DISCLAIMER- I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER! I JUST ENJOY TWISTING THEM AROUND! I AM NOT J.K. ROWLING!

A/N- Congrats to DonnaRose, the beta for the new fic, and I got a beta for this story- ferret assassin nin! You guys rock! Hope you all like the chapter! And, by the way, there's probably going to be only one or two chapters left. :(.

Sirius cracked it open, and noticed that it only contained a few entries. He glanced at Harry, whose fists were balled up as his arms were crossed. His bright green eyes- Lily's eyes- stared up from James's face. He took a breath, and proceeded to read. This writing looked as if he was older, maybe 8 or 9.

Journal,

I found this while I was shut in because Aunt Marge made me lose at musical statues on Dudley's birthday. I suppose not much has happened since then- weird things have happened, sure, and yes, I was punished, but nothing terrible as a broken bone. I know that it probably won't end soon in the future. I can't help but imagine someone will come- a distant relative, maybe- and take me away. It's silly, but there it is. Mrs. Terbble tried to get me to talk to her about the Dursley's, because she saw Dudley pushing me over and she saw some burns on my arms. She tried to call the police, but the Dursley's claim I'm an attention seeker. I'm turning 11 in a few weeks though. I feel like something important is going to happen. Something big. It ended there. Sirius glanced at Harry, and said, "You expected something to happen then?"

"Yeah." He said. "I didn't know it would be this big, though." They sat together for a bit, and they finally got up to talk to the others.

"Harry, so glad you've come down, here, have some-" Said Mrs. Weasley.

"I'm not very hungry at the moment, thank you." Said Harry stiffly. He stalked off to his room, and she turned to Sirius.

"Sirius, what-?"

"I'm afraid that's between me and Harry, Molly." He said firmly. She frowned, and turned back to the kitchen. Hermione looked at him hesitantly, and said, "Is he okay?"

"Perfectly. He just needs to think a bit." Said Sirius. Hermione bit her lip and nodded, finally departing. Sirius sighed, and hesitantly went into his old room. He faced the picture of James, Remus, Peter, and him, and said softly, "James, I'm so sorry. I failed you. I failed Harry. I know you'd tell me it wasn't my fault, that it was Peter's, then you'd storm off after him to hex him. Like you used to whenever he'd say something stupid to Remus or me." He sighed, and leaned on his hand near him, biting his lip.

"I thought I was the only one that did that." Said a familiar voice. Sirius whipped around gleefully, saying "Moony!" as he did so. Remus twitched his head towards the study, and Sirius followed.

Remus then proceeded to hold out some chocolate. "Eat." He said. Sirius smiled, muttering, "Chocoholic," as he took it. Remus waved his wand, and tea came pouring into two cups that appeared, Remus pushing one into his hand.

"Trust me, Sirius, I know exactly how you feel. I spent more time in his company before you, and I practically beat myself with the knowledge."

"You could tell?" He said intently. Remus said softly, "He was acting a lot like you did. About the Dursley's, I mean. Except he didn't call his aunt "harpy"" He added dryly. Sirius chuckled, and said, "I'm telling Dumbledore that I want custody."

"Sirius, I'm not sure if that's-" He began, but Sirius waved a hand.

"I'm not going to let him stay there." He said firmly. "As you might recall, a year earlier wouldv'e done me a lot of good." Remus looked down at his tea, and sighed, "Honestly, you two are so alike, but so different. It's like Lily all over again." Sirius nodded slowly, and finished the rest of his tea, standing.

"Thanks, Remus." Was all he said. But Remus understood.

A/N- I apologize this is so late- I was waiting for my Beta to edit this, but they haven't responded. Maybe this will help?