Summery: Harry now has Sirius back in his life, a house and friends. What could go wrong?

No Longer Running

Chapter Eleven

A Proper Godfather?

Entering the Great Hall for breakfast with his friends, Harry and Ginny rolled they're eyes at Hermione and Ron who were bickering about Ron's ethics. Ron wanted to fly his new broom for a few hours after classes were over, while Hermione was angered at his complete disregard with his homework, in her opinion.

"Ron, school comes first! It's more important then playing. You can play after you've finished."

"Come on! I'll still get my homework done. I just want to fly my broom." Ron argued.

"Guy's!" Ginny said as they sat down. "People are starting to stare." She motioned to the students around them who were indeed watching they're argument unfold. Ron and Hermione blushed a light shade of pink as they sat down across from each other. Soon enough though they started to argue again.

"Do you think them dating would stop they're arguing?" Ginny asked mischievously to Harry who smiled.

"Maybe, doubtful though. They love arguing too much." Ginny nodded in agreement.

As soon as food appeared on the plates Harry and Ginny began to eat as they listened to Ron and Hermione argue in amusement. They rarely seemed to take they're arguments absolutely seriously. Harry looked up as he heard a screech. The owl post was arriving. He loved watching the owls soar in and fly around to find they're owners. An owl began swooping near them; Harry knew he was looking for Hermione who always got the Daily Prophet. Sure enough, the owl landed in front of Hermione, who had stopped arguing with Ron because he began to eat as soon as food appeared. Hermione quickly untied the paper and fed the owl a piece of bacon. The owl nipped her fingers appreciatively before flying off. Hermione opened the Daily Prophet and began to scan the cover. About five minutes later, and the third page into the Daily Prophet, she gasped and looked over at Harry.

"What?" Harry asked. Hermione wordlessly handed him the paper and pointed to a article.

Is Sirius Black the Proper Guardian for Harry Potter?

As we know Sirius Black was sentenced to life in Azkaban after supposedly murdering twelve Muggles, Peter Pettigrew, and supposedly telling He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named of the Potter's location.

Last year Peter Pettigrew was found alive and confessed to the crimes Mr. Black was arrested for, and from there a trial ensued. The trial lasted most of the year, but the out come was guilty of kidnapping his godson Harry Potter and burglary. Thought with a twist, guilty but time served. Time served allowed the time he served in Azkaban as an innocent man to be his time spent for these crimes.

Mr. Potter was placed in Mr. Blacks temporary care after the trial and it is currently being decided on permanency.

But this reporter wonders if Mr. Black is the rightful guardian for Mr. Potter. Mr. Black is known for his reckless behavior as a teenager and young adult, is he still the same or did his stint in Azkaban change that? Sources of mine say that he is just as reckless as he was then, if not more now. Is this the proper environment for young Harry to grow up in?

Your Loyal Reporter,

Reeta Skeeter

Harry gasped as he finished scanning the article. People didn't think Sirius was a good guardian? It was in the Daily Prophet! There were just so many wrongs with that.

"I have to go," Harry said as he stood up and quickly left the Great Hall.

Entering his dorm room he ran to his trunk. Rummaging through the clothes and books he finally found what he was looking for; the mirror Sirius had given him.

"Sirius!" Harry cried into the mirror, only seeing his own reflection.

"Sirius!" He called again frantically.

"Harry? What's wrong? Are you okay?" Sirius asked as his face appeared where Harry's reflection used to be. He was eyeing what he could see of Harry for anything wrong.

"Have you looked at the Daily Prophet? There's an article on us in there!" Harry said in a rush. Sirius looked surprised for a moment before he spoke again.

"No, I haven't. What's it about?" He asked wearily.

"It's about whether you're a good guardian for me or not." Sirius sighed.

"Harry, you can't take it seriously. Yes, people are going to question my capability as a guardian with my past. Especially with you being the Boy-Who-Lived. But don't worry about it okay? It's just an article from some nonsense reporter in order to sell the Daily Prophet. It's not a big deal, okay?" Sirius tried to reassure his worried godson.

"Okay," Harry answered sighing as he sank down on his bed still staring at Sirius in the mirror.

"Are you okay now? Is there anything else you want to discuss?" Sirius asked calmly.

"No thanks. Sorry for bothering you." Sirius smiled.

"It's not a problem. Thanks for telling me about the article. So, I'll talk to you later."

"Yeah, bye. Have a good day." Harry said giving Sirius a smile.

"You too. I love you, kid."

"Love you too," Harry said before Sirius disappeared from the mirror. Harry stood from his bed and placed the mirror back into his trunk.

"You okay, Harry?" Ron asked as he entered the room. Harry glanced up in surprise.

"Yeah. I just had to talk to Sirius about the article."

"How did you talk to Sirius?" Ron asked confused. Harry hadn't told him about the mirror. Harry smiled before explaining.

"Sirius gave me a mirror to contact him when I needed to. He and my Dad used it when they were in separate detentions."

"Oh, cool." Ron answered grabbing his books from his trunk.

"Yeah. Come on. Let's go to class or we'll be late." Harry said as he grabbed his own books.

End of Chapter Eleven

A/N: I hope you like the new chapter! Sorry it's so short! I hope the news paper article wasn't too bad. I stink at writing news paper articles, if you hadn't noticed. Please REVIEW!