Dear Harry,
I hope the muggles aren't treating you too bad this summer. I've got an important message to send to you, so please send Hedwig quite soon. From Sirius.
Harry sat on his bed wondering what this was all about. He hadn't heard from Ron or Hermione all summer, so as usual, he felt very cut off from the wizarding world. He immediately sent Hedwig off to find Sirius, who was hiding at Professor Lupin's house. The days slipped by, and soon enough, it was his birthday. He felt just a little bit excited, that he might hear from his friends again. Harry was doing an essay under his sheets on his bed, when he heard a swooping noise. He screwed on the cap of his inkbottle and looked out of the window. He saw three owls coming towards his window. He recognized two of them. One was Hedwig and there was also Pig (Ron's owl). They landed on his bed with a soft flump. He untied all the packages form the owls, and then the large tawny owl took flight looking extremely important. He recognized that it was a Hogwarts owl, because the school crest was on the parchment envelope it dropped. First he grabbed the package Hedwig had brought him. He thought it must have been from Sirius. Inside the card, there was a note.
Dear Harry,
Happy Birthday! What I say next is very important. Can you remember when we met, just over a year ago in the shrieking shack? I asked you wether you wanted a different home and you said 'Have you got a house? When can I move in,' Yeah. Well, I've just remembered that I do own a house. It's near Godrics Hollow where your parents lived. When you go back to school, go to Dumbledore and show him this letter. He knows where it is and he has a key. He'll probably tell you that it was taken by the ministry when I was arrested, but it wasn't. The ministry doesn't know about this house because I bought it from the muggles. In the living room, there is a bookcase of photograph albums, of my life with my friends. There is certainly plenty of James in there. Also, this is a big secret. Go upstairs into the bedroom, and you'll find a dairy. I've been writing in it ever since we left school. Using magic, it's connected to my thoughts, so I can write in it whenever I like. This may be the key to my release. From Sirius
Harry read and read this letter again and again. Thoughts started filling his brain about leaving the Dursleys, and going to live with his godfather. He looked at the parcel and unwrapped another diary. There was another note attached to it.
Harry, this is parts of your fathers autobiography. It was never published, but I managed to get this out of the remains of their house. -Sirius
Harry couldn't believe his eyes. Then he turned to Rons present. It was some sweets and he got a nice book about Quidditch from Hermione.
As the days slipped by, Harry couldn't help not reading his fathers autobiography. This too was evidence that Sirius was innocent. He read the end bit first, how Voldermort killed his parents and that James had put a curse on himself so that he would stay alive for a short while after Voldermort had killed them.
Harry had settled back into school some time later. He was now in his fifth year at Hogwarts. On the first Saturday morning, he wondered along to Dumbledore's office. He started saying all the sweet names that came into his head (because the password to Dumbledore's office was always something to do with sweets.) Finally, when he said 'Orange Sherbet' the large stone gargoyle slid aside. Harry climbed the long spiral staircase and knocked on the door at the top.
'Yes come in,' came Dumbledore's soft voice. Harry entered.
'Harry, it's a surprise to see you here. How did you get in?' he asked. Harry just gave Dumbledore the letter and looked at him. He smiled and said 'Ah, yes I see. I'm sorry Harry, but it would have been taken by the ministry when Sirius went to Azkaban. It was most lightly destroyed."
"No," said Harry, "Sirius bought it off muggles, the ministry didn't know anything about it."
"Good point," said Dumbledore, looking out of the window. "I remember now, yes I know were the key is. I'm sorry Harry, but we can't go this weekend. Meet me in the entrance hall next Saturday at ten o'clock.
Harry arrived in the entrance hall at ten the next Saturday. Soon after he got there Dumbledore came swiftly down the stairs with a twinkle is his eye as usual.
'Harry, all right. I've set up a portkey in the grounds that'll transport you into Sirius' back garden.' They walked into the grounds until they saw an old boot. 'Okay Harry, thus is the portkeys. We'll both pick up one of these, on three. One...Two...Three.' Harry felt himself being lifted off the ground and then landed in some very long grass. He looked around and saw plants spreading everywhere, garden gnomes running about It reminded him slightly of the Weasley's garden, but just messier. Then he saw a house. The walls outside were white, but now they were covered in green slime and mosses. They walked around to the front, unlocked the front door and walked in. They had gone into the hall. On the right, there was a foul smell. Harry saw it was the Kitchen. On the left, he saw the living room. It was also a very nice living room. It had cream walls, with a blue carpet. There were two large red leather sofas, facing each other. Then Harry spotted the bookcase Sirius had mentioned. It was full of Black leather bound photograph albums.
'Okay Harry, you can stay here, but I need to go back to the castle. I'll leave the key with you and please remember to lock the front door. Also, I'd like you to be back to the castle by six. Good bye.' With that Dumbledore had gone.
Harry looked around. It was a very nice room, but very dusty. He decided he would clean it a bit. He went into the kitchen that smelled of twelve years old rotting food. From there, he went into the dining room. There was a nice table with four nice looking seats around it. Then he went into the hall again, and saw another room. It was a large indoor swimming pool with a hard cover. Harry tapped the cover with his wand, and the cover immediately dissolved. In the pool was the most revolting water he'd ever seen. It was greeny water, with algae and seaweed floating. He tapped the cover again and it rolled back. Then he went through to the bathroom. There was a large Jacuzzi bath and a self-flushing toilet and a shower. He wondered through another door and found himself back in the living room. He went back into the hallway and upstairs. At the top of the stairs he turned right into a bedroom. It was a nice lightly coloured room. He guessed, that if he came to live here, this would be his room. Then he went back out and into the next bedroom, that was the same sort of size. He guessed that this was Sirius' room. Also on that floor there was a bathroom and a balcony. The key was in the lock in the balcony door, so he unlocked it and went out on to the balcony. There was a nice view of the area. He saw Godric's Hollow just a few hundred feet away. He thought to himself, 'I used to live there. Wow!' Then something caught Harry's eye. There was a large black dog coming up the long driveway, looking at him. Harry recognized it at once. The black dog was Sirius. He ran downstairs and opened the front door. The dog trotted in and went into the living room. Then he transformed himself into Harry's godfather.
'Sirius, what are you doing here?' harry asked.
'Same as you,' he replied, looking around 'I haven't been here for thirteen years. Gawd I've missed it. What about you. D'you like it?' he said smiling
'I love it'
'Ok, the thing I really want to show you is in my room, come on, I'll show you.' Harry followed Sirius upstairs into the main bedroom. Harry hadn't noticed it before, but sitting on the desk was a very thick diary.
'This, is the thing that's linked to my thoughts. I can write in it anytime I like. I've been writing in it a bit since I escaped from Azkaban. Okay Harry, what I want you to do, is take this to the ministry along with James' diary and show them to the minister. They both prove that I'm innocent. It's just a matter of if Fudge believes you and the evidence.'
They spent the rest of the day looking through picture albums until it came to six o'clock when Harry went into the back garden and picked up the portkey and was transported back to Hogwarts with Sirius' diary safely Under his arm.