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After a guilt-stricken, traumatized Harry returned to Hogwarts clinging onto the lifeless body of Cedric Diggory, Albus Dumbledore told Sirius Black to "lie low at Lupin's for a while", and to "help gather the old crowd". But Sirius, feeling more resolute and purposeful than he ever had in his life, looked the Headmaster directly in the eye and said, "No. Find someone else to do it. I'm staying with Harry. I'm not leaving him alone."
A story that diverges from canon, where the fallout from Cedric's death turns Harry's world upside down. But he discovers that even through the hardest of times, love and healing can be found.
Harry and Sirius learn to conquer their demons together. Sirius helps Harry to discover the true power of family, while Harry helps Sirius to heal from his time in Azkaban. He learns to do what he thought was impossible - navigate a world without James and Lily. In Sirius, Harry finds warmth and safety, and a reason to keep fighting. In Harry's emerald eyes, Sirius finds the motivation to become the man Lily and James trusted to take care of their boy.
And when the war starts in earnest, the fighting is brutal. But through adversity comes wisdom, hope, and the determination to prevail.