In other fics, I have informed you that I do not own Harry Potter. Unfortunately, no matter how many times I tell my lawyer that I do, he keeps on saying something about 'suing.' Innit that weird?

Oh, and he seems to think that I didn't write the song 'Prelude 12/21.' Hm. I must have written something else. No matter.

So, he told me to put this at the beginning of the story:

I do not own, nor will I ever own, Harry Potter or 'Prelude 12/21.' But, boy, I wish I did.

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This is what I brought you this you can keep,
This is what I brought you may forget me.
I promise you my heart just promise one thing,
Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep…

"NO!" Sirius yelled. "No, no, no! I was not that wrong… I could not have been that wrong!"

Sirius focused on finding James, Lily, and Harry. When the house flashed into his mind he cursed himself. He had been so bloody stupid. Peter had betrayed them. Not Moony—of course it hadn't been Moony—the traitor had been Peter! How had he been that stupid?

Maybe… maybe it wasn't too late. Maybe he could still save them. Maybe he could get there on time… just…

This is what I brought you this you can keep,
This is what I brought you may forget me.
I promise you my heart just promise one thing,
Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep.

Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep…

Sirius ran up to the house and threw his motorcycle onto the ground. He heard Harry's desperate cries and immediately knew he wasn't on time. He was too late.

As much as he wanted to, he didn't turn around and try to find Peter. No, James and Lily deserved much better than that. They deserved so much more than that.

He walked into the house. The first thing that greeted him was James' body sprawled across the floor. Sirius ran over to his best friends body. His best friend. He… he had killed him. Why couldn't he trust himself? Damn it, why couldn't he ever trust himself? He knew he was a better man than Peter, he knew it! But he couldn't allow himself to be the good person that James and Lily always knew he was. No, he always had to doubt himself.

And now they were dead because of it.

He couldn't believe it. He wouldn't believe. But he had to, because that was James' body on the floor. That was his very cold, very dead body.

Sirius felt hot tears on his cheeks and did not wipe them away. All the pain, all the suffering that he felt he deserved. He had killed him! He had killed one of the only people who ever truly believed in him.

He couldn't stand it anymore. He leapt over James' body and ran towards Harry's crying.

Sirius stopped dead when he saw Lily's body crumpled directly in front of Harry's crib. The poor boy was screaming uncontrollably, completely unaware of what had just happened. Sirius walked over, but couldn't bring himself to step over Lily's body.

She couldn't be dead. This baby needed her. Harry needed her!

Silently, he picked up his Godson. Immediately, Harry was quiet. Sirius had always had that affect on him. When his parents couldn't calm him, Sirius always could. Harry looked up at him and gave him one of his little baby smiles. The tears that had been flowing down Sirius' cheeks now gave way to full sobbing. He held Harry against his chest and fell to the ground.

This is what I brought you this you can keep,
This is what I brought you may forget me.
I promise you my heart just promise one thing,
Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep.

"Sirius, I think it would be best if we give Harry to Lily's sister."

Sirius stared blankly at Dumbledore. He had to be kidding. Petunia was evil. Her husband was a monster. Their spawn? He didn't even want to imagine their spawn. His mouth was open, gaping. Bringing Harry to his face, he looked up at Dumbledore.

"I can't do that to Harry, Professor," he said. Dumbledore nodded his head gravely.

"It seems unfair, but it is the fairest thing we can do for him, Mr. Black. Please, do understand," Sirius nodded his head, but he didn't understand.

"This is James' baby," he said quietly. "They will never be able to accept James' baby."

"They will, Sirius," Dumbledore said equally softly. That did not comfort Sirius.

"I can't give him up! He's my Godson!" Sirius pleaded. Dumbledore held out his hands, motioning for Sirius to give him the small bundle.

"Please trust me, Sirius. This will be hard for all involved, but he must grow up normally. He must not grow up knowing what he is. When he goes back to Hogwarts, he will be thrust into the world of magic where he will undoubtedly grow hard. It is unfair to put him into a world where he will be so greatly loved and so passionately hated at such a young age. He is our savior, but he destroyed Voldemort. If we let him stay with you, I have no doubt that the most loyal of Voldemort's assistants will come to finish what their lord started. Please, consider what I am saying," Dumbledore said, his voice pleading. It scared Sirius. He hadn't even thought about what Harry was now.

It was true. Harry was no longer just Lily and James' baby. The prophecy was no longer a 'maybe.' Sirius more than anyone knew what lengths Voldemort's followers would go through to appease their lord.

For a moment he thought he wouldn't be able to do it. This little baby in his arms was the last part of James, the last part of Lily. This tiny little baby was the last representation of his best friend's happiness…. At last he shoved Harry into Dumbledore's arms and apparated away as fast as he could.

He could not watch his Godson's life disappear before his very eyes.

This is what I brought you this you can keep,
This is what I brought you may forget me.
I promised you my heart just promise one thing,
Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep.

Sirius was walking through London like a wild man. Peter was somewhere near; he could feel that little rat. He could not believe, even after all these days, that Peter had done this. Peter had loved them! He had worshipped them! No matter how much time passed, Sirius could not believe that Peter had betrayed them.

But he knew he had.

Finally, Sirius saw him. He couldn't believe that after betraying James and Lily like that, he could just walk around like nothing had happened. He didn't even try to act like he was sorry about his friends' deaths.

Something within Sirius snapped.

"PETER!" he screeched. Peter saw him and immediately became pale. Sirius cornered him and started talking.

"I cannot believe you did that, Peter. Because of you, James is dead. Lily is dead. Harry's life is over," he slammed his fist right above Peter's head. "What did we ever do to you, Peter? What did we do to you? We helped you with everything! Because of us, you passed your classes. Because of us, you got your first kiss. Because of us, you weren't beaten to a pulp before the end of your school career. Because of us, you had friends. And what do you to repay us? YOU JOIN THE ENEMY AND BETRAY TWO OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS!" Peter cowered. It disgusted Sirius. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, COWERING? THIS IS YOUR FAULT, PETER! YOUR FAULT! THEY'RE DEAD, PETER! THEY'RE DEAD! James believed in me, Lily believed in me. Harry loved me, Peter. And because of you, I will never get to see any of them again.

"They were my family, Peter. My only family! I was tossed out by my parents. Disregarded by my brother. But James, Lily, and Harry? They loved me! And more than you could ever understand, I loved them. I loved them in a way that was more than just skin deep. Can't you even begin to understand that, Peter? Can you not comprehend what real love is?" Peter looked away. Sirius began to walk away. Suddenly, Peter began to yell.

"MURDERER!" he screamed. Sirius turned to look at him, his eyes red with murder. "YOU MURDERER!" he screamed again, pointing at Sirius. "You killed James and Lily! You killed them!" Peter screeched. Sirius went for his wand. He didn't care who saw this. Bloody hell, he wanted everyone to see this. Not just the wizards, the muggles too. He didn't care if he was using magic.

Peter saw this and reached his wand first. Sirius laughed out loud.

"You seriously think you can beat me?" he asked. Peter said a spell he didn't recognize. Several muggles fell to the ground, dead. Sirius looked around for Peter blindly, but could see only his. Finally, he saw a rat with a bleeding paw running towards the pet store.

Sirius made to go get him and kill him, but two muggle police officers stopped him.

"LET ME GO!" he screamed. "I WILL AVENGE LILY AND JAMES!"

The police officers dragged him away.

This is what I brought you this you can keep,
This is what I brought you may forget me.
I promised you my heart just promise one thing,
Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep.

Sirius sat in Azkaban, staring blankly at his cells walls. It didn't mean anything anymore. His life meant absolutely nothing.

James and Lily were dead. Harry was gone. Peter got away. Remus didn't believe him. He was blamed for killing James, Lily, Peter, and a huge assortment of muggles, but he didn't even bloody care.

He could feel a dementor coming towards him and quickly changed into his animagus form. The dreadful feeling still flooded through his body, but it didn't affect him as much as when he was in his human form.

His life meant nothing, but he would stay alive.

Tom the jailor came by and Sirius looked up at him, back in his human form.

"Got a newspaper, Tom?" Sirius asked as amicably as he could. The man looked taken aback, but nodded and handed Sirius the paper. Sirius opened to the section that was now for mentioning the funerals of important people. He wanted to know who had died without the horrible details.

Unlike usual, where there would be several funerals on the first page and about five more on the next two, there was only one joint funeral mentioned on all of the pages.

Lily and James Potter, Victims of Infamous Killer Sirius Black, Buried in Private Ceremony Held by Albus Dumbledore.

This is what I brought you this you can keep,
This is what I brought you may forget me.
I promised you my heart just promise one thing,
Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep.

Wanting more? READ AND REVIEW, I'M WORKING ON THE NEXT CHAPTER. CHAPTER 10 OF BHL SHOULD BE OUT TOMORROW.