To Walk Through Fire
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Chapter X: A Secret Revealed and The Prophecy Told
Quickly he pulled the chain off Harry.
And gasped.
There, lying on his lap was not his son Harry.
Instead there lay an older, brown haired man. One who looked very similar to his one time friend Alexander Brown. Sirius nearly dropped the man in amazement when suddenly the man's hand grabbed his arm.
"Your son . . .away . . .escaped Azkaban . . .alive . . .You-Know . . .Who . . . doesn't know . . .truth . . .danger . . ." A raspy voice whispered. Sirius watched completely stunned as the man fell unconscious. Sirius stared at the Auror, too shocked to do anything else. What did the man mean? What truth did Voldemort not know? Did Alexander, if that's who this man was, know about Harry? And if so was Harry free from the clutches of Azkaban?
Was Harry alive? The thought echoed in his mind.
"Padfoot, what did he mean?" Sirius jumped as he felt a hand rest gently on his shoulder, as Moony knelt beside him. Out of the corner of his eye Sirius could see the headmaster standing nearby staring curiously at the brown-haired man lying on the ground.
"I don't know Remus." Sirius said cautiously. The possibility that Harry was alive renewed his resolve. But how could this man know about Harry, unless . . .no, Sirius refused to believe that it had gone that far. Or maybe Alexander, if that's who this really was thought he was James. Or what if this was some elaborate plot of Voldemort's to convince Sirius to say that name?
"Sirius . . .he said your son. What did he mean Padfoot? You don't have a son . . .unless there's something you haven't told me." Sirius forced a smile on his face as if what Remus had said was funny. However, those words were too close to the truth for comfort.
"We should get him to the hospital wing." Sirius told him friend quickly changing to subject, before Remus could ask anything else. He could not lie outright to his friend, not anymore, especially when Moony was one of the few people who still trusted him.
"Yes we should." Albus stepped forward. "We will take him down to the hospital wing and see how Severus is." The headmaster raised his hand before either could protest. "He may be able to help answer some of our questions, I have a feeling that it is no coincidence that both happened to arrive here severely injured." He ushered them forward. Remus picked up Alexander from the ground, careful not to move the man more than necessary. Sirius, in an attempt to avoid his friend's eyes picked up the medallion that he had taken off of Alexander, wondering exactly what it did. Had it been made by that brown-haired man, or someone else? Was Voldemort somehow involved? Did . . .There were too many questions and not enough answers. He decided to trust Alexander's words. The man had no reason to lie to him, and the man had not been delirious when he had spoken. The man looked too much like Alexander to not be the Auror, and besides that would have explained why he had not shown up for his meeting with Remus.
Sirius followed the two men out of the room and down the spiral staircase. He did not bother changing into a dog until they were out into the hall.
Harry was alive! The though kept running through his head, overpowering all his unanswered questions. His son was alive! But Harry was still in trouble. Wasn't that what Alexander had said? Danger. He had to find his son and quickly. But where would Harry be? Was it possible that his son had somehow managed to get to Hogwarts? Is that how Alexander managed to end up at the school too? Or could Harry be near Azkaban still, lost in the wilderness?
The trip to the infirmary seemed to take ages, though Sirius knew from experience it only took several seconds. Madame Pomfrey met them at the door when they entered. Sirius didn't pay any attention to their conversation as he padded along the room. Snape lay in a bed in the farthest corner of the room. Silently he crept over to where the Potions Master lay still as death. He hoped that the man was awake. A gut instinct told him that Severus Snape knew where his son was.
Sirius grimaced as he prodded the man's hand with his wet nose. He did not like touching the greasy git. The man did not even move an inch; his archenemy was out cold. Snape would not have woken up if a marching band were to pass through the room. And Sirius could not cast any spells on the git until he could change back into human form.
He heard footsteps coming towards him. Sirius turned his head in time to see the nurse leave the room. Remus and Albus came to join him at Severus' bedside.
Who would have thought that Snape would have had so many visitors when he was ill?
"Madame Pomfrey said that Alexander would be fine in a few days. She removed most of the curses around him and had to go look up a couple more." Moony told him as Sirius looked up at him curiously. "We're not to wake him now though, not even to ask a few questions. She said it could hamper his chances of recovery."
"But Harry . . ." Sirius muttered outraged as he quickly changed back into human form. "He could know something important. Like where Harry is right now. What about him?" Sirius pointed to the motionless, dark figure that lay on the bed. "Can't we wake him up?"
Albus shook his head. "No Madame Pomfrey has refused to allow us to do so. It will not help either of them, and it probably will not work. Especially not in Alexander's case, some of those curses were pretty strong."
"So we're supposed to wait here for him to wake up, while Harry could be unconscious somewhere unprotected?!" Sirius growled angrily. Listening to them had only caused his son more pain, now he was going to follow his instincts, which told him that Harry was in immediate danger and needed help. Sirius pulled his wand out from where it remained hidden in his robes.
"Padfoot, what are you doing? You can't just wake him up with enervate, it could seriously injure him. And why do you think Alexander was talking about Harry? He said your son Padfoot, you don't have a son. Besides, Snape probably doesn't know anything about Harry." Remus said calmly seeming complete unfazed by the events that had happened, but Sirius could see turmoil in his friend's eyes.
"Alexander probably thought I was James, everyone thought we looked alike. And Snape was in the raid at Azkaban, where else would he be hurt like that. He would have seen Harry there." He said quickly, he hoped there wasn't anything wrong with his logic. At seeing their unconvinced faces he continued. "Call it gut instinct if you will."
"Sirius." Remus glared at him as if trying to see through Sirius' words.
"I'm going to find Harry." Padfoot told the two of them. "I don't care what you say, I have to find him and quickly. He's in danger." If they wouldn't let him interrogate the greasy git, then he would find Harry on his own. Maybe their blood link would draw him to his son. Sirius made to turn around, wand still clutched tightly in his hand, when he felt cold hands clasp around his arm, jerking him around.
"Sirius, what is it you aren't telling us? Alexander said your son; he didn't say Harry. I heard what you said about James, but Alexander knew the two of you better than many people, and he never confused the two of you. And I know he wasn't delusional when he was speaking. He recognized you as Sirius Black. What was he talking about?" Remus did not let go of his arms. "Even if he was talking about Harry, we don't know where he is, Harry could be anywhere. For all we know Voldemort could still have him and this could just be an elaborate trick."
"I can't read people's minds," he snapped a little harsher than he intended. Debating over matters better not spoken of was not what Sirius wanted to do. They needed to save Harry. If Harry died . . No! That was not an option. "Why don't we wake him up and ask him?" Sirius tried to pull away from his friend, but Remus gripped his arm harder. Sirius suddenly lowered his wand, away from the figure on the bed. If Alexander did know that Harry was his son . . .it was better if the man remained unconscious or if he had lost his memory. It wasn't possible to wake Alexander up, however, he was sure he could wake Snape up though, and get answers from him. "And besides he was probably delirious, that bump on the side of his head probably caused it."
"Padfoot, he knew who you were. James did not look exactly like you, no one could mistake the difference between the two of you, especially someone who knew you and James." Remus told him stubbornly.
"Sirius, is there something about Alexander's words that make sense to you? Something that Remus and I failed to catch. He said that Voldemort didn't know the truth. Do you have any idea what he was talking about?" Albus cut in through Remus' interrogation.
Sirius looked at the headmaster, his mind going a mile a minute. Now what was he going to say? Alexander hadn't been talking about how Voldemort didn't know that Harry was alive, Sirius was pretty sure of that, the Auror probably didn't even see the Dark Lord. Voldemort did not know about Harry's true parentage. Sirius was sure that's what Alexander had been trying to tell him. Padfoot looked up. Both men were waiting for an answer to Albus' question. What could he tell them? "I don't know. I don't read minds. He probably means that Voldemort doesn't know that Harry's still alive. And Harry's probably hurt and lost somewhere. We have to go find him now." Sirius growled at the two men.
"We don't know where to look. It would be like looking for a needle in a haystack." Remus said exasperatedly. "Padfoot we can't do anything until we have an idea where he is. Harry could be in Mexico for all we know."
"I think he's somewhere near Hogwarts." Sirius argued. Hopefully now they would stop interrogating him about Alexander's words. Seeing their confused faces he continued. "If Snape and Alexander somehow managed to get here, then Harry should be here as well."
"Padfoot, it could just have been coincidence that Severus and Alexander appeared at Hogwarts at the same time." Remus told him. Sirius did see that flaw with his logic, but it was better than anything that either of the other two men had thought of. "And I think we need some questions answered before we start searching for Harry."
Sirius gave his friend a confused look. He knew exactly what his friend wanted to know, but he didn't want to show it. Sirius looked over at the headmaster to see if the same suspicious look resided in the old man's face as well. Albus was nodding to Remus' idea.
"He does have a point Sirius, there are several questions that need to be answered before we find Harry, and I think that you can help us answer those questions." Professor Dumbledore added. "Is there anything you would like to tell us Mr. Black?"
"The two of you have known him longer than I have, you probably know him better than I do." As much as it hurt to say that, Sirius knew it was trust. "Besides what would I know that would help Harry, that you two do not know already?" He added hastily. Anything he knew about Harry would not help them in their search. But the only way Alexander could know Sirius' secret, would be if he saw Harry without the glamorie spell around him. Was that why Alexander had that medallion with him? Had he gone to rescue Harry and ended up getting caught by the Death Eaters who had thought that he was Harry Potter because he was wearing the medallion? But that would have meant that . . .Sirius glanced over at the motionless figure on the other side of the room. Alexander must have known about his connection with Voldemort, why else would the Auror have used the medallion? Or had it been instinct that had drive the Auror to do that? The urge to go and shake the man awake and drag answers out of him suddenly took over Sirius. It was only with all his self-discipline and determination that he managed to hold himself in place. If he did that, the both his friend and the Professor would know his secret.
"Are you sure Sirius? You know you can trust us with anything." Remus added softly. Sirius just nodded again. "Will you answer one question for me then, truthfully?"
"Yes." Sirius stated emotionlessly. Please don't let it be what he thought it was. Please don't let it be about his son.
"Remember when we first came to Hogwarts and the four of us became friends. You, James and Peter all knew that I was hiding something, and I was desperate to not let you find out. Then during our second year I trusted the three of you enough to tell you my secret and everything turned out for the better. You have changed since our Hogwarts days Sirius, but I still know you and I know that you are hiding something from me. Something very important. I trusted you enough to tell you my secret, will you trust me enough to tell me yours?"
Sirius looked into his friend. Did he trust Remus enough to tell him the truth? Of course he did. Remus would never tell anyone Sirius' secret. But the more people who knew a secret the quicker the secret became lost. It would hurt his friend if he told him. Not to mention that it would put everyone in more danger. Sirius quickly glanced at Albus who was watching them curiously, his eyes dimly twinkling.
"I will leave if you wish." Professor Dumbledore started to move towards the door.
"No," Sirius shook his head. "You can stay."
He owed it to Moony to tell the truth, if he didn't he would lose his friend's trust. Remus had told him his deepest secret, though, one that the werewolf had feared would scare his friends away. Now it was time for Sirius to return the favor.
It would help them find Harry, and force them to search harder.
The part of him that had wanted to tell his friends the secret suddenly broke free, overpowering his will.
And with that Sirius made his decision. He would tell them the whole truth. He did not speak, so as not to lose his resolve, but he motioned for the other two men to follow him out of the infirmary, without even turning into his animagus form. This story was better told away from any ears that could hear. He led them to an abandoned classroom and waited until they were all seated, with the door firmly shut to begin speaking.
"I . . .I have a son." He began slowly, sitting on one of the desks. Taking a deep breath he steeled his resolve, there was no going back now.
Albus' eyebrows rose questioningly, while Remus stared at him wide-eyed.
"What?!" He gasped in amazement.
Sirius glared at his friend, Moony wasn't helping. "Please don't interrupt, I know what I'm telling you is hard to believe, but it's hard enough to tell as it is."
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Remus stared at his friend in absolute shock. Sirius had a son! How could Sirius have a son? He had never had a steady girlfriend before. And why hadn't Sirius told him this before? Was Sirius ashamed of the boy?
"You both know him, he's not exactly a child anymore, and he didn't really look like me when you saw him, but I think he will now because . . .We need to find him. If he finds him then . . ." Sirius took a deep breath. Moony could tell that his friend was definitely nervous, Sirius had never really babbled like this before, except that one time he had nearly been expelled. "His name is . . .(both Remus and Albus moved in closer in anticipation of the name) Harry."
"Harry?!" Remus gasped forgetting his friend's request to remain silent. "Harry as in Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived? Ron and Hermione's friend?" It was too hard to comprehend. How could Harry be Sirius' son? It was another Harry wasn't it? Maybe it was a boy in some far away country. But Sirius had said that they knew the boy and the only boy named Harry was James' son . . .Or was he?
"Yes." Sirius hissed, looking down in to his hands. "The only Harry you know Moony." Before Remus could speak again, Sirius raised his hand to stop any more questions from being asked. "I will explain everything in time, but we have to move quickly, Harry can't last long out there alone. And there's spells to find them aren't there Albus? Ones that will let us track him?"
The headmaster nodded in affirmation, but remained silent.
Thoughts were spinning in his mind faster than Remus had ever thought possible. He was worried about Harry, but his gut instinct told him that at the moment Harry was safe. The thought of Harry brought on a torrent of thoughts. How was it that Harry was Sirius' child? Had he betrayed James? There was no sign of guilt at having slept with Lily in Sirius' blue eyes, only worry stood strongly the dark haired man's features. Worry, and the haunted look that had been with Padfoot ever since he had left Azkaban.
"Harry is my son. Lily's son. No, we did not betray James, he knew exactly what we were doing." Sirius added quickly probably noticing the look on the werewolf's face. Remus stared at his friend. James knew that Sirius was sleeping with his wife! Why would James ever let Sirius do a thing like that? How could Lily betray James in such a way? "For the record James and Lily were not married. If you look on their marriage certificate it is void, there are several signatures on there that are not legal, including the priest's, and the Ministry's. Lily and I were the ones who were truly married, we had our wedding in secret, with James as our witness." Sirius stopped still staring down into his hands, almost as if he was afraid that Moony would reject him. But Remus would not do that to his friend unless Sirius started to claim that he truly was Voldemort's second in command. "I should probably start at the beginning shouldn't I?" An ironic smile decorated the innocent convict's face as he looked up at the two of them. "You won't understand otherwise.
"It all started many years before Remus and I were born, about forty-five years ago, I think. Just after Tom Riddle left school he started wandering around trying to find out more about the Dark Arts, which he had become addicted to after reading several Dark Arts books in the library. You might want to put better security on them, Albus, before another student follows Voldemort's footsteps, I don't think we could stand another Dark Lord and . . ." Sirius seemed to realize that he was babbling on and stopped. The man lowered his head into his hands and whispered something that sounded suspiciously like Harry before continuing. "Anyways he started to search all over the place. He didn't have any money, as he was an orphan. So he moved around, living mostly off of his followers – his old schoolmates who had pledge to him. While journeying around Northern Scotland, he met an older man who had hundreds of books on the Dark Arts. It wasn't hard for Riddle to talk his way into the family. He began to truly start his studies of the Dark Arts then. While he was staying with that family, he couldn't help but meet the man's daughter, Elayne. He married her, probably so that he could stay in the family and influence them more. It was several years after they were married that he took his last and final step to becoming Lord Voldemort. Elayne knew that her husband dabbled in the Dark Arts, it wasn't until his eyes went red and his bloodthirsty followers started to visit, that she became worried and fled from her family home. It wasn't until after she had left Riddle that she realized she was pregnant with his child. Using some contacts in the ministry she quickly voided her marriage and disappeared into the wizarding world to protect both herself and her unborn child.
"Three months later she fell in love with a man named Roger and they were married. When the child was born, Roger adopted it as his own and they lived happily together for many years, never telling anyone the truth. She never told her husband who the real father of her son was." Sirius stopped for a few minutes; his eyes were glassy as if he was contemplating something. Remus sat patiently waiting for his friend to continue. He wondered what this had to do with anything. It couldn't be that . . .no, that would be impossible. There was no way that Sirius could be Voldemort's son, could there?
Seeming to pull out of a trance Padfoot continued. "Remember in our fifth year, Moony, when my mother became very ill and I left to go see her?" Remus nodded wordlessly. How could he not? Sirius had been so worried about his mother before that he had not even wanted to play jokes on the Slytherins. And afterwards . . .the weeks following his visit had been some of the worst the Marauders had experienced at Hogwarts. "She told me several things before she died, things that . . .no one would have ever guessed. She revealed the truth of my birth, among other things. She told me that Tom Riddle, otherwise known as Lord Voldemort is my father."
No!
Remus stared at his friend in complete and utter shock. Sirius was Voldemort's son?! Never in all his wildest dreams had he imagined something like this. It was nearly impossible! This was even harder to believe than Harry parentage. Taking a deep calming breath Remus studied his friend. It was almost like he seeing him for the first time. He could see small similarities now between Sirius and the man who had once been Tom Riddle. He could hardly picture Riddle in his mind, but he had an idea what the man had once looked like, and Sirius looked very much like him. How was it he had not noticed before? How was it no one else had noticed? Because a small voice noted in the back of his head, the idea was too preposterous to even have been considered. From the look on Albus' face, Remus was sure that the headmaster had not known either.
How could he face his friend now, knowing that Sirius was the son of a murderer, the son of the Dark Lord?
Sirius was his friend, and he trusted Remus enough to tell his secret. And Sirius was the same person he had been moments ago before he had started to tell the truth. Despite being an escaped convict, Sirius was still innocent; he had never killed anyone, not even as an Auror. He had not succumbed to the temptation of the Dark side, regardless of the fact that his father was the leader.
Remus couldn't abandon his friend, no matter who his parents were. Sirius had been there for him, when the Marauders had discovered his secret, and now it was time for him to be there for Padfoot.
"Sirius," he whispered softly. "Why didn't you tell us before? We would never have abandoned you Padfoot."
"I . . .thought that if I told you I would lose my friends. I didn't think I could stand that especially after losing mom. I never told anyone what my mother said, I never planned to. But . . .that was only the beginning of what she told me." Sirius paused, his head buried in his hands. Remus felt something tug at his heart. He had been in exactly the same position as Sirius was now in many years ago, and he knew exactly how it felt to confess secrets. He jumped off the desk he had been sitting on and went to sit by his friend.
"What else did she tell you?" Albus gently prodded Sirius.
Even as the dark haired man looked up, Remus could see tears falling down Padfoot's cheeks. "She-she told me that I was Voldemort's heir, the heir of Slytherin. And then she told me the prophecy that she had heard just before escaping from Riddle. She didn't think that he knew it, or he would have already chased us down before that." Sirius paused again; his eyes had gone glassy, as if he was remembering every detail from that day.
"Sirius do you remember the exact words of the prophecy?" Albus asked gently.
Sirius nodded. "Beware!" he said hoarsely. "The heir shall rise, becoming even more powerful than Salazar Slytherin himself. And from his line shall come a child of two worlds who has the power to break the world or to save it." Remus felt a chill run down his spin at those words. Before he could say anything else, Sirius continued. "Do not let the child fall into the hands of darkness, or the deepest fears of all mankind shall come to pass.
"My mother thought I was the one whom the prophecy was talking about, but I wasn't really from 'two worlds' as the prophecy said. I just ignored the prophecy. It was like one of those scary things that we would tell each other as kids."
Remus did not speak. Was the child Harry? Harry had been raised in the muggle world, yet he belonged in the wizarding world. And there was something special about Harry. So was it Harry?
"Then the reality of that prophecy hit me during our sixth year. At the beginning of that year I had started to date Lily." A ghost of a smile appeared on Sirius face.
"I remember." Remus smiled as well. Sirius had written the worst poetry to her, it had been so awful that all the Marauders had fled when he had started to recite a new piece he had just created. But Lily and Sirius had seemed so much in love. Then suddenly they just stopped being boyfriend and girlfriend, and Lily had become James' girlfriend. He had always wondered why that had happened.
"Well just before Christmas, on the last day of school, I went to Hogsmead to buy something special for Lily." Remus rolled his eyes, it was typical for Padfoot to buy presents at the last minute. He could see a questioning look appear on Albus' face, the headmaster probably had not realized that the Marauders had snuck out at all times to Hogsmead. "While I was wandering down the street, someone came and knocked me out. I woke up in this dark place, and there before me was Voldemort." Sirius shivered beside him. "I can't – will not tell you about that. Mainly he had figured out that I was his son and that the prophecy had something to do with me. He told me that he thought it was talking about a child that would have muggle blood in it. He then offered me a place beside him and when I refused he told me to stop dating Lily and if he ever caught me going out with a muggle born again he would kill her. You and Peter left the next day to go home for the holidays, so you didn't see me break up with her. At dinner she wasn't there, but James dragged me down and when I refused to eat he knew something was wrong. Somehow he managed to drag the whole story out of me and he forced me to tell it to Lily as well. I told her and we created a plan, probably one of the most ingenious plans James and I have ever come up with. We would make it look like I had broken up with Lily and there were no hard feelings between us. Then Lily would 'date' James, even though in truth she was still with me. It worked so well that by the time Easter came around no one remembered that Lily and I had been a couple."
Remus should have known that James would have been part of it. James and Sirius had done everything together, and known everything about each other. He should have known that Sirius would never betray James. But . . .
"What about your marriage?" he suddenly blurted out before he could stop himself. "How did you pull that off?"
"Our marriage?" Sirius smiled. "That was the easy part Moony, I pretended to have a mission off somewhere else. James, Lily and I met in a little church, where Lily and I were married. The difficult part was keeping the secret from you and Pettigrew. We didn't tell either of you because I had a feeling that one of you was leaking information to Voldemort. To tell the truth I had always thought you were the spy Moony, I'm sorry."
"I've already forgiven you for that Padfoot, you don't need to apologize again, I understand where you were coming from." Remus waved it off with those words. At one time it would have hurt him, but he understood why Sirius thought he had been, and had he been in Sirius' position, he would have thought the same thing. Though he was wondering how James and Lily had managed to make their wedding look so real. There would be enough time for questions like that later though.
"That's why I was always at James' and Lily's house. I visited her whenever I could and James tried to give us as much privacy as he could. He sacrificed so much for the two of us And then Harry was born. By that time all of us were growing tired of acting whenever anyone else was around, but we kept going working even harder to keep our secret, especially since we had Harry to worry about as well."
Suddenly Sirius looked up at Albus. "We have to go find him now Albus, it's been several hours. He's probably been out there all day. He won't survive much longer." The entire story seemed forgotten, as Sirius remembered the present events.
"Hold on Sirius, another two minutes will not cause any harm. Could you finish your tale and then we shall see what we can do." Albus asked his eyes thoughtful.
"Voldemort captured me once again and asked if I would join him. I refused again. This time he asked if I had any children and I denied it. He then threatened to kill Lily, James and Harry whom he knew I held dear. He then sent me off. He captured me several more times after that, but instead of asking if I had any children, he started to ask for the name of my child . . ."
"That's the name that Voldemort wanted from you wasn't it?" Albus stopped Sirius for a minute. "The one only you and James knew?"
Sirius just nodded. "Lily, James and I put a glamorie spell over Harry that would change as he grew older, for we had a feeling it would be years before the truth could be revealed. None of us thought it would take this many years . . .The only problem was that the spell would terminate when Harry was close to death. Yes, I know he has had a few close calls before, but I'm talking about something like going to Azkaban and not eating for a few days." At that Sirius glared at Albus and Remus both. Remus took the hint, and he understood Sirius' concern. Harry would be in bad shape when they found him. The poor boy probably had not been able to eat nor drink anything, and even if he had, it was not the sort of food a growing boy needed. "Then it happened. Lily and James . . . I couldn't believe that . . .Pettigrew could do such a thing. I was so angry and lost. I begged Hagrid to give me Harry, but when he refused I lost it. My best friend and my wife were dead and I was refused custody of my own son. I went after Pettigrew and . . .well you know the story. But when I found out that Harry was living with his relatives, I knew that he was the child spoken of in the prophecy. If Voldemort ever finds out . . .We can't let him know." Remus shivered at those words. Voldemort would destroy the boy if he ever found out the truth. Harry would no longer be the innocent, courageous Gryffindor that they knew.
"So Voldemort doesn't know the truth, or even suspect it?" Albus asked.
Sirius shook his head. "No, he suspected at first, but I managed to convince him that Harry was only my godson."
Something made Remus suddenly look out the window and he remembered something important. Something that he had forgotten while lost in Sirius' tale.
Tonight was the full moon. And by the darkness outside he knew that he had only several minutes before the transformation would happen.
Quickly dashing out of the room not caring what his companions thought, Remus dashed down the halls of Hogwarts, and tore out the door. Even as he ran, his thoughts were in a maelstrom about what he had just discovered. His feet carried him across the lawn towards Hagrid's cabin. Just as he reached the forest, he felt the first pains of the transformation hit him.
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Sirius stared at the spot that his friend had just occupied. Why had Moony suddenly run out of the room? His story couldn't have been the reason, Remus had never been frightened about something like that. He looked over to the window, where Moony had looked before he had fled the room. Suddenly Sirius remembered what was going on. Following his instincts, Sirius knew to follow his friend out to help with the transformation.
"Tonight's a full moon." He told Albus starting to move towards the door. He hoped that the headmaster would work out a way for them to find Harry while he was helping Remus.
"Go Sirius, I'll try to think of something while your gone." The headmaster waved him towards the door.
With that Sirius transformed into a dog and ran out of the castle and across the lawn. Together the dog and the werewolf ran into the Forbidden Forest.
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End chapter 10
A/N: I am sooo very sorry for not having this chapter out sooner, I never expected it to take so long to write. I hope that it's OK and that everyone stays in character. Remus is a little impatient during the tale, and Sirius is talking too formally and . . . uggg I tried. I hope its not too bad. So what do you think of Sirius' story? Was it good, or was it too far fetched? I hope it wasn't. I tried to create something plausible and yet interesting. Please review and tell me what you think.
Thank you so much too all who have reviewed!!!
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wkr: Thank you. I don't like cliffhangers either, but I can't help but write them, their kind of addictive. I hope that you enjoyed this chapter.
Princess Fire-Star: Thank you so much! I don't think it's the best, but thank you that means a lot to me. (Have you read anything by neutral? She writes some of the best fanfic I think I've read. And Severitus wrote A Father's Sin, which is really good too) Thank you again.
august wynd: I don't know if I could kill Harry, he's one of the main characters and he still hasn't met up with Sirius yet. I think that I'll keep him around for a little while longer. And I certainly hope that JK doesn't kill Harry in the last book, he's one of my favorite characters too, him and Sirius and Remus too of course. Did you see the movie? I have, I think its good, even though it does jump around a bit from scene to scene. I'm glad you liked the chapter. How was this one? Was it alright?
shadowarwen: Actually I had originally planned for the last chapter to join with this chapter, however this part was taking too long to write, and the last chapter was long enough, so I posted it alone. I'm glad you liked that last chapter, I didn't think it was that good when I was writing it, especially after having to go through it several times to fix some errors in the plot. I hope that this chapter was alright and I didn't go too fast into telling Sirius' secret. Was it alright?
Foreste Black: Sorry this chapter didn't come out faster. I didn't have a lot of time to write. You'll have to wait a little longer to find out what happened to Harry.
FireBird9900: I didn't kill Alex, I was nice and let him live. The medallion is what made Alex look like Harry, as to where Alex got that medallion you'll see soon, unless you can figure it out (try reading chapter VII again). And yes that was why "Harry" looked like James and had gained a little weight. Sorry I didn't update sooner. And thank you so much, I'm glad you like my story so far.
zorra: Thank you. I hope this chapter isn't too draggy. Yes poor Harry is all alone somewhere suffering for numerous wounds and . . .everything else. You'll see what happens to him within the next few chapters. Poor Hermione and Ron their going to be heartbroken when they receive the news aren't they?
Sabre Black: Sorry I didn't update sooner, I tried, honest. And I know the cliffhanger wasn't nice, but I didn't really leave a cliffhanger on this chapter, or at least I tried not to so that you guys don't have to sit on the edge of your seats waiting for ages until the next chapter to come out, which will definitely not be out this week.
HPluvva: You'll find out exactly what happened very soon. But mainly Alexander was wearing the medallion that made him look like the Harry everyone knew, and it made him look like he was dead. Then Voldemort sent "Harry" as a present to Albus and Sirius. Really, you think my cliffhangers are effective, or the last one? Thank you! I was nice and didn't put a cliffhanger on this chapter.
Sakura Le: First of all you don't suck at reviews and second of all any author loves receiving reviews even if they just have a few words on them. The feedback is always welcome. And also you write far better reviews than I do. Thank you so much for reviewing. Thank you!
Lt. Jaina Solo Fel: Thank You!
Sailor Millennium: Thank you! I'm glad you've enjoyed it so far.
alexz: Sorry this took so long to write.
moonsong: Thank you! I'm sorry it too a while to bring out this chapter.
Proffesor Rich: Sorry it took so long to update. And of course I wouldn't leave it there, I'm not that cruel.
Peacockgirl: Of course Harry's not dead, not yet anyways. I'm sorry this is out so late, it's been a really busy two weeks.
usa32: I hope you liked this chapter. I liked your idea of the polyjuice potion for the wedding, however I had already had that part planned out, and I think that it worked out alright. Was it an OK idea?
Christy: I've never heard anyone call their books/stories "children" before, but I really like it. And authors really appreciate that time that people take to read and review their stories, it means a lot. So thank you!
Sandrine Black: Thank you. Unfortunately I don't remember all of the fics that I read with Sirius as Harry's father, I know that one of them was by Fire Lizid. But if you go to Find and search there, under summary, using key words like Sirius, Harry, father, you'll find several others. Sorry I can't remember any more stories, it's been months since I last read them.
Ciria: Thank you, I'm glad you liked Sirius' part in the last chapter. To answer your question about no one knowing about Sirius' parentage, well his mother only told him. Sirius only told James and Lily who kept it a secret. No one else ever thought that there could be a connection between the prankster and the cruel man who was tormenting hundreds of people. So that's exactly how the secret was kept. Sorry I didn't update sooner, the teachers have decided that homework is a very good thing and that tests are even better. Not to mention that I have half a dozen other things to do and . . .I really didn't mean to leave everyone hanging so long. I hope that this chapter wasn't too bad, especially since you had to wait so long for it.
Blizzard: Well your absurd idea about Alex was right, but I couldn't kill him. Was this chapter OK? (And don't worry, about your statement, between Alex and Harry, I would kill Alex in a heart beat.)
Moonlight: That would have been really interesting had the corpse been Malfoy. Voldie could have killed him for his insolence, then we wouldn't have to deal with him later. (Sorry, I'm not too fond of Lucius Malfoy.) Yes those letters did reach Hermione and Ron. I don't know when they'll appear again, probably soon. They are going to be heart broken when they receive the news aren't they? Sorry there's no Harry in this chapter, Harry will appear soon.
chibi: I don't like reading stories with cliffhangers either, however they are just so easy to write and it was one of the best places that I could stop, or else it would have taken me twice as long to get the chapter out and I didn't want you guys to wait too long.
Red, the Feathery: So you liked my cliffhanger? What did you think of this chapter? Was it OK?
Laterose: Well there you have it, the answers to most of your questions. The medallion will be explained in further detail in later chapters, but mainly it was something that Snape gave Alexander when they met at Azkaban. I hope that this chapter was OK and not too rushed. Is it?
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Reiken: The teachers haven't threatened bad grades at me yet, but if I don't do well this year, I don't have a very good chance of getting into university and getting scholarships (which I really do need), so unfortunately I can't spend a lot of time writing. That would be funny if the Boy Who Lived cloned himself every time he died, Boy Who Has Multiple Corpses indeed! I can tell you now that that won't happen in this story. And yes Harry will appear soon.
japangirlcmw: Sorry it took me so long to update.
Anneliese: Thank you so much! Do you think that this chapter was rushed? I don't know if I went into the story a little too quickly or not. I just wanted Sirius to tell the whole story at one point, as I think he would do since he couldn't explain it all in just a few words. And I agree with you about Fudge. *grins* Now all I need to think of is a way to bring him down. Do you have any ideas? I hope that this chapter was alright.
Sorry if I missed anyone.