Chapter Eight; The Dementors

When Sirius arrived back at the Snape's household he had never been happier in his life. Sure he had expected that Severus and Lily had been a little doubtful about his innocence, but the important thing now was that (as long as none of the dementors found him) they would be one big happy family. Lily was so excited to see her kitty again. Especially due to the fact that she thought he had been lost forever.

It didn't take Cosmo too long to adjust back to household life either. Except for the fact he didn't seem rather thrilled about sharing the same house with the dog that tried to pulverize him. Lily told the boys that she would rush out to the store real quick to buy Cosmo some kitty supplies (Snape made him a temporary litterbox just in case) while Sirius took some time to get to know his new godson.

Tobey had just been fed and changed, so luckily for Sirius he was a pretty happy baby when he finally picked him up and held him inside his arms. That's when all of a sudden it started to rain. Harry walked over to the window and looked outside of it wiping he splotches off with his sleeve.

"Boy it sure is coming down out there for being sunny and bright a few minutes ago. I'm afraid that Lily is going to get soaked." Sirius said.

"I didn't know that it was supposed to rain." Snape said but Harry hadn't been paying all that much attention to their conversation. For all he could see out the window was a great big foggy mist and black hooded figures gliding around. Harry could also tell that it had gotten very cold by the fact that the window was now frosted and he could see his own breath.

"Harry are you alright?" Sirius asked him as Snape studied him with interest.

"What is it son?" he asked him.

"There are scary looking creatures out there." He remarked as his father hurried over to the window to see. Sure enough there they were. A pale and frightened expression grew on his face.

"I've got to go get Lily." Snape said worriedly. "Stay here Harry." He told him before he rushed back out the door and ran down the street yelling Lily's name on the top of his lungs. That's when all of a sudden a dementor quickly turned its head and glared at him. That is he would have if he had had eyes.

Snape nervously withdrew his wand. He knew that even though the dementors weren't here for him, he wasn't sure if they fed off of guilt regardless of who he was. That's when he had had heard it. Lily's voice calling for him. "Severus what's going on? How did they know he was here?" she questioned him while she continued walking through the mist.

"Harry was the first person to see him after he escaped inside his vision, that's how he recognized him at the door." He answered in a very hoarse whisper. "He saw them, which must of meant that the dark lord was reading his mind again. That's why they're here. Don't you see, it's a trap?" he questioned as he quickly turned to look at her.

"Very well done Severus, I've got to say that you really are much more of a clever wizard than I've given you credit for in the past." A familiar voice said as he came out of the darkness and Lily clutched ahold of her scar in pain and gave out a petrified shriek.

"Lily!" Severus exclaimed as he lit his wand and held it out in front of him. "Who are you!? Show yourself!" he demanded as Peter Pettigrew emerged holding a black bundle inside his arms.

"The dark lord told me that sooner or later you'd figure it out. He told me that that little brat of yours had a vision, and so I waited until the proper time to show myself so I could see if it was really true. When I saw that black dog that Sirius or Padfooot, whatever the heck his name is walking down the street I knew that it was. Then I knew that I could lure you two out here." He explained with an evil sneer.

"What do you want from us?" Lily asked him.

"That should be rather obvious shouldn't it? I want the boy. I need his blood to bring the dark lord back to power and I won't stop until I have it." He told him.

"Over my dead body!" Snape spat.

"Very well Severus, after all I've always been a rather reasonable man. First I'll kill you, then I'll kill your wife before I finish Sirius and your son off. Pretty soon you'll go from the last of your kind to there being none at all." He told him with a shake of his head while he raised his own wand up in the air.

"Lily get back inside the house!" Severus hollered as Lily started to run as fast as she could go. Then once she made it to the front door she stopped to turn and look back over her shoulder. All she could see now was green and reddish orange sparks connecting inside the air. "Severus is in trouble!" she exclaimed as she burst through the door.

"Pettigrew is back and is after Harry!" she said inside one breath. "He won't stop at anything until we're all dead!" she told him.

"That settles it then, the dementors are after me. So I might as well go and give them what they're asking for." Sirius said as he started heading towards the door but Harry quickly stood up.

"No, they're after me." He said bravely. "And I already lost my dad once, and I'm not about to do it again." He told them before he ran out the door before Lily could stop him. Harry forgot all about the fact that he was only five and a half years old. He wasn't about to lose the only father he had ever known.