Sirius was thinking back on all the times he and James had defended Remus, and how the headmaster wouldn't be swayed from his misgivings. Taking a few minutes to go over other meetings and looking at them with new eyes, he did note that everything was argued away by the headmaster in that I-know-better-than-you voice, or looked upon with disappointment in those ever twinkling eyes. He would always look up to the man, but he could see Hydrus's point. He sighed and brought the conversation back to Remus. "So, did you want to bring Remus in to help raise Harry? He is really smart and could be very helpful."
Hydrus let the talk about Dumbledore fade for now. "I am thinking about it. I know he is a good man. He was the only teacher that didn't talk down to me, mostly. So after you're cleared, yeah I think we should find him and ask."
Sirius nodded in agreement and moved on to another topic. "So, Death Eaters, from what you told me a lot of them got away scot free. Knowing you have Lucius and Bella on ice, so to speak, do you think that's going to happen again?"
"Only if Narcissa gets involved, it was the Malfoy money that bought their freedom," Hydrus shook his head. "I have enough money to counter that, only I need you to do it, since you have some pull with your name. You won't get your title until your grandpa passes, but the Black name still gets doors open, especially for the only male heir. I'll be known as an outcast Black, so my name won't have as much pull. My story is I'm descendant of Marius Black, since he is a squib. All of my paperwork shows this, in my timeline he was already dead, and so it was easy. I think he is living in London somewhere."
Sirius grimaced, he really didn't want that title, but the man had a point. So he nodded and said, "I'll write to Cissy and warn her to keep her hands clean. Yeah, Marius was one of the last blasted off the tapestry, so his line won't show. I'll write him as well, to keep the story, if he is still alive that is. He would think it a great prank to the people who turned on him."
"That's a start," the immortal said and the two sat in comfortable silence, thinking over where to go next. Tippy popped in with morning tea.
Breaking the quiet, Sirius asked, "What next?"
"I need to go find Snape; I only have a general idea where he lives, so it might take a minute. But I need to keep him out of Harry's life, so I'm going to offer him freedom," Hydrus answered then looked at the other man. "That means you stay here and watch Harry. Tippy will help, but I need your word that you won't run off. We'll look for Remus after your name is cleared." He knew Tippy would intervene if anything happened. Since she was a free elf, she could defend herself and Harry, if need be.
"You have it," Sirius said, raising his hands in compliance.
"Right," the older man said and called up his book-reader. He looked up Spinner's End on the maps he had downloaded. The only problem was he had no idea of the house number. He would have to search for wards, because knowing Snape there would be some nasty ones. "I don't know how long I'll be so don't wait dinner on me." And then he stood, went to his room, put in his contacts, pulled on his Cloak and Disapparated.
He appeared in a deserted park, it seemed to be a dividing line between two neighborhoods. On one side was a well-cared for middle class street, on the other side was the exact opposite. Now it made more sense as to how his mum and Snape met. He knew from the memories that Snape was from a lower class family, but his mum's family was never poor, at least according to Petunia.
He cast the spell that indicated the presence of magic in the shabby street. Walking down the road, still under the Cloak, he finally came upon a house that was warded to the gills. Calling up his shock gun he blasted those wards, not caring if the man inside knew he was there. He kept his wand in hand and walked closer to the door.
When Hydrus got five feet to the threshold, Snape came out wand a blazing. Hydrus ducked and moved forward quickly, his Cloak flying off. Using his empty hand, Hydrus made a fist and slammed it into the hated teacher's jaw, before kneeing him in the groin.
Snape stumbled back and doubled over in pain, vulnerable from the unexpected attack.
Hydrus used that to his advantage and shoved the man into the house. He Accioed his Cloak to him. When he was out of the public eye he threw the still dazed Snape on to a chair, snatched his wand and roped him down.
"Hello, Snivellus," the time traveler said as he sat on a surprisingly clean chair.
"Who are you?" Snape sneered, glaring hatefully at the man in front of him. "You look just like a Black," he spat the name.
"That's not important right now," Hydrus said, waving away the question. "I am actually here to make you an offer you shouldn't refuse."
"You attacked me," the bound man said in disbelief.
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