I LOVE YOU LIZ-CHAN!

Me no own. Rowling owns. If me owned, me would be rich. Me not rich. Me poor. You no sue. Me rhyme. Me no own theory of the veil. Pullman owns that. His Dark Materials series cool. But this Potter fic. Me shut up now.

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A tall, dark-haired man stood, gazing out over the mist-covered landscape. The barren, rocky field was full of people in various states of decay. He turned back to the man who had him shut up in the small cell.

"Why must I stay here again?" He asked exasperatedly.

"Because. You are alive. You cannot enter the Underworld until you are dead. So you will wait until you die, then you may cross over." The man replied in a tone that clearly said that he had gone through this conversation many, many times. He probably had, for he was old, had more crooked teeth than Tom, the old barkeep at the Leaky Cauldron, and greasier hair then Professor Snape.

This thought, at least, entertained the dark-haired man.

"Sirius Black?" An old woman called in a raspy voice.

"Aye?" Sirius replied, looking away from the ancient man.

"You have a message from the Above. Someone by the name of Harry Potter."

"Harry? What's he—Wait, we can send and receive messages?"

"Just receive. You can have no outgoing contact with the Above without express permission from the deity of your choice."

"Deity of my choice?"

"Yes. You know, God, Allah, the Buddha, Merlin, etc. They all live just over the hill."

"Oh." Sirius shook his head of the distracting conversation. "What's the message?"

"He blames himself, and wishes it had been him to fall through the Veil." The frail-looking woman replied.

"Oh." Sirius fell silent. He then felt someone tap his shoulder. He turned around to face a corpse.

"ACK!" He cried, falling backwards. "Who are YOU?"

"I am your Death. It seems as though your time has come. If you'll allow me, I can escort you to the Fields of the Dead." The corpse said amiably.

"Isn't there any way at all, since I'm still alive, that I could return to the 'Above'?" Sirius asked. The old man and woman shook their heads.

"No. Obviously, you were ment to be here but haven't died properly yet. That what this place is for, those who are supposed to be dead, but haven't died properly yet."

"That makes no sense though!" Sirius cried in anguish. He was becoming irritated by these people.

Then it hit him. Why couldn't he just make a running break for it? These old people couldn't be that fast? He took a deep breath.

"Alright. Excuse me, my good Death, but may I have a moment alone?"

"Of course you may. Most everyone does. Go ahead and step outside for a final breath of air." The Death invited.

"Thank you, you are most kind." Sirius said, bowing out of the room. He looked at the landscape he emerged on. It was the same as what he saw outside the window, the two areas separated by a tall, black, wrought-iron fence. A long, gravel path, the one he had come here by way of, led into the mists. He resolved to run, as fast and as far as he could.

With speed and grace perfected by being a marauder, the animagus broke into a run, transforming into a large, shaggy black dog as he went. Heavy paws padded silently down the path until he reached a portal-like thing. Without thinking of where it could lead, he jumped into it.

Blinking in the sudden sunlight, he simply sat there, apparently unaware of the screams that surrounded him. When he did take notice, however, his eyes widened in shock. In front of him were three girls.

The tallest one, a blonde, was wearing moss green linen pants and a matching tank top, but had a black sweater tied around her waist. The two brunettes were wearing beige cargo pants, one had on a black shirt depicting a boy with blue hair and a girl with red and black hair, and the other had the most particular dark blue shirt with the words "Harry Potter" splashed across the front, along with a cartoon picture of his godson chasing the Snitch. All three had book bags slung over their shoulders.

The other people were running in terror from the dog that appeared out of absolutely nowhere, so he didn't take much note of them.

"Where did that dog some from?" the blonde asked. The brunette in the black shirt shrugged.

"Maybe it's Padfoot's reincarnation?" She suggested. The other brunette squealed.

"YEAH!" She bounded over to him and threw her arms around his neck. "I'm gonna call you Sirius, and take you home with me!"

"Um... We still have classes?" the blonde pointed out. The girl looked slightly put out for a split second.

"Here, you stay here, okay Sirius? We're gonna go to class, then I'll call my mom and she'll come pick you and me up, and then we'll live together for ever and ever!"

Sirius was baffled. All of this happened so fast, he didn't quite register the fact that it was odd that this girl knew who he was. Or that she had a shirt with his godson on it. Or that none of the kids wore robes. See, if they knew about Harry, then they must be wizards, he thought reasonably. But they didn't wear robes.

A bell rang and the three girls jumped.

"Crap, we're LATE!" the brunette in black cried, about to run off.

"Relax." The blonde shrugged. "We've all got clean records, it's not like they'll expel us for skipping the rest of the day?" The implied message was clear.

The brunettes glanced at each other.

"Alright."

"Yeah, sure."

"Good. Now, lets go hide out in the woods until the last bell, okay? Then Catty and I can catch out busses, and you can call your mom on the pay phones."

"Logical." The one Sirius now knew to be Catty said. They all looked around then the yet unnamed brunette took hold of his fur.

"Okies, Sirius, we need you to run all the way to those woods and stay there, can you do that?"

Sirius nodded out of habit, then took off. The girls took one last glance around and ran after him.

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heh heh...yes this was originally my friend Liz's idea however I decided to take over since she had no ideas and I did! R/R!