Harry Potter and the Sudden Change of Life Itself

Chapter 3

November 2nd 1994

Harry stood at the top steps of the owerly that cold and windy morning, looking out over the Hogwarts grounds, as his beautiful snowy owl Hedwig took flight over the grounds on her way to deliver an owl to his godfather.

Harry had stayed up most of the night before, trying to cram everything into one piece of parchment what he had been feeling since his name had been picked out of the goblet, his loneliness now that Ron had stopped talking to him and he couldn't share the way he was feeling or how scared he was and not be told it would be okay and his wonderness of the girl mind.

Ever since he and Hermione had spoken beside the lake, he, himself had found himself starting to wonder about Hermione, how she always held her head high no matter what and how she looked stunningly beautiful no matter the time, Harry was sure that he was just missing Ron as his best friend and that these feelings would go away soon but at the same time, he kind of didn't want them to vanish, he had taken to looking up from his homework most nights, seeing Hermione sitting opposite him, her head in a book or stroking Crookshanks, her fluffy ginger cat and each time, Harry had spent five to ten minutes wondering just what it would be like to have her sit next to him or have her head resting on his lap then she would look up, eyes catching each other and the moment would be broken as Harry would hurriedly look back down at his homework of the night, making sure that Hermione didn't notice.

But each night, Harry found it harder and harder to look away from Hermione, she had such great concentration, she could get lost in a book and not even realise what was going on around her or start stroking Crookshanks fur and watch others around her, a clam, content look on her face and a smile coming to her when she looked Harry's way.

But Harry knew that nothing could ever come between them no matter how many times he might watch her and wonder what it might be like, sure he had a small feeling that he might like Hermione as more than a friend but he was pretty sure that Hermione herself didn't think of him than anymore than just a friend and although a small part of his mind was sure that this was a good idea as he wasn't too sure where this could lead, another small part of his mind sometimes just wondered if he was just being kind of a girl about all this, was it really that bad to find out if maybe she liked him back, maybe go into Hogsemeade together hands cuddled together in the cold and kissing under the mistletoe.

Harry shook his head, bringing himself out from his imagination and turned away from the window, pulling his thin jacket tighter around himself and making to leave just as the door opened to the owerly, Ron walking in, talking away to Seamus and Dean but as soon as the two met eyes, Ron stopped talking at once and stood, staring at Harry who stared back, sure he wasn't going to say anything first, it had been Ron himself who had been acting like the big idiot all this time and acting like he, Harry had actually put his name into the Goblet, so no he wasn't going to talk first, it was up to Ron.

Ron shifted uncomfortably on his feet for a couple of minutes, a sure sign of nerves which Harry turned away from, not wanting to be taken any nervousness pity on when Seamus spoke up.

"We'll see you later Ron, me and Dean need to see Professor McGonagall about something." There was the sound of a door opening and closing and when Harry turned round, Seamus and Dean were gone, leaving him and Ron alone once more, staring at each other.

Harry took the lead and started walking forwards, Ron walking his way too and at the last second, both boys edged around the other, Harry heading for the door and out, not daring to look back to see what Ron was doing and instead started walking down the small hill back towards the Hogwarts grounds, taking his steps in a stride as he approached the Hogwarts ground, walking into the castle once again and seeing Hermione, standing outside the Great Hall, her curly hair loose around her shoulders, her head spinning left and right, looking for someone but at the sound of the doors opening, she stared straight ahead and smiled as she saw Harry approaching who couldn't help the small flip in the pit of his stomach.

"Good morning Harry, I tried looking for you this morning but when I didn't see you, I guessed you were already at breakfast and when I didn't see you there, I decided to wait here for you, did you send a letter to" Hermione looked left and right, keeping an eye on the other students before turning back to him and whispering "Sirius?"

Harry could only nod in return, not trusting his mouth to co-operate with the rest of his body, just upon seeing Hermione his legs turned to jelly and his whole brain turned to mush then when she talked, he lost the ability to speak and his cheeks started to heat up but he pushed the thoughts back down, shaking his head inwardly finally noticing that Hermione had her book-bag with her.

"Did I miss breakfast?" Harry guested towards the Great Hall with a rather shaky hand, taking a hold of himself in the next second and smiling a little bit, a reaction that didn't seem lost on Hermione.

"No, you're still good, I'm going to run up to the library, I stayed up all night finishing off Snape's Potions homework that I didn't have time to check my answers but I'll see you in Defence Against the Dark Arts?"

"Yeah, okay, yeah."

Hermione smiled at him, gave Harry a small pat on the arm and laughed a little before turning and departing for the library, Harry doing no more than stare after her a for a few seconds, wondering just what was going on inside his mind before shaking his head again, this time out-loud and walking into the Great Hall, surely it was going to get better from this.

It just had to.

Two Days Earlier
October 31st 1994 - Sirius

Sirius Black was innocent.

Well he knew that himself but not many other people knew the whole truth about what had happened roughly thirteen years ago when his best friends Lily and James Potter had been murdered by Lord Voldemort himself after Sirius had decided at the last second to trade Secret Keeper's with Peter Pettigrew and in so doing lead his best friends right to their too early graves.

Everyone else par the people that Sirius knew or trusted thought that Sirius himself had betrayed the Potter's whereabouts to Voldemort because he was a massive fan of the Death Eaters and caused their death before going on the run and coming face to face with his other best friend Peter Pettigrew who had screamed to the street at hand that Sirius had betrayed everyone which had apparently lead to Sirius blasting Peter into pieces and a group of twelve muggle witness and being carted off to Azkaban but that hadn't been true, Peter had shouted out yes, framing Sirius for the murder that Peter himself caused and then with his wand behind his back, Peter had blasted apart the twelve muggles, cut off his right index finger, transforming into a rat and running off into the sewers into hiding for thirteen years.

But then just last year, Sirius had managed to escape Azkaban by the only means he knew how, transforming himself into a large black dog, his animagus form and escaping out from the Dementors that way.

And Sirius, travelling as a dog had travelled all the way to Hogwarts, finding a spot in the Whomping Willow to call his own in the grounds before making his way into Hogwarts and trying to get at Peter who he discovered was in hiding with one Hogwarts students, disguised in his animagus form of a rat.

And Sirius had finally gotten to the boy and Peter, even meeting his godson, Harry Potter and his friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger who Sirius could see would do anything for their friend and his godson and in so doing outed Peter as the real murderer of Harry's parents but before Peter could be handed over to the Dementors, his other best friend, Remus Lupin had transformed into a werewolf and not being able to control himself, Sirius had to transform again, getting the werewolf away from the kids and in so doing allowing Peter to escape yet again, something that Sirius still regretted to this day.

Now however, Sirius was back and living in his old family home, keeping an eye on the place but going out every so often disguised as the big black dog and taking papers to see what had happened in the wizarding world and it was on this day in October that Sirius was sitting reading the paper, The Daily Prophet, reading about how his own godson had been placed into the Triwizard Tournament, something Sirius was well enough aware that Harry would not have done on his own and he was just contemplating writing a letter to send to Harry when he heard a lock click in the front door from above him and Sirius stood, spinning on the spot, drawing his wand and hurrying to the stairs, listening out for the intruders above him, wondering who would dare come into his home uninvited.

"Lil, you know this is where Sirius would go, his mum died a few years ago now and I know my best friend." Sirius frowned, his eyebrows knotting together in confusion, was it Lupin? But who was he talking to and another thing, it didn't sound much like Lupin.

Turning the knob on the door to the kitchen, Sirius crept slowly up-stairs, wand still held out in-front of him and a look of anger and confusion upon his face.

Reaching the top of the stairs, Sirius turned onto the landing, ready to take his surprise intruders by surprise but the sight before him stopped him in his tracks, staring from face to face, wondering just what exactly was going on.

Sirius looked from face to face, a young woman with fiery red hair and kind green eyes, smiling at him, tears in her eyes and a man standing next to her, untidy black hair looking just about as untidy as ever, horn rimmed glasses over his hazel eyes that would already beginning to smile at him.

"Hi Sirius, you okay?"

And that voice, it was a voice that he hadn't heard in almost thirteen years, but this couldn't be possible, James and Lily Potter were not standing in-front of him, it was impossible.

"Who are you?" And Sirius did the first thing that came to mind, lowering his wand arm carefully, Sirius pulled up the other socked it right into James Potter's face, knocking him backwards whilst beside him, Lily screamed and clapped her hands across her mouth in shock.

A/N: Hi guys, sorry for the little bit of a cliffhanger here but I thought I'd leave the chapter here and see what you think, so James and Lily Potter have made their way to Sirius's house, what will go on and don't worry next chapter will be most James and Lily explaining what happened and everything and a little more Harry and Hermione moments for all you people. So I'll have chapter 4 up by next week at the latest and I hope you enjoy this chapter. Don't forget to leave me a little review and let me know what you think and any questions you might have, until next time.

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