Gains and Losses Chapter 6: Sweet Dreams For You, a harry potter fanfic

Disclaimer: This chapter is 5 years later. Harry and Romulus are now six and Sirius and Remus are gasp 6 six years old. Sorry that it took so long to update but I've been really busy lately, with… gags… algebra!!! The song 'Good Night belongs to the Beatles (Ringo sings it).

Gains and Losses

Chapter six

Sweet Dreams For You

Now it's time to say good night
good night sleep tight
Now the sun turns out his light
good night sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me
Dream sweet dreams for you
Close your eyes and I'll close mine
Good night sleep tight
Now the moon begins to shine
Good night sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me
Dream sweet dreams for you

Five years passed since Lily and James died. Harry and Sirius were still living in North Carolina under Remus' protection and had never been caught. Harry and Romulus became the best of friends and were practically inseparable.

Sirius and Harry became extremely close, almost as if Sirius was Harry's real father. Harry cared deeply about Sirius and Sirius would harm anyone who would try to hurt Harry, even if it was some little kid in the street. Sirius spoiled Harry sick and Harry was the happiest child in the world.

Harry stirred and opened his eyes. It was still dark out but he could see the sun rising. He slipped on his glasses, jumped out of bed and silently made his way to Sirius' room. Sirius was still asleep. He was tangled in the bed sheets, his mouth slightly open, drool rolling down the side of his mouth. This made Harry giggle.

Harry jumped onto Sirius' bed and tried to wake him but he wouldn't wake. He shook him, yelled at him, kicked him, pushed him and slapped him, but absolutely nothing seemed to work.

"SIRIUS WAKE UP!!!" Harry yelled.

"Shh!" said a voice.

Harry spun around and spotted Remus at the door. He had a scolding look on his face yet he looked quite amused. Remus walked over to the bed and grabbed Harry by the wrist. He dragged him out of the room.

"What were you doing?" Remus asked.

"I was trying to wake him, but he wouldn't wake up" Harry replied.

Remus smiled.

"You see old people sleep a lot, that's why he wouldn't wake up. They also have to go to the bathroom a lot"

"You mean he won't wake up because he's old?"

"Yes. The again, I'm not sure Sirius is completely human"

"Oh, okay"

"Good now I'm going to cook breakfast"

"Is Romulus here?"

"Yeah, he's sleeping on the couch downstairs, he wouldn't wake up either"

Remus went downstairs to make breakfast and Harry went back into Sirius' room. He sat down on the bed. He wanted to be there when Sirius woke up.

Sirius grand and opened his eyes. He looked at the clock. 7:30 it read. It was too early. He tried to go back to bed. For some reason he couldn't. Somebody was staring at him, he just knew it. He rolled and just as he expected, Harry was staring at him, resting his head on his hands.

"Hey Kiddo" said Sirius

"Hi Siri!" said Harry

"What are you doing here"

"You wouldn't wake so I decided to wait here"

Sirius smiled. Harry was the sweetest kid in the world, he could make just about anyone smile. It was part of his charm. Sirius wanted to be a little more strict with him. But Harry was the cutest little boy in the world, he couldn't do that.

Harry crossed his arms. Sirius did the same. Harry pulled his knees to his chest. Sirius did the same. Harry got it, it was a game. He rested two fingers on his glasses and smirked at Sirius. Sirius bowed his head and pouted.

"Aww you win" Sirius said.

"Ha ha, you lose" Harry laughed.

Sirius looked at the time and then back at Harry.

"Harry what are you doing up at this time? The day doesn't start until nine. It's a quarter to eight"

"But Remus is up!"

"Remus is old, old people get up early"

"Aren't you guys the same age?"

"Umm…"

"You guys went to school together and were in the same year, therefore you guys must be the same age" Harry stated

"Well Remus has grey hairs and I don't, therefore he is old"

"I think you're both old men"

Sirius couldn't believe it, his own godson called him old! But he looked so cute and innocent while doing so.

" Sirius?" Harry asked "Are you human?"

What the hell had Remus told him? Sirius pulled out his wand. He would have a little chat with Remus later.

"Come on Harry, I smell breakfast"

Sirius grabbed onto Harry's hand and they left the room. They went downstairs into the kitchen where Remus was making breakfast.

"So how's my personal chef?" Sirius joked

Remus raised an eyebrow and gave Sirius a fake surprised look.

"Whoa! Am I dreaming or are you really awake?" Remus said

"Did you tell Harry I wasn't human?"

"I just…"

Sirius raised a hand to stop him when he realized that Harry was in the room. He was watching then with wide eyes.

"Um, Harry can you go stay with Romulus in the living room, I need to talk to Remus in private" Sirius said, mischief clear in his eyes

"Okay" said Harry

Harry gave them one final glance and walked into the living room. Romulus was sleeping on one of the couches. Harry sat down next to him and tried to shake him awake.

"Romulus wake up!" whispered Harry

He continued to shake him. Romulus slowly opened his eyes. He slowly opened his eyes. He groaned and squinted at Harry.

"Harry?"

"Hey Romie"

"What time is it?"

"Bout eight"

Romulus was about to yell when a loud yell sounded from the kitchen. The two boys scrambled off the couch and ran into the kitchen, amused at what they saw.

Remus was on the floor covered in pink fur with a purple horn emerging from his forehead. Sirius was leaning onto the table, shaking with laughter. Remus jumped up and gave Sirius a dirty look, he was really pissed.

"Change me back now!"

"Maybe I don't want to"

"CHANGE ME BACK NOW!"

"Okay, okay"

Sirius waved his wand and Remus' body returned to it's normal state. By now both Harry and Romulus were rolling on the floor in laughter. Remus turned bright red.

"Thank you Padfoot, now my own son thinks I'm a complete nutcase"

"No problem"

Remus opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by the two younger boys shouting.

"We want food! We want food! We want food…" Harry and Romulus yelled.

The boys continued to chant for a couple of minutes then doubled over in laughter. Remus went over to the kitchen counter and began stacking plates on a tray.

"Time to eat!" he called.

Harry, Romulus and Sirius all took they're usual seats at the round kitchen table and Remus began to pass out the plates. They were having eggs, fruit, and pancakes. Once Remus was finished passing out the plates he took his own place at the table and they all began to dig in.

Sirius covered his pancakes with eggs and shoved it down his throat, not bothering to chew. Then he covered his remaining eggs with oranges and ate that too. Everyone at the table looked like they were going to puke.

"What?" asked Sirius.

Nobody said anything.

"Now you know why I said he wasn't completely human" Remus said with a straight face.

"Sirius gave him a death glare. Remus winked at Harry and continued eating. Once they were done Sirius went look inside the refrigerator. He closed the door with a sad look on his face.

"There's no food!" he said sadly.

"You just ate!" Remus cried.

"But I'm hungry!"

"Then go to the store and buy food. God, you're so damn lazy!"

Sirius raised an eyebrow and considered it for a moment.

"Okay, I'll go. Remus, please take care of the kids"

He walked over to Harry and gave him a quick hug.

"I'll be back soon"

"Bye Siri!" said Harry.

Sirius planted a kiss on his forehead and left the house. He took his motorbike to the grocery store around the corner. He bought cookies, doughnuts, chips, tarts and chocolate ice cream all his and Harry's favourites. He also bought a couple of playboys, which Remus would never see. He would give them to Harry once he was older.

He was about to go to the cashier when someone caught his eye. It was Esperanza, the Latin girl he had met at the park the day before. He got nervous as the girl came closer to him.

"Haven't we met before?" Esperanza asked.

"Y-yeah. I-I was at the park with my g-g-godson y-yesterday" Sirius stuttered.

"So you're good with children?"

"Y-yeah. I've been t-taking c-care of my g-godson f-for the p-past five y-years"

"Cool! I'm Esperanza Sanchez"

"I'm S-Sirius B-Black"

"Nice to meet you Sirius. Where are you from? You have such an adorable accent"

"B-Britain. Is that a wonderbra?"

"Excuse me?"

"Um-um, I'm gay, I mean, I'm straight! I mean, will you go out with me?"

"Yeah right!"

Esperanza slapped Sirius across the face and walked away quickly. Sirius turned bright red. He wasn't very good at talking to girls; he always said stupid things when he was nervous. It was a bad habit that he couldn't stop.

When he got home he was planning to pig out on junk food with Harry but as he entered the house he noticed something horrible. His whole house was ransacked. Chairs were turned over, drawers were open, the contents thrown all over the floor. There was a lot of broken furniture too. Remus and Romulus were curled up in each others arms in the corner of the living room.

Suddenly Sirius noticed something. Harry was gone, nowhere to be seen. Sirius looked around a little more and when he still couldn't find him he started to get extremely worried.

"Remus, where's Harry?"

Remus looked down at his feet.

"He was captured by death eaters"

Ooh cliffy!

Disclaimer: Poor Harry, all alone with the death eaters. Sirius is nicer to Harry than Romulus because Harry is his godson and he raised him. This is my longest chapter yet!

Yay!