Chapter 9

Sirius Black

Sirius P.O.V

I was lying looking at the ceiling in this darn cell.

I was chained to the floor.

It was easier for those sick bastards to torture me this way.

They would come in periodically kick and punch and laugh as they did

Traitor… they would call me.

I could hear my cousin Bellatrix screams from her cell.

I wished the crazy witch would shut up.

Seven years. How can someone scream for seven bloody years?

I would get out.

Someone is to come. Didn't they? Probably not.

I wanted Harry so bad. Was he okay? Probably not.

Would I die here? Probably

Did anyone care I was innocent? It didn't seem like it.

I would not give up.

James lily I will be with your son again I promise!

My cell opened and stood two auroras hadn't seen in years Kingsley and Alastor. I had been begging for years to see these to men. They unchained me and transferred me into a pair of handcuffs. "What is going on?" my voice horse.

They helped me to my feet Kingsley spoke. "we are going interview room B" they walked me down to the interview rooms.

I had been there once when I was an aurora myself. They sat me on one of the seats in the room took off my handcuffs and wrapped a blanket around me before walking out. I was confused but loved the comfort of the blanket. I had only been sat in there for five minutes when Amelia's bones walked in.

Amelia placed a cup of hot chocolate in front of me. "Drink this it will help." it wasn't brash and harsh it was calm and soothing. she then placed a bottle on the table " veritaserum" she said

I picked up the bottle and poured it into the hot chocolate. I hadn't had something so nice in years. I chugged it down the hotness of the drink not bothering me.

Amelia waited for me to finish the drink. "another?" she smiled

I nodded. "hold the veritaserum tho please" I was testing the waters. Judging which way this interview was going to go.

Amelia smiled at me as she summoned another hot drink. "what are your name and age?"

I knew the interview had begun "My name is Sirius Orion Black. I am 28 years old." I said as I sipped on the hot chocolate

Amelia nodded "did you kill Peter Pettigrew?

"No."

"Where you the potter's secret keeper?

"No. James thought I would get targeted"

"Do you know who was?"

"No only James and lily potter did and her sister I think"

"what do you know of Petunia Evans?"

"not much, I knew her and Lily had made up. I knew she and lily would write to each other constantly. I knew lily hated her sister's husband. James several times would ask Lily if she wanted to go see her sister. She would freak out" I paused "I remember lily say something along the lines of I will never go to that house with that thing there. She had burst into tears and locked herself in her room for days."

Amelia nodded. "what happened the day James and Lily's potter died?"

"I had heard the news, as a member of the order I found out straight away. I got there… I saw my best friend James dead on the floor. I saw Lily who was like a little sister to me lying on the floor dead. I went to pick up little harry when I was hit in the back of the head by something hard. I woke up in Manchester as I was getting arrested." I finished with tears streaming down my face. "Is Harry okay?"

She nodded "he is okay…now"

I raised my voice slightly"what happened to my godson?!"

Amelia sighed. "Harry was sent to live with his aunt and uncle"

I was angry now. "Their will! Their will said Harry must not go to them! Under no circumstances was Harry to go to Lily's sister if Petunia if she was still married to Vernon Dursley! It was lily only wish!" I was livid. "What has this ministry come to!"

"Sirius calm down, please. There is a lot of things that are coming to light. We had no idea about it. Your innocence, you're lack of trial, Harry's home life, and now the potter's will. Because trust me Sirius if I knew what I did now… it would never have happened!" Amelia shivered and told me what she knew about my godson lily and petunia.

I cried.

I cried for Lilly.

I cried for Petunia.

I cried for Harry.

I cried about the injustice that had happened to me.

I cried for James who was in the dark about the love of his life abuse.

I cried.

Amelia spoke again. "As of today date is December 9th, 1988. I have determined that Sirius Orion black is an innocent man. He is free to go." she smiled at me.

I cried.

Amelia slid a piece of paper over to me. It was a hand-drawn picture of myself smiling happily with the scribbled initials HJP. "Harry always thought you were innocent" she turned it over. Innocent was written on the back. I held the paper in my hands as I sobbed over it. Amelia left

He knew. He knew I was innocent! The little child who had kept me sane knew I was innocent. I wanted my godson more than anything right now. I wanted to hold him. I wanted to tell him I loved him more than my own life. I wanted to tell him he is the bravest child I have met. I wanted to tell him the pain had gone.

Amelia returned with someone I hadn't seen In years, Severus Snape.

Amelia sat back down.

Severus was placing potion bottles on the table. "This is for the Dementors effects. This is for your Malnourishment. This is for the coldness. You will be coming home with me." I was about to object but he put up his hand to stop me. "Harry is in my care at the moment he is currently healing at my house. Poppy Pomfrey is there so you won't be with just me. I would believe you would be close to Harry."

I nodded. As much as I wanted to be in my own house. I wanted to be with harry and I knew I had healing to myself. Plus with seven years to think about my actions. I had come to the conclusion we had only bullied this poor man because James was jealous of him. "so when can we leave?" I asked as I chugged down the potions.

Amelia smiled "now you are free to go. Poppy is waiting for your arrival at Severus's house." the three of us left the room.

Severus and I disapparated.

I landed on the couch. His house was brighter than I expected. Black and silvers but the number of windows… and then there was the sun… that beautiful feeling of warmth from every angle… the heat of the fire… the smell of a chicken roasting made me drool… I cried when I saw poppy…

Poppy smiled the tears in her own eyes. "Hello Sirius"

The tears streamed down my face. "Hello Poppy"

Poppy started her exam.

Multiple Infections

Tonsillitis

The flu

Head trauma.

Multiple broken bones.

Malnourishment

Dehydration

Trauma to the eyes.

Frostbite in my toes and fingers.

Hypothermia from the cold

Evidence of sexual abuse

Little did I know this was my godson assessment was exactly the same as mine.