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Chapter 3

A few days before the Hogwarts students arrived my health took a turn for the worse. I was in human form, standing and looking out of the cave when my chest suddenly felt like it was going to explode. I grabbed my chest and hunched over in pain. I grunted and fell to my knees.

"Pads." I managed to choke out, nudging his sleeping dog form. He didn't even move.

"Please." I begged. I stifled a cry, instead I groaned. It hurt so much, I had never felt pain like that before. Padfoot lifted his head sleepily as I fell onto my stomach. By the time I rolled over onto my back He had already gone back to his human self and was kneeling beside me, not sure of what to do.

"What's happening?" He asked with a touch of panic to his voice.

"Dunno." I rasped. My chest jerked, like I needed to cough. I rolled onto my side,away from Padfoot and started to cough. I couched so hard my lungs ached, I could feel a wet substance other than spit. I opened my eyes when I stopped coughing, my chest no longer felt like it was going to explode. I looked down at the ground, the substance I had coughed up was a mixture of blood and some goopy black stuff I couldn't identify.

Padfoot walked around me and spotted the stuff I had coughed up. He looked at me worriedly.

"What happened?" He asked again. I shrugged, it hurt to much to talk. Truth was I had no idea what had just happened, only I did know that it hurt a whole lot and I didn't want it to happen again. Unfortunately it did. Many times. For the next two weeks it happened twice both weeks. Then they started to get more frequent three to four times a week. Each seeming more painful than the last. Finally something came up to keep my mind of the fact that I was most likely dieing. The first Hogsmead trip was coming up. I may get to sneak into town and see Harry, if he was going.

Sadly I could not find him. Uncle Padfoot had stayed in the cave as a dog would be to suspicious. That and he looks like the Grim. I came back after my unsuccessful search to find Padfoot pacing the cave as a dog. I sat there, in cat form, and cocked my head to the side, waiting for him to notice me. Eventually he did. He turned back to his human self and so did I.

"Did you find Harry?" Pads asked. I shook my head and walked farther into the cave.

"I didn't even catch a glimpse of him." I say down, leaning against the wall of the cave. I could hardly walk as a human anymore. Ever since I'd started coughing up that black stuff my strength, what was left of it, was starting to leave me. I was never affected as a cat, so I preferred to stay that way.

"I've been thinking." Uncle Pads started. "That ginger cat you met still hasn't gotten to Peter. I think that maybe I should try to get the rat myself."

"Like break into the castle? Are you crazy?" I said.

"Some people say so." He muttered darkly.

"But you're not! What if you get caught? What then? They will probably give you the Dementors kiss. I will not let you go." I argued.

"You couldn't take me, you can barely walk!" Pads pointed out.

"Not while I'm in animagus form. If you're going I'm coming to." I said stubbornly.

"Oh no you're not. I'm not gong to risk you getting caught. You are to stay here." He said folding his arms over his chest.

"I'm a grown witch, you can't stop me. If you leave I'll just follow." I said. Padfoot huffed.

"Fine, but you stay as a cat the whole time, we can't risk you having an attack." I nodded.

"Agreed."

Later that night, when all of Hogwarts was in the Great Hall for the Halloween feast We snuck into the castle, through a secret passage. We found our way to the Gryffindor tower with no trouble at all, it was exactly where I remembered it. It felt like such a long time ago that I had been a student at Hogwarts, yet everything looked the same as I had left it. I could still remember all the great times I'd had in these hallways. I wondered what Tonks was doing. I suddenly felt guilty for not going to see her, but it would have been a big risk. She knew what I looked like as an animagus, she had seen me change before. Hopefully I would see her again, on good terms.

Sirius changed to human form when we got close to the Gryffindor Tower. No one could know that he was an animagus, better to change now than later.

We got to the portrait of the Fat Lady, she to looked the same as I remember, except this time she had a terrified look on her face.

"Sirius Black!" She shrieked.

"Just let me in." Padfoot said coolly. The Fat Lady kept screaming.

"Please." He begged.

"No! Murderer! Someone, help! Sirius Black! Help!" The fat Lady screamed. I'd had enough, we would get caught if we didn't leave soon. I knew Peeves would be here soon to spread the news: Sirius Black had been sighted in Hogwarts!

I launched myself at the portrait, not knowing any other way to stop the Fat Lady from screaming. I stuck my claws out and made big gashes in the painting, the Fat Lady ran for her life.

"We need to go. Now. We'll come back later." Padfoot said and we ran. We escaped out of the castle, Pads returning to his animagus form. We did not stop running until we reached the cave.

We lay still on the cave floor, regaining our breaths. I transformed back to human form. I wheezed.

"That is not going to sit well." I said. Pads changed back to his regular self.

"Nope." He agreed. Suddenly I felt the familiar pain, though this time it was worse. I groaned in pain.

"It hurts. So. Much." I mumbled clutching at my chest. I got onto my knees and curled up. I stuck my hand in my mouth and bit down hard to try and distract myself from the pain in my chest. It didn't work. I broke the skin on my hand and made myself bleed for no reason. The coughs came as they always had. It felt like I was coughing up knifes. The pain was immense. Padfoot sat beside me and waited for my attack to subside.

When the coughing stopped I didn't move. Pads gently rubbed my back, like he used to do for me when I was a kid and feeling sick.

It was silent for a few minutes before I spoke up.

"Am I going to die?"

"Not if you stay in animagus form from now on. It doesn't matter what you are doing. You can't come out of it." Padfoot said. I sighed.

"Maybe when we get free I can get some medical help." I suggested. Pads smiled.

"Yes, that would be good." I gave him one last hug before turning into animagus form.

Sorry It's kind of short but I should have the next chapter finished soon.

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