Chapter 3:The Letter
Ten years past and not much has happened since that night Lucius Malfoy appeared. Ron and Hermione had their baby, (a boy named Sirius), who was turning 11 today. Harry, Ron and James took Sirius out for his birthday, while Hermione and Cho set up his party in the backyard.

Harry, Ron, James and Sirius went to a Wizard Zoo, where they saw all sorts of different magical creatures. They saw all of James and Sirius' favorite animals, including Hippogriff, Unicorns and Snizpurfles. They were on their way to the Underwater House to see Grindylows, Merpeople and other underwater creatures, when they saw a sign that said,

"Quintaped!!! Coming in two weeks!!!"

"Dad, why couldn't I be born two weeks later?" Sirius said, pointing at the sign.

"Because, Sirius," said Ron. "If you were, you wouldn't be able to go to Hogwarts with James in September."

"But I wanted to see the Quintaped," Sirius whined.

"We'll come back during Christmas," Ron said, though he knew the kids would want to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas.

Sirius didn't have time to argue back, because a 5-foot Norwegian Ridgeback dragon came walking pat them with its leash in the hands of 3 zoo keepers.

Harry and Ron took the boys all around the zoo, stopped for lunch, then went to see every animal again. Sirius and James couldn't get enough of the magical beasts.

When it was time to go, James and Sirius whined a bit, but still went without a problem. They Flooed back to the Potter's and walked in the front door to find that the house had been completly remodeled just for Sirius' birthday. It seemed that while the boys were gone, Hermione and Cho called over half of the family and many of their friends to help out with the decorations. There were Mr. and Mrs. Weasley in the living room, along with Fed, George, Bill, Percy, Ginny and Charlie Weasley, Luna and Seamus Finnigan and Lavender and Neville Longbottom.

"Surprise!!!!!"everybody yelled. "Happy Birthday, Sirius!!"

Sirius almost fainted from the surprise. He looked around the room in awe. Everything had been changed just for him.

"Thanks, guys," Sirius said.

Everybody sat down outside at the table and starting eating a big feast, made up of Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Corn, Turkey, Honey-Glazed Ham, Green Peas and Butterbeer. For dessert, there was a giant chocolate birthday cake that said "Happy Birthday, Sirius!" on it. Everybody was talking about the day the boys had, but mainly James and Sirius, who told them about every animal they saw.

"We saw Hippogriff, Grindylows and Snizpurfles. And during lunch, we saw a......"

But what they saw, Sirius never told them, for he was interrupted by the arrival of two owls, Hedwig and a Tawny, who both had letters clamped in their beaks. Hedwig delivered her letter to Sirius, but the Tawny gave his letter to James.

"All right!" Sirius jumped up and down. "I got into Hogwarts. Where did you get into, James?" Sirius asked this sarcastically, for he knew that James would get into Hogwarts like him.

"I got into Durmstrang."