprised him. 5 years in hell; he almost laughed at the thought. He was a survivor and now he was a survivor on the run, but he was tired.

He didn't think he'd last much longer with the Dementors; so he decided to break out with a plan that would make all the other Marauders proud and figure out what the hell was keeping his friends and family so long in helping an old dog out and throwing him a bone figuratively speaking. Though first he wanted to see his godson; the reason he tried to stay sane above all else. Now still wet in the rain that was coming down rather hard he just made it into Surrey and he was determined to find his godson. He knew where Lily's sister Petunia lived from her, so he had a good idea that Harry was there. He had that haunch when he discovered this bit of information one day by hearing some Aurors gossiping about how Harry Potter disappeared and Dumbledore's assures to the public that he was in a safe place in the Muggle World. But he was confused ever since as he was sure that after him was Andromeda and the Longbottoms on the list of caregivers for Harry in his parent's will as far as he knew. He would just get his answers the hard way and with a bark he kept running. He really wanted to see Harry again.

A Minute After Dumbledore Left His Office

Harry Potter was not having a great day though a great day would be a rarer than a double blue moons happening in row which was never. Heck a good day was rare. Any day would be better then what was going on right now though. His aunt left him in the cupboard without food because he accidently slipped up in class and got a higher grades then her 'Dudleykins' and to top it off when his cousin Dudley chased him with his gang of friends for a game of 'Harry Hunting' he disappeared when they cornered him and ended up on the roof. The Dursley's where not happy. They locked him in the cupboard for a full week without food but Petunia did give him a glass of water once a day and allowed him to use the bathroom. Today was just the tip of the iceberg though.

Today his uncle Vernon must have had a bad day as he had alcohol on his breath as he woke Harry up in the pitch black house as he assumed Petunia and Dudley must have been asleep. His uncle was talking about a lost client and how his was his 'the freaks fault' and started beating Harry. This went on for what seemed like forever and after one good kick to Harry's right side which broke three ribs, Harry was thrown ungracefully back into his cupboard. This was not the first time this happened but it was definitely one of the worse episodes so far. The door was slammed shut but Vernon drunkenly forgot to lock it and trudged upstairs to pass out. An hour later Harry woke up in incredible pain but with determination. He was not going to stay here any longer.

He was going to run away; he didn't know where but he had enough and mentally refused to call this place home any longer and unknown to him, and not that he knew, the magical wards around the house failed. So painfully getting up, checked the cupboard door and discovered it was slightly ajar and broken. So twisting the knob, the door opened. Harry sighed in relief. He looked around his "bedroom" to see anything of value and saw nothing besides his baby blanket that he still slept with that had weird golden balls with wings and a mustard yellow background. Picking it up, he wrapped it around his shoulders and limped his way to the kitchen after shutting his cupboard door. Every step hurt worse than the next as his left arm was broken on top of the pain of moving with his broken ribs. He went to the kitchen as he was thirsty and grabbed a cup from the cupboard and greedily drank a couple of glasses of water.

Fearfully thinking that his aunt or uncle would come back any minute he decided to leave before getting anything more than some bread which he ate without chewing. He downed one more glass of water before putting the glass in the sink then he limped to the door and opened all the five locks as quickly and quietly as he could and saw that it was raining. He thought that it was a bit ironic. Before he looked at the clock on a nearby wall and saw that it was a bit past midnight; he quietly shut the door and made his way into the night. He got pretty far before fatigue of his injuries caused him to slow down and take shelter from the rain in some bushes. Unknown to him he had some eternal bleeding and was soon went into shock and then unconsciousness. Four minutes later a shaggy black dog found him.

Sirius Black was striding toward No. 4 Privet Drive to see his godson. He knew he was very close but stopped when he smelled a familiar smell coming from the left a ways and it was barely there. A smell he never thought he'd smell again. He smelled a combination of his past friends and one unique to his own. He smelled his godson Harry Potter and he also smelled blood. The blood part made him panic and become confused, but he also was confused as to what Harry was doing in a gathering rain storm. He didn't hesitate and ran after the smell despite rain interfering heavily, and came upon a scene that had him in almost barking mad and very scared. His godson drenched but unconscious with just a baby blanket around his shoulders, and wearing old clothes that seemed not to fit him at all but more worriedly where the several nasty cuts, several still leaking blood, and tons of bruises and the forming of a black eye on his left eye.

The part that scared him the most though was the stillness form of his godson Harry. He wanted to so bad just hold him but he knew that he had to get help as all he knew was first aid and that wasn't going to help him here, especially since most of it involved a wand which was something he didn't have. He was tired from a 34 hour run strait from the other side of the country but he wasn't going to let his godson down. Though his original plan was obviously scrapped now as he had to take his godson with him instead of checking on him. He already let his godson down for 5 years; not tonight. So thinking it over he changed into his human form and hoping beyond hope that he had the strength to apparate as he picked up his godson and willed himself to his cousin's house as she was a head healer at St. Mungo's Hospital and hoping that Andi wouldn't kill him. He appeared around the wards of a nice red brick home on the outskirts of London. He rushed past the wards that he was surprised still recognized him and knocked heavily on the door.

He waited for a moment while his prison clothes where getting soaked before knocking heavily again. It only took a second for his favorite cousin to force open the door with a "YOU" and a wand pointed an inch from his face and looking every bit scary even in her frilly dark green nightgown. Then before he could say anything he heard her gasp and look down at who was in his arms and her anger increased tenfold.

He quickly wondered why the Black sisters all had the same white hot temper that was only rivaled by Lily's before his danger sense when into overdrive and he stared talking fast. "It was Peter who betrayed James and Lily. He needs immediate medical attention please let us in Andi, please." Andromeda Tonks squinted her eyes in suspicion but motioned with her wand to come in. Sirius was looking around at the happy family pictures on the sea blue walls and came face to face with a groggy but then surprised Edward "Ted" Tonks. The slightly overweight man was shocked speechless. He felt his wife get up out of bed suddenly and bolt to a faint knocking sound. Now he was looking at Britain's most wanted man with a black haired beat up kid covered in blood and snitch covered baby blanket in his living room.

The Aurors had warned them yesterday about his escape as next to kin and here he was. It only took a second to register but before he could say anything his wife came into the picture with a wand at Sirius Black's back and ordered him to get her medical bag and his wand and to meet her in the spare bedroom. He nodded but leveled a stern look that looked out of place on the normally jolly looking man's face at Sirius. Nodding once with an "okay" he was gone but back in a minute in the spare bedroom with orders to watch Sirius as he sat in a chair as she worked some healing magic on a kid he was surprised to learn was Harry Potter who was now shirtless. Now this didn't make a galleon of sense to Ted that the Potter's betrayer would save Harry but he'd roll with it for now. Especially since he looked at Sirius's face that wasn't even looking at him or his wand, just at his lovely and beautiful wife working on Harry in concern. Neither man liked the cuts and bruises they could see that covered the boy.

Then both men were brought out of their focus by his wife's few select curse words as she raised her wand from Harry's chest that was still glowing green at the tip. She then shot up her wand to the direction of the door and summon several potions from the house and several old towels. She then yelled "stupefy" on Harry and put a few towels around his stomach and opened his body up with her wand. Sirius who Ted knew wasn't faking being concerned asked rather worriedly if something was wrong. Andromeda didn't answer for a few minutes as she banished some blood from his body that was soaking out and then did a few complicated spells that seemed to stop said bleeding and then banished some more blood before checking him again with a green glowing point at the tip of his wand on the top of Harry's chest again before nodding confidently and closing Harry up and cancelling the stupefy spell with a Rennervate.

Then forcing four potions down Harry's throat. Ted, who was also concerned, knew off hand that one was a blood replenishing potion and the other was for pain relief. Then she closed up a few of the major cuts and fed Harry what both men knew as Skele-gro potion. Sirius especially grimaced. Andromeda nodded before taking some salve and rubbing it on Harry's chest, arms, and face. Andromeda looked at both men before looking at Sirius intently and said "You're lucky Sirius that you brought him to me as fast as you did. He probably wouldn't have lasted the day with his internal injuries that he had. A few broken bones was one thing, but a ruptured spleen is another. To the somewhat now shocked group he started growling as none of them knew he was a dog animagus.

Then with a flick of her wand a small bottle of a potion ended up in Andromeda's hand as she continued. "He'll be fine though with some rest and food, now though." Both men sighed in relief as Andromeda came with a glare over to Sirius and uncapped the bottle. Still looking at Sirius with a fierce look that even Ted knew not to mess with his wife in her "terror mode" as it was called by friends and 'welcome' family. "Now Sirius we can do this the easy way or the hard way. You are going to take some of this Veritaserum and tell me the truth." Instead of fear Andromeda lifted an eyebrow at his determined look as he opened his mouth. Nodding, she put three drops in mouth and he went into a daze.

"What is your name" she asked him?

"Sirius Orion Black III"

Nodding she continued, "where you the Potter's secret keeper or did you betray them in any way?"

"No"

"Who did?"

"Peter Pettigrew"

She and Ted both cursed.

"Why did you break out of Azkaban?"

"The Dementors where taking their toll and I wanted to find out why no one was helping me as I was innocent before I went insane?"

This stopped Andromeda up short and she started shaking. Ted moved to comfort his wife but she pressed on to the still truth potion induced Sirius and giving him the antidote to the serum. He quickly came out of his dazed state to see his cousin's green glowing tipped wand on his chest. He noticed that she didn't look scorned anymore, but sad, very sad, and knew his testimony from the potion was the answer though he quietly sat through her obvious checkup. It took a few minutes and then she sighed and pulled out her wand again and summoned several potions and before he could say a word shoved their contents down his throat while Ted chuckled as this was so his wife. Both then shared a look as they knew a lot needed to happen and a lot of information needed to be shared by both sides. So sighing and telling his wife he'd make some food and knowing the cooking was never a strong suit of his amazing wife, Ted left. Andromeda transfigured two chairs opposite of Sirius and began to tell him what he missed. Starting with how Frank and Alice Longbottom where tortured into insanity by Bellitrix and her husband and brother-in-law with the help of Bartemius Crouch, Jr. He growled again and needed a moment to calm down. How his godson is what is called the Boy-Who-Lived from 'defeating' Voldemort by surviving Voldemort's killing curse, which rebounded and killed the dark lord.

What happened in the wizarding world since his capture, how Nymphadora was doing in school and what some of their other friends that survived the war where doing. How somehow Cornelius Fudge became the Minister of Magic and how he was biased and incompetent and the laws that he helped pass for most of the 'pureblood circles' that caused Remus to suffer for a job which pissed them both off. She also then went into the Wizengamot meetings she attended as the fill in head of the Potter and Peverell seats, and how she formed an alliance with Augusta Longbottom, Elphias Doge, Amelia Bones, Conrad Abbott, Amos Diggory, and Harold Greengrass. The last one surprised Sirius to no end since the Greengrass Family was notoriously neutral for years including the last war, but Andromeda explained how Harold's father Cyrus was found dead in Diagon Alley by a killing curse and was before Harold took the lordship of House Greengrass, under pressure from some of the darker families before his death to side with them in the war but he didn't. Andromeda and a lot of other people suspected Death Eater retaliation as the cause since the Greengrass fortune was enormous and they didn't help the Dark Lord financially or in anyway and denied all marriage contracts for his granddaughters.

She went on to explain after Ted brought several omelets for Sirius, he, and Andromeda to eat, and then Andromeda had to knock some manners into Sirius literally as he started eating them with his hands much to the amusement of Ted. She then continued on that Harold tried to stay neutral but the politically backing of some of the families that where pressing his father turned to him and caused him no end in grief and fear so he choose to side-step his families neutrality and form an alliance with Andromeda's little group. It made sense to Sirius as Andromeda, Amelia, Conrad, and Augusta where no nonsense firmly in the light but struck neutral with things that didn't matter to them, while Elphias Doge was a well-connected and big supporter of Dumbledore, but was also a freelancer in the Wizemgamot and did what he thought was right rather then what helped him, and was there in an elder capacity. He also knew that Bones family was a big supporter of if anything, justice, but where always considered light, but the family came out of the war in tatters, but had strong ties with the Abbotts. Amos Diggory's grandfather Albert successfully petitioned the Wizengamot to make his house a Noble one before the last war went into full swing. While the Longbottoms and the Potters had probably the oldest alliance in the history of the Wizengamot. The next question though is what brought the stage to light for Sirius though.

"Who was pressuring the Greengrass's so much?"

Andromeda sighed as she knew Sirius wasn't going to like at as they continued to eat.

"It was a group backing from what Harold said but was being led by Thaddeus Nott and Lucius Malfoy."

Sirius who was taking a drink of water at the time spit it out in outrage but managed to get most of the water in the glass as to not earn Andromeda's ire. Something that even he feared.

"But those two where known Death Eaters how the hell are they bloody free?"

Ted answered this one with a look of severe dislike on his face.

"Fudge."

"What" asked Sirius, but Andromeda continued her husband's thoughts?

"A lot of the darker pureblood circles paid the way for Fudge to get into office not long after your incarceration and the resignation of Minister Bagnold when she resigned due to stress, and in a sense due to his severe incompetence and lack of sight he is a puppet Minister or more like a Minister for hire. His only goal is to keep his office and with most of the money belonging in the pure-blood circles he was easily bought and put up laws that they want. Though if public opinion is high against such moves he normally follows the spotlight if not just gold. I at least know that known Death Daters Lord Julius Jugson, Lord Aloysius Avery, Senior and his son, Lord Charles Selwyn, Gregory Goyle, Senior, Vincent Crabbe, Senior, and Walden McNair probably bought their way to freedom as they claimed before the Wizengamot that they were 'imperiused'. Fudge also firmly believes this with all his being and Malfoy is one of his main confidants" she explained with distaste. Sirius nodded but didn't change his anger toward those people. They escaped justice due to gold but he with more gold then all of them combined was thrown in hellish prison without a trial. Sighing to himself he figured he should get this process over with. Looking a bit forlorn he looked at Andromeda in the eyes and asked "why didn't you fight for my trial?" Her eyes told all to Sirius. They had hurt, regret, and most of all confusion before shock hit.

"Siri you never received a trial did you?"

Looking down at the omelet that he was eating he shook his head with a "no." The way he said had no emotion behind it at all. Ted couldn't meet his gaze but saw his wife who never cried giving birth to their gorgeous daughter on the verge of tears and got up and put his arms around her for support. The only time she ever cried was a week after their wedding when she confessed how painful it was for the fact that her only 'blood' family at the wedding was Sirius and their uncle Alphard. Now he knew that Sirius was always like a little brother to Andromeda and that fact that she and he and well no one came to Sirius's defense was hard. Ted felt ashamed but he could only guess what his wife felt.

While his wife wailed in his arms he looked up to see a shocked and very uncomfortable Sirius looking at him as he rose up with his arms outstretched and giving Ted a nod. Ted nodded back before letting his wife go and before Andromeda could even register him leaving she was shocked when a now equally crying Sirius was holding her in his arms with his head in the crook of her neck before Andromeda hugged Sirius back. Both relieved their emotions of the other and stayed that way for almost an hour. Sirius crying for his loss and the pain he had suffered and Andromeda for the loss of 5 years and the pain and blight that this travesty caused as well as her regret. After calming down a bit both where given strong coffee by Ted as he just got back and sat back down in their chairs. There was silence for a bit before Andromeda spoke.

"We were told you where given a trial."

Sirius's head fell back in humorless laughter at that.

"I was chasing Peter when he blew up the street with his wand behind his back. I started laughing at the way it all bloody went down and my loss. The next thing I know I'm knocked unconscious by a stunner and woke up in Azkaban. I kept my sanity by thinking of my innocence. I received no trial."

Andromeda who looked to be on the verge of tears again spoke softly "Siri I'm sorry, I should…" But was interrupted by Sirius chuckling. "Andi didn't you remember that nice long hug we just had. I don't blame you. I blame the ministry and Peter." Ted chuckled a little bit at that.

"But…" Andromeda tried to say while Sirius just shook his head chuckling still. He took a moment to calm down before a bit playfully looking at her with and saying "Andi it's really okay. We all made mistakes in this as I shouldn't have given Harry to Hagrid and chased down Peter which brought this upon me. Yes you could have looked for a trial for me but you thought I had already got one and was found guilty as I'm sure everyone else had the same thinking. Like I said before this is the ministry's and Peter's fault. Now if you want you can help me get a trial now."

Andromeda looked regretful still, and Ted didn't think that would entirely go away if ever, but the spark was back in her eyes again and Ted almost shivered for whoever got in the way of her goal to get Sirius a trial. Though he smiled inside when he knew the biggest opposition would come from Fudge. "The stupid git would get his" he thought a bit happily. He never supported or liked Fudge. Only blind sheep, bigots, and most of the pureblood circles ever did. They finished breakfast as the clock was going on seven a.m. now from what the group saw and both Andromeda and Ted where happy they were fortunately off work today.

They finished their discussions and brought Sirius up to speed on almost everything. He was ecstatic when Ted said he'd take the case as he was a very successful lawyer, who had an office in Diagon Alley. Sirius had forgotten that.

He was surprised that his grandfather Arcturus was still alive and that he wasn't voting at all on the Wizengamot, he barely showed up anymore since taking back his head seat from his deceased son. No one knew where he went half the time but it worried Sirius when Andromeda told him that he has Sirius's motorcycle. The discussion went on and on till there was only one thing left really to talk about at that moment and that was Harry. Andromeda explained that besides knowing that Sirius was the next to take charge of him should both his parents die, no one knew who was on the list as the will was sealed by Dumbledore, but Andromeda tried to gain custody early on but before she filed the paperwork Albus told her that Harry was better off where he was and had the best protection possible and she should focus on raising Nymphadora. Andromeda reluctantly agreed at the time a long with Remus who also was going for a try despite the prejudice he would surely face.

Andromeda became howling mad when Sirius told her that although he didn't know for sure who all was on the list he did know the beneath him was then her and Ted and next Frank and Alice Longbottom. Ted also became angry at hearing this. Both of their anger only grew as Sirius told them of how he found Harry. They didn't know for sure but Andromeda did say that he had evidence of broken bones before from her checkup that was healed by magic and that he showed signs of an abused child. None of them thought Albus was bad but something was definitely missing in the equation. They continued their conversation before Sirius got up and asked to use the bathroom and that he remembered where it was.

Both Tonks shared a look though after he left. "Do you think we should tell him about Gwen and…" but didn't finish as Andromeda shook her head. "He has enough to be worried about; well talk to him later about that. For now let's focus on getting him free and breakfast and then we'll worry about that later." Ted nodded once at that before eating the last of his omelet. A few minutes later after both elder Tonks' finished their breakfast before a horrified scream and the sound of something breaking caused Ted to choke on his coffee and Andromeda to smack her hand on her head. Ted swore and rushed downstairs to do some damage control as that sound could only mean that Nymphadora just discovered Sirius. Andromeda sighed as they all forgot about their daughter during this whole fiasco and looked up at the heavens and asking 'why' before hurrying down to defuse the situation. She really needed to get Dumbledore here she thought before leaving!

Thank you for reading and please review! Before I go there is something I want to make clear is that no Dumbledore isn't God or an evil, manipulative, bastard in this story. I'm not saying he is going to give all the information needed at once but why he placed Harry with the Dursley's in my story was a practical reason and he will be helpful if not a bit of his odd and insane self. Please Review!