"Everything seems to be in hand Mr. Potter. Mr. Fudge told me of your special circumstances. I was also told it was you who wrecked the fountain." Eric said, as he handed Harry his wand back. "But not to worry, it has been repaired. Would you like me to escort you?"

"No I know where to go thanks." Harry said quietly. Who had said he had wrecked the fountain? He thought, probably Fudge.

"I suspect you do. Well then good luck Mr. Potter. I knew Sirius Black, and he would have been proud of you. Seems a waste that he was stuck in Azkaban all those years when really he was innocent! Well, goodbye Mr. Potter." Eric said. Harry finally walked away.

He reached the lifts and pressed the button required to go to the Department of Mysteries. The lift soon stopped, not where he wanted to be, and a crowd of angry looking Ministry workers entered.

"Doing it again! After all the bargains we had with him and he continues to hex the muggle toilets!" One said.

"Disgraceful. It's a mystery how we keep our world hidden from the muggles." Another said.

"Oh, but they are blind! They cannot even see the Knight Bus!" One of the lankiest said. Harry recognized him as Stan Shunpike; he had worked on the Knight Bus, and had obviously landed a job in the Ministry.

They all got off the lift on the next stop, and Harry was joined by Kingsley Shacklebolt, an Auror, who had helped Harry the previous year. He had known Sirius. He smiled at Harry.

"How are things?" He asked, casually.

"Ok." Harry muttered. "I miss him." For some reason Harry felt it easier to talk to Kingsley than Ron or Hermione. He thought it might be because they didn't understand what it was like to loose a parent.

"Understandable of course. You hold on Harry. There's still hope." Kingsley said.

"Dumbledore doesn't seem to think so." Harry said, glumly.

"And you?" Kingsley asked, as the doors opened and a witch entered. He nodded to her.

"I think hope and faith are on my side." Harry said.

The lift stopped and he exited, after shaking hands with Kingsley. Harry didn't know when he would see him or any other member of the Order again.

He walked down the windowless corridor that he had been having dreams about during the last year, before Sirius' death.

"Damn this." Harry muttered as he reached the door. It swung open for him. He stepped into the circular room that was surrounded by doors, and as soon as the door he had entered in slammed shut, the room rotated.

"Where do I go?" Harry shouted. The door to his right swung open, and Harry went through it. He was in a huge room, with about fifty desks, and filing cabinets all along the walls. Paper aero planes were soaring around, landing on peoples desks, and then taking flight after the addressee had read them.

"Harry!" A voice sounded. "I'm Adrian Bloomsie. I'm an Unspeakable, and I'm to show you where to go, and tell you the details. We know of your special circumstances, and we are allowed to tell you what is happening. We hope dearly that we can return your godfather to you." Adrian said.

Another man walked to his side.

"Harry, it's good to see you." It was Lupin.

"Professor!" Harry said. "How come you're here?"

"I have been allowed permission, judging that it is no where near full moon, that I can come and escort you. Fudge seemed it more appropriate if you had an adult with you, although he wasn't keen for that adult to be me, Dumbledore helped my case." He smiled.

Harry managed to smile back. The first time he had smiled in days.

"Can we go then?" He asked Adrian.

"Yes, may we start Bloomsie? I'm not sure how long Harry can wait." Lupin asked Adrian.

"Yes, yes, all in hand. Come on then." He led them back through the door in which Harry had just entered, and the room rotated as the door closed behind them.

"Archway." Adrian shouted. A door behind them opened, and he strode over to it and opened it. Harry instantly recognized the old archway, and the veil that hung under it. His eyes filled with tears but he quickly wiped them away. Not now, he thought, we're here for Sirius, not to mourn.

"Harry?" Adrian shouted. He and Lupin were already standing in font of the Archway.

"Sorry." Harry muttered and he made his way down, carefully stepping over the benches.

"Now, we have had a breakthrough since last night. It has been confirmed, that if we go beyond the veil, we do not die." Adrian said. So Sirius was still alive, Harry had been right.

"So? Can we get him back?" Harry said, insistently.

"Patience, patience, Master. Potter. You don't understand. These things take time." Adrian said calmly.

"Time I don't have! I want Sirius back now! Not later, not never, NOW!" Harry shouted. Lupin put a hand on his shoulder and led him quickly away from a frustrated looking Bloomsie.

"Harry. You must understand. This means Sirius is alive, so we do have time, time to discover if we can get him back. Please Harry, don't put yourself through more frustration and agony."

"I'm sorry." Harry said, looking at the floor. "I just don't think I can cope anymore."

"You can Harry, you have strength beyond anyone I have ever met, saves perhaps Dumbledore. You're a great wizard Harry, now please, just be patient. They are great workers, the Unspeakables, and they will try their best." Lupin said.

Suddenly the door at the top of the room burst open and in came six wizards all looking happy and gleeful.

"We've done it!" The first one said.

The third one jumped down the benches and handed Bloomsie something in a test tube.

"What's that?" Harry asked.

"This Harry, is the key to getting your Godfather back." He said, a huge grin spread on Adrian's face, and Harry couldn't help but smile a little too.

"So he's coming back?" But no one answered him this time, they were all too busy studying either the test tube or the veil.

"I will have to ask you to leave." A tall wizard with a deep voice said. "You will be reported to when we have the results. Sit and pray, is the only advice I can give you, and maybe, just maybe, we will return your friend to you."

Harry and Lupin were shooed outside.

"What happens now?" Harry asked Lupin.

"Well Harry, we wait, and believe the Unspeakables can do their job successfully."

Two hours passed. Lupin soon fell asleep, leaning against the wall. They had been allowed a small room to rest in while the experiments were carried out.

Harry couldn't sleep. He was wide awake. He had asked for several cups of coffee and drank them all in an instant. He didn't want to sleep. He wanted to be alert. If Sirius was back, he wanted to be the first to know.

Three more hours passed. There is still hope, Harry repeated in his mind, And Faith, and Chance.

After 6 hours of long waiting through the night, Adrian entered quietly, with a huge grin on his face, he pointed to Lupin and gave a silent laugh, then looked at Harry.

"We have been successful. Your Godfather is back." He said.

Harry simply stared. His stomach lurched. His heart began to race. A huge grin broke onto his face as he shook Lupin awake.

"He's back, Professor! He's back!"

*** A/N - I vow to make the chapters longer. I expected this to only be two or three chapters. But I guess I will make It four or five, to see how Sirius gets on etc. Thanks to reviewers and I hope you're enjoying it so far. I enjoy writing it, although I guess I do feel like crying all the way through, teehee. Thanks. ***