Disclaimer: Sorry that I took so long to update but my father is using the computer room to study in. It's really annoying. Well, here's the next chapter, please review. And for those who asked, yes Harry and Romulus will become best friends before Sirius goes to Azkaban. Enjoy! John Lennon owns the song!

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Gains and Losses

Chapter 5

Beautiful Boy

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Close your eyes,
Have no fear,
The monsters gone,
He's on the run and your daddy's here,

Beautiful,
Beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful Boy,

Before you go to sleep,
Say a little prayer,
Every day in every way,
It's getting better and better,

Sirius was in so much trouble, he needed to get away quickly! He knew that the aurors would start looking for him soon. He was all alone in the streets with twelve dead muggles around him and a wand in his hand. People would think that he killed the muggles and have him sent straight to Azkaban.

But most important, Harry was practically dying in his arms. Sirius could feel Harry's blood soaking through his own robes, he was petrified that Harry would die right there in his arms. He couldn't take Harry to the muggle hospital because he could get caught even though it was a muggle area. But still, Harry needed medical attention.

He quickly stated running back to his motorcycle. Once he got there he jumped on, holding Harry tightly. He turned on the engine and disappeared into the night sky. Once he was back at his house he ran inside and placed Harry on his couch. He packed everything into boxes, shrunk them and shoved them into his cloak pockets. When everything was packed he gripped Harry tightly and apparated to North Carolina, USA, leaving the last couch behind. It was soaked with blood anyway, he didn't need it.

They landed in a deserted with only about three or four houses. The rest of the street was full of trees. Suddenly the unconscious child in Sirius' arms weakly opened his eyes and started to cry. Sirius didn't know what to do. He was usually able to stop Harry from crying but this time he couldn't. Suddenly Harry's eyes started twitching and rolling around in all directions.

"Harry!" Sirius cried.

Sirius didn't know what to do, what was wrong with him? He couldn't be dying, he couldn't.

"Help" whispered the child.

The boy's eyes closed and he went unconscious again. Sirius quickly ran to an empty piece of land and transfigured a tree into a small house with only two floors. He ran inside and sat down on the floor, resting Harry on his knees. He pulled out his box of medical equipment from his pocket and enlarged it to it's normal size. As he was doing so Harry's eyes and looked up at Sirius tearfully.

Sirius pulled out a brown bottle from the box and placed it on the floor next to him. He peeled off Harry's blood stained clothing. The sight he saw was horrible! Practically every square inch of Harry's body was covered in gashed and bruised and he had about four broken ribs.

"This is going to hurt…a lot" Sirius said quietly.

He removed the cap from the brown bottle. Smoke came out of the top. He dampened a cloth with the substance and stared nervously at Harry. Their eyes locked and Sirius saw the fear in Harry's eyes. Sirius swiped one of Harry's cuts. The child yelled loudly in pain. Tears were quickly rolling down his cheeks. Sirius felt so bad for doing this but it had to be done.

Sirius cleaned out the rest of the cuts and Harry finally relaxed. He was still shaking like mad. Sirius pulled out a roll of bandages from the box and began to wrap Harry up. He also used some tensor bandages to wrap Harry's ribs. Harry looked like a mummy, even his face had been cut up.

"I'm so sorry" Sirius whispered.

He pulled his bed out of his pocket and enlarged it back to it's normal size. He placed Harry on the bed and pulled the bed into a room which would be Sirius'. He would make Harry's later. He covered Harry with some blankets and kissed Harry on the cheek. The child fell asleep almost immediately.

Sirius finished unpacking everything and went to write a letter to Remus. He needed to know the truth.

Remus,

I'm hiding in America with Harry, I need you to apparate here right now, I have a lot to explain. Before apparating say Black-shack. Don't tell anyone where I am.

Sirius Black

Sirius gave the letter to his owl, Dimitri and went sit down on an armchair near the door. He just sat there and thought about Lily and James silently.

They would hate him. He promised them that Peter would be the perfect secret keeper. But he was wrong, Peter had been a death eater all along and now his two best friends were dead. He failed them and they would never forgive him.

This was all that went through Sirius' head, he felt so guilty. His thoughts were interrupted by a loud crack. Remus and Romulus were standing right in front of him. Sirius jumped up as Remus placed his sleeping son on the couch.

Remus turned back to Sirius and pushed him by the shoulders. Sirius fell back into his armchair.

"Lily and James, Sirius how could you?" Remus yelled.

"Remus, listen to me, I didn't do it! Peter was the secret keeper before Lily and James died, not me" Sirius replied calmly.

"What do you mean Peter was the secret keeper?"

Sirius explained everything, and to Sirius' surprise Remus believed him.

"Voldemort used the killing curse at James' and used the killing curse on the three of them but for some reason he couldn't kill Harry and was destroyed" said Sirius.

"Harry survived the killing curse?"

"Yes Harry's going to be famous in the wizarding world. Anyway, everybody thinks I was the secret keeper and the death eater and that I killed Peter. By tomorrow people are going to start looking for me so that they can send me to Azkaban and I need you to keep me living here a secret. Got it?"

"Of course, and I can come visit everyday with Romulus so that he can play with Harry. Where is Harry anyway?"

"He's sleeping in my bedroom. He had a tough night"

"Can I see him?"

Remus picked up Romulus and followed Sirius into the room where Harry was sleeping. He placed Romulus into Sirius' arms and went over to Harry.

"What happened to him? What are all those bandages for?" Remus asked.

"When I found him, he was buried under a bunch of metal and rocks. He was so cut up that I had to use the bandages to stop the blood"

Remus sat down next to Harry and ran his fingers through Harry's messy mop. That's when he noticed the lightning shapes cut on Harry's forehead. It was not covered in bandages so it was clearly visible.

"Where did he get that mark?"

"It's the mark that the killing cruse left him, it's his famous mark"

"It's really odd, especially the shape"

"I know. Do you want to spend the night here? Romulus could stay in here with Harry and we could sleep on the couches"

"Yeah sure"

Sirius placed Romulus next to Harry and went into the living room with Remus. They each laid down on a couch and fell asleep.

Out on the ocean sailing away,
I can hardly wait,
To see you to come of age,
But I guess we'll both,
Just have to be patient,
Yes it's a long way to go,
But in the meantime,

Before you cross the street,
Take my hand,
Life is just what happens to you,
While your busy making other plans,

Beautiful,
Beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful Boy

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Disclaimer: Finally done! Please review!