Author's Note: IMPORTANT: Hello! For those who might have been slightly confused at the end of the last chapter, I am completely aware of the year that Voldemort attacks the Potter household. My hint was referring to the chapter in Prisoner of Azkaban where Sirius accuses Peter of having been a spy for Voldemort for a whole year before Lily and James died. So when I said that something happened between October 24 and October 31 of 1980, I was referring to that. So that chapter is the last one you'll read of an innocent Peter. Whether you'll read any more of Peter at all, I haven't decided yet. [continues at bottom for those interested].

[Sirius Black]

Friday, October 31, 1980

Hello Harry! I mean, hello Baby Sirius! Despite what I had hoped, it hasn't caught on. Oh well. Maybe the next one? At least I'm your godfather. Best effing job, ever. I'm so going to corrupt you. Really. Anything you need, just ask your old pal Sirius. I won't specify, because who knows how innocent Lily raised you to be, but you know where to find me.

Anyway, Happy Halloween! I mean. It's not really Halloween for you, but… Well, it's Halloween for me, so you're just going to have to suck it up. Lily's got you in some sort of tiger suit. I made sure to take lots of pictures for blackmail, but I gotta say, kid, you look adorable. Siriusly, it's weird. Haha, Siriusly. I'm hilarious. You agree, I'm sure.

You're doing pretty well, uh, baby-wise. Doing all your laughing and smiling and crying and puking. Yeah. You picked up a toy or two while I was here, and that was pretty cool. Lily was really excited about that. She also loves doing that thing where she hold you up and pretend that you're standing by yourself. It's funny, because you clearly don't give a shit, but Lily and James are making the biggest deal about it. I mean, it is a big deal, I don't want to say that it isn't. But you just look so funny, I can't help but make fun of it.

Lily says James hate being stuck at home all the time, but he seems okay to me. But I'm glad that I could visit. I don't see them as much as I'd like to.

But Dumbledore's got his reason. Hopefully it won't last long, and then things can go back to normal.

Peter was supposed to stop by today, to see you in your Halloween costume, but he didn't show. I hope he's okay. I think I'll send him an owl later, see what was so important that he couldn't make it.

Man, I love Halloween. The pranks that James and I used to pull… I miss those days, but we're not at Hogwarts anymore. Oh well. I might sneak in a couple little things before the night is over. I just can't resist. But of course I can't prank Lily. She'd kill me, and I'm much too handsome to die. Think of all the women who will be in mourning.

The war's going… not great. As I'm sure someone must have mentioned by now, the Death Eaters have started targeting wizards and witches instead of muggles. It's scaring the shit out of the population, but I don't really find myself bothered too much.

That came out wrong. Yes, I'm terrified that my friends will be in more danger because of this new development in the war.

But for myself… I mean, I was already part of this war. I signed up to fight. I'm a soldier. They can't really target me anymore than they already have.

It's horrible and scary, yes, but I'm not really in any more danger than I was before, am I? They're still trying to kill me. It's just instead of muggles that I'm protecting, it's wizards and witches. And that isn't too different to me.

So maybe that's why I'm not worried about it as much as the next person. It scares me that the Death Eaters are getting bolder, or that my friends might get hurt, but everyone's terrified for their lives, and I'm just… not feeling it. But it could be that I've missed something, that I'm just not understanding the politics. They were never that interesting to me.

Well, Lily says it's time to take more pictures, so that means more blackmail, and I can't miss that. Talk to you later, kid.

The best goddamn godfather,

Sirius

Author's Note: Alright, for those who are interested in what's happening on in the background:

In writing that chapter, I hoped to convey how Peter felt, while sticking to cannon. He wanted to help his friends, but ultimately would rather save his own neck than anyone else's.

As for Lily and James going into hiding, Trewlany prophesied in a job interview, so that would be during the summer. She got the job in 1980, so I'm making the assumption that that's when the prophesy was made- soon after Harry's birth. Dumbledore, knowing the Potters, could easily figure out the possibilities, and have them go into hiding.

I decided that the only way that Peter could have been a spy for a year, and not have given Lily and James' location away before the Fideldus Charm is that Voldemort didn't know he was looking for the Potters until later, and Peter was not recruited directly for the purpose of taking down the Potters.

So although they don't know it, that's the situation now- the Potters are hiding because of a precaution, and are not being actively set out for yet.

PS- HAPPY HALLOWEEN! :)