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"Harry let's go!" Aurora shouted up the stairs to Harry. They were staying at Cyrek and Quinn's home in the United States, Massachusetts to be specific. They lived on Le Fey Island the magical equivalent to Martha's Vineyard. The island was unplottable and very exclusive holding just over 200 families. There was a part of Le Fay that was used for tourism but it was on the opposite side of the island from the Sinistra Villa. The Villa was large and built in an Italian style.

Harry bounded down the steps and jumped the last few landing in front of Aurora. Aurora just gave him a look that said, really? Harry grinned at her cheekily. "You've only been a teenager for officially four hours and you're already attacking like a brat." She messed up his hair with her hand.

"Yep," Harry grinned. It was his thirteenth birthday today. They were going to go to an all you can eat lobster dinner. Harry was dressed in black dress shorts and a green button down shirt with his black Chucks, new ones from Izzy. They were joined in the front hallway by Quinn and Cyrek. They apparated to the restaurant. Harry still hated the form of travel and made a face of disgust when they appeared. They were seated at a private table, Quinn and Cyrek both stopped to chat to a couple of people and introduce Aurora and Harry to them. One was the President of the Magical Congress of the United States of America, Collin Kennedy. Aurora looked from the President to Harry's shoes with some dismay. President Kennedy caught it and grinned taking the glamor off his shoes and showing off his own Chucks. Aurora grinned as Harry let lose one his boyish grins at the sight of the red shoes being worn by the President.

"Harry Potter it's very nice to meet you." President Kennedy said with a wide grin that turned solemn. "I'm sorry about your parents. Terrible business. But I'm very grateful for their sacrifice, You-Know-Who was starting to spread to the states." Cyrek cleared his throat. And the President shook his head slightly and put back on his smile. "So what are you doing while you're in the states?"

"Thank you sir," Harry said first. "We're going to Disney World after were done visiting."

"Good, good! Enjoy your meal." With that the President sat back down and the Sinistra's took their table.

"So Harry how did you like New York?" Cyrek asked once they sat down. Quinn and Aurora had taken Harry to New York the day before.

"It was cool I liked the Mets game we saw." Harry said with a grin.

"Yes he enjoyed nachos, two hot dogs, a hot pretzel, three Cokes, ice cream, and popcorn all without throwing up." Cyrek's eyebrows rose at Aurora laughing words.

"Ah to be a teenage boy again," Cyrek replied and gave Harry a high five much to the amusement of the girls.

"It was quite the feat." Quinn said. "I only managed nachos and a hot dog."

"So Quinn can you tell me about the schools here."

"Well you got to see Salem." Salem was small and historical made mostly of brick and in a colonial style. It had two dorms each with four floors, one for boys and another for girls. The dorms were on either side of the school which lay in the middle and followed the same architecture of the dorms. It had seven floors and everything was housed in one building except for the Herbology greenhouses. They had no Quidditch pitch but did have large outdoor spaces where flying was permitted, racing was the biggest sport at Salem. Salem catered to only students from New England and only the more wealthy ones.

"Next up is the public school so to speak, Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry which is so much like Hogwarts it's practically a twin. The only thing that's different from what I've heard is there is far less prejudice. Ilvermorny takes the most students from all over the United States."

"Why is it like Hogwarts?" Harry asked.

"The founder was very much obsessed with Hogwarts and wanted to recreate it." Quinn said as their lobster was delivered. Cyrek showed Harry how to eat his lobster and crab legs. Harry caught on quickly and went to town as he listened to Quinn.

"Then you have Rougarou Institute out of New Orleans. They're pretty secretive and serve not only the lower half eastern states but also many of the Caribbean Islands. The school is hidden in the French Quarter. The Mescalero is a school dedicated to maintaining the culture and traditions of Native American tribes and is in New Mexico. The last school is in Southern California, I'm not sure where but it's called Lunar Academy." She made a face when she said the name.

"Where do the students from the Northwest go?"

"A lot of them go to Canadian schools. And just like Salem many of our schools are much smaller than Hogwarts."

They finished their meal nearly two hours later with Harry finally being full. Aurora looked at him in amazement. "Where do you put it?" She asked him. Harry just shrugged. Aurora was in wonder at how much Harry was growing. It seemed that every year he added at least an inch and this year he had added some muscle to his wiry build. The group left the restaurant pleasantly full after a wonderful meal and apparated back to Sinistra Villa.

"Alright you ready Harry?" Cyrek yelled to him. Harry was floating in the air on his broom while Cyrek was down on the ground. He opened the case of Quidditch balls.

"Ready!" Harry yelled. Cyrek unleashed the Bludgers. Cyrek hopped on his broom and took up his own Beater's bat. He swung up into the air and over to Harry. Cyrek slammed a Bludger in the direction opposite them. The other was zooming towards them and Cyrek position Harry so he could perform Bludger Backbeat. Harry whacked it backwards with very little direction but the ball soared into the smoke outlines of the Chasers that they were using to practice.

"Good. Do it again." Cyrek said keeping one Bludger busy while Harry zoomed at another and tried to position himself to hit it backwards. "Damn," he cursed when the Bludger soared away from the chasers. He took off after the other Bludger to try again. They worked on it for almost an hour before Harry could perform it with some degree of accuracy.

"Now this one you can work with Wayne on when you get back. It's called the Dopplebeater Defense. Both Beaters strike the Bludger at the same time. Now let's go after that Bludger on the right." They both flew off after with Harry just trailing Cyrek trying to get a feel for the move. He sped up even with him and they both hit the Bludger. It went screaming across the pitch and obliterated a smoke Chaser.

Harry looked at it wide eyed, "Cool."

"Yeah it'll definitely put someone out of commission," Cyrek said with a slight manic grin. He really loved Quidditch and playing beater. It was great to have Harry with them as Quinn did not like the sport. They landed after Harry and Cyrek got their precision down and Harry got a good impression of the move.

"Harry you ready to go," Aurora asked as they came in.

"Yeah all packed."

"Just doing some last minute Quidditch," Cyrek said grinning.

"Thanks for teaching him some moves Uncle." Aurora said and gave Cyrek a hug. Quinn appeared and gave Aurora a hug before Harry got his own hugs. Aurora shrunk Harry's broom and put it in his trunk. They said one more goodbye before the two took a portkey to an alley outside an airport in New York. Aurora transfigured their trunks into something more muggle and they set off into the airport. Harry and Aurora were much more comfortable in the muggle world than most witches and wizards and navigated the airport with ease, well relative ease. Airports were so freaking crowded. They got to the plane with time to spare and Harry ended up sitting with his feet and legs vertical up a wall to get comfortable. Aurora just looked at him strangely as he read his book, The Hobbit. She pulled out her own book this one crime serial and settled in to wait for their plane.

"Flight 357 to Orlando boarding now," The announcement came from a non-cheerful girl at the counter. She seemed downright bored and irritated with some man that was trying to get on the flight that was fully booked.

"Come on Harry," Aurora called to him. He swung his feet down and got to his feet with more grace than should be allowed. Harry and Aurora got in line and found their seats Harry took the window seat and Aurora had the middle seat. She silently prayed for a good end person and was relieved when it turned out to be a young woman, not the man who was already drunk and smiled stupidly at her. They sat back and enjoyed the flight. Harry slept through most of it while Aurora chatted with the young woman next to her.

They landed and Aurora gently shook Harry awake. He yawned and tried to flatten his hair but it was no use and the girl across the aisle to them giggled quietly. Harry shot her crooked grin. It was ruined by Aurora kissing him on the cheek. Aurora smiled widely as Harry blushed and gave her a little shove. Aurora gave a loud laugh as they made their way off the plane and to the luggage pick up. Once they got their stuff they hopped on the bus to take them to the hotel. They were staying on the Disney property at the Port Orleans French Quarter Resort.

They got to Disney and Harry was fascinated much like his first trip to Diagon Alley. It seemed to have the same energy as the Alley itself. That magical wonderment which was impressive for a muggle place.

Harry was in the bathroom when he heard it, glass shattering and his mum gasping. Harry dropped his wash cloth and ran out the door with his wand flicked into his hand. "Mum," He said in confusion when he saw the room was empty. She did not say anything she was frozen looking at the television. A picture of scraggly dirty looking man was flashing on the screen. Harry turned the volume up on the television.

"Again mass murder Sirius Black has escaped from prison in Britain. He is considered armed and dangerous. According to law enforcement sources he may plan on coming to the United States. If you see this man do not approach him but contact your local law enforcement agency or the FBI." A tip line followed the announcement.

"Mum?" Harry asked after he muted the television again.

"Harry," She pulled him into a tight hug.

"Mum what's wrong?" He asked worry seeping into his tone.

"Sirius Black is not a muggle prisoner." Aurora said pulling back from Harry. She sat him down on the bed and pulled a chair up across from him.

"He's one of them isn't he?" Harry said.

"Yes he's a Death Eater but there's more to it than that." Aurora said and paused to gather herself. "Sirius Black was your father's best friend from the first day on the train." Harry had a look of disbelief on his face. "The two hit it off right away despite Sirius being a Black. The Black family have a motto called, Always Pure. They're one of the worst dark families in Britain and have been for centuries. Sirius Black was sorted into Gryffindor and seemingly put at odds with his family."

"How do you know all this?" Harry cut in.

"I asked Minerva after you became my ward. I was hoping to have this conversation when you were older." Harry just nodded a bit blankly. "Sirius and your father went through school together and both joined Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix." She held up her hand to stall his question. The Order of the Phoenix was the light sides answer to the Death Eater, led by Dumbledore. However it soon became apparent that there was a spy in the Order, many suspect another friend of your father's Remus Lupin."

"Why him?" Harry asked a bit overloaded by information but still wanting to know everything.

"Remus Lupin is a werewolf. He worked undercover for Dumbledore but Sirius believed he had turned against them."

"When really it was Black," Harry said his hand tightening into fist.

"Yes. Your parents for some reason went into hiding. I don't know why Minerva did not know. They cast the Fidelis Charm. A charm which can hide anything and everything from existence as long as the secret keeper does not reveal it's location. Your father chose his best man as secret keeper, Black."

Harry's eyes closed and his fist tightened to a white knuckle grip. "He told Voldemort." Harry concluded.

"Yes. That Halloween night." Aurora said and pulled him into a hug. Harry resisted at first but eventually capitulated. Tears fell down his face.

"But he was their friend." Harry cried quietly.

"Yes and no one know why he turned to the Death Eaters. Whether he bowed to family pressure or he was just that good at hiding his true nature." She rubbed his back trying to soothe him but knew there was nothing that truly could.

"They called him a mass murder?" Harry framed it as a question.

"Yes." She pulled back to continue, "That same night he went after another friend of your fathers. You see there were four of them Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, your father, and Peter Pettigrew. He caught up to Peter in a muggle alley. Peter accused him of killing Lily and James and Sirius attacked. With one spell he obliterated the alley and Peter along with thirteen others. All that was left of Pettigrew was his finger. When the hit wizards arrived first on scene Black was laughing and claiming he was responsible."

"What happened to him, Black? What happens in the wizarding world?" Harry asked her his eyes red but no more tears fell.

"We have a prison called Azkaban. It's one of the foulest places on earth. And supposedly impossible to escape from." She shuddered.

"It's just prison." Harry said.

"No it's nothing like the cushy muggle prisons you sometimes see. It's made out of iron and rock, only and is guarded by Dementors. Dementors are demons that feed on your soul. They rob you of happy memories making you relieve your worst memories."

Harry shuddered at the thought. "Demons like the ones I was taught about?" Harry asked.

"Yes exactly like those ones. Muggles cannot see dementors but they can feel them and suffer the effects of them." Aurora explained. They sat in silence with Aurora holding Harry's hands in comfort. "You need to be on your guard always while he's on the run. He may come after you."

Harry got up and went over to his trunk and dug out a black box. He opened it and brought it over to her. She looked inside and muttered, "I'm going to kill that man. Sal gave you a gun?"

"Yeah for emergencies. I think this counts," Harry said. He took the gun from the box and loaded it. He then showed her that the safety was on and pocketed the gun in his jeans.

Aurora did not say anything for a minute before saying, "You need a holster. We'll go outside the park today to get you one. Do you know how to shoot?"

"Yeah Sal taught me." Harry said.

"Small favors," Aurora muttered.

They spent a week at Disney World seeing everything it had to offer at least twice and their favorites a few more times. Aurora's favorite park was Epcot while Harry's was Hollywood studios. Now they were going home by portkey. Aurora pulled out a small length of rope and they both grabbed on. Within in seconds of swirling blue madness they landed hard in the foyer of Sinistra Manor. They had to land at her parent's house as hers was in a muggle neighborhood.

"Welcome home," Cyril greeted them but his face was anything but cheerful.

"Dad?" Aurora asked once she gained back her barrings.

"Cornelius Fudge is here. He wants to speak with all of us about Black." Cyril said. Harry's hand curled into a fist.

"Let's go talk to the Minister than." Aurora said with rolling her shoulders as if preparing for battle or whatever bad news was forthcoming. "Come on Harry." Harry followed Aurora and Cyril as they led the way to Cyril's study. When they got there Cyril had to stop himself from snarling, the Minister had made himself comfortable behind Cyril's desk. Cyril went over to the desk and stood by his seat and as the Minister stood to greet them. Cyril took his seat and offered the two seats in front to his daughter and Harry he motion to stand by him. Harry looked surprised but went over at Aurora's small push. The Minister had no choice but to take the other seat leaving him on even footing with Aurora and Cyril firmly in charge of the room.

"Now what is it you came to tell us," Cyril said with a blank face though his eyes were piercing.

"Should the lad be here?" Minister Fudge asked.

"It involves him so yes Harry should be here." Aurora answered firmly. Minister Fudge looked a bit put out.

"I'm staying." Harry spoke in his quiet yet resounding voice. His green eyes practically glowed.

Minister Fudge cleared his throat, "Right, erm, as you all know I visited Azkaban recently." The Sinistras all had blank faces showing no recognition of the fact. "Erm, right." Fudge stumbled over his words. Harry had brief thought of how did this man get elected. "Well when I was there Black asked to see a newspaper and was given it." Fudge did not think it was necessary to inform them that it was his newspaper. "We think the date must have jogged something in his memory because until he escaped he was heard muttering 'he's at Hogwarts.'" Fudge said and the Sinistras looked at him with malice clear in their eyes. "Right but nothing to worry about the guards of Azkaban will have him back in no time."

"You're unleashing the dementors on our country?" Cyril asked with anger.

"We have killer on the loose that we must find before he kills again. Of course the guards of Azkaban will be used. The order if they find him is to kiss on sight." Minister Fudge stood signaling he was done with this conversation. It was his first show of strength and Cyril let him have it, he just wanted to be rid of the fool by this point. Cyril led him out of the study and to the floo.

"He's going to let demons loose?" Harry asked his mum not believing his ears. "And what kiss was he talking about?"

"A dementor's final weapon is the dementor's kiss. It sucks the soul out of a person leaving them nothing more than a husk of a person. It's supposed to be horrifying to see." Aurora shuddered again she hated the thought of the dementors being unleashed on unsuspecting muggles.

Cyril came back into the room this time accompanied by Dawn. Dawn looked as if she had been crying a bit. Harry went over to Dawn and hugged her. Dawn hugged back tightly. "You'll be fine." She said reassuring herself and him. "Hogwarts is one of the safest places in Britain or so they tell me. Not to mention the wards here make it impossible for Black to reach you."

"We're staying here?" Harry asked.

"Yes," Cyril answered and gave Aurora a look that said she was not allowed to protest.

"I wasn't going to say anything, I think that's a good idea. Do they have any idea on how he escaped?"

"None," Cyril replied.

"How is that possible?" Aurora asked.

"I have no idea. It's not like he had a wand."

"Let's unpack Harry," Aurora called him over to her and they left the office leaving Cyril and Dawn.

"He'll be okay?" Dawn asked.

"He's strong and Aurora told me has one of those muggle weapons." Cyril said taking his wife into his arms.

"A gun?" Dawn said alarmed. "Who gave him a gun?"

"Sal apparently."

"I hope Black doesn't come for him then, Harry will shoot him." Dawn said burying her head in Cyril's chest. She did not know whether to laugh or cry.

"I can't say it would bother me," Cyril said.

"Harry? Can I come in?" Aurora asked as she knocked on his door. Harry was lying on his bed reading, he had moved on to the Lord of the Rings. He nodded and sat up making room for Aurora to sit.

"How are you doing?" Aurora asked as she came over to sit. She made herself comfortable sitting crosslegged on the bed.

"I'm not allowed to leave the house except to visit the other manors." Harry said with a sigh. It really was not as constricting as his tone made it sound but he was really hoping to spend time in the muggle world. Wayne and Harry were going to show their pureblood friends a good time this year in muggle world. They had gotten to go to some places but not everything on their list. They took them to see a few movies, the favorite had been the rerun of Star Wars. The London Library was also a popular destination, Hogwarts being the biggest library they had ever seen previously.

"I know and I'm sorry," Aurora said patting his foot, it was in reach.

"Not your fault," Harry said with a shrug.

"Still." Aurora said. "How are you doing besides not being allowed to go out?"

Harry shrugged, "I don't know. My parent's best friend wants to murder me and because of that there are demons out making people miserable."

"Oh Harry," She pulled him into a one armed hug as they sat. "The dementors are not your fault! None of this is your fault. If the dementors are anyone's fault it's the Ministers." She sneered the word Minister.

Harry was silent as he leaned into Aurora taking comfort from her strong embrace. That was one thing about Aurora, she was deceptively strong being able to beat her father in an arm wrestling match. Harry appreciated it at times like these. Harry took a deep breath and then said, "Last year Macmillan said it was my fault that everything was happening at Hogwarts. First year with Voldemort possessed Quirrell and then the basilisk."

Aurora's eyes closed as she tried to fight the wave of anger towards one of her students. It was difficult being a parent and teacher at the same time that was for sure. "Just because bad things happen around you does not make it your fault. Nothing that happens unless you yourself do it is your fault. Ernie just needed an outlet for stress and you were the convenient target. How come you didn't tell me this earlier?"

Harry shrugged and paused, "I don't know."

"Tell me this stuff in the future. I knew something was bothering just not what. I can't help if I don't know." Aurora said with a sigh. "How about we go visit Sal? That'll get you out of the house."

"Cool." Harry bounced off the bed and grabbed his shoes putting them on. "I'll meet you down stairs." He called as he ran out the door. Aurora was left on the bed looking a bit bewildered before she smiled and shook her head. She got up to find her own shoes and followed him down the stairs.

"Tottie," She called as they came together in the entrance hall. "Tell mum and dad Harry and I are going to visit Sal." Tottie nodded and bowed before popping out. "Ready?" Aurora asked taking Harry's arm.

"Yeah," Harry grimaced readying himself for the apparition. With a small pop they disappeared.

They reappeared in an alleyway behind Sal's shop. They walked around the front with Harry pulling Aurora by the hand. The bell dinged as they entered the shop and Sal looked up. He spotted them and a smile broke out across his face.

"Harry!" Sal greeted and came around the counter that housed jewelry or all different sorts.

Harry broke from Aurora and walked over to Sal with his hand held out. They shook hands with Sal pulling Harry into a one-armed manly hug that made Aurora snort with laughter. "Gotta tell ya' kid the Christmas presents have been insane. Where did ya' get that gold?"

"Trade secret." Harry said as he pulled back.

"Miss Aurora," Sal said after they pulled away. He gave a suave bow to Aurora. Aurora grinned at him.

"Still not going on a date with you," Aurora said with a smile.

"Still going to try," Sal said with a wink. "What do I owe the pleasure of a visit too?"

"Just wanted to get out of the house and Harry wanted to see you," Aurora said.

Sal nodded, "I got some new swords," he said to Harry.

"Brill," Harry said and the two went off to a section of the shop that held medieval weapons. Aurora was left to walk around the shop or follow them. She went past them a couple of times and was relieved that Sal was only teaching Harry the history of some of the swords and not anything else. If Sal taught Harry anymore slang she would need a dictionary. It was bad enough when Harry and Wayne were alone, all they used was cockney.

"So got yourself a bird yet?" Sal asked Harry once Aurora was on the other side of the shop.

"Nah not yet. This year though were allowed to go to the local village so maybe I'll ask someone out."

"Who would the lucky lady be?"

"I dunno know we got a lot skirts at Hogwarts." Harry said with a smirk thinking about some of the more attractive girls just in his year. A picture of Susan floated in his mind but he quickly pushed it out, they were friends.

"Just remember to johnny bag it if ya shag." Sal said.

"Sal I'm thirteen," Harry said with a laugh.

"Still damn good advice," Sal laughed and clapped him on the back. Harry grinned at the man and nodded.

"How's it going with that blond poofter?"

"He broke my leg past year but we got him back with a series of pranks." Harry said.

"He broke your leg?" Sal asked outraged.

"Yeah but by the end of the year he was twitching from the amount pranks we pulled." Harry explained.

Sal looked at him seriously, "Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire not pranks."

Harry shrugged, "If he does it to anyone else I will." Harry had determination shinning in his eyes.

"Good." Sal said firmly.

"Did you get any books?" Harry asked. Sal nodded and took him over to the book section of the shop. Aurora was already there.

"Do I even want to know what you two were talking about?" Aurora asked as she picked out first edition books.

"Nope," Harry said with a grin. Aurora messed his hair up.

"See anything you like?" Aurora asked Harry.

Sal took down a book from the shelf. "Here take Butcher's at this." Aurora looked at him confused but Harry just took the book from him.

"Obie Trice, a first edition Dracula and it's signed." Harry exclaimed.

"Thought you might like that." Sal said. "Take it on the house."

"Thanks China," Harry said with a grin and gave the book to Aurora. Aurora added the book to her pile. They went to the counter to check out. Sal and Aurora haggled for prices on the books before settling and Aurora took out the money to pay. She saw a Sirius Black wanted poster out of the corner of her eye.

"Sal I have a proposition for you." Aurora said looking at the poster. Sal looked at the poster and then back at Aurora.

"You know something about him?" Sal asked. Harry looked and saw the poster and froze. His face hardened and his knuckles tightened. Sal noticed his look.

"He broke out of prison to kill Harry. He's responsible for the murder of Harry's parents." Sal's face turned into a visage of anger that almost made Aurora step back. "If any of yours can capture him the Sinistra family will pay greatly and in gold for him."

"Consider it done,' Sal said with a nod.

"Be careful," Harry said to his friend. "He's armed and very dangerous."

"So are we," Sal said.

"That's a school owl," Aurora said noticing the badge as the owl flew in and landed next to Harry. The Sinistra's were gathered around the dinning room table eating breakfast. Harry took the letter from the owl and fed it some bacon before it flew off. Harry split the seal with his knife and opened the letter. There were two pieces of parchment, one held his school list for the year while the other contained his grades for the previous year. Harry looked at his grades first:

Astronomy: EE 85%

Charms: O 97%

Defense Against the Dark Arts: O 99%

Herbology: EE 81%

History of Magic: EE 82%

Potions: EE 86%

Transfiguration: A 78%

"Brill I'm up to an Exceeds Expectations in History." He handed the list down to Aurora.

"You need to work on that transfiguration score," Aurora told him. "If it goes down anymore you won't be playing Quidditch until it's back up." She gave him a look. Harry scowled but nodded. "But congratulations on your DADA score you must be top of the class." Harry brightened.

"How did you get a 99% with that buffoon teaching you?" Cyril asked with amazement.

"Oh you didn't hear?" Aurora asked.

"Hear what? I was a bit busy with voting down that muggleborn restriction act." Cyril said.

"Lockhart tried to perform a memory charm on a student for seeing him without his toupee on. The charm backfired and he lost all his memories. Minerva stepped in and made the final and that was what they based the score on that for the year. Your lessons paid off," Aurora complimented her father. Cyril looked bursting with pride and both Dawn and Harry snickered.

"Let me see the book list," He shuffled it over to Aurora. "You'll need Standard Book of Spells Grade 3, The Monster Book of Monsters, Spellman's Syllabary, and The Essential Defense Against the Dark Arts. I have a copy of the Astronomy text and Minerva can give you a copy of the Transfiguration text, she used that book as well." Harry nodded around his waffles. "And you'll need the kit for Ancient Runes as well as new potions supplies."

"Do I actually get to go to the Alley?" Harry asked with an attitude.

Aurora gave him a glare and Harry quickly looked down at his plate, "Not with that attitude you won't."

"Sorry," Harry muttered. Aurora raised an eyebrow at him. He spoke louder and to the whole table, "Sorry."

"Why don't you call your friends and see when they can go and we'll make it an outing." Harry nodded and finished his last bit of waffles in one bite and then ran off to use the floo.

The next day found the five friends in Diagon Alley being escorted by Madam Bones, Dowager Longbottom, and Aurora. Director Bones was dressed in her blue auror robes for the day just in case there was any trouble. Diagon Alley was packed as usual with students and their parents who were looking to get their new supplies for the year. None of the five needed new robes as last year they had them sixed bigger so they could grow into them. That marked one shop off their list that was normally packed.

Their first stop was the apothecary to restock their potion kits and upgrade their cauldrons. Third year started some more intensive potions. After that they went to the book shop where they needed the most things. It was packed and they were squeezing around shelves trying to find books. Susan and Izzy needed books for Ancient Runes and Arithmancy while Harry and Wayne needed books for Ancient Runes and Care of Magical Creatures. Neville needed books for Care of Magical Creatures and Divination.

"Divination really Nev?" Harry asked as they searched for the book Neville needed in the Divination section.

"What I might not be a seer but Divination is about more than that." Wayne and Harry gave him a look. Neville sighed and then smirked, "It's also an easy O."

"That's better." Wayne said and clapped Neville on the back while the boys laughed together. "Ah here," Wayne pulled the book off the shelf and they went to find the Ancient Runes textbook. They met up with Susan and Izzy who pointed them to the book. Harry took one of their Arithmancy books and flipped through it.

"That looks positively horribly boring." Harry said showing the book to Neville and Wayne.

"Looks complicated," Neville added.

Susan took her book back and ignored them, "What else do we need?"

"The Monster book of Monsters." Harry said. Susan and Izzy both looked at him questioningly. "Don't ask me. Mum said that Hagrid is being given the Professorship of Care of Magical Creatures."

"I'm suddenly very glad I didn't take that class." Izzy said with a grin towards Susan. They ended up not finding the book anywhere and going back to their guardians without it.

"Let's go ask the shop keep." Dowager Longbottom said and marched up to the counter. People parted before her like the Red Sea, it was an impressive sight to see especially with her vulture hat.

"I need three copies of the Monster Book of Monsters," Madam Longbottom said to the shopkeeper. The man looked like he wanted to faint at her words and nodded looking a sickly green color.

"They're in the back." The man pulled out a pair of dragon hide gloves and put them on before steeling himself and going into the back. He came back out holding three strapped downed books that were furry and had teeth as a clasp. "Don't open them." The shopkeeper said and they noticed his clothes were torn in odd places.

"Don't open them?" Wha' we supposed to do with 'em?" Wayne asked.

"I warned you, my jobs done," the man said and rang them out.

"I'll ask Hagrid what they are," Aurora said to the boys. She took their books and added them to her bag with an extendable charm on it. "Next up, Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment." There they purchased their kit for Ancient Runes. It consisted of several different tools used to etch runes into different materials. One was a chisel looking object another looked to Harry like a soldering iron and few more.

"Shall we go or do you five want to look at anything else?" Aurora asked looking at Director Bones and Madam Longbottom who both seemed agreeable.

"Quidditch shop." Three of the five said at the same time. Neville and Susan just nodded that it would be fine with them. They set off to the Quidditch shop, when they got their Harry, Izzy, and Wayne just stopped and stared. There in the window was the slickest looking broom yet. It was aerodynamic and polished to gleam with it's ebony wood and birch twigs. In shining gold lettering the handle read Firebolt with a serial number under it.

"It's the fastest broom ever built," Izzy said in awe. Susan and Neville shared a look as they watched their friends practically drool.

"Did you guys really come here just to stare at a broom?" Director Bones asked.

"It's the broom all the pros use." Harry said turning to her.

"Right," She said slowly and Aurora just shook her head.

"Don't try to understand it, it will give you a headache." She said laughing.

After ten minutes of staring they finally left the quidditch shop and moved on to get ice cream. Florean's was a bit of a weight but finally they got to get ice cream. Harry got Butterbeer flavored, Wayne chocolate with nuts, Neville cherry, Susan strawberry, and Izzy got rainbow flavored. They were sitting there eating their ice cream while the adults chatted. A stray dog came out of the shadows and came up to Harry. It whined and pawed at Harry. Harry gave it some of his ice cream.

"I wonder whose dog he is?" Izzy asked.

"There's no tag on him," Harry said as it lapped down his ice cream.

"Harry don't let the dog eat your ice cream," Aurora said spying it.

"But it's hungry." Harry protested and the dog whined as well. Aurora rolled her eyes and went into Florean's asking for something for the dog. She came back out with some meat and gave it to the dog giving Harry a look.

"He's not coming home with us."

"Or us," Director Bones and Dowager Longbottom said at the same time. The kids sighed. "Besides he looks like a grim." Madam Longbottom added under her breath. That stilled the kids petting until the dog barked pitifully.

"Come on Susan we need to get you and Izzy back to the manor. I need to go into the office and check on the Black case." Director Bones said. The dog ran off after her words disappearing into the dark behind a shop. Susan and Izzy said their goodbyes as Director Bones led them to the apparition point.

"Neville be good at the Sinistra's." Madam Longbottom said giving him a hug. Neville relished in it. She had been more caring since his grades had gone up and yesterday even looked proud of him. They all made their way to the Leaky Cauldron where they flooed to Sinistra Manor and Madam Longbottom to her home.

"I have a surprise for you boys." Cyril said coming into the living room where Harry, Wayne, and Neville were playing Exploding Snap. As he came in Harry was in the process of tapping a card he looked up at Cyril instead and the card exploded. Harry brushed the soot of his ear and side of his face as Wayne and Neville laughed.

"I got tickets to see Chelsea play Arsenal. I rented out the whole a box and Amelia's agreed to come with Aurors Shacklebolt and Shafiq. So it's perfectly safe."

"YES! YES! YES!" Wayne screamed out and started jumping around screaming the words. Harry did the same at a more sedate pace and volume. The two started dancing a jig that had Neville in tears by the time Aurora and Dawn got there. Dawn was dressed in Chelsea gear. They watched the boys dance around for a few seconds.

"You boys want to leave or keep dancing?" Aurora asked.

The two boys sped over in front of them pulling Neville with them and stood perfectly still in front of them. "We want to go now." They said together. Neville just snickered though he was really interested to see the muggle equivalent of a match.

"Alright we're meeting Amelia and the aurors and girls there." They went to the foyer and apparated to an alley near the stadium.

Neville looked at it with awe, "It's so big and there's no magic?" He asked.

"None," Harry and Wayne both said.

They saw Izzy and Susan with Amelia and Aurors Shacklebolt and Shafiq. It was hard to miss Auror Shacklebolt even dressed as a muggle. They got into line and were led to their box. It opened up into a comfy room with couches and chairs around peninsula that held tons of food, the best of stadium food plus some more gourmet options. They looked around the plush box with wide eyes.

"Man muggles do it in style," Izzy said and whistled. Every pureblood nodded while Dawn, Harry, and Wayne just looked at them with smirks. Harry and Wayne ran out to the seats that were in front of the box and grabbed two closets to the front. They were joined by Izzy, Susan, and Neville. They had a great view of the stadium and looked up at the giant scoreboard with interest. Harry and Wayne spent much of the game explaining everything to the three while the adults mostly stayed in the box and watched the television cast of the game. They would come out and sit next to the kids at times. Auror Shafiq sat with them the whole time and really got into the game shouting out at the referee a couple of times despite not knowing the rules himself.

The game was a resounding success with Chelsea beating Arsenal. The Sinistras and their guest went home happy. They vowed to go to another game next year.

A/N: Short I know but I didn't have anything else to add without going forward more. I wanted Harry to get an explanation early on about Sirius as I never understood why no one sat him down and told him. At thirteen I think you're old enough to know why someone wants to kill you. Hope you enjoyed.