A/N: I did it! I thought up a better title! This fic is now known as The Power of One: Snape's Revenge. Ok, so it still has the old title in it but I had already promised my friend (who helped think up the title) that I would name it this ..... I just needed to add something of my own to it. I hope that anyone who reads this is enjoying it..... is anyone reading this at all? *crickets chirp* Guess not.... Well, at least I know Jen likes it....... Ok! On to the story!

Disclaimer: Nope... still don't own it.... do own Liz tho..... wish I owned Sirius.... and Remus, of course.....but.... I DON'T! *runs away crying*



Ch. 3 Lovers Lane



"Um, Sirius, where are we going?"Harry asked.

"Don't you remember? We're going to Diagon Alley," Sirius said. "I heard that you were going to meet Hermione and Ron at Florean Fortescue. So I thought that I would drop you off." Sirius paused to look at Harry out of the corner of his eye. "I also heard that you are going steady with her. Is that true?"

"Y- Yeah, kind of," Harry replied, blushing.

"Well, she is a nice girl. Tell her that I said hi," Sirius said.

"Ooooh," Liz said in a sing-song voice. "Harry's got a girlfriend."

"Shut up," Harry said, blushing even more.

"Sure. Don't mind if I do," Liz said returning to cat form.

"Ok . . ." Harry said, returning his attention back to Sirius as the car stopped. "See you soon. I'll meet you back at Quality Quidditch Supplies, alright?"

"Sure. I've got a few things to take care of, "Sirius said.

Harry walked around Diagon Alley getting his supplies. He got new robes and dress robes at Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions; he then bought his books at Flourish and Blotts for his last year. He met up with the Gryffindor Quidditch team drooling over the new Quidditch supplies. Then he restocked his potion's kit at the Apothecary. Finally he went to meet Hermione.

Harry had just walked out of the Apothecary, when he saw Hermione waiting for him at Florean Fortescue.

"Hermione!" Harry shouted.

Hermione turned around at the sound of his voice. "Harry, it's great to see you," Hermione said.

Harry walked up to her and kissed her. He and Hermione had been going out since last summer when he invited her and Ron to visit his sister in Colorado. Hermione had finally told him about her crush at the Quidditch match between his sister's team (or rather Oliver's team, since he was the Quidditch captain and manager of it; he also played the keeper position there too after leaving Puddlemore United) and Bulgaria.

"How are you?" Hermione asked.

"Great," Harry replied. "And guess what? Sirius' name has been cleared. No more running away from the Ministry of Magic! Isn't that great?"

"Really? Oh Harry, that is great news. I'm so happy for you." Hermione knew how badly Harry wanted Sirius' name to be cleared and finally his wish had come true. "How about we get some thing to eat. Ron said that he would meet us here soon, " Hermione said.

"There he is." Harry said. Ron had just walked out from Flourish and Blotts when they spotted him. Harry waved.

"Hey, Harry, Hermione. How's it going?" Ron said as he walked over.

"Great," Harry said. "And guess what? Sirius' name was cleared!"

"Hey. Congratulations, Harry. I bet that makes you happy. What did the Muggles say?" "Yeah, what did they say?" Hermione asked.

"That's the funny part. Uncle Vernon was really mad that someone came to take me away and Aunt Petunia fainted to the floor. She still thinks that he's dangerous." Harry explained. Both Hermione and Ron laughed. They knew very well that Sirius was not dangerous.

"Aunt Petunia still couldn't get over that someone was actually related to me," Harry said.

"I could imagine that," Ron said. "They weren't too pleasant when we took you to the Burrow in our second year."

Harry could remember almost too vividly the events that happened. Dobby, a house elf, had come to warn him not to go to Hogwarts that year because the Chamber of Secrets was to be opened that year. Dobby then broke a whole bowl of chocolate pudding on the floor and Harry was blamed for the incident. Uncle Vernon then had iron bars fitted to Harry's window so that he couldn't get out. That night, Ron came, along with his brothers Fred and George, to take him back to their house. They broke the bars and left with Harry in tow and Uncle Vernon yelling at them. It still gave Harry a good laugh at times.

"Oh, and you want to hear something funny? Aunt Marge came to visit yesterday and somehow Liz managed to get here. I introduced her to Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia, Dudley, and Aunt Marge at dinner last night. Funny thing is, Aunt Petunia fainted again, Dudley screamed like a girl, and Aunt Marge broke her tail bone falling off the chair."

The two of them burst into hysterics.

"Does that mean Oliver's back, too?" Hermione asked, between bouts of laughter.

"Sure does," said a voice from behind him. "You can talk to him when you guys get to Hogwarts."

The three of them whipped around in their seat to the owner of the voice.

"That's great, Liz," Ron said. "Let's just hope that he doesn't try to coach Gryffindor again. I don't think that anyone could stand it."



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"Harry," Hermione said. "Did you ever open the birthday present I gave you?"

Harry gave her a look. "What present?"

"The triangular box I sent with Hedwig on your birthday."

"Oi, that one! No. I haven't opened it yet. I'll do that now. Thanks for reminding me."

Harry foraged in his bag, found the package, and held it up. "Here it is!"

"Well? Open it,"Liz said impatiently. "Der! I think that's what presents are for -- opening."

Harry opened the package quickly. Inside was a wizard's hat but it felt like woven water to his hands.

Can this be? An invisibility cap? he thought with amazement

"Do you like it?" Hermione asked.

"I - I - I love it!" Harry said. "Where did you find it?"

Hermione laughed. "You're starting to sound like Quirrel. But seriously, Dumbledore gave it to me. He thought that it would be a nice birthday present for you. And I see that he was right about that."

"Thank you, Hermione." Harry ran to Hermione and gave her a hug. He never knew someone could care so much for him.

"What are you two crying about?" Ron said. "It's just a gift . . . well, I know what you rarely got gifts until we met you but still. Don't get all lovey-dovey on us Ok?"

"I was not crying. I was just opening Hermione's present."

"Hey,"Liz said. "Isn't that Mom's wedding gift to Dad? The last time I saw it was when I was three."

"Really?" Ron said. "So your dad had an invisibility cloak and cap?"

"Yeah, I guess you can say that," Liz said. "Actually, the cloak was passed down from generation to generation on our dad's side. The cap from our mom's. But because I have been living in America so long, everyone lost track of me and they were passed on down to Harry."

"Wow," Ron said.

"Ok," Harry said looking around Diagon Alley and stopping the love feast that was going on. "Where is he?"

Liz gave Harry a look.

"Yes, they know about Sirius, Liz."

"Ok, so then where is he, Mr. Smarty-pants? I'll bet you five galleons that he isn't around here."

"Deal."

"Hey there he is," Harry said, waving to a large black dog. The dog ran up to Harry and sat down.

"Pay up Liz," Harry said, holding his hands out.

"All right, all right. Here you go."

"Pleasure doing business with you."

Liz threw her hands up in mock defeat. "I give up!"



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"Hey, Sirius," Ron and Hermione said. Sirius barked in reply.

"C'mon," Harry said, "Let's all get some ice cream."

They walked into Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour for sundaes, which they took out in back to the private parlor that was saved for special occasions -- Florean deemed this a special occasion. When they got to their table, Sirius changed back into his human form.

"Hey!" he said. "How are you?"

"We're good," they said in unison.

"How have you been Sirius?" Ron asked.

"Better, now that I'm not on the run from the Ministry."

The five of them sat in silence, enjoying each others company and the cold sweet taste of their sundaes.

"Florean," Hermione shouted a little while later, "Can we have a Daily Prophet?"

"Sure thing, Hermione," he said. A few minutes later, he handed it to her.

"Look at this! Sirius, you're on the front page!" Hermione said.

Sirius took the paper and read the article out loud:

Sirius Black, the infamous wizard who was thought to have killed 12 Muggles and one wizard with one curse and who was supposedly to have been in league with You-Know-Who, was released today. In the place of Black, Peter Pettigrew, who was thought to have been killed 17 years ago by Sirius Black, was put into Azkaban. As we have just found out from Peter himself under Veritaserum, he admitted to actually being the one who had cast the curse, killing all those Muggles, which was blamed on a gas explosion. As we all know, the Dementers of Azkaban Prison were not too happy once we had taken Black away, but with a new person to feed on, they didn't give us too much trouble.

Sirius read and reread the article.

"I guess that it doesn't take long for the news to get around," he finally said.

Harry stared at the picture of Sirius. "This looks nothing like you," Harry said.

"Yeah, well, that's what happens when you're in Azkaban for twelve years," Sirius replied.

"That had to suck," Liz said

"Yes it did," Sirius replied, smiling. "Well, Harry, we had better get going."

They soon finished their sundaes, paid for the food and began the long walk back to the Leaky Caldron.

"Bye, guys. I'll see you September 1," Harry shouted as they drove away and into the heavy London traffic.

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Hope that ya enjoyed the new & improved Snape's Revenge!

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