Chapter 4

As Sirius headed out of the Burrow he thought about his next plan of action. He assumed that he should go into hiding once again in order to keep the ministry off his tale. He also needed to find Harry though. He needed to tell him his theory of who was behind all this mess. 'First I shall have to worry about the ministry,' he thought to himself knowing that Harry had good friends. Sirius set off with his sandwich and piece of parchment. He walked into the woods that surrounded the area. After what seemed like hours of walking he came to a small clearing and rested for a while. He was thinking about when he should give the parchment to Harry. He decided that after the first task would be a good time. That way harry would not be in such a great danger but still have plenty of warning not to get too involved in the tournament. Sirius suddenly realized a good place to stay and headed off to number 12 Grimmauld Place. As he walked he thought about the day that James had given him the parchment.

(Flashback)

"Sirius please take this," James stated.

"James? What on earth is this?" Sirius questioned looking at the crisp piece of parchment in his hand.

"It is the most well kept Potter secret."

"What are you doin giving it to me?"

"Sirius you know Voldemort will be after Lily and I. If we die then that piece of information needs to be kept hidden from Voldemort. Read it and keep it safe."

Sirius read the parchment with his eyes growing wider with every sentence. 'How was this even possible? NO James has to be lying to me.'

"Very funny James," Sirius said waving the parchment in the air, "But do you honestly believe that I'd fall for something like that."

"Sirius this isn't a joke," James replied, "I really don't know myself how it is possible but it is somehow….."

(End)

Sirius was interrupted from James last sentence by some voices. He was still in the woods about a mile or so from Grimmauld place. Sirius panicked and climbed the nearest tree there was holding on tight to the now fragile and decaying piece of parchment. He looked down to see some aurors searching about twenty feet away from him. Sirius looked at the tree branch on the next tree over. It was very close only about a foot and a half step away. He slowly crawled over the branch he was on and carefully climbed onto the next one without making much noise. Since the forest was dense he managed to do this until he found a small road. Being careful that there were no aurors around he jumped from the last tree and landed on the pavement with a slight thud. He turned and realized he had no clue to where he was. Eventually due to where the sun was in the sky (it was evening by this time) he figured that North was to his left and that was the direction he should take. He walked until he could see the lamps outside of Grimmauld Place. Upon looking at the entrance he knew he should not have come, outside of his old house there were multiple aurors and other various people some of whom he didn't recognize. He felt a hand swiftly grab his shoulder.

"Sirius what are you doing here," a voice asked.

"Well I would think that I could come back to my old house without getting caught," Sirius responded.

"Well, that doesn't look possible at the moment."

"There has to be some way I can get into that house, Remus," Sirius said turning to face his friend.

"Let me think on this one. I've got it," Remus snapped his fingers.

"Well what is this brilliant plan of yours?" Sirius asked feeling a little more than nervous.

"I'll walk you in."

"What walk me in, but Mooney they can see they aren't dumb. I'll be taken back to Azkaban immediately."

"Not that kind of walk, this kind of walk," Remus said das he conjured up a leash and collar.

"Remus are you serious? You want to walk me into my own house as a dog?"

"I'm serious Sirius. Now be a good dog and morph yourself so the people don't recognize you."

Sirius gave a reluctant sigh knowing that he was fighting a losing battle. He turned himself into the scraggly big black dog and looked up at Remus waiting for the leash and collar to be put on. However, before doing that Remus swiped his want over Sirius' messy fur. The fur was instantly combed and neatly cut as if Sirius had just gotten a bath.

"So they really won't speculate at all," Remus said giving Sirius a wink. Sirius gave a small whine and Remus patted him on the head saying good boy. They walked down to the end of the street by means of the woods and made their way to Number 12. As they approached the guards straightened up and inspected the man with a dog coming toward them. The guards had been told to look for an unkempt, large, black dog. This dog though seemed very well groomed and not too big. As Remus tried to pass between the guards a hand stopped him.

"Which one are you going to?" The guard asked looking at Remus warily.

"Number 12," Remus stated clearly.

"You do know sir that Number 12 is being kept under strict surveillance in case the murderer Sirius Black was to return?"

"Yes I am aware of that. I am also aware that I have been permitted by Dumbledore to use this place for the Phoenix meetings."

"Oh the order has come back?" the man asked looking shocked.

"Yes and I am Remus Lupin and this is my dog Blaze."

"Oh well sir I am very sorry please continue into the house. I'm sure you know your way in," he patted the head of Blaze saying, "You seem like a good boy Blaze."

Sirius barked and then licked the man's hand whining softly giving the best puppy eyes that he could. Both of the guards laughed and waved Remus through so he could get to the house. Once near the stoop Remus muttered the spell and Number 12 appeared in between 11 and 13. Remus stepped inside with Sirius close behind him. When they got in the house both ran up the stairs into Sirius' room. Once there Sirius turned into his normal form knowing that the aurors might sense it outside.

"Thank you Remus, that was a wonderful act," Sirius said sitting down on his bed.

"Well you did a very good job of playing the 'good boy'," Remus laughed.

"You think the bark and lick added a touch?"

"Of course. James did always say were very sweet as a dog."

"Yes well, I mean how else does one get by in the world as a dog?"

"Well I suppose I shall have dinner," Remus stated conjuring a plate of turkey.

"I shall go bathe and then have some dinner," Sirius stated going to the bathroom.

"I'll do some laundry for you," Remus offered.

"Sure thanks. Oh be sure to take the piece of parchment out of my pants…..just leave it on the table."

"Sure thing Sirius."

Just then there was a loud bang on the door and both men froze where they were. Who could possibly be calling?

A/N: SO who is at the door? Is it someone dangerous? Why doesn't Sirius want Remus to read the note? R&R! Hope you enjoyed