Sirius hadn't survived Bella killing him to kneel before the Dark Bastard. No, Sirius Black was alive and dangerous, clever and ireful, and slightly insane, of course. He was Lord Black, and he would stand in the way of Voldemort as long as someone would need him to.

Sirius Black is not yet 20, in his first year of Auror training, possibly psychotic, working for the Order of the Phoenix, unwillingly gifted with the Dark Arts, and apparently the father of... wait, a minute... right. So many children. Who all came from the future, and are apparently there to stay. Sorry. Various possible futures.

1959: Adhara Black lives - Sirius Black doesn't. 1971: Adhara Black is a bit closer to her cousins than the twin-she-never-had could have been, and chooses to board the Hogwarts Express in the same compartment as Andromeda and Narcissa. In that possibility in time - the one that never happened - things are different. Somewhat.

Altair Black, son of Sirius Black, starts Hogwarts in 1992. His mother, Esta Goldhorn, does not earn any Mother-of-the-Year Award, and soon, everyone will know it. Everyone. The news reach deep into Azkaban, all the way to Sirius Black himself. Thus starts a game of Preys and Predators.

John Reese doesn't particularly believe in honesty. Lies of omission aren't lies, they're just omissions. Lies can be white. Assumptions don't always have to be corrected. Honesty is important, but it doesn't have to be absolute. And, finally, knowing about someone isn't the same thing as knowing someone. All the things, important or not, that John never said.

About a year before that fateful Halloween, Sirius met Rose Evans, Lily's muggle cousin. It wasn't supposed to last, and it didn't. Except that he just found a letter in the ashes of the Potter household, and it might change everything ( as soon as he finds out exactly what happened with Wormtail ).

HP one-shots and first chapters: 1) Peter Pettigrew came back to himself at the mercy of Sirius Black