A New Hope

Harry Potter and all its characters belong to JK Rowling. All of the below is how I wish things worked out.

Enjoy...!

~~~~~SB/HG~~~~

It was a plain nothingness that greeted him. He felt weightless and free of all the pain. It was a free fall that ended of an infinte plain of white ahead of him. To say he was confused would be an understatment. Sirius Black , Marauder and wrongful imprisioned Askaban escapee was totally and utterly confused. He could not decide where he was nor could he understand the way out. He did need to find the way out, Harry needed him, he had rushed to the goddamn DOM to protect his pup, but he had failed him yet again. Just then.

Oiii Paddieee...!

Sirius POV

Oiii Paddieee... !

Ohh my God .. I know that voice.. Turing around he saw the two people for whom he had been yearning to see for a long time. The man - tall, messy black hair, hazel eyes and those round glasses..James Potter in all his glory. The petite woman, fiery haired and emerald eyes, the one and only Lily Potter.

I ran to them and hugged them with all my love.

He put all his apologies and love in that hug.

I am so sorry , really really sorry. That was all I could say.

James and Lily looked at each other and smiled. James said," Pads , We were angry at the fact that you choose to avenge us rather than taking Harry. But you suffered even more than a man can bear , yet you always thought of Harry and now rushed to save his life over your safety."

"Yes, Sirius you are the best godfather our son could ever have." Lily said

"Well , what use can it be now. I am here and pretty sure that I am dead." I said.

"Technically, this is the inbetween. Since, its not your time yet, you don't have to come to the next adventure with us" said James "Choice is yours though, but I would suggest you to go back, you have a lot to do my friend and somone..." he smiled and nodded his head, "Nope not tell you that bit now am I ?"

"What ? Someone .. What ?" I asked

"Well somethings are good as a suprise but just let your magic and heart guide you" Lily said.

"So you guys are telling me I could go back and help Harry fight Volermort and between that something would happen right". I asked

"YES..." replied both of them smiling.

"Okay , what should I do ?" I asked

"Well , first up is this"James replied holding up a vial of potion in a bright red and gold swirl.

"And this is a ..? I asked.. "Why dont you drink this and find out !" James replied smiling goofly.

"Like I trust anything you give me" I replied smirking

"Hey !"

"Just drink it Sirius !" Lily said and smacked his head.

"Merlin, woman you still have not stopped attacking me"

"Okay bottoms up" and I downed the contents.

It tasted like strawberry and rotten egg mixture.. ewwwww...! But then I felt something so good like happiness rolling all over me. I could not explain what I was feeling but I have never felt so exuberant in a long time.

Then it stopped, I felt all the darkness from Azkaban leaving me. I felt young and carefree and healthy.

I looked at James and Lily. They looked happy and had tears in their eyes.

"Okay, that went well" James said. "Now Padfoot, you black (pun intended) out now , but when you wake up , you will be back in the Department of Mysteries. Time moves different here but its has been almost a month or more since the fight in the DOM."

"The good news is that Harry forced Dumbledore to clear your name and declare you a war hero. It was done. you are a free man on earth and you know how the wizarding world is. The ministry is really ashamed about what happened."said Lily.

"Sirius, I request you to make peace with Cissy now. It was never her fault how things worked out. You were always her favorite and will remain so. I am sure she has lot of influence on her son. Just trust her"

James said "Also Sirius train Harry and his friends, its is very important to train Harry to revive the DA. Also train Pronglet to be Lord Potter and everything related to that. During the 6th year take him to Gringotts and let the goblin do what is needed. Trust me they know what would be necessary."

Sirius could not decide what to do with all this information and how to deal with it, then again he has always dealt with everything as and when things were throw on his face but that had to change he had to develop his Slytherin side to play this war out.

"Remember Padfoot, Do not fully depend on Dumbledore, he is great man but his ideas are very much on the end goal, nothing else matter. No one is important to him than his final his vision but not completely. Always have backup plan." James said.

"Okay its time to Pads"

Right I hugged them both once more and then everything blacked out.

~~~~~~~~~~~SB/HG~~~~~~~~~~~~~