Run Away
SummaryYeah, it's on the other two chapters!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything Harry Potter.
"Sirius! Will you get back under the bloody cloak, before someone sees you?"
Remus Lupin was close to having a coronary as Sirius Black, most famous convict of the century, toed the line of his sanity.
Sirius grinned at him before tugging the borrowed invisibility cloak a bit closer to his body, but still leaving a disturbing image of a floating eyeball. "Will you relax, Moony!" Sirius said, giddily, "This is the first time I've been outside since September!"
Remus sighed quietly as the two Marauders climbed up the front stair to Number 4 Privet Drive. "Padfoot, I swear that you'll be the death of me. Now, please let me do all the talking –"
Too late, Sirius had already thrown off the cloak and knocked on the wooden door. Remus rolled his eyes and waited while lumbering footsteps headed for the door. Sirius looked over at him conspicuously, "Do you remember the last time we saw Dursley at Lily's wedding? Do you think it's possible the man could have gotten any bigger?"
The door opened to reveal Vernon Dursley, mustache wobbling on his pudgy face. He eyed the two men as Sirius and Remus tried not to laugh. Sirius, ever the practical one… managed to quell his humor first and keep a straight face.
"Can I help you?" Dursley asked, leaning on the door frame so that it started to groan under the strain.
"Hello, I'm looking for my Godson." Sirius told the man, straightening a bit. "Have you seen him?"
Dursley changed to an ugly shade of puce and eyed both men carefully. "Are you…er… one of them?"
"Them?" Remus asked, puzzled, "You mean, a wizard?"
Vernon visibly restrained himself from snarling at them while glancing around at the quiet houses next door. "Never mind! It doesn't matter, the boy's upstairs… take him and get out of my house."
"Thank you, kind sir!" Sirius said merrily, "And Happy Christmas to you!"
Both wizards marched past the threshold and to the stairway at the other end of the hallway. They caught a glimpse of a warm living room with what looked like a human whale taking up the entire space of a couch and a slight woman leaning against the side of the sofa, stroking a tuft of the being's hair.
Sirius and Remus just looked at one another, "Well, I guess it is possible to become wider than you are tall."
Oh crap.
Harry Potter heard Sirius, and leapt off the bed as soon as the door to his bedroom slammed open. Remus and Sirius both stood in the door way and looked around the room before settling their eyes on him. Sirius rushed at him..
"Harry! What were you thinking, leaving like that? Do you know what could have happened to you?"
Harry looked up at Sirius from the surprise hug that he'd just been given. Remus looked around in distaste. "Harry... is this what your room always looks like?"
"Um..." Harry started in embarressment, "Well..."
"Oh Moony! My room was worse than this... James's was even worse than mine, come to think of it..."
"Harry, why did you run away like that?" Remus asked.
"People would have gotten hurt." Harry mumbled. "I couldn't risk that."
"Harry!" said, pulling away in shock Sirius held Harry's forarms. "You could never hurt anyone! Will you come back and celebrate Christmas with us?"
Harry smiled at Sirius and Remus, he felt loved for the first time.