Mother Love...

by Shamenka

The gates to Hogwarts had clanged shut behind him, normally they had a safe sound to them, making him think of a sanctuary bell; but tonight, for once, they sounded ominous. And Sirius Black just couldn’t figure out why! Not even when Hagrid rounded on him without warning.

"Now, you just see here, Black, you’re lad has had his wicked way with my li’l boy, m’ baby and you an’ me is goin’ ta have ta think of what’s for the best!" It was a very angry face that glared down at the slightly terrified animagus. They hadn’t actually gotten much past the main gate before Hagrid had broken his unnatural silence. His shouting was more than a little unnerving to Sirius.

"But, what, who... I mean how? What’s happened?" Sirius was very confused, he had received the urgent and somewhat short note summonsing him to Hogwarts less than an hour ago and knew no more than he did then. He’d dropped everything to apparate to Hogsmeade post haste.

‘You’re needed, get here. NOW!’ it had been signed Hagrid, in block capitals and underlined several times.

"All I know is that you sent for me, now you’re telling Harry has done something to your baby boy. I didn’t even know you had had any children. Surely it was an accident, whatever it was? Harry would never deliberately hurt anyone, especially a baby..." Sirius put his best innocent look on to his face and watched it fail to work - again.

"A’ accident? Accident my arse!" Hagrid lifted Sirius up by his robe front bringing to eye level, for ease of glowering at him. "First off that prat Riddle hexed me an’ m’baby boy’s dad an me, well, we got foolin’ aroun’ wi’ the new bits an’ all, an’ I had t’ give up m’ baby boy. You know, wi’ me bein’ half giant an’ kinda a female one then - now your lad damn well goes an’ does the same to my lad!"

"Harry hexed someone? Transgendered them?" Sirius’ voice rose several octaves, and not solely due to the pressure his still Hagrid grasped clothing was putting on his somewhat squashed balls.

"No, you twat! Harry’s gone an’ got my lad pregnant! My poor lamb, he’s suffered ya’ know? Suffered from his dad’s folks, what with him being his dad’s only magical kid, an’ him quarter giant too. An’ all the nasty stuff you did to him too! An’ now he’s all pregnant an’ needs his mum, needs me!" Hagrid put Sirius down, finally, as he wiped his fresh tears with is less than fresh sleeve. "First thing he did when he found out was run t’ his old mum, bless ‘is fragile little heart!"

They had finally arrived at the door to Hagrid’s hut and the truth, whatever that was, that lay within.

"’S only me, sweetums, mummy’s here...." Hagrid’s words ended in an ungainly squawk as he saw what lay within.

Sirius squawked too when he got his neck around Hagrid’s frozen bulk. For there was Harry, lounging on Hagrid’s bed with Severus Snape soundly sleeping, curled up against him.

"Shhh, he’s only just asleep!" Harry whispered, reaching over to pat Severus’ still flat stomach. "This baby is going to be fine, everything will be fine. I asked him and he said yes!" Harry beamed at his godfather and Severus’ mum. "We’re getting married!"

Luckily, when they fainted Sirius landed on top of Hagrid.