Chapter One

A not so Common Common

He was stunned. Then it was all a blur. He felt the ghostly touch of the curtains as he fell through the veil. This was the end and he knew it. He could not react as he was still under the effect of the spell. Suffocation. The world was cold and his vision turned black. All in the manner of a few milliseconds. Then he felt it. The presence. The power. The incredible infinite power. It drew him in to its source. He felt the curiousity, the worry, the inquiry. Then ... then he heard the loud booming voice... from within.

'What is this? A mere mortal human? But what is this poor childe doing here, among the weaves of time? This does not bode well for the unattuned. I will take you to safety childe, even if this is not your own world...'

The next thing Sirius knew was the curious gaze of a small child with brilliant platinum hair tied in two twin buns. Her vivid green eyes reminded him of Lily and of Harry...where was he?

'Hi! Im Chromie! Who're you?'

She was holding a staff... that was glowing, and was twice as big as the girl.

Sirius blinked a few times and looked about. Where the bloody hell was he? And what the hell is...

'Merlin's beard!'he gasped and he pulled back in fright. DRAGONS! EVERYWHERE!

His frightened and awe-struck gaze watched as the strange creatures of sand passed by, almost like separate moments of the whole action were shown. He had never seen such dragons, such creatures before. He was in a vast cavern with many, many corridors and halls. He seemed to be in the biggest cavity of his vast underground system. Was it even underground? At some places, instead of walls, there were open spaces, as if the stary sky itself had come down from the heavens. Almost like the ceiling at the Great hall. Only it was so much closer, so much real and vivid...

'Hello? Mister? You spaced out.'

Sirius looked at the little girl again. Her vivid green eyes were giving him a curious, stern look.

'Oh, hi.' he said faintly, still marginally overwhelmed by his surroundings. There was even this huge golden sandglass guarded by a phantom golden-bronze sand dragon.

'Wha-...what is this place?' he asked and finally stood up.

'This is the Caverns of Time.'

'Caverns of time?'Sirius repeated increduously. If only Moony could see him now! And when he thought about his long dead friend, his heart clenched. Oh Harry... a hurt expression appeared on his face.

'Is it very far from London? How can I get back? I must return to my Godson! He is in danger...little girl, what are YOU doing here? Isn't it dangerous for you here? I should bring you back to your...YEOUCH!"

Chromie started bonking him and poking him with her staff. And damn did she knew how to wield it!

'Hey! Haven't you seen gnomes before? Hey! Aren't you the human that Nozdormu brought? Master Nozdormu tends to bring back temporal strays... what was your name again?'

'Sirius, Sirius Black.' he answered, his brain wondering why the little girl reffered to herself as a gnome.

'Where are you from, Sirius?'

'United Kingdom.'

'Hmm... that must be in the far future or something. Never heard of it. Is it in Kalimdor or in Azeroth?'

'Uh... British islands...Europe?'

Chromie tapped her cheek.

'You have me here, Sirius. And I'm supposed to be one of the more knowledgeable ones. Well, this means we have to wait for Master Nozdormu to turn up again and see what he can do for you. Don't worry, he'll probably bring you back to the time period you came from. But sometimes it takes ages to find the time you come from.'

There was silence.

'So, I might be stuck here for the rest of my life? Another prison...'he sighed, depressed, with a dark shadow across his handsome face.

'Prison? Nonsense! You're free to roam the world. But be careful, you might get killed. Some arent as lucky with that experience though.' she said as she thought about her time in Andorhal.

Chromie took out a small pocket watch from one of the many hidden pockets in her robe and gave it a thorough look.

'Hmm, seems like the heroes in the Culling of Stratholme period are due to return. Any moment now. You should move to my side, you don't want to get stomped. They're an entire group of Tauren druids. Haven't seen such a group in a while, you know.'

Sirius moved to the side to see a group of five people, 2 women and 3 men appear as if out of nowhere before him. Suddenly their human appearance wavered and in their place stood 5 enormous Minutaur-like creatures, all more than twice as tall as him. He was pretty sure they dwarfed Hagrid as well.

'Haven't seen Tauren either, eh? I just wonder in what kind of time period you lived in. Next thing I find out is that you don't know what orcs 'll make my day.' Chromie giggled.

'Orcs?'

'Oh, please!' she hunched over with giggles.'Anyways, your accent is all weird. Never heard it before.'

Sirius shrugged. All he wanted was to go back to his godson, Harry, and make sure he was fine. He would never forgive himself if something happened to him...

'Hey! Are you from another world or something? You are really strange for a human, you know.'

A/N: And this is the first chapter of my newest story endeavor. I'm a big fan of cross-overs since you never know how some characters would react to others. Please read and Review.