A/N: I will not take down this story, someone asked me to continue, so I will. Thank you, I was actually doubting my writing skills here.
Chapter 4
Words began to form.
Harry? Is that really you?
Yes mum. Its really me.
How old are you now Harry?
I'm turning seventeen soon.
Oh. My little boy is all grown up! What do you like to do?
I like to play quidditch. And I like to hang out with friends.
Oh. How's Sirius?
Dead. He died when I was sixteen, and he was in Azkaban until I was thirteen.
Oh Dear Merlin! Whoever did you live with?
Your sister, her husband, and her son. They hated me and I was their own personal slave as soon as I could walk. It was not so bad after I got into Hogwarts though.
She always was horrible and jealous. I am so sorry. I wrote that you were never to go there in my will! Why ever did you go? And why was Sirius in Azkaban anyway?
He was believed to have killed you.
Poor dear! Why haven't I seen him around?
Did you look where there's a lot of girls?
Not really. I never knew that he died. James will be happy to hear that. Now we just have you and Mooney to wait for. Oh, there's James now. Open the red diary and write something to him!
Ok, mum. I will talk to you soon! And while you wait, go find Sirius!
Harry shut the blue diary and opened the red one.
Um, dad?
Harry?
Its me dad. Its Harry.
How are you? How are Padfoot and Moony?
Well, Padfoot is dead and Moony wishes he was. He really misses you, you know.
Sirius died? When did that happen? If Sirius died, then who do you live with? And how old are you?
Yes, Sirius died, he did when I was 15, I never met him until I was thirteen, I live with a bunch of muggles, and I am turning seventeen.
Muggles? Seventeen? Where was Sirius when you were a kid? Do you play quidditch?
Yes, muggles, yes, I'm seventeen, and Sirius was in Azkaban for something he did not even do.
Azkaban? What did they think he did?
They thought that he betrayed you to Voldemort. I never even got to know him. I will talk to you later, now I'm going to talk to Padfoot.
All right son, goodbye.
Harry shut the diary and picked up Sirius's diary.
Sup Padfoot? Guess who? Your favorite godson!
Harry? My little godson? Or not so little, I guess. I thought I would have to wait until you died to talk to you. I'm so sorry I left you. I can't find James and Lilly. Do they know I died? Do they even care? How are you doing?
They didn't, but I told them, and they are looking for you right now. Hey, I miss you. And they do care. James misses you and Moony. Hey, I'm going to share these diaries with him so he can talk to you. He hasn't been doing too good since you died.
Aww, poor Moony. Yes, let him write to me, 'cuz I miss him too. And I miss you. Hopefully , I won't see you soon. I hope you can find love and have some kids.
Oh. About that. I don't like girls. I like boys. Or, in my case, men. Sorry if I disappointed you.
No. it's fine. Oh, there's James and Lilly. I found them! I'll talk to you a little later. Bye Harry.
Bye Sirius
He shut the diary and told Seamus and Severus that he was going to Headquarters to see Remus. He tossed a pinch of floo powder in and cried "Order of the Phoenix, Number twelve Grimmald Place.".
He stepped into the emerald flames and was spinning past gates. He stumbled out of the fireplace in the kitchen. "MOONY!" he yelled. There was the sound of footsteps on the stairs and Harry saw Remus coming down the stairs. As Remus noticed that it was Harry in the middle of the floor, his face brightened considerably.
"Harry! What are you doing here? Not that I don't enjoy your company, but is there a reason you are here?"
"Moony, I have a surprise for you! Now you can talk to my mum, dad and Padfoot too! I found some diaries in one of my parents' vaults, and here they are. Here, write in this one." He tossed the black one to Remus. "It's Sirius's Diary. Write Hey Padfoot, it's Moony, or something like that."
Remus did and almost dropped the diary when words appeared. Remus showed Harry for confirmation that it was real. It sounded exactly like something Sirius would say. It read:
Hey Moony. Do you miss me?
Remus took it back and wrote:
Does a fish need water?
Not a fish in the amazon called the flying fish. But most others do.
Cheeky as always, I see.
Is that a compliment, Moony?
No, just a simple fact.
How have you been?
Horrible. I really miss you. It's worse then when you were in Azkaban. Least then I thought you were a traitor and hated you.
Have you talked to Lilly and James yet?
No, I've only talked to you so far. Hey, what's it like to be dead?
Not too bad, actually. Its nice up here. Never too hot or too cold, plenty of people to talk to. I've had a few talks with Merlin, but thankfully, there are no other Blacks here. They go to the halfway place. I did not like it there. The people that have killed innocents have to work the number of years that the person would have lived. Every other Black is still working off their debts.
Ooh, tough break. At least Voldemort will never make it to the afterlife. Do you know how many babies and young children he has killed? I'm glad that I have never killed anyone, innocent or not.
Me either. Lily and James probably went straight here, like me.
They probably did. They were and probably still are good people. I miss them so much. I am the last marauder left. Peter died about a month ago. Hey, how much time do you have to work if you betray your friends like that rat did?
An eternity. They never make it to paradise, or what you call an afterlife. It is the worst crime in this place.
Oh, even Moldy-Shorts will make it to paradise, while Peter will forever have to work off his debt.
Yes. I am going to let you talk to Lily and James now. Remember Moony, I am always here.
I know. Talk to you later Siri.
Moony shut the diary and asked Harry "Which one is James's diary?"
"Red." Was the answer. Remus opened it and wrote:
Hey James! Guess who? Moony!
Is it really you Moony? Are you serious?
Yes it's really me and no I am not Sirus, Padfoot is.
It's really you! How's life treating you? Who are the muggles that Harry was living with, or even still is?
They're Lily's sister, brother in law and nephew. They hate all things magical, which includes Lily and Harry. They made him work and lock him for weeks on end in a cupboard.
Are you serious?
I thought that we established that I was not Sirius. But yes, that is all that i could get out of him, and it's all the truth.
When they die, they will never make it to the Beyond.
So you call it the Beyond, Siri calls it Paradise, and Harry and I call it the afterlife. Are we talking about the same place?
Of course Moony!
Well, I'm going to say goodbye to you for now and talk to Lily for a little while.
Ok. Talk to you later about revenge against those muggles.
Whatever Prongs. Bye!
Bye.
He grabbed the last diary from Harry and started writing on it.
Hey Lils. It's Remus.
Oh Remus! Harry says that things have been rough since Sirius passed into Elsewhere.
James calls it Beyond, Sirius calls it Paradise, and Harry calls it the afterlife. Strange.
Not really. For me, it is just another place to live, like a new country, which is why I call it Elsewhere. James calls it the Beyond because it is beyond the earth where we go. Sirius calls it Paradise because there are none of the sufferings here that he faced while on earth. People call it what they perceive it to be.
Interesting. Are there any werewolves there?
No. there is no heath issues, no incurable diseases, no unliftible curses, and people that get tortured to insanity can have their sanity back. What would you call it?
I think I would call it perfection. Harry has been reading over my shoulder and wants to tell you something. Hey mum. It's Harry. I wanted to know if you have seen Cedric.
As a matter of fact I have. He is reading this as I speak.
Tell him that I am sorry.
Cedric wants to say something to you. Hey Harry. This is Cedric. You did not get me killed. You had no idea that cup was a portkey. If anything, I should thank you. at least I died at the hands of the most evil wizard in the world rather than at the hands of an Imperioed Quidditch nut. I will see you when you reach The Utopia.
I am so glad that you don't blame me for what happened to you. How did you meet my mum and dad anyway?
They heard that a seventeen year old boy had been murdered by Voldemort, and they thought it was you. They rushed to where I was standing, and I told them the story. I was their closest link to you at the time. They are so awesome, like surrogate parents here.
It was nice to talk to you, but I need to get to bed.
Bye Harry.
This is Lily. Goodnight Harry.
Night mum. Tell dad, Sirius and Cedric that I am leaving the diaries with Remus for the rest of the week.
I will.
Harry shut the diary and handed it to Remus saying "Keep them for now, but I still want to be able to talk to them. See you later Moony."
He tossed floo powder into the flames, and went back to Hogwarts, which he was beginning to think of as home. He fell out of the fireplace in the sitting room and gasped at the sight.
A/N: What does he see? Anyway, to find out, review.
