As I currentlyhave a lot of free time, here's chapter three.

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Chapter three

To their great surprise, the first person they saw after falling out of the fireplace in the Burrow's kitchen was not a Weasley. For a moment Procyon wasn't sure where he had seen her before. Then he remembered. It was Fleur Delacour, the pretty French girl who had been the Beauxbatons champion in the Triwizard Tournament. She noticed them too.

'What eez going on?' she asked. Then she noticed Padfoot and stared.

'What are you doing 'ere?' she asked, her voice trembling 'I thought you were dead.'

The man opened his mouth, but before he could explain anything, Fleur began to scream. Quick footsteps could be heard outside. Someone was running. Then a voice that most likely belonged to Ginny Weasley spoke from outside the door.

'What is it, Phlegm?' Ginny asked 'Seen a rat?' and she pushed the door open.

'Anything but a rat, please,' Padfoot protested.

That was when the younger girl noticed him too.

'Mum!' she called loudly 'Ron! Bill!'

Before she could finish calling all her brothers' names, Ron Weasley ran into the kitchen, followed by a young man with long red hair and some rather nasty scars on his face, who must have been the oldest Weasley brother.

'What the - ' Ron said in shock.

'Don't worry, Fleur, Ginny,' Bill was saying at the same time 'Whatever is going on here, we'll deal with it…'

'How?' Ron asked.

'How about letting us explain?' Procyon suggested.

'Yeah, and maybe you could put those wands away too?' Padfoot added.

The Weasleys refused.

'All right,' Padfoot said 'We'll put ours away first. Trust me, Procyon,' he added, since the boy was rather reluctant to do it 'I've been in situations like this before.' And he handed his wand over to Ron. Procyon gave his to Ginny and sat down on the nearest chair.

'Now tell us who you are,' said Ron, lowering his wand only a little bit.

'But you know me!' Padfoot said (Had he ran out of ideas already?).

'We know who you look like,' Ron replied 'But who are you?'

'Oh, honestly, don't you think if I were a Death Eater trying to disguise myself, I would pretend to be someone who isn't believed to be a Death Eater?'

'Sirius was cleared last year,' Ginny pointed out.

Padfoot nearly jumped with excitement.

'I was?' he asked 'Really?' he turned to Procyon 'Did you hear that? I'm free!'

'Your act is very convincing,' said Bill 'but… it just doesn't make sense.'

'Maybe zat eez why we should believe 'im?' Fleur said uncertainly 'Becauz a liar would make up a better lie?'

The door opened again and Mrs. Weasley entered the room.

'What is going - ?' she began to ask, but never finished her question, because she noticed the unexpected guests 'Oh my God!' she exclaimed 'I don't believe it!'

'We don't either, Mum,' Ron said.

'Oh come on!' Procyon was getting tired of the whole argument. 'How about an Identity Spell?' he asked 'Is it really that hard?'

'You can cheat those,' Bill informed him.

'Oh dear…' Mrs. Weasley said worriedly 'Maybe if we could think of a question to ask…'

'A question?' Padfoot didn't understand.

'Something only the real Sirius could - '

Suddenly something in Procyon's mind went click!

'That's it!' he exclaimed 'Is there a way to fake an Animagus transformation?' he asked. Bill opened his mouth 'Without a wand,' Procyon added quickly.

'Oh, how could I be so stupid!' Padfoot said 'Watch this.'

As he turned into a huge black dog, the four Weasleys and Fleur stared at him in disbelief.

Ron swore and his mother didn't even tell him off.

'Oh dear,' she said instead 'How did you…? How is it possible? We all thought you were dead!'

Padfoot transformed back.

'I thought so too,' he said 'But then Regulus told me I wasn't.'

'What do you mean - ?'

'And who is the boy?'

The second question seemed more urgent, but both could be answered with 'Long story'.

XXX

Mr. Weasley had finally come back from work, Fred and George had been called and asked to come to the Burrow immediately and now the whole family was sitting in one room, listening to the story, which was indeed long and complicated.

'So you say you were transported to a different universe?' Mr. Weasley asked.

'Yeah,' Padfoot confirmed 'It took me a year to get back here. And now we have another problem, because Procyon should be sent back home.'

'How did you get back here?' Ron asked.

'More or less the same way I left. But I don't really know how it works. Reg didn't tell me any details.'

'Who?' asked one of the twins (Procyon couldn't really tell them apart).

'My brother,' Padfoot said simply.

'Hang on,' the other twin still didn't seem to understand 'Regulus?' he asked 'The Death Eater?'

Procyon didn't know what to think of this. It felt really odd to hear something like that said about his favorite uncle. The fact that it happened to be true in this universe made it even more disturbing.

'We're talking about a very different world, George' Padfoot reminded 'He's on our side there.'

'What's it like in that other world then?' Ron asked.

'It's not that bad once you get used to it,' Padfoot replied 'Well, except for my other self. I don't like him very much.'

He began to explain about the other Sirius Black, who had been in Slytherin and grown up to be just another member of his family.

'Some people even think he might be a Death Eater, but, that's unlikely, really. His son would know if he was…'

'He supports them, sort of,' Procyon said 'But I don't think he's actually - '

'That's impossible!' Ron interrupted him. He was clearly finding Procyon's world just as strange as this one seemed to Procyon 'I mean, this guy is you, Sirius! We all know you would never - '

'You didn't seem so sure of it three years ago,' Padfoot teased.

'Well, three years ago I didn't know you and you had just broken my leg and dragged me into the Shrieking Shack,' Ron replied 'I think I had a reason to be a little angry.'

'How many times do I have to apologize?' Padfoot said 'And, really, you don't know how much one detail can change. We think the actual change was sorting me into a different house, but then it turns out Lily and James are alive, Peter never betrayed us and Neville Longbottom is the Boy Who Lived.'

Ron burst out laughing.

'Neville?' he repeated 'Neville Longbottom is the Chosen One? I can't believe it!'

'It's not nice, Ron,' Ginny told him 'What's wrong with Neville anyway?'

'You mean, apart from being Neville?' asked one of the twins.

'Never mind,' said Padfoot 'Would you tell me what's been happening here when I was away?'

Procyon listened carefully as the Weasleys began to tell the story. He had to learn as much as he could about this strange new world, as he had no idea how long he was going to have to stay here.