Summery: Continued from ON THE RUN. When Sirius first see's Harry after he breaks out of Azkaban.
Chapter One
Padfoot
If anyone looked closely enough they might notice the shaggy, dirty, underweight black dog with startlingly blue eyes sitting in the bushes that separated Number Five and Number Four, but this dog kept low to the ground and close to the shadows of the bushes.
Unknown to everyone, this black dog wasn't just any dog. It was an animagus. An animagus is a wizard with the ability to change shape into an animal. Furthermore, this dog wasn't interested in being found.
The dog's name was Padfoot, and the Wizards name was Sirius Black.
Sirius Black had recently escaped the Wizarding prison called Azkaban. He was on the run for the murder of three of his best friends, well two best friends and a former best friend, and twelve Muggles on a London street. Sirius knew that both Wizarding, and Muggle authorities were looking for him.
Padfoot lifted his head as he saw a small boy with messy black hair and wire rimmed glasses walking up the drive way. This was who he was searching for. This was the son of his two best friends - the ones he was convicted for their murders - and his Godson. His name was Harry Potter.
Harry was dressed in overly large clothes, and had an old worn out book bag slung over his shoulder. Slowly Harry walked up the drive way and disappeared through the door to Number Four Privet Drive. Padfoot laid his head down again and began his wait again. He hoped to get a closer look at Harry, but he couldn't do that without being noticed, and he didn't want to risk it.
About thirty minutes had passed, Padfoot didn't know how long exactly, but the door opened and the same small boy with wire rimmed glasses and messy black hair stepped out. Padfoot watched intently as Harry went to the garden shed in the back yard and disappeared only to emerge a moment later with some yard tools. Harry carried the yard tools to the front of the house and kneeled down at the garden of flowers and began to dig. 'Maybe he's playing.' Padfoot thought as he watched closely.
Harry had been working at the flower bed almost an hour before the door opened again to reveal a boy that was very overweight, and resembled a baby whale. The boy smiled as he spotted Harry kneeling in the flower bed and began to step closer to him. Padfoot watched as the two boy's interacted for a few minutes. Padfoot recalled the larger boys name being Duddy or Dickenson or something like that. He had met the child once when Harry himself was a baby. His mother had so many pet names for him it was hard to keep track of which was his real name. Padfoot's eyes widened as the garden hose snaked itself, seemingly invisible - though Sirius believed it to be accidental magic - across the lawn. Harry's cousin turned around and began to march back into the house, but tripped over the hose. His eyes widened comically as he fell.
Harry's eyes also widened in surprise. He knew he had not left the hose there. Harry was abruptly brought out of his thoughts by a loud cry mixed with whining. "Daddy!" Dudley called as tears began to fall from his face, even though there was no obvious injury.
The door opened seconds later and another large man - who Padfoot believed to be Harry's cousin's father - stepped out the door and rushed to his son. The man - Sirius remembered his name being Vernon - helped his son up and began to check for injuries, all the while Dudley continued to whine. "Daddy! That freak left the hose out and made me trip!" Dudley sobbed.
By this time a long necked woman - who Sirius recognized as Petunia - stepped though the door and rushed to the overweight boy's side. She led Dudley inside while trying to sooth him.
Vernon stood from where he had kneeled and marched over to Harry menacingly. Padfoot tried to listen to what he said, but they were too far away. Harry stood up after Vernon said something and Vernon grabbed Harry by the arm and dragged him inside. Padfoot desperately wanted to know what was happening. Why was Harry in trouble. He had done nothing wrong! His cousin wasn't hurt.
'Can't do anything about it right now. Padfoot thought. 'I'll wait till nightfall then check on Harry.
End of Chapter One
A/N: This is not going to be long. Just three or four chapters. It's a side- story to On the Run. When Sirius first broke out of Azkaban and went to see how his godson was. I hope you like it! I am almost finished with this and will most likely have it all posted this weekend. Please REVIEW! And happy NEW YEAR!
Also, the reason I was unable to post: I have been getting a number of people asking why I had not posted an update recently, or on the dates I had said I was. I was unable to post any updates. My account was frozen. I believe this is due to a complaint to fanfiction. Though I have no proof to this alligation. But it is the only reason I can think of this happening.