Harry was very young when his parents died. He now lived with his relatives that hate him. They beat him daily and sometimes starved him. He had a hard life and prayed every day for someone to rescue him, but he never thought it would happen.

One day Harry was working in his aunt's garden when he felt a bag go over his head and he fell into unconsciousness. The next thing he remembered he was in a very dilapidated place in an abandoned room.

"Where am I?" Harry forced out. He had no idea how he got here, but was kind of relieved since he wasn't with his relatives anymore.

"We are in the Shrieking Shack," the man said as he walked out from the shadows. He had black scraggly long hair, and didn't look like he had had a shower or bath in years. Although he had a very scary appearance, there was love and joy in his eyes.

"Well then who are you? How did I even get here?"

"I am your godfather, Sirius Black." He said as he inhaled a deep breath. "I stunned you to get you away from those awful muggles. It's obvious that they abused you and it looks like you don't even eat at that house. I couldn't stand it anymore so I finally did something about it. I helped you get away from that place."

"Not that I don't appreciate you taking me away from that horrid place," He started with a quiver in his lip, "but how do I know that I can even trust you, and how did you stun me."

"Well, I was an old friend of your parents before they died, and right after they died I was put in prison for a crime I didn't commit. I knew I had to save you from those muggles, but it took me seven years to break out of prison so I could get here. Now that I'm here, I can finally get custody of you just like I was supposed to. But with people looking for me, we are going to have to hide for a while. And I stunned you with a wand. A wand is something that only a wizard can use, and Harry, you can use it."

There was so much information, that it took Harry a while to absorb it all. He had just met Sirius but something about this man told Harry that he could be trusted.

"Wait, so you were supposed to take care of me until you went to prison, and I'm a wizard? Why didn't anyone tell me about this?"

With a mad look on his face Sirius said, "Well I suppose that someone didn't think that it was necessary for you to know."

"But does this mean that I get to stay with you now, and that I never have to see the Dursley's again?"

"Yes," Sirius said with a smile on his face, "And when you come to live with me I can teach you all about magic."

"Thank you Sirius. For everything you've done for me."

Looking up at Sirius, Harry thought this might be the beginning of a new life. One without so much suffering, and one with love.

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