Just to reiterate, I'm an American and I know nothing about geography in England. I also don't know the name of any towns, anything, except London...so to any British people this chapter may seem a little stupid in that sense, but I hope I do alright with it anyway.

I also have a slight OOTP spoiler in here, but it's very small and insignificant. It could also very well be wrong. Does anyone remember if the Weasley's were in the Order the first time around. I'd go check but I lent one of my bud's my copy, so right now I have no idea...feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I'll probably leave it even if it is wrong, but I'd still like to know.

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The next morning Remus came down the stairs and found Sirius staring up at the ceiling. His eyes were rimmed with red and seemed to have sunk deep into his skull. He didn't even notice Remus's presence in the room.

"Sirius..." Remus said.

Remus jumped back as Sirius sat straight up and said, "He's in a cave!"

Sirius looked around at Remus frantically and jumped off the couch. He grabbed Remus's shoulders and repeated, "He's in a cave! He's in a cave and he needs me Remus! He's in a cave!"

"He's in a cave? Harry?"

Sirius nodded wildly and gripped Remus's shoulders. "We have to go to the cave and find him!"

"Do you know where the cave is? How do you know he's in a cave?"

"I saw him...he was crying. There were deatheaters all around him and he was scared. Terrified! And he-he was calling for me, and I couldn't go to him! I need to go to him now!"

"Sirius, where's this cave?"

"I don't know...but I know what it looks like. I saw it! Do you know where there's a cave Moony?!"

"I know a few, but there must be hundreds of caves in England."

"It was a big one and there were plants near it so it was in the sunlight."

Remus nodded and racked his mind trying to think of where it could possibly be. "Let's eat some breakfast and then we'll start searching every cave I can think of."

"No Moony, we have to go now...we can eat when we find Harry. He's probably pretty hungry too!"

"Sirius, you're already running on zero sleep. You need some food or you're going to pass right out before we make it to any cave."

With a defiant look at Remus, Sirius turned to the door and made to open it but before he got a chance Remus had yelled, "Petrificus Totalus!"

Sirius froze and fell backwards with a thud. Remus squatted next to his head. "Listen up Sirius. You're not going to go anywhere until you eat something. Harry's been gone over eight hours already. Another hour isn't going to kill him. Now I don't know what they plan to do with him but I'm quite sure they didn't take him just to kill him and get on with it. Whatever they're going to do is going to take more than a day. Harry's probably not having a great time right now, but he's going to be okay.

"And another thing. You can't be so stupid. You were just about to walk straight out the door. Do you not realize that every witch and wizard in the country is still looking for any sign of you? Anybody could have seen you. For my sake, your sake and Harry's sake, use your head. If we're going to do this we're going to do it right."

Remus looked down at him. "Now I'm going to undo this. Please, please, please do not do anything stupid and for once just listen to me."

He looked for a sign of understanding but of course Sirius couldn't move a single muscle.

"Finite incantatem."

"Don't ever do that again Remus!" Sirius said defensively.

"You know what would have happened if I hadn't."

Sirius looked down.

"C'mon let's eat."

Sirius nodded and sat loftily on the chair. He was trying to pretend that what Remus had said hadn't bothered him at all. It had.

Remus had been right. Sirius was being extremely stupid about the situation, but that was really all he could be. He was worried sick about Harry and figured that with out him nothing mattered anyway. Yet, he did need to take care of himself or he wouldn't be able to get Harry back no matter what.

They ate their frosted flakes in silence. Sirius was staring at the soggy flakes floating in his bowl while Remus was zoning out appearing to be quite interested on a nail hole in the wall.

When they were both about done Sirius broke the din saying, "I'm sorry Moony."

"What for?"

"For being an idiot and making you resort to extremes."

"It's okay...I know how you must be feeling. Don't worry about it...Just try to listen to me once in a while, alright?"

Sirius nodded. "So, where do we begin?"

"Well there are a few caves just outside London that they may use. They're in very secluded areas. I think we should check those out first."

"We'll apparate?"

Remus gave him a look. "I don't think it's a good idea for you to go apparating back and forth throughout the country all day. The ministry probably has some type of detectors out there for any trace of you doing magic. You probably shouldn't have apparated last night."

"I'm not staying here Remus," Sirius yelled, quickly losing his temper again.

"God, Sirius, I know! Would you just listen?!"

Sirius looked at him sheepishly and mumbled an apology.

"I want you to transform into your animagus form and I'll apparate us both there."

"If we're popping all over England that's going to drain you."

"I'll make it...and I'll recuperate tonight."

"Okay...can we go now?"

"Transform."

Sirius stood up and closed his eyes and seconds later was on four legs, covered with black fur. Remus couldn't help but smile at the memories the sight brought back to him. He didn't have time to dwell on those, however and grabbed hold of the dog around it's neck. With a loud bang they left Remus's house and suddenly appeared in a wooded area on a hillside.

Remus immediately took off towards a rocky area and put his hand over his wand. He looked down at the dog that was shaking its furry head slowly.

"What?"

Sirius trotted off into an area of denser undergrowth and transformed back into his human form.

"He's not there."

"How do you know?"

"I can't smell him. If he was here I'd know it."

"Okay, transform again and we'll go to the next one."

Sirius did as ordered and they were soon near the next cave. Again he shook his furry head. He did the same at the next eight caves they went to.

Near the end of the day they had checked so many caves without a trace of Harry that both had lost a lot of the hope they had been holding.

Sirius transformed back into his human form around 7:00 PM deep within a forest. He sat roughly on a rock and put his face in his hands. Remus saw how tense Sirius looked and didn't know what to say to his friend.

"We're never going to find him, are we Moony? You're going to have to tell Dumbledore and he'll come to the rescue like he always does...but it won't be a real rescue...who knows what he'll do with Harry."

"I swear Sirius if we have to resort to asking Dumbledore for help I'll try to the best of my ability to get you out of this mess. There are ways to prove that you've done nothing wrong. And I'm sure that Harry will let them know what a great guardian you've been to him. I saw him Sirius, I saw how much he wanted you when he was being taken away...he loves you."

"And I love him...and I need him," Sirius said hoarsely.

Remus patted his back gently and said, "Don't give up hope yet. There's one more cave I know of. Remember the Weasley's?"

"Arthur and Molly? They're in the order, right?"

Remus nodded. There's a cave deep in the forest that surrounds their house. We had a meeting there once after...you know."

"What do they think of me?"

"The er...entire order believes that you turned on Lily and James."

"Well where the Hell do they think Peter went to? Disneyland?!"

"I don't know Sirius...I'm just saying we should go check it out."

Sirius nodded, looking embarrassed for getting carried away yet again.

"Lets try it," Sirius said half-heartedly and transformed back into a dog.

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"Scabbers! Scabbers! Where are you ya dumb rat?!" little Ron Weasley yelled as he walked further and further away from the burrow and deeper and deeper into the forest. After five days of not knowing where the family rat was Ron let curiosity get the better of him. He set out on the adventure of his life to find the rat and bring it back to his family.

Ron followed the path that led into the forest until it forked three ways. He chose to follow the middle path, which forked again, and then again. Soon it was getting dark and Ron had no idea where he was and wanted nothing more than to go home, whether it be with or without Scabbers.

He wandered back and forth over the paths and found no way out. Giving up he sat right down on the forest floor and stared up at the hauntingly tall trees. Tears were streaming down the young boys face as he pulled his legs in close trying to protect himself from the wind.

Suddenly he felt a tingling on his arm. He looked down and with the little light the fading sun still gave off he saw a large black spider crawling over his freckled skin.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" he yelled jumping to his feett and running in circles, swinging his arm around madly. He looked and saw the spider still on his arm and with one well-aimed flick sent it flying into the bushes.

Ron sighed in relief and sat back down only to hear a loud bang.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" he yelled again until he saw a friendly looking man and a big black dog, Remus and Sirius. The dog barked when he saw him and ran up to smell him. Then he looked back at Remus and tilted his head slightly.

"Maybe Harry isn't the only kid they kidnapped," Remus thought to himself and walked towards the little red haired boy.

"Who are you, and why are you out here alone so late?"

"I'm Ron, Ron Weasley...I was looking for my pet rat, Scabbers. He ran away the other day and I thought maybe he'd be out here...but I got lost. I'm-I'm scared."

Remus knelt in front of the boy and said, "Are you Arthur and Molly's son?"

Ron nodded, "Can you help me?"

"Yeah, we'll get you home," Remus said comfortingly and grabbed the little boys hand. "We'll have to walk though, there's no way I can apparate you and my dog Padfoot there."

"Okay," the boy mumbled.

Remus took out his wand and mumbled a spell that would point him in the right direction towards the burrow.

"C'mon," Remus said and led Ron forward. Yet, he soon realized that the dog wasn't following. "Hold on a minute." Remus dropped Ron's little hand and walked back to where the dog was sitting defiantly.

"Sirius," he hissed. "I know you want to keep looking for Harry, but we can't just leave him here."

The dog gave a look that said it was exactly what he planned to do.

"We can still look for him, Sirius. After we bring him home. Do you want him to get kidnapped too?"

The dog looked down.

"Come on."

This time Sirius followed Remus, albeit reluctantly.

After about twenty minutes of walking Ron was slowing down greatly. As Remus noticed this he stopped him, crouched down, and said, "Are you okay?"

"Tired," Ron mumbled.

"Do you want to ride?" Remus asked mischievously.

"Huh?"

"Padfoot here is a big dog. I bet he could carry you on his back no problem."

Sirius, who had been trotting ahead of them turned and gave a sharp glare at Remus. Remus just glared back.

"Cool!" Ron exclaimed and with a running leap hopped onto Sirius's back. Sirius gave a low growl but showed no other sign that he was annoyed with the situation.

They continued on their way until they reached a fork. The path for them to take was illuminated due to Remus's spell and he set down that side of the trail. Sirius however had a mad look on his face.

Suddenly he took off at full trot down the other path.

"Sirius! What are you doing?!" Remus yelled and followed.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Ron yelled as he clutched to Padfoot's fur, fearing that he'd be thrown off.

They ran like that for a full minute before Sirius came to a full halt and turned back to look for Remus. He waited a few seconds and Remus came into view, very short of breath.

Sirius then shook the little boy off and transformed into his human form.

Ron gave out a loud yell and Sirius dove for him, clamping his hand over the young boys mouth. Ron fought and struggled against his hold but it was useless.

"What the hell do you think you're doing Sirius?!"

"Harry's here, Remus, we found him!"

"Harry's where?"

"Just through that brush there, I guarantee it."

"Well, how are we going to look for him with Ron here? Especially now that he's seen you. He knows who you are. I told you EVERYONE in England's been searching for you. Everyone's familiar with your face."

Sirius shrugged. "Tie him up and put a silencing charm on him."

"We can't just tie him up!"

"Of course we can and then we can get Harry, and then memory charm this kid...and everything will be alright."

"God, Sirius...this really is too much for us to handle."

"No, it's not!" Sirius yelled fiercely almost losing his grip on Ron. "We can do this! We're Marauders!"

"We used to be Marauders," Remus said firmly.

Sirius looked up at him with a mixture of anger and hurt in his eyes. "Really? Well why don't you just take him home. I'll go get Harry myself. He's my responsibility anyway."

"Sirius--"

"No, Remus, it's fine. Take him and go...Just please memory charm him or something so he doesn't tell anyone I'm here."

"I want to help you with this!" Remus yelled.

"You obviously don't...just take care of Ron here...if that's more important to you than the marauders." Sirius let go of Ron and started walking towards the bushes.

Ron jumped to his feet and started running the other way. Remus caught him quickly, and as Sirius had done clamped his hand over the child's mouth.

"Wait, Sirius--" Remus said and pointed his wand at Ron. "Petrificus totalus."

Ron stiffened in Remus's arms and Remus gently set him down behind a bush so that if anything happened with the deatheaters he wouldn't be trampled.

Sirius gave Remus a short smile of gratitude and together they set through the bushes. They inched deeper into them until they found a clearing. At one side of the clearing were a group of very large rocks and in between them was a fairly wide opening. Sirius set out to march right to it but Remus held him back.

"We can't just walk in there," Remus whispered.

"What are we going to do then?!" Sirius whispered back sharply.

"We need a plan."

"Plan away!"

Remus glared at him and then started to think. "We need to get as close as we can, so we can see in without being seen. Then we can start stunning the deatheaters one by one until our presence is found out. Then we duel."

"Duel..." Sirius whispered fearfully.

"Did you think this would be easy?"

Sirius sighed and shook his head. "Okay, lets go."

They crept around the sides of the clearing, using the shadows of the forest for cover, until they reached the side of the cave. Then, Remus got on his hands and knees and peered into the cave. He then backed away again.

"Transform," he whispered.

"What? How can I get Harry as a dog?!"

"Get him to climb on your back and run out of there. While I create a scene. Don't wait for me Sirius, just get yourself and Harry out."

"But what about the plan?!"

"The plan won't work." With that Remus ran into the cave and started yelling incantations.

"Shit!" Sirius exclaimed and then transformed into the dog. He skulked into the cave and ran straight for Harry who he found pressed against the rock crying. Remus's plan was working no one was paying attention to him.

Sirius nudged Harry's arm with his nose and Harry looked at him. First he backed further into the wall, but when he looked into the dog's eyes, he trusted it. Sirius pushed Harry's arm over his back and Harry understood that he wanted him to get on. He did so and Sirius quickly made for the exit. With one final look back he saw many deatheaters on the ground and Remus still standing, dodging spells left and right.

With a soft yelp Sirius left the cave for good and trotted back out onto the path.

He stopped somewhere near the point where they had left Ron and let Harry off his back.

"Thank you," Harry muttered cordially as he patted the dogs head. Sirius saw his lips tremble. "Do you know where Sirius is? I miss him..."

Sirius's heart wrenched as he saw how scared Harry still was, but he didn't know the best way to show Harry who he was. Seeing a dog turn into his godfather could be very traumatizing but what else could he do?

Slowly he backed away from the boy and then transformed. Harry gasped and started running before he got a chance to see that it was Sirius. He just saw that the dog was turning into a man and wasn't too sure it was safe.

"Harry!" Sirius yelled and the boy stopped dead in his tracks. He slowly turned and started beaming. He ran back and jumped into his godfather's waiting arms and just broke down in sobs.

Sirius held him close and rocked him back and forth, kissing the top of his head over and over again. "I've missed you so much bud, so much. Are you okay? Did they do anything to you?"

Harry shook his head. "They said they were going to kill you."

"They didn't get to, Harry, don't you worry. We're both going to be just fine."

"You told me they wouldn't come!" Harry sobbed and clung tighter to Sirius's neck.

"I know I did. I didn't think they would. I didn't think they could. I'm so sorry this happened to you Harry."

"Can we go home now, please?"

"Not just yet, Harry, but soon. I promise we'll go as soon as we can. Right now we have to wait for someone though."

"Who?! The bad men will come, Sirius! They'll take me again!"

"No they won't, I'm here with you this time. Those people that had you will never get their hands on you again. Do you understand me?"

Harry nodded and tried to squeeze himself closer to Sirius.

Sirius cupped the back of his head and held him closer. Tears of happiness were brimming behind Sirius's eyes but he held them back. He had Harry back but Remus hadn't come out yet and Sirius was beginning to worry.

"Where are we?" Harry asked suddenly.

"In a forest in England."

"Where's England?"

Sirius laughed. "Across the ocean from home. This is where we used to live before we moved to America."

"Is this where my parents lived?"

"Yeah," Sirius said sadly thinking that it was also where they died.

"Are we going back home ever?"

"I plan to go back. We can't leave Emily can we?"

Harry shook his head and pulled away from Sirius. He set him back on the ground. "Who are we waiting for?"

"An old friend named Remus Lupin."

"Where is he?"

"In the cave where you were."

"There's only bad men in the cave." "Do you remember the night they took you away?"

Harry nodded.

"There was a man there, he stayed behind when you were taken away."

"He did a spell on Emily!" Harry exclaimed. "We can't wait for him! He'll hurt us!"

"No he won't Harry. He was your father's and my best friend. That night he was under a spell. Someone else was controlling him. Do you understand?"

Harry looked skeptical but he nodded anyway.

"He should be here soon," Sirius said anxiously.

Sirius sat himself down on the forest floor and motioned for Harry to come over. Harry sat himself comfortably on Sirius's lap and let Sirius wrap his arms around him. Sirius rested his head atop Harry's and said, "I love you."

"I love you too." They were both silent for a moment. Then Harry said, "How come you were a dog?"

Sirius laughed lightly and was about to explain when he heard a rustle of leaves. He turned sharply towards the forest and saw Remus crawling towards the path on his hands and knees.

"Remus!" Sirius exclaimed. He helped Harry off him and brought him towards Remus. "What happened?!"

"I-got-hit," he breathed. Sirius saw that he was clutching his side and moved his arm out of the way.

"Rem--" Sirius mumbled and moved his hand away. There was a deep cut in his side. "Shit!"

"C'mon Remus I'm going to apparate you, and Harry...and that Weasley kid out of here!"

"Sirius-you can't!"

"Yes I can...you're hurt I need to get you help!"

"Sirius is that man going to be okay?" Harry asked looking ready to cry.

"Yes, Harry he'll be just fine. I'm going to take care of him, don't you worry."

"I don't think you'll be taking care of anyone, Mr. Black. But you can bet I'll be taking care of you."

Sirius looked behind him to see a tall old man with a long silvery beard, and piercing blue eyes. Albus Dumbledore.

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OOOOHHHHH OOOOHHHHH I loooooove cliffies! I hope all of you do too, hehe. Please give me some reviews, I like that a lot. Hope you liked that chapter; I'll try to get the next one up soon!

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Lord R: Thank you, I don't think it's perfect, but I'm glad you think so!

LizhowHP: I'm glad you looked me up on your favorite author list. I too love how cute Harry can be made to be when people show him as a little boy. Mine's nothing compared to one I read a while back. I can't remember much about it, but Harry was given a tin can for Christmas when he asked the Dursley's for a present. Very sad.

Oirams: I'm glad you like this better than my first fic. I think this one is better written, as you've said. But personally I like my plot better in my first fic. And I know what you mean about little reviews. I love them and I hate them. I like the fact that people are taking the time to tell me they're enjoying the fic, but I wish they'd tell me what it is they like or dislike.

Kelek: I don't plan to make Sirius fall in love. I didn't do it in my first fic and I don't intend to here. And I'm sorry that you don't like that I have Sirius parents as nice people, but I did right that portion of it prior to the release of OOTP, and I don't feel like going back and changing it because that would be changing a lot, and I like how it is at the moment. As for your reviews to my other story, I have a lot of responses, but since your not logged in I can't get you a response for all of it. Quick responses, that story was written BEFORE OOTP so of course it's not going to be accurate there. Second, I'm sorry you didn't like Sorai, but I think OC's, whether they are good or bad are necessary to good fanfics. We're not trying to write the next book exactly as JKR would. We're trying to write what we'd like to see happen, can't please anyone but yourself. So, I'm probably not going to take you up on most of your suggestions. Though, I did agree with what you said about crying in every chapter. It's way too much, I just got carried away.

Keebler-Elmo: This story will include Hogwarts, but not the way I think you think. I'm probably not (but maybe) going to carry this story up to Harry's first year. I have a plan right now that doesn't include that, but plans change, as is seen in this chapter.

Carolyn: Nice to hear from you again! I too am terribly upset about the loss of Mr. Black, but I can guarantee you that he's not going to have the same fate in this story. As a reader of my last story I hope you know that I'd never do that...never. Thanks for reading!

Bella: Don't worry about Harry, he overcomes everything right...maybe, hehe

Little Elflet: Cute name! I'm glad you like the story so far.

Sky: I love Rhode Island, yes. I'm going to be living in Newport, college, starting September 1st. I'm quite nervous, but it's such a gorgeous place. If I have a terrible time I'll just go sit on the beach and it'll make me happy again...it has that kind of effect on me.

Anonymous: I did say there was someone at the grocery store who reminds me of Sirius (there are a lot of people who do). In this story I chose to have him work in a grocery store because, that's what I do at the moment and I thought he should too! I'm glad you like the story, but I wish you'd put your name down.

Hi: Thanks for the review I'm glad you liked...no loved it :)

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Katie: I'm glad you liked that chapter. I like this one a whole lot better, hope you do too. I had an awesome time writing this chapter. I'm shocked at OOTP, very disappointed. I don't know how she could do that to all of his fans...it's a damn shame! And again, thanks for the birthday wish. I did have an excellent birthday even though I only got books. College books are expensive and necessary, but not fun. Well I got OOTP too so I'm not whining!

A.Dee: I'm glad you like the story but don't plots get under your skin sometimes. It would be nice just to have all fluff all the time wouldn't it? It'd actually get quite boring, but I'd prefer it to what JKR did! And no, I will be having none of that in my story. Sirius will live long and prosper :)

Sexy Black: Thanks for reviewing. I hope this chapter was soon enough for Sirius to find the little one!

Laterose: Your review made me laugh. Here's how it happened: I wanted to add some action :) obviously you weren't too impressed with it, but I like it. I hope this chapter cheered you up a bit, but I bet the cliffie doesn't help matters much.

Jasmine Black: I would never make Remus or Sirius bad. They're too wonderful in my head. I'd sooner make Harry a deatheater than one of those two.

Lenai Riddle: I love the pumpkin outfit too. I was racking my head for costume ideas and I just envisioned this little boy with messy black hair, glasses askew, wearing a huge, round pumpkin...hehe