Chapter 10: Break ins

"Are you sure they're the right ones?"

"I've been staking out the portrait. Every password for this week is written down. The portrait is an idiot, I managed to get him to tell me some of the future passwords too. So long as you have them he'll let you in," Harry said to his godfather as he stood in the forest.

Sirius nodded.

"I'm going to make sure Lupin is occupied so nothing should stand in your way,"

Sirius grinned a predatory smirk.

"Lets do this,"

"Wait until about two, when you know everyone will be asleep,"

Sirius nodded again and with a blink Harry was racing through the forest in his panther form.

He managed to set up a huge prank in the Defence office and classroom before going back to the Slytherin common room to enjoy the celebration.

Draco and Neville looked at him as he entered and they knew instantly what would be going down.

They partied until Snape entered and told them to go to bed.

Harry looked at the clock as he entered the dorm.

He wouldn't be wandering the corridors in case he was associated to the break in.

It was half past one.

"Are you sure it's foolproof?" Draco asked anxiously.

Harry nodded.

"Nothing can be pointed at me. Even when I was chatting up the portrait I was in disguise so even he wouldn't be able to identify me,"

"What time is he due to go in?"

"Two but Padfoot being Padfoot I doubt he'll wait until two. I'd say he's on his way there now,"

The door opened and Crabbe, Goyle, Nott and Blaise entered.

"Awesome game again," Crabbe said gruffly to Harry and Draco.

Goyle nodded in agreement before the two mindless goons climbed into their beds.

The other boys had long ago charmed their hangings so that the two idiot's snores couldn't fill the room.

Harry pulled out a defence book and started to read it.

"Are you not going to sleep?" Nott asked with his eyebrow raised.

The three Deviants shook their heads.

"Two wired up," Draco said coldly.

Nott nodded and climbed into his own bed.

Blaise looked at them suspiciously.

He knew they were up to something.

"You're welcome to sit with us Blaise," Neville said seeing the boy hesitate as he walked over to his bed.

Blaise shook his head and climbed into bed.

He couldn't believe how he craved their comfort, seeing them obviously up to something made him miss their company.

He was tired of being alone but he also could risk his mother.

Harry had his eyes stuck to the map as the deep even breaths of everyone, except the three of them, filled the room.

"Is he in?" Draco whispered as he and Neville climbed onto Harry's bed.

Harry nodded watching his godfather in the zoom mode.

"He's gone to Weasley and he's not in the most careful mood," Draco breathed seeing his cousin/uncle slash at the Gryffindor's hangings.

The rat, that had been laid by the boy's pillow, shot off the bed as Sirius slashed down with a knife.

The impact obviously tore the Gryffindor out of slumber because his high pitched scream filled the dorm and suddenly Sirius was transformed and running back out of the Gryffindor tower.

"Damn it!" Harry hissed.

Draco tapped on the name, Ron Weasley, and they watched how it unfolded in the Gryffindor tower.

"What are you screaming at Ron?" Thomas demanded.

"Sirius Black! He's just tried to kill me, look," the Weasley screamed completely hysterical pointing to the slashed hangings and the knife puncture in the mattress where Pettigrew had been.

That caused the rest of them to become hysterical, so much that the whole of Gryffindor tower was soon in the common room while McGonagall entered.

"What's the meaning of this?" she demanded.

"Sirius Black, he just tried to kill me!" Weasley yelped.

McGonagall looked at him before turning and seeing the knight that guarded the tower in one of the pictures.

"Did you allow a strange man access to this room?" she asked him.

"Indeed I did, fair lady, for he had the passwords, a whole list of them," the knight said with a proud smile. "Such dedication to remembering my passwords,"

"Which idiot would write down the passwords?" McGonagall hissed turning back to the room.

None of them stepped forwards.

"Back to bed, he is without a doubt gone from the tower for tonight, we will change the password and see if the fat lady will return to her post," McGonagall said stress in her face.

The three boys then tapped McGonagall's name following her.

She ended up going to the Defence classroom.

"What she going there for? Wouldn't she have gone to Dumbledore?" Harry asked curiously.

Draco hushed him and they watched on edge as their transfiguration professor entered the defence classroom.

Harry couldn't help the grin that crossed his face as he saw Lupin in a cage hanging from the roof over a tank of sharks.

"Nice, what did you want to do, kill him?" Draco asked dryly.

"It would be nice," Harry grinned before shaking his head. "As soon as someone touches the water it disappears but hanging over a tank of sharks I wouldn't be too keen to vanish the cage,"

Neville shook his head at the devious plot of his friend.

McGonagall instantly vanished the tank and Lupin vanished the cage allowing himself to drop to the floor.

"Sirius Black has breeched the castle again, Remus, I have no doubt that you are firmly against him but I must ask again if there is anyway, in which you know of, that he could continue these breeches without being noticed," she said firmly.

"None, Minerva, if I knew of any I would tell you them,"

"Why's he covering? Why isn't he telling her that Sirius is an animagius?" Neville asked shocked.

Neither twin had the answer.

McGonagall looked at him for a moment before nodding. "I must go to Dumbledore and tell him of this breech,"

"Do you want me to start the professors and ghosts on a hunt of the castle,"

McGonagall nodded but sighed.

"I doubt he'll still be here but we need to make sure,"

The boys tapped off the name and looked at each other.

"He didn't manage it,"

"I guess it was a foolproof plan but it wasn't a Sirius-proof plan," Harry sighed running his hand through his hair.

"You can't risk it again, Hadrian," Draco said sternly. "Father would go mental,"

"I can do it," Harry said firmly.

"But if you get caught we're all in trouble, Hades," Neville stated.

Seeing them completely against it Harry had to agree with them, it wasn't just him involved and if he got caught they would end up getting mixed up with it too.

The next morning at half past five Harry made his way out of the castle and through to the shrieking shack.

As he entered the ruined house and found his godfather ligged on a broken couch.

He flicked his wand and water splashed down waking Sirius up with a start.

"I didn't get him,"

"I know, me, Draco and Neville watched you on our map. Lupin is keeping it to himself about your animagius form, any idea why?"

Sirius looked surprised.

"Why would he keep it to himself?"

"That's what I'm asking you,"

"Do you think he knows I'm innocent?" Sirius asked blinking.

Harry shook his head.

"He's firmly against you which is why it's so odd that he's covering for you,"

"Maybe he just doesn't want to own up to Dumbledore that he had a hand in helping us," Sirius shrugged with a sigh. "He never did like to disappoint Dumbledore,"

"We need to find out why,"

"I think you should give him the Marauder's map. It'll prove to him that Pettigrew is still in the castle,"

"And it'll also lead him straight to you," Harry said dryly.

Sirius shrugged.

"So drop a hint by and get him on Pettigrew's tail,"

Harry looked at his godfather and sighed.

"Fine but I'm not doing anything else. You had the perfect opportunity to get him last night and because you let your emotions rule you, you lost it," Harry said shaking his head.

Sirius ran his hand through his hair.

"I know,"

Harry patted him on the shoulder.

"I need to go before anyone wakes up. You'll get him, Padfoot, don't worry,"

Sirius watched him go and sighed.

It seemed the closer the end of term came the more unlikely it was that he'd catch the rat.

With that still on his mind he drifted back off to an uneasy sleep.

AN: Well Draco and Neville are against Hadrian helping Sirius but will Harry actually listen to them and take a step back? ;) What did you guys think?

psychoyoshi79 - I have to say I really enjoyed reading your reviews for the series and your last review was the longest review i've had for any of the stories :) For Daphne's character I know she's slightly OOC but I put the blame down as the stirrings of her hormones :) She knows the union between her and Hadrian would be one the Pureblooded community would be talking about for years to come and shes determined to get Hadrian to appreciate that. Being raised as a pureblooded heiress she's used to getting her own way and because Hadrian won't give her what she wants she's gone into bratty mode. Daphne is portrayed as an Ice queen in most stories and as this series develops a little more it'll show her iciness to the other students off just as much as it shows her bitchiness. It's in my own experiences that I know you can be ice cold and just as bitchy and frigid towards others and that will be the outcome of Daphne's character...hopefully :) Lucius is very conflicted in how he deals with Harry because while he knows he's not Hadrians father he's come to see Harry as his own son. In the first book, first chapter, Narcissa tells Lucius that they have to treat the boys the same and this is the outcome to that. As for why he doesn't want the boys involved with Voldemort, that's partly because of Halloween 1981 but its also because of something much much bigger. Not everything is as it seems ) that's the only clue i'm going to give :) Harry is indeed realising his deeper feelings for Indigo and while we've seen a teaser of that in previous chapters their relationship develops a hell of a lot more in book 4 :) I have to say i do enjoy writing Harry's character with a lot more spunk than he had in the original stories. He's not one to take things lying down, even if he does enjoy a little brooding now and again. :) Your reviews really made my day, especially the last one, because you picked up on some things that a lot of readers don't like and instead of instantly crossing the story off you actually accepted the differences and quirks of the story :D Hope you enjoyed the chapter :)

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Pig-Rabbit-Suk - I'll keep an eye out for it then ;) Ahh soon you'll be out in the big wide world. Cherish this last year of school, i've only been out of school for three years and I look back on school and wish i was there again. Things were simpler back then :) Ahh Quidditch :D I absolutely love the sport but to be honest i hate writing it, I think the last chapter is the most i've ever written in one of my stories about a Quidditch match. In my other stories i write more about the aftermath of the game than the actual matches. I'm glad you liked it though at least it paid off :)