Lupin opened the door and Harry followed him inside. They walked down the hall into the kitchen.

"Okay, Harry stay here," Lupin said. "I'm going to go get everyone."

Lupin stepped out the door. Harry looked around and memories of Sirius came back. The memory of the night he died was the strongest. He sunk in a chair around the table.

CRACK

Fred and George Weasley appeared in the kitchen. They had big smiles on their faces.

"Hello Harry," They said happily.

"Hey," Harry said glumly. Sirius would normally be the first one to meet him.

"Harry," Fred said. "I know you were upset at the end of last year but I thought you would be happy now."

"After all..."

"George quiet," Mrs. Weasley snapped. She had just entered the room. Bill, Charlie, Ron, Ginny and Arthur Weasley entered the room too.

"Hello Harry," Mrs. Weasley said.

"Hey Harry," Bill, Charlie and Mr. Weasley said.

"Hey Harry," Ginny said. "Glad your finally here."

"Hey mate," Ron said. "How's your summer been?"

Before Harry could answer Mundungus, Kingsley, Tonks, Moody and Lupin entered the room.

"Hello Harry," Kingsley said brightly.

"Hello everyone," Harry answered.

"Now there will be a few more people joining us in a minute," Mrs. Weasley said. "But I would like to have everyone sit at the table so we can start when they get down here."

They set the table and sat down just as they heard two voices yelling from the floor above. It was impossible to make out what they were saying.

Then there was a third very loud, powerful, voice that sad very clearly, "Silence! Me and everyone else is sick of your constant bickering! Now could you not fight for two minutes as I tell you something?" The voice clearly belonged to Albus Dumbledore.

Everyone sat silently in a very quiet house until they heard three sets of footsteps coming down the stairs. After the steps stopped the door opened. Only Albus Dumledore stood there.

"Hello everyone," Dumbledore said in a very different voice then they all had just heard. "Hello Harry. Would you come into the hall for a moment?"

Harry looked around at everyone. They were all smiling. Harry got out of his seat and walked out of the room into the hall.

Dumbledore lead Harry down the hall to the Order meeting room. They stopped just outside the door.

"Now Harry," Dumbledore said. "Before I open the door I would like to say two words. Time-Turner."

What? Harry thought. Time-Turner? Why would Dumbledore say that?

Dumbledore opened the door. Harry first saw Snape. He was sitting bitterly at a table big enough to seat fifty people. The room was huge.

As Harry looked around he saw another man. He had a huge smile on his face. The man was Sirius Black.

"What... b-but... y... y... you're... oh," Harry said. He realized what Dumbledore ment by Time-Turner. Harry smiled. He couldn't believe it. Sirius was alive. Why hadn't he figured it out before? He had had loads of hints. Of course it was Sirius who had been fighting none stop with Snape. Who else could it be?

What Fred said made sense too. He would have been happy if he knew Sirius was alive.

"Hello Harry," Sirius chirped happily. He still had a huge smile on his face.

"Hello Sirius," Harry said very happy. Then his smile faded. Why hadn't anyone told him Sirius was alive?

"Because I told them not to," Sirius said as though he had read Harry's mind. "I wanted you to find out like this. I wanted you to see me with your own eyes. I knew otherwise you wouldn't believe it."

"You've got that right," Harry said quietly.

"Okay now let us explain exactly what's going on," Dumbledore said.

"You see Harry," Sirius began. "I was never actually dead. Sure I never came out from behind the curtain. I tried but your Professor over there wouldn't let me."

"What?" Harry asked.

"Okay let's stop from the beginning." Dumbledore said. "Sirius your side first."

"Okay," Sirius said. "Now when Bellatrix put that hex on me I fell behind the curtain. I jumped up and was about to go back out and fight some more when Severus came out into the opened and told me, 'Come. If you go back out there you'll die. Dumbledore told me to get you.'

"Of course I was very confused but I started to go with him anyway. When I heard you calling like your life depended on it I tried to go back out but Severus wouldn't let me. We came back here and Dumbledore explained what was going on. I've been here ever since."

"Now it's my turn." Dumbledore said. "See I thought Sirius died so after you left my office I got out my Time-Turner. I went to Severus, gave him the Time-Turner and told him, 'Go back in time to when Harry left for the Department of Mysteries. Go there and stay behind the curtain. You will hear a lot of people but stay behind it. Sirius will fall behind it and I want you to get him back to Grimmaulds Place at any cost.' Then I came here and met Professor Snape. He had already been waiting awhile. When I got there I saw Sirius was fine and was very relieved. I told Sirius what was going on and to stay here."

Snape got out of his chair and began his side of the story, "After Professor Dumbledore gave me the Time-Turner and told me what to do I got off school grounds and turned it back a few times. Then I Apparated to the to the Department of Mysteries. I went behind the curtain."

Snape sighed and continued in his cold voice. "After an hour of waiting I finally heard people. I thought finally but it was only you and your friends. I stood and paced. Those voices you heard were me mumbling.

"After you got done yelling, 'Sirius, Sirius is that you?' and lift I sat there for what felt like forever when I finally heard people come. I waited for a little while, listening to everything that was going on, when Sirius fell through the curtain. He jumped up and was about to go back to fight when I stopped him.

"I told him what Professor Dumbledore said and he started to come with me. When he heard you yelling he tried to go help but I wouldn't let him. So finally we got far enough away to Apparate without anyone hearing us and came here."

Harry let all this information wash over him. He moved over to the table and sat down.

All these emotions were rushing through him. Sure he was happy Sirius was back but he was also angry. Angry at Snape for not letting Sirius come out. Angry at Sirius for not fighting harder, and at everyone else for not telling him Sirius was alive.

Harrry was confused to. It didn't make sense. Snape would never help Sirius. Sirius had tried to kill Snape when they were 16. Sirius and Harry's father things to Snape all through their years at Hogwarts. Snape would have never helped Sirius.

As if sensing Harry's confusing Dumbledore said, "Now Harry just because Professor Snape doesn't like Sirius doesn't mean he wants Sirius dead.

"Now," Sirius said. "Best be off to dinner. I'm very hungry."

Sirius, Dumbledore, Harry and Snape all got up and headed for the kitchen. In the kitchen everyone had big smiles on their faces. Harry was smiling too. He couldn't believe it. He was having one of the best days of his life. He got to leave the Dursley's and he found out Sirius was alive.

He went to the table and sat down next to Ron.

"Hey mate," Ron said. "How was your summer?"

"Well," Harry said. "It's only been a week but it was good. The Dursley's were a lot nicer since they had the talk with Tonks, Moody, Lupin, and your dad."

When Harry finished the doorbell rang. Harry noticed Mrs. Black's portrait wasn't screaming.

"Hey Ron," Harry said. "What happened to Mrs. Black's portrait?"

"We got it down," Ron said. "Finally. The canvas broke but she's gone. Kreacher was really upset though.

"How is Kreacher?" Harry asked.

"Oh he's fine," Ron said. "Everyone's being a lot nicer to him. Sirius even promised he would mount Kreacher's head on a plaque when he dies."

That was Kreacher's life long dream. To have his head cut off and have it mounted on a plaque like his mother's.

"Kreacher must be happy," Harry said.

"Oh he is," Ron said. "He's even doing house work."

"Wow," Harry said taking a drink of pumpkin juice.

"Yeah," Ron said. "I was surprised too, but now there's nothing to do."

"Oh," Harry said. "Why is Snape here?"

"I don't know," Ron said. "But the only time he goes home is to sleep. I'm going crazy."

"Oh," Harry said. "That must stink."

"Yeah it does," Ron said. "I haven't talked to him. If I did I think I would turn into Sirius and yell."

(I got the idea for the way I brought Sirius back from capteinamelia. I thought it was a very good way to bring him back so I asked her if I could use it and she said yes. I believe the story was called Harry Potter and the Anamagi fight. Read it, it's good.)