The next morning, Sirius was up at the crack of dawn. He stayed still, lying in bed for a minute, trying to remember what was different. And then it struck him,
'Harry's here!' he thought happily. He bounded out of bad, but made sure to keep quiet as he made his way to the bathroom. After a nice long shower he went down the stairs into the kitchen, where he started to make breakfast. A while later, when the sun was actually up, Sirius decided to wake Harry up. He walked up the stairs and quietly opened the door to his godson's bedroom. What he saw made him smile.
Harry was curled up into a ball in his giant bed. His stuffed stag was clutched against his chest. Sirius tiptoed to the bed and whispered,
'Harry, time to wake up.' Harry's eyes snapped open. He sat up and rubbed his eyes. Sirius stood, with his hands on his hips, as he watched the boy yawn and step out of bed. He couldn't help but think how adorable the boy was, his black hair sticking up all ways, wearing blue, stuffed stag in hand.
'C'mon, Harry. Time for breakfast,' Sirius said smiling. Harry nodded not looking at Sirius, but following him out the door and down the stairs. Sirius frowned. The boy was way to shy for his own good. Usually kids his age wouldn't shut up. Sirius smirked as his thoughts turned to those of turning Harry into a mini-marauder.
Once at the kitchen table, Sirius asked Harry what he wanted too eat.
'We have toast, muffins, eggs, sausage, bacon. Anything you want. Take your pick!' Harry mumbled something that Sirius couldn't comprehend.
'What was that Harry?' Sirius asked, leaning forward a bit.
'Toast please,' he mumbled a little louder, setting his stag on the table.
'Toast coming right up!' A few minutes later, Sirius and Harry were both eating their toast at the kitchen table. Sirius couldn't take it anymore; he needed to break the silence.
'So Harry, I was wondering if you wanted to got to Diagon Alley today?' Harry looked up from his toast and asked timidly,
'What's Diagon Alley?'
'It's okay for you to ask questions Harry. You don't live with your aunt and uncle; you're now free to ask all the questions you want. Anyways, Diagon Alley is like a mall for witches and wizards. It's where we shop. So, did you want to go check it out?' Harry nodded his head.
'Okay! Well, we'd better get you ready. Let's go.' He offered his hand to Harry, who looked up at Sirius shyly, and took his hand, or more like his finger. Sirius led Harry up to his bedroom, where they chose a pair of jeans, a red sweatshirt and black trainers.
An hour later Sirius led Harry to the fireplace, Harry holding his stag closely.
'Okay Harry, we're going to Floo to Diagon Alley. All we have to do is take some powder,' at this he pulled out a pot of green powder, 'and you throw it into the fire, step into it, and say the name of the place you want to go to. It's easy but I'll carry you until you're old enough to Floo by yourself. We're going to be spinning for a few seconds too, just so you know. There's no reason to be scared, it's perfectly safe. Okay? On, and keep a tight hold on your stag.'
'Okay,' Harry said shyly. Sirius picked him up and rested Harry on his hip. He grabbed some Floo powder threw it into the fire, stepped in, and shouted 'The Leaky Cauldron!'
They spun around for a few seconds before the two landed in the Leaky Cauldron. Harry looked up at Sirius with shock and excitement in his eyes.
'Can we go back that way?' He asked quietly. Sirius chuckled and ruffled Harry's hair and said,
'Of course we can! What is it that you like about it so much?'
'I like spinning around.' Harry answered quietly, although you could catch the excitement in his voice. Sirius chuckled as he picked Harry back up and made his way to the back of the pub. Sirius took his wand out of his pocket and started tapping bricks on the wall behind the pub. At once, the bricks started forming into an archway.
'Wow,' Harry said in amazement. Sirius smiled and ruffled the toddler's hair once again.
'Wow is right. Now how about we go look at some toys?' Harry nodded enthusiastically. Sirius sighed. He had thought Harry would be shy around him forever, but he seemed to be getting over it already.
Godfather and godson walked over to 'Children's Play', a shop filled with toys for toddlers. They ended up staying at the shop for a little over two hours, as Harry looked at all the toys. They left the shop with bags filled with toys, that although Harry hadn't asked for them, Sirius had bought them.
'Did you want some ice cream Harry?' Sirius asked as they approached Florean Fortescue Ice Cream Parlor. Harry nodded hugging his stag to his chest. He had become his regular shy, quiet self when they had left the toyshop. Sirius sighed. He found it slightly annoying when Harry's mood changed so suddenly, but that was part of his job, to get Harry to become more outspoken.
Sirius stopped at Florean Fortescue's and ordered two ice cream cones. He gave one to Harry as they sat down at a table outside the parlor. He smiled as Harry watched all the people walk by. He noticed that Harry seemed to be staring at something very intently. Sirius turned around to find it was a very large group of red haired people.
'That's a lot of people with red hair, isn't it Harry?' Harry started when Sirius spoke, and nodded. Harry suddenly let out a big yawn.
'Tired kiddo?' Sirius asked. Harry nodded. Sirius asked a passer-by the time, and was startled to find it was already seven o'clock.
'Well, let's get going Harry. You still need to eat your supper before you fall asleep.' He picked Harry up, who was thankfully not resisting any more, made sure he had his stag, and headed to The Leaky Cauldron.
Harry started growing excited when Sirius stopped in front of the fireplace.
'You really do like Flooing, don't you?' Sirius asked laughing when Harry nodded.
Once back at the house, Sirius put Harry in his room with his new toys as he went to make supper. Half hour later Sirius appeared in Harry's room to find him playing with a set of mini dragons.
'Harry, time for supper,' Harry looked up from his spot on the floor.
'Now?' he asked disappointed, yet, still in his quiet voice. Sirius chuckled,
'Yes now. Come on,' he pulled Harry up by his hand and the two walked to the kitchen. After supper, the two wandered into the sitting room, where Sirius started teaching Harry wizard's chess. They kept at it until Harry fell asleep while waiting for Sirius to take his turn. Once Sirius moved, he looked up to find Harry in a deep sleep, his head on the table.
Sirius picked Harry up and used his wand to change Harry into his pajamas, and then set him into his bed and placed his stag beside him. He tucked the covers in, walked to the door and whispered 'goodnight', and turned off the lights, making sure to leave the door open incase Harry needed him at anytime in the night.