Chapter 5

Harry waited an hour for Sirius, he was starting to worry that something happened to his godfather. Soon enough he heard someone calling his name from a distance. Harry looked for the source and found Sirius walking towards him with a caged, snow coloured owl in his free hand.

"Happy Birthday, Harry!" Sirius said, to which the owl joined in by hooting. Harry found the owl very cute and couldn't help but grinning. Harry took the cage from Sirius the bird gave a softer hoot, and Harry took that as a sign that the bird liked him.

"Hey doesn't her fur remind you of-" Sirius began

"Isaac Newton's hair, yeah" Harry finished

"Remember what we used to call it?" Sirius asked.

"A head wig" Harry said, laughing at the thought. Then a thought had occurred to him "Hedwig" Harry said out loud.

"What?" Sirius asked.

"I just thought of a name for her, Hedwig" Harry said and then looked at white owl and asked "How do you like that name?" The owl responded by giving him an affectionate nip on the finger. Harry smiled at his owl's response "Okay Hedwig it is" he said.

After gathering all their supplies Harry and Sirius went back to the Leaky Cauldron to stay in their rooms. Harry set his glasses on the drawer and lay on the single bed, deadbeat tired. Sirius did the same after placing the boxes down in a single corner. As he lay down he could have sworn he heard Harry mumble something.

"Sorry, what was that Harry?" Sirius asked while lying down.

"I said, can you tell more about the man who killed my parents?" Harry asked.

Sirius took a deep breath and then said "The man who murdered your parents was nothing more than a coward. However there were many conspirators to your parent's murder. I was best friends with one of them too, to this day Harry I regret all the trust I have put into that man. It had cost us both the only family we had left"

Harry then asked "What was it like at that time, when Voldemort was on the loose?"

"Hell" Sirius said "You could barely trust anybody, and everyday became a constant struggle to keep alive. That is for those of us that weren't a part of the order. For me I had to find a way to constantly battle the death eaters. You couldn't rely on the Daily Prophet or any other forms of news because they constantly fed information to whoever pays the most or threatens the publisher's family. At the time Voldemort controlled everything and we had very little time to act since the prophecy made you threat to them and a priority for us"

"Sirius, would it really matter to you as to which house I get selected in?" Harry asked, in the most childish way ever.

"You know my answer already. I have never minded where you go as long as you do well. Your dad would have said Gryffindor but your mother would have agreed with me" Sirius said.

"Right" Harry said "I just have one last question"

"What is it?" Sirius asked.

"What was the prophecy?" Harry asked.

"That will be a discussion for some other time Harry. Right now I really want to sleep" Sirius said.

"Yeah, right, sorry. G'night" Harry said before dozing off himself.

Sirius just lay on his bed thinking about why he didn't want to tell Harry.

Flashback

Sirius walked over to his window to retrieve the letter his owl Pig had given him. It had been from his friend James Potter. Sirius took the letter and read it urgently.

Dear, Padfoot

I have received some new information today regarding Harry's prophecy. What I heard is that the prophecy that Dumbledore told us about was tampered with. If my sources are correct Dumbledore himself didn't know. I know the real prophecy; however as Dumbledore is keeping us cooped up in here I cannot come to you with this info. Come here tomorrow with Wormtail when we do the move and I'll tell you all about what I have heard.

Your Friend,

Prongs

End Flashback

However it was never meant to be, for the next day that came was the day the Dark Lord had marked his equal.

AN: Well I don't know what happened. I meant for this chapter to be super long however I just had the urge to end it there. I realize you guys wanted longer chapters. So I'll make a promise that I will make them longer from now on, unless I feel that I need to end it early. As always Rate and Review, and about character deaths, pretty much tell me who you guys love and who you guys hate and i'll see if I want them off or not.