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 Two
High School
Sirius woke up to his alarm. After showering and dressing he entered Harry's room to wake him up. Sirius smiled as he saw his godson. He hated waking him, but he had to go to school.
Pulling the covers away from Harry he ran a finger lightly down his sleeping godsons back. Harry moved to get whatever it was off of him, but didn't wake up. Sirius smiled. He again ran a finger lightly over him. This time, Harry reached an arm back to scratch the irritating tingle. Sirius' smile widened. Sirius reached down and tickled Harry. The reaction was instantaneous. Harry opened his eyes, and began to try and protect himself from being tickled. Sirius grinned as Harry began to laugh. Harry was very ticklish. Finally, after his godson was good and red in the face, Sirius stopped tickling him. Harry took a moment to catch his breath. Finally when he was able to breath he glared at Sirius. He knew Sirius knew he wasn't really angry.
"Come on, Kiddo." Sirius said as he pulled Harry into a sitting position. "Time to get up for school."
Harry grumbled, but got up and began to pick out his clothes for the day. Sirius left him to get ready for school. Sirius began to gather his work stuff. He worked at a local convenience store. He didn't have access to his money that was in the Gringotts vault in England. After his arrest the vault was frozen so he could not get to the money. Sirius had been working mostly in convenience stores and odd jobs like that since his escape. He didn't want a job that would draw attention to himself or his godson.
Shortly after his escape, and after he'd retrieved Harry from the Dursley's he'd spent the last bit of money he had access to on getting false documents. Birth certificates, social security numbers, new names, everything. Sirius was now 'Sirius Brown'. And Harry was now 'Harry Brown' who lived with his uncle 'Sirius Brown.'
"Hey." Harry said entering the small kitchen. "Good morning."
"Good morning. Ready for school?" Sirius asked watching as Harry made a bowl of cereal.
"Yeah." Harry sat down and began to eat. "Can we work more on Defense Against the Dark Arts after school?" Harry asked after a moment.
Sirius sighed. "I have to work a late shift at the store. Sorry, Kiddo. Maybe this weekend."
Sirius had been teaching Harry how to use his magic for several years now. They didn't go too far into anything too strong because Sirius feared the Aurors detecting the magic. Harry was very good at what they were able to do in magic. He enjoyed his lessons, most particularly Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Harry looked disappointed at learning they couldn't work on any magic later, but he accepted it. "Can I go to Cameron's house, then?"
Sirius nodded. "Sure. But stop by the store after school, then you can go over there."
Harry nodded and got up and put his bowl in the sink. Grabbing his book bag he gave Sirius a quick hug. After telling Sirius to have a good day he left for school.
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Harry stood at the bus stop waiting for the school bus to come. Several of the kids who went to his school and lived near him were already at the bus stop.
"Hey, Harry!" Harry looked over to see a blonde boy standing there.
"Good morning Cameron." Harry said turning to face his friend. He'd met Cameron shortly after he and Sirius had moved there. "It looks like I can come after school. Sirius had to cancel lessons because of work."
Cameron knew the lessons Harry took were defense, but he always had been told it was like martial arts.
"Aww, that stinks. We'll at least we can have fun together." Harry always like how Cameron always found the good side of things.
"I have to stop by the store to see Sirius before we go to your house, though."
"Okay, I'll call my mom to let her know."
Harry looked up as he heard the squeak of wheels. It was the school bus. He followed Cameron on the bus and sat with him.
After a ten minute bus ride, and one pick up, the bus drove up to their school. Forest High School.
Harry always did well in school. He always got good grades and he had his group of friends, but that was it. Harry didn't like the different groups that kids created. 'Clicks' many called them. There were the preppie girls, want to be preps, Jocks, want to be jocks, gothic groups, book worms, and many more.
Harry had never really followed these groups. He had his friends from each group, but never felt that he fit a group himself. He wasn't a goody- goody. He'd been into his fare share of fights with the other kids. He wasn't into school sports. He liked soccer, but they didn't play often in gym. He enjoyed surfing. But that was not a school sport. He often went to the beach to surf. Sometimes, if there was a competition in his town he'd enter, but that didn't happen too often.
Harry sighed as he entered his first class. 'And so the long day begins.' He thought dryly.
Cameron and he didn't share many classes. They had Gym, science, and history together.
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Finally, the day was almost over! Harry smiled as he looked at the clock. He was in math class. He hated math. But, math was the last class of the day.
"Okay, do pages 233- 236 for homework. I expect it on my desk Monday." Mrs. Sanders voice broke through his thoughts.
Harry copied the pages down and opened his text book to look at the upcoming homework. He sighed as he saw how many problems there were on each page. Closing his book he began to get everything into his book bag.
The bell rang signaling the end of class. "Mr. Brown." Mrs. Saunders called him to her desk before he could leave the room.
After everyone had left the room Mrs. Saunders turned to him. "The principal asked me to tell you to meet him Monday, and to bring your uncle."
Harry frowned. It was never a good thing to go to the principals office. Especially in his and Sirius' case. "Do you know what the meeting is for, Mrs. Saunders?"
She gave him an apologetic smile. "No. I wasn't told."
Harry nodded, feeling the dread creep into him. "Thank you, Mrs. Saunders."
"Have a good weekend, Mr. Brown." Mrs. Saunders called as he left the room.
He was so lost in thought the didn't notice his friend, Cameron walking next to him. "Hey!" Cameron called annoyed.
Harry looked over at Cameron with a surprised look on his face. "Hey, Cameron."
Cameron frowned as he noticed the tone of voice his friend used. Something was bothering him. "What's wrong?"
"Noth-…" Harry began.
"Don't you dare tell me nothing." Cameron interrupted a little annoyed. "You always say 'nothing.'"
Harry sighed. "I have a meeting with the principal Monday, with Sirius."
Cameron grimaced sympathetically for his friend. "Well, it can't be that bad. It probably just has something to do with school work."
Harry shrugged. 'No, it can be worse than school work. What if they want to check into our background?' Harry though worriedly.
"We have to stop by the store before we go over to your house." Harry reminded his friend.
"Yeah, I remember." Cameron said exasperated. "My mom's picking us up, come on."
Cameron directed Harry to his mom's car.
"Hi, Mrs. Wood." Harry greeted as they saw Cameron's mom in the car waiting for them.
"Hi, Harry." Mrs. Wood greeted smiling. "How was school? How is Sirius doing?"
"School was okay. And Sirius is fine. I need to stop by the store before we go to your house."
Mrs. Long nodded. She knew how protective Sirius was of Harry. It was months after Harry and Cameron became friends before Sirius would let Harry even go over to their house.
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Harry got out of the car. "I'll be back in a few minutes."
Entering the store he looked around for Sirius. He couldn't see him at the counter where he normally worked.
"Harry." Harry turned around to see Sirius standing there in one of the isles. Harry hurried over to him.
"Sirius!" Harry quickly hugged him.
Sirius began to ask questions of how school went and everything. Harry didn't answer. Sirius noticed the expression on Harry's face and stopped his questions and frowned.
"What's wrong, Harry?" Sirius asked looking Harry over for any injury. "Did something happen?"
"My math teacher said to tell you that the principal wants us in his office Monday morning." Harry said in a rush.
Sirius frowned. "Did she say what the meeting is for?"
Harry shook his head. "No. I asked, but she said she wasn't told." Lowering his voice his asked, "What if they want to look into the past?" Harry asked in a distressed voice.
Sirius placed a hand on his shoulder to calm him. "Don't worry about that now. Okay? Go over to Cameron's. Have fun. We'll worry about the meeting later, okay?"
After a moment Harry nodded. Sirius could see he was still worried. "Just go have fun okay?" Again Harry nodded. "I'll see you tonight. Call me before you come home." Harry nodded again and Sirius pulled him into a quick hug. Harry left to go to Cameron's house. Sirius got back to work.
Sirius worried the rest of the day about the meeting. In the past, it had never been a good thing when a principal or teacher had called Harry to a meeting and not told them what the meeting was for.
What if they were looking into their past? What if they'd found out something? Would the have to move again? Sirius could handle moving. But he was more worried for his godson. Would Harry be able to handle moving again? Would Harry be able to handle leaving his friends and school behind and creating a new one again? He knew growing up as Harry had wasn't easy. They moved every couple of years because someone had found out something. Harry didn't make friends easily because he was always worried about moving again. Sirius was always worried Harry would stop making friends at all some day.
These thoughts distracted Sirius the rest of the evening. He went home and sat down still thinking about what would happen. What the meeting was for.
Sirius was brought out of his thoughts as the phone rang. Looking at the caller ID he saw 'John Wood.'
"Hello."
Harry was on the other end. "Hi, Sirius." Sirius frowned as he noticed the worry in his godsons voice.
"Hey, Kiddo. Ready to come home?"
"Yeah."
"Okay." Sirius frowned. Harry normally started telling him immediately what he'd done with Cameron. But this time he just gave one worded answers. "Is Mrs. Wood bringing you home?"
"Yeah. We're leaving shortly."
"Okay, I'll see you when you get home, Kiddo."
"Okay. See you in a few minutes." Harry said before he hung up the phone.
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The door opening caught Sirius' attention. Harry entered followed by Mrs. Wood.
"Hello, Sirius." Mrs. Wood said as she saw Sirius.
"Hello, Linda."
"Can we talk for a few minutes?" Linda Wood asked after a moment.
"Sure. Harry, why don't you go and begin your homework?"
"Sure."
After Harry left the room Sirius led Linda over to the living room.
"Is everything alright Linda?" Sirius asked as they sat down.
"That's what I was going to ask you, actually. Harry's seemed distracted today."
Sirius nodded. "Yes, everything is okay. He's probably just worried. The principal wants to meet us on Monday." He explained.
"Oh." Linda nodded. "Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, it's probably just a positive referral. They usually call and tell me if he's gotten into trouble."
"True." Linda stood. "I didn't mean to pry."
Sirius smiled at her concern. "No, it's alright. Thank you for telling me."
"Anytime. Have a good weekend."
"You as well." Sirius said as he let her out the door.
Sirius sighed as he closed the door. Time to talk with Harry. Entering the room he noticed Harry was so deep in thought he hadn't noticed his presence.
"Hey." Sirius said as he came up behind Harry. Harry was doing Math homework, Sirius noticed.
Harry jumped, surprised, but relaxed a moment later.
"Sorry to startle you, Kiddo,"
Harry smiled. "It's okay."
"How about we have a talk?" Sirius suggested.
Harry nodded and they sat down on Harry's bed."
End of Chapter Two
Next Chapter
Sirius and Harry talk.
A/N: THANK YOU for reading! Sorry for the cliffey. I hope you are enjoying this story so far. Please Read and Review!
To Make things clearer:
Sirius technically kidnapped Harry when he took him from the Dursleys.
Sirius is still a escaped convict for murder, and now kidnapping.
Harry and Sirius have had to move many times. Either because someone recognized one of them, or suspected something from their false documents.
Harry's been learning magic from Sirius for years. But he's no where near the level he would be in the wizarding world. Sirius will only let him do magic to a point so the Aurors don't detect anything. Harry is very knowledgeable in Potions and Herbology and Care of Magical Creatures, as he's been able to study those better then the rest of the subjects. But Harry prefers Defense out of all his subjects.
Harry has been going to Muggle school since he was six.