Something Different
Chapter Seventeen
By: MissPatriciaPotter
The snowy owl, Hedwig flew to the Hogwarts with a piece of parchment attached to her leg. Her instructions came from Lucius, he had hastily scribbled a some-what legible note onto a piece of parchment, tied it onto Hedwigs leg, and left in the direction of the Malfoy dungeon. Hedwig had been flying for hours; Lucius had told her that Hogwarts was a big castle with an extensive forest beside it. That was the only information that she had been given. Who would of known there was a lot of castles with forests beside them?
Hedwig looked down, a castle was down below a quick check to the right confirmed that this was the spot, there was a forest. She could be wrong, like the other five times, but she felt like this was the right spot. Hedwig began to descend toward the castle.
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Harry had calmed down after he had been given a cup of hot coca, that unknown to him had a weak truth potion in it. After Harry had finished his coca, Dumbledore came back into the room, a black dog behind him. Harry watched in amazement as the dog transformed back into a human, Sirius.
Sirius walked over to the chair and sat down, he noticed Harry's puzzled look.
"I am an Animagus," Sirius paused a minute, "make that an unregistered Animagus." Sirius added with a toss of his loose black hair.
"It means he can transform into an animal at will, Sirius's is a dog." Dumbledore explained.
"Is there a reason you picked a dog?" Harry asked timidly. Sirius had told him that he could ask anything he wanted, that had been breaking one of the Dursley's rules, Don't ask questions. So Harry was just getting used to be able to use his voice at will. Sirius felt like that was stepping in the right direction, even though it was small it was still such a big step for the small boy.
Sirius shook his head.
"Okay."
"Can I ask you a question Harry?"
"S-s-sure." Harry didn't know why he was stuttering; he all of a sudden had become scared. He remembered Uncle Vernon using this as a scare tactic.
"Do you have any possessions you have at your relatives' house you want to keep?" Sirius asked, hoping he would have a reason to go to the Dursleys. He was mad, no mad was an understatement, he was extremely angry with the Dursleys for the physical and mental scares they had caused Harry.
"Nope." His only thing he wanted to keep was at Lucius's house. "There is one thing though, but I'll have to go back to Lucius's house to get it.
Dumbledore waved his wand and his purple robes transformed into a stripped polo shirt and a pair of baggy blue jeans, "well I have work to do, and I'll see you guys for supper."
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Sirius's job while Dumbledore was gone was to entertain Harry. They had left the stuffy office and were walking along the grounds. The students had been alerted to not be alarmed about Sirius being there, many students jovially greeted him and started a lively chat. Harry followed Sirius, his eyes bouncing off object to object. Everything in this place was so amazing to the young boy.
The Quittich pitch was empty, but Sirius was here for one reason, to teach Harry how to fly. Most wizarding children already knew how to fly, and Harry should be able to right now. If only James and Lily were still alive now Harry would have grown up in a healthy relationship.
Sirius walked into the small wooden shed, known as the broom shed, and took out two of the school's brooms. They were old, reacted very oddly at different altitudes, and sometimes stopped working altogether, but they would have to do. Harry was still there when Sirius came back.
Sirius handed Harry one of the brooms and kept the other for himself.
"What am I supposed to do with this?" Harry asked, "I thought brooms were only for sweeping."
"We are going to fly."
Harry stared at Sirius like he was crazy.
"Fine then I'll show you." Sirius mounted his broom, lifted off the ground a couple feet then came back down to the ground. Harry was awestruck.
"I want to learn how to do that."
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Harry had a little flying lesson with Sirius hovering a few feet from him; Sirius was scared about Harry falling off the broom, as this was his first lesson. But he didn't he was an excellent flyer, just like James had been. In the middle of the lesson, Sirius quickly disappeared to the broom shed to grab the wooden cart, that was used for practice Quidditch sessions. Adorned on the top of the box was the Hogwarts crest in the center, with all four houses on all four corners. Sirius opened up the latch, took out a very small ball. He was going to teach Harry how to be a seeker, just like his father had been.
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Sirius and Harry ate supper in Dumbledore's office, two house elves brought in trays laden with a variety of food and a jug of pumpkin juice. They set it down on the desk, bowed, and then left.
Both Sirius and Harry dug into the delicious food, they devoured all they could eat before Dumbledore came back.
"Could I have a word with you in my private chambers after," Harry yawned, "you tuck Harry in." Dumbledore said melancholy, Sirius knew that Dumbledore's sad voice was trying to give a hint. He must have found out something. Dumbledore left to the Great Hall, to have supper.
After Dumbledore left Sirius asked Harry, "are you done your supper."
Harry nodded his head.
"I'll show you to your room." The room that was to be Harry's for the time being had been previously the room for the Headmaster's guests or important officials. The room was decorated in great exquisiteness. A four poster bed was in the center, covered in sheets of the finest silk. A wing back chair was beside the bed. The drapes around the bed were purple velvet and had a set of gold drawstring cords. A window on the east side overlooked the courtyard of the school. An oak dresser hugged the left side beside the door. A pair of green silk pajamas had been deposited on the bed by a house elf by the request of Dumbledore.
As soon as Harry got to the bed he looked down at the pajamas, slowing fingering the soft material. "You can put those on in the bathroom."
Harry nodded and quickly dashed into the small-adjoined bathroom. He came back not even a minute later, pajamas on; his clothes that he had been previously wearing were carefully cradled in his arms. Harry placed the clothes on the chair beside the bed.
Harry climbed onto the lush bed and laid down. Sirius came over to sit beside him.
Sirius pushed a few strands of Harry's ebony hair, so he could see into Harry's emerald eyes. They held curiosity, innocence, and fear?
"Goodnight Harry." Sirius pulled the sheets around Harry's tiny form. This was great, but he could be with the Malfoy's. Sirius turned to leave, but was stopped by Harry calling out, "could you please read me a story?"
Sirius beamed, "sure." Once again Sirius took a seat on the side of the bed.
"Once upon a time there was a group of four boys that went to Hogwarts their nicknames were Moony, Padfoot, Prongs, and Wormtail." Sirius thought for a minute.
"They were quite, mischievous as far as I remember." Sirius continued. "Moony was more like a referee, while Padfoot and Prongs were the troublemakers. Wormtail was more like a follower (1)."
"One time they decided to surprise Snape, who was another student in the school."
"You mean the scary man in black (2)?"
Sirius laughed and nodded.
"They were all in their fifth year, as well as Snape, it was well after supper, all four of the boys had staked out in a corner of the dungeon. Snape was in the potions classroom doing an extra credit project. Moony was the lookout; he told us that Snape was coming about an hour that the boys had occupied the space."
"Then what happened?" Harry asked quietly.
"Then Padfoot, Prongs, and Wormtail jumped out and scared him. It was one of the group's favorite moments for the rest of the year even though they received two months detention, as Snape was carrying a flask of a potion that acted like acid.
"And that is the end."
"Night Sirius."
"Night Harry."
Sirius got to the door when Harry called out, "so you knew Snape when he was in school, did you know anyone else I would know."
Sirius stopped dead in his tracks and turned around, "possibly maybe I'll tell you when your older."
1- For some odd reason I see Wormtail as more of a follower then anything else.
2- Even though Snape is one of of my fav characters, he can still be quite scary in all that black!
Authors Notes- Sorry for the very late chapter, I got caught up in school work. Hope you have a Merry Christmas.