The young immortal darted around the crib. Harry started to cry, and Hydrus did his best to comfort him. "Stop, you're going to hurt Harry and neither one of us what that. Really, I'm only trying to help. Look, here, I'll swear to it." Adjusting his hold on Harry, he called his wand and said, "I, Hydrus Williamsford Black, hereby swear on my life and magic I only want to help Harry James Potter." A blue light sealed his vow. "Lumos, Nox"
"iffin ya really want to 'elp then give me 'arry. I've gotta take 'im to Dumbledore," Hagrid said as he held out his large hands for the baby.
Hydrus relented, he knew where was Harry going and he really didn't want to take on Hagrid. So he handed the baby over and moved back. Running footsteps were heard entering the house and tormented cries of Sirius Black filled the air.
Hagrid turned and left the room and went down the stairs, carrying Harry. Hydrus decided to remain until the large man left and then he would talk to Sirius. He listened to his godfather demand Harry and Hagrid deny him, stating he was following orders. He then heard Hagrid tell him there was a cousin of his in the nursery, and that he had given a vow to help. Then Hydrus heard Sirius give his motorcycle to the large man. Sirius then climbed the stairs to see who this mysterious person was.
Sirius whipped out his wand when he spotted Hydrus. "Who the hell are you? You look like a Black, but I don't recognize you. What are you doing here? If I find out you had anything to do with the death of my friends, I'll kill you," he snarled. His grey eyes were crazed and his face was menacing.
Hydrus thanked Merlin that the Order members were taught to be non-lethal. He held up his empty hands and quickly said, "My name is Hydrus Black, we're cousins… my grandfather was blasted off the tree. I've been raised by a squib in the Muggle world. Look, I tried to prevent this. I heard that ole' Voldy was going to be here tonight, so I came to stop him," he said when the wand rose to his head. "Didn't you hear Hagrid? I gave a vow to help Harry. Listen to me, if you want to see your godson again you need to stop threatening me and just listen."
"What do you mean? Hagrid is taking Harry somewhere safe," was the confused response. Then that face turned thunderous, "What are you planning to do to my godson?" he shouted, lifting his wand again, this time casting a stunning curse.
Hydrus ducked and started to yell at the other man. "Nothing, but Dumbledore is placing him with Petunia. You know how she is," he defended himself. "Look, I have a plan, but you need to get to the lawyers the Potters used and get the will read. You need to clear your name or you're going to wind up in Azkaban."
"No, Dumbledore will take care of Harry, so what I need to do is hunt down the rat," Sirius snarled and turned to leave the room, dismissing the unarmed man as unimportant. Obviously the man wasn't thinking straight.
Hydrus called up his wand and yelled, "Petrificus Totalus. Silencio." The spells hit the stubborn man in the back. The time traveler sighed, he had been hoping to talk sense into the other man, but that wasn't happening. He had time to think about his Sirius's actions and the talks they had had, it had given him hope that by threatening this Sirius with never seeing Harry, then the emotional man would stop and think. Looks like plan B.
"Listen to me, you hotheaded moron. Do you want to spend the rest of your life in Azkaban? Leaving Harry to the gentle care of the Dursleys? Think for a minute, you idiot," he said as he advanced on the frozen man. "You go after Peter and you lose, everyone will think you were the Secret Keeper and that you gave up your friends to the Dark Lord. If you don't want that to happen, you will do as I say and get to the lawyers, clear you name, and meet me at this address," he continued and pulled the written address from his pocketspace.
Hydrus could tell from the defiant look in the other man's eyes it wasn't going to be that easy. With a sigh he Accioed his Cloak, grabbed Sirius and departed to his house. He would leave him here while he went and got Harry. So he put him on a bed, took Sirius's wand and conjured up rope to keep the volatile man bound for when the body bind wore off. "I'll be back as soon as I have Harry. You think about what I said while I'm gone. It shouldn't be more than a few hours. Tippy," he called.
"Master Hydrus wants Tippy?" the house elf said when she popped in.
"Can you look after this idiot and make sure he doesn't hurt himself?" he asked, sending a glare at the bound man. He was having second thoughts on keeping Sirius here, but he would give him a chance to redeem himself to Harry.
"Tippy can be doing this," Tippy said with a firm nod of her head. She would do anything for this man. After he bought her; he sat her down and explained that he wanted a free elf. It took a lot of convincing, but they finally came to an agreement. She would be free and be paid two sickles a week with one day off a month, and he would keep her on until she died.
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