Sirius
"S-Sirius?" Said Harry unable to believe what was happening in front of him, the hushed silence encased him. Everyone had stopped breathing and was staring at the fire.
"Harry," said Sirius,
"You're dead…" said the small voice of Ginny, Sirius frowned,
"…I was," he said, "I can't speak of it now… not when there might be ears listening when they shouldn't be,"
"You… are here!" Said Harry feeling a clog in his throat as well as overwhelming happiness.
"I am," Sirius smiled, Harry noticed large black brims around his eyes, "Harry, I need to see you," he nodded,
"Where?"
"Hogsmeade, the cave can you meet me tomorrow?"
"I can, McGonagall said I could leave when I wanted," Sirius nodded,
"Good, well I will see you tomorrow Harry, make sure you are not followed," there was a pop and he was gone. Harry just stared into the flames for a minute before turning around.
"Wow…" said Ginny quietly,
"I don't like this Harry…" said Hermione,
"What? He is alive what more proof do you need?"
"But Harry… How did he get alive? He was dead! It is impossible!"
"Voldemort could do it,"
"Voldemort had Horcruxes! Sirius would not make one!"
"Well then explain the fire!" Yelled Harry, anger surging through him,
"Polyjuice Potion!" Said Hermione equally as angry,
"Well then who would do it? Who would meet me then!"
"Hmm, let me think, who hates you? Voldemort? His death eaters!" Said Hermione now standing up,
"Well I am going, you aren't stopping me!" He said getting up also
"Harry don't you think he was a little… brief? You haven't seen him for how long and he didn't even act all happy to see you, something is up!" Harry glared at Hermione and ran up the stairs, and sat on his bed resting his head against his hands.
What if Hermione was right? What if Harry was walking himself into a trap? She was right the last time when Voldemort put a vision of Sirius being tortured in the Ministry of Magic. But what if he was alive? What if he found some way to come back and he really did want to talk to Harry? An argument was going on in Harry's head; he willed it would stop.
He felt really bad for going off at Hermione, she was only looking after him. He sighed, but she was being her normal worried self.
"Harry?" Asked Ginny, he looked up at her,
"Hey…"
"That was pretty rough in there… are you ok?" She asked worried,
"I'm not sure," he said,
"Do you think he is alive?"
"I don't know," he shook his head, Ginny sat down on the bed next to him. "Maybe I should go… but I might just be walking into a trap…" said Harry.
"Well, I don't know, I can't help… just decide tomorrow, we all want Sirius to be alive, maybe he is… maybe he isn't, just be prepared. Hermione unfortunately might be right," said Ginny sighing,
"It just seemed so real… I wish he was alive," said Harry sadly,
"I know you do, and so do I, more than anything,"
"Is Hermione pissed at me?" Harry asked, Ginny shook her head,
"No, she understands why you acted the way you did," she gave him a kiss on the lips and left.
Harry awoke the next morning; he had gotten almost no sleep the previous night. But when he awoke he was alert. He got dressed almost immediately, the others had not awoken yet, he was glad they weren't he didn't want them to come with him. He didn't know why.
Harry packed his bag quickly, stashing his invisibility cloak and his wand safely in his deep pocket then headed out of the Portrait Hole.
Harry crept into the entrance of the cave, clutching his wand firmly with his hand.
"Harry put the wand down," said a soft voice, Harry obliged, lowering it to his waist, suddenly there was a slam and a man was hugging him so tight he couldn't breathe. Tears brimmed Harry's eyes as he hugged him back. Sirius held him at arm length, tears streaming down from his eyes also, before going back in for another bone-breaking hug.
"I can't believe you're here," said Harry smiling,
"I can't believe it either,"
"How?" Asked Harry,
"Ah," said Sirius, letting go of Harry, "I knew you would ask me that. Well, that… thing I fell into, actually led me into a different dimension. Not a very nice one at all I must say…" he said lifting up his torn jacket to reveal a harsh, deep wound across his middle from hip to shoulder. He lowered it down again,
"It was..." he paused, "you know those voices?" Asked Sirius, Harry nodded,
"Yes,"
"Well, those were the voices of the lost, the ones who had ended up there one way or another, it was like living in Azkaban but worse… it was horrible… being tortured day in day out for eternity, someone was ripping you apart every second of you're life, you wanted to be dead, and then you remember… you are… time had no form, I wasn't sure if it was one day or one thousand days. Time was different there than it was here," he shook his head,
"How I got out, I'm not too sure. They, that is to say the 'shadowers,' as they were called… told me something, but it was in there language so I have no idea what it meant it was like… 'Ach lappe shinku po croe den jalёhou,' or something. I should ask Dumbledore, he will know," He finished,
"Dumbledore is… dead," said Harry, Sirius searched his face for any ounce of lie.
"I know…" he said, "but his portrait probably knows… there is a portrait isn't there?"
"Yes," nodded Harry,
"So, what have you been up to in the last year and a bit?" Asked Sirius,
"Let's see…" thought Harry, "um… first of all, can you just prove you are Sirius? Hermione was kind of… suspicious," Sirius smiled,
"Yes, it was pretty suspicious wasn't it," he turned into a black dog then back into Sirius.
"I'm sorry," muttered Harry abruptly,
"What for?" Asked Sirius frowning at the sudden outburst,
"I caused you're death, if it wasn't for me you would have been alive…"
"Rubbish Harry, its not you're fault! It's no one but the Death Eaters fault for my death." Harry nodded slowly,
"Well… the last year… a lot has happened… Malfoy became one of Voldemort's death eaters, taking over from his father,"
"Malfoy?" Said Sirius exasperated, "he is only what… 17?" Harry nodded,
"Snapped… killed Dumbledore," he said slowly,
"SNAPE?" Yelled Sirius eyes wide, "Snape! Killed Dumbledore?" He repeated,
"Yes," said Harry,
"I'm going to kill him slowly and painfully," muttered Sirius looking as if an invisible man was beside Harry, "Dumbledore trusted him… Trusted him!" Harry then for the next ten minutes talked about the Horncruxes and the memories,
"Well good on you for finding two, you were lucky! Very lucky," he nodded, "not many could find two in such short amount of time, where are you looking next?"
"No idea," said Harry,
"Well… you will have me to help you, and I am a free man now… also dead, so that doesn't help," Harry smiled.
"A while ago… we all looked for some spells to help us,"
"Good… that's what I would have done."
"We found one; you know how Voldemort and I have the same wands?"
"Yes,"
"Well… turns out it is possible for me to… bring back anyone he has killed," Sirius looked at Harry,
"James?" He asked, Harry nodded.
"So there is all that about Voldemort. But what's going on with Hermione, Ron and you?"
"Well… Ron and Hermione are dating," said Harry, Sirius raised his eyebrows,
"Saw that one coming,"
"And me and Ginny are,"
"Really? Good on you, she is a nice girl!" Said Sirius,
"I am Quittich Captain,"
"Saw that one coming too." Someone yelled something from the mouth of the cave, and Harry's wand flew out of his hand. Ron stood at its entrance, looking at Sirius, eyes wide. Hermione and Ginny not close behind him. Harry picked up his wand,
"Sorry Harry," muttered Ron quietly still staring at Sirius,
"Hi…" said Sirius,
"Hi," said the three of them,
"Are you r-really Sirius?" Asked Hermione, Sirius nodded, Hermione looked at Harry for approval, he nodded also, Hermione and Ginny squealed and ran to Sirius hugging him. Ginny then went over to Harry and hit him,
"Ow! What was that for?" He said rubbing his arm,
"You git! You left!" She said hitting him again, "ass,"
"Feel the love," said Sirius smiling.
"I'm feeling something but it isn't love," said Harry still holding his arm.
"So where are you going now?" Asked Hermione ignoring Harry and Ginny,
"I'm thinking about going back to Grimmauld Place… if that's ok with Harry because legally it's his now."
"Its fine," nodded Harry, "but it isn't very safe now because of Snape knowing where it is," Sirius frowned,
"Yes but no where is safe now."
"So how did you get here… when did you come back?" Asked Ginny,
"Well… When I came up I found myself in the Ministry still, I snuck out and apparated to Grimmauld. Saw a paper on the table I looked in it because I figured if there was something big going on then it would be in the paper, even if sometimes they get their facts all wrong… It had a lot in it about Dumbledore's death… I freaked out a bit… and then I thought of you, I had to see if one… Hogwarts was open and two… if you were there, so I did, I was a little brief when I was talking to you because I was still fazed out by Dumbledore's death and what a horrible impact that must have had in you're life Harry having lost so many people…"
"Actually he died in front of me, Malfoy was going to then Snape came in and did it, he had given the unbreakable vow and so… killed him,"
"Well of course Snape will kill Dumbledore, he would never sacrifice his life for another's, just like Peter… the little twerp. I don't want to pry Harry but, if you saw it all couldn't you have helped?" Said Sirius, Harry shook his head,
"No, Dumbledore froze me before Malfoy cornered him,"
"Why would he do that?"
"If you find out tell me," muttered Harry looking at his hands, he could feel Sirius' eyes on him. Suddenly out of no where his scar let out an excruciating pain, he clasped his hands over it and dropped to his knees. His head was going to split open, he was sure. It felt as if he was being branded with hot iron on his forehead. The pain stopped, he sat up to the others concerned faces.
"What was that about?" Asked Ginny,
"My scar," said Harry sitting up again, "it hasn't hurt like that for a while… I saw…"
"You saw what?" Asked Sirius,
"They are coming."
Read and Review hope you like, a bit confusing I know, but all will be cleared soon. Sirius is back, Harry's reaction was hard to write as it is hard to express into words how it feels to find a loved one. Ok gonna update soon after my laptop gets fixed
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