OMG thanks to all my reviewers 6 in less then 24 hours. I've never had that many reviews for one chap. So you guys get this chap early. After this one I will try and update every 2 or 3 days depending on my school work.
Thanks to HerKeeperTilDeath, V.L. Crawford, Mythomagic-Champion, Snakekiss, Pilame, and Spring Rain my reviewrs.
And an extra special shout out to lightningkid333 for sitting up with my last night allowing me to bounce ideas off of her.
Question that lightning asked that I think others may be wondering about.
This story will be about Sirius accompanying Harry to Hogwarts filled with lots of twist and turns from the original book. This won't be a story where the book is just repeated with a new character. This will be a ton different.
This chap starts a touch slow but I felt like it was needed I think the end more then makes up for it.
Like the cover I made? Its not the greatest but I like it.
He was woken up several hours later by a kind looking twenty something girl kneeling beside him offering him several dog biscuits. "Are you awake pup?" She asked as Sirius slowly raised his head and sniffed the food. He'd been to exhausted to notice it before but now his stomach was snarling with hunger for the first time in a decade. He did a quick check of his situation. He was still wet and freezing though the sun had managed to take away the worse of the water. His legs were cut up from the sharp rocks beneath his paws and he was lightheaded. But the girl was cute and she had food. Tail thudding against the ground Sirius reached forward and gently snatched the food up savoring the taste. Licking his lips he sniffed the girls hand nudging it for more.
"I don't have anymore silly dog. But there's a nice warm bed, a big bowl of food, and a bath waiting for you back at my place." She stood up and patted her leg. "Come on doggy heel."
Sirius gathered his little remaining strength and forced himself to rise. He got his legs beneath him and wobbling slightly he set off after the girl yelping in pain as his left front leg hit the ground. Staring down Sirius saw it was badly swollen though he had no clue what had caused it. His body had been to numb to feel it getting injured.
The girl stopped at his whine and knelt next to him again stroking his soaking wet head. "I know your hurt pup but I can't carry you and my house isn't far. Just suck it up for a few minutes and I'll get you looked after."
Sirius had been planning on doing just that and keeping his paw off the ground he hobbled after her as she set off at a slow pace away from the beach. Every stride was agony so he had no clue how long it took until he was in front of a cute whitewash cabin and the girl was unlocking the door. Sirius went to follow her but froze smelling another dog. He'd learned the hard way back with James and the others about straying into other dogs territory and he was far to weak for a fight. He half considered making a run for it before he saw the dog in question as the door swung open. It was a yorkie in a pink sweater her tail a black blur as the girl scooped her up and walked into the house waiting for him to follow. He dripped water over the wood floor but the girl didn't seem to mind.
"I think a bath to warm you up would be the best thing." The girl commented as she set her little ball of fur down. Sirius limped after her through a small kitchen and through a living room finally reaching the bathroom. He sat quietly while she filled a large bathtub with warm water examining the room. The walls were a soft light blue and fitted perfectly with the eggshell tiles beneath his paws. The toilet was nested in a corner and opposite was the sink. At the far end of the room was the bathtub which was steaming slightly as the girl called him over and Sirius gingerly clambered in moaning as the warm water began to heat his body. His new friend took a large cup and began to pour water over his fur before beginning the long process of getting him clean. She shampooed him four times before the oil on his coat would actually let her get him really clean. After the shampoo came copious amounts of conditioner and after that Sirius had to stand quietly as the girl ran a hairbrush through his fur wincing as knots were ripped out. The conditioner left in his coat made it easier to brush so the muggle girl didn't have to cut out to many mats from his coat but still it was to many for his taste. The girl then took some muggle contraption that made a loud noise and blew hot air over his fur to dry it and brushed him again and giving him a well needed hair cut before stepping back to admire her work
"You look like a dog now boy not just a ball of wet fur." She patted his head which Sirius returned with a gentle lick and watched as she turned her attention to his swollen paw which the whole time had been kept carefully off the ground. She examined it carefully and seemed to think it was badly sprained and proceeded to wrap it in a bandage and apply a thick cream to his cuts. After that came the large bowl of dog food which Sirius gratefully wolfed down. Away from the Dementors his appetite was back and his belly was screaming at him for the decade without proper food. The girl was blabbering om about names for him and how happy she was to have a new dog but Sirius knew he would sleep until nightfall then he would leave and try and find Harry. He knew where the horrible Muggles had lived prior to Lilly and James's death and he was going to start there and hope that they hadn't moved. He spent the day dozing on the couch regaining his strength for the long journey ahead of him. Nightmares plagued his sleep but Sirius was able to shift his spot on the couch and go back to sleep. The girl gave him another bowl of food come supper time and Sirius was warm, clean, and full for the first time in a decade. Some part of him the coward part whispered that the could live quiet happily with this girl as he dog and be safe from the Ministry with an easy life but a look at the white patch even more visible without the grime killed those thoughts.
It was close to midnight when the muggle girl went to bed and Sirius waited awhile longer before sneaking towards the door and changing to human. He wandered into the kitchen and starred at his reflection in the toaster. His robes were still filthy but his hair was now level with his chin and straight and clean and he knew it was his imagination but he thought his face looked a little fuller. Nudging the cabinets open he began to shove food in the pockets of his robes. If he concentrated he could get everything on him to turn into a dog and Merlin knows how long until he'd be able to buy food again so stocking up seemed smart. He felt bad for stealing the food and leaving the sweet girl who had taken him in. A pad of paper sitting next to the muggle communicating device caught his eyes and Sirius smiled and as he unlocked the door he changed into Padfoot and grasped it in his mouth and carried it out the door and towards the lawn where a recent storm had left a puddle of mud in the a hole most likely left by the annoying little yorkie. Sitting so he didn't have to put weight on his bandaged paw he placed his uninjured paw in the mud and then carefully place it on the pad of paper. He examined the muddy paw print pleased and after placing it back by on the counter he shut the door and began to limp his way down the street.
Sirius wasn't sure what he was planning on doing only knowing that he was in the general area of where the Muggles had lived on that night when Lilly had dragged him and James to meet her sister. He didn't remember the street and all the houses looked alike so he had taken to wandering down the streets hoping to catch the scent of Harry. Though he wasn't sure if it would be the same. Harry had smelled like milk, sunlight, baby powder, the lavender soap Lilly washed clothes in, the wood of the toy broom he was always playing on, whatever he'd been eating or if he'd had a bath the strawberry bubble bath and baby shampoo. Since he doubted Harry still smelt like sour milk and baby powder he was hoping Harry would have smelt similar to James who's smell he could have tracked in his sleep. Wind, wood oil, Lilly's perfume, the woodsy musky smell of his lurking Animagus form.
It was sunrise on the day before Harry's birthday and he was unsure what to do if he didn't find the pup soon. He had lost his wand when it was snapped before he was thrown in prison so he'd been forced to sneak into Diagon Alley and steal a wand from Olivander's. It was a very nice wand 12 inches yew and unicorn hair. He doubted the wand would be missed it had been buried under so much dust but he didn't care for it to much though. It was a decent match for him but nothing like his own wand and he didn't quite trust it so he had been only using it when he really needed it. He had run out of food the day before and was stealing from the local farmer's market which wasn't easy and added to his guilt. Sighing he sat down on the lawn of one of the houses resting his weary paws and examined his bandaged leg. It had yet to heal and Sirius found his other legs growing sorer each day from having to support the extra weight not to mention how much it slowed him. But either the injury was to difficult for his healing spells or maybe it was something he couldn't heal but whatever the reason he was unable to fix it.
It was supper time on the street and he could smell cooking food wafting out of open windows, causing his belly to rumble. He ignored it as best as he could and began hobbling down the street again looking for a house to sneak into to steal food. Not that he was stupid enough to do it in broad daylight but so that he could come back at night and not risk getting chased off by angry muggles.
He made his way down the road and was halfway up the next street when a door burst open and a angry obese man came storming down the road and threw some paper in the trashcan. Sirius could hear yelling from the house the instant to door slammed shut and a few nosy neighbors peaked out around their curtains to look causing Sirius to slink into the shadows of the hedge to escape notice. After several minutes when everyone realized the shouting was too muffled to make out and had returned to their meals he slipped from his hiding spot and went to the trashcan retrieving the paper and hurrying back to the hedges and lying down in the shade under the window sill hidden from sight by the hedges. The paper was actually parchment which Sirius found odd but didn't necessarily mean that Harry was in the house. It was in several pieces so he did his best to nudge them back together. The instant his eyes fell on the letter and low snarl slipped past his teeth. He recognized it immediately as a Hogwarts Letter allowing children to know they were accepted and to give them their supply list. Why would the most important piece of mail for a young wizard or witch be thrown in the trash? Sirius didn't need three guesses as he rose to his paws and starred into the window. As a dog Sirius was roughly the size of a large Great Dane making him come even with a a tall man's elbow. So it was no problem for him to see through the glass and see a small boy maybe eight or nine from the looks of it in baggy filthy clothes cowering in a corner as the large man Sirius had seen before towered over him screaming.
"THE NEXT TIME YOU EVEM TRY OPENING THE MAIL I WILL BEAT YOU WITHIN AN INCH OF YOUR LIFE!"
The boy was scrawny with messy black hair that Sirius knew very well and when he looked up through his cracked glasses Sirius could see emerald green eyes filled with fear and tears. The boy whispered something which only made the muggle angrier.
"I DON'T CARE WHO THE LETTER WAS ADRESSED TO. NO ONE IN THE WORLD CARES ABOUT SOME LITTLE FREAK WHO'S NO GOOD DRUNK FATHER GOT HIS FAMILY KILLED."
As Sirius watched the man raised his hand as if the strike the terrified boy and the wizard had seen enough. He launched himself through the window anger fueling him so he didn't even feel the glass rip at his fur and he landed on all furs adrenaline taking away the pain in his paw. Harry about ready to be struck and the insult to James had been to much for the already hot headed young man. He barred his teeth ready to fight to protect his pup.
Yes Harry is abused in this story. Personally I can't see the son of James Potter a very outspoken person being so meek and quiet without some serious abuse.
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