Unusual Mates

In a secluded mountain cabin, far beyond the range of the Ministry’s detection spells, Sirius Black and Remeus Lupin lay in each other’s arms. It was impossible to tell which man was comforting the other… the two lay together as brothers would, brother mourning the loss of a sibbling.

Dumbledore had just informed the two men that Harry had vanished from Hogwarts and Dumbledore couldn’t trace Harry or his kidnappers. This was the third time Dumbledore had failed Sirius and Remeus. First he placed Harry with those horrible muggle relations of Lilly’s… then he hadn’t stepped forward to prove that Sirius was innocent… Now he had hired a man who had turned around and kidnapped Harry!

Sirius heard someone approaching the door and quickly shifted into his animagus form, moving to the shadows as Remeus went to answer the door, wand drawn.

“Snape?” Remeus asked, truly shocked to see the Potions Professor standing at the door to his cottage. Before he could say anything else, Severus pushed inside the cottage and closed the door behind him. “You… Dumbledore said you left… he said you vanished when Harry did, as well as the new Defense Teacher.”

“I did.” Severus said, looking over at Sirius, who was still in his dog form. In an instant Sirius lunged at Severus, changing back to his human form as he leaped through the air, tackling his mate to the ground.

“BASTARD!“ Sirius screamed, tears running down his face. “Not only did you join with that murderer… you helped him kidnap Harry!”

Severus quickly but gently grabbed his mate, stopping him from hurting either one of them. “Tom is no murderer.” Severus whispered, Sirius somehow hearing him as if he’d shouted in a library. “Dumbledore killed Lilly and James.”

Remus froze, staring at Severus. Sirius glanced over at his friend. It wasn’t well known, but werewolves, even when not under the influence of the full moon, could smell lies. “He’s telling the truth.” Remus whispered and Sirius collapsed on top of Severus, tears falling from his eyes as Severus held him tightly. “What…what else? And… and why?” Remus asked, trying to stop himself from falling over.

“Harry is a very powerful wizard.” Severus stated, slowly sitting up, Sirius in his arms. “Dumbledore wanted that power and tried to get Lilly and James to sign a marriage contract. They refused so he killed them and framed both Tom and Sirius.”

“He’s been draining Harry’s power.” Remeus realized. “But… how does Voldemort figure into this?”

“Tom is Harry’s mate.” Severus stated. “Two days after Harry was born Tom received permission to court him from Lilly and James.”

“So Tom infiltrated Hogwarts and took Harry away from Dumbledore.” Remus realized and Severus nodded.

“I helped heal him, take away his scar and get his power back.” Severus explained. “Harry asked me to tell you that he was okay…” Severus trailed off and looked down at Sirius, who was staring up at him like a little lost puppy. “I missed you… so much.” Severus admitted, his voice catching in his throat.

Sirius looked up at Severus for a few seconds before gently kissing his mate, tears of joy running down his face. “I missed you.” Sirius whispered when he pulled back. “In Azkaban…”

Severus cut him off, gently placing a finger on Sirius’ lips. “Never again.” He promised, helping Sirius to stand. With Sirius in his arms, Severus turned towards Remeus, a soft smile on his face. “Greyback is waiting for you…” Reaching into one pocket Severus drew out a tattered book, which Remus realized was a portkey.

Remus moved over to the two mates and grabbed an edge of the book, tears already gathering in his eyes at the thought of all the year Dumbledore had kept him away from his mate.

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Harry and Tom were lying on a couch in Tom’s living room. Tom had resized some of his cloths to fit his smaller mate and was simply enjoying the younger man’s company when Tom felt a portkey approaching and sat up, helping Harry to do the same. When he saw the confusion on Harry’s face, Tom explained himself. “Severus is coming back with Sirius and Remus.”

As soon as he said this Severus, Sirius and Remus appeared in the center of the room. With a happy cry Harry launched himself at his godfathers, hugging them tightly as the two hugged him back. Tom and Severus watched the three in silence as Harry, Sirius and Remus talked, telling each other everything they‘d held back before… the good, the bad and the ugly…

Sirius hugged Harry to his body as the young man told him of the abuse he’d suffered at the hands of his relatives, the abuse that Dumbledore had known of but done nothing to prevent. Gently Sirius ran his hands through Harry’s hair, which Harry had decided to keep long. “I like your new look.” Sirius smiled, his hand resting for several seconds upon the skin where the scar had been.

Sirius turned towards Tom, his eyes turning into twin pools of ice. “Hurt him…” Sirius growled, “and what they said I did to Peter Pettigrew will seem like a painless death.”

“I would never hurt him… Harry is my mate.” Tom stated.

“As you know, mates can not hurt each other.” A voice came from the doorway, causing the entire group to turn to see who had spoken.

Standing in the doorway to the living room was a tall, well built man with long hair which was gray but still carried some traces of brown. His eyes were a deep bleu and seemed to cut through whoever he was looking at.

“Fenrir.” Remus whispered, staring at the man.

(Author’s Note: My Fenrir looks like Willem Dafoe = Green Goblin from Spider Man.)

“Remus.” Fenrir stated, slowly walking over to the younger werewolf. The two werewolves stared at each other for a second, and then Fenrir ran a hand down Remus’ face, causing the man to shiver and lean towards his mate.

Tears gathered in Remus’ eyes and he suddenly collapsed on to Fenrir’s supporting form. “I sorry… so sorry I didn’t believe you.” Remus sobbed as Fenrir held him, gently kissing his mate and whispering endearments under his breath. Once Fenrir managed to calm Remus down, Fenrir turned towards Harry.

“So you are the famous Harry Potter. I am Fenrir Greyback… it is an honor to meet you at last…you seem confused?”

“I…” Harry bit his lip, not meeting Fenrir’s eyes. “I thought you bit Remus when he was five.”

“I was born to werewolf parents.” Fenrir explained, helping Remus to sit down on a couch near the other couples. “I have been changing with the full moon since I was an infant. On that night, my wolf happened to sense it’s future mate. So I bit Remus, because the wolf side of me wanted my mate to be as I was.”

“My parents abandoned me.” Remus explained. “Once they found out that I had been bitten… Fenrir’s pack took me in, raised me and sent us to Hogwarts… Dumbledore convinced me that Fenrir was a killer, convinced me that I had to leave him” Remus growled in anger at the Headmaster

“Dumbledore had destroyed many lives.” Sirius noted, from his new position in Severus’ arms. “Especially messed with mine and Remus’ lives… so that we wouldn’t take you away from the Dursleys.”

“But why did he want me to stay with them?” Harry asked, a shiver going down his body from the memories.

“Think about it.” Tom said as he held Harry close. “As Harry, the boy under the stair case, the orphan, you had no one to turn to…”

“So I’d believe anything he told me.” Harry realized. “If I’d been raised by Remus or Sirius or… well anyone even remotely connected to the magical world, then I’d have some sort of knowledge to base my choices on.”

“Exactly.” Tom smiled at how intelligent his mate was. “So he placed you with those horrible muggles… and then he ‘rescued’ you.” Tom gently kissed his mate, who was practically falling asleep in his arms “Harry, the potions that Severus used to remove Dumbledore’s curses and such must be sapping your energy.”

“You should sleep and take it easy for a while…” Severus noted, Sirius practically sitting on his lap.

“Kay…” Harry yawned and smiled when Tom picked him up and carried him away, Harry falling asleep before they even left the living room.

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After Tom and Harry left, Severus, Sirius, Remus and Fenrir did the same. Severus took Sirius up to his room, the door not even closing before Severus had Sirius in his arms, kissing the living daylights out of the animagus as he ran his hands over his mate’s body, frowning as he encountered the scars that came from Sirius’ time in Azkaban and his life as an escaped convict.

“Sit down on the bed.” Severus said, pulling out his bag of potions and sitting next to Sirius. Severus gently removed his mate’s shirt and inspected the scars, gently kissing the largest ones before pulling out a clean cloth. “This will hurt a little.” Severus whispered, before he started cleaning the scars.

Sirius shivered, the potions felt like tiny ice cubes running over his skin but after the cloth passed over his wounds they burned like tiny embers. Severus finished with Sirius’ back and chest and motioned for Sirius to get out of his pants, so he could do the same to his mate’s legs.

Sirius smiled up at his mate as he lay on the large bed, his skin fresh once more. “I thought I’d carry those forever.” Sirius whispered, running a hand over his skin before reaching out for Severus, who instantly went into his mate’s arms. “Severus…” Sirius whispered, curling around his mate like a snake around it’s prey.

Severus wrapped his arms around his mate, nuzzing at Sirius’ neck. “I missed you…”he whispered, reacquainting himself with the feel of Sirius’ skin.

“Sev…” Sirius whimpered, grabbing on to Severus’ shoulders and kissing him deeply, only pulling back when air became an issue. Sirius ran his fingers through Severus’ amazingly soft hair, smiling as Severus practically purred at the touch. “I’ll never leave you again.” Severus promised, his hands slowly running down Sirius’ body as Sirius pushed off Severus’ robes. Soon Severus was as naked as Sirius and ready for his mate… Sirius flipped them over, smiling down at Severus. “My little potions professor.” Sirius smiled.

“Only yours…” Severus whispered and Sirius suddenly froze. Severus noticed this and gently touched Sirius’ face, gently making Sirius look at him. “What happened?” Severus asked.

“In Azkaban.” Sirius whispered, his voice cracking as he pushed the words out. “Most of the guards were dementors…but a…a few were…were…”

“Were humans.” Severus realized and pulled his lover closer, softly whispering into Sirius’ ear. “You were true to me.” Severus whispered. “You are mine….” Gently Severus pushed Sirius so that Sirius was lying on the bed, Severus leaning over him. “Only mine.” Gently Severus began to prepare his lover, taking his time to make sure Sirius enjoyed it. “No one will ever hurt you again…” Severus added another finger. “No one will ever take you against your will… never again.” He slowly pulled his fingers out. “This I swear.”

Sirius wrapped his arms around Severs as the long haired man gently pushed into him, kissing him as he and his mate were rejoined for the first time in so long… Then Severus hit that spot inside of Sirius and the animagus. Sirius screamed in pleasure, his eyes rolling up into his head as he thrust up against Severus, wanting more of his mate.

Severus gasped and quickened the pace, drawing a moan from Sirius. Severus ran his hands over Sirius’ body, soon drawing screams from the animagus. And within an instant it was as if the two men had never been separated, as if they had never fought… as if the past years had been spent together, Sirius never leaving Severus’ bed.

Sirius pulled Severus close, kissing him deeply and hungrily as he dropped over the edge, drawing his beloved potions professor along with him.

“Sirius!” Severus screamed.

“Severus!” Sirius answered as his world went black.

TBC