Hyacinth POV
The room was covered in paintings, some looked to be incredibly old but the one thing that they all had in common was that they were all wearing robes and all had a resemblance to me in some way. I walked further into the room admiring the paintings when Dad cleared his throat and said, "You have to wake them up pup." I looked at him questioningly at him and he said, "You tap your ring to the front of each painting and they will wake up then you can talk with them to learn all the family secrets." I nodded and did as he said and tapped all the pictures in the room until I got to a painting tucked into a corner on the far side of the room which made Dad start to cry.
Through his tears he said, "I didn't know they had a painting done." Almost reverently Dad brushed his hand over the frame and sighed. I walked over to the painting and brushed my hand over the picture of who I assume are my parents and I waited for them to wake up with the rest of my ancestors paintings.
It took a few minutes but I finally heard the voices coming from the paintings. Before I could say anything I heard Dad cry out, "James my brother oh how I've missed you." Then I heard the voice I have only heard in my dreams crying for my mum Lily to run say, "Sirius how long has it been since we have died? Where is Cinthy?" My mum in the painting nods her head and looks at Dad waiting for an answer.
Dad takes a deep breath and says, "Cinthy is here with me. It's a long story as to why it took us so long to get here to wake you. Why didn't you tell me you had a portrait commissioned? If I would have know I might not have gone after that damned rat and came here instead." My dad James looked sadly at Dad and said, "I didn't tell because we hadn't seen you yet from what your saying I am assuming we died just after sending our portrait to the manor on October 30th 1981. what year is it Padfoot and how old is Cinthy?" Dad sighed and said, "It is the summer of 1991 Hyacinth just finished her first year at Hogwarts though I am debating on if I will allow her to go back or not. Cinthy is 11 she hasn't had her 12th birthday yet." Mum started to cry and said, "We have missed so much James, Sirius I need to see my baby now."
Dad motioned for me to walk over so I did, clutching his hand for support as I stepped next to him. "Hi Mum, hi Dad." I said so quietly I wondered if they heard me. Mum gasped and with tears in hers eyes said, "You are so beautiful my darling. Isn't she beautiful James?" Dad James smiled at me and said, "You are gorgeous my little Fawn, look how grown up you are." I squeezed Dad's hand and started to cry. He hugged me tight as he rubbed my back to calm me down. It took a while but I managed to calm myself enough to smile at my parents. Dad James looked at Dad and said, "What happened Sirius? Why has it taken you so long to bring Cinthy here?" Dad sighed as his grip tightened before he said, "I was arrested and thrown in Azkaban 3 days after You-know-who murdered you and Lily." Mum gasped clutching at Dad in their picture frame while Dad James got a stern look and said, "Explain!"
Dad waved his wand and a couch appeared, he pulled me to sit next to him my hand still firmly in his grasp as he did. He sighed and said, "It was Halloween night and he came for you Peter betrayed you by giving the snake your location. He killed you first James, I found your body at the base of the stairs, I assumed you tried to stall him in an attempt to give Lily enough time to flee with Hyacinth. Lily was lying in front of Hyacinths crib wand in hand but dead when I got to the house. Cinthy was crying in her crib with a cut in the shape of a lightning bolt on her forehead but looked otherwise unharmed. That was when Hagrid showed up, I was clutching Cinthy to my chest with tears in my eyes and rage in my heart from the butyral of Peter. He told me Albus wanted Cinthy to be brought to him, I fought with him for a while until the Aurors showed up that is when I let him take her. I figured Dumbledor wanted her to be brought to Hogwarts so Poppy could check on her and that Minnie would keep her safe so I handed her over thinking I would pick her up after I hunted Peter down. It was 3 days later that I had him cornered in an alley, the rat started yelling that I betrayed you and then he blew up the ally killing 12 muggles and supposedly himself leaving nothing but a finger behind. I wasn't given a trial, I wasn't questioned, I was simply thrown in Azkaban for 10 years to rot. Dumbledore never even came to see me to ask anything, the goblins used the excuse of my Grandfathers passing as a way to get me a trial with the help of Amelia Bones last week. The day after I was cleared of all suspicion I went and got Cinthy. "
Mum was crying but finally looked at Dad and said "Sirius where was Cinthy?" Dad got a look of pure hatred as he said, "With the sorry excuse of a human that passes herself off as Lily's sister and her whale of a husband. That is who Dumbledick left our daughter with. She was beaten, starved, locked away under the stairs in a cupboard and treated worse than a house elf for 10 years before she went to Hogwarts, only for Dumbledick to hire a teacher possessed by Voldemoldy to teach DADA. Cinthy had a face off against him just before the summer hols and was forced to kill her teacher just to keep herself safe." Mum was full on sobbing in Dad James' arms and Dad James looked down right murderous as he tried to calm his wife. The ancestors looked mighty peeved as well and were talking amongst themselves.
It took a while for Mum to calm down enough for us to continue our conversation. I was still huddled into Dads side for comfort when Dad James said, "You said our daughter, what do you mean by that Padfoot?" Dad grinned and said, "Dumblebum had himself declared Cinthy's magical guardian after I was arrested and sent her to Petunia. He also used his authority to seal you will while denying me a trial. I don't know about Remus yet but I am not holding my breath. So to keep Dumblebum from getting his claws back into Cinthy I had to Blood adopt her to keep her safe from him. As her Godfather he might have been able to fight me considering I spent 10 years incarcerated under Dementor influence, but as her father he has no rights to her at all. Don't worry Prongs I just added myself as her 3rd parent she still has all her Potter blood."
The look of shock that Dad James had was gone almost as soon as it came replaced by a look of mirth with a devious glint in his eyes before he said, "That was smart, I always wanted to have a kid with you dear brother of mine." That was all it took for Dad to lose his mind as he started to roll with laughter. Mum looked at Dad James aghast for all of two seconds before he started laughing as well. A look of fury crossed her face as she hauled off and slapped him in the back of the head with indignation. Dad managed to calm himself and said, "Oh do calm down Lily flower you know Prongs is just messing with us. Are you mad that I adopted her without your blessing?" I tensed while I waited for her answer she looked pensive for a second and said, "I am not mad that you did what you had to do to protect our daughter Siri. I know you love her and us so no I'm not mad surprised yes, mad no. Thank you for keeping her safe from being sent back to Petunia. She never should have gone there to begin with, it was in the will that she was never to be with her. I guess I am just sad that Dumbledore would do something like that ."
Dad sighed and said, "I'm not saying the Moldy Lord is right about everything but maybe he has reason to hate or distrust Dumblebum. I mean after everything that he has done to us and Cinthy I have some serious doubts about the supposed leader of the light." I hugged Dad for comfort as memories of living with the Dursley's flashed through my mind. Dad sensing my unease kissed the top of my head to comfort me as Mum and Dad James watched the exchange. Dad James smiled and said, "I'm glad she has you Padfoot. Why don't you get her to bed we can talk more in the morning after Moony gets here. Have Cinthy authorize a one time pass for him and send one of the visitor portkeys to him with a note right as it's meant to activate so he can't run off and tell Dumblebum." Dad smiled and said, "You got it Prongs I will see you in the morning. Just promise not to wake me up first thing. I'm in your old room by the way it just felt right to stay there next to Cinthy." Mum and Dad James just nodded at us and said, "Goodnight you two." Mum added, "I will wake you in the morning princess I love you." I looked at them both blushing and said, "Night Mum, Dad I love you guys too." I turned to Dad and he grabbed my hand to lead me to bed a goodnight hug and kiss later and I was off to dreamland.