Eh, I personally think my first chapter was kinda sucky… Oh well, I hope to make it better. The disclaimer still stands. The focus of the story IS Sirius but right now it'll be mostly Harry. And also, I'm going to forget lots of pretty important things such as the birthdays, the OWL results, the new classes for the year, etc because my focus of the story is on Sirius and Harry, and the other stuff, well I don't have enough imagination to write about it. So, sorry about that.
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"No… Don't… Sirius, please, don't. Don't go! Please." Harry mumbled emotionally in his sleep, turning over and over in his bed. Suddenly, his dream seemed to be interrupted and he mumbled something again in protest then cringed and his hand flew up to his forehead. He was still asleep, but it didn't look like his dreams were of his own accord.
"You can't let him get out." The cold, heartless voice yelled.
"Master, don't worry." Bellatrix Lestrange shrunk back from the intimidating figure of the Dark Lord. "But… He's not much of a threat to us anyway, is he?" She asked, frightened of angering Voldemort again.
"You do not know." Voldemort said, without any particular emotion in the statement. "He is extremely dangerous to our kind. Yes, he has not been let out to fight, but if he is freed now… The boy… Without him, we have no worries. But their ties are strong and I'm afraid they are in fact a big danger to us ---" Voldemort suddenly broke off. "Ask no more questions but do as I say. It is not safe right now." Just as Harry's scar ached more and more, Voldemort seemed to realize they were not alone in their conversation…
Harry woke up from the blinding pain of his scar. Voldemort has not made himself known like this to Harry for the duration of the summer. And Harry knew right away, this wasn't staged; it had been real. And as he realized whom his two biggest enemies had been talking about, Harry felt himself just about return to living. It came as a reality check and suddenly Harry was fully aware of the world around him. And he finally felt something other than endless despair. He felt almost giddy, for the two people he despised the most had just turned on the light at the end of the tunnel for him; for once in the whole summer he had regained hope. Sirius could be saved, and Harry was going to make sure that it would happen. No matter what, he'd find a way to get his godfather back.
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It had happened all too fast and Sirius was falling into the veil. Oh sure he was surprised, even shocked, but more important emotions ran through his mind. He caught a glimpse of Harry, his eyes widened, and as he fell he heard his godson call out for him desperately but Remus held him back. Still falling, Sirius remembered all the good times he spent with Harry, and emotion overwhelmed him. He fell backwards through the veil into the dark before he could say everything he wanted to tell his godson. He was proud of him, for everything he'd done, for the way he was. Their time hadn't been long enough, though Sirius had a feeling that an eternity wouldn't have been long enough. He wanted to tell Harry how much he loved him, because he loved him more than anything or anyone else in the world, like his own son… And he could tell Harry loved him just as much as a father. But it was too late now, and Sirius was surrounded by endless darkness, and Harry was left on the other side.
It's been a while now, Sirius could tell, but he didn't really know how much time passed. He knew what this place was before he entered it. Still, he hoped against hope that he would see James and Lily. He only gave up on that a little while ago. They had died because of Voldemort and they undoubtedly went to heaven. They didn't have to be stuck here.
Sirius regretted many things about his life: suggesting Lily and James to trust Peter, and later going after him instead of taking care of Harry, and landing in Azkaban… He could have been with Harry much longer if he had controlled his rage. But, Harry grew up to be everything Sirius hoped he would be. He had been trying to make up for all the years he'd been absent in Harry's life, and he was beyond angry when his life had been interrupted like this. From behind the veil, Sirius could only slightly feel what Harry was up to, and that had nothing to do with magic. It's not that he was alone under the veil. Oh no, there were many other beings there, but he felt once again useless. For the third time in his life, Sirius was imprisoned, or just as well as imprisoned because he couldn't get out or help his godson, and he was getting really tired of it.
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"Harry!"
"Ron! How've you been?"
When Ron arrived to the Dursleys' house, Harry was almost surprised that he was truly happy to see him. He didn't have to pretend any longer and he loved seeing his best friend again.
"I've been great, but we've got to get going Harry. Mom won't like it if we're late." Ron didn't like being in Muggle homes, they creeped him out and he wanted to leave as soon as possible.
"Yeah, all right. Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, Dudley… Bye!" They were just as happy as he was at his departure.
Ron and Harry pretended to go to meet Mr. Weasley but as soon as they knew the Dursleys were no longer watching, they turned to Ms. Figg's house and knocked.
"Hey, Harry, dear! Oh hello Ron! Thank God you're here, I was getting worried. Go right this way! Go on!" She nudged them in the direction of her fireplace. "Those awful people, they are… Who knows what would happen if they knew…" She mumbled as Harry and Ron got ready to go.
"The Burrow!" Harry went first, Ron following him, and seconds later they were at the Weasleys' home.
Mrs. Weasley was ready to meet her son and Harry, hugging them, and fussing over Harry and how he's been…
"Mrs. Weasley… Uh why are we not at… The Order Headquarters…?" This had been bothering Harry for a while.
"Well, we took a bit of a break, besides, it'd be suspicious if someone noticed that the members had been missing from their homes for a while." That made sense but Harry still thought it still had something to do with Sirius too.
"We're going back a little after you go back to school." Molly explained further.
After leaving Harry's bags, they headed to Diagon Alley for supplies, and Hermione joined them soon after. They had been to so much shops, Harry had given up trying to remember the names of them. Now, they were at a bookstore. It was really big and neat. The three friends found the books they needed for the new year and then went to take some extra DADA ones. Right behind the DADA row, there was another row, one that didn't seem to fit in with the whole atmosphere of the store. It was filthy and dark and the books were really dusty. While Ron and Hermione were caught up in another argument, Harry went to the mysterious row. It seemed to be hidden, and no one really noticed it, but it seemed to draw Harry into it. Looking at the shelves filled with books, Harry felt a chill run down his back. He took two books out randomly and looked at the titles.
'The Spell Guide' read one of the books. Harry opened it. The front page read: 'This book contains all the spells you need, whether it is for your home, your studies, Dark Magic, or just simple every-day spells. Instructions: See Index on page 3, point your wand at the wanted topic and choose the spells you need.' Harry decided to try it. He tapped his wand on 'Defense Spells' and an unbelievably long list of spells and their descriptions popped up at him.
The second book was almost calling out to him. 'Hidden Places', the title said. Harry flipped through the thick book and suddenly stopped. He could swear he just saw… he flipped back, hoping to find that page again and he did. Clearly displayed on page 513 of the book was a black veil covering an old archway, but not just any veil, THE veil. Eagerly, Harry read through the page. 'The Veil.' the name simply stated, 'It is found in the Department of Mysteries on the 9th floor of the Ministry of Magic, 2nd right door to the left of the spinning hallway. The Veil is the gateway to Death. However, it cannot take people alive, therefore any being that falls through the Veil alive is forced to Wait for nothing until the end of forever. The Veil cannot be escaped.' Harry's hopes fell but he noticed fine print at the bottom of the page, 'See page 990513 for details on how to be saved from beyond the veil.' Harry felt unbelievable, ecstatic relief. He closed the book and rushed out of the secret section, holding the two books tightly with a smile on his face.
"Harry, where've you been?" Hermione asked. "We didn't see you go."
"I was right—" Turning to point to the section of the store he's just been in, Harry noticed it was gone, "--at the Potions section." He lied, "I had forgotten one of the books."
"All right. Well we're pretty much done here, let's go pay for these." Ron concluded. They paid for the books and left the store.
"Hermione, are you going back to the Burrow with us?" Harry questioned.
"Yeah I suppose so. It'll finally give us time to catch up."
But all Harry could concentrate on is getting to read page 990513 of his new book.
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Ok that's it. This is still more of an introductory chapter than anything so if it sucks, I'm sorry. The Voldemort part was weird but basically what I was trying to say was that Sirius and Harry together can cause a lot of trouble to Voldemort and he was telling her to keep Sirius from getting out. Just in case you didn't understand how I wrote it back there. Anyway, please review, it means a lot to me. Sarah, thank you for that, and I love your story The Veil Of Fate, please continue it soon. Also I think my veil might be a bit similar to yours but I really didn't mean for that to happen, sorry. And thanks for your evidence (in your story) it gives me new hope that Sirius will live. Kandice, I'm glad you liked it :) The depression thing, I'm like that too. And don't worry, Sirius is SO coming back! ;) bertiebottsgeorge thanks for understanding and I love your story and Sirius and Laura. I'm jealous of Laura lol. By the way, are you continuing that story or is it over? It's great. Ok so once again please review JJJJJJJ lol.