A.N: I updated this and the following 3 chapters to improve on the grammar.

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ESCAPE

Something felt wrong, really wrong. Sirius felt uneasy. He sipped his beer watching the clock. Peter had already been gone over an hour past when he was supposed to return.

"Well, I hope James is having more fun in Godric's Hollow than I am here." He raised his bottle in a toast until his brain caught up with his mouth. The bottle slipped from his fingers, smashing to the floor, as he bolted out the door. The minute Sirius was out the door he apparated noting those wards were down as well, Peter the rat!

Sirius appeared on a side street in Godrics Hollow and ran as fast as he could to James and Lily's house, and was drawn. However, what he found made him fall to his knees. He had been too late to save them. Tears leaked from his eyes as he sobbed.

A cry caught his attention through his sobs, it was Harry, he was still alive. Sirius jumped to his feet and rushed into the blown apart house. He came across the vacant face of James first and his heart ached, he said a silent prayer for his friend and moved on.

He searched the remaining rooms to find the crying baby. He found him in the most blown apart room in the house, the nursery. Lily was there on the ground in front of the crib, he knew then she had protected Harry and whatever she had been secretly working on had actually worked.

"Pafoo," called the crying infant from his crib that seemed to have no mark upon it. Sirius made his way to the crib and picked up his godson. He noticed a mark on his head and when he cleaned it up he noticed it was no ordinary mark, but a mark caused by a dark curse.

"Oh Harry," Sirius as he held the boy close to him. He stopped at Lily, her once fiery eyes vacant. "I'll take care of him, Lily, I promise." He walked out of the room and down the stairs. Saying the last goodbye to his best friend he walked out of the door of Godrics Hollow for the last time. He didn't want to separate in case that was being tracked so he called his bike to him.

The bike arrived just as another figure appeared. Sirius trained his wand on the figure only to find Hagrid approaching. Sirius did not lower his wand though, he had to protect Harry.

"How can I help you tonight Hagrid?" Sirius called

"Dumbledore sent me" he replied, "He wants me to bring Harry to him, he's going to his aunt and uncles."

"How does Dumbledore even know what happened? I want to hear the words from his own mouth." Sirius called.

"I was afraid it would come to this Sirius. We know you sold out James and Lily and plan to take Harry to Voldemort." Dumbledore called stepping out from the shadows.

"I would never sell out my best friends, Peter was their secret keeper, not me, go find him, he has an animus that is a rat. Harry is my godson and I would protect him with my life, and I would never work for that sleazeball of Voldemort." Sirius said fiercely, he wanted to scream and cry at the accusations, but he couldn't lose it while holding Harry.

"Sirius you need to give Harry to Hagrid" Sirius backed away from the pair and the bike he loved. He didn't want to leave the bike that had meant so much to him and James, that had gotten them through many tough scrapes, but the bike wasn't worth more than his precious godson.

He hated the idea of apparating with him, but there was no choice left. Sirius tried to apparate only to find that he couldn't. He realized then what Dumbledore had done. He fired a series of spells at the pair then made a beeline to the hidden escape tunnel he, Remus, and James had built, with help from Lily and Marlene.

Sirius made it safely without them seeing where he had gone. Sirius climbed in with Harry, closed the latch and did some spells and runes Lily had taught him. Sirius nearly lost it at leaving behind this world and his best friends, but Harry was what was important and he would do anything to save him.

The tunnel was long and tight with not much light. Harry started to fuss along the way, but Sirius promised he would get him food and bed soon. He had hoped he would have his best friends with him if he had to make this journey, but James, Lily, and Marlene were dead and Remus was off on a Mission.

Sirius hoped he could reach Remus before Dumbledore did, but he didn't hold much stock in it. The entrance was soon right ahead and Sirius held his wand ready not sure what he would meet on the other end. He climbed out of the tunnel holding a sleeping Harry tightly to him.

"I thought I would find you here," Sirius heard a voice say behind him, causing him to jump around to face the person. There in all of his glory was Remus. "You'll never believe who came to find me to inform me my best friend had sold out our other best friends. I thought you were the traitor for the longest time, but the way Dumbledore was acting tonight made me rethink. I'm not here to turn you in, I'm here to help you."

"Thank you," Sirius said visibly deflating.

"Did you see them?" Remus asked

"Yes it was horrible, Lily's secret plan worked though. They died protecting him, I promised them I would protect him and that's what I will do." Sirius said determination flaming in his eyes.

"That's what we will do," Remus replied and hugged his friend and the orphaned child. Together they apparated away to one of the safe houses that had been set up secretly where they would remain until they could safely move on. A search would be set up for the child, but he would never be found until the time was right.

A.N.: Some of you may remember me as Clumsy or Clumsyasbellaliterally. Unfortunately, I forgot my login and no longer have access to the email that I signed up with so I can't retrieve the information. So I am back with a new account. I will be reuploading the stories that still exist on my other account and finishing them, but I also have many new wonderful stories to bring to you that I hope you will enjoy. If you do and you want to leave a comment of constructive criticism, ideas, recommendations, thoughts, or whatever you wish to say to me you can do that with the comment button or you can pm me and we can talk. I may pm replies or upload them to my stories so be on the lookout. Much love.

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