Sirius heard a loud crack in the living room and rushed in to see Remus holding an unconscious Harry who had blood trickling from his nose. The animagus snarled, but a look from his mate quickly silenced him.
Together they two men took their son upstairs to what would become his bedroom, and Sirius firecalled for the best healer he knew.
Harry woke as the woman was healing him. Looking up, first panic, then realization crossed the young man's face, when he realized that it was not Bellatrix Lestrange that had her wand trained on him and was muttering incantations under hear breath, but Andromeda Tonks, who looked quiet like her evil sister, but had a much kinder face.
"Andromeda?" Harry asked nervously. "Where am I?"
"Ah, my boy, you're awake. You startled me. Why don't you ask those two where you are." She said pointing to Remus and Sirius who Harry hadn't noticed were standing beside his bed.
"Harry," Sirius started.
"The short version of the story is, you're at Black Manor, one of the many homes in Sirius' family. The long version is far too long, and you've had an awful head injury and need your rest." Remus interrupted his mate and answered Harry.
Harry nodded, looking from one of his godfathers to the other, wondering what was going on. "Alright, but I'll expect the long version very soon."
"I promise," Remus said with a soft smile. Sirius nodded in agreement. "Very, very soon," the animagus said with a slight irritation in his voice.
"Why don't you two boys go brew some tea for Harry while I finish looking him over," Andromeda suggested smoothly, shooting a look at the two lovers.
Andromeda stepped to the door and watched as the men headed down the stairs to the kitchen before she went back to Harry. "I want you to take this," she said, handing Harry a vial. "It's a mild calming draught. Just remember that I was there the night you were born, so if you feel like you need a confirmation of anything, I'll be downstairs for a while, monitoring your vitals from the living room, for a bit."
"Why would I need a calming draught before I talk to Remus and Sirius?" Harry asked, confused.
"Just trust me. That is for them to tell you." Andromeda answered as the men entered with a tray of tea and biscuits.
Andromeda cast the spell that would allow her to monitor Harry's health from the living room and exited the room.
Remus sat the tea tray on the table beside Harry's bed and sat on the bed to Harry's left, as Sirius took a seat to Harry's right. The older men looked at each other, wondering where to begin.
Sirius began. "Sixteen years ago yesterday, I gave birth to a beautiful little boy with black curls and shimmering blue eyes. He had my coloring, but he looked just like Moony in every other way." The animagus' voice began to shake, so Remus took over.
"He was a lovely baby, but we only got to spend a few hours with him. You see, only one person knew that we were pregnant, and we couldn't risk anyone else knowing. Sirius used charms to conceal his pregnancy until he was almost due, and when he couldn't use charms anymore, we pretended we were going off on vacation and just stayed here in the Manor."
Sirius cleared his throat and began again. "Lily and James didn't even know. Lily was pregnant at the same time as we were, as I'm sure you've figured out."
Remus took over yet again, "Within just a few hours of your birth, we were secretly transported to Ireland, where we gave our son to an adoption agency, so that the Ministry couldn't put him into foster care. Up until this morning, there were many laws against homosexual couples. We couldn't marry, couldn't leave our estates to our partners, couldn't raise children together and a man getting pregnant was pretty much illegal. If the ministry got word of two wizards or two witches raising a child together, they would take the child and place them in foster care."
Moony paused at the absolute look of outrage on Harry's face. "That's terrible!" The young wizard stated angrily.
Both men nodded. "It was," Sirius continued. "But this morning we got an owl with a copy of The Daily Prophet. Those laws were overturned last night, and went into effect this morning. We went to the Department of Children and Family Services this morning and did a blood test to find out where our son is."
Both men looked at Harry and he said "Well, where is he?"
"He's been right under our noses his entire life. A couple very close to us adopted him." Remus explained."Who?" Harry asked impatiently.
"You cub," Sirius finally said. "Lily was never pregnant, she was using a spell from the adoption agency. Andromeda had given us the name of the adoption agency right after we found out I was expecting, and since James and Lily were waiting for a couple to contact the adoption agency early on, they paired us with them, not knowing that we were close friends with James and Lily."
Harry cracked up laughing. Looking at Sirius he said "So you're telling me that you're my mum?" He looked to Remus, "And you're my dad?"
Both men nodded.
"But that's impossible. I look just like my dad," Harry protested, realizing both men were serious.
"Wizards have a process called blood adoption. A potion is made with a bit of your adoptive mum's and dad's blood, and given to the baby a few drops at a time over about a week, and his or her features slowly change to resemble that of their adoptive parents. That's how you got James' hair and Lily's eyes." Remus explained.
"But it's removable, if you want it to be." Sirius added quickly.
"So, I have a family? A family that cares about me? For real?" Harry asked slowly, stunned.
Remus and Sirius nodded. "You're our son," Remus said gently.
Tears fell down Harry face as Remus and Sirius took their son into their arms. They had held him many times over the years, but for the first time since the day he was born, they had their son in their arms once again.