Summery: Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban when Harry was five years old. They lived hidden from the wizarding world. Now Harry is fifteen.

On the Run

Chapter One

Ten Years Later

Sirius looked at the clock. It was almost time for his godson, Harry, to come home from school. Sirius smiled as the thought about the past. A lot had changed in the past fifteen years.

Flashback

James Potter had been his best friend when he, himself, had been in school. They'd met their first year at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They became friends almost emmediatly. They both enjoyed pranks and goodfing off. They both loved to joke.

Later in the year they met Remus Lupin. Remus was a bit of a recluse at school. He didn't have many friends, but was friendly himslef. He was very good in school and worked very hard in it. A few months of hanging around with him and they became friends. Later, Peter Pettigrew came into the picture. In their second year Sirius and James learned Remus was a werewolf. Remus had been terrified they'd tell his secret or abandon him. But they didn't. Werewolf's were considered dark creatures and were terribly feared. Unknown till later in their school years, James and Sirius and Remus learned to become animegus' in order to stay with Remus during the full moon. This only strenghtened their bond.

They became known as the Marauders. The pranksters of the school.

James had a large crush on Lily Potter, a muggleborn witch in their year. It was years before they became friends, though.

It was their sixth year when James and Lily became close. It didn't take long for them to fall for one another. A few years after they graduated from Hogwarts they were married.

At 26, James and Lily had their only son, Harry Potter. Harry was born July 31. He was a very happy little baby. He was interested in everything.

Six months after Harry was born Lily and James went into hiding. There was a war going on, and they feared for their lives and their sons.

Lord Voldemort was in search of a child. A child who fit a prophecy. Only two children fit this prophecy. Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom. On October 31 Voldemort chose one of the two as the prophecised child. He came to the Potter home and murdered James and Lily. But when he turned his want to shout the killing curse on Harry, something happened. The curse rebounded back onto Lord Voldemort. Lord Voldemort was destroyed.

But many believed him to still be alive. But without a body. Sirius sincerely hoped this was not the case, even though in his heart he believed Voldemort was still out there, somewhere, waiting.

Many believed Sirius to be the secret keeper, the one who had the location to the Potter's home, Gordric's Hollow. He and their other friend, and fellow Marauder, Peter Pettigrew, had switched places without anyone's knowledge other than the Potters.

The night of the attack, an alarm informed Sirius of the address to Gordric's Hollow, telling him there was an intruder and possible attack.

The scene that met Sirius when he arrived there was awful. There were no words to describe what he felt. The house was in ruins. In the rubble he found his two friends, whom had not survived. He believed there was no way their son, Harry, could be alive.

But a baby's cry told him otherwise. He quickly located Harry. Pulling some rubble off of Harry he gently picked the baby up and cradled him to his arms. Looking at Harry closer he noticed the blood on his face. Wiping it off with a blanket he found on the ground he could see a deep cut, in the shape of a lightning bolt.

A sound caught his attention and he turned to see another of his friends, Rubius Hagrid. He gave Harry to Hagrid and told him to take Harry to Albus Dumbledore. And Sirius left to go after Peter.

He found Peter on a Muggle streen in London. Thirteen people died that day, supposedly Peter too.

Sirius was arrested for Lily, James, Peter and the thirteen muggles deaths. He was sent to Azkaban without a trial.

Five years later he escaped. He found out Harry had been sent to Lily's sister's. Petunia Evans Dursley, her husband, Vernon Dursley, and Dudley Dursley, their son.

Sirius found Harry in horrible conditions. He'd been living in the cupboard under the stairs since he'd been left their. Sirius took Harry from their care, and managed to travel to America, where they now lived.

Sirius found a home in Kansas. But Aurors had shown up and they had to leave. Over the years they had, had to move many times due to Aurors getting tips as to their whereabouts. They currently lived in Florida, and had for the past few years.

End Flashback

The door opening brought him out of his thoughts. Looking up he saw his godson enter.

"Hey, Siri." Harry said as he closed the door, and dropped his book bag on the floor by his feet.

"Hi Harry." Sirius said smiling at his godson. "How was your day at school?"

"It was okay. I have too much homework, though."

Sirius laughed. "You'd better get it done. Anything I can help you with?"

Harry shook his head. "No. I got it. But thank's."

"Do you want something to eat?" Sirius asked.

"No thanks." Harry stood up from his chair and grabbed his book bag. "I'm going to get onto the homework."

"If I can help, just holler." Sirius called as Harry left the room to go to his room. They lived in a two bed house. It was small, but large enough for them.

A few hours later Sirius entered Harry's room. Harry was still scribbling away on a piece of paper.

"What are you working on now?" He asked coming closer.

"An essay for English." Harry said as he stopped writing. "And now I'm finished."

"With all your homework?" Sirius asked eyeing the stack of books, folders, and paper.

Harry nodded. "For the next two days, yes."

Harry always like to have his homework done so he didn't have to worry about it later. Sirius, himself, was happy he had not gone to a Muggle High School. There was too much homework. He never had that much at Hogwarts, and always had more time to finish it. Harry, however, had maybe two day's to finish the homework he was given. And homework was a large part of passing the school year.

Later that night they ate supper and went to bed.

End of Chapter One

A/N: Sorry for the short chapter. This story's bugged me for a few days now. I've had the idea of writing, just haven't. Maybe now I'll be able to get back to on of my other stories now that I have this story's beginning. Anyway, I hope you all like it so far. I'll have another chapter posted soon. Please Read and Review! Thank you for reading!