A/n: Don't say it. Don't say it. Don't say it. Please, don't say it!

Sirius: It's been over a month.

Alexa: No! You said it!

Sirius: Of coarse I did. It's what I do.

Alexa: Alright already! So I've been lazy! BIG DEAL! *runs off*

Sirius: *blinks* Well, I guess I'll do the disclaimer and thank you notes.

Disclaimer: Alexa dose not own Harry Potter. She didn't steal Harry Potter either. She just borrowed it without asking with no intention of returning it to J.K. Rowling.

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Lucerito-del-alba: I'm glad you're okay with the new version.  I'm also sorry for taking so long on this one.  Oh, and about the Malfoy thing, it's meant to be the elder Malfoy.  Sorry about the mix-up.  Luv!

Lady Arwen of Riverdell:  Glad you like!  Sorry for making you wait.  I know you don't like to wait, so the next one will be out soon.  Thanks for reviewing!

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Chapter 3: Into the Lair

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Sirius stared at his godson. "Harry, are you sure they're Death Eaters?"

Harry nodded. "They were disguised like they were my grand parents, and wanted me to meet them at midnight. I know one of them is Lucius Malfoy. I'm not sure who the other one is, but it's a woman."

Sirius nodded. "Ron," he said turning to the redhead. "Where is your dad?"

"He's in the car. It's at the end of the street."

"I want you to go back to the Burrow and contact Dumbledore. They won't expect Harry for about another ten minutes, but I'll stay here just in case."

Ron took off right away, but Harry stayed behind for a moment.

"Sirius, be careful."

"Don't worry Harry. I won't even come out of the shadows, okay?"

Harry nodded, and ran after Ron.

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The Weasley's new car had a new feature that allowed them to do something similar to Apparition, only it took a little longer. They were at the Burrow in a matter of minutes. On the way they explained what happened.

"Ron," Mr. Weasley said. "I want you to go get your mother. Harry, come with me so we can contact Dumbledore." Harry followed him into the kitchen. Mr. Weasley threw some powder into the fire place.

"Albus Dumbledore," he said. Dumbledore's head appeared in a few moments.

"Arthur? What is it? It's almost midnight after all."

"I'm sorry to bother you at this late hour, but we have a problem. Tonight was the night we were supposed to pick Harry up, but when we arrived Harry has standing in the middle of the road because of Death Eaters were in his house. He's with us now, so don't worry about that."

Dumbledore sighed. "Thank goodness for that. Now, I'll head over to the house right now. I'm sure Sirius has already notified Remus. Perhaps these Death Eaters might be a good thing if we can catch them."

"Yes they would be," said a voice. They turned to find Remus with a large back dog in the doorway. "That is, if they were still there."

Dumbledore looked at him. "Arthur, stand back. I'm going to floo over." And as soon as he said that, an old man stepped out of the fireplace.

While he was brushing the ashes off of his robes, the rest of the Weasley clan came into the room, including Charlie and Bill. Thirteen people in one room is rather crowded. "Perhaps we should move into a different room," Mrs. Weasley suggested. They all agreed.

Once everyone was comfortably seated in the living room, Harry was the first one to talk. "So, why aren't the Death Eaters there anymore?"

"Well," Sirius started, "I called Remus over and told him what was going on. I told him I promised not to go inside for Harry, so I had him do it."

Remus continued, "When I went inside I slowly crept into the kitchen, only to find it empty. I must have searched the entire house. They somehow found out that Harry wasn't there anymore."

"Well we can't do anything about that now," the elderly wizard said. "We'll just have to wait for another opportunity."

"But how did they get in the house in the first place, Professor?"

"Good question, Ron." Remus said. "And please, call me Remus. I'm not your professor anymore."

"And I believe I have the answer to that question," Dumbledore said. "It about the wards I set up around the house. They would keep away anyone who Harry believed was a threat. The people claiming to be Harry's grandparents were threatening, but Harry didn't believe them to be. So they were able to penetrate the wards. My fault really."

"Well, we can't do anything about that now," Mrs. Weasley said. "What I want to know is what to do with Harry. You're still welcome to stay with us, but I think your godfather would like to take you as well."

Harry looked from her to Sirius. They were making him pick?! How was he supposed to choose?

"Go ahead, Harry." Harry looked at his friend.

"But…Ron…"

"Go on. We hang out all the time. You don't get to be with Sirius that often. Who knows how much of him you'll see over the school year." Nobody saw the two Marauders grin.

Harry smiled. "Alright. I'll go with Sirius and Remus."

"Great!" Remus said. He pulled out a miniscule trunk and owl cage from his pocket. "Hedwig is outside, and I have your things. Harry, tell Hedwig to go to my place, and we'll meet her there."

Harry nodded, and went outside. When he returned, the others were all gathered around the fireplace.

"Alright. Harry, Moony will go first, then you, and I'll follow."

"Moony?" the twins asked.

"Uh-oh. Remus, go! Hurry!"

"Marauders Lair!" and he was gone.

"Marauders Lair?" the twins were in shock.

"Marauders Lair." Harry said. He was then sucked into the fire place. Getting dizzy, he closed his eyes. A few seconds later, he fell out of the fireplace and almost fell to the floor. Luck for him, Remus caught him.

"Thanks, Remus."

"No problem. Incoming!" At that moment Sirius fell out of the fire and landed face first!

"Gee, thanks for catching me!" he said sarcastically. "So what was with the rush back there, Harry?"

The boy smiled. "Sit down. This could take a while." Harry started to tell the two of them about how the twins found the Marauders Map. He told them about their pranks, all the inventions they made, and about the joke shop they wanted to make.

"Wow," Sirius said. They sound almost as good as us. Almost."

"Yeah. But after that I'm beat. I'm going to bed. 'Night guys." With a yawn, Remus walked up the stairs to bed.

"I think you should be getting to bed now, too," Sirius said to Harry. "Come on. I'll show you your room."

"Wait." Sirius looked curious as his godson started digging into his trunk. He found what he was looking for and returned to Sirius. "Here. This is for you." He gave him the star communatik.

"What's this?" he asked looking at the pin.

"It's a communatik. Here, I'll show you how it works." He ran into another room and said, "Sirius."

"Harry?" It worked!

"Hi Sirius! We can talk through these things. Cool, huh?"

"I'll say! Where did you get these things? What dose yours look like? How do they work?"

"Woah! Slow down. Hang on, I'll be there in a minute. Harry." And the connection broke. Harry ran back into the living room to see his shocked godfather.

"What just happened?"

Harry smiled. "Well, I got these from Ron for my birthday. This is mine," he showed the moon pin. "We say each others names to start a connection and say our own to break it. We are the only ones that can here what the other person says, too. So to anyone else in a room, it will look like you're talking to yourself. I think we're the only ones who can use it. Nobody else."

"Harry, that's great. Thank you. I love it." He put the pin in his pocket. "Let's go upstairs. Your room isn't exactly your room yet, just a spare room. We can decorate it tomorrow after the grand tour."

"Alright."

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Alexa: Okay. Next chapter you get to learn all about the Marauders lair.

Sirius: And you will get it within the next week if I have anything to do with it!

Alexa: Well you don't' have anything to do with it!

Sirius: I live in you head! I have everything to do with it! I know every thought in you head, and I can influence those thoughts! Speaking of thoughts, who's Tyler? You seem to be hung up on him…

Alexa: SIRIUS!