Sound the Bugle
By Marauder Number 5

Ok so this has been edited a bit to correct mistakes etc.

Disclaimers: I don't own any of the characters in this fic. They all belong to a lovely woman named J.K Rowling so hopefully she won't sue me as I don't have a job yet so am a poor college student! This is a song fic and the song I use is called Sound the Bugle (hence the title!) it is sung by Bryan Adams and is from the film Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron. A very, very good film so hopefully none of these people will sue me either!!!

Summary: This story is set when Sirius is in Azkaban just before he escapes to find Peter. It's his thoughts whilst he's in there and what helps him to escape! Please be nice to me as this is the first thing I've written and published! Please, please review this fic so that I can improve for the future! Thank You!

On with the story!!!

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Sirius sat in the corner of his cell. All hope was fading from him.

Sound the bugle now,
Play it just for me,
As the seasons change,
Remember how I used to be

From the back of his mind faces appeared. They were under a tree, one was catching a snitch another watching in awe and the other was buried in a book. He was there, they were laughing without a care in the world. A Dementor came gliding forward to take this memory from him.

Now I can't go on,
I can't even start,
I've got nothing left,
Just an empty heart

All his sorrows came flooding back to him as the rattling breath of the Dementor faded away. He knew there was no hope.

I'm a soldier
Wounded so I must give up the fight
There's nothing more for me lead me away,
Or leave me lying here,

He didn't care anymore; he wanted the Dementor's Kiss. Who cares if he was soulless? Would he even miss it?

Sound the bugle now,
Tell them I don't care,
There's not a road I know,
That leads to anywhere

He watched as a condemned man was pulled from his cell. The man fell to his knees, the hood was drawn back, and the cloak covered the man from view. Sirius knew he'd never leave this dreadful place.

Without a light I
Fear that I will stumble in the dark
Lay right down and decide,
Not to go on

Sirius lay on the floor. No strength left to lift himself up on to what the guards called a bed. He didn't care anymore. "Let them take me." he managed to croak. There was nothing left for him. His friends didn't care...his friends were...gone...

Then from on high somewhere in the distance
There's a voice that calls
Remember who you are, if you lose yourself
Your courage soon will follow

Yes, his friends...the traitor Peter Pettigrew. He thought back to that day in the muggle street, he remembered that he was innocent. He noticed that the Dementor couldn't take this way from him. It wasn't a happy thought it was just… a thought.

So be strong tonight
Remember who you are

He remembered his other friends, how he was an Animagus. He saw a big black dog surface in his mind. He focused; the dog was transferred from his mind to the cell in place of him. He was no longer human, the Dementors wouldn't know until it's too late.

Yeah.
You're a soldier now
Fighting in a battle
To be free once more

The Dementor slid the steel cell door back to place a measly plate of food into his cell. This was his chance! He slipped past the Dementor as it closed the door. He was free and on his way out.

Yeah that's worth fighting for!

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