A week passed after Harry arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, if there was something to declare it was that after he arrived the place turned very crowded with wizards and witches, but they don't seem to bother too much for the fact that the boy who lived was around, they just went to their normal business. Reality was however is that even thou they understood what his situation was at his former caretakers and that was the reason why he had to leave them for his other relatives they were happy for the fact that he will be able to come to them, plus if they only see him all well it was enough.

Just during that day he was reunited with his friends, who told him how was there holidays while Harry managed to tell them how was life at Horseland and how his cousins and non-wizard friends were. Not to mention the fact that he got a horse as a present and immediately went on practicing and training.

"Wow I guess Horseland is really a great place to live." Ron said smiling.

"It really is I really enjoy spending time with the horses and take care of them, everyone there are very nice, doing their part and go to competition to show their skills it really is a place where someone could enjoy time." Harry explained.

"It's really great to know that from now you will have a much better family then the other one. Many of us were really upheld of hearing how they were." Said Mrs. Weasely looking at the pictures of the group with the horses and rider.

"On the other hand your horse, Merlin really suits you. I guess it is really exciting to ride him." Said Mr. Weasely.

"Yeah, still it is too bad I will not be able to go and take care of him during the school year like the others would do. But it seems that I will have to accept this fact." Harry said with his head down imagining how Merlin will fill during the year.

"Well unfortunately Hogwarts doesn't have stables for horses and there is no horse riding as a side activity. Otherwise it might have been really interesting for many to practice this; it is much safer then with a Pegasus." Said Mrs. Weasely.

"Mentioning this thing, my cousin Bailey would want to know if wizards are interested in activities like horse riding or at least something similar." Said Harry.

"Well Harry regarding this topic it is somehow a bit complicated. Wizards do practice riding but it is either on Hippogriffs or Pegasus. And to mention something similar to horses the Pegasus are an example. There might be of course wizards that are interested in horse riding and competition if we take the example of your mother who was Muggle born. But in many cases it is however rare." Explained Arthur.

"However wizards that are more dare devil would ride a Pegasus, due to the fact that they are extremely untenable." Said George, one of the twin brothers.

"And you must always remain steadfast to control one or they would throw you off from 50 meters into the air." Said Fred with a smirk.

"Similar is to the horses, Will told me that in order to control one you must first win their trust so you could ride one."

"True, but many times those creatures don't want to fill something on their backs. They are not lenient as horses." Ginny said.

"And yet which horse is the worst at Horseland for you?" Asked George provoking, Harry doesn't have that much problem with the horses but she doesn't want to say bad things regarding Zoe or her horse Pepper.

"I don't want to tell bad things guys."

"Oh come on you are not going to tell us that there are only animals that like you." George said.

"Don't provoke him if he doesn't want to tell bad things." Scolded Ron.

"We just want to know." Said Fred and the twins started to stare at him with persuasive looks, Harry wanted to refuse but they will not stop at all probably till he answers.

"Zoe's horse Pepper, she probably never likes other riders besides Zoe, in the first days when I didn't had a horse Will and Bailey told me to try to ride her but she always ran away from me, or tried to get me off her sometimes she also seemed to tease me when I try to groom her. It was very odd since the other horses didn't have much problem with me, not even Chloe's horse Chilli had a problem with me although he probably did that out of reluctance from what I can tell."

"Personally I believe that she simply doesn't like you Harry, especially if she did that as a sign that she doesn't want you near her." Said Hermione.

"Plus you told us that Zoe is not quite fond of you." Said Ginny while looking at the pictures.

"She isn't a bad girl but she is extremely competitive, she and her sister Chloe likes to consider themselves the best at Horseland although I heard them getting in arguments very often. And from what I heard there is a high sibling rivalry between them as well." Harry explained.

"I don't think I would like to meet them when put on arguing." Commented Ron.

"Good thing that we don't do this." Said George.

"We almost never get into arguments." Said Fred.

"And yet what is the main reason you are so concerned regarding Merlin?" Asked George catching the boy more off guard now.

"The main reasons I will be concerned for Merlin is because at Horseland they also have to organise birthday parties in which children under the age of 7 can ride the horses, in which they're hand are usually sticky with candies, lollipops, juice and so on. And all that is described as a nightmare for both horses, riders and the other animals there. Sara even gave me pictures regarding those events." He said getting out several pictures with the horses after the parties. In one picture Scarlet was having her main dirty with glaze from a cake, while Aztec had the crusts from toffee apples where Bailey tried to remove them, Calypso was splashed with juice and Button seemed to have both juice and gum on her main. Only by looking at them and everyone felt sorry for the animals.

"I am already feeling sorry for them." Said Ron looking at the pictures that quit destroyed his appetite for sweet stuff at the moment.

"I can already guess that it is very hard to wash the horses after this. And I am really sorry for Merlin if this is what it might happen." Commented Ginny.

"I can already expect a bad scenario." Said Harry.

"Bailey had to spend several hours washing Aztec when once she had juice and glaze on him after a birthday party and Alma had to carefully get the toffee apple crusts off Button till her father called to come home. I'm more sorry for the fact that maybe my cousins will have to wash Merlin if there will be a birthday party in which he might come out like this."

"Pray for this to not happen till you get back dear, for the good of both Merlin and your cousins." Said Molly.

"I shall."

"However I don't think that your cousins and the others approved so easily to go back to Hogwarts. I mean a horse is a very big animal and owning one takes a lot of time to take care." Said Hermione.

"Well they accepted that I will continue to go to Hogwarts but of course it wasn't for free. Every summer I will have to clean Chilli and Pepper's stalls so they wouldn't have to do it, that's the agreement alongside with several magical things but to don't cause too much trouble." He said.

"Why will you have to clean up the stalls? I mean don't the riders come almost every day?" Asked Ginny.

"They do, but Chloe and Zoe usually aren't very fond of doing this kind of stuff like cleaning the stalls, usually the others has to do it. It's not a big deal or something."

"You know Harry by how you described those two I think we might know a way to make them clean the stall of their horses and don't worry it doesn't involve magic." Said Fred with a small grin.

"And what that could be?"

"When they lose something try to hide it in the stalls so they will be forced to clean it."

"Alma tried that once, when Chloe lost her bracelet she kept it in her pocket saying that it was in the barn, after they had cleaned up she gave it back. And after that she got a reputation for been a liar." Harry said.

"We don't say to repeat what Alma did, you only need to find the object put it or leave it in the stalls with some hay over in one corner and let them clean until they find it." George explained with a smirk.

"Fred, George don't influence him with that." Commented Hermione before turning to his friend.

"Harry I believe it is much better to follow the deal. It doesn't matter that they are how they are, you just do what you agreed with your cousins to do and that's that." Said Hermione knowing that will be for the next summer anyways. They stayed at the Leaky Cauldron for at least another hour for a light lunch they mainly ate some sandwiches before preparing themselves to go to the train station. Harry after that went to his room to take his school stuff, just when he was preparing to leave Ron's father entered in his room.

"Harry can I have a word with you?" He asked.

"Of course." Harry said letting him in.

"Harry I believe you should know something very important." He said.

"Is it about Sirius Black or the other thing?" He asked.

"In a way, both them." He said going near him.

"Harry I know that some people were concerned regarding moving over the ocean but now I believe it is a good measure of protecting yourself from Sirius Black."

"What do you want to say regarding that sir?" He asked confused.

"Well what do you know about Sirius Black?"

"That he had escaped from Azkaban?"

"And do you know why?" He asked but the boy shook his head in disapproval.

"Black was a very devout servant of You-Know-Who and 13 years ago when you stopped him, Black lost everything but even today he remained a faithful servant and in his mind you are standing in the way of You-Know-Who returning to power. And that's why he escaped." He said moving in front of him.

"To find you, and kill you." He said making the boy to gain a feeling of dread thinking now about his cousins and the others.

"I now realise why the Minister doesn't want my cousins to know about this."

"But what do your Muggle cousins know?"

"Everyone believes Sirius is a Muggle as well. But even with that they are not certain about this. The Minister told me to don't say anything regarding this to them. But what should I do?"

"Harry it is your decision, but if there is something to tell them you can do it without any reluctance. But a word of knowing, for their safety, Black must not know of them."

"But isn't Sirius Black knowing of them from the newspaper?"

"The Dailey Prophet mentioned where you will be moving but there was no mentioning of your relatives there or of Horseland. As precautions to avert followers of You-Know-Who to know where you are, and I believe it is for the best to keep this a secret. Not just for you but for the others as well, it will be too sad of something happening to them, from your description they are between the good people that you know."

"I understand that Mr. Weasely and thank you." He smiled at the information that everyone believes what he believes about his relatives.

"And another thing, whatever you do promise me that you will not go after Serious Black."

"Mr. Weasely, why would I go after someone who wants to kill me?"

In the Hogwarts Express the three friends entered in a compartment with the new Defence against the Dark Arts teacher R. J. Lupin whom they identified him by the name written on his bags. After entering Harry had told his friends what Mr. Weasely told him before leaving.

"So Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban to come after you?" Asked Ron holding his rat Scabbers.

"Yeah."

"But they would catch them wouldn't they."

"Sure except that no one escape from Azkaban before. He is a real murderous lunatic." He said while Harry was looking outside the window having deep thought regarding what he knows now of Sirius Black.

"Are you all right Harry?" Asked Ron.

"I was just thinking, the Minister of Magic told me that I shouldn't tell anything regarding Sirius Black been a wizards to my relatives back in America. He told me that it will be better for them to think that he is a Muggle."

"Do you know the reason why?"

"He said that it will be better for them to think that he is a non-wizard so they will not get concerned. Although some of them speculate that he might be a wizard. And I don't know should I tell them or shouldn't I."

"Well we don't know what to say but think about it. How will they react when they will hear this news? I don't know if I say correctly but maybe you should do in a way they will not intervene. In a way it is too dangerous for them at the present moment." Said Ron.

"Ron might be right he killed a lot of people with a single curse so it is too much dangerous for them. So maybe it will be best for them to know when he is captured." Hermione said although his friend remained thoughtful but maybe they were right, he should wait till he is captured or to tell them when he returns. The train went on for some minutes till suddenly it stopped abruptly.

"What's going on, why are we stopping?" Ron asked looking outside as the rain was pouring in ferociously.

"We can't be there yet."

"Maybe, we broke down." Harry said before the lights went out completely.

"Ouch Ron, that was my foot."

"There is something moving out there. I think something is coming" Before inside the train the temperature began to drop below freezing, everything from the window started to freeze.

"Bloody hell." Ron exclaimed when suddenly the train busted abruptly before all the eyes turned to the window to see a creature covered in dark ragged cloaks of long ripped black clocks, his face was covered and his hands were glistening, greyish, slimy-looking and scabbed. Only by looking at him and everyone was scared he then turned to Harry and started to approach slowly. The boy was hearing screams and shouts all, his soul and heart was also freezing solid, before a light from behind came but the boy blacked out completely. After some time he started to open his eyes the girl gave him his glasses back before the Professor Lupin came.

"What was that thing?"

"A dementor, one of the guards of Azkaban he was searching the train for Sirius Black." He explained placing the chocolate on the table before getting up.

"If you will excuse me I need to have a word with the driver." He said opening to door and told them to eat the chocolate before exiting the compartment.

"What happened to me?"

"Well when we saw we thought you had a fit or something" Ron said.

"And did any of you two? You know passed out?"

"No but it was weird thou as if I am never going to be cheerful again."

"And I heard someone screaming, a woman." Harry said.

"No one was screaming Harry." Hermione said. The boy then turned to the window in deep thought. In his mind he knew this might not go very well and just to think that Will thought that it might be all right this time. He would however try in a way to honour his promise of not going into anymore adventures this year.

The return to Hogwarts went very much without problems everything began as usual with professor Dumbledore's speech and presenting the new teachers one joyful thing was the fact that Hagrid the Keeper of Keys and grounds was made professor for the care of magical creatures class and professor Lupin was made the new DADA teacher. Of course there was Malfoy that teased him regarding the fact that he has on one side fainted in the train and on the other that he was spending summers with Muggle Yanks. The last part was more annoying than the first one. Professor Dumbledore's speech ended with a word of caution regarding the Dementors. Usually after getting to Hogwarts he would usually feel at home but this time it was more like a mixed feeling. At the same time he was feeling back home but he also felt a sense of emptiness in his heart. He really does miss Horseland, his family, the girls and Merlin.

"Merlin, hope you are all right together with the others." He said while looking at the moon, not thinking anymore of the Dementors outside of the Castile. Just in that moment something like a stroke came to him in his brain knowing what he has to do.

'I shall do everything as good as possible here, so that when I come back to don't disappoint you.' He said in his mind with great determination.