Lost And Found
Chapter 8 – Black Haired Padfoot
Harry read the letter he got from Sirius allowed to Harry and Hermione during the Christmas break when he was sure no one could hear him. After all, Sirius was still considered a dangerous convict.
"Oh NO!" Harry exclaimed "Now he's coming here!"
"Don't worry, Harry," Hermione said.
"Yeah, Dumbledore won't tell anyone…" Ron added.
"I s'pose you're right…" Harry said. "I just didn't want him to risk life and limb just for me."
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Late that night, the boys slept soundly in the Gryffindor dormitories. Harry tossed and turned. He could not get comfortable. He felt a great weight on his body. He was sitting up to fix the covers when he saw the black hair.
"What the…" Harry began.
Harry lit his lamp to see a huge shaggy black dog lying on his bed.
"Sirius!" He cried. "I thought for a second you were…"
Sirius transformed back into a human. After silencing Harry, they spoke about what he had been seeing.
"Ron thought it was you I was seeing the whole time, but I didn't think so because you couldn't have carried me inside. Plus, you've been in the Muggle newspaper. You weren't anywhere near Hogwarts," Harry said.
"No, it hasn't been me," Sirius replied "Uh-oh," he said.
"What?" Harry asked
"Hear that?" whispered Sirius
"Oh no! Filch must've replaced Mrs. Norris!" Harry exclaimed as he heard the small "Meow" from the stairwell.
And so he had. Within seconds of Sirius transforming back and hiding, a small fluffy black cat appeared in the dormitory.