The Dogfather

Chapter 3

Disclaimer: This is really getting old... IT'S ALL MINE YAHOO! It all belongs to me: sees cop car pulling into driveway: I mean... of course it belongs to J.K. Rowling :ahem:

The days began to pass quickly for Harry and summer quickly turned into autumn. He continued his daily talk with Sirius in the woods. They would pretend to be taking a walk with Sirius as Padfoot ,which Harry had conveniently suggested to the family as the dog's name, then continue the walk with Sirius in human form in the woods. The two had concluded not to tell Harry's parents about Sirius. The parents would probably then turn Sirius into the police quicker than he could say 'Azkaban'. Harry had grown used to his godfather and his story. Although he still wondered about his escape. When he asked him about it, Sirius shrugged and said, "It was the weirdest thing ever, one night I had this dream except it was a nightmare like usual... it was kind of eerie actually... James, Lily and you were in it, as a baby... and James was saying I had to get out to protect you and that you'd be needing me in the future... that gave me a sort of strength and next day I had slipped past the dementors in my animagus form" Harry was thoughtful about this.

Besides that Sirius talked to Harry about the Marauders, Magic he had learned, or just about everything from the birds in the trees to Harry's new shoes.

Roughly a year later...

Harry shuffled eagerly through the morning post, he had been searching all week for it. His eleventh birthday was coming quickly and Sirius said it should be arriving any day now. After anxiously flipping through a few bills he found what he had been waiting for. His heart pounded as he picked up a thick yellow envelope. On it in emerald ink read his name and address. Harry grinned to himself and pocketed the letter 'Time to take Padfoot for a walk' he thought.

He opened the door to his room to find his godfather snoozing on his bed in dog form. He rolled his eyes and walked over to the bed. First he started out with a soft prod, the dog continued to sleep. Harry raised one eyebrow and tried harder into the belly. Padfoot stirred yet continued to his slumber. Harry sighed and grinned mischieviously. He turned towards the bathroom and came out holding a glass of water.

"First time I'm nice, Second time I'm too nice, and Third time I'm reasonable" he muttered to himself as he approached the sleeping form. He stood over his pet poured the contents of the glass onto him with no remorse as he simply hummed to himself.

Sirius yelped frantically and jumped out of bed and growled angrily up at Harry.

"Hey don't blame me!" he said "You no the rules, two times and I go to extreme measures" Sirius rolled hi eyes, if possible, as Harry cleaned up the mess with a simple wandless drying charm Sirius taught him.

"Besides" he continued, satisfied with his work, "I've got something to show you, c'mon" Sirius trotted behind Harry, down the stairs and out the back door towards the woods wondering what he wanted to show him. After they walked roughly half a kilometer into the forest they came upon a stream where Harry decided to stop. He looked around to see anyone about, finding no one, he nodded for Sirius to transform. Sirius looked pissed. Harry sighed waiting for the ranting to begin.

"What is so bloody important, that you had to so rudely wake me up at the crack of dawn with, oh what was it again, WATER! And haul me out here!" he exclaimed flailing his arms. Harry covered a laugh. The muggle clothes Harry had given him were plastered to his body and as he moved his arms water flew everywhere. Suddenly Harry checked his digital watch and realized that it was only 6:30. He shrugged. He needed to get to the letter before his parents did.

"Er... sorry 'bout the water Sirius... and the earliness... but I needed to talk to you." Harry pulled the envelope out of his jeans pocket "I got my letter"

Suddenly all anger left Sirius "Really? Harry that's great! Have you told your parents yet? Have they read it? Have you read it? When did it come?" He inquired eagerly.

"Hold it Padfoot, no I have not told my parents and I haven't read it and it came this morning in the post." he explained.

"Alright then, let's read it!" suggested Sirius.

"Harry turned the envelope over expecting to see a normal glue sealed flap, yet there was a strange seal with a Lion, an Eagle, a Badger, and a Snake. "Are those the animals of the houses?" he asked his godfather, Sirius nodded. Harry removed the wax seal and pulled out the contents of the letter which he noticed was some sort of old fashion parchment rather than normal paper.

It read:

Dear Mr. Potter,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Term begins September 1st. The train leaves at Kings Cross station 11o' clock. Inside is an enclosed list of school supplies, we await your owl no later than July 31st.

Sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

(Deputy Headmistress)

Harry skimmed over the letter quickly. Suddenly he realized a problem.

"Er, Sirius?" he said timidly.

"Yeah?"

"I haven't got an owl." he replied.

"So?"

"What's with these one word answers? Anyway it says here that they await my owl. If I don't answer then that Hagrid guy will have to come and get me!" he said desperately. If Hagrid came he would most likely recognize Sirius.

"Don't worry about it when you and your family go to Diagon Alley you'll get your owl. Besides Hagrid only comes if you don't receive the letter at all." explained Sirius. Harry nodded.

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Harry fidgeted nervously at the breakfast table. He had resealed the letter and put it back into the morning mail. He concentrated hard on eating his cornflakes while his father searched through the mail.

"Bill, bill, catalog, Ooo free coupon, bill... what's this?" Harry held his breath and Sirius stopped eating his bacon in the corner.

"Hey, Hannah it's something from your cousin in Kent." he said handing his wife a small white envelope. Harry exhaled his breath and continued his cereal a bit irritated. After a few seconds later of searching he stopped again. "Hey Harry you've got something too" he said looking perplexed at the thick yellow envelope.

"Really me? I wonder who it's from." said Harry trying to sound as if he hadn't known it was coming. He opened the seal again and pretended to read the letter. After a few seconds his dad asked.

"Well who's it from"

"Er.. I'm not really sure... maybe you should read it." he said handing the letter to him. Sirius stopped eating again and watched in amusement. Harry's father read the letter over and looked up.

"This is the most bizarre thing ever." he said.

"Well, maybe so but it would explain a lot, like why I make that weird stuff happen... like when Kate's shoes suddenly turned purple, or when your car became covered with bubbles, and when Mum's necklace found it's way onto the roof." said Harry ticking events off of his fingers.

"What does that have to do with this letter?" asked Kate. The father passed the letter to her, she read it with the same dumfounded expression then she passed it to her mother who followed suit. "Whoa, that's strange" said the mother.

"Yeah I know" muttered Kate.

"I think it's real" said Harry. The rest of the family stared at him.

"Why?" they said in union. Harry swallowed.

"Because lately I've been able to do really weird stuff." he said lamely.

"Like what?" said his sister.

"Like this." Harry concentrated really hard on his spoon, it began to rise slowly, it then lowered it into his cereal bowl and scooped out a few cornflakes. The spoon made it's way towards Harry's mouth, he opened his mouth and ate the flakes, then lowered the piece of silverware next to the bowl. He looked up at the family. There expressions were blank. He grinned to himself; he had gotten the idea from watching the movie 'Matilda'. He saw in the corner of his eye that Sirius was not acting very dog like. He was crouching down and barking in a strange way that sounded like laughter. It was Kate who was the first to speak.

"H-how in the world didjoo do that?" she asked dumbstruck.

"I dunno" he said with a shrug. "I just concentrate really hard on it levitating and it does it" as the family let this new information sink in, he winked to Sirius.

"Alright then" said his father. "I guess you'll be going to Hogwarts."

Harry simply grinned.

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A/N Hey not to bad of a chapter, hmm? hmm? Anyways, I hope that answers your question magicgirl45852, sorry I didn't e-mail you. Anyways, don't forget to review!... or else... :ahem: Next chapter Diagon Alley and maybe the Hogwarts express A/N