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Sirius Black SI-- Ch 5— The Surprise Part-2
🕑 Added 2022-12-05 03:47:06 +0000 UTC"Hey Sirius," I asked about an hour later, in a somewhat embarrassed tone "Can you tell me what electives my mom used to take,"
"Of course, let me think," Sirius said with a pondering face, "She took Care of magical creatures with us but I don't think that she took Divination and— Oh I remember now she took Ancient Runes with Remus,"
"Oh," I was silent for a while before I asked Sirius in a timid voice, "Do you think Mcgonogall will let me take Ancient Runes instead of Divination?"
"I am not sure they let you change your electives midway easily," Sirius said while tilting his head, "But why do you want to do that,"
"You know how I am on my quidditch team," I asked and Sirius nodded, "Well I have that in common with my dad. So I thought that if I took Ancient Runes I would have something to relate to her—Well, other than my eyes," I ended with a small smile.
"Harry you have a lot more similarities with lily than just your eyes," Sirius said sympathetically, "But if you really want to change your subject then I am sure that I can send a letter to Dumbledore,"
"Thank you, Sirius,"
"Don't thank me, it's my job," Sirius said with a small smile, "And you know if you really want to increase your chances then should probably study and prepare for a test on the stuff they taught in Ancient Runes last year,"
"Oh I can take Hermione's notes," I said while remembering Hermione pestering him and Ron to take Ancient Runes instead Divination last year, "But can you tutor me,"
"I didn't take Ancient Runes during my time at Hogwarts," Sirius said while shaking his head, "but I am sure Remus will be more than happy to teach you all you need to know,"
"Where is he, by the way," I asked as I had not seen Remus around after breakfast.
"Oh didn't I tell you," Sirius with a bit of excitement, "You know the shop where I got the vanishing box,"
"Yes,"
"Well, Remus got a job there. I went there some days ago along with Remus to get some stuff done and the guy was seriously impressed with Remus's knowledge and skills in Runes and offered him a job on the spot,"
"Oh that's great news," I said happily, having known how hard it was for a werewolf to get a job, which made him ask, "Um... Does he know about, you know Remus's monthly problem,"
"That's the best part," Sirius said high-spiritedly, "Remus told him about his hairy little problem and he was completely cool with it. Just asked Remus to make up on weekends for the missed days,"
"He must be really talented at runes," I asked.
"Oh he was in the top 3 of the class in almost every subject except for potion," Sirius said airily, "And you should get back to your assignment if you want to have time left for your Ancient Runes lessons,"
"Yes," I nodded with a sheepish expression, having forgotten about my essay. I went back to my essay with renewed enthusiasm, wanting to complete it quickly.
A few hours later just when I was just on the precipe of completing my potion essay, Hedwig suddenly started hooting excitedly and ruffling her feathers in delight while looking out of the window. I turned around and went toward the window: for a while the only thing I could see was a clear blue sky, but a few moments later I saw a vague silhouette coming toward my room at a terrifying speed.
I immediately backed away, expecting it to hit the window but just before it reached my room it slowed down impossibly quickly. It swooped inside the window gracefully and landed on his bed. The entire time from going at jet speed to almost zero to landing on my bed, the creature made nary a sound nor did it ruffle a single sheet of paper on my desk. It was absolutely magical.
"Hey Sirius," I said and when I got no response, I looked toward the mirror and found him sleeping with a bit of drool on his face, "SIRIUS!"
"Ye... yes, I am up, I am up," Sirius said half asleep while looking around, "What happened harry,"
"Why is your bird here," I said while moving away and showing him his familiar, "did you send me something,"
"Hey swift, you're already there," Sirius said while waving his hand toward his pet with a smile and Swift chirped back, "Have you gotten faster again, you were supposed to arrive in the evening,"
"It's gotten bigger as well," I said while moving toward swift. I had met swift a couple of times before, like when he bought me stuff from Sirius like the vanishing box or the mirror, And every time I saw him he seemed to grow bigger. The first time I had seen him, he was about half the size of Hedwig but now he was just a couple of cm shorter than her, "So what did you send me Sirius,"
"It's your birthday tomorrow, so obviously it's a present for your cousin," Sirius said while rolling his eyes.
"Very funny, HA... HA... HA," I said before taking the present in my hands, it felt like a small cardboard box.
"NO! Don't open it now," Sirius said urgently when he saw that Harry was about to open the box, "Open it at midnight when your birthday actually starts,"
"Oh, Ok," I said before placing the box on the desk and suddenly looking back at the sound of Hedwig, "Hey Sirius why is your bird circling Hedwig,"
Swift had started to circle around Hedwig very slowly while Hedwig just looked back at him with her piercing eyes. She suddenly struck toward him like a flying snake but swift was way quicker and flew away from his spot in a heartbeat. They danced with each other like that for a while mostly with Hedwig trying to catch Swift, before Swift suddenly took off out the window and Hedwig followed him immediately.
"Hey Sirius, I am not going to have to take care of baby Hedwig's. Am I," I said to the equally stunned Sirius after watching that dance.
"No, Of course not!" Sirius said, "They are different species they can't mate together... Probably,"
"PROBABLY!" I almost shouted.
"Hey don't worry, I am sure that whatever happens it will be fully consensual," Sirius said while shrugging.
"I don't want her to give any kind of consent," I said in high pitched voice.
"Hey, I don't know what you're going after me for," Sirius said defensively, "If anything, it's Hedwig who's the cougar and taking advantage of my much younger Swift,"
They argued about who's familiar was better looking and whose pet was seducing whom until Remus came home and broke up their argument.
They had lunch and Sirius asked Remus if he could teach Harry Ancient Runes. Remus immediately agreed and promised to tutor Harry for an hour each night until he has to go back to Hogwarts.
I broke the mirror connection after a while with Sirius reminding me to be ready for the occlumency exercise at the usual time.
I lazed around on the bed for a while reading some of the comics Dudley had bribed me with. It was a superhero comic about a man who got the power of a spider. It was really funny and interesting, I didn't realize when the time passed away and when I fell asleep.
When I woke up, the sun was already setting outside the window and Hedwig had already returned to her cage.
I put some water inside her cage and pestered her for a while about where she went with Swift and what she did with him, but she just turned her head away from me. The only thing to show for my persistent questioning was a couple of bite marks on my hands.
