Disclaimer: I own none of the characters or places in this story they all belong to J K Rowling

A/N: Set during and after Order of the Phoenix and Half Blood Prince. Most people thought Sirius Black died that day in the ministry of magic, but the whole story was not told. Sirius Black lived and this is his tale. Sort of a prelude to my Harry Potter stories, picking up where J K Rowling left it and telling how Voldemort was defeated and the series ends. Written from Sirius' point of view.

03 – November – Half Blood Prince – Somewhere in Northern Canada

I laughed as I read the letter; Dumbledore had sent it with Fawkes that morning, it sounded as if people had been busy, especially Remus. When we had been in school it was always me and James who had broken the girls' hearts yet from what Dumbledore had said he was waging war with Tonks and the rest of the order over whether they should go out, Remus was refusing on the grounds that he was too old, poor and dangerous. Whereas Tonks and everyone else in the order, except Snape who really didn't care, wanted them to get together. Shame I wasn't there, I'd teach Moony to take what he's got and give nothing back, even if it meant taking Tonks out myself.

I looked out of the window of my little room and sighed, it was snowing again, no chance of getting out to the forests that surrounded the little lodge. Oh well, it might be as well, from the rest of the content of Dumbledore's letter it sounded as if the Order needed advice from their mysterious tipster in Canada again. I re read the letter again taking in everything, from the latest news on Harry to the developments in the horcruxes.

I sighed again, I had been hoping to go on a nice long run, I hadn't got out in weeks, thanks to this blasted snowstorm. Oh well, at least this house was nicer than the one where I was previously incarcerated. Grabbing a piece of parchment and quill I began to write, Dumbledore would send Fawkes back tomorrow for my reply so I had all day.

Dumbledore -I wrote- firstly tell Remus to just take Tonks out already otherwise I'll rise from the dead and take her out myself -I laughed at that- she's far to good to just let her go, remind him of Jessica Derwood, the girl he dated in his third year, he didn't hurt her and he just cadged money of us to buy her stuff like flowers, I'm sure Harry will oblige, he has all my money and all the money from his parents so has far to much for his own good.

Speaking of Harry tell him… tell him to stop showing off at potions and to be careful with that Felix ficles I don't think he would actually have given it to Ron for the match, but whether he did or not doesn't matter he could still be charged on it. I remember James was considering using it in the last game of the season when Gryffindor needed to win by I think it was two hundred and fifty points, he never actually did use it, but someone overheard us talking about it and he nearly got arrested when they did win. If I remember correctly you saved him.

Anyway to more serious business my friend is holding a dinner party at the weekend for prospective members for the Order, I think we have about four or five convinced, they should be writing to you soon, they know a slight variation on the code, it shouldn't be to difficult to decipher as it is based on the original but I thought that using different codes would be easier to keep secret. They'll probably mention me, but under the name Jacques as usual.

I have plenty of polyjuice potion in stock if you want me to come over, I wouldn't mind seeing people again, even if they don't know it's me. It's been pretty boring recently you see, we've had three week long snowstorms since you last wrote and I haven't been able to get out much.

I heard a rumour the other day that Voldemort has set up his operations somewhere in North Canada, and I know the perfect place for him to do so, I'll have a look as soon as the weather clears a bit, though I'm not to confident in the rumour. I don't think Voldemort himself would leave England for very long, but it's entirely possible he's sent some Death Eaters over here.

I'll have to go Dumbledore, I'll send this with Fawkes as soon as you send him to me, keep an eye on Harry for me, not that you haven't got both your eyes on him, but maybe you could grow another one. Only kidding! See how bored I am! It's still better than being sat in… wait I can't write it down can I? Oh well, it's still better than being stuck in the headquarters day in day out.

Don't forget to call if you need me, I have enough polyjuice potion, and I still have that invisibility cloak, I'll be ok if you need me to come over for a week or so.

Sirius

I grinned, I knew he wouldn't send for me, he was too careful and wouldn't risk my cover being blown. Though hopefully he would pass on my advice. I looked out of the window again, by my estimate it had taken just an hour to write the letter, which meant I still had a boring day to try and fill. Unless it stopped snowing, but that didn't seen likely. I sighed again and put the letters to one side for when Fawkes appeared.