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***CHAPTER 9***
An enormous, pale eyes, jet-black dog sat at the pavement, watching people walk past. To most, he would seem like a faithful and obedient dog that doesn't need a leash around him to make him stay in that position. But to some others, they know better.
A person's animagus form describes the person's personality and Sirius certainly didn't get his from being the playful self he used to be. To those who know him well, his animagus form, which is a dog, comes from his nature of pure loyalty. Like what they say, 'dog's a man's best friend'.
Pedestrians who walk by rate him as a perfect little creature, but by any chance one of them who walk by can read minds, they will realize that they really shouldn't judge a book by its cover. That big dog there is busy, he is busy cursing his best friend with all the vulgar words he can think of. 'Damn you Moony, you could have brought me in! Wait till we get back, you're going to get it big time from me, URGH!!'
Sirius is shivering. It is raining and a puddle of water just drenched Sirius thanks to a car that sped by. Yes, he does have a shelter but the ice-cold wind is blowing in his direction and it's also bringing the rain in with it. Sirius shook himself to get some water off him, but as soon as he did so, he was wet again. 'STUPID WEATHER!!!' He screamed mentally.
He looked around the pavement onto the road. It is only three in the afternoon and yet it was so dark, people would have thought that it is already seven. The houses around him have their lights on. Women that have just come home from tea were trying to get home as quickly as possible. The road is wet and dirty. The rain had brought down some rubbish and with the wind accompanying it, rubbish cans lids are blown off, newspapers tore and waste thrown apart.
Sirius shivered. He couldn't stand it anymore. Even though he is in his animagus form, he is still human inside. He felt himself tremble. Sirius looked around him, spotting a tiny corner which looks undisturbed by the wind, he muttered a soft apology to Remus for making him look for him later, he ran quickly to that shaded area. Shaking the extra water off him, he leaped onto a semi-dry newspaper that was lying there and snuggled into it.
Hoping to be able to catch Remus when Remus is on the way out of the house, he tried to move his position and angle. Stepping off the newspaper to move, a sudden burst of wind flew past. A sheet of the newspaper was blown away before he manages to put his paw on it to stop it. Annoyed with the weather he thought 'Urgh, can't find a warm spot around here. Why is Remus taking so long with Mundungus? By the time he comes out, he'll have to first look for me, then carry me back.'
He flattened the newspaper nicely and laid back down on it. He spotted a big picture of someone on it. 'Gee, what a vain pot! He has his face printed on one whole page of the paper.' Curious as to see what that vain person look like, he got up a little to smooth out the crease on the paper.
'HOLY MACKERAL!' He stared at the paper in shock. He quickly got up from it and smooth the rest of the page down, not that the whole page is there. A part of it has been tore and strewn around by the wind.
MISSING PERSON
The man in the picture ------ currently known as Henry Coal. The date ------ was found is unknown but it ----------------- more than ten years ago. ---- ----- no memory of what happened ten years ago. ---------- are a family or friend of this man, please contact -------- Winds---------ad---------98----- ------ If --------- seen this man before or know of his family ----------, please contact -------- It w------bring this man great joy to know his family. ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------
Sirius couldn't believe it. He stared at it more and shook his head violently. 'You're losing it Padfoot, it's impossible. You're just imagining stuff.' Not entirely happy with the answer, Sirius looked down at the papers again. He scanned through the picture thoroughly, completely immerse in it. 'But it does look like James. The similarity is there. But it is just impractical. It has been fourteen years. He has plenty of time to come back, why only now? NO PADFOOT, It can't be. There's no use in lifting your hopes up.' He shook his head, wanting to clear his mind of these thoughts, but it was useless.
The thoughts kept swimming around his head. One thought led to the other and at the end, all the feelings of guilt he has been trying to push away came flooding back to him. 'Oh James, Lily, Harry .. I'm so sorry. really sorry. really, really sorry ..' He looked back at the picture again, and saw that there were some details written beneath it. Reading it, he sigh 'of all the places it has to smudge, it has to be the address and the telephone number. Lily's lesson on telephones won't be any good. Well it won't be any good anyway, it won't be him ..will it?'
Some where at the back of his mind, he couldn't help the few thoughts which came through 'What if it is him? Maybe it is he? Could it be? Will I lose anything if I tried?' That was when he made his mind up 'I'll go and look for this Henry guy, just to make sure.'
Sirius looked up towards the door opposite the road 'Geez. he's surely taking an awfully long time.' Looking at the newspaper, he scanned it for the address. 'Okay, so it starts with 'winds'. I'm sure the 'ad' there stands for road. Well, what road has 'winds' for its beginning .windsmell .no . windsmil .no. windsmores .no. windswift.that's it! Windswift.Windswift.hey, that town is next to this. We walked past it when we came here just now. No wonder it sounded so familiar. I wonder. I'm sure it will just be a short trip. I'll just go and look round the neighborhood. It's not like I'll get invited in for dinner.'
Sirius gave another look at the house Remus was in, rolled up the newspaper with his mouth gripped it tightly with his teeth and took off. The weather now is worse. The rain is pouring so heavily that Sirius could hardly see the road. He swerves pass people and car running quickly eager to get to his destination.
Upon reaching it, he was surprise that it wasn't raining there. (It happens sometimes at my place, where it is raining outside the neighborhood but not inside and it's barely 1km apart.) He shook his body again and trotted off. 'Well, how can I find it? There are over twenty houses around here or maybe more. Plus, I can't exactly knock on their door and ask for him, I'm not even sure if this is the right neighborhood.'
Sirius didn't like the neighborhood. It was dark and dreary and the people walking around were frightening. He had just seen a burly man walk pass him. That man had given him a glare that made him shiver from fright. 'Gosh I hope that that Henry guy isn't like this.'
Scanning the houses, left and right, he was suddenly at a loss of what to do. 'Did James ever say what kind of houses he is going to live in when he grows up. Urgh.no! There has got to be something. Godric Hollows, Godric Hollows. well, there was the .. but if that guy isn't James . he won't be odd. Stupid papers!!!'
Sirius walk around the neighborhood, he was at a lost on what to do. 'I can't give up, I can't!' He looks at the people on the street. 'Maybe his name will be mentioned.' Sadly that wasn't so. He walked a few rounds around the neighborhood hurt and dirty. People have been giving him stares and calling him names. 'Ugly mutt!!' 'Stupid dog!' By the end of the journey, he was only too eager to get out of the place.
Trotting at a slow pace, Sirius sigh. 'I guess I shouldn't have hoped for it so much. I kind of knew that it was impossible.' Reaching a crossroad, he looked up to a signboard that was placed there. 'Majesty Road.Dawning's Road. Windsor Road. Hail.wait a minute.WINDSOR ROAD. that could be it!'
He looked closely at the direction it was pointing to and ran towards it with new feelings of hope. He bounded happily, thinking that he was not at a dead end yet when he saw an enormous house in front of him. 'Wow, that's big for a muggle project. I wonder who lives there.'
Walking further down the road, he saw houses just as big. 'The people who leave here must be rich. He walks slowly among the people doing what he did at the last neighborhood. He walked and he walked, the houses there as a vast amount of space between them. He took almost half an hour to walk by the stretch of road.
Disappointed, he turned back, losing hope of ever finding James. Trudging back to where he came from, he thought 'I guess it was stupid of me to ever hope. It's damn impossible. There's no way he is alive.' Due to the long hours of listening to conversations, he now did it instinctively.
'There's no way that will happen!'
'Exactly! Why don't you help me get it into his head? I've been trying to do that for nearly half a day already.'
'Well guess what guys, I believe in magic and I believe that that is possible. So there, end of conversation.'
At that man's voice, Sirius stopped abruptly, his back stiffened and the only word swimming round his head was
'JAMES!!!!'
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Should I end here?......Well I'm not that mean.
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'Hey guys, look here. That dog's cute, isn't it?'
'Henry.'
'I've found him! Oh please let it be him.'
'I know you love animals, but you do have to admit, he doesn't look very nice plus it's filthy.'
'Grrr.'
'Shh Richard, look it heard you. You cannot judge a book by its cover. You ask me what I see in it and even if you don't, I'll tell you. It being filthy shows that it's adventurous. Beneath all those, there will be a playful'
'yet a loyal friend that will go through thick and thin for you. One who would die for you rather than betray you.' Unknown to Henry, the same few words were going through the dogs' aka Sirius' mind.
'Wow Henry, that was erm. deep.' Marcus mused.
'Okay you there, stop. Who are you? What have you done to our friend? You better bring him back, or else.'
'Or else what, Richard darling? Or else I would make sure I record another episode of you cutting a turkey with a. What was that again. Oh right.a spoon. How far were you intending to get with a spoon Richard? Through its' skin?'
'Oh shut up!'
'Why should I?'
'Come on, you guys!!'
'Because I said so!'
'Who's gonna listen to you?'
'You are!'
'Me? No way!'
'Guys!!'
'Yes you!'
'Definitely not!'
'Is that all you two can come up with? Yes and No's?'
'You think you know better, huh?'
'Of course!'
They walk while they bickered; only leaving Sirius with a pat on the head before going. Sirius watch them go, gathering himself, he thought determinedly
'It can't and won't be him. He promised.'
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You want to know what James promised. Look out for the next chapter. I'm trying to show a bit of all their life before bringing them together.
I hope to get a few reviews for this. GOOD or BAD
I hope I'm not asking too much but I'm hoping for at least 15 REVIEWS for this.
I thank those who have reviewed. And I hope that more reviews (good or bad) will come it is a great encouragement and with all the pointers here and there, it will definitely improve my writing skills. I'm still very new at this.
***CHAPTER 9***
An enormous, pale eyes, jet-black dog sat at the pavement, watching people walk past. To most, he would seem like a faithful and obedient dog that doesn't need a leash around him to make him stay in that position. But to some others, they know better.
A person's animagus form describes the person's personality and Sirius certainly didn't get his from being the playful self he used to be. To those who know him well, his animagus form, which is a dog, comes from his nature of pure loyalty. Like what they say, 'dog's a man's best friend'.
Pedestrians who walk by rate him as a perfect little creature, but by any chance one of them who walk by can read minds, they will realize that they really shouldn't judge a book by its cover. That big dog there is busy, he is busy cursing his best friend with all the vulgar words he can think of. 'Damn you Moony, you could have brought me in! Wait till we get back, you're going to get it big time from me, URGH!!'
Sirius is shivering. It is raining and a puddle of water just drenched Sirius thanks to a car that sped by. Yes, he does have a shelter but the ice-cold wind is blowing in his direction and it's also bringing the rain in with it. Sirius shook himself to get some water off him, but as soon as he did so, he was wet again. 'STUPID WEATHER!!!' He screamed mentally.
He looked around the pavement onto the road. It is only three in the afternoon and yet it was so dark, people would have thought that it is already seven. The houses around him have their lights on. Women that have just come home from tea were trying to get home as quickly as possible. The road is wet and dirty. The rain had brought down some rubbish and with the wind accompanying it, rubbish cans lids are blown off, newspapers tore and waste thrown apart.
Sirius shivered. He couldn't stand it anymore. Even though he is in his animagus form, he is still human inside. He felt himself tremble. Sirius looked around him, spotting a tiny corner which looks undisturbed by the wind, he muttered a soft apology to Remus for making him look for him later, he ran quickly to that shaded area. Shaking the extra water off him, he leaped onto a semi-dry newspaper that was lying there and snuggled into it.
Hoping to be able to catch Remus when Remus is on the way out of the house, he tried to move his position and angle. Stepping off the newspaper to move, a sudden burst of wind flew past. A sheet of the newspaper was blown away before he manages to put his paw on it to stop it. Annoyed with the weather he thought 'Urgh, can't find a warm spot around here. Why is Remus taking so long with Mundungus? By the time he comes out, he'll have to first look for me, then carry me back.'
He flattened the newspaper nicely and laid back down on it. He spotted a big picture of someone on it. 'Gee, what a vain pot! He has his face printed on one whole page of the paper.' Curious as to see what that vain person look like, he got up a little to smooth out the crease on the paper.
'HOLY MACKERAL!' He stared at the paper in shock. He quickly got up from it and smooth the rest of the page down, not that the whole page is there. A part of it has been tore and strewn around by the wind.
MISSING PERSON
The man in the picture ------ currently known as Henry Coal. The date ------ was found is unknown but it ----------------- more than ten years ago. ---- ----- no memory of what happened ten years ago. ---------- are a family or friend of this man, please contact -------- Winds---------ad---------98----- ------ If --------- seen this man before or know of his family ----------, please contact -------- It w------bring this man great joy to know his family. ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------
Sirius couldn't believe it. He stared at it more and shook his head violently. 'You're losing it Padfoot, it's impossible. You're just imagining stuff.' Not entirely happy with the answer, Sirius looked down at the papers again. He scanned through the picture thoroughly, completely immerse in it. 'But it does look like James. The similarity is there. But it is just impractical. It has been fourteen years. He has plenty of time to come back, why only now? NO PADFOOT, It can't be. There's no use in lifting your hopes up.' He shook his head, wanting to clear his mind of these thoughts, but it was useless.
The thoughts kept swimming around his head. One thought led to the other and at the end, all the feelings of guilt he has been trying to push away came flooding back to him. 'Oh James, Lily, Harry .. I'm so sorry. really sorry. really, really sorry ..' He looked back at the picture again, and saw that there were some details written beneath it. Reading it, he sigh 'of all the places it has to smudge, it has to be the address and the telephone number. Lily's lesson on telephones won't be any good. Well it won't be any good anyway, it won't be him ..will it?'
Some where at the back of his mind, he couldn't help the few thoughts which came through 'What if it is him? Maybe it is he? Could it be? Will I lose anything if I tried?' That was when he made his mind up 'I'll go and look for this Henry guy, just to make sure.'
Sirius looked up towards the door opposite the road 'Geez. he's surely taking an awfully long time.' Looking at the newspaper, he scanned it for the address. 'Okay, so it starts with 'winds'. I'm sure the 'ad' there stands for road. Well, what road has 'winds' for its beginning .windsmell .no . windsmil .no. windsmores .no. windswift.that's it! Windswift.Windswift.hey, that town is next to this. We walked past it when we came here just now. No wonder it sounded so familiar. I wonder. I'm sure it will just be a short trip. I'll just go and look round the neighborhood. It's not like I'll get invited in for dinner.'
Sirius gave another look at the house Remus was in, rolled up the newspaper with his mouth gripped it tightly with his teeth and took off. The weather now is worse. The rain is pouring so heavily that Sirius could hardly see the road. He swerves pass people and car running quickly eager to get to his destination.
Upon reaching it, he was surprise that it wasn't raining there. (It happens sometimes at my place, where it is raining outside the neighborhood but not inside and it's barely 1km apart.) He shook his body again and trotted off. 'Well, how can I find it? There are over twenty houses around here or maybe more. Plus, I can't exactly knock on their door and ask for him, I'm not even sure if this is the right neighborhood.'
Sirius didn't like the neighborhood. It was dark and dreary and the people walking around were frightening. He had just seen a burly man walk pass him. That man had given him a glare that made him shiver from fright. 'Gosh I hope that that Henry guy isn't like this.'
Scanning the houses, left and right, he was suddenly at a loss of what to do. 'Did James ever say what kind of houses he is going to live in when he grows up. Urgh.no! There has got to be something. Godric Hollows, Godric Hollows. well, there was the .. but if that guy isn't James . he won't be odd. Stupid papers!!!'
Sirius walk around the neighborhood, he was at a lost on what to do. 'I can't give up, I can't!' He looks at the people on the street. 'Maybe his name will be mentioned.' Sadly that wasn't so. He walked a few rounds around the neighborhood hurt and dirty. People have been giving him stares and calling him names. 'Ugly mutt!!' 'Stupid dog!' By the end of the journey, he was only too eager to get out of the place.
Trotting at a slow pace, Sirius sigh. 'I guess I shouldn't have hoped for it so much. I kind of knew that it was impossible.' Reaching a crossroad, he looked up to a signboard that was placed there. 'Majesty Road.Dawning's Road. Windsor Road. Hail.wait a minute.WINDSOR ROAD. that could be it!'
He looked closely at the direction it was pointing to and ran towards it with new feelings of hope. He bounded happily, thinking that he was not at a dead end yet when he saw an enormous house in front of him. 'Wow, that's big for a muggle project. I wonder who lives there.'
Walking further down the road, he saw houses just as big. 'The people who leave here must be rich. He walks slowly among the people doing what he did at the last neighborhood. He walked and he walked, the houses there as a vast amount of space between them. He took almost half an hour to walk by the stretch of road.
Disappointed, he turned back, losing hope of ever finding James. Trudging back to where he came from, he thought 'I guess it was stupid of me to ever hope. It's damn impossible. There's no way he is alive.' Due to the long hours of listening to conversations, he now did it instinctively.
'There's no way that will happen!'
'Exactly! Why don't you help me get it into his head? I've been trying to do that for nearly half a day already.'
'Well guess what guys, I believe in magic and I believe that that is possible. So there, end of conversation.'
At that man's voice, Sirius stopped abruptly, his back stiffened and the only word swimming round his head was
'JAMES!!!!'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Should I end here?......Well I'm not that mean.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'Hey guys, look here. That dog's cute, isn't it?'
'Henry.'
'I've found him! Oh please let it be him.'
'I know you love animals, but you do have to admit, he doesn't look very nice plus it's filthy.'
'Grrr.'
'Shh Richard, look it heard you. You cannot judge a book by its cover. You ask me what I see in it and even if you don't, I'll tell you. It being filthy shows that it's adventurous. Beneath all those, there will be a playful'
'yet a loyal friend that will go through thick and thin for you. One who would die for you rather than betray you.' Unknown to Henry, the same few words were going through the dogs' aka Sirius' mind.
'Wow Henry, that was erm. deep.' Marcus mused.
'Okay you there, stop. Who are you? What have you done to our friend? You better bring him back, or else.'
'Or else what, Richard darling? Or else I would make sure I record another episode of you cutting a turkey with a. What was that again. Oh right.a spoon. How far were you intending to get with a spoon Richard? Through its' skin?'
'Oh shut up!'
'Why should I?'
'Come on, you guys!!'
'Because I said so!'
'Who's gonna listen to you?'
'You are!'
'Me? No way!'
'Guys!!'
'Yes you!'
'Definitely not!'
'Is that all you two can come up with? Yes and No's?'
'You think you know better, huh?'
'Of course!'
They walk while they bickered; only leaving Sirius with a pat on the head before going. Sirius watch them go, gathering himself, he thought determinedly
'It can't and won't be him. He promised.'
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You want to know what James promised. Look out for the next chapter. I'm trying to show a bit of all their life before bringing them together.
I hope to get a few reviews for this. GOOD or BAD
I hope I'm not asking too much but I'm hoping for at least 15 REVIEWS for this.
I thank those who have reviewed. And I hope that more reviews (good or bad) will come it is a great encouragement and with all the pointers here and there, it will definitely improve my writing skills. I'm still very new at this.