A/N Okay, so this is the third book in the series Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban told through Sirius' eyes. From the attempted break in of the Gryffindor common room to him almost receiving the Dementor's kiss before riding to safety on the back of a Hippogriff. Here it goes ...
Prologue
So here I am. Dirt spattered. Lying face down in the mud. I'm back in my cave. Buckbeak the Hippogriff lies beside me sound asleep on the hard rocky floor. I groan as I push myself up of my stone bed wiping the grime from around my face. Only a few hours ago I had just narrowly escaped the Dementor's kiss. If it wasn't for my brave godson and his friend Hermione I would be as good as if not dead. I would be lifeless. Soulless. Thrown back into Azkaban without a second thought. No one would believe the children's story if Snape had anything to do with it.
Dumbledore knew I was innocent! How come it took two school children to save me when the most powerful wizard in the world knew where I was and how to get me? And how exactly did Harry learnt to make a patronus that big or that powerful? There are lots of questions I need to ask that shrivelled old prune. When I next see him he'll have some drastic explaining to do or he will answer to me.
A sudden thought occurred to me as Buckbeak yawned, stretched, got up, and then flew into the night. I didn't have a wand. Making a mental note to buy one later so I could protect my godson, my thoughts soon wandered to Buckbeak. He, like I, was meant to be slaughtered when he was innocent. (Well when I say innocent all he did was kick the disrespectful Malfoy boy in the arm). Buckbeak and I had gained a bond of trust and understanding in the few hours that we had known each other. We both, I am sure, feel a need to protect our saviour. My godson, Harry Potter.
A few hours later or so it seemed to me sitting all alone in my dark cave, Buckbeak returned carrying some freshly caught, blood dripping rats in his claws. He lay one down beside me and then trudged off to his corner of the dingy cave that we call home to try to get some sleep. I murmured my thanks and appreciations to the bird as I settled down to eat my fresh meal. Being a dog I enjoy my meat raw so, before I ate my rat I changed into my animagus form: a grim.
As I tucked into my meal I thought back to the events that led me up to this point, and the recklessness and that led me to Peter Pettigrew and led me to get to know my godson, the wonderful Harry Potter...
A/N (again) I hope you enjoyed my short prologue. I ensure you that chapters will be at least twice as big if not more. Please review. Constructive criticism please, No flames. Anonymous reviews welcome.
Summary of chapters to come!
Chapter One – Sirius' journey to Hogwarts
Chapter Two – Sirius' encounter with the portrait of the fat lady
Chapter Three – Lurking around the castle and meeting with Lupin.
Chapter Four – The encounter with the Wamping Willow, Ron, Hermione, Harry and Snape and the discovery of Scabbers as Peter Pettigrew.
Chapter Five – Lupin forgets to take the Wolfsbain potion and fights with Sirius. Pettigrew escapes.
Chapter Six – Sirius is attacked by a mass of Dementors and is saved by Harry.
Chapter Seven – Harry and Hermione save Sirius and he escapes on Buckbeak.
Epilogue – back to Sirius in the cave.