Sirius walked out of Gringotts feeling like a new man, yes he was still somewhat weak after his time in Azkaban but he felt like he could take down a dragon with a single blow after his business with the Goblins were over.
The lordship claim was perfect, since he was the eldest and only living male Black heir he was undisputedly able to claim said title, it was a good thing that his grandfather's bigotry didn't allowed a woman to inherit the lordship or else it would be Narcissa the lord and obviously Lucius would have snatched it from her hands, and he and his little club of jerk worshippers would have unlimited funds.
He wanted to explore all of the vaults belonging to Black House but he didn't had much time. Speaking of which he was late for a meeting.
He walked towards the Leaky Cauldron were once inside he immediately spotted his best friend and brother from another mother Remus Lupin.
"Moony!" Sirius said as he approached the man
"Padfoot!" The man responded while hugging his friend.
"It's so nice to see you Remus" Sirius said honestly. After all he knew the man almost all of his life and trusted him, still he had to be wary with what to tell his friend, after all they were in a crowded place.
"It is nice Sirius, but first I must apologize" Remus said
"Why?" Sirius asked
"Because when they died I wasn't in the country, and then they told me you were in jail and I thought that you did betrayed them, I feel ashamed because when they told me that, well, I really thought that, James never told me who was going to be their secret keeper, and I assumed that you..." Remus said, Sirius could easily tell his friend was honest about what he felt those months ago, Sirius was angry those times in prison, and he still felt anger but not towards Remus after all he was misinformed.
"First, it wasn't your fault, there's some complot against me and Harry's life, but thanks to some unlikely friends I was cleared of the charges, but now I want revenge" Sirius said.
"Harry is fine?" Remus asked
"Yes, he is bigger and growing just fine" Sirius explained "I can't tell you who is taking care of him but he is in safe hands"
"Alright, I'll trust your judgement" Remus said as he sipped from his chocolate cup "So what did you wanted to tell me? In your mirror call you said that it was important" Remus asked after a brief moment of silence.
"I just became the Lord Black" Sirius said while showing the Ring in his finger, his eyebrows showed his surprise
"Well congratulations, now what are you going to do with that power?" Remus asked
"Revenge" Sirius said very seriously, no pun intended.
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"Damn it woman! You're a mess" Lucius Malfoy, the most dark and evil jerk that ever existed shouted once again at his wife who, resigned, just looked down, the man treated her as if she was a house-elf not caring at all about her wellbeing, he often yelled at her, berate her or even hit her, even her child's conception was due to him forcing himself on her so that he could have an heir. Narcissa's spirit was almost broken after the five years of marriage with Lucius.
The blonde woman retreated to her son's room and picked up the little baby, she often did that to calm herself and to avoid been seen crying, she hated that the grotesque Peter Pettigrew was now living with them. She wanted to kill them all. Then she heard some different shouting coming from the entrance room.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE SIRIUS, YOU SHOULD BE IN PRISON" Lucius spat
"Ah yes, didn't you were blackmailing and bribing people to keep me imprisoned, well I guess you weren't there last week" Sirius smiled smugly
"What business do you have here Black?" Lucius said returning to his stoic persona.
"I wanted to see my cousin and her child, now, be kind and bring my cousin here" Sirius said
Lucius nodded "Dobby!" He yelled and in an instant a small and fragile house-elf appeared "Bring Narcissa here" The elf nodded and disappeared.
Narcissa and baby Draco appeared almost immediately after. Sirius was furious Narcissa had always been full of life and strong willed and now she was standing in front of him cowering and with bruises in her face and some sort of malnourishment.
"What has he done to you Cissy?" Sirius asked his cousin as he looked her up, she seemed skinnier than he had ever seen her. "What have you done to her?" Sirius said with anger in his voice.
"I've done nothing she didn't deserved, she's nothing to me" Lucius said.
"She's your wife!" Sirius raised his voice.
"Siri it's ok, I can handle it" Narcissa said with tears in her eyes and a pleading look in them.
"No, you don't have to" Sirius said while embracing Narcissa with one arm and looking directly at Sirius. "I demand that you bring the criminal Peter Pettigrew front and center" Sirius said.
"Why do you want to see my guest? You can't demand anything in this house" Lucius said smirking
"I can demand whatever the hell I want because since this morning I AM Lord Black, now bring me that son of a bitch here" Sirius said, Lucius was wide open at that statement but had no say in that matter and demanded Dobby to once again bring a person to the room.
The fat and grotesque man appeared in front of everyone he shrunk down once he saw Sirius. He knew his time had come.
"Cissy, did this man ever did anything to you or your child?" Sirius asked her cousin who too ashamed to speak only whispered in Sirius' ear what Pettigrew had done, which enraged Sirius even more. "I see" Sirius said.
"Malfoy, are you aware of the debt your family owes to mine?" Sirius said to the blonde man
"I don't owe anyone anything" Lucius said standing up
"You might be as ignorant as I've ever thought you were but still your great great great grandfather asked for a large sum of money, money that was never paid, so if my estimations are correct as the current Lord Black I can ask for anything I want as a compensation" Sirius said.
"You can't ask anything you are going to be evacuated from my manor" Lucius said then turned to Narcissa "And you better behave and not reveal anything else!" He said with fury in his eyes.
"Actually I can, I LORD SIRIUS ORION BLACK DEMAND THE MALFOY DEBT TO BE COLLECTED BY TAKEN POSSESION OF EVERY MATERIAL THING IN THIS MANOR ALONGSIDE THE CONTENTS OF THE MALFOY VAULT AND EVERY HOUSE-ELF THEY MIGHT POSSES, SO MOTE IT BE" Sirius raised his voice as he made his demands, Lucius was shocked.
"You can't do that!" Lucius said
"I just did, now, I LORD SIRIUS ORION BLACK I NULLIFY THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN NARCISSA BLACK AND LUCIUS MALFOY, AS WELL AS CASTING OUT LUCIUS MALFOY FROM ANY GALLEON AND TITLE HE MAY POSSES JUST AS PREVIOUSLY STATED WHEN THE DEBT WAS COLLECTED, SO MOTE IT BE" Sirius said which shocked everyone. And made Lucius feel how his pockets began to empty.
"I'm not done, there's still one debt I'm going to collect right now, I LORD SIRIUS ORION BLACK PROCEED TO PUNISH PETER PETTIGREW FOR BETRAYAL OF LORD JAMES POTTER AND HIS WIFE, ABUSE OF POWER, ATTEMPTED MURDER OF MUGGLE CIVILIANS, ATTEMPTED MURDER OF MY PERSON, PHYSICAL ABUSE OF NARCISSA BLACK, MENTAL ABUSE OF NARCISSA BLACK AND SEXUAL ABUSE OF NARCISSA BLACK, WITH ALL THESE CHARGES I PRESENTED I WILL CLAIM YOUR HEAD, I HAVE SPOKEN" Sirius said and with that a sword appeared in Sirius hand, Peter tried to run but the fat man wasn't holding his wand which made easier for Sirius to cast the petrificus totalus and stop the fleeing man.
"That's preposterous you can't kill him, he is my guest!" Lucius said
"You haven't been paying attention blondie, this isn't your house anymore, this isn't your guest and this definitely isn't your wife and child, so leave this place or you'll meet my sword" And with that Sirius swiftly decapitated the grotesque man while seeing the blonde man who was shocked once the head of the man rolled over to his feet, in his face a look of pure terror as blood poured from its decapitated neck.
"I can't believe this, I will speak with the Wizengamot about this!" Lucius threaten
"Try it, but your title is mostly worthless now, they won't listen to whatever rambling you might want to say" Sirius said smugly. Fuming Lucius left the premises.
"Hey Cissy, are you alright?" Sirius asked his cousin who seemed to be on the verge of tears.
"Is it really over?" She asked, her broken voice made Sirius want to kill Lucius for doing this to her, she was a beautiful woman in the inside and on the outside, he had a bad feeling when she began dating and subsequently married that git but now he manage to help her, after all a Black always stepped forward for the family.
"Yes, you won't have to see him again, and you can live in this house or wherever you want with Draco and not be bothered ever again" Sirius said while hugging his cousin.
"Please just don't leave me, and I don't want to live in this house, it's awful" Narcissa said.
"Very well, Dobby was it?" Sirius asked the house-elf that now belong to him.
"Yes, I am" The small creature said.
"I just inherited a house in Grimmauld place, I want you and all the house-elves living here to move to that house, there should be another elf living there but ignore him, I'm the Lord Black I have the final word to what's going to happen, now I want you and the others to clean the entire house, I want everything to be impeccable, can you do that?" Sirius asked
"Yes sir, thank you master" The small elf said.
"But before, can you please prepare us a meal, and a warm bath? I believe my cousin would like that" Sirius asked, the elf nodded and disappeared.
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After a few hours Narcissa felt relieved the bath and a proper meal was something she needed, she definitely was having troubles but she needed to be there for her son, perhaps going to a healer to check if there's something wrong with her body after years of abuses from Lucius.
"Are you ok Cissy?" Sirius asked her
"Yeah, just spacing out, and you?" Narcissa asked him
"I'm doing fine, trust me it was satisfactory to take away everything from that guy" Sirius said
"Yes it was, if I were feeling a little better I would celebrate" Narcissa said
"Well we can perhaps celebrate with fireworks" Sirius said
"What are you planning?" Narcissa asked her cousin
"Well, how about we make a bonfire" Sirius said with a big grin on his face.
Narcissa took a moment before realizing what her cousin was planning, she decided to take his offer and went to the library and save as much interesting books she could find, her son after all needed education, she packed her clothes and some jewelry she liked then she held Draco on her arms and stepped out of the house alongside Sirius.
"Please Cissy, do the honors" Sirius said as he took baby Dracon on his hands, even if he hated what the prick did to his cousin Sirius had to admit to himself that the baby in his arms was cute, maybe he and Harry could be raised like cousins and they could be friends while growing up.
"Gladly" Narcissa looked once again at the house, she felt rage, she felt pure hate, she hated this place, she hated the man she had married and she hated everything this house represented, she could only think of a spell that would show how she felt. "Friendfyre" She said holding her wand with both of her hands and letting the jet of fire burst from the tip roaring savagely as a fire serpent approached the house, baby Draco was amazed at the fire animal that had been casted, the house's windows shattered and exploded, the columns began cracking and falling, the wood ornaments became ashes and the paintings of the Malfoy family screamed in terror as they were being burned down to a crisp, the serpent destroyed everything in its wake, it could feel the hatred the caster had for that family and that particular house, then when the house had been nothing more than a pile of smoking ashes the serpent felt that her life was over and it banished just as Narcissa stopped casting the fire curse, she felt exhausted but at the same time she just had regained her freedom, she exhaled and a smile finally spread in her face.
"Thank you Siri, I really needed that" Narcissa said.
She now was wondering how they would travel to the Grimmauld Place House, since the elves would be busy.
"I know what you're thinking don't worry about it, I have it covered" Sirius said, then as if on cue a muggle car appeared down the road that lead to the manor. Narcissa looked confused, from the car stepped down three people she never thought she would see again.
"Hello Cissy! Hello Siri!" A woman's voice said to Narcissa and Sirius. Narcissa's smile grew once again as she saw her sister Andromeda and her husband Ted and 9 year old daughter Nymphadora.
"Andi!" Narcissa exclaimed as she rushed to her older sister who received her with a tight hug.
"It's ok Cissy, we're all here for your son and you, nothing and nobody is ever going to hurt you" The slightly older woman said to her sister who was whimpering in her embrace, she let her cry everything she was holding, she understood what Sirius let her do, though she thought it was a tad bit excessive but understandable.
After several minutes Narcissa was able to calm herself, her eyes were puffy and her cheeks were red but she felt a little better.
"Thank you Andi, thank you all" Narcissa said as she looked at her family, she went to Sirius who let her hold her son in her arms once again, the blonde baby giggle at her mother and tried to reach her nose.
"Cissy, I know everything isn't the way you wanted to be but rest reassure that you can stay with us as long as you need to, I can talk with a friend in St. Mungo's she's a wonderful mind healer, if that's what you want" Andromeda offered, she didn't knew what Narcissa was going through but it musn't have been pretty for her to be reduce to tears for so long.
"I'd like that, but Sirius is going to repair the Grimmauld Place house so Draco and I will be staying there for some time, then will see what will do" Narcissa said.
"That sounds good but still anything you need just call us and we'll be there" Andromeda said.
The women nodded and they climbed aboard the Tonks' car that will take them to their new home.
"Ted, do you have a way to contact Bruce Wayne of Wayne Enterprises in Gotham City, USA? And if yes can you please contact him? Is important that I talk to him" Sirius said to his cousin-in-law as he drive to the house.
"Yes, it shouldn't be too difficult if he is in a yellow page" Ted replied.
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Lucius Malfoy always thought he was three steps before everyone else and that his power and wealth made him be the puppet master of everything that happened in the Wizarding Britain but due to the events of that afternoon he was shocked to hear that every word Sirius Black said was true.
He had gone to Gringotts hoping to be able to withdraw some galleons and rent an apartment or a chalet but the goblins informed him that Black indeed had claimed his vault negating any service he could request. Then he went to Theodore Nott's manor looking for shelter only to be met with the door closing in front of his face, he went to the Goyle's, Crabbe's, Parkinson's, Flint's and Bulstrode's only to be met in the same way, this was getting ridiculous, he was Malfoy he was supposed to be feared but now all of his so called friends closed the doors and negated even the slightest of courtesies.
He devised that he would need to be ready, he once again went to Diagon Alley but instead of robbing or forcing his way into Gringotts he walked to the side alley, Knockturn Alley, he went to his fellow Death Eater store "Borgin & Burkes" and decided to retrieve his safe box. He looked at the metal box with the name "Jason Isaacs", obviously a fake muggle name that wasn't listed in his possessions so that no one could trace it back to him, but even if they did search here no one would find what he took from that box, an old and battered black diary, he would need to lay low until the time was right for his master's return.