Chapter 1: A Day in Hogsmeade

Padfoot's Story

Disclaimer: I do not own anything or anyone in the story except for Sami Jackson, but I wish I did!

Welcome to my first ever fanfic, a romance between Sirius Black (my favorite character!) and my original character, Sami Jackson. (Be nice to Sami, I'm quite fond of her.) It's the 1st part of a trilogy about the Marauders. I am actually quite proud of this fic, because it is the 1st story I've started that I'm sure I'm going to finish.

Like all authors, I love posting a Chapter and seeing loads of reviews for it the next day. So if you like it and think I'm a genius, or if you hate it and think it's not worthy of being called a harry potter fanfic, please tell me! Of course, flames are not appreciated because what good do they ever do anyone? And if you flame me and don't give me a good reason why, my pet Barney the Bat {.,.} will eat the review. They're his favorite food. But please, don't go out of your way to make sure he gets fed. He doesn't have a big appetite.

And now that I've bored you all stupid, on with the story!

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It was a beautiful spring afternoon, and every Hogwarts student was taking advantage of the warm weather. This Saturday was the first day of the season that was warm enough for the students to take off their cloaks and scarves; every third-year and up was spending the day strolling through Hogsmeade. Seventh-year Sirius Black was sitting on a fence surrounded by his three best friends: Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and James Potter. Remus looked up at Sirius from his position on the ground.

"This month we could explore that shack behind the Three Broomsticks- There's a rumor that somebody has been smuggling Demiguise hides there and selling them illegally on the black market. I'd like to catch him in the act; I doubt he'd try to plead his innocence to a werewolf. Besides, I'd like an Invisibility cloak of my own, James- what do you think, Peter?" Peter's small, watery eyes darted to the Shrieking Shack behind Sirius.

"I don't know, Remus. It's not very safe to be wandering off like this every month, what if we get caught?"

"Aw Pete, c'mon, we wont get caught, it'll be great. Even if we were, it wouldn't exactly be difficult for you to just slip away...and what do you need an invisibility cloak for, anyway?" James said, shooting a grin at Remus.

The conversation continued normally as the group planned their next "full moon" outing, but it took another fifteen minutes before James noticed that Sirius hadn't taken part in the discussion.

"Sirius, what's up? I haven't seen you this quiet since Filch caught you bewitching that suit of armor to kick Mrs. Norris whenever she passed-" but he stopped mid sentence as he followed Sirius's gaze. "Oooohhhh..."

Sirius was staring down the street at a beautiful Ravenclaw seventh-year, who was sprawled on the grass chatting with her best friend, Lily Evans. The girl had dark, curly hair hanging down her back, and even from where Sirius was sitting he could make out her almond-shaped green eyes. The two girls were stuffing themselves with Honeydukes sweets, and Sirius watched intently as Lily pulled a Zonko's cracker and hundreds of tiny butterflies soared into the air. The girls laughed loudly. James returned his eyes to Sirius's face.

"Still dreaming about that Sami Jackson? She's a looker, all right, but you can have her as long as I get Lily."

Sirius looked as though he had been horribly offended.

"A looker? Is that all? You don't know the half of it! She's sweet, and she's funny, and intelligent-"

Sirius continued to rave about his crush until Remus pulled out his wand and threatened to hex him.

"We've heard it before, Padfoot. But if you don't mind, we'd like to continue the previous, slightly more important discussion. Unless, of course, you're finally gonna ask her out?" That shut Sirius up.

"Hey Sirius," James suddenly said mischievously, "Do you know if Sami likes furry black dogs?" A second later, Sirius had disappeared from his seat on the fence and a gigantic black dog was bounding towards two extremely attractive students sitting across the street.

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Sirius rushed across the street towards Sami, his heart pounding with excitement as he felt the wind in his fur and dirt under his paws again. He didn't stop to think about what he was doing, because if he did he knew that he would never work up the nerve to do it. Besides, it wasn't like Sami knew he could transform into a furry black dog at will...

Lily noticed him before Sami did.

"Awww, look at the cute doggy!" she crooned in the type of voice all girls reserve for this sort of thing. Sirius stopped and lay down on his belly, inching closer. Sami turned around too and smiled at Sirius.

"Where did he come from?" she asked Lily, beckoning Sirius closer with her hand.

"Dunno. It looked like he was coming from somewhere over there…" Lily replied, gesturing over at the group positioned in front of the Shrieking Shack. She scowled at James, who was watching her closely.

"Well, it doesn't matter, he's adorable. Hey, doggy; want some Bertie Bott's Beans?" and with a loud woof, Sirius rushed up to her and started licking her face. Sami laughed. "I love dogs. This one might just be a stray... I always wanted one, but Dad's allergic. No, boy, down!" she laughed again, as Sirius knocked her over and poked his nose into the candy bag.

James, Remus, and Peter watched as Sami and Lily got Sirius to beg, roll over, and shake hands for Every Flavor Beans. Often Sirius would leap forward and lick Sami on the nose.

"What a show-off," James muttered to the others, but they all grinned as Sirius walked around on his hind legs and caught a bean in his mouth. He coughed and spit it out, and the three of them heard Sami say, "Don't like the jalapeno pepper, huh, boy? I never did either-" and Sirius knocked her down again in an attempt to get more beans. When the last bean had been eaten, Lily checked her watch.

"C'mon, Sami, we better get going if we want to get back to school on time. Bye, doggie! I hope we'll see you again." She blew him a kiss, and Sami leaned down to hug him and rub the top of his head. Then both girls ran down the street crowded with students, talking excitedly to each other.

After making sure that Lily and Sami had turned a corner, the great black dog rushed back over to the Shrieking Shack, barking happily. He collapsed between James and Remus, and transformed back into the seventeen-year-old, black-haired, human Sirius.

"Hey, guys," Sirius panted, grinning broadly. "I'd say that went pretty well."

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First Chapter completed. I would like to meet all Padfoot fans- Sirius should not have died! So click on that little button in the bottom corner. Cheers!

-Padfoot-Dreamer-