Harry's second year brings about a change of guardians as a Lord of an Ancient and Most Noble house makes him his ward. But things are never as they seem, and this new Lord's family is said to be as dark as his name.

While cleaning his old desk at the beginning of his return to Grimmauld Place, Sirius discovers some old Postcards that remind him of a potential alley for the war against Voldemort in Mainland Europe. But this alley isn't what she was all those years ago and Sirius has to make a choice: help Harry at great cost to himself or put his trust in Dumbledore's plan.

In which Sirius is pulled out of Azkaban to decide Harry's fate after the six year old child falls sick on holiday with the Dursleys in France and what happens next. Will contain a minor OC.