How I Changed Fate- Chapter 9: Time to Get Sirius
It was getting closer to Halloween and I was trying my hardest to figure out what to do next. The Slytherins no longer needed my help, so I focused on my main goal for the year which is saving Sirius without the whole time turner debacle. The best course of action would be to stop him before his first strike on Halloween. I remembered that he was living in a cave not far from Hogwarts and wondered if using the map and picking a day to go speak with him would be the fastest course of action. However, I don't know when he goes to the cave, and I can't constantly watch the cave on the map to see when he appears.
So, on Friday October 1st I, with a letter explaining everything in my hand, made my way to the cave. When I got there, I saw the man known as Sirius Black. I was really shocked. He was boney and shaking from the cold. His black hair was really long and the prisoner outfit he was wearing did not look like it was going to last much longer. Staring at him I wondered how I could approach without spooking him. I decided to be brave and abrupt. "Hello."
Sirius turned and looked at me confused for a second. "Who are you?" An agitated voice asked. I lifted my hands in a surrender like pose. "My name is Louise Regan, and I believe I have some information that you need."
"What could a teenage possibly have to share with me? Leave, don't you recognize me, I'm Sirius Black a murder."
"Well, according in my Mhamó it is impossible to be a murder when the one you supposedly killed is alive and in custody of Aurors while the Ministry searches for you to see if you can clear somethings up. You should really take this, read it, and present yourself to the Ministry. If you do this, people will sympathize with you seeing as you turned yourself shortly after discovering the living existence of Peter Pettigrew and where he is now. After all of that you should tell them that you escaped because you wanted to be put on trial and you couldn't think of any other way to be taken seriously besides escaping. Also, it would be best that you request a mind healer to assess you before the trail so that you can be seen as someone who is willing to acknowledge that they were mentally injured and planning on improving yourself for the sake of your Godson."
He took the letter from my hand opened it and read the first thing which was the Daily Prophet stating the capture of the Rat and the Ministry's wish to question Sirius. "Why give this to me? Why help me?"
I give him a sad smile. "Harry, he's my friend and he has been hurt by the relatives who have had him since his parent's deaths. I can't stand how much pain he has felt in his life. You have a chance to give him hope for real happiness, but you can't do that with a broken mind or a price on your head. He needs you, so go save him by saving yourself."
"How am I to get out of here without getting caught by both teachers and Dementors?"
"I believe this is yours," I said holding the Map for him to see, "it should help you avoid the teachers, and you are a smart man I'm sure there is a way for you to avoid those monsters."
I handed him the Map and turned to leave the cave. "You should go sooner rather than later so its more believable that you just read the Prophet for last month. The longer you wait the more they will see you as trying to escape a trail. I leave you to your journey Sirius Black."
I walked away trusting in what I had planned. I was right to because within a week I read that Sirius Black had turned himself in claiming that he had just managed to learn what happened. I watched Dumbledore as he read the Prophet get angry, I could feel the anger radiating off of him, but he hid it really well. I wondered why he seemed so different than what the books made him out to be. I wondered what he was going to do about the Dementors now that Sirius had turned himself in. I decided be a little extreme in my planning and started making mental plans for the next year.
