Chapter 2

        Deaths caused by the Death Eaters were going down in intensity. It was as though they were tired and needed to rest for something big. Maybe an attack on Hogwarts? No one could say for sure but it was disconcerting.

Sirius realized something was happening to him after 3 days of talking with Serena then getting whipped until he passed out. He felt confused… like there was someone he should be thinking of something he should be trying to do… but he could think of nothing but what was happening.

It was like his memory was getting changed and there was nothing he could do to correct it. He knew… and then he didn't… Dammit! Oh yeah… Harry… he had to get back to Harry. But Serena is here and he wanted to be with his wife… but it wasn't right. He knew it wasn't right because she was evil now. And yet, it didn't matter to him… why didn't he just be evil with her? Sirius shook his head. NO! Don't ever think that! What is happening to me?

Harry and Drake stayed at the Weasleys. Fang and James caused the Burrow to be louder than normal. It had been 3 days since Sirius was snatched. Harry wondered what was going on with him now. Harry laid back onto the bed and let sleep take him.

"You can see your last friend die and then what have you left, Black? Her… or nothing!" Voldemort cackles. "Bring the werewolf out!"

Sirius stared on in horror as Peter Pettigrew dragged Remus out. Remus was handcuffed and shackles were around his ankles.

"There is a reason I gave you the silver hand Pettigrew, now use it!" Voldemort smiles with glee.

Pettigrew's silver hand reaches towards Remus' throat.

Harry shot up screaming. "Remus!"

Sirius was chained to the floor but tried to lunge out at Pettigrew as the hand wrapped around Remus' throat and Remus started screaming. The screams were awful and gurgling. Remus stared sadly at Sirius as he finally was overcome by the silver.

"Remus!" Sirius pulled as hard as he could against the chains and then sank to his knees sobbing. "You bastard! I'll never join you! NEVER!"

"We shall see, Black, we shall see." Voldemort says smoothly. "Take him back to his cell."

"Remus…" Sirius spit on Pettigrew as Pettigrew came to drag him back to the cell. "Wormtail! How could you?! After everything we did for you, you repay us with death?! How could you? We would have died rather than let you die and this is the thanks for that friendship?" Sirius changes into a dog and gets out of his chains then changes back to human form and starts beating Wormtail into a bloody pulp. "This is for James!" Sirius punches Pettigrew hard in the mouth. "This is for Lily!" Punch to Wormtail's nose which starts bleeding. "This is for Harry!" Punch in the gut. "This is for me!" Punch to the ribs. "And this is for Remus!" Sirius grabs Wormtail's normal hand and snaps its wrist like a twig but screams in pain as he is whipped in the back by Serena. "Oh yeah… this is for ruining her!" Sirius slams Wormtail's head into the stone ground and he passes out. The whip comes down again and Sirius allows Serena to take him back to his cell after saying one thing. "Thank you Remus… I was about to give up… Goodbye old friend."

"Harry?" Ron shoots up from his bed. "What's wrong with Remus?"

"They are gonna kill him and Sirius has to watch." Harry says. "Pettigrew is going to kill Remus."

"I'll go get my dad." Ron says and runs out of the room.

A few minutes later Ron and his dad and mom come in.

"I can't remember all of the dream anymore… I just know Remus is about to die." Harry says. "I did a spell though that would make it go into the Dream Catcher even though I'm here and it's back at Sirius' house."

"We must go and retrieve it. It could give clues to where Sirius may be." Mr. Weasley says.

"I remember that it was Pettigrew who was going to kill Remus and that there was this odd girl in a leather swimsuit beside Voldemort. She looked like an odd, living zombie." Harry says.

"Oh." Mr. Weasley pales.

"Can we go get the Dream Catcher?" Harry asks.

"It is very late." Mr. Weasley says.

"But we have to save Sirius!" Harry shouts.

"Fine. We can go… but if Aurors show up I warned you." Mr. Weasley says and the four get into normal clothes and leave.

Alexander is sitting with Chase and Sophia. "This world is turning into a bad place. Be glad you're only one."

"Bad place!" Chase says and laughs.

"I'm glad you find it so funny Mr. Chase."

"Miffer Chase." Sophia says pointing at Chase.

"That's right he's Mr. Chase." Alexander says with a grin. "And you are Ms. Sophia."

"Mish Sophia! Mish Sophia!" Chase laughs again.

"You sure do like anything you say. Do you remember Harry?" Alexander asks.

"Ligh'nin' man!" Sophia says.

"That's right. And Drake."

"Freezee! Freezee!" Chase laughs.

"Yep. Well the person they were living with was taken by the bad guys."

"Bad guys!" Chase blows a raspberry.

"Bad guys!" Sophia sticks her tongue out.

"Yeah they are really mean. I think they did something to you uncle Andre." Alexander says.

"Unca Andre!" Chase looks around.

"Piggy ride!" Sophia says.

"Ok I'll give you the piggy back ride." Alexander says and picks up the twins.

Harry, Ron, and Ron's parents got back with the Dream Catcher 15 minutes later and Drake was waiting at the kitchen table.

"Stop disappearing." Drake says.

"Ok." Harry says.

"Let's look at the dream." Mr. Weasley prompts.

Harry gulps. "Ok." Harry points his wand at the Dream Catcher. "Show me the latest vision."

They are suddenly sucked in to wherever the room is and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley walk up to the woman.

"That could be her." Mr. Weasley says.

"She is very changed though… maybe there is a cure." Mrs. Weasley sounds thoughtful.

"Shh Voldemort has started." Harry says.

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley walk over to the other three.

"You can see your last friend die and then what have you left, Black? Her… or nothing!" Voldemort cackles. "Bring the werewolf out!"

Sirius stared on in horror as Peter Pettigrew dragged Remus out. Remus was handcuffed and shackles were around his ankles.

"There is a reason I gave you the silver hand Pettigrew, now use it!" Voldemort smiles with glee.

Pettigrew's silver hand reaches towards Remus' throat.

Harry squeezes his eyes shut. "We want out. WE want out. We want…"

"Wait Harry. Let's examine the room and see if your dream picked up any distinguishing marks."

They check for a few minutes with the dream frozen at its end which is Pettigrew hand barely an inch from Remus' throat.

"Ok let's go." Mr. Weasley says. "We could find nothing."

"We want out. We want out. We want out." They are suddenly out in the kitchen of the Burrow again.

"So they think they can break him… well he'll be more fired up to hate them now." Harry says. "I know I am."

Sirius woke up and it appeared to be morning again. He felt something on his neck and tugged at it.

Great, I have a collar now… Poor Remus. Suddenly a haze set in on his mind. Like a muggle flashbang going off in his face. What was I thinking about… It must've been important... Why can't I remember?

What is this stupid collar? It's doing it I know it!

Serena showed up then. "I guess you've discovered your collar, mutt! Well it is what is gonna make you join us."

"Never! You're all bastards!" Sirius spits and then has to shake his head a little because of the stupid haze. "I don't care if I remember nothing for long I'll hate this stupid…"

"Hah! I see you're finally getting its full power." Serena says and waits for something.

"Serena? But you're dead… wait I already know you're alive what the hell?!?!?!?!" Sirius looks close to a panic attack.

"Resistance is futile, lover." Serena purrs.

"No… it isn't. Never…" Sirius glares at her.

"Yes it is… You shall see… and then…" Serena get is close to his face and in a very seductive sort of whisper says. "we will be together forever." Sirius shuts his eyes tight and gulps.

"Sirius…" Harry tosses and turns in his sleep. "Don't give up… Sirius!"

Harry shoots up and mutters. "Stupid Nightmare."

"What is it Harry?" Ron asks.

"It is this recurring nightmare I've been having every night, except last night, about Sirius being turned into a Death Eater… I always see him and the zombie lady bowing before Voldemort… and then I see Sirius' body hanging beside Remus' body on the goals of our indoor Quidditch pitch."

"Part of that might be true. It's morning. Want to go check on the goals to make sure?" Ron asks.

"Ok… since I've got my key again." Harry says and they tell Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and leave with their brooms since they'd said they wanted to play Quidditch.

"You'll be dead to them soon." Serena says to Sirius.

"What are you talking about?" Sirius asks.

"We gave a traitor in the ranks a Polyjuice Potion that will last forever if he's kill within the first 20 minutes and killed him on spot. Now he's you forever. And we left it hanging on your Quidditch Goals beside Remus in your indoor Quidditch pitch" Serena says and Sirius gets a mortified then blank look on his face.

"That collar has hardly been on a day and it has almost won." Serena says. "Now they will never find you because they will never look. You are nothing but a body to them. They don't care that it might very well be a trick. They'll think it's the truth as dead Remus hangs there."

"Harry won't believe." Sirius says weakly like he's trying to convince himself of that.

"Keep telling yourself that… it will really help our Lord take over your mind faster." Serena gives a cold laugh and leaves.

Harry and Ron walk into the Indoor Quidditch and scream.

"No! It's just my nightmare… it isn't supposed to be real." Harry says. "Not real."

Sirius was strung by his arms and legs in the middle goal on one side and Remus was strung up the same way. Remus' throat look like it had been melted through and Sirius was killed clean.

"No Sirius is not dead… Remus is dead… Not Sirius!" Harry screams not realizing Ron had ran off to get Drake and his parents.

They come in the find Harry flying on his broom using the pen knife Sirius gave him to cut Remus down and fly him to the ground and then he takes Remus to the Weasley's and acts like Sirius isn't up there.

"He's in denial." Ron says to the others.

"That isn't Sirius. It is a trick." Harry says.

"I'm sorry Harry but it is Sirius." Mrs. Weasley says.

"NO! It is not! He can't betray us if it is him!" Harry screams and rushes out of the pitch.

He ends up on the private porch which overlooks their garden. Harry thinks about planting the lily in the center of the garden with Sirius. The grew a hedge behind the lily to trim into a Stag but the farthest they'd gotten before horsing around was the antler tips.

"I know he won't betray us but one half of my dream came true the other one might too…" Harry cries silently staring at the lily and unfinished Stag and then over to one corner of the garden where soil and manure had been thrown in a dirt fight with Sirius, Drake, and him.

Harry curses Voldemort and Death Eaters and evil.

It is now a week since the collar had been put on Sirius and his brain was getting really weird. He was asked over and over to admit all he had was Serena but he knew it wasn't the truth and constantly said no and his brain was starting to shut away memories and thing. It was also turning into a physical pain over the fact that Serena… his Serena was so close but he couldn't have her. The price for her was too high. He would not pay it.

Who was he trying to fool? He knew it would only be a matter of time but he'd last as long as possible.

Harry's birthday came and went but he didn't want a party or presents. Not while Sirius was being tortured somewhere…

Nobody would listen to Harry. They wouldn't check the body for Polyjuice or any other potions or spells. They just buried it. They thought he was dead. Even Dumbledore had given up but Harry knew the truth… his nightmares would not lie to him. And he was scared for Sirius' mental state. He had a collar of some sort on that was messing with his mind and he was getting worse and worse. He would not last long. He was gonna cave. Sirius would be offered Pettigrew… and he would not refuse to kill Pettigrew. Not after who Pettigrew killed… Sirius had to be saved but Harry was the only one who knew it.