Disclaimer: I own none of the characters or places in this story they all belong to J K Rowling
A/N: Set during and after Order of the Phoenix and Half Blood Prince. Most people thought Sirius Black died that day in the ministry of magic, but the whole story was not told. Sirius Black lived and this is his tale. Sort of a prelude to my Harry Potter stories, picking up where J K Rowling left it and telling how Voldemort was defeated and the series ends. Written from Sirius' point of view.
01 – May – Order of the Phoenix – 12 Grimuld Place
I was bored to death; I was stuck in Grimuld Place alone once again. Typical. Kreacher had vanished into some part of the house again. Not that I cared. I picked at the half eaten food in front of me sighing. If it was any other house it wouldn't be so bad. But I thought I had seen the last of this one nearly twenty years ago. Why did I have to be stuck in here again? Something creaked upstairs and I looked up. That wasn't right. None of the Order was supposed to be here at the moment. And if it was an Order member why were they sneaking around upstairs?
Grabbing my wand from the table I crept upstairs to investigate. It sounded as if they were in the office that had belonged to my father. I hadn't had a chance to clear it out yet and there were things in there that could be very dangerous in the wrong hands. I pushed open the door revealing someone stooped over a bookcase. I brought my hand up.
"Drop your wand and whatever else your holding and turn around slowly," I said, my voice was hard and cold. A wand dropped from the persons hand and clattered to the floor, he slowly stood upright holding out his hands to show they were empty. Long silver hair hung down the back of his robes. I grinned knowing full well who it was, but not risking it, just in case.
"Now, now Sirius is this any way to treat a friend?" Dumbledore said turning to face me, we were both grinning, his eyes danced with humour and mischief. I knew perfectly well it was Dumbledore though it wouldn't hurt to make sure.
"How do I know you are really Dumbledore? Surely the real Dumbledore wouldn't creep around up here and not let me know?" I asked. It was just a game now, a test to find out who was more observant.
"Ok then Sirius. Harry Potter's first word. I believe only you were present as Lily and James were out getting food, and they didn't believe you when you told them, furthermore that first word was Voldemort. As to me sneaking around, I presumed that at this late hour you would be asleep and I didn't wish to wake you, however I couldn't get here at any other time being on the run and such." He replied and I lowered my wand, I flicked it one sending Dumbledore's wand back to his hand to save him bending over.
"Where have you been Dumbledore? Do you have time or is this just a flying visit?" I asked as Dumbledore picked up the book he had been searching for and we turned to leave.
"I have some time yes, I've been busy, talking to members of the Order all over the world, your friend in Canada says hello by the way, he hopes you can visit him soon," Dumbledore said as we walked into the kitchen, I waved my wand and the remnants of my meal vanished.
"That's something I wanted to talk to you about Dumbledore, I can't stay hear anymore, I'm no use, is there any way I can escape without the ministry following me?" I said and sat down heavily at the table. Dumbledore sat down opposite me.
"Short of faking your own death I don't see how it's possible," he replied though something in his eyes told me that may not be a bad idea.
"Faking my own death? That would work, it's not as if there's something I'm needed to do here, and I've been pretty stressed at staying here, it wouldn't be too hard to persuade people that I've become reckless. I have suspected Kreacher has been doing something behind my back, I could find out…" I said and stopped. It seemed too good to be true.
"What about Harry?" Dumbledore asked and I froze, I hadn't thought of that, Harry would be devastated if he thought I was dead.
"He'll be upset for a while, but it won't be forever, just until Pettigrew is caught and my name cleared," I replied though I hated to say it. Its true Harry would survive, but he might be upset enough to do something stupid.
"I can protect him if he does something stupid Sirius, and it would provide me with an excellent chance to talk to him about something, however something like this would require a lot of acting and a lot of patience and even more scheming and planning. It will not be simple, Voldemort must also be persuaded, which means you 'dying' in front of Death Eaters as well," Dumbledore said and I sighed, I knew it wouldn't be easy, but still a chance to escape this awful existence would be welcome.
"What do I need to do?" I asked.