The Prospects of Polygamy

Chapter 1 Visit From Sirius

In the smallest bedroom at Number 4 Privet Drive the young man namerry rry Potter was just laying down for another night plagued by nightmares. Only a day before Harry had returned home from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and only a few days prior the closest thing to a father Harry had ever known, his godfather Sirius Black, had died in a battle at the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic. Harry hadn't been able to sleep peacefully since that night, but for some reason just before he slipped into sleep a strange calm washed over him, and he knew he would sleep tonight.
At first Harry's dream threatened to turn into a nightmare, but as quickly as that atmosphere began it changed and the feeling of peace once again returned to Harry. At the beginning Harry was walking down a long corridor, he did not know where he was, but he knew where he was going. At the end of the corridor a door stood, and Harry could hear a faint voice speaking beyond the door, but when he tried the handle it would not turn. Harry then tried to knock, but the sound must have been too muffled to be heard. Feeling desperate and getting rather frustrated Harry reached for his wand, only to find it wasn't there, so he did the next thing that occurred to him, he took a few steps back and launched himself at the door kicking it right under the handle. The catch snapped through the wood and the door swung open, and what Harry saw behind the door nearly made him pass out. Standing beyond the door was none other than Harry's godfather, Sirius Black.
"Sirius!," Harry yelled as he launched himself through the opening and enveloped his godfather in a hug. "I've missed you so much, and it's all my fault your gone. If only I hadn't acted so rashly. Or if only I would have thought to go straight to one of the order members in the castle. Or if-," but he never got to finish as Sirius cut him off.
"Harry!" he said sharply cutting Harry off, "I never want to hear you blame yourself for that again!" Sirius said to a stunned Harry. "You were tricked, it happens to the best of them, especially if Voldemort is the one doing the tricking." Harry just sat there and stared at his godfather, Sirius had never taken so much as an angry tone with Harry before let alone being harsh like this. "Look," Sirius continued, "I know you're thinking I'm being hard on you, but this is something you need to get through your thick skull Harry. THIS IS NOT nor was it ever YOUR FAULT! This is just one of the things you have to accept, and prepare yourself for."
A look of understanding passed over Harry's face. "I'm sorry Sirius, I just can't feel anything but guilt for it even if Voldemort is to blame." said a very uncertain Harry. "It's my responsibility to rid the world of Voldemort, and it seems like there's nothing I can do to stop him. His and Dumbledore's powers are so extreme, I'll never be at their level."
"Harry...what part of 'And he will mark him as his equal' do you not understand? You will surpass even Dumbledore in power!" exclaimed a very exasperated Sirius Black. "You, Harry, will become one of the STRONGEST wizards ever, maybe even stronger than Merlin was."
"But...bu-but....that.....it's just......impossible," stuttered Harry. "I mean....how am I even supposed to reach this level?"
"Easy, Harry, by believing in your abilities, and having confidence in yourself," stated Sirius. "OH! I almost forgot....your parents said Hello, and your dad also says to stop beating yourself up over this because they also believe this is not your fault and to start acting like a true Gryffindor should." Sirius stated with a grin.
"My...parents....but...." but harry never finished as he just dropped to his knees and began to sob, not caring if Sirius was there, and not caring if he seemed like a wimp, he wasn't going to hide his emotions like he had been. He decided right then and there that he would do everything he could to stop Voldemort, and if he couldn't keep his emotions bottled up he was going to find a way to use them to his advantage.
"I want you to know that I'm proud of you Harry, as are your parents, and I love you like the son I never had, but unfortunately I have to go, I was only allowed to come set you straight. I have to go now, but i want you to know that your parents and I are VERY proud of you, and we believe in you Harry, now all you have to do is wake up."
"What?" asked Harry slightly confused.
"Wake up, Harry"

Harry snapped awake, his wand jumped off his nightstand so fast it seemed to almost appear right in his hand, as he tried to focus without his glasses he realized his wand was pointed directly into the slightly alarmed face of....Nymphadora Tonks. "Tonks?" asked Harry as he reached over for his glasses and shoved them onto his face. As he lowered his wand he saw the look of relief pass over her face as though she was frightened of something, but quickly dismissed it as Tonks cracked by far the largest most mischievous smile Harry had ever seen. 'I don't like that look, nope not one bit' thought Harry.