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A/N: Well can I just say that I was BLOWN AWAY by how many reviews I'd gotten; I've never gotten that many for a story, let alone one chapter.

Answers to reviewers:

Eric2, kms-726, Strega, the vampire story hunter, General Grievous, loony, Thesilverlady, spacecatdet, craze-painter, Siriuslyfun19212, Mandy, Thewall, xyvortex, CrazyRahRah and SmacksKiller: Thank you for the reviews, they were much appreciated.

SailorBaby16, Guest type person and ERMonkey, Queen of Insanity: Your questions were all very similar in asking about how come no one has noticed Harry isn't at Hogwarts etc, etc. Your questions will be answered in this chapter.

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Chapter 2 –

It was if a fire had been lit in Sirius's mind, a burning uncontrollable flame that would not be put out by anybody, not even the dementors. It had been lit for a few days now and his magical strength was growing. He would find Peter and prove his innocence. The question was how. He couldn't exactly walk in to Hogwarts and talk to Dumbledore. It sounded so far fetched and the people who knew about Peter was only James, him and

"REMUS!" He yelled hoarsely.

If he showed Remus the picture, he'd help him, he'd show Dumbledore and they'd get Pettigrew and prove his innocence, then he could have Harry. Standing up in his tiny cell with an insane grin pasted on his face, Sirius transformed into a dog and squeezed through the bars of his cell. Then he ran as fast as his legs would carry him. He ran past the dementors, then through the entrance and into the sea. The cold water made him feel even more alive and even more determined to find Remus. As he paddled towards the shore, he noticed that it was very early morning; you could never tell what time it was in Azkaban, it was always dark. When he reached the beach he continued to run, he was pretty sure he knew where Remus lived, unless he'd moved which he doubted, Remus always loved the countryside where he lived. Continuing to run further, he thought about what he was going to say to him when Remus saw him. Sirius went through his plan as he ran. He would get Remus's wand then turn back into himself and show him the picture. Then Remus would believe him then they'd go back to Hogwarts, get the boy to give them the rat and they would reveal him as Pettigrew, then he would be free, then he'd tell Harry how much he'd like it if he lived with him. It seemed foolproof, then Sirius reminded himself bitterly, that nothing was foolproof, he'd thought that having Pettigrew as a secret keeper was foolproof and look how wrong he was about that.

NO! Sirius's mind screamed, don't think about that, think about Harry and being free. Think about how James and Lily wanted you to have Harry. Think about what you are going to do when you are free. With these happy thoughts in his head, Sirius continued to run for Remus's home.

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No matter how many times Bolt told himself that no one was out there that wanted him, he continued to hope. Maybe someone would see him and say that he looked just like one of his parents or that they knew him because of his scar. He didn't do it very often anymore but when he was younger he used to always think about it. Nowadays those thoughts would just pop into his head when he saw a family together, all happy and smiles. He'd usually made a remark saying how corny it all was but inside he felt the deepest hurt. Today he was in the middle of London, wandering around 'shopping' with Zazza and Blondie. They usually stole clothes and other things, the money they'd get from selling the alcohol and drugs usually went to food and shelter. They'd become very proficient in shoplifting. They would walk around with a large backpack and stuff clothes and other things into it while avoiding the security cameras. One of them would go outside and the other would stand near the entrance pretending to look at something, then they'd drop the bag and kick it though the doors and the alarm would be set off but no one would notice the bag and the person outside would pick it up. It was a good way to get new clothes but they preferred not to do it very often because if they got caught they would ask for names and a lot of them were runaways. Like Blondie. Bolt often did the stealing so that when they'd ask for his name, he'd just say Bolt. So far they had stolen a baseball cap each, a couple of pairs of jeans, a few shirts and a cheap watch. They were hoping to steal some shoes before the day was out. Bolt walked in to the shoe store with the backpack, they'd emptied it out before each go. He looked to see where the security cameras were, there was one in the corned of the shop but there were no alarms to walk through. Pretending to browse around he slipped three pairs of sneakers into his bag then walked out. He met Blondie and Zazza down an alley a block from the centre of town.

"So did you get them?" Zazza asked

Bolt pulled out the sneakers, they were red with white laces.

"Great, they'll go with my new baseball cap" Blondie laughed

Bolt smiled, Blondie was always like that, joking about fashion and other things that she couldn't care less about.

Blondie put the other clothes that she'd been holding into the bag.

"Well I quite enjoyed that shopping trip" Zazza said as they walked out of the alley.

Blondie rolled her eyes, "you didn't do nothing, Bolt did all the work"

"HEY!" Zazza exclaimed "I did do some work thank you very much!"

"Carrying the backpack isn't work Zazza" Bolt remarked

"Oh, so you ganging up on me now are ya? Come on I'll fight ya"

There was a moment of silence before they all burst out laughing.

"Zazza you fool!" Blondie said between laughs

"Shut up, I could take you any day" Zazza said, though he didn't mean it, Blondie by far was the best fighter.

"We better get back, Rob and Mitch want to talk to us all about something" Blondie said

"Yeah alright I'm comin'" Zazza said

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Remus Lupin couldn't believe it; Sirius had escaped Azkaban. This was another slap in the face for him. First he looses James and Lily, then Harry is killed by his stupid relatives now this. The question was; what was Sirius after? Harry was dead and it was all Dumbledore's fault. If he'd realized that Harry's relatives wanted Harry as much as a hole in the head, he wouldn't have been abandoned and died on the street. It had been announced three years ago that Harry Potter was dead. Remus still remembered the day he found out.

Flashback

Remus had just made breakfast and sat down to his table when he saw the daily prophet.

THE BOY WHO LIVED DEAD

Harry Potter aka the boy who lived is dead. It was announced by Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry.

"It gives me great sadness to say that Harry Potter is dead and has been for the past ten years" Dumbledore says with great emotion in his voice.

According to sources, Harry Potter was abandoned to die on the streets they day after his relatives, Petunia and Vernon Durlsey, were given custody of him. This was unknown until Harry Potter was sent his Hogwarts letter and no reply was given. Knowing this would happen, Rebus Hagrid was sent to retrieve Harry, only to hear the awful news.

"It was terrible, I went there and asked where Harry was and they told me he was dead" Hagrid says as he shakes with sobs.

This is indeed a horrible blow for the wizarding world and it also wants use to question Dumbledore on how he could not be aware of the boys death.

Remus had dropped his coffee and ran to the fireplace and flooed to Dumbledore's office.

"HOW COULD YOU! HOW COULD YOU BE SO STUPID!" He roared as soon as he came in.

Dumbledore was sitting at his desk talking to a pair of red headed students. He quietly told them to go back to class. They walked out, never taking their eyes off him. He was white with rage.

"Remus I—"

"NO DUMBLEDORE! IT WAS BAD ENOUGH THAT YOU WOULDN'T LET ME HAVE CUSTODY OF HIM, BUT I COULD UNDERSTAND BUT HOW COULD YOU NOT REALIZE HE WAS DEAD!" he yelled

Dumbledore took a deep breath and said "I'm sorry Remus, I thought Petunia would have the decently to have kept him, obviously I was wrong"

"You're damn right" He grumbled

Dumbledore looked at him with sadness in his eyes and said "I'm sorry Remus, I'm only human"

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Sighing, he looked at the time. It was way past midnight. He stood up and headed for the bedroom. He lived in a very small country cottage in a rural country area. There were only two very small bedrooms, a kitchen, bathroom and small living area. He'd lived there for such a long time. He loved it there, so much better than London. The neighbours are so far away they can't hear the sounds of the werewolf transformation. Lying down on the bed Remus closed his eye, the face of Sirius Black haunting his dreams.

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A woman with long red hair and green eyes looked down on him. She was cooing to him, from what he could tell he was in a cot. Then a man with extremely unruly hair and round dorky glasses ran beside the woman. His face was panic stricken and he started to yell something to her. The woman picked him up and started to make for the door when a large green light blasted the door down. The woman was screaming at someone and then a large amount of green light filled his vision.

Bolt's eye's flew open. He often had this dream. He sometimes wondered if those were his parents but it didn't make sense. His parents had abandoned him on the street, what the hell did green light have anything to do with it. Bolt fell back and drifted into a light sleep.

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A large bang woke Remus with a start. He wondered what it could be; reaching over for his wand he soon realized it was missing. He got out of bed and hurried down to the kitchen. When he reached the doorway he couldn't believe his eyes. There standing in the middle of his small kitchen stood Sirius Black with his wand pointing at him.

"Hello Remus" He said with an insane smile.

"Sirius" Remus spat the name

"I've come to prove my innocence" he said

"What innocence! you betrayed them full stop!" Remus felt the anger rising in his body.

Sirius shook his head, "No, Peter was the secret keeper and it was him who betrayed Lily and James, I cornered him in the street and he transformed into a rat. I know how insane it sounds but I have proof" he lay the picture on the table. Remus slowly made his way towards the table without taking his eyes of Sirius and looked at the picture and gasped. There on the boys shoulder was a rat, Pettigrew. Remus looked up at Sirius. "What do you want me to do?"

Sirius smiled widened "Go to Hogwarts and explain everything to Dumbledore, then we can reveal Pettigrew and it'll prove I'm innocent"

"I'll wait until tomorrow, you can take the couch" he said

Sirius nodded and asked "Can I have something to eat; I haven't eaten since I left Azkaban"

Remus nodded and went towards the cupboard "I don't have that much, is cheese and crackers okay?"

Sirius nodded and sat down at the table. When Remus placed the plate in front of him he mumbled "Thank you"

Remus said nothing and sat down and drank a cup of tea he'd conjured for himself. After a good ten minute period of siting in silence Remus piped up "I'm sorry"

Sirius jumped "what?"

"I'm sorry for thinking you were the traitor"

Sirius shook his head "I'm sorry for thinking you were the traitor"

Remus smiled "Forgive me?"

Sirius nodded and said "Cheese never tasted so good"

The two of them looked at each other and laughed. The laughter continued long into the night.

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