Life
One summer day, between the second and third grade, Harry was walking through the park where he was going to meet Hermione here. Walking up to a bench, he sat down. He took out the book Hermione had gotten him. It was a book on dogs. He flipped through the pages until he found a picture of a dog that reminded him of Sirius. It looked a lot like his animal form. After a bit he started flipping through the pages again and stopped looking at another interesting dog, and just as he was about to read the name a pair of small hands covered his eyes.
"Guess who!" Cried a small voice.
He was just about to say her name, when he got a better idea. "Mary? Anna? Chri." he went on listing off around twenty names before he felt her start to get annoyed. "Herm" he then said confidently.
She sat down beside him and gave him an annoyed look. "You had to do that didn't you."
He finally looked at her and smiled. "Yep," he said in a matter-of- fact voice.
Just as she was about to say something about his reply they heard a cry for help. They got up quickly and ran toward the source of the yell. They peeked out from behind the tree they were behind. (Duh). There they saw Dudley and one of his 'friends' picking on some little kid. The boy was about their age with sandy blond hair and dark blue eyes. Those eyes however were filled with terror right now.
Harry whispered something into Hermione's ear and set off circling around the seen. Hermione slowly and quietly crept up behind Dudley's laughing friend. She placed her foot down behind his and before he could take note of this Harry jumped out from behind a tree and shocked everyone but Hermione. Dudley's friend tried to take a step back, but as Harry predicted, tripped on Hermione's foot and fell down. Harry, taking advantage of Dudley's shock, grabbed the boy and the three of them, Harry, the boy, and Hermione ran off.
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When they got far enough away, a distance Dudley would brave, they slowed down to a walk. They, Harry and Hermione, looked at the boy as he sat down on the grass. He looked up at them, a happy but exhausted look, and managed to breathe out, "thanks."
"Your welcome," they said in unison, and then they all started to laugh.
"So what's yer name?" Asked Harry.
"Um, Mike," he said.
"Nice to meet you Mike," Harry said putting out his hand. "I'm Harry and this is Hermione."
Mike shook Harry's hand and got back up of the ground. They spent the rest of the afternoon playing around the park and getting to know each other better. Mike was the same age as them and lived with his father. His mother had died of cancer when he was four years of age. Harry knew what it was like not having a mother. Sirius filled in the father part pretty well but he was no mom.
After a few hours a car pulled up and Mike's father stepped out. Mike looked at them and said. "Sorry I gotta go, see ya tomorrow." And with that he got in the car and left.
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Harry and Hermione stayed a while longer, and then headed to his house. Sirius greeted them at the door and let them in. They all took part in making dinner, partly because Sirius and Harry hardly ever cook anything that takes a long time, and because Hermione knew exactly what was needed. She was acting as supervisor while Harry and Sirius moved around quickly at her commands and suggestions. After they were done eating what they had spent a couple hours making (use your imagination), Harry and Hermione sat down on the couch and started reading about some of the dogs they found interesting. Sirius then, after cleaning up, went to watching the news.
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Hermione left around eight and Harry found Sirius out in the back yard sending a letter by owl.
"Who is that for?" Harry asked curiously.
"Remus." He said.
"Oh," replied harry, "what is he up to?"
"He has been traveling around, you know, and he wants a place to settle down for a while." Said Sirius; "His condition is not widely accepted so I offered to let him stay here for a while."
"How long?" Said Harry trying to hide his excitement. He always liked it when Remus visited, he always had to most interesting stories.
"For about a year," said Sirius smiling.
"Cool!" Said Harry, and then he ran to phone to tell Hermione.
"Do you think it wise for her to meet him?" Asked Sirius.
"What do you mean?" Said Harry, very confused.
"She is not exactly, you know, one of us." Said Sirius.
"She might be," said Harry, "it is possible"
"Yes." replied Sirius, "it is, but never the less we will have to watch what we say 'til we are sure."
"How can we find out?" Asked a very curious Harry.
"I have some friends inside the Ministry of Magic," said Sirius slyly. "I bet they could find out."
"Okay," said Harry. "So, you want to bet on it."
"Harry," said Sirius a bit surprised, "why would I. how much?"
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A week later a letter from the ministry arrived Harry and Sirius eyed each other and then opened it. Harry and Sirius both smiled.
One summer day, between the second and third grade, Harry was walking through the park where he was going to meet Hermione here. Walking up to a bench, he sat down. He took out the book Hermione had gotten him. It was a book on dogs. He flipped through the pages until he found a picture of a dog that reminded him of Sirius. It looked a lot like his animal form. After a bit he started flipping through the pages again and stopped looking at another interesting dog, and just as he was about to read the name a pair of small hands covered his eyes.
"Guess who!" Cried a small voice.
He was just about to say her name, when he got a better idea. "Mary? Anna? Chri." he went on listing off around twenty names before he felt her start to get annoyed. "Herm" he then said confidently.
She sat down beside him and gave him an annoyed look. "You had to do that didn't you."
He finally looked at her and smiled. "Yep," he said in a matter-of- fact voice.
Just as she was about to say something about his reply they heard a cry for help. They got up quickly and ran toward the source of the yell. They peeked out from behind the tree they were behind. (Duh). There they saw Dudley and one of his 'friends' picking on some little kid. The boy was about their age with sandy blond hair and dark blue eyes. Those eyes however were filled with terror right now.
Harry whispered something into Hermione's ear and set off circling around the seen. Hermione slowly and quietly crept up behind Dudley's laughing friend. She placed her foot down behind his and before he could take note of this Harry jumped out from behind a tree and shocked everyone but Hermione. Dudley's friend tried to take a step back, but as Harry predicted, tripped on Hermione's foot and fell down. Harry, taking advantage of Dudley's shock, grabbed the boy and the three of them, Harry, the boy, and Hermione ran off.
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When they got far enough away, a distance Dudley would brave, they slowed down to a walk. They, Harry and Hermione, looked at the boy as he sat down on the grass. He looked up at them, a happy but exhausted look, and managed to breathe out, "thanks."
"Your welcome," they said in unison, and then they all started to laugh.
"So what's yer name?" Asked Harry.
"Um, Mike," he said.
"Nice to meet you Mike," Harry said putting out his hand. "I'm Harry and this is Hermione."
Mike shook Harry's hand and got back up of the ground. They spent the rest of the afternoon playing around the park and getting to know each other better. Mike was the same age as them and lived with his father. His mother had died of cancer when he was four years of age. Harry knew what it was like not having a mother. Sirius filled in the father part pretty well but he was no mom.
After a few hours a car pulled up and Mike's father stepped out. Mike looked at them and said. "Sorry I gotta go, see ya tomorrow." And with that he got in the car and left.
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Harry and Hermione stayed a while longer, and then headed to his house. Sirius greeted them at the door and let them in. They all took part in making dinner, partly because Sirius and Harry hardly ever cook anything that takes a long time, and because Hermione knew exactly what was needed. She was acting as supervisor while Harry and Sirius moved around quickly at her commands and suggestions. After they were done eating what they had spent a couple hours making (use your imagination), Harry and Hermione sat down on the couch and started reading about some of the dogs they found interesting. Sirius then, after cleaning up, went to watching the news.
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Hermione left around eight and Harry found Sirius out in the back yard sending a letter by owl.
"Who is that for?" Harry asked curiously.
"Remus." He said.
"Oh," replied harry, "what is he up to?"
"He has been traveling around, you know, and he wants a place to settle down for a while." Said Sirius; "His condition is not widely accepted so I offered to let him stay here for a while."
"How long?" Said Harry trying to hide his excitement. He always liked it when Remus visited, he always had to most interesting stories.
"For about a year," said Sirius smiling.
"Cool!" Said Harry, and then he ran to phone to tell Hermione.
"Do you think it wise for her to meet him?" Asked Sirius.
"What do you mean?" Said Harry, very confused.
"She is not exactly, you know, one of us." Said Sirius.
"She might be," said Harry, "it is possible"
"Yes." replied Sirius, "it is, but never the less we will have to watch what we say 'til we are sure."
"How can we find out?" Asked a very curious Harry.
"I have some friends inside the Ministry of Magic," said Sirius slyly. "I bet they could find out."
"Okay," said Harry. "So, you want to bet on it."
"Harry," said Sirius a bit surprised, "why would I. how much?"
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A week later a letter from the ministry arrived Harry and Sirius eyed each other and then opened it. Harry and Sirius both smiled.