Harry Potter and the New Marauders

Reunited

"JUST WHAT ARE YOU HIDING FROM ME?!"

The girls were stammering, and then Harry heard a voice from behind him.

"Harry, please do not be angry with them." Harry spun around, and his eyes widened.

"It's not possible!"

"Sirius!"

There, behind him, stood his godfather, alive and breathing. His black, messy hair was as messy as always, and he had different clothes on from the last time Harry had seen him, which was when they had fought Voldemort and his Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic.

"Ho-how..? Where.? When.?"

Harry couldn't speak. His godfather, whom he had thought was dead for months, was here, and alive! He couldn't believe his eyes. Salty tears began to form in his pupils, and he ran up and hugged Sirius.

"I can't believe it's really you! I've missed you so much! But, wait a minute."

Harry focused his attention on Kelly and Heather.

"Why didn't you tell me? Did you not know the pain I went through losing him?! I wanted to die!"

"Do not blame them, Harry. This is my doing."

Harry spun around and focused on Sirius again. He looked confused, and his face also wore an expression of anticipation.

"After Bellatrix had hit me, and you left, Heather and Kelly apparated here, saving me in the nick of time. I was an inch from death, and these two healed me. It took me a little while for me to recuperate, and I told them to keep quiet about me. The only ones who know are Dumbledore and Remus."

"Lupin knew about this before me?! Why didn't you tell me?!"

"I didn't want to see the look on your face now back then."

"But, how did Heather and Kelly know where you were?"

"I've been friends with them ever since I had escaped Azkaban, they gave me food, and since they weren't really noticed by people, they were able to take care of me without being suspected."

"But why did they help you?"

"They had done research on my case for years, and they believed my story. After all, I took a Truth Potion, and boy did it work."

Harry sighed; this was a little much for him to comprehend at the moment. Then he thought for a second, and gasped.

"You've been helping me ever since school started, haven't you?"

Heather and Kelly blushed, and then Harry exclaimed.

"You were the ones who hinted to Hermione to check out that book on the Sorcerer's Stone and got Dumbledore there in time to save me, and you were the ones who brought Fawkes and the Sorting Hat to the Chamber of Secrets! You also were the ones who had helped me and Hermione with the dementors, not Snape! And you were also the ones who hinted to Cedric how to open the egg, knowing that he would tell me! Why have you been helping us all this time?"

Heather and Kelly looked at each other first, and then at Sirius, who nodded to them. Heather spoke up first.

"It is our duty to do so."

"Duty?"

"Yes. My parents, and hers as well, were the guardians over your parents along with Sirius and Wormtail had been. They too were Secret Keepers, however, they were killed, but they never spoke a word about it, unlike Wormtail had done," Kelly replied.

"That still doesn't explain why you two kept watch over me and have been helping me all these years."

"Dumbledore assigned us to be your guardians in our first year. We were trying to be unnoticed, that way we could watch over you more easily. Remember Harry, we weren't forced to guard you. We volunteered; we wanted to bring honor to our families, just like our parents had done fifteen years ago. You would get all the credit, but we didn't mind. We don't like to gloat. Well, only to ourselves, anyway."

"Well, we should be heading back to the Leaky Cauldron, I'm really tired, and famished," Sirius whined.

There was grumbling of the stomachs all around. Everyone sighed, but they put a smile on their faces. Harry couldn't feel more cheerful; his godfather wasn't dead after all, and he wouldn't have to live with the Dursleys anymore, now that Sirius' name had been cleared. When they were getting out of the alley, Harry, as well as Sirius, Heather, and Kelly, bumped into someone rather big.

"We really have to stop doing that, my head hurts," Harry complained.

"Sorry 'bout that 'Arry."

"Hagrid!"

Harry's favorite half giant friend (or really, his ONLY half-giant friend) helped him and the others off the ground.

"It's been awhile since I've seen ya last, 'Arry."

"It's good to see you again Hagrid."

As Hagrid was smiling, he finally spotted Sirius, and his face turned pale.

"Si-Sirius."

"I believe it's been fifteen years, Hagrid."

Sirius smiled at him, and Hagrid looked as if he was about to cry.

"I-I thought that you 'ere de-de-dead! It's a miracle!"

He began to cry uncontrollably, and Harry calmed him down.

"It's okay, Hagrid."

The others started to giggle about the half-giant's sensitivity, and then he pretended to be angry.

"Oy, if y'all keep making fun o' me, then I'll really give ya somthin to laugh 'bout!"

All of them laughed together, and Harry felt so joyful. He couldn't believe this, it was like a dream. Only he hoped that he wouldn't wake up. They went to the Leaky cauldron, where they ordered some butterbeer for them all. It warmed them all up, and before they knew it, it was September 1st, the day Harry, Heather, and Kelly had to leave for the Hogwarts Express at the Train Station, on Platform 9 ¾. Harry remembered his first time to the train station. When he had showed one of the workers his ticket, the guy thought he was trying to be funny, as there wasn't a Platform 9 ¾. At least, to the Muggles eyes. In between the platforms 9 and 10, there was a secret entrance to a special place where the Hogwarts Express rested. When they reached the 9 and 10 platforms, they saw Ron's family there, along with Hermione. When they saw Harry with his new friends, they introduced themselves.

"I'm Heather, and this is Kelly."

"Pleased to meet you, my name is Hermione Granger."

"And I'm Ron Weasley, this is my mum, my dad, my brothers Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, and George, and this is my little sister, Ginny."

"Pleased to meet you, Ginny."

Ginny smiled her usual sweet smile. It was twenty minutes before 11 o'clock, when the train would be leaving.

"Everyone, I've got a surprise for you all. This may come out as a bit of a shock," Harry said.

Everyone looked at each other, confused. Only Heather, Kelly, and Harry were smiling. Then Harry turned around, and motioned for Sirius to come into sight from the shadows.

"Everyone, Sirius is alive."

Hermione, Mrs. Weasley, and Ginny gasped, and Mr. Weasley, Percy, Bill, George, Fred, and Charlie had their mouths gaped open.

"This isn't exactly the welcoming I was expecting."

Hermione started crying, and she ran up and hugged Sirius. The others started crying softly as well, and went up and shook Sirius' hands and hugging him.

Then they went to join Sirius' welcoming party. Harry, Kelly, and Heather explained what had happened to Sirius and how he was still alive. When they were finished explaining the story about Heather and Kelly being Harry's guardians, the ten minute bell rang. Then Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Ron, Heather, and Kelly boarded the platform. Then they got into their compartments on the train, on the way to their next adventure, this one promising to be exciting and full of adventure. Someone else saw them board the train, someone in the shadows. Awaiting to get them when they were unexpecting it.

"He he he.Welcome back, Harry Potter. This will be your last adventure at Hogwarts, I'm afraid. He he he!!" The shadowy figure laughed menacingly, and then walked back into the shadows, unaware to the young witches and wizards.