Chapter 4. The Surprise Visit

Harry was in the Gryffindor Common Room doing nothing at all. There was no one else in the castle. Well there was Dumbledore but he was much to busy, and its not that hanging out with the Headmaster wasn't entertaining; it just wasn't Harry's idea as fun.

When the Fat Lady's portrait opened, Harry jumped up and thought the worse. But what he got was about as good as playing Quidditch; just about.

"Sirius!" Harry exclaimed, "What are you doing here?"

"Yeah, Hello to you too Harry," Sirius joked. "Dumbledore sent me an owl explaining that you were here. I figured I could be of some company."

"Yeah, that's for sure. I am completely bored. It's not that I don't love being here in the castle, it's just so much better having Ron and Hermione and everyone else here. It's not the same. "

"Yeah. I know what you mean. Being on the loose does get lonely, so I'm here. I can't get caught being here if it's just you and Dumbledore right?" He paused. "My point exactly, thanks Harry," he said while rolling his tired blue eyes.

"What about the House Elves? There's a psychotic one down there; she's drunk and crying all the time."

"The House Elves wouldn't care who I was, as long as they could serve me, that's how they are. Haven't you learned that? All the time when we snuck down in to the Kitchens, me and your father Harry, none of them cared about who we were as long as they could please us. Pleasing us, pleases them. "

"That not what Hermione thinks at all. Do you remember when we visited you in the cave last year? She won't understand, I wonder if she'll continue her spew stuff again next year."

"Yeah I remember that. Anyways, I'm not here to talk about house elves and worrying about getting caught. Let's do something fun," Sirius decided.

Silence commenced among the two.

"Yeah, this is fun," Harry murmured.

"Hey Sirius? Do you remember my photo album?"

Sirius' eyes lit up and had a sad look to them at the same time. "Yes, I do. We put that together, your parents and I before we casted the fidelius spell. Why? Do you have it?"

"Yeah. It's upstairs. Hagrid gave it to me in my 1st year. Do you think we could look at it together?"

"That's a great idea. But after we get something to eat. I'm starving," Sirius announced.

"Ugh, Sirius, you're always hungry," Harry said laughing.

"Well, ya, I guess that's true," he agreed laughing.

"Do you have the Marauders Map Harry?"

"No. Dumbledore has it. He's had it ever since the 3rd task. I can't believe I forgot all about it! " Harry said while shaking his head in a disapproving manor.

"You can ask him for it tomorrow," Sirius said while pushing the portrait open.

"Harry Potter sir has come to visit Dobby!" exclaimed a voice with a squeak as Harry and Sirius steped into the kitchens.

"Hey Dobby. Dobby, this is Sirius, my godfather. Sirius, this is Dobby, he used to work for the Malfoys. So how are you Dobby?" Harry asked.

"Dobby is good sir! Look!" the elf says pointing to his feet, "Dobby is wearing the socks Harry Potter gave him!"

"That's great. Dobby, do you think you could get us some food? I'm a little on the hungry side," Sirius interrupted

"Of course Sirius sir! Would you be wanting ham, chicken or beef?" Dobby asked bouncing from one foot to the other.

"How about…. Hmm…Harry? Which do you want?"

"How 'bout ham?"

"Okay, Harry would like ham, and I would like all of them please."

Dobby ran towards the other end of the kitchen with a quick bow to get their food.

"A little hungry Sirius?" Harry joked

"Yeah. Just a little bit."

"Here you goes Sir. Dobby got you some other food too," said Dobby as soon as he came back.

"Thank you, very much," Sirius said with an accent.

"Thanks Dobby! I'll come visit again before I leave for the rest of the summer!" Harry said.

"Thank you Harry Potter sir! You are so kind to Dobby!" the mini dude said again. (A/N: I just had to put it. : D )

half hour later

"Well that was good. I haven't had a real descent meal since before… well let's just say a long time," Sirius said with a sigh.

"Yeah. Did I ever tell you how I know Dobby so well?" Harry asked.

"There's a story to go with it? I just figured that you knew him so well from going down to the kitchens often," Sirius said with a shrug. "But this has got to be interesting, so talk."

"How often were you at the kitchens?"

"Oh, not too often. Just like a few times a week."

Harry's jaw dropped. "We only go down there a few times a month. And a few of those times they hushed us out the door because of Hermione with her spew stuff.

"Okay, so it was back in my second year here, well about to start. I think it was my birthday, I dunno, I'm not positive. But my Uncle, you know, the big beefy guy. He was having dinner guests over; and I of course wasn't invited. But like I wanted to. Anyways, I was going upstairs where my little bedroom was, and there he was, jumping on my bed. That was the first time I ever saw a house elf so, umm ya, it was quite interesting," Harry explained.

"He-was-jumping-on-your-bed?" Sirius asked. "I have got to see me a house elf jump on a bed before I die! That would be so funny! With their big ears flopping everywhere. HAHA"

Sirius' laughs must have been contagious, because the next minute, Harry was laughing as well. Especially since he's seen the big ears flopping everywhere.

"Why don't you get the photo album Harry? I'll start a fire," Sirius said as he calmed down.

"Hey, Look! There are more pictures than the last time I looked at it!" Sirius exclaimed as he and Harry opened up the book.

"Hagrid must have put them in there. He told me that he sent owls to my mom and dads old school friends asking them for pictures," Harry told him.

"Oh look at this one! I looked so little! Look at your father, damn you two look alike. Anyways, this one was at your father's 11th birthday party. We were at a Quidditch game. That's where we met Remus."

"And this was the picture that Greg Creevey begged us to let him take. That kid always had a camera with him," Sirius continued laughing.

"Greg Creevey? There's two Gryffindors with the name of Creevey. Collin and Dennis. And Collin always has a camera! That kid is obsessed with me. But I always thought that they were muggle born. At least, that's what Collin said during his first year. Do you think it's possible they are related?"

"It's definately possible. I mean, c'mon, how many crazy kids can there be with the name of Creevey?" Sirius said while laughing.

"God! I don't even want to think about it!"

Harry went to bed that night feeling better than he has in a long time. Sirius told him that he was staying as well. But only for a few days, until Harry goes back to the Dursleys.

A/N: I decided to have this chapter now, instead of later because I felt like there should be some humor!!

I thought that the entire Dobby, ear thing was funny! I don't know if that could actually happen, but it can for my story!

Remus and Sirius are my favorite characters so they have to be in here somewhere! We'll get back to Laurali in the next chapter.

Keep reading and Reviewing! Thanks! Lauren