**Note about chapter: So thank you those who sent me requests of what to do during the spiritual chapters; I have them planned out and will hopefully keep a steady update with the new chapters. I'm not going to change the name of the story, but as a heads up, most of these chapters are not 'while he is sleeping'! In these chapters Sirius is really just going to be looking down on certain things that happen to Harry, and you will get his train of thought about it. I hope all of you wonderful readers still enjoy the story.

**Another note about chapter: I'm not taking any religious sides with these up coming chapters, so please take note of that now. In my head, for this type of thing I just imagine it kind of what J.K. wrote. But I also added my own little thing; the intro to this (which you're about to read) is similar to J.K.'s version of the afterlife. The things following is my extension of that. I'm writing like you think about something and it'll appear in a sense. They kind of live normal lives but not on earth. The whole 'window' concept is another thing I came up with while writing this chapter. It allows the deceased to look down on people; they get to choose who they look down but for this Sirius is obviously looking down at Harry. Also assume that there are multiple windows.

Thank you so much, happy reading!

While He Is Sleeping

Chapter Seven - Passing Aftermath

A gasp escaped my lips as I opened my eyes. Everything around me was white, and I sat up quickly, looking around. I was naked, and I felt around my body to see if anything was different; I had a shaven, clean face and there were no more bags under my eyes. My hair was shorter and not matted like it had been since Azkaban. With all of the improvements to myself I looked around again. There was nothing. Miles and miles of white nothingness until a pile of folded robes appeared in front of me.

I stood up slowly, this whole dead thing was still a new thing. I was suddenly hit with an explosive that blew emotions at me as I slipped on the robes. I'm dead. I died and... And Harry saw it! I was crying, but the tears weren't coming out. I had left Harry and Remus! Were they alright? I really can't see anybody here? Then out of nowhere, there was a loud hoot that caused me to snap around just in time to be tackled.

"You're here! Finally my Padfoot is with me! Oh, I love you so much, Paddy, and I missed you!" the familiar voice of James Potter filledmy ears and I froze underneath my old friend. "I didn't want you to die, but I am so happy you're with me now!"

I looked up as James's grinning face hovered over mine. I gaped blankly at him for a moment before jumping up and hugging James tightly to me. James sighed and wrapped his arms around me in return, hugging me just as tightly back. After a few moments, he pried himself out of my grip and shook his messy hair out of his face.

"Lils stayed back to watch Harry; c'mon," he said, standing and pulling me to his feet.

I froze once again upon realization that Harry was at the ministry and still in danger. James and I ran through the white air until I came to an abrubt holt. There was still white air surrounding me, but the white air was now in forms of sofas and chairs. There were lines that were walls and seemed to separate area from area. I was in awe once again in this... heaven.

Lily was standing in front of a large window. Her legs together, left arm across her chest and right arm holding a finger nail in her mouth so that she could choose. Sirius's head was flooded with memories of Lily in this position but for exams to be handed back. James was by his wife now, resting his chin on her shoulder. Lily said, without looking away from the window, "Dumbledore arrived... Harry's okay so far."

"Good," James replied. "Now would be a good time to say hi to Sirius, love."

At once Lily's head turned away from the window and she soon ran and jumped into my arms, not knocking me down like her husband.

"Oh Sirius," she murmered. "I am so sorry Peter put youthrough all of that. Thank you so much for doing everything you did for Harry. I love you so much."

I was kind of relieved that we couldn't cry here; I would be a water fall if we could. I hugged Lily back and we held a quiet conversation. I wish I could have done more for Harry. I had hardly known him when I died. I would do anything to get back to him; even though I was useless the way I was at least I was there.

James called us back over in time to see Dumbledore and Voldemort's duel heat up a bit more. Voldemort - merlin's beard that thing was ugly - was screaming; Dumbledore would just yell back a reply. I looked around the scene for Harry, and the view instantly shifted so that I could see him being guarded by a statue. Bellatrix was also under a statue, and I grimaced, knowing that Harry must have ran after her. I was snapped out of my trance as Voldemort vanished as Dumbledore's water pool speared all over the floor. All three of us moved closer to the window so that we could look closer.

Dumbledore told Harry to stay still in a scared voice and I felt my gut tie itself in knots at the sound. I never wanted to hear Dumbledore afraid. Harry criedd out and fell onto his hands and knees. James, Lily and I all buried our faces in our hands; too sick to look at what was happening. But we could hear it. Voldemort was speaking, but through Harry's mouth. I shook as I watched through my fingers my godson's arms forcing themselves to hold him up as Voldemort told Dumbledore to kill Harry. The voice stopped, and I looked up to see Harry collaspe on the floor, Dumbledore crouching silently over Harry.

The emerald orbs opened and were blurred with fog and shined as if tears were about to fall. Harry was confused more than anything else and was spluttering, asking Dumbledore what was going on as the Atrium filled with Ministry people. James cried out with a cheer, hugging Lily to him.

"Fudge saw him! Fudge saw Voldemort!"

Dumbledore helped Harry up and spoke calmly to the officials. Harry took a portkey to Dumbledore's office, ordered to wait until Dumbledore got there. I found myself speaking to the window as if the people on the other side could hear me.

"Don't let Harry sit alone in your office!"

Lily gasped, covering her mouth. "That will just make Harry worse! No, Dumbeldore go with Harry!"

All three of us watched Harry try to get out of Dumbledore's office and ignore the portraits that were talking to him. After a few minutes the portraits realized that Harry wasn't going to talk, so they shut up. Harry leaned against the door; not trying to open it anymore, but just desperate to get out of the room.

"Padfoot," James said quietly. "C'mon, we'll show you around our area and explain something to you - there's people that will like to see you. We can come back when Dumbledore gets to the office maybe."

"Sirius," James sang. I looked over at him from my spot on a sofa with Marlene. "The Order is at the station! It looks like Harry won't be moping now."

Marlene and I shared a look before I jumped up and made my way to the window that showed King's Cross. Ron led Harry, Hermione and Ginny off of the train and they paused momentarily at the larger-than-usual welcoming commitee. What I presume is Hermione's parents were standing, talking to Molly. Moody, Remus, Tonks, Arthur, Molly and Fred and George were standing in a group waiting for the teens. The four walked over tot he group, not hiding their surprise to see them all.

Molly hugged all four of them and then Hermione ws hugged by each of her parents as Remus and Harry talked. I knew that they got along great, and I hope that Remus can step into Harry's life more and be there. Remus loved Harry but, like me, he knew that he could just barge into a teenage boy's life and declare his unconditional, family-like, love for him; the need to protect him from everything. I chuckled to myself as I remembered a conversation I had with Remus one night, both of us were like mothers to Harry at times, then we were both fathers to him as well.

The order walked Harry to his worthless relatives that earned a snarl from Lily and began to go into a sarcastic but serious explaination. While Vernon tried to seem macho, everyone told them that if Harry told them something was wrong - even if they don't let him use the 'telephone' - the Dursley's would have to pay for it. Moody, Arthur, Remus and Tonks all spoke out, and the others nodded vigerously. Fred and George even popped their eye brows in a 'I dare you' way which I felt was to remind Vernon what they had done to Dudley the year previous.

All of the Order members that were at the station along with the teenagers said good bye to Harry and... And Harry smiled and waved good bye to them. Lily gave me a side way hug and James patted my shoudler. I've been sulking about Harry sulking ever since I first got here and to see him smile filled me with a new type of happiness. I'm just happy and thankful that Harry will keep living and not hallow himself away. Hopefully the Dursley's will remember Moody's threat and let him enjoy as much of the summer as he can because Harry's life is going to take an even more durastic turn for the worse.

So, just did two requests in one chapter. I hope you liked it! And since this is the first different type of chapter for this story, I would really appreciate comments on it! Let me know what you thought of everything and I will continue to write!