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Part 2

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"Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me!" Harry sang quietly, regarding the pile of presents in front of him.

Wow, another year older...

He waited a minute before picked up a red present ontop: it was from Ron. Opening it, he found a Quidditch poster, the players zooming around it. He smiled, knowing that he would put this up when he got to Hogwarts.

-Along with the present contained a note-:

Dear Harry,

Happy Birthday! Dad says you can come here next week for vacation. We'll pick you up. We'd use the floo powder, but I don't think dad wants to alarm anyone. Hope the muggles are nice. You have no idea what Fred and George have been up to! See you in a week.

- Ron



Next Harry opened a heavy present from Hermione, containing a book. He shook his head: she always sent books. He made a note to read it later as he glanced at the leather cover: "History of Quidditch, Part 2."

From Hagrid Harry received a cake with the words "Happy Birthday" written on the top. Harry smiled, at least knowing now that Hagrid wasn't in any trouble. Picking out a slice of the cake, he looked at the last present, wrapped in green.

The last present was from Sirus which, to Harry's surprise, contained no letter but a paw print. He smiled anyway, un-wrapping the present to find numerous sweets. Harry absently looked around, making sure Dudley wasn't near. If he spotted the candy, he was bound to explode. As funny as that would be to watch, Harry would probably have been blamed for using magic in ridding the world of Dudley.

Maybe this wasn't such a bad birthday after all..

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Lupin dashed along the back path, making sure no one spotted him. Werewolves were always watched. He remembered the last time he was caught off guard by some village people who tried throwing stones at him until he had vanished from sight. He shuddered a bit: at least Snape never tried throwing stuff at him back at Hogwarts. Then again, he was always the one who tried to poison him...

Lupin pulled out his wand as he neared the cave that Sirus was hiding out, eyes narrowing at the sun now rising from behind. His mind had to focus now despite his tiredness.

"Sirus?" Lupin called out.

No Answer..

The wind blew into the small cave, blowing at Lupin's gray hairs. Lupin carefully walked into the cave, prepared for the worst. If Sirus was hurt- he something had happened to him-what on earth could he do?

However, Lupin was taken aback when he rounded the corner, to see blood on the wall. He searched the area for his friend but Sirus was nowhere in sight.

Lupin tried to comprehend what happened, but only knew that Sirus was gone..

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To Be Continued.

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