The way things are!!
As Sirius boarded the boat that would take him to the one place every wizard feared most….Azkaban….a familiar song came to mind….
What was it from?...he asked himself….Something vaguely familiar….it reminded him of the time Lily forced James who, in turn force him to attend a muggle church because it was Jesus thing….Lent….or Advent…ah bloody hell to many technical terms in the muggle world… he thought ….the lyrics slowly coming to him as the dementors started to guide the boat from the main land to the dreaded island which was to be home to him for twelve, nearly thirteen years of his manhood. Deep within my heart I feel….the lyrics were coming to him now…
Voices whispering to me.
Words that I can't understand;
Meanings I must clearly hear!
Calling me to follow close,
Lest I leave my self behind!
Calling me to walk into
Evening shadows one more time!
The boat was nearing an island in the distance with an overly large citadel on it, dementors gliding around like bees in a bee hive. Now this why when people usually get scared of this place…not because it was in the middle of nowhere….but the dementors that inhabit it.
….but still more of the song came to him at the seeing of this bastion…
In my memories, I know
How you send familiar rains
Falling gently on my days;
Dancing patterns on my pain!
And I need to learn once more,
In the fortress of my mind,
To believe in failing rain
As I travel deserts dry!
Bloody hell…wish I was at a desert now....and why cant Azkaban be in the desert….nah…he said to himself…it's in the middle of the ocean for a reason A) people can get out and B)….I dunno if there is a B…he looked back towards the jetty….why did Peter do this? As random thoughts passed through his mind he felt less human….he transformed into Padfoot and curled up into a ball for a while…
As I gaze into the night,
Down the future of my years,
I'm not sure I want to walk
Past horizons that I know!
But I feel me spirit called
Like a stirring deep within,
Restless 'til I live again
Beyond the fears that close me in!
As the boat brought him onto the sandy shore of the god-forsaken island…he transformed back into Sirius….which no man perils… he thought as he looked up at the tall tower on his right…..Might as well get it over with… he muttered to himself…by this time the dementors were looking at him weirdly… you could sense the demoralizing atmosphere he created for them…
He sang out loud -with what ever voice he had left- and walk the dead mans walk…were he was sure he would die in this place….ah well….he thought….better than being stuck in my mother place …
So I leave my boat behind!
Leave them on familiar shores!
Set my heart upon the deep!
Follow you again, dear
What the??... He said as the dementors locked the door to his prison cell and move smoothly away from sight….suddenly remembering where he was and what his rat of a friend did to him….
"Peter….why?" he murmured to himself "why did you do this to your friends?" and with that thought still in his mind he curled up in the corner of his newly found cell and fell into an uneasy sleep which lasted him for the rest of his time in Azkaban.