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Return To Hogwarts-Chapter 3

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The next morning Sirius made his way down to the great hall for breakfast.

"First day of classes. Dad said that he liked the classes," Ray mused thoughtfully as she looked at her timetable.

"What do you guys have?" Will asked.

"Potions, Defence Agaist the Dark Arts, and double History of Magic," Sirius said looking down at his own timetable.

"Me too," Ray said. After they finished eating, they hurried to their potions class. When they got inside the dungeons they found it rather obvious that the potions master, Proffesor Snape, hated them. By the end of the lesson, Snape had docked Gryffindor nearly 25 points. 15 of which from Sirius.

Defence Agaist the Dark Arts was better. This time they had Ray's dad as a teacher. He was far better than Snape, in Sirius's opinion. They read about vampires and had a class discusion about it. Before they left, they stopped to see Ray's dad.

"Hi, Dad," Ray greeted.

"Hey Proffesor Lupin," Will said.

"Hi Ray, Will. How was Potions?" Remus Lupin asked.

"Proffesor Snape is evil!" Ray outbursted. Remus sighed and turned to face Sirius.

"Sirius, right?" Remus asked. The boy nodded and Remus continued,"What do you think of Proffesor Snape?"

"I don't like him and I think he hates me," Sirius replied cautiously. He didn't want to get into trouble on the first day.

"I wouldn't doubt that. After all, he and your father disliked each other when they were here," Remus stated. Sirius froze.

"You knew my dad?"

"Er... yeah. You three had better get to History of Magic, now," Remus ordered doggedly. Sirius tried to protest, but was lead out by Ray.

"Kay. See'ya later, Dad," Ray said. Remus waved. When they arrived in Proffesor Binns class they found out he was a ghost, which kinda freaked Sirius out, but they soon found out just how boring Binns was.

"Hey, that was pretty wierd about your dad, eh?" Will whispered.

"Yeah. I never knew him," Sirius sighed.

"That's the first time I heard my dad talk about him," Ray said. Sirius didn't dignify that with a response. He just tried to take notes.

After lunch they had Transfiguration, Flying, and double Charms. Sirius was doing exceptionally well in each class, but he excelled at flying. He didn't fall or anything.

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From high at the staff table at dinner, Harry Potter watched as Sirius laughed with Ray Lupin and Will Weasley. He had the same bark-like laugh that his father had. Dumbledore saw where Harry was looking.

"He is an extraordinary student. Smart, just like his parents," Dumbledore whispered.

"His parents are what's troubling me. How did they get together in the first place?" Harry asked.

"I don't know. It is quite odd. We would have known if Hermione was pregnent or not," Dumbledore commented wryly.

"Are you forgetting that Hermione was the smartest witch of the year, Albus? If she didn't want someone to find out something, she could hide it well," Harry said fondly. He had always been proud of Hermione's abilities as a witch, but he never got around to telling her that.

"Of course not, Harry. I'm a bit curious as to why she never told her son she was a witch," Dumbledore said.

"I don't know. If I could just see her... talk to her...then maybe it would help alot of people understand the situation, including her son," Harry suggested.

"We would all love that chance, Harry, but it seems impossible unless we know where to find her. I'm afraid that the only person who knows that, is Sirius. If one of us could just talk to him, we could get all the information we need," Dumbledore said. Harry looked around the room and spotted a rat disappear under a table.

"If we are going to talk to him, I suggest we do it before someone else does. For his sake and Hermione's," Harry said softly. He looked at Sirius and rubbed his scar; a nervous habit he had whenever he sensed something wrong. And rats were definately classified as wrong.

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AN: and so things get more interesting. sorry bout the cliffy. well R&R!