Summary: in this chapter, Harry is going to have a conversation with Sirius and then Dumbledore and Tonks will come to take him away. If you find any words misspelled, I'm sorry about that, I'm not a good speller. If you want to know the details, read this chapter and look out for the next one.

Disclaimer: I wish I owned all the Harry Potter characters, but unfortunately, I don't. They Belong to J.K. Rowling.

Chapter 3

Sirius's Story

Harry took a good look at his godfather. He looked in bad shape. His hair was filthy and he was covered from head to toe in dirt and mud. On his left leg, there was some dried blood.

"Sirius, what happened to you?" asked Harry.

"I'll tell you in a minute," replied Sirius, "but could you get me some food right now. I haven't eaten for days and I'm starving."

"Okay, sure." Harry got up and went downstairs. Then he sneaked into the kitchen (Dudley was with his faithful gang, vandalizing streets and beating up people. Petunia was in the backyard, spying on the neighbors and Vernon was at work.) In the refrigerator, Harry got out a giant piece of ham, a bottle of water, some fruit, and two chicken drumsticks. Harry took all of this food up to his room and gave it to Sirius.

"So what happened to you? Even Dumbledore said that the dead can't be awakened. Where were you all this time?" Harry asked.

"Well, after that bitch Bellatrix hit me with that curse, I fell through the archway of the Underworld." Said Sirius, tearing of a strip of ham with his teeth like a person who, for the first time in his life, saw food.

"Sorry, but where's the Underworld? I never heard of such a place. Is it sort of like a place that only wizards can enter?"

"The Underworld lives up to its name. It's in the ground but you can only get there if you go across the veil. It isn't a place that wizards would rather go to. You see, when you cross the veil, in order to actually get there, you have to fly across space. And then when you land, you'll be lucky if you break only half the bones in your body. Nobody has even explored it; we can only guess what's in that world. Most people die if they come across it.

"But you didn't," Harry said, "You lived and you got out of there alive. How did you do it?"

"I'm not exactly sure," Sirius said truthfully. "I remember falling through the veil and waking up on the ground. I can't remember what happened after I fell through the veil, it's like there's a big whole where that memory's supposed to be. When I woke up I momentarily couldn't remember who I was. Then it came to me. I knew where I was, but I couldn't do anything about it. There's a reason that no one goes there, you can't get out. Even if you do find an exit, you're going to need a lot of strength to get back up to our world since you're going to be walking up the steps a long time."

"But how the hell did you get in this shape? You look worse than Snivellus with his greasy hair and long nose."

Sirius smiled, "I told you, I haven't eaten for days. I was also trying not to attract attention since Voldemort ordered his Death Eaters to search for me and kill me. At first, I did steal some food in Hogsmade but then one night, I cam out from my hiding place to steal some food and Bellatrix saw me. I was very weak so I couldn't transform into a dog, but she didn't even come after me, she just smiled and went on her way. Since then, I've been traveling to get to you so we can both go to the headquarters of the Order."

"But, wait a minute, this night I had one of my visions and in it, Bellatrix said that she saw you in Diagon Alley and not Hogsmade." Harry said feverishly.

Sirius looked surprised, "Are you sure?"

"Yes."

Sirius continued, "'cause I know for a fact that Bellatrix wouldn't dare lie to Voldemort. She loves him so much and she's also afraid of him."

"Maybe she's on our side." Harry suggested.

Sirius snorted, "On our side? Please. She's more like a traitor for our side."

"Speaking of traitors," Harry said, "I know a person who is one."

Sirius seemed interested, "oh, really, who?"

"Snape."

Sirius spat out the water down his front. "Are you sure?" he sputtered. "Because you know, as much as everyone hates him, he's still really loyal to Dumbledore."

"He might pretend he is, but he was at Voldemort's hideout and Voldemort ordered him to kill you and Snape actually said that he would."

"Maybe you misunderstood Voldemort." Sirius suggested.

"I know what I heard, Snape's a traitor." Harry said firmly.

There was a moment of silence.

"Well, at least we can finally put Snivellus where he belongs. In jail." Sirius looked very happy at that thought. "Now, onto the next subject. Harry-did you write anybody about this?"

"Oh, yeah, I did. I wrote to Dumbledore."

The color drained from Sirius's face, "Dammit, Harry, do you know what you have done? Your letter might get intercepted and some Death Eater or spy might read it."

Harry was staring down at his hands, "Look, I'm sorry, but I had to tell someone. And I don't know how else I could tell Dumbledore without putting it in writing."

Sirius looked at him, "I guess that it'll be okay. As soon as Dumbledore gets your letter, he'll want you removed from here immediately. There's going to be hell to pay anyway. Now, can you show me the way to your bathroom, I need to wash off."

After Sirius washed off and actually looked like a person again, Harry asked,

"Should we fly to the Orders Headquarters? I think that both of us can fit on my broom and you can bewitch my trunk so it would be feather light. Should I get ready?"

Sirius looked surprised, "You want to fly to headquarters? Have you lost it? We're supposed to try to stay on the low down, not fly halfway across the country; somebody is bound to notice a broom. Besides, you will need like five people to guard you. Our only hope is a portkey, but I don't really think that I'm up for it.

As soon as the words left his mouth, they heard a crash downstairs. Petunia screamed. Harry and Sirius went down to see what all the noise was about. When they got to the living room, they got a big surprise.

A statue was broken and it lay on the floor, Tonks (with her bubble gum pink hair) was sitting right by it, (it looked like as though she fell and broke it), Petunia was in a corner and Dudley was trying to hide behind his mom, a task that he was nowhere near to completing. And in the middle of the room, looking very windswept was Dumbledore in blue robes, his eyes twinkling.

"Wotcher, Harry, we came to get y-," Tonks didn't even bother to finish. She and Dumbledore were staring at Sirius.

"What-how-I-Sirius?" sputtered Tonks. "But-but, didn't you die? I remember you fell through the veil and then you probably broke all the bones in your body when you landed."

"Well, here I am, alive and in the flesh." Sirius said, grinning. "I just arrived about three hours ago. Tonks, you should have seen the faces that you were making, you acted as if you've never seen a ghost before and saw one right now."

"Well, then, welcome back Sirius." Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling merrily.

"Professor Dumbledore," Harry asked, "Does this mean that you already got my owl?"

Dumbledore turned to him, "Yes I did," he said quietly, "I was near here so it's lucky that your owl didn't have to fly a long distance or your letter would have been intercepted. It was very dangerous to send me that letter, but never the less; it had the effect that you wanted it to have. Come now, I'll make a portkey and you and Sirius will be able to go to headquarters. Right now, go up to your room and gather your belongings. I suggest Tonks to help you; I need to speak with Sirius alone.

Harry and Tonks went up to Harry's room.

"So, Harry, have you had a good summer?" asked Tonks.

"Hell no. It was a usual summer; I couldn't wait to get away from here." Said Harry, grinning.

"Yeah, well, my summer was busy. We had to find a place of where to keep those Death Eaters that you caught last year. We couldn't give them to the dementors; they'll just set them all free again. Finally, it was Fred's idea to petrify them and then just store them. They're in the cellar of our Headquarters."

"Fred is I the Order?" Harry asked, surprised.

"Oh yeah, Fred and George are our Junior Members Right now, they just do all the boring stuff. I think that Dumbledore is going to let you, Hermione, and Ron be Junior Members. At least, that's what he said he was going to do."

Harry's spirits lifted. "Does that mean that we will be able to attend the meeting?"

"I think so," Said Tonks lightly, "But you will only hear the main part. You won't actually hear the plans and all."

"Cool." Was all that Harry could say. He couldn't believe it. He was actually going to be in the Order. Even though he was just going to be a Junior Member, he was still happy. Harry thought that Mrs.Weasley, a plump short witch that was Ron's mother, would probably disapprove of it. He smiled at the thought.

When Harry packed all of his belongings, Tonks said, "You got everything? Okay, Locomotor Trunk!"

Harry's trunk was magically lifted into the air.

"Come on, let's go." Said Tonks, holding her wand like a puppeteer.

They headed downstairs, the trunk first, gaining speed as it was going down the stairs, then Tonks, and finally Harry who was holding Hedwig's cage.

"Congratulations Harry, Dumbledore just told me," Sirius said with a big smile on his face, "You're a Junior Member in the Order now. You will have to do some paperwork, but at least you're allowed in on the meetings."

"Yeah, Tonks told me." Harry said.

"Okay, enough chatter." Dumbledore said. He held up a piece of the broken statue and said "Portus. Now, Harry and Sirius will take the portkey and me and Tonks will apparate. Everybody ready. Harry, Sirius?

Harry and Sirius nodded. Harry was holding Hedwig's cage and Sirius was holding the trunk.

"Three, two, one..."

Suddenly Harry felt the familiar sensation of a hook being jerked. The Dursleys living room disappeared and Harry was flying in a whirlwind of color and sound.

So how do you like it? Interesting isn't it? Well, review and I'll post the next chapter soon, but until that time, see ya.