"Sirius, wake up now!" yelled Ginny "were going to be late for Leon's party"
Sirius who is now eleven loved to sleep in late on the weekends and hated to get up
early.
"Ginny dear have you seen my cloak?" asked Harry who was half dressed.
"It's in the kitchen!" said Ginny "Would you two please hurry up!"
"Okay, I think were ready." said Harry as he nudged Sirius toward the door.
"Where is the party." asked Sirius
"We are going to see the Longbottoms" said Ginny
"It's their son Leon's birthday." cut in Harry.
Harry, Ginny, and Sirius walked out the door and disappeard.
A split second later they were in front of a small little cottage looking house. They
knocked on the door and were greeted by a wierd looking woman with brown hair
and a strange set of glasses, and on her neck was a necklace made of butterbeer bottle caps.
"Luna!" shouted Ginny as the door opened. "It's been too long!"
"Ginny it's only been a month" replied Luna.
Sirius wondered why he had never met the Longbottoms before but now he knew, they were weird.
"Hello Luna" said Harry "Is the Quibbler still going strong?"
"Oh yes it is, better than ever!" "And this must be Sirius" said Luna now looking at Sirius.
"Hello" said Sirius a little nervous.
"Where are my manners?" "Come in, come in." said Luna
"Honey we are out of Fizzing Wizzbes!" said a tall dark haired man
"Oh , Neville look the Potters are here!" said Luna
"Sirius I would like you to meet Neville, he was in Gryffindor with me when I was at Hogwarts" said Harry.
"Really is Hogwarts as good as my dad says it is?" asked Sirius.
"Yes it sure is something." replied Neville.
"Sirius why don't you go to the back yard, Sarah Weasly and Leon are playing exploding
snap." said Luna
"The Weaslys are here then eh Neville?" said Harry
"Oh yeah, they arrived just a few minute before yourselves."
While they continued their convesation Sirius walked out to the back yard.
"Stop it Leon or I will get your mom!" said a little red headed girl getting chased by a fanged frisbee.
"Fine, just don't tell mom" Leon broke off as he noticed Sirius looking at him.
"You must be Sirius Potter." Leon said "My father has told me alot about you."
"Really, I'm nothing like my dad."
"Sirius!" screamed Sarah as she hugged Sirius. "I missed you and you never wrote!"
"I'm sorry Sarah, but my mum and dad have been using Hedwig and Zeus nonstop lately."
"You two know each other?" asked Leon
"Yes" replied Sarah "our parents work together."
"Their Aurors." said Sirius
"Wow, Aurors!" said Leon "My dad works at the Ministry too, he's head of the
Control of Dangerous Plants."
"That's near my mum's office" said Sarah.
"I thought both your parents were Aurors." said Leon.
"No just my dad, my mum is Head of the Department of Mysteries."
"Oh"
"Look!" said Sirius
A small group of owls were flying straight at the little cottage.
"Its our Hogwarts letters!" said Sarah
As each of them opened their letters their parents came out to meet them.
"Look dad look!" yelled Sirius "I can't wait to go to Diagon Alley with you and mum!"
"Well actually Sirius, we cannot go with you this year." said Harry
"Why not?" complained Sirius.
"Your mother and I have gotten an urgent letter from the ministry, their have been
rumors about dark wizards making a mess of things in Romania" said Harry.
"Where will I stay and who will I go with to Diagon Alley while you are gone?"
"Well you, Leon, and Sarah will stay at Molly and Arthur Weasly's house" said Ginny.
"Trust me Sirius, you will have a good time." said Harry.
"But mom,not that I don't want to go or anything, it's that how come I have to go, you're not an Auror?"asked Sarah
"Neville, Luna and I have to do some work for the Order." said Hermione
After a couple hours of partying the Potters returned home so Sirius could pack.
Sirius changed into his pajamas and double checked that he packed everything.
The next morning he awoke very early, changed clothes and read over the
Daily Prophet.
"Ready dear?"asked Ginny.
Sirius nodded and walked outside with his trunk in hand and grabbed hold of his
parents. They took a few steps into the yard and disappeared.