Chapter 4: Sirius' Will
...As he got up, he looked towards the stairs and saw somebody he did not
expect to see...
"Luna?" Harry asked to the person, with a faint air of amusement in his voice.
"Harry? Is...Is that you?" Luna Lovegood asked Harry, with fear in her voice.
"What are you doing here Luna? Why are you here? On the Knight Bus?" Harry asked while walking towards Luna, who was shaking from head to toe.
"I...I ran away from home. I had a big argument with my father and I took all my things and left. Then I called for the Knight Bus and it came and I got on and I...I...What happened?" Luna kept on looking at the pale body of Stan Shunpike on the ground.
"Look, there's no time to talk. We have to got get help. Fast. Is there anyone else upstairs except for you?" Harry asked while getting his trunk from the back of the bus.
"Umm...No...Only me...Where are we going?" Luna asked. She was too getting her trunk from the back of the bus upstairs.
"We have to get to Diagon Alley. It's only about half a mile away!," Harry was ready. He had his wand in his hand and an expression of non-fear on his face, "Would you hurry up!"
Luna got downstairs with her trunk and wand in her hand also. But her face was a dead give away that she was scared out of her wits.
"You ready?" Harry asked Luna. She looked at Harry and merely nodded.
Harry pulled the stick that opened the door and walked outside. It was a starry night. The sky was pitch black with a whole bunch of little stars giving some lost people light. And it was perfect for finding Diagon Alley.
It was hard for them to walk fast with the trunks so Harry pointed his wand at the trunks and muttered "Locomotor Trunks" and the trunks floated a few inches of the ground and followed them wherever they went.
They walked for about 10 minutes when they saw a faint light up ahead. They both looked at each other and broke out in a run, the trunks floating wildly behind them.
They ran until they got up to a house. A manor to be exact. It was about 30 feet high. It was very dark except for the front door, which was giving off a faint orange glow. When Harry squinted hard enough, he saw that it was from a gas lamp, and someone was holding it. But he nor Luna could make out the person who was holding the lamp. Harry took a few more steps toward the person.
"Hello? Is anyone there?" Harry yelled to the person, but the person didn't move.
"Hello? Can you help us? We're lost and-" But Harry's words were cut off when the person, or thing, turned around and looked at him with gleaming red eyes. Harry's scar started burning like mad. He gasped, but he couldn't take his eyes of the other person's eyes.
No...It can't be, Harry thought wildly, It's too early...No...It's not him...It's not...no...........
Harry opened his eyes almost immedeatly. He sat up in the bed he was in and looked around wildly whilst screaming,"Where is he? Where is he?"
"Where is who Harry? What are you talking about?" Luna asked with worry in her voice.
"He..he was...out...there...there..outside..he was...he..." Harry tried to explain, but the words didn't want to come out right, so he just sighed and looked at Luna.
"What happened out there?" He asked.
"Well, you were screaming at someone and then you sort of froze and then you just...kind of...fainted. Then, the person you were screaming at came over and helped me get you inside. And then....well....that's it really," Luna responded, choosing her words carefully.
At that moment, a girl walked in the livingroom with two mugs of coffee. The girl had waist length light blonde hair, athletic figure, and light bright blue eyes. She saw that Harry was awake, and she smiled.
"You alright?" she asked, giving one of the mugs to Harry and the other to Luna.
"Yeah...think so..." Harry took a gulp of the steaming hot coffee and it seemed to boosten his strength up a little. He kept on looking at the girl, who kept looking at Harry and smiling.
At that moment, a loud bang came from the kitchen and someone came running into the livingroom, with a familiar little owl racing after her with a whole bunch of parcels and letters attached to it's feet. When the owl saw Harry, it zoomed towards him and banged it tiny fragile body against Harry's left cheek.
"OUCH! Pig! Watch where your going next time will you?" Harry said with a grimace on his face. The girl who came running in glared at Harry with her menacing red eyes, fixed her knee length reddish bronzey hair, and walked over to the blonde girl, who looked exactly like her. Body wise and face wise, they were identical. But other than that, they were totally different.
"Are you two..." Luna started asking, but the blonde one finished for her.
"Twins? Yeah...we are. But we're bot dentical as you can see. We're fraternal twins. I'm Claire Ice Frost, and this is..."
"Jemmise Fire Frost." The blonde one started the sentence, and the red head finished it. Harry just stood there staring at the girls. Then, reality hit him when Pig bit his finger for attention. He looked down and took off the many small boxes and letters that was bounded to Pig. Pig then pecked Harry's finger again and zoomed out the livingroom window.
"Stupid owl...scared me half to death!" Jemmise said to Harry. "Is it your's?"
Harry just kept looking at the boxes on his lap.
"Hullo? Is anyone in that thick head of yours?" Harry still did not look at her. "Stupid idiot! Won't even look at me!" Jemmise glared at Harry and walked out of the room.
Luna looked really surprised.
"Don't worry about her. She has a pathological fear of all things that fly." Claire responded to the look of surprise on Luna's face.
"What is it that you got there Harry?" Luna asked Harry, who was looking at one of the letters he had opened with wide eyes.
"It's...It's Sirius." Harry muttered.
"What do you mean it's sirius? What is-" Luna started, but Harry inturrupted.
"No...It's...It's his will." Harry passed the letter to Luna, who read it out loud.
"The Unofficial Will Of Sirius Black"
"Hey Harry. By the time you read this, I will have probably kicked the bucket. Ok...I know what your thinking. 'It's all my fault Sirius. Blah blah blah!' Harry, don't blame yourself! It's probably my fault anyway. I probably did something against Dumbledore's rules and screwed it up. Anyway, back to the good stuff. Ummm...let's see. Okay...here it goes.
I, Sirius Back, leave my Gringotts vault, having precisely 10,284 galleons, to Harry James Potter. I also leave Remus J. Lupin as Harry James Potter's legal gardian until he is of age.
The following items I leave to you Harry, are in the boxes. They are all the things in my life that made a difference to me. And you'll find another famous product made by the marauder's, that will remind you alot of...a pensieve. I hope you understand that this is not your fault and that I'm in a better place. I'm with your mother and father and we are having a great time together. I hope the choices that I made about the money and Remus looking after you are fine with you and I wish you a very happy life.
I Love You Kid...See Ya.
xSirius Black
P.S. If you want, you can give the Weasley's some of that money. Oh yeah...Could you do me a favor? Make Snivellus's live a living hell would you? I have my pride in you Harry. You truly are your father's son.
By the time Luna finished reading this, Harry had tears of joy and guilt in his eyes.
"Can I...can I use the bathroom?" Harry asked while covering his face with his shoulder length hair.
"Yeah...It's upstairs, down to the end of the hall, and to your right. Are you okay?" Claire asked, with a sound of sadness in her voice.
"Yeah...fine..." Harry walked up the stairs and down the hall. He got up to the bathroom, closed the door, and sat on the floor. He looked at one of the boxes he sneaked up there. He didn't want to open it, but he did at the same time. He made up his mind and opened it. There was a photo album in it. He took it out and looked at the cover. He smiled.
It was a picture of Sirius as a kid. He was smiling and had two boys in a headlock. One of them he did not know, but had a suspicion it was Lupin. And the other boy, Harry could tell right away was his father. He had the same black untidy hair that Harry had inhibited, and the same big round glasses. But he had blue eyes. Harry had green, like his mum's. The picture was taken outside.
Probably near the lake, Harry thought. God how I miss that lake.
Harry looked back at the photo album. He smiled again before turning the page. The imgae on the next page made Harry mad.
It was his father, Sirius, and Lupin. They were all sitting under the big tree near the lake. A few feet away was Pettigrew. He was talking to someone with an evil look on his face, staring at his father. Who he was talking to, he couldn't make out. He only saw a lock of dark straight hair. In the picture, his father was playing with the snitch. Lupin was laughing at Sirius doing a Snape imitation. They looked so...Happy. Not a care in the world. Not knowing that in a few years, one of they're "friends" would decieve them all. And that in the end, two of them dead, and one who might be next. Harry didn't even want to think about it. He closed the album and set off downstairs.
A/N: Hey! Here's chapter 4 to everyone who's reading! This chapter is a pretty long one, compared to my other ones. This one took me longer to type because of school stuff. I just wanna say thank you to everyone who reviewed and I hope you liked this chapter. And I'll try to post my chapters a bit earlier next time okay? So R&R and you'll get more to read!
Thanx!
Krystina