Author's Disclaimer: I don't own any thing you recognize from J.K.
Rowling's work. I do own the plot, theme, and the lullaby.
We walked across the room, and with each tap of my feet on the hard wood floor I seemed to get wrapped up in thoughts of how I wished I could set it right, to have all the time back that I had lost. Suddenly, an second set footsteps, which had been step for step with mine, stopped. I looked up. We were right in front of a door at the top of the stairs, when a voice came from below. It was my Dad's.
"They're in here - ."
"That must be Remus!", my mother said, turning around on the stairs to look at me
"Remus?" I said
"He's one of my - and you dad's - best friends. He helped us a lot while we were in hiding"
"Hiding"?
She pursed her lips, like she was trying to decide if she should tell me or not.
"I'll tell you later, ok?" she said and ruffled my hair (which was already messy). I smiled.
"Ok, Mom", I said I could tell she did not like the subject
She laughed " I like that name!"
"Are you two in here?" came my father's voice. I guess we were hidden by the spiral stair case.
"On the stairs, James" my Mom called down.
"We'll come back later", she whispered to me, and smiled.
"Ok". I really did want to see what was up there.
We started to walk down the stairs.
"Hey, Harry", my Dad smiled, walking over to me. I smiled.
And this time, my feet did move, and my arms did rise. I ran to him and hugged him as he picked me up. From his arms, I saw a dog. I had forgotten it was there.
"I think Sirus is having a nice nap." My dad walked over to Sirus with me still in his arms. He looked at me and then to a man standing at the door.
"What do you think Remus, should we wake him?"
The man just smiled. So this is Remus!
I looked the man over. He was as tall as my Dad, with dark brown hair. (A/N I'm not sure if thats how he really looks but I don't have the book in front of me so this is how I picture him I'm sorry if its wrong)
My father was saying, "What do you think, Harry?"
"Er....I think you should ask the dog/"
My father just laughed.
"What's so funny?"
"You are, Harry. You're so wonderful!"
"Oh."
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Some time had passed, I was on the hardwood floor, petting Sirus's raven black hair. It looked even darker, with just the fire to light it. It was like staring in to a sea of black, gold waves. I was scratching behind Sirus's right ear. He looked up at me and seemed to really enjoy it. My mother and father were in the other room, talking to Remus.
"What do you think there talking about, Sirus?" I asked looking at the door knowing fully well that he was not going to answer me.
"Ruff" was all Sirus said
"I wish you could talk, then you could answer."
Sirus just tilted his head and gave me puppy dog eyes.
"I know you wish that too, right?"
"Ruff"
I just started to laugh. It felt so good to laugh.
"We'll tell him in the morning". My father's voice came. He sounded so worried, it sent a chill through me. He was at the doorway, Remus on his right, my mother on the left. She and my father were talking to Remus. They had just walked in from the other room.
"Alright, I guess that's best," Remus said, after a moment of silence.
I slowly walked up to them. Sirus was right behind me.
"Well, its 9:30. I have to be getting home" Remus said, looking at his watch and smiling at my parents.
"Okay, Remus, please do keep in touch!" added my Mom
We walked across the room, and with each tap of my feet on the hard wood floor I seemed to get wrapped up in thoughts of how I wished I could set it right, to have all the time back that I had lost. Suddenly, an second set footsteps, which had been step for step with mine, stopped. I looked up. We were right in front of a door at the top of the stairs, when a voice came from below. It was my Dad's.
"They're in here - ."
"That must be Remus!", my mother said, turning around on the stairs to look at me
"Remus?" I said
"He's one of my - and you dad's - best friends. He helped us a lot while we were in hiding"
"Hiding"?
She pursed her lips, like she was trying to decide if she should tell me or not.
"I'll tell you later, ok?" she said and ruffled my hair (which was already messy). I smiled.
"Ok, Mom", I said I could tell she did not like the subject
She laughed " I like that name!"
"Are you two in here?" came my father's voice. I guess we were hidden by the spiral stair case.
"On the stairs, James" my Mom called down.
"We'll come back later", she whispered to me, and smiled.
"Ok". I really did want to see what was up there.
We started to walk down the stairs.
"Hey, Harry", my Dad smiled, walking over to me. I smiled.
And this time, my feet did move, and my arms did rise. I ran to him and hugged him as he picked me up. From his arms, I saw a dog. I had forgotten it was there.
"I think Sirus is having a nice nap." My dad walked over to Sirus with me still in his arms. He looked at me and then to a man standing at the door.
"What do you think Remus, should we wake him?"
The man just smiled. So this is Remus!
I looked the man over. He was as tall as my Dad, with dark brown hair. (A/N I'm not sure if thats how he really looks but I don't have the book in front of me so this is how I picture him I'm sorry if its wrong)
My father was saying, "What do you think, Harry?"
"Er....I think you should ask the dog/"
My father just laughed.
"What's so funny?"
"You are, Harry. You're so wonderful!"
"Oh."
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Some time had passed, I was on the hardwood floor, petting Sirus's raven black hair. It looked even darker, with just the fire to light it. It was like staring in to a sea of black, gold waves. I was scratching behind Sirus's right ear. He looked up at me and seemed to really enjoy it. My mother and father were in the other room, talking to Remus.
"What do you think there talking about, Sirus?" I asked looking at the door knowing fully well that he was not going to answer me.
"Ruff" was all Sirus said
"I wish you could talk, then you could answer."
Sirus just tilted his head and gave me puppy dog eyes.
"I know you wish that too, right?"
"Ruff"
I just started to laugh. It felt so good to laugh.
"We'll tell him in the morning". My father's voice came. He sounded so worried, it sent a chill through me. He was at the doorway, Remus on his right, my mother on the left. She and my father were talking to Remus. They had just walked in from the other room.
"Alright, I guess that's best," Remus said, after a moment of silence.
I slowly walked up to them. Sirus was right behind me.
"Well, its 9:30. I have to be getting home" Remus said, looking at his watch and smiling at my parents.
"Okay, Remus, please do keep in touch!" added my Mom