Harry Potter ~Protection~ Intermission

Harry Potter-Protection Intermission

Harry Potter woke up feeling refreshed and surprisingly well rested. He glanced side to side and was vaguely surprised to see both Sirius and Remus were cuddling him. He thought back to how this came about and couldn't help but smile as he snuggled down in the warmth that surrounded him.

~Flashback~

The three had just finished putting away their new clothes and Harry was now perched on the edge of his bed, Sirius's wand tip pressed against the side of his head and Harry let the memories from both before Hogwarts and along with his 1st two years flow out. He felt safe with them and decided they should know about his childhood and this was much easier than talking about it.

He scooted back against the mound of silk pillows, settling in as Sirius put the memories in a pensive.

"Are you sure that you are okay with this cub?" Remus glanced at the teen that was clad in his new pajamas, red and gold plaid bottoms and a black t-shirt.

"Yeah Moony, I want you two to know everything… Just don't be too surprised if I'm asleep when you finish." Harry yawned as he pulled the black and silver comforter over his skinny body.

"Night pup." Sirius placed a soft kiss on Harry's forehead before he and Remus nodded at each other and entered the pensive. Harry yawned once more and closed his eyes. He slowly started to fade into unconsciousness when he heard gasping coming from Sirius and Remus signaling they had finished the memories. He decided to keep his eyes shut as they felt like lead.

"I just can't believe it. Dumbledore is going to get it." Sirius seethed.

"Phase three will have to be a lot more violent than we originally planned. Now we have proof and we can throw it in their faces." Remus growled out.

"…I don't think I'll be able to leave him alone tonight…" Sirius admitted softly.

"Me neither…" Remus agreed.

"If you're not going to leave then shut up and get over here." Harry commented sleepily, eyes still shut.

"You heard him Moony." Sirius said after there was a moment of stunned silence.

There was movement from the two as they toed off their shoes and pulled off the robes and anything else that would make sleep uncomfortable. They then slipped under the covers on either side of Harry and curled their bodies protectively around him. Sirius hummed a soothing song that sounded familiar for some reason to Harry as Remus stroked his honorary godson's black hair. Sirius had his arm draped over Harry's waist, holding him close and Harry buried his face in the crook of his godfather's neck and the three fell asleep.

~End Flashback~

"Morning cub." Remus spoke and Harry twisted his head around to look at Remus who was smiling back at him.

"Morning Moony." Harry said dazed. "Did you get any sleep?"

"Surprisingly yes." Remus admitted as he slowly extracted himself from the bed and pried Sirius's hand off his own hand.

"Was it because we were here or was it because of that song Siri was humming… It sounded familiar to me but I can't place it." Harry pondered as Sirius's now free hand wrapped around Harry, cuddling against him like he was a teddy bear.

"Both I suppose. That was the song Lily made for you when you were born, she used to hum it to you and sometimes the rest of us when it was time for bed." Remus relieved and Harry felt warmth spread over his body as he grinned.

"My mom was awesome wasn't she?" he asked and Remus made an agreeing sound in the back of his throat. "…How did you guys get Sirius to wake up?"

"Usually James dumped water on him, Lily mostly just kicked him until he woke up, but this is my full proof way. Watch and learn cub." Remus smiled the same marauder smirk from before.

Remus made his way over to Sirius' side of the bed and leaned down to his best friend's ear.

"I'm making my famous chocolate chip pancakes and if you don't get up now Padfoot then I won't leave any for you." Remus whispered and almost right away Sirius' eyes snapped open and he nearly leapt out of bed.

"So my dad soaked Siri, my mom kicked him and you bribe him with food?" Harry laughed.

"It worked in Hogwarts." Remus grinned wolfishly.

"Am I safe to go downstairs and see the others or do we have some sort of grand entrance that ties into this mysterious phase three you won't tell me anything about?" Harry asked as he rolled himself out of his bed.

"You're safe to go downstairs, but the entrance shall be grand because can you really expect anything less when Sirius is involved?" Remus laughed and Harry nodded agreeing as he stumbled over to his wardrobe to grab some clothes. He picked out a pair of tight black skinny jeans (as he was so skinny he could pull them off rather well, better than anyone else his age at least) with a long sleeved white Henley and black high-tops and to show his new status as a Lord he picked out a long black robe that flared out around him.

"Actually I was just thinking Harry would stroll in and sit at the head of the table and start just casually drinking some pumpkin juice." Sirius said honestly.

"And then when everyone stares at me in shock I'll just go 'what' all innocently." Harry finished the thought with a wide grin, he then strode past the two shocked men into the bathroom to take a shower and get dressed.

"He's a true Marauder Moony!" Sirius threw his arms dramatically if not a bit possessively over Remus's torso.

"James would be so proud!" Remus laughed.

"Maybe I can convince him to re-form the group!" Sirius said excitement shining in his blue eyes.

"I think you would get a howler from Minnie if that happened." Remus laughed just imaging the reactions that would get at Hogwarts.

"That would make me more proud than anything else." Sirius said seriously (A/N: I tried to avoid it but it had to happen at some point).

Harry had finished one of the best showers of his life and was now attacking his hair with a comb but could only huff annoyed as it barely worked. He decided to just mess it up stylishly with some gel he found on the long white stone counter. He took in his body, as it was the 1st time he had a chance since everything was removed from him.

He was still skinny and small but it seemed that was just genetics, however he could make out where most of his ribs were located but he wasn't worried. He knew Sirius and Remus had a plan about that as well since they seemed to have plans about everything nowadays. His scars and bruises were gone and his eyes seemed to sparkle like emeralds while the dark bags under his eyes were faded so you could hardly see them at all. His infamous scar had faded so it was just barely an outline and his whole being felt lighter and he felt happier than he ever had before.

He glanced down at the odd number of rings on his fingers and wished there was a way to combine all the Lordship rings so he only had one Lordship ring and the heir ring to the Black family, that he could work with. They must have read his mind because all the Lordship rings glowed and morphed into one large ring that settled on his right index finger while his Black heir ring was on left index finger.

"Wicked." Harry breathed out as he got dressed and entered his now empty bedroom. He walked over to Hedwig and softly petted her while feeding her some owl treats.

"Hey Hedwig, so apparently you and Fawkes are my magical familiars but my abilities were blocked before… I wonder if anything has changed." Harry mumbled to the snowy owl.

"Blocks that makes sense." A soothing female voice echoed and Harry looked up shocked and Hedwig ruffled her feathers.

"Hedwig?" Harry asked in his mind and she ruffled her feathers once more.

"Who else did you think it was silly?" Hedwig huffed out a breath and Harry beamed before he gently hugged her.

"I love you too Harry, now get off. I want to stretch my wings… And for the record I do NOT have a big ego."

Hedwig stretched her wings after giving him a pointed look and she took off out of the open window.

"Wicked." Harry breathed out again with a huge grin.

He left Regulus's/his room and headed downstairs to where he heard voices coming from, he guessed this was the kitchen. He adjusted his cloak and flung the kitchen door open and breezily walked into the room, not looking at anyone as he got a goblet of pumpkin juice and plopped down in the chair at the head of the table humming to himself.

He noted the silence around the narrow kitchen and had to stop himself from smirking. He looked up to see all the Weasley's (minus Charlie and Mr. Weasley) and Hermonie staring at him in utter shock.

"What?" Harry tilted his head to the side before calmly sipping his pumpkin juice.

His eyes darted around and when they landed on the twins a burning hot feeling covered his body and he felt his rings pulse happily. His mouth went dry and quickly sipped some more pumpkin juice.

"What was that?" Harry wondered.

"You're soul-mate bond reacting." A new female voice trilled in his mind.

"And you are?" Harry asked mentally.

"Fawkes, I am glad I can communicate with you now little one. The Weasley twins are your soul mates and you are theirs. They are magical twins so they share the same soul so there is nothing to worry about. I know from Lady Hogwarts that the moment they saw you on the platform they felt the bond but decided to wait until you felt it or made a move to them." Fawkes explained kindly.

"Good to know then… I'll go to them during or after phase three as I am curious to what Sirius and Remus have planned." Harry decided.

"Good choice young one. I believe Dumbledore will be visiting soon and the phase will be set into motion. I shall join him to see you little one." Fawkes reported.

"I'm looking forward to it Fawkes." Harry replied and snapped himself out of his mental conversation as Hermonie was talking at him.

"Sorry, I wasn't listening. Was there a question in there between all the scolding?" Harry asked in an innocent tone and had to force back a grin at Hermonie's sputtering.

"When did you get here Harry?" Bill Weasley asked.

"Hiya Bill, nice to official meet you." Harry beamed at the redhead. "I got here sometime yesterday. I've been upstairs and out getting some things in order." Harry said honestly.

"Did you hear then Harry? Fudge finally admits that You-Know-Who is back! Someone showed a memory in Diagon alley and he no choice but to admit it!" Ron thrust a Daily Prophet in front of Harry's face and the raven-haired lord glanced over it briefly with a little smile.

"About damn time someone made the MoM get off their useless asses." Harry commented and grinned when he heard the twins laugh at his words.

"Come off it Harrykins." Fred began.

"We all know it was you." George went on.

"It was brilliant!" They said together.

"Why thank you!" Harry winked at the twins.

"Harry honey, you should have let Dumbledore handle it." Molly spoke up in 'motherly' voice and Harry twitched before he propped his cheek up on his right palm.

"Dumbledore does shit all and knows even less." Harry stated calmly.

"Harry!" Molly gasped scandalized.

"Elbows off the table cub." Remus said as he breezed into the kitchen wearing some new clothes, he had opted for a pair of blue jeans and a simple white button down shirt.

"Yes mum." Harry smirked and ducked under the good-natured slug Remus aimed at him.

"So are you actually going to make those pancakes or was it just something to get Siri up and moving?"

"I am actually going to make them. I know better than to make an empty bribe." Remus shook his head at a memory.

"Good! Oh, Kreacher?" Harry asked and with a crack Kreacher appeared and glared at the others in the room minus Harry.

"Yes Young Master?" Kreacher asked.

"Good morning! I was wondering if Remus here could use your kitchen to make some pancakes?" Harry asked cheerfully, ignoring the looks he was getting from the others in the kitchen.

Kreacher inspected Remus carefully before nodding his assent.

"Thank you Kreacher! Oh as I'm sure you know I got some new clothes yesterday so feel free to burn those rags to ashes out in the garden when you get time." Harry grinned wickedly.

"Thank you Young Master, I shall." Kreacher grinned just as wickedly and Remus had to smother a snort, Kreacher then disappeared with a crack.

Harry turned back to the table and saw them looking at him in shock.

"What?"

"How the bloody hell did you do that? That house elf hates everyone!" Ron exclaimed loudly and Harry frowned, how had he not noticed Ron's tone of voice before? Oh right those bloody potions and blocks, he really hoped phase three was good, but as two Marauders planned it he was sure it would be.

"Have you tried being nice to him? I tried speaking respectfully to him and as he is a house elf, the kitchen is his domain so asking if Remus could use it was only natural." Harry explained as Remus moved around the stove making his famous chocolate chip pancakes for Harry, Sirius and himself.

"That's a very good outlook to have Harry." Bill said agreeing with what the teen said as he worked with goblins and he knew what respect could get you.

"Thanks Bill." Harry grinned as Remus set a plate of pancakes in front of him. Harry deeply inhaled before beaming up at Remus.

"Moony have I told you what a great mum you are?" Harry asked, not waiting for a reply he dug into the food, Remus's only response was rolling his eyes as he sat down in an empty chair with his own plate and just as he placed Sirius's plate down in his spot, said man waltzed in.

"Moony I think I love you." Sirius deadpanned and much like his godson he dug into the pancakes, Remus just smirked as he sipped his coffee like this was a regular occurrence.

"Harry are you in the kitchen with Sirius and Remus?" Hedwig's voice came to Harry who nearly choked on his pancakes.

"Yes?" Harry answered back uneasily, gulping down some pumpkin juice.

"You're plan worked, it's all over the special edition of the Daily Prophet. I'll fly it in." Hedwig reported as she flew in from the open window of the kitchen and purposely dropped the paper on Sirius' head before perching easily on Harry's shoulder, grabbing the piece of pancake off his fork.

"…So this is what you meant by another memory…" Sirius said softly as he stared at the headline in shock before Harry snatched it and grinned.

"So Siri as a FREE man what do you want to do first?" Harry turned the paper around so everyone could see the headline.

NEW EVIDENCE SUBMITTED! SIRIUS BLACK INNOCENT!

The kitchen was silent for a moment before everyone broke out in cheers and congratulations; some were genuine (the twins, Remus, Harry and Bill) while some were forced (Molly, Ron, Ginny and Hermonie).

"You are a true Marauder Prongslet. Thank you!" Sirius pulled his godson into a tight hug, Harry grinned and hugged him back just as tightly.

"Wait, wait. Marauder?" George held his hand up.

"Prongslet?" Fred added.

"Ah, it's time I properly introduce you guys. Fred, George meet Moony AKA Remus and Padfoot AKA Sirius, Prongs was my dad." Harry laughed at the awestruck look on the twin's faces.

"You guys are…" George gaped at her.

"Our heroes and we have been taught by one!" Fred finished and Harry was seriously surprised that they didn't start bow down to them, hell they still might.

"Heroes?" Remus tilted his head.

"Hear that Moony? We're heroes to the newest generation of Marauders!" Padfoot said, sounding giddy.

"Harry told us all about you two and your pranks." He winked at them.

"Really?" They both chorused, glancing at Harry who had his head ducked and his cheeks flushed pink.

"Oh yeah." Sirius elbowed his godson with a huge grin on his face.

"Shut up Siri." Harry blushed as the Floo in the hallway went off.

"Phase three begins." Sirius muttered to Harry and Remus making both of them nod.