Okay, here is the next chapter. It is short, but I decided to have mercy, and give you the next part soon.
The A/Ns are at the end of the story…
Diclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, J.K.Rowling and some other people do. I don't make any money with it, and as I'm a poor college student, you won't get anything if you sue me.
Chapter 6
"Good morning!" a happy voice greeted him as he woke. He had a terrible headache, and the rest of his body felt as if he had been wrestling with a troll -and lost. If one was dead there should be no pain, or was this asking too much? Especially since he shouldn't have a body that could be aching.
Slowly he opened his eyes to search for the source of the happy voice, and looked directly into the face of Albus Dumbledore, who was sitting at the end of his bed.
But that couldn't be true, Dumbledore was still alive, whereas he himself was dead, wasn't he?
"Did you die, too?" was the first thing that came out of his mouth.
"Why "too"? And why should I be dead?" Dumbledore's smile had left his face, instead there was a look of utter confusion.
"Well, I drank poison that was supposed to kill me. So I should be dead." When he saw the look on Dumbledores face, understanding dawned on him. "I take it I didn't drink poison" he stated the obvious.
Now the wrinkles on Dumbledores forehead were no longer a sign of puzzlement, but of annoyance.
"You thought the potion was a poison to kill you? Then why exactly did you drink it?"
"Well, I couldn't take this much longer. And I had to make sure Voldemort didn't get James. that was the only possibility I thought of."
He smiled innocently. Then he thought of Snape. "It was no poison, and Snape knew it, didn't he? That means this slimey - oh, I'll kill that bastard!" Now Sirius was really angry.
Dumbledore's forehead was still in wrinkles, but he said, "You owe him your life!"
"He told me that I would die!!!" Sirius almost cried, but soon discovered that this wasn't such a good idea, when he felt his head explode. "And where is he?" he groaned.
"He's gone back. After taking your 'corpse' from the wall, he sent someone to Voldemort, who became angry and cursed the Death Eaters with some "Cruciatus"-curses." Then Severus took your body out of the house, he said he would bury it. He used a portkey I gave him to transport to a house we often use as a station, from there he came here by floo-powder. He brought you here, and then had to get back without taking a break. But he'll be back this evening..."
"Good. I really want to have a word with him. To make me believe I would die. Bastard! Oh, and did he tell you who the traitor is?"
"No, he said you knew it, and he would leave it to you to tell me. He was in quite a hurry. So, who is it?"
"Peter Pettigrew!" Sirius answered. As soon as he thought about it, a wave of fury and disappointment overcame him.
Dumbledore wore now a stern expression. "Are you sure?" "Yes. Voldemort mentioned that James had refused the offer of someone else to be the secret-keeper and insisted on me being it. Only Peter could have told him that."
Then Madam Pomfrey came through the door and interrupted the dialog. Sirius just now realized that he lay in a special part of the hospital wing of Hogwarts.
"Now that's enough. This potion that Professor Snape gave him wasn't good for his health. And he wasn't in a good shape before, so please, Albus go now, or he'll never get rest!" With those words she put some chocolate on Sirius night table. "You have to eat this; Professor Snape said something about you being in contact with dementors. But before, you'll take this potion, boy, it will help against the pain and it will help you sleep." She gave him a vessel, and watched him closely. She wanted to make sure that he really drank the potion that tasted like cod-liver oil and sage, and other things he couldn't identify. And not gave it to the flowers.
Once he had given a potion for regenerating in one of the flower-pots while she had been busy with other things. Half of the hospital wing had been unusable for some time, because it had been overgrown by the small violet. It had taken weeks until everything had been back to normal.
This time he took the medicine without a comment, and that spoke loudly of the pain he was feeling. Then he started to unpack the chocolate and putting it into his mouth. He offered Dumbledore some, who took a small piece, too. "After this shock I can really use some. Peter. Who would have thought of that?"
"Lily, she said something like this." Sirius suddenly went pale. "Oh my God, when I think what would have happened if they followed my advice."
On Albus' questioning glance he explained his plan to make Peter the secret-keeper.
Then he suddenly felt so tired, that he lay down and was immediately asleep.
So, first: Thanks to Sparx and Trish, you girls are just great.
Then, thanks to everyone who reviewed. Now, to all of you personally:
FallenAngel664: I'm glad that you waited to kill me. You don't want to do it anymore, now do you?
Kantomon: Your feeling was true. Now, our fics have two things in common: He doesn't succeed in either one.
JediHermione: *blushes* Thank you! I hope you didn't have to wait too long…
Kimmaree: Well, seems as if hoping has helped…. :-)
Draco-Malfoy-Severus-Luva: Thank you!!! No need to cry, he isn't dead. Was that update soon enough?
M.J. Kobayashi: Now, I granted your wish. Are you happy? J
Boowoo: Thank you! I hope you like this as well, and don't worry, there's much more to come.
Jenstarz: Sometimes hoping helps. You still like it?
alana chantelune: You were right, no suicide (at least not now!)
eskimopie: I didn't kill him. I think I love too much to kill him when there's a good way to let him live. J
ofir: *revives you* Now, it's not sooo bad, you see? No reason to cringe to death!!!
Nirkanta: Was this soon enough? I really hope you don't want to kill me anymore….
SiriusWolf: *blushes* Thank you soo much. I didn't do the same thing JKR did. See? I'm not evil. As for James still being there… Wait and see…
LM C: Thank you! *gives handkerchief* No reason for tears, he's still alive!
So now, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know it is short, but I'd rather post shorter chapters more often….
And I hope the comments made sense, as it is 1:30 am now, and I can hardly keep my eyes open!
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