AN: I reread the other chapters and came up with something to go on with this chapter. Something this story had in the beginning that it lost. Now, I think I've found it and have put it in this chapter. Hope you all like it! ^_^
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It was now the summer before Sirius' third year. Sirius is currently thirteen years old and is looking as grown-up as ever. Sirius was outside, sitting by a spring in the forest, accompanied by Seraph. Sirius was also surrounded by pieces of parchment and books! That's saying something for a boy who doesn't care for his studies.
His eyebrows were fixed together in concentration and he was scribbling something onto a piece of parchment. Seraph picked his head off the ground to look over at Sirius. / How is it going? /
Sirius let out a tired sigh, "I don't get any of it. It's really confusing. We haven't covered half this stuff in class!" He let out an exasperated sigh and put his notes aside. "I need a break."
/ I admire your devotion to helping your friend. It's a sign of loyalty and strong friendship. It shows you really care for him. /
Sirius shook his head, "I really feel bad for him. Can you believe that we are his first true friends? And you should've seen the night we found out he was a werewolf. He thought we would abandon him! We'd never do that!"
Seraph looked at Sirius with a newfound respect. / I believe this encounter of a case has made you mature quite a bit since last year, Sirius. /
"Stop Seraph! You're making me blush," but Sirius smiled. He then reached for a folded up letter under a book and unfolded it. "James and me will be writing to each other to try to help each other out on this. Peter isn't much of a help. He'll be totally clueless if he tried helping out."
/ He'd be more of a burden than a help is what you are saying? /
"That's right," he said, and reread the letter James had sent him. James was having a rough time with this too and both were actually very intelligent. They had taken some books from the restricted section of the library, to study over the summer, and replaced them with fake ones that resembled them.
/ Maybe I can be of assistance to you to make this potion. What exactly will it do and accomplish? /
"Well, James and I thought a long time on how we can help out Remus during his transformations. There's no cure to rid him of the wolf but we figured we could help him out in another way. That's when we found out about the Animagi potion. If we can brew it, we'll be able to turn into an animal of our choice."
"You see we'd be in danger as humans if we were with him when he transforms, but as animals we won't get hurt."
/ That's very true and good thinking. You think accompanying him during his transformations will help him? /
"Nothing is a hundred percent certain but it might." Sirius folded the letter and put it under his book. "It's better than being all alone." Sirius sat back, lounging against the bark of the tree. His arms were behind his head and his legs spread out over the green grass. He then brought his hand around his neck and started to fiddle with the necklace he had received from the woman at the cave during the winter holidays.
He noticed changes in the forest. Now that it was summer, you found more grass and lots of light. Many flowers could be found too, especially at the spring where they were. And there were more birds and animals around too. The forest didn't look so menacing anymore like when he was younger.
/ Look Sirius. /
Sirius looked to where Seraph's gaze was and saw a full-grown doe with its baby. Sirius watched as the pair came cautiously closer to them. The mother stared intently at them, and cautiously came closer with her baby. Never letting her gaze drop from him, her baby went to drink from the spring.
Sirius smiled at the sight. He'd never seen something like this before in the forest. He stayed perfectly still so as not to scare her, and saw Seraph doing the same. He then heard a splash as the young deer leapt into the water and started to bathe. Sirius chuckled and saw it tilt its head to the side and stare at him. Its long ears moving all around.
Sirius watched as it came out of the water and shook itself to rid the water from himself. The mother even relaxed and took a quick sip of the cool water. Then she started to walk the opposite direction into the forest. The fawn then leapt after her and disappeared behind the bushes.
"Cute," Sirius said. He then stood up and stretched. A yawn escaped his mouth and he said, "Let's do something. I'm bored just sitting here." A smirk then appeared on his face, "Hey Seraph, I get a five second head start." Sirius then ran and disappeared behind the bushes.
Seraph leapt to his feet and followed Sirius' scent. It didn't take long to catch up to him though. Seraph was bigger, but he was also faster and more skilled and adapted to the forest. Sirius turned, saw Seraph, and ran faster. He too had gotten more adapted to the forest and its surprises.
He swerved in between the trees and narrowly avoided smashing into them. His necklace bounced on his chest on every step. He skimmed for a sign of his friend but didn't see him. He narrowed his eyes suspiciously and kept a sharp eye out just in case. His legs were starting to hurt but he continued running. Up ahead, he could see a huge tree with a massive bark.
/ That's the end. /
Sirius gritted his teeth and used all his might to make it to the tree. Running extremely fast. A pink blur then past his gaze followed by a dark one. But he kept on running. He soon saw Seraph already at the finish line. But he couldn't stop. He had pushed himself so hard that he couldn't stop!
/ Sirius…. /
Seraph leapt out of the way as Sirius rushed past him into the tree. Seraph winced at the impact and shook his head. He heard a low moan and Sirius fell backwards onto the dirt. Seraph walked over and saw Sirius covering his nose. A faint smell of blood came from his hands.
/ Let me see. /
Another moan and Sirius took his hands away to reveal a bloody nose. Seraph took a good look at it and decided it was probably broken. He started to lick off the blood now oozing down Sirius' chin and went up until his nose. Sirius protested and sat up putting his head back to stop the flow of blood.
"I almost beat chou," he said, laughing a little. "I think it's broken."
Seraph looked up and saw a tiny pink light, about the size of a grain of sand, come down and land itself onto Sirius' nose. Turning his body pink for an instant, but Sirius never noticed.
/ Are you sure? /
Sirius' head came back forward and he flared his nostrils. "What the- It doesn't hurt now." He brought his hand up to his nose and moved it around. "Weird…"
Sirius looked at Seraph, and crossed his arms. "I'll beat you someday."
/ You had me convinced for a while that you weren't going to mess up. Which means you weren't going to crash into a tree like you always do. But you once again did. /
"That's only because I couldn't stop. I was going too fast."
/ Then you have to work on stopping. But even if you knew how I would have still beaten you. /
"There's always next time, so watch your back Seraph." Sirius walked over to the huge tree that had been their finish line and sat down with his back against it. Seraph came as well and laid himself neatly on the ground. He didn't know why, but Sirius soon found himself remembering the day he had met Seraph. "Seraph? Remember the day we met?"
/ How could I forget. /
"The way I climbed that tree and threw those fruits at those dogs and ended up falling to the ground?"
/ Typical Sirius behavior don't you think? /
"Shut up," Sirius laughed, "and then the way you ended up chasing me to the cliff, which I nearly fell off of and died."
/ And the way you came up with my name. / Seraph finished.
A smile then formed onto Sirius' lips.
/ We should get going in order to make it back before nightfall. /
Seraph got up and started to walk away but noticed he wasn't being followed. / Sirius? /
"You go on ahead. I'll be right there. Make sure all my stuff is there too!" he called after Seraph.
Sirius then got himself up and took a good look at the tree. Sliding his hand around its smooth surface, he smiled and picked up a sharp rock off the ground. He took a good look at it and started to carve something into the tree. Five minutes later he stared approvingly at it. He then made a face, "That's the sappiest thing I've ever done. I'm grossing myself out."
But he couldn't hide the smile forming on his lips as he walked away. A pair of amber eyes were peeking out from a pair of bushes by the tree and out emerged a fairy. The same fairy with a pink aura that had met Sirius in the cave. She flew over to the bark of the tree, curious as to what Sirius had been doing. It read:
Seraph And Sirius
Best Friends Forever
The fairy smiled and passed her hand over the writing. She looked back and saw Sirius already gone, but that didn't stop her from waving madly after him. Saying good-bye.
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Sirius took out his pajamas and threw them onto the bed. Seraph was lying on the ground beside it. Watching as Sirius finished scribbled something onto some parchment and sent out an owl with his letter to James. "There, I've given him all the information I've gotten so far. Let's see how far he's gotten."
Sirius then picked up his pajamas and headed to the bathroom door connected to his room. "Give me ten minutes," he called to Seraph.
Sirius came out exactly ten minutes later. Bathed and in his pajamas. With hia necklace tucked safely under his shirt. His hair still a little wet and put back into a ponytail. He turned off the light and collapsed onto the bed. "I wonder what those people were here for," Sirius said, recalling when he had come home to find a group of men leaving his house. "They didn't look friendly either. I bet that if they had gone to Hogwarts, all of them were surely in Slytherin."
/ Guests of your father's no doubt. /
"I wonder what they were here for," Sirius wondered. He then changed the subject and turned to look over the edge of his bed. "And Seraph, next time you're out in the forest, go and check the tree that nearly broke my nose. You'll find a surprise there."
Seraph caught a small smile before Sirius disappeared over the bed. Then he heard the rustling of sheets as Sirius got settled in. Sirius bid him goodnight and fell asleep.
Seraph got up quietly and slowly. Putting the upper half of his body onto the bed, he gave Sirius a quick lick and went back to the floor. / Goodnight Sirius. /
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AN: So cute *squee* I really enjoyed writing this one. I hope you all enjoyed it. ^_^
