Someone reminded me of the Disclaimer. Thank you. And to make it clear: Harry Potter and all its characters belong to Joanne K. Rowling and WB. At least I think so. Sadly, even Sirius doesn't belong to me. If I ever meet J. K. Rowling, I'll ask her if I can keep him, but until then, he's unfortunately not mine.
A/N: Thanks to Sparx and Trish, you know why!
Thanks to all my reviewers, I'd name you personally, but that would be longer than the chapter itself, so I'll just thank you all together now, and continue to answer the questions…
I won't stop writing, don't worry.
I'll try some original fiction, but that takes more time…
If Snape gets Sirius out? Wait and see. *g*
And to Sirius dying? Well, see the above…
To Harry's life with his parents: Yes, I guess I'll have to show it, even though I'm not happy about writing that part.
And Voldemort marking Harry his equal: You'll see. I already have the idea for it, and you'll see it.
There won't be a scene where James and Lily discover that Sirius won't come back, as he didn't plan on coming back, sorry!
There will be Remus in later chapters, don't worry. He'll get another main part.
James will be in later chapters, but the next some are without him, sorry, but he's hiding.
I'm always open for suggestions, and I'll listen to them, but in the end I'll do whatever I think works best.
Okay, thanks to you all, and to everyone who reviewed in a short way, it's nice to know people read it, and like it.
So please, continue!
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Chapter 5
"YOU?"
"You are repeating yourself, Black!"
"Of course I should have expected you to be here. You were always interested in the Dark Arts, weren't you, Snivellus?" Sirius used scornfully the name he had called Snape during their school-days.
Snape pressed his lips tightly together, to a flat line, and balled his fists. Obviously, he had to control himself really hard, not to hex Sirius on the spot. After he was a little calmer, he said in an even colder voice: "Do you want to listen to what I have to tell you, or are you still the arrogant jerk of the school-days, who thought he knew more than everyone else?"
"Well, at least I didn't follow Voldemort and kill God-knows-how-many people."
"No, you had to play the hero, didn't you? How fitting! Just jumping into danger head over heels. And leave the consequences to other people to deal with."
A short break appeared, when both of them just stared at each other with open disgust.
"Are you ready to listen to me? If not, I'll leave now. I won't endanger myself unnecessarily just because of you. Bad enough that I'm here at all, and haven't called for the others."
"Then why are you here, if you don't want to?"
"Dumbledore asked me for it."
Sirius stared at Snape unbelievingly. "Dumbledore? Why should Dumbledore ask you for something?
"If you'd have listened, I'd have explained everything, so shut up and listen!"
It was hard on Sirius, but he stayed quiet and listened to Snape. "Well, for some time now I've been working as a double agent for Dumbledore. Unfortunately, I never got to know who the traitor was, but it was me who told Dumbledore of the danger for the Potters. I didn't hear of the planned attack on you early enough to warn someone." He interpreted the look on Sirius face right: Sirius didn't believe him that he would have warned Black of a danger. And so he added: "I don't like you, Black, but should the Dark Lord get what he wants, than this would be a catastrophe for the whole world. That's why I'm here now. Was this just about you, I would leave you here without a second thought. But we can't afford that. That's why Dumbledore asked me to get you out of here. - Although, quite frankly, I don't have the slightest idea how to do that."
"And how do I know that you speak the truth?"
"Chocolate Frog Cards!"
"What?"
"The password. Chocolate Frog Cards!"
"Okay, so you're speaking the truth." Dumbledore's weakness for sweets led to the passwords often being sweets. "What about apparating?"
"Not possible from here. There are special transport points, and for those you need the permission of the Lord. And we wouldn't even get there. Just outside this door there are four dementors, guarding it. I'm just here to tell Him immediately when you are awake. So that the fun can be continued."
"I can't stand this much longer. I already feel my strength fading."
A long break, in which both of them thought hard.
"So, we have to prevent Voldemort from getting James, Lily and Harry. For this we have to prevent me from telling Him. But I can't get away from here. And even if you can tell Dumbledore where I am, he doesn't have enough people to dare an attack on Voldemort's lair. So we have to prevent me from telling Voldemort what he wants to know, without me getting out of here. - Do you have poison?"
"What?"
"Poison. Voldemort will kill me either way. So I'll die either on some painful Curse, probably after betraying my best friend, or I'll die before on poison. If I have the choice, I'll take the poison." A dry, humourless grin accompanied those words. "You do have something that kills after some time and can't be backtracked to you, don't you?"
"Afraid for me? How touching!"
"Well, if you're found out and tortured you could tell a lot of things that are bad for us and our plans. Nothing personal, I assure you."
"Oh, I already thought so. And yes, I think I do have a fitting potion. However, I can't give it to you before this evening, so you will have to endure about one and a half round of Cruciatus-curses. You think you will manage this?"
"Yes. If I can concentrate on the fact that it will be over soon, than I'll manage it."
"Good. I now inform the others that you're awake."
A short time later, the room started to fill with Death Eaters again. And again one after the other cried "Crucio!" And again the pain got stronger every single time, but this time he concentrated with every ounce of willpower on the fact that it would be over soon, forever, until he lost consciousness again.
When he awoke this time, there was again only Snape in the room. As soon as he saw that Sirius was awake, he appeared with a small bottle in his hand.
"Here, drink this. Then you'll have about the quarter of an hour. Then first will you get dizzy. Then you'll see only black, your eyes stop working. Then you won't be able to hear anymore, and at last your heart will stop working. Are you sure you want to do this?"
"I really don't want to do it, and I am open for other options, but as I see it, it's the only way."
He looked at the bottle, and thought about what Dumbledore would say to this. Probably something like, "There are always other options". Not this time. The only other option he could see was waiting until he broke down and betrayed his best friend. And that wasn't an option, not if he could help it.
"Okay, I'll take the stuff now."
"Stuff?" repeated Snape disgusted. "But to expect a sense for the beauty of potion-making from you is surely asked too much."
"Oh, and I almost forgot to tell you: Peter is the traitor. You need to tell Dumbledore that. The traitor is Peter Pettigrew."
"Really. I will tell Dumbledore. Anything else?"
"No, that was it. Tell everyone goodbye from me. And tell James that it wasn't his fault."
Snape nodded, then he went nearer to Sirius, and lifted the bottle to Sirius' mouth, so that he could drink. A viewer could have seen, that both of them detested their closeness equally strong.
When Sirius had emptied the bottle, Snape went outside, to call the other Death Eater.
And again one after the other used the Cruciatus-curse on Sirius. And again Sirius cried out, and writhed in his shackles, while trying to concentrate on the fact that it would soon be over. Then, finally, he felt through all the pain a slight dizziness, that was getting stronger and stronger. Then the black figures floated into another, until he didn't see anything, and after he lost his ability to hear, and then he didn't know anything anymore.
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