The next morning Lupin met Sirius and Harry at the front door and almost backed out of the plan, "Why?" Was all he could ask.
Once again Harry and Sirius were dressed in all black, attempting to go incognito again.
Harry took off his mask and smiled, "You should try it sometimes, Moony. It's fun."
"Really? You're going into Gringotts," Lupin looked at them like they were joking but clearly they weren't.
"At least you don't have to be seen with us this time," Sirius chuckled. "You get to stay here and occupy everyone else. Tell them some stories or something."
Lupin shook his head in disappointment, "Just don't be long and this time try to be stealthy. Okay?" When he got a nod from them both he continued, "The cup looks just like a goblet, but it has a badger on it. Harry, I'm sure you've seen it before."
Harry nodded, "Yep. I saw it in a memory."
"Okay good luck and please try not to get caught," Lupin smiled.
Harry put his hand on his shoulder, "Moony, has anyone ever told you that you worry to much?"
Lupin laughed, "Yes." Lupin hugged Harry and Sirius before they left. "Now, please don't be long."
Sirius turned and opened the door, "Again, Moony with the worry. Maybe when we're gone you can work on that."
Harry stood next to Lupin for a moment, "Wait, Padfoot. Maybe Moony should go instead."
Sirius' mouth dropped opened, "What? You have to be kidding!"
Harry looked at him, "I don't want you to get caught again."
Sirius looked at him and didn't say anything and understood what he meant. If they did get caught, either they would get sent to Azkaban or die. . He hugged his godson, "We won't get caught, I promise and if we do, they won't separate us. I won't let them. I already told you. You won't lose me again."
Harry put his mask on and took a deep breath, "I trust you Padfoot. Let's go."
Lupin shut the door after them and turned to go back to his room but stopped when he saw James at the top of the staircase looking down at him, "Oh, Hi James. You're up early."
"I went to check on the baby but then heard you talking," James replied. "Where are they going? And why are they dressed like that?"
Lupin shrugged his shoulders, "They like to dress like that and they are going out for a while. They will be back soon."
"Why didn't you go?" James asked climbing down the stairs.
"I didn't want to go," Lupin replied.
James stood in front of Lupin, "Oh okay. Uh, can I talk to you for a moment?"
"Yeah, sure," Lupin smiled and they walked into the dining room and sat at the table across from each other.
It took James awhile to talk, "So how have you been?"
"I'm good. A little tired, but fine," Lupin replied.
"That's good," James played with his fingers.
Lupin leaned forward, "What do you really want to talk about?"
James looked up, "Sirius and Harry. When they left just now, they hugged."
Lupin understood, "They are really close, Prongs. Almost as close as you and Padfoot."
James smiled, "That's pretty close."
The silence got gladly interrupted by Baby Harry, "Daddy?!"
James started to get up but stopped when Lily came in to give Baby Harry to James, "Daddy!"
James took his son from Lily and sat him in his lap, "Hi baby."
"Hi, honey," Lily smiled. "I'm going to take a shower. Be good."
James smiled back and played with Harry a little, "I want to hear some stories about my son. I hardly know him. What is he like?"
Lupin started, "He's just like you Prongs. Exactly like you but with Lily's eyes. He's come so far."
Lupin started telling them about Harry's school years and what he went through.
With Sirius and Harry……..
When they got out of the gate they apparated right out side of the Leaky Cauldron. From that point on, they tried to be stealthy. When they went through the Leaky Cauldron, many people all stopped at stared at them with confused expression. Some people even poured out their drinks they were drinking and shook their head almost as though that would help them see right.
The last thing they heard was Tom say, "Probably just James Potter and Sirius Black having some fun."
When they got to Diagon Alley the real fun began. They looked at each other and went back to being stealthy again. Today was a good day because a lot of people were there buying supplies for school, so they had a big audience. A lot of people went in to shops to avoid them and other's didn't dare move when Sirius or Harry hid behind them.
When Harry and Sirius got to the stairs of Gringotts, Harry crawled up them while Sirius sort of somersaulted up them. When they reached the door they stood there against the wall as some people walked out and then slyly slipped through them.
When they got into the main floor they did some hands signs to each other, trying to talk in code but when that failed Harry pointed to the door that a goblin was standing in front of. Sirius nodded his head and put two thumbs up, showing he understood.
They somersaulted all the way to the counter that was nearest to the door. Most of the goblins looked at them and then looked away.
The one closest to them looked away and said, "If I tell anyone about this, they will think I'm crazy. I'll just pretend that I don't see them."
Sirius and Harry looked at each other and then Harry got really close to the goblin, "Hey?"
The goblin froze, "Now it's talking to me?"
Harry smiled under his mask, enjoying every minute of this, "Yes, I'm talking to you. Now, do you want to do me and my friend here a favor?"
"If I do, will you go away?" The goblin asked.
Harry sighed, "Maybe. We'll see if you cooperate with us or not."
"What do you want?" The goblin asked. "And can you make it fast, people are staring."
"We need to get into a vault of my friend's cousin," Harry explained. "He's a Black."
The goblin tensed, "A Black? Of course. I will do anything for a Black. They're our most ancient family. I would be happy to serve him and you."
"Good," Harry said.
"Get through the door without anyone seeing you when I open the door for this couple coming," the goblin said.
Harry motioned Sirius over and did some more hand signs and when the door opened Sirius and Harry slipped through without anyone seeing them. The goblin followed and waited for a cart to stop in front of them, "I feel mental. What vault are we going to?"
"The Lestranges'," Harry said. "And don't worry. This is a dream. You will wake up tomorrow and this never happened."
The Goblin got into the cart with Sirius and Harry and drove down to the vault. The vault was at the very bottom of the bank. "They are very important to us. We keep everything they ever gave us safe in their vault."
The goblin let them in mumbling about how it wouldn't do any damage because it was a dream anyways.
"Actually," Sirius said stepping in. "This is a nightmare because we are going to steal something and there's nothing you can do."
The Goblin went wide eyed, "Even in my nightmare I must try to stop you."
Harry waved his wand at him and he froze, "Do you see it?"
"No, but dang, do you see how many things they have in here?" Sirius said looking around.
"There look," Harry pointed to a cup that was on the very top. "How do you get it?"
Sirius looked around, "We throw things that are under it somewhere else until it falls."
Harry and Sirius picked one up but dropped it and screamed in pain. They saw the piece melt and then duplicate itself. "Well I didn't expect this."
"I was right then. It is a horcruxe," Harry smiled at himself.
Sirius turned to him, "Are you telling me you had doubts about it being one?"
Harry looked away, "No not really. Kinda. Maybe."
Sirius glared at him, "And if it wasn't? Then what?"
Harry shrugged his shoulders, "Then I don't know. Lift me into the air and then maybe I can get it from up there without touching anything."
Sirius waved his wand at Harry, "Wingardium Leviosa."
"Just get me close enough so I can grab it with my wand," Harry said lifting his legs up so they didn't touch anything. Harry stuck out his wand and he barely had the goblet until Sirius yelped out in pain and made Harry's arms hit some other goblets, burning his black shirt and leaving a hole and a red burn mark in it's place. "Padfoot, what the heck was that for?"
Harry looked down at Sirius who had one hand on his leg and the other still holding Harry in the air with his wand, "Sorry Prongslet. I got to close and it burnt my leg." Harry saw that most of Sirius' left leg was showing and it was burnt and red.
"Well, watch where you walk," Harry turned back but by doing so his back hit something and it burned through his shirt, "Ouch!"
"Careful, Prongslet," Sirius rolled his eyes.
Harry ignored him and turned back to the goblet. It took Sirius and Harry almost a half an hour and more burns to get the goblet. When Harry was safely on the ground he wrapped the goblet in some material that got burned off and shoved it in his pocket, "Next time you are getting lifted in the air."
Sirius smiled, "Well, at least we didn't get hurt that bad."
Harry waved his hand over the goblin and he unfroze, "What happened?"
"Nothing. We saw what we needed to see. You can take us back now.," Sirius whispered. "And when you wake up, you won't remember anything."
The cart ride back was quiet because the goblin still thought he was dreaming or at least seeing things. He didn't talk to either one of them and he didn't dare look at either one of them.
When they arrived at the door, Harry and Sirius somersaulted out again and then disapparated when they were out of Gringotts.
