The train ride was long and dull as it had been for many years but the trio suffered it together. When the sun had finally set, Harry and Hermione went to the prefect meeting, they sat together in silence waiting to find out who the new Heads were. They sat for twenty minutes just waiting before either of them had anything to say "Hermione, does it always take this long to get a meeting to start??" "No Harry usually they are all here at the same time.....I wonder if we missed it?" she asked impatiently "I doubt it" he said with a heavy sigh "you'd never forget this kind of thing". She pushed her hair behing her ear and blushed slightly as they silently looked out the windows. harry could see his reflection in the window, he saw a boy nearing manhood with jet black hair and emerald green eyes hidden behind round think framed glasses and althought he would never admit it, as humbble as he is, he had some pretty good muscles. Hermione was lost in thoughts ' I wonder why Ron gave up his prefect duties?' she mentally asked herself. She had been very surprised when they had found out last summer at Grimrauld place that Ron had gotten it, she was so sure it would have been Harry.
They were approaching Hogwarts now and Harry was still sitting with Hermione in the prefects compartment. Ron entered the compartment two hours later, he found his two best friends sitting looking extremely bored and all he could think was ' bloody hell, are they even alive?' he cleared his throat loudly Hermione turned around "Oh Ron, where are all the prefects have you seen any of them?" "No, weren't they here?" he answered with his own question. Harry shook his head, No. They all exited the compartment and began walking towards the compartment where Ginny and Luna were waiting patiently for them, while Ginny was giggling at something in the Quibbler Luna was just staring transfixed.
They all changed into their robes and Hermione helped Harry put his prefect badge on the front of his. They were just settling back into their seats when a cold, slimy ferrety voice came through the door "....yeah, so I told my father I said 'Potter thinks the damned man, Black is still alive I for one am very glad Bella -' he of course just -" he was cut off by Harry coming out of his compartment, a frown on his face and a death glare directed at Draco Malfoy, the biggest prat in all of Hogwarts " you wanna repeat that, Malfoy?" he asked taking a step closer to the blond haired pureblood. "Sure Potter" Mayfoy said "I was just saying that I'm glad Bellatrix killed Siri -" he was cut off again this time by being hit square in the chest, Harry looked around, he had not yet taken out his wand he found Hermione, Ginny Ron and a few other DA members holding their wands at the ready, " Sorry Harry" said Ginny "I figured you wouldn't want to hear it so...I..." she stopped and she looked at the ground. Harry smiled a real, genuine smile and returned to his compartment with all his friends. "Harry mate, are you going to keep working on the DA this year"
Ron asked when they were all sitting down on the seats in the red train dubbed ' the Hogwarts Express' "I dunno" he replied "I don't want to repeat last year, I don't want to drag my friends into danger and chances are it's only going to get worse" he was fighting with himself on the inside, two little voices were arguing on what to do ' tell them ' one said ' NO! don't tell them' the other said. They were debating wether or not to tell his friends about the prophecy he had been told the year before in Dumbledore's office. He compromised, he promised to think about it. As they arrived near Hogsmead a magically enhanced voice rang out and said "All prefects please go to the prefects compartment, the meting will soon begin" Harry groaned, they had wasted all that time for nothing?! He followed Hermione out of the compartment and down the hall to the compartment he had already seen enough of. "Sit down ! Sit down!" said the head boy. Harry looked around so many different people all together and all of the faces of the magical world that he had seen flashed infront of his eyes, he had to save them all. He felt like a weight had been dropped on his shoulders,
a weight he just now realized he had. He looked around nervously, noticing everyone was starring at him "what?" he asked and a few people giggled Hermione nudged him "they were saying that you changed places with Ron they wanted to know why" she said in a whisper "oh"he said and cleared his throat "he um...just..um...gave it to me"
They took that and just kept going explaining everything and such, he wasn't listenning he knew he'd hear it again from Hermione at least three times just at dinner.
They left the meeting just as the train pulled into the station. He heard the familiar " firs' years follow me" from Hagrid and stayed with Hermione tryingto find Ron They got into a carriage, pulled by thestrals that Harry could see but not Hermione, for you could only see them if you had seen death, if you had seen someone die.
Harry looked up at the castle in the distance and almost let out a sob, all the memories he had of Sirius there, he managed to cover it up by coughing, Sirius was NOT dead,
he wouldn't cry over Sirius NOT being dead....he was coming out anyminute now, Sirius would be waiting in his dormitory. he kept pondering that the whole way so he didn't notice that Ron wasn't there or that they were being carried towards the school. All the way to his seat in the Great Hall, Harry convinced himself that Sirius was up in Gryffindor tower waiting for him, he sat there smilling at Dumbledore, completely confusing him and looking like he knew something no one else did. The sorting went by in a blur of new faces 10 of which came to Gryffindor. The feast appeared and he ate heartily, 'knowing' that he had been sad for no reason. The feast in his opinion lasted much too long, he could already be upstairs with Sirius, was Dumbledore doing this on purpose?? If you asked Harry he would tell you it was just proof that he was right, he had more proof too; Hermione kept loking at him and smiling her head off. 'I must be right' he thought with a smile ' they tried to keep it a secret, they wanted to surprise me' he looked up at the head table and noticed that Dumbledore was nearly done eating. ' good he'll tell us to go to bed now...' Dumbledore indeed got up and all the food vanished from their plates. " Now that we aera all watered and fed" he said loudly "we may now have dreams of the sweetest nature" Everyone began to make their way to the doors, Harry in the lead but he was ambushed by professor McGonnagal " Mr. Potter" she said "The headmaster wishes to see you" she led him towards Dumbledore's office and said the password ( puking pastilles) and Harry went up the spiral staicase by himself. "come in" Dumbledore said before Harry had even reached the door. He entered the room he had trashed last time he had been there "you wanted to see me ?" he asked the older man "Yes Harry"he answered "I wanted to be with ou when you openned this" he handed Harry a letter with the Gringotts crest on it, he tore it open, thinking it was probably a letter to say he was poor or something, he knew it wasn't important because he was going to be with Sirius. the letter read:
To Mr Harry James Potter, below you will find the last Will and testimony of Mr Sirius Black
Harry stopped reading, "Why are you giving this to me?" he asked The man in half moon spectacles." Because Harry, you are the person it was adressed to, Sirius wanted you to read his will and take care of his arrangements" the elderly man answered. " But why are yoyu giving this to me...why does Sirius need me to have his will ?" he asked utterly comfused "harry" dumbledore began "Sirius has past, his things need to be properly handed out" "WHY ARE YOU SAYING THAT??!!!" Harry spat at Dumbledore "what do you mean Harry why are you upset??" "WHY AM I UPSET???BECAUSE YOU KEEP LYING TO ME.....Sirius is not d-d-d-dead!! He cant be" Harry was slowly breaking down, he was losingnhope, he ran down the staircase, Sirius' will still in hand. Harry ran, he ran all the way to the Gryffindor common room, looked around and didn't see Sirius,he quickly went to his dormitory run into a few boys who were going down the stairs, he pushed open the door of his Dormitory and looked all over, the bathroom,under the beds and everywhere else he now knew there was no avoiding it, Sirius was dead. It was the summer all over again. He looked down at the letter in his hand, Sirius was dead but he was going to remember him forever.....he sat on his four poster and closed the curtains around himself, he looked down at the letter in his hand again, took a deep breath and unfolded the paper that held his godfathers' wishes
Dear Harry, I'm so sorry I'm no longer there for you, I know that this will be a hard life for you to live and i couldn't agree more. First of all, I'd like to tell you that Remus is now your guardian, but you must still go to the Dursleys.
Now on to more cheerful matters...presents('cheerfull sure' he thought to himself)
To you, Harry I leave all of these:
- flying motorcycle (got it back from Hagrid last year)
- # 12 grimrauld place (plz let the Order stay until your mission is complete)
- most of my gold ( 1000 galeons, 5000 sickles and 10 000 knuts)
- All of the marauders maps and such...(they were your fathers)
to Remus I leave:
- Some gold (500 galleons 2500 sickles and 5000 knuts..please get yourself some new robes man)
-Harry( my most prized Godson, take care of him)
- All the marauder love there is ( Pettigrew isn't worthy, he never was!!)
I am sorry there isn't more to give but when your locked up for 12 years, you can't keep much... harry one more thing, your mother and father left me their estate in Godrics Hollow please visit at least you'll find many things of interest.
I wish I were still with you in body but i will always be there in soul Sirius Black
Harry chocked back tears that were already leaking down his cheeks. he vowed then and there that he would get back at Voldemort for messing up his life, he'd show him and the world that he could learn it all. "Harry are you alright??" Asked Ron's voice "I'm fine" Harry wispered back not trusting his voice to be even if he spoke normally ' I'm going to need to be serious for the memory of Sirius.
he put his glasses on his nightstand and curled up, fully clothed on his bed, ready for another night of restless sleep 'thank you nightmares' he tought before going to sleep.