Chapter 11

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Sirius reacted quickly. Dodging a spell Regulus aimed at him, he grabbed James' wand and pushed Regulus out of his way with a spell. Turning to his left, he knocked Kreacher out and ran down the hallway.

He had to find his wand, so he forced himself to retreat into his Fathers' study/bedroom, where he knew his Father had hidden it while he was imprisoned in his won room. Locking the door behind him and placing a few protection spells, he put James in his Fathers' bed and began to search the room.

It quickly became clear that his wand was most likely somewhere in his Fathers' desk. As he began to search it, he heard the splintering of wood and his Father's voice casting spells to negate his own protection spells. He was running out of time, and quickly.

His search getting more and more frantic, he noticed that James was beginning to awake. Throwing him his wand, Sirius told James about their current situation.

"Father woke up a few moments after you were knocked out. I was able to get us in here. I'm looking for my wand. I need time." He was searching as he spoke.

James nodded. "Got it, Pads. Keep searching, I'll buy us some time. And I'm going to be fine, don't worry. I'm staying in this room." He added, when Sirius looked mutinous.

"Okay, but be careful." James nodded and started casting spells at the entrance while Sirius continued his frantic search.

It took about five more minutes, but Sirius found his Mahogany wand. He was barely just in time.

Almost as soon as he put his hand on his wand, the door to the hallway blew up. James was knocked back into the bed; Sirius was protected by the heavy desk. He didn't even have time to check on James before his Father was on James.

Picking James up by the collar, Sirius' Father snarled in his face. "Where is he? Tell me now!!"

He heard James give a bitter laugh before answering. "I wouldn't tell you for anything, Mr. Black, sir."

Sirius' Father gave off a sound that was between a snarl and a roar. Throwing James across the bed and onto the floor, he whipped out his wand and pointed it at him.

"Then there is no use for you, you disgusting, foul, blood traitor!" Sirius' Father bellowed at the top of his voice.

his Father could do anything more, however, Sirius leapt into action, literally. Flinging himself from the cover of his Fathers' desk, he cast a silent spell, which he never did remember. The spell hit its mark, knocking his Father to the floor.

Sirius sprinted to James, kneeling down to his level. "James, mate, are you alright?" He whispered.

James grinned. "Yeah, I'll be alright. Thanks for the save, by the way."

Sirius just stood up and offered his hand to James. "It was no problem. I've been wanting to do that for years anyway. I kinda wish I knew what spell I used, though."

James took Sirius' hand, laughing. "You don't even know what you hit him with? Man, you must have been mad."

Sirius pulled James to his feet. "You have no idea. No one messes with my best mate, especially not him." He added, nodding to his knocked out Father.

James smiled. "Well, we won't have to worry about him for a bit. We better get downstairs and get the hell out of here. You ready?"

Sirius smirked. "Jamie, I was born ready for tonight."

James high-fived Sirius before leading the way out of the room into the hallway. From there, they could tell that they weren't the only ones who had just finished fighting. There was no longer the sound of a wizards' duel. Only an eerie silence rang throughout the house.

Both boys gulped and, with their wands before them, started inching their way into the kitchen. Surprisingly, they met no one until they reached the entrance to the kitchen.

Slowly, nervously, the duo looked into the room. At first, they saw no one. Then, a black haired, hazel eyed, bespectacled man made his unannounced appearance.

"We were just about to go looking for you two!" He said cheerfully.

The duo was startled, having almost hexed James' Dad. Mr. Potter laughed at the scene that the two caused.

"What'd you expect to come out at you two?" Mrs. Potter asked, after smacking her husband about the back of his head.

"Well, anything, really." James supplied. " After what we've just been through, I really wouldn't be surprised if a house-elf came flying out at me."

Sirius laughed. "Yeah, really. It's been an..interesting night."

The Potters looked at each other and apparently agreed on something. Sirius really didn't care right now, he was suddenly tired.

"Well, you two, it's time to go back to the house, get cleaned up, and get some sleep. We'll figure out what happened tomorrow, okay?" Mrs. Potter replied.

The two boys could only nod in agreement. With this, Mr. and Mrs. Potter each grabbed one of the boys and Apparated to their house, Sirius' new home.

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