When it's all Black and White
Chapter 4 Harry's Boggart
Sirius sat back down next to Harry and folded his arms across his chest. "Go ahead, ask me anything."
Figeting slightly Harry looked at his hands.
"Where are we?"
"Number twelve Grimmauld Place. This is my dear old mums house, or used to be. We're still in London if that's what you mean."
"Okay." Harry said and got off his chair, he didn't want to ask too many questions.
"Wait, is that all?" Sirius asked grabbing Harry's arm lightly. "I mean, I just took you out of your home and into the wizarding world where you probably have no idea what's going on and your only question is 'Where are we'?"
The look on Harry's face made Sirius let go of his arm. "Harry, I didn't mean it like that. I was just surprised, I mean,don't you have more questions?"
Harry hesitated than sat back down. "Yes, I have a million."
Sirius smiled and Harry thought he looked relieved. "Good. Ask away."
"How am I a wizard?"
"Well, your mother and father were both wizards, two of the best I might add. So its just natural that you are too."
His mother and father? Sirius knew them? 'Of cource he knew them you idiot.' Part of his mind whispered 'He is your godfather'.
"How's come my aunt isn't a witch? She was my mums sister."
A shadow seemed to cross over Sirius' face before he answered. "People who are born with the gift of magic are special Harry. Not everyone agrees however."
Harry looked up at Sirius who smiled at him. "What do you want me to call you?"
"Just call me Sirius, everyone else does and I mean everyone. Even people who don't like me very much do."
"Okay."
Sirius and Harry sat in the kitchen just talking for the longest time in which Remus emerged from the basement.
"Hey guys how about giving me a hand? We can go upstairs and Harry can pick out his room."
Harry looked at Sirius who nodded and the three of them walked up the first flight of steps.
"My room is on this floor," Sirius said pointing to the second door on the left. "There are three more rooms of this floor or you can pick one of the two on the floor above this."
Sirius and Remus waited to see if Harry was going to stay on this floor or if they would be climbing some more stairs.
"I'll stay here." Harry said looking into each room and picking the only bedroom on the right.
"Well, I'm going to start cleaning my room, it's been a long time since I've been here." Sirius said leaving Harry and Remus in the hall.
"Well Harry, we might as well get your room clean enough to sleep in." Remus said and Harry followed him into the room.
The bedroom Harry chose was dusty, full of spiders and cobwebs, and had odd creatures in the closet and dress drawers. Very carefuly Harry opened the bottom drawer and a silver mist came out. Eyeing it cautiously Harry watched in silent horror as the mist covered a big spot on the floor. He was about to call for Remus when he saw something black under the mist. When it was clearing away Harry sank to his knees and let out a small scream.
"Oh no, Snuggles!"
Remus turned around to see Harry on the floor next to a black dog who looked very much like...
"What's going on?"
Sirius had ran from his room when he heard Harry yell, the sight in front of him was not what he expected. Harry was now hugging the dead dog close to him.
"Riddikulus," Remus said and the dog disappeared leaving Harry shaking.
"Harry." Sirius knelt down next to him and grabbed his shoulders, "Harry it's okay it was just a boggart."
"Snuggles." Harry whispered now fighting off his tears miserably. "He's a dog, Uncle Vernon will hurt him if he shows up around his house again." Looking up staring pleadingly into Sirius's eyes "Can we go back and get him?"
"Who is Snuggles Harry?" Remus asked wondering why Harry was so attached to a dog.
"He's a dog on my street. He's very nice, but I think he might be a stray. He was the only one who wouldn't yell at me."
Sirius was grinning and gave Harry's shoulders a quick squeeze.
"Harry of cource I would never yell at you. Well, unless you scare me half to death."
Undoubtedly confused Harry wiped his eyes, "You?"
Remus understood now and turned back to the corner where he encountered a family of wolf spiders.
"Yes me. I'm Snuggles."
"I don't understand." Harry said looking at him.
"Here, I'll show you."
Harry's eyes grew three times their normal size as his godfather started to change into a dog. Once he was finished with the transformation Snuggles found himself in a death grip which was supposed to be a hug. Realeasing his grip slightly, Snuggles was able to lay his head on Harry's shoulder.
"How do ou do that?" He asked the dog who just looked at Remus.
"Sirius is an animagus Harry, illeagaly I might add."
"An animagus?" Harry asked still watching Remus.
"That means I can turn into a dog anytime I want to." Sirius said who had turned into his human form.
"Why is it illegal?"
Sirius shot a look at Remus that planely said 'good job'. "Well it's not always illegal. Do you remember that woman who was with me when I came to get you?" Harry nodded, "Well, she's an animagus too, but legal. The only reason I'm not is because I never regisered myself." Sirius explained and went to step on a particulary big spider that escaped Remus' spells.
Harry smiled and started to take the bed spread and curtains down to the basement where Sirius showed him how to use the cleaning machine. The machine was very similar to the muggle washer and dryer, but it was a lot faster. Later in the day Remus pointed out that Harry didn't have a change of clothes or anything else. Sirius used floo powder, much to Harry's surprise, to get to his flat.
While Sirius was gone, Remus took Harry on a grand tour of the Black Manor. "These rooms was where I would stay when I visited Sirius during the summer. Most of the time your father would come over to." He said as they stood on the top floor looking into the two monsterous rooms.
"You were friends with my dad?"
"Oh yeah, me,Sirius, and your dad were the best of friends all through our years at Hogwarts."
Harry nodded to himself and walked back down the stairs where Sirius made his presence known.
"I got you a night shirt Harry, and tomorrow perhaps we will go to Diagon Alley to get you some robes and other clothes."
"Diagon Alley?"
"It's where we will go to get your school things also. It's a place where the wizarding community gets their supplies."
"Oh." Harry said flatly and went to sit down on the single couch in the spacious living room.
The house seemed even bigger to Sirius since he left. All the furniture had been taken out of the house and destroyed, mostly burned by himself, when his mother died. Then he left the house hoping never to return, but the turn of events had brought him back, and now he was to finish raising a child in this place. Sirius just hoped he would be better at it then his oun foolish parents.
TBC
Chapter 4 Harry's Boggart
Sirius sat back down next to Harry and folded his arms across his chest. "Go ahead, ask me anything."
Figeting slightly Harry looked at his hands.
"Where are we?"
"Number twelve Grimmauld Place. This is my dear old mums house, or used to be. We're still in London if that's what you mean."
"Okay." Harry said and got off his chair, he didn't want to ask too many questions.
"Wait, is that all?" Sirius asked grabbing Harry's arm lightly. "I mean, I just took you out of your home and into the wizarding world where you probably have no idea what's going on and your only question is 'Where are we'?"
The look on Harry's face made Sirius let go of his arm. "Harry, I didn't mean it like that. I was just surprised, I mean,don't you have more questions?"
Harry hesitated than sat back down. "Yes, I have a million."
Sirius smiled and Harry thought he looked relieved. "Good. Ask away."
"How am I a wizard?"
"Well, your mother and father were both wizards, two of the best I might add. So its just natural that you are too."
His mother and father? Sirius knew them? 'Of cource he knew them you idiot.' Part of his mind whispered 'He is your godfather'.
"How's come my aunt isn't a witch? She was my mums sister."
A shadow seemed to cross over Sirius' face before he answered. "People who are born with the gift of magic are special Harry. Not everyone agrees however."
Harry looked up at Sirius who smiled at him. "What do you want me to call you?"
"Just call me Sirius, everyone else does and I mean everyone. Even people who don't like me very much do."
"Okay."
Sirius and Harry sat in the kitchen just talking for the longest time in which Remus emerged from the basement.
"Hey guys how about giving me a hand? We can go upstairs and Harry can pick out his room."
Harry looked at Sirius who nodded and the three of them walked up the first flight of steps.
"My room is on this floor," Sirius said pointing to the second door on the left. "There are three more rooms of this floor or you can pick one of the two on the floor above this."
Sirius and Remus waited to see if Harry was going to stay on this floor or if they would be climbing some more stairs.
"I'll stay here." Harry said looking into each room and picking the only bedroom on the right.
"Well, I'm going to start cleaning my room, it's been a long time since I've been here." Sirius said leaving Harry and Remus in the hall.
"Well Harry, we might as well get your room clean enough to sleep in." Remus said and Harry followed him into the room.
The bedroom Harry chose was dusty, full of spiders and cobwebs, and had odd creatures in the closet and dress drawers. Very carefuly Harry opened the bottom drawer and a silver mist came out. Eyeing it cautiously Harry watched in silent horror as the mist covered a big spot on the floor. He was about to call for Remus when he saw something black under the mist. When it was clearing away Harry sank to his knees and let out a small scream.
"Oh no, Snuggles!"
Remus turned around to see Harry on the floor next to a black dog who looked very much like...
"What's going on?"
Sirius had ran from his room when he heard Harry yell, the sight in front of him was not what he expected. Harry was now hugging the dead dog close to him.
"Riddikulus," Remus said and the dog disappeared leaving Harry shaking.
"Harry." Sirius knelt down next to him and grabbed his shoulders, "Harry it's okay it was just a boggart."
"Snuggles." Harry whispered now fighting off his tears miserably. "He's a dog, Uncle Vernon will hurt him if he shows up around his house again." Looking up staring pleadingly into Sirius's eyes "Can we go back and get him?"
"Who is Snuggles Harry?" Remus asked wondering why Harry was so attached to a dog.
"He's a dog on my street. He's very nice, but I think he might be a stray. He was the only one who wouldn't yell at me."
Sirius was grinning and gave Harry's shoulders a quick squeeze.
"Harry of cource I would never yell at you. Well, unless you scare me half to death."
Undoubtedly confused Harry wiped his eyes, "You?"
Remus understood now and turned back to the corner where he encountered a family of wolf spiders.
"Yes me. I'm Snuggles."
"I don't understand." Harry said looking at him.
"Here, I'll show you."
Harry's eyes grew three times their normal size as his godfather started to change into a dog. Once he was finished with the transformation Snuggles found himself in a death grip which was supposed to be a hug. Realeasing his grip slightly, Snuggles was able to lay his head on Harry's shoulder.
"How do ou do that?" He asked the dog who just looked at Remus.
"Sirius is an animagus Harry, illeagaly I might add."
"An animagus?" Harry asked still watching Remus.
"That means I can turn into a dog anytime I want to." Sirius said who had turned into his human form.
"Why is it illegal?"
Sirius shot a look at Remus that planely said 'good job'. "Well it's not always illegal. Do you remember that woman who was with me when I came to get you?" Harry nodded, "Well, she's an animagus too, but legal. The only reason I'm not is because I never regisered myself." Sirius explained and went to step on a particulary big spider that escaped Remus' spells.
Harry smiled and started to take the bed spread and curtains down to the basement where Sirius showed him how to use the cleaning machine. The machine was very similar to the muggle washer and dryer, but it was a lot faster. Later in the day Remus pointed out that Harry didn't have a change of clothes or anything else. Sirius used floo powder, much to Harry's surprise, to get to his flat.
While Sirius was gone, Remus took Harry on a grand tour of the Black Manor. "These rooms was where I would stay when I visited Sirius during the summer. Most of the time your father would come over to." He said as they stood on the top floor looking into the two monsterous rooms.
"You were friends with my dad?"
"Oh yeah, me,Sirius, and your dad were the best of friends all through our years at Hogwarts."
Harry nodded to himself and walked back down the stairs where Sirius made his presence known.
"I got you a night shirt Harry, and tomorrow perhaps we will go to Diagon Alley to get you some robes and other clothes."
"Diagon Alley?"
"It's where we will go to get your school things also. It's a place where the wizarding community gets their supplies."
"Oh." Harry said flatly and went to sit down on the single couch in the spacious living room.
The house seemed even bigger to Sirius since he left. All the furniture had been taken out of the house and destroyed, mostly burned by himself, when his mother died. Then he left the house hoping never to return, but the turn of events had brought him back, and now he was to finish raising a child in this place. Sirius just hoped he would be better at it then his oun foolish parents.
TBC