Harry Potter: Eclipse.-Chapter 69:

Lucius frowned at that. "Do you wish to play when you return back to school, Harrison?" he asked responding to Sirius' claim.

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"I think I will try out for the Ravenclaw team. I want to be a seeker," Harry said.

"You have the build for it," Draco said, though he wasn't sure he wanted Harry to try out. He didn't like losing and Harry really did the perfect build for the position, and if the rumours were true, he was a natural on a broom.

Harry smiled. "I still haven't decided. What position do you want, Draco?" he asked.

"I want to be a seeker, but I wouldn't mind being a chaser," he said. "I'm sure you would do well at either," Harry said.

"Well, if you're considering trying out, you will need a broom," Sirius said, "and everything else that a broom requires."

"I don't need you to get me a broom, Siri," Harry said. He didn't like having money spent on him. Even now knowing he could afford it, Harry still always got a twinge when he had people buy him things.

"Nonsense! It's your birthday in a few days anyway," Sirius answered, brushing off Harry's concern.

"It's your birthday?" Draco asked, forgetting that fact from the books and stories.

"Yes, on the 31st," Harry replied. "If you would like, I'm meeting some friends on the 1st in Diagon Alley to celebrate and get our school supplies. You're welcome to join us - you can bring a friend as well if you're wary of the company."

Draco had a considering look on his face. "No, it's fine. I shall have to check, but I think that it would be okay."

"It is fine, dear," Narcissa said, having overheard. "I shall have to send you an owl, but I will have you, Remus, and Sirius over for dinner in a week and we can celebrate your birthday properly."

"Would you mind if I joined you? I have business in the alley and was planning going on that day," Lucius said, making the hairs on Harry's arm stand on end. It seemed fate really was trying to recreate certain things.

"Not at all, Lucius. In fact, I'm sure that Sirius and Remus would welcome your company as being responsible for five children is a daunting task."

Sirius had returned at this point, his arms laden with supplies ranging from goalie gloves to wood treatment kits.

Seeing him struggle, Harry rolled his eyes and regretted having to pretend to be magicless. 'Stupid ministry trace rules,' Harry thought. Instead, he asked, exasperated, "You do know you're a wizard, right?"

Sirius looked over his pile. "What has that got to do with anything?" he asked.

"Magic, Siri. You could have shrunk those things and put them in a charmed bag or any other countless option instead of struggling," Harry explained.

Sirius grinned and dropped his pile on the counter. "It's more fun this way," he told Harry.

Harry shook his head and smiled when he heard Draco muttering about Gryffindors.

~ After getting their supplies and brooms a Nimbus 2001, a broom Harry had neither owned or ridden in his last life the group split up. Harry promised to write to Draco about the meeting on the 1st and Narcissa promised a family meal for Harry's birthday in return.

Seeing the time, the two decide to return home. Harry spent his time grumbling when he had to apparate side-along. Leaving the drawing room, Harry allowed Sirius to follow him into the library.

"I didn't know that you had a cousin," Harry lied, taking a seat in his favourite chair. He had been pleased to find the goblins hadn't changed the chair in the refurbishment. Sirius winced. "I have three cousins: Cissy, Andromeda, and Bellatr ix. When we were kids, we were quite close; well, I was close with Andy and Cissa. Bella was always a bit...," Sirius cut off. "When I went off to Hogwarts, I stopped caring about them. Bella was a 5th year, Andy was a 3rd year, and Cissy was a year younger. I was sorted into Gryffindor, which Blacks just don't do, and, with the compulsions, I became the person I was. I see now that my behaviour probably caused them some pain; I was always a strong headed kid, standing up for what I believed in. There's a strong chance I would have gone Gryffindor anyway, but well...."

"You can't change the past, Siri," Harry said, the irony not lost on him. "I know and I would love to get to know Cissa again, even Lucius. I didn't like him in school, he was always too Slyther in for me. Then, when the war was starting up, he was already a tattooed member of the other side," Sirius admitted before he turned to look at Harry. "How do you know Lucius and why do you call him Lucius?"

Harry sighed and explained, "I met him the day of your trial, we spoke before it started. He asked for me to call him his given name and I consented for him to do the same."

Sirius nodded. "You do know he was a real Death Eater, right? He was never under the Imperius." Harry nodded. "I know, but the war is over and now he's just a man. Granted, an influential man who holds a lot of power, but he only ever had loyalty to the Dark cause anyway, not Voldemort." Harry added that information, remembering how Lucius had abandoned Voldemort. He was a true believer in the Dark cause and had joined hoping to build a better world.

Sirius looked startled. "How could you possibly know that?" he asked.

Harry shrugged. "Trust answered without answering.

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Sirius shook his head and looked around the room. "You know, you spend too much time in here," he said. He wanted to question the boy further but he didn't want to risk pushing for too much too fast.

Harry snorted. "Most people would like the fact that their child enjoys spending time in the library," he commented.

Sirius grinned. "Have you seen the duelling room?" he asked, twitching in his seat.

Harry stilled. "No," he said truthfully and barely resisted hitting himself - he was a fool.

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He had been using and stretching his magic as much as he could a lot more since the house's wards prevented the ministry trace from working. He had noticed his magical stamina increasing and using the duelling room would be massively beneficial. He had totally forgotten about it as, in his last life, the room had been warded off and closed for their safety - because practicing duelling during a war where people kept cursing at him was so dangerous.

Sirius grinned and looked triumphant. He had started to randomly pop up whenever Harry had been spending, by Sirius' own words, too much time in the library, and tried to drag him out.

"Come on, then," he said.

Harry trailed after the man. The duelling room looked like it had been upgraded. The practice dummies looked new and the wards around the area where much more complex.

"You've got your wand on you, right?" Sirius asked.

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