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- At The Potters -

Sirius stared out the window onto the dark road. He closed the curtains and looked at the group in the Potter house. All his friends sat there and looked only at two people:

One had black hair, like Sirius, but this man's hair was unkempt and had its own way. This man had glasses and brown eyes. This man was James Potter.

The other had a long silver beard, crescent glasses and calm blue eyes. Albus Dumbledore.

"I still intend to use Sirius as The Secret Keeper, Dumbledore!"

Albus shook his head.

"I understand James. But Voldemort will go after Sirius immediately. Your best friend. I do trust you Sirius," he added, turning to Sirius. Black nodded quietly. "But it is simply too dangerous." He turned around and looked at James. "There are a lot of others whose identities are unknown to Voldemort."

James muttered something perceived as: Sirius would rather kill himself than to betray us… But then he shrugged and looked around the room.

He looked over at Frank and Alice Longbottom. The latter was holding a baby no older than James' own son, Harry. "Frank, Alice, I will not pass the buck." The couple smiled down at their son, who was sleeping soundly in his mother's arms.

James then looked at a youngish man, in a raggedy suit. "Remus, will this not interfere with your… monthly problem."

Remus smirked. "To be honest James, that's why I hadn't planned on volunteering."

An awkward silence arose. People were looking around, thinking how this could be executed to everyone's liking.

Sirius looked over the room and got an idea. He slipped through the room and stood behind James.

"James, I have an idea, but I must speak alone with you," he whispered. James nodded quietly and went with Sirius. Sirius walked up the stairs, into a space slightly larger than the others. He turned to James. "Where's Lily?"

"She's sleeping in the living room below. Not because she always sleeps there, but because everyone's here." He sighed and looked around. "It's a big waste of time..." They both heard a little sniff, and Sirius quickly pulled his wand. James flung his arm towards Sirius. "It's Harry .." he whispered, pointing towards the corner of the room, where there was a small cot. In the middle of the room stood a large bed, and in one side of the room was a door to another room. In the cradle lay a baby, with black hair. He sniffed again and Sirius went over and looked into the cradle. Then he looked at James.

"You know when you made me his godfather; you also made V. his godmother?"

"Maybe," he replied, smiling. "What did you want?" Sirius looked around and walked over to the other end of the room.

"Dumbledore said, I would be recognized. Remus cannot because of his problem. What about Peter? Voldemort would never suspect him!"

James thought about it. "I don't know. He's been acting a little strange these last few weeks."

"Who does not behave strangely at the moment?" asked Sirius.

"I'll ask Dumbledore ..."

"James, for once, try without Albus."

James looked at Sirius quickly. "Why?"

"Because… Because someone down there might overhear the conversation." James shot Sirius a strange look. "Not that I don't trust a single one of those people down there. Anyway, it's a smart thing to make a trap. Dumbledore and the others will think I'm secretly hiding, and then Voldemort will be running after me. Then Peter'll hide!" James thought about it again and nodded quietly.

"I must remember to tell Lily... How do we keep Peter back after the meeting?" he asked.

"I'll do it." They smiled at each other.

The others chatted in the kitchen, but all became silent as soon Sirius and James came down the stairs.

"What have you decided on?" asked Remus.

"I will secretly hide, and James and I'll find a hiding place where Voldemort will not look for me," Sirius said loudly. All turned to him and began to mumble along. Dumbledore looked at them from his chair and sighed deeply.

"Very good. James, you know what to do... "He stood up, then turned back and went out. More murmuring arose, some looked at Sirius and James, others looked after Dumbledore. Some got up and went after him. Others remained seated. Sirius noticed a small tuft of hair between the group. He walked over to it.

"Peter, can you stay for a second ..?" he whispered. Peter looked up with wide eyes and nodded. The rest discovered that the meeting was over and went out. Most spoke with James on the way, or gave a quick nod before they all disappeared into the darkness. The last left was the sleeping Lily, James, Remus, Sirius and Peter. Remus looked around and sighed. "I suppose that's it ... Well, I'd better head h-… back," He smiled sadly at his friends. He stood up and walked over to James and shook hands. James looked at his hand and slapped it away. He looked at Remus and smiled and pulled the whole arm in, hugging Remus. They both laughed and relaxed ½together. Remus turned to Sirius, who took his hand and pulled it over and hugged him too. They let go of, and smiled to each other.

"Good luck Sirius. If you ever need shelter, come over and look for me." Remus promised, full-well knowing, that he wouldn't be the best option and with a last nod to his friends, Remus walked over to the door, and walked out into the darkness alone.

Sirius turned to Peter and took a deep breath. "Okay ... Peter, James and I've talked and come up with something. We found they would be best to have you as The Secret Keeper, because Voldemort will probably go after me and not you."

Peter trembled at Voldemort's name. But he was thinking hard, you could actually see his brain functioning, and eventually he nodded. Sirius smiled.

"Good. Somebody's going to wake up Lily. We're going to need her help."