: : [ BLACK ABYSS ] a tribute to Sirius : :

"Sirius was brave, clever and energetic man, and such men are not usually content to sit at home in hiding while they believe others to be in danger."
- Albus Dumbledore

Our intro
How Sirius actually died
What JK said about Sirius and his death
Clues to his death

In JKR's own words (from her official site):

'Sirius Black is sexy, right?' And yes, of course (he is)... The best looking, most rebellious, most dangerous of the four marauders ... and to answer one burning question on the discussion boards, his eyes are grey.'

Sirius was a wonderful character, JK crafted him in such a way that he was a nicely rounded, real character - so real, in fact, that his death has hurt and depressed thousands of readers almost as if he were a real person. He had so many great characteristics: he was brave, intelligent, daring, outgoing, loyal, passionate, caring, trustworthy, determined and an immensley skilled and capable wizard. But, perhaps the thing that makes him most believable is the fact that he is not without his faults or flaws. His determination could sometimes result in him becoming reckless ,rash and occasionally irresponsible. Spending so many years alone in Azkaban would drive most out of their minds but Sirius resisted, he did almost the impossible and his mind was undamaged but Azkaban left its mark - during book 5, Sirius became increasingly moody and occasionally insecure, becoming reclusive for long periods. To some, like Snape, he would appear overly proud and even arrogant but to most he was a wonderful person and a true hero who we grew to trust and love throughout the books.

Sirius's life:

Sirius is described as being quite tall, with grey eyes, long black hair and a very handsome face. He ran away from home when he was 16 because his parents were the types that believed in the the purity of blood among wizards and thought Voldemort had the right sort of idea when he first started out. Their house, Grimmauld Place (which Sirius later gives over to Dumbledore for the Order of the Phoenix Headquarters) is horribly dark, dingy and full of a selection of dark magic and weird creatures. He got his own house when he was 17 and it was as if he was adopted by James's parents.

Sirius was first introduced in the first Harry Potter book, the night Dumbledore left Harry on the Dursleys' doorstep: Hagrid tells Dumbledore he's borrowed Sirius's motor bike, "Borrowed it, Professor Dumbledore, sir. Young Sirius Black lent it to me." But we meet him formally for the first time in Harry's 3rd year at Hogwarts - accused of murder which he didn't committ, Sirius has escaped Azkaban, the wizard prison and is trailing Pettigrew, the real murderer. Harry first claps eyes upon his godfather in Magnolia Crescent where Sirius appears in an alleyway in his animagus form: a large, black dog. He spots him again, accompanied by Hermione's cat Crookshanks in the Hogwarts grounds but thinks he is seeing a Grim, an omen of death. It is only right at the end of the book that Harry discovers the truth about his godfather, Sirius asks Harry if he would like to come and live with him once his name is cleared:

"I'll understand of course, if you want to stay with your Aunt and Uncle," said Sirius. "But... well... think about it.Once my name's cleared... if you wanted a ... a different home..."
Some sort of explosion took place in the pit of Harry's stomach.
"What - live with you?" he said, accidently cracking his head on a bit of rock protruding from the ceiling. "Leave the Dursleys?"
"Of course, I thought you wouldn't want to," said Sirius quickly
"I understand. I just thought I'd-"
"Are you mad?" said Harry, his voice easily as croaky as Sirius'.
"Of course, I want I want to leave the Dursleys! Have you got a house? When can I move in?"
Sirius turned right around to look at him; Snape's head was scraping the ceiling but Sirius didn't seem to care.
"You want to?" he said. "You mean it?"
"Yeah I mean it!" said Harry
Sirius' gaunt face broke into the first true smile Harry had seen upon it, the difference it made was startling, as though a person ten years younger was shining the starved mask; for a moment he was recognisable as the man who had laughed at Harry's parents' wedding.

Sirius was James Potter's best friend at Hogwarts and after school. Along with his other friend Remus Lupin, he and James were very popular at school and two of the brightest students in the year (not to mention trouble-makers). In their 5th year at Hogwarts Sirius, James and Peter Pettigrew (their other 'friend') became animagi (wizards who can turn into animals) so that they could accompany Remus during his werewolf transformations. Sirius became a huge, black dog and James a stag, Pettigrew a rat. Sirius was imprisoned in Azkaban for 11 years for a crime he did not commit (murdering Peter Pettigrew and 12 muggles) and was accused of feeding information to Voldemort, thus handing him the Potters. It was in fact Pettigrew who had done all this and faked his own death, Sirius had insisted that the Potters change their Secret-Keeper from himslef to Peter in an attempt to throw off Voldemort.
Sirius's nickname (Padfoot) is what his best friends at Hogwarts called him and this is the name he used when he helped write the Marauder's Map along with Moony, Wormtail and Prongs. His other nickname, Snuffles, is the safe name that Harry, Ron, Hermione and Dumbledore use when talking about him incase they are overheard.

Sirius always helps Harry out when he needs it and really cares deeply for Harry, as Harry does for him. Harry and Hermione saved Sirius from the Dementor's Kiss to Snape's anger, Snape and Sirius had loathed eachother since their own schooldays at Hogwarts.

Sirius's family were mainly dark wizards and he hated them greatly. His brother, Regulus was a Death Eater and was killed by Voldemort; his cousin Narcissa married Lucius Malfoy and his other cousin Bellatrix married a Lestrange and became a Death Eater. Bellatrix is responsible for the death of Sirius (beastly cow)

How Sirius actually died:

Sirius died from falling through the veil rather than from Bellatrix's Stunner. He was standing on the dais, a sort of raised platform that supported the archway in the centre of the room. He and Bellatrix were duelling on the dais; presumably Sirius was in front of the archway and veil when the spell hit him, causing him to fall backwards through the veil. It says that Sirius's face widened in shock as the spell hit him but this was not because he was dying from the spell, rather because he had been laughing at Bellatrix and the spell took him by surprise. He had a look of 'mingled fear and surprise' as he fell through the veil, which meant that he knew its effect. Bellatrix let out a 'triumphant scream' - she too must have known what the veil does. Harry tried to pull back the veil but Lupin stopped him from doing so - either Harry would have died had he pulled it back or else he would have seen Sirius's body or something else terrible that Lupin did not want him to see.

But still, how did Sirius actually die, why did this veil kill him? When Sirius fell through the veil, it 'fluttered for a moment as if in a high wind, then fell back into place.' - it's as if the veil consumed him, he did not re-appear from behind the veil. When Harry first entered the chamber, he noticed that the veil was swaying gently, 'as if someone had just walked through it' - there was not breeze in the chamber. He felt as if he was drawn towards the veil and felt the urge to walk through it - Hermione sensed that something was wrong and pulled him back:

'She sounded scared, much more scared than she had in the room where the brains swam, yet Harry thought the archway had a kind of beauty about it, old though it was. The gently rippling veil intrigued him; he felt a very strong inclination to climb up on the dais and walk through it.'

Harry also says that it sounds like someone is whispering behind the veil and that he had the strangest feeling that there was someone standing on the other side. Luna says she can hear the voices too:

'I can hear them too,' breathed Luna, joining them around the side of the archway and gazing at the swaying veil. 'There are people in there!'

'What do you mean, "in there"?' demanded Hermione, jumping down from the bottom step and sounding much angrier than the occasion warranted, 'there isn't any "in there", it's just an archway, there's no room for anybody to be there. Harry, stop it, come away -'

Like Hermione says, what does Luna mean by 'in there' - could the archway be a gateway to another dimension, a gateway to the land of the dead? But surely with something that dangerous, the Department of Mysteries would put a charm around it to stop people accessing it? They must know what it does, since the adults seem to know, Dumbledore even tells Harry that the room is called, 'the Death Chamber'. Harry and Luna can hear the voices but Ron and Hermione can't - just like only he and Luna can see the Thestrals because they have seen people die. So, are the 'people' behind the veil possibly Cedric and Harry's parents? Or can he hear the other dead too?

At the end of the book, Harry goes to Nearly-Headless Nick to ask him if Sirius is a ghost. Nick says that he is not because wizards must choose to put something in place before they die that will enable them to become ghosts but he says only wizards who are afraid of death choose this 'half-life' state and Sirius did not choose it, he will have 'gone on'. Nick says that he knows 'nothing of the secrets of death' but that he believes 'learned wizards study the matter in the Department of Mysteries'.

He then speaks to Luna who explains that her mother died and that is reason why she too can see the Thestrals:

'Yes, it was rather horrible,' said Luna conversationally. `I still feel very sad about it sometimes. But I've still got Dad. And anyway, it's not as though I'll never see Mum again, is it?'
`Er - isn't it?' said Harry uncertainly.
She shook her head in disbelief.
`Oh, come on. You heard them, just behind the veil, didn't you?'
`You mean…'
`In that room with the archway. They were just lurking out of sight, that's all. You heard them.'
They looked at each other. Luna was smiling slightly. Harry did not know what to say, or to think; Luna believed so many extraordinary things… yet he had been sure he had heard voices behind the veil, too...

The truth may be revealed in the next book, I'm suprised that Harry didn't ask for it directly in this book. Harry may investigate it furthur since he even has an excuse to go to the Department of Mysteries again - to investigate the room that 'holds the power the Dark Lord knows not' ...

What JK said about Sirius and about his death:

JK recently awarded Black Abyss's affiliate, Immeritus, the 'best fansite' award on her official site. This is what she had to say about the site, and Sirius:

'I love this site, which I discovered towards the end of writing Order of the Phoenix, and which made me feel exceptionally guilty, as you can imagine. I am so proud of the fact that a character, whom I always liked very much, though he never appeared as much more than a brooding presence in the books, has gained a passionate fan-club.

At the launch of Goblet of Fire at King's Cross, London, I shooks hands with a woman who leaned forward and whispered conspiratorially, 'Sirius Black is sexy, right?' And yes, ofcourse she was right, as the Immeritus fan-club know. The best looking, most rebellious, most dangerous of the four marauders ... and to answer one burning question on the discussion boards, his eyes are grey.'

The fanart on here is very good. For a while I had a picture of the four marauders drawn by Laura Freeman (view her work) on my desktop. It is a particularly accurate portrayal of Sirius and Lupin.'

JK said prior to book 5's release that she cried when writing Sirius's death so obviously he did mean a lot to her (but then why did she have to kill him in the first place!):

'JK ROWLING: Yeah. I went into the kitchen having done it....

JEREMY PAXMAN: What, killed this person?

JK ROWLING: Yeah. Well I had re-written the death, re-written it and that was it. It was definitive. And the person was definitely dead. And I walked into the kitchen crying and Neil said to me, "What on earth is wrong?" and I said, "Well, I've just killed the person". Neil doesn't know who the person is. But I said, "I've just killed the person. And he said, "Well, don't do it then." I thought, a doctor you know....and I said "Well it just doesn't work like that. You are writing children's books, you need to be a ruthless killer."

JEREMY PAXMAN: Is it going to upset people?

JK ROWLING: Yes. It upset me. I always knew it was coming, but I managed to live in denial, and carry on with the character and not think about it. '

She also explained a bit about his death in a post-book 5 interview at the Royal Albert Hall in London in front of thousands of fans. She didn't actually mention Sirius because she said she was worried some people hadn't finished the book yet (so she couldn't elaborate on him as a person or on how he actually died), but she did say this:

'I think what I was trying to do with the death in this book was show how very arbitrary and sudden death is. This is a death where you didn't have a big death bed scene. It happened almost accidentally and that is one of the very cruel things about death and they're now in a war situation where that really does happen, where one minute you're talking to your friend and the next minute he's gone. It's so shocking and so inexplicable… "Where did they go?" I found it upsetting to write, because I knew what it would mean to Harry. ' (and did she consider what it would mean to us?!)

In her most recent chat, someone asked this question:

Cookie246122: Why did you kill Sirius? It made me very sad :(
JK Rowling replies -> I'm really, really sorry. I didn't want to do it, but there was a reason. If you think you can forgive me, keep reading, you'll find out. [I feel really guilty now].

SiriuslyLovinSirius: If we ever see Sirius again, what form will he be in?
JK Rowling replies -> I couldn't possibly answer that for fear of incriminating myself.

Does this mean Sirius might make an appearance in some form? Or otherwise wouldn't JK have simply said 'No.' She dodges questions when they're pivotal to the plot.

Clues to his death:

Here are some thing we picked that could have given us a clue to the fact that it would be Sirius who would die:

* On page 59 of the UK edition of OotP just as they enter 12 Grimmauld Place, it says "The other's hushed voices were giving Harry an odd feeling of foreboding; it was as though they had just entered the house of a dying man...

* On Harry's first night at Grimmauld Place, the house sits down to supper. There are 13 of them dining together. According to Trelawney in PoA, when 13 people dine together, the first one to rise is the first to die. The book states,: "Sirius started to rise from his chair."

* Sirius' house is 12, Grimmauld place. The Grim is a sign that death is coming.

* Fred and George are levitating dinner onto the table at 12 Grimmauld Place and they lose control of one of the knives. It dropped and embedded itself into the table right very near Sirius. This could be foreshadowing Sirius' death.

* On page 462 of the UK version, it says "Harry had an unpleasant constricted sensation in his chest; he did not want to say goodbye to Sirius. He had a bad feeling about this parting; he didn't know when they would next see each other." Looks like Harry's feeling was right.

* In Book 1, Chapter 15, when Hagrid, Harry and Hermione run into the Centaurs, Ronan makes the pronouncement "Always the innocent are the first victims." Everyone thought Sirius was guilty, but he turned out to be innocent.

* In St. Mungo’s, when they are going to visit Mr. Weasley- 'They climbed a flight of stairs and entered the "Creature-Induced Injuries" corridor, where the second door on the right bore the words 'DANGEROUS' DAI LLEWELLYN WARD: SERIOUS BITES.' If you put these words on a sign, they would read:

Creature-Induced Injuries
Dangerous
Dai Llewellyn Ward
Serious Bites

Now, take the first word of each of these and see what you get:
Creature Dangeous Dai Serious?
Or rather:
Kreacher dangerous, Die Sirius...

* On page 477 of the American issue Sirius says to the twins right after Mr. Weasley is attacked, “This is how it is – this is why you’re not in the Order – you don’t understand – there are things worth dying for!” and then Fred replies, “Easy for you to say, stuck here!... I don’t see you risking your neck!” - Thanks Brandi!

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Sirius quotes
Sirius excerpts

Sirius quotes:

* "If you made a better rat than a human, that's not much to boast about"
- Sirius to Peter Pettigrew (b.3)

* "Then you should have died! Died rather than betray your friends as we would have done for you!"
- Sirius to Pettigrew (b.3)

* “All right, then. Tell them whatever you like. But make it quick, Remus. I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for.”
- Sirius to Lupin (b.3)

* "What was there to be gained by fighting the most evil wizard who has ever existed? Only innocent lives, Peter.”
- Sirius to Pettigrew (b.3)

* “I’m fulfilling my duty as Godfather. Don’t worry about it, I’m pretending to be a lovable stray.”
- Sirius to Harry (b.4)

* “If you want to know what a man is like, take a good look at how how treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
- Sirius to Ron (b.4)

"...it’s not like Crouch. If he’s ever taken a day off work because of illness before this, I’ll eat Buckbeak.”
- Sirius to Harry (b.4)

* "Well, as everyone thinks I'm a mad mass-murderer and the Ministry's put a ten thousand Galleon price on my head, I can hardly stroll up the street and start handing out leaflets, can I?"
- Sirius to Harry on the subject of recruiting people for the Order (b.5)

* "Master always liked his little joke. Master was a nasty ungrateful swine who broke his mother's heart-"
"My mother didn't have a heart, Kreacher. She kept herself alive out of pure spite."
- Sirius to Kreacher (b.5)

* "It was my father's," said Sirius, throwing the ring into the sack.
"Kreacher wasn't quite as devoted to him as to my mother, but I still caught him snogging a pair of my father's old trousers last week."
- Sirius to Harry (b.5)

* "I'll look for him later, I expect I'll find him upstairs crying his eyes out over my mother's old bloomers or something. Of course, he might have crawled into the airing cupboard and died but I mustn't get my hopes up."
- Sirius to Harry on Kreacher (b.5)

"Don't know what you're complaining about myself... personally, I'd have welcomed a dementor attack. A deadly struggle for my soul would have broken the monotony nicely."
- Sirius to Harry (b.5)

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Sirius excerpts:

* 'Black looked up. Harry saw his jaw drop. He leapt from his chair, hurried to the window and tried to open it, but it was locked.
"Stand back!" Hermione called to him, and she took out her wand, still gripping the back of Harry's robes with her left hand.
"Alohomora!"
The window sprang open.
"How -- how --?" said Black weakly, staring at the hippogriff
"Get on -- there's not much time," said Harry, gripping Buckbeak firmly on either side of his sleek neck to hold him steady.
… Black placed a hand on either side of the window frame and heaved his head and shoulders out of it. It was very lucky he was so thin. In seconds, he had managed to fling one leg over Buckbeak's back and pull himself onto the hippogriff behind Hermione.
… "Sirius, you'd better go, quick," Harry panted.
… "What happened to the other boy? Ron?" croaked Sirius.
"He's going to be okay. He's still out of it, but Madam Pomfrey says she'll be able to make him better. Quick -- go --"
But Black was still staring down at Harry.
"How can I ever thank --"
"GO!" Harry and Hermione shouted together.
Black wheeled Buckbeak around, facing the open sky.
"We'll see each other again," he said. "You are -- truly your father's
son, Harry...."
He squeezed Buckbeak's sides with his heels. Harry and Hermione jumped back as the enormous wings rose once more.... The hippogriff took off into the air.... He and his rider became smaller and smaller as Harry gazed after them... then a cloud drifted across the moon.... They were gone.'
(Hermione's Secret, b. 3)

* '"What's that?" he snarled, staring at the envelope Harry was still clutching in his hand. "If it's another form for me to sign, you've got another -"
"It's not," said Harry cheerfully. "It's a letter from my godfather."
"Godfather?" sputtered Uncle Vernon. "You haven't got a godfather!"
"Yes, I have," said Harry brightly. "He was my mum and dad's best friend. He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison and he's on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though... keep up with my news... check if I'm happy..."
And, grinning broadly at the look of horror on Uncle Vernon's face, Harry set off toward the station exit, Hedwig rattling along in front of him…'
(Owl Post Again, b.3)

* 'Sirius's head was sitting in the fire. If Harry hadn't seen Mr. Diggory do exactly
this back in the Weasleys' kitchen, it would have scared him out of his wits.
Instead, his face breaking into the first smile he had worn for days, he scrambled out of his chair, crouched down by the hearth, and said, "Sirius - how're you doing?"

Sirius looked different from Harry's memory of him. When they had said goodbye, Sirius's face had been gaunt and sunken, surrounded by a quantity of long, black, matted hair - but the hair was short and clean now, Sirius's face was fuller, and he looked younger, much more like the only photograph Harry had of him, which had been taken at the Potters' wedding.
"Never mind me, how are you?" said Sirius seriously.
"I'm -" For a second, Harry tried to say "fine" - but he couldn't do it. Before he could stop himself, he was talking more than he'd talked in days. . . and now Hagrid's just shown me what's coming in the first task, and it's dragons, Sirius, and I'm a goner," he finished desperately.

Sirius looked at him, eyes full of concern, eyes that had not yet lost the look that Azkaban had given them - that deadened, haunted look…'
(The Hungarian Horntail, b.4)

* '"Poor old Snuffles," said Ron, breathing deeply. "He must really like you. Harry. . . imagine having to live off rats."'
(Padfoot Returns, b.4)

* 'Sirius was standing there. His face was white and gaunt as it had been when he had escaped Azkaban. In one swift moment, he had crossed the room.
"Harry, are you all right? I knew it - I knew something like this - what happened?"
His hands shook as he helped Harry into a chair in front of the desk.'
(The Parting of the Ways, b.4)

'When Harry told of Wormtail piercing his arm with the dagger, however, Sirius let out a vehement exclamation and Dumbledore stood up so quickly that Harry started.'
(The Parting of the Ways, b.4)

* 'The great black dog looked up at Dumbledore, then, in an instant, turned back into a man. Mrs. Weasley screamed and leapt back from the bed.
"Sirius Black!" she shrieked, pointing at him.
"Mum, shut up!" Ron yelled. "It's okay!"
Snape had not yelled or jumped backward, but the look on his face was one of mingled fury and horror.
"Him!" he snarled, staring at Sirius, whose face showed equal dislike. "What is he doing here?"
"He is here at my invitation," said Dumbledore, looking between them, "as are you, Severus. I trust you both. It is time for you to lay aside your old differences and trust each other."'
(The Parting of the Ways, b.4)

* '"But -" said Harry.
He wanted Sirius to stay. He did not want to have to say goodbye again so quickly.
"You'll see me very soon. Harry," said Sirius, turning to him. "I promise you. But I must do what I can, you understand, don't you?"
"Yeah," said Harry. "Yeah . . . of course I do."
Sirius grasped his hand briefly, nodded to Dumbledore, transformed again into the black dog, and ran the length of the room to the door, whose handle he turned with a paw. Then he was gone.'
(The Parting of the Ways, b.4)

*'A man with long long black hair came charging out of a door facing Harry.
"Shut up, you horrible old hag, shut UP!" he roared, seizing the curtain Mrs Weasley had abandoned.
The old woman's face blanched.
"Yoooou!" she howled, her eys popping at the site of the man.
"Blood traitor, abomination, shame of my flesh!"
"I said - shut - UP" roared the man, and with a stupendous effort he and Lupin managed to force the curtains closed again. The old woman's screeches died and an echoeing silence fell.
Panting slightly and sweeping his long dark hair out of his eyes, Harry's godfather Sirius turned to face him.
"Hello, Harry," he said grimly, "I see you've met my mother."'
(Number Twelve Grimmauld Place, b.5)

* '"You'll be all right, Harry," said Tonks, patting him on the arm.
"Good luck," said Lupin. I'm sure it will be fine."
"And if it's not," said Sirius grimly "I'll see to Amelia Bones for you ..."
Harry smiled weakly. Mrs Weasley hugged him.'
(The Ministry of Magic, b.5)

* '"What about you, Sirius?" Ginny asked, thumping Hermione on the back.
Sirius, who was right beside Harry, let out his usual bark-like laugh.
"No one would have made me a prefect, I spent too much time in detention with James. Lupin was the good boy, he got the badge."'
(The Woes of Mrs Weasley, b.5)

* 'But the great black dog gave a joyful bark and gambolled around them, snapping at pigeons and chasing its own tail. Harry couldn't help laughing. Sirius had been trapped inside for a very long time. Mrs Weasley pursed her lips in an almost Aunt Petunia-ish way.

It took them twenty minutes to reach King's Cross on foot and nothing more eventful happened during that time than Sirius scaring a couple of cats for Harry's entertainment.'
(Luna Lovegood, b.5)

* 'For one brief moment, the great black dog reared on its hind legs and placed its front paws on Harry's shoulders, but Mrs Weasley shoved Harry away towards the train, hissing, "For heaven's sake, act more like a dog, Sirius!"'
(Luna Lovegood, b.5)

* An excerpt from The Quibbler:

'SIRIUS - BLACK AS HE'S PAINTED?

Notorious mass murderer or innocent singing sensation?

Harry had to read this first sentence several times before he was convinced that he had not misunderstood it. Since when had Sirius been a singing sensation?'
(Luna Lovegood, b.5)

* 'She gasped, gazing at the fire; Ron dropped his quill. There in the middle of the dancing flames sat Sirius's head, long dark hair falling around his grinning face.
"I was starting to think you'd go to bed before everyone else had disappeared,' he said. 'I've been checking every hour."
"You've been popping into the fire every hour?" Harry said, half-laughing.
"Just for a few seconds to check if the coast was clear."
"But what if you'd been seen?" said Hermione anxiously.
"Well, I think a girl - first-year, by the look of her - might've got a glimpse of me earlier, but don't worry" Sirius said hastily, as Hermione clapped a hand to her mouth, "I was gone the moment she looked back at me and I'll bet she just thought I was an oddly-shaped log or something."
(Percy and Padfoot, b.5)

* '"So, you want me to say I'm not going to take part in the Defence group?" he muttered finally.
"'Me? Certainly not!" said Sirius, looking surprised. 'I think it's an excellent idea!'
"You do?" said Harry, his heart lifting.
"Of course I do!" said Sirius. "D'you think your father and I would've lain down and taken orders from an old hag like Umbridge?"'
(Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four, b.5)

* 'I'm not the weapon after all, thought Harry. His heart swelled with happiness and relief, and he felt like joining in as they heard Sirius tramping past their door towards Buckbeak's room, singing 'God Rest Ye, Merry Hippogriffs' at the top of his voice.'
(Christmas on the Closed Ward, b.5)

* Inside the Pensieve:

'With another shock of excitement, Harry saw Sirius give James the thumbs-up. Sirius was. lounging in his chair at his ease, tilting it back on two legs. He was very good-looking; his dark hair fell into his eyes with a sort of casual elegance neither James's nor Harry's could ever have achieved, and a girl sitting behind him was eyeing him hopefully, though he didn't seem to have noticed.'
(Snape's Worst Memory, b.5)

* Inside the Pensieve:

'Sirius stared around at the students milling over the grass, looking rather haughty and bored, but very handsomely so. James was still playing with the Snitch, letting it zoom further and further away, almost escaping but always grabbed at the last second. Wormtail was watching him with his mouth open.
"Put that away, will you,' said Sirius finally, as James made a fine catch and Wormtail let out a cheer, 'before Wormtail wets himself with excitement."
Wormtail turned slightly pink, but James grinned.'
(Snape's Worst Memory, b.5)

* Inside the Pensieve:

'"I'm bored,' said Sirius. 'Wish it was full moon."
'You might,' said Lupin darkly from behind his book. "We've still got Transfiguration, if you're bored you could test me. Here…" and he held out his book.
But Sirius snorted. "I don't need to look at that rubbish, I know it all."
"This'll liven you up, Padfoot," said James quietly. "Look who it is."
Sirius's head turned. He became very still, like a dog that has scented a rabbit.
"Excellent,' he said softly. 'Snivellus."'
(Snape's Worst Memory, b.5)

* '"Yeah," said Harry, "but he just attacked Snape for no good reason, just because - well, just because you said you were bored," he finished, with a slightly apologetic note in his voice.
"I'm not proud of it," said Sirius quickly.
Lupin looked sideways at Sirius, then said, "Look, Harry, what you've got to understand is that your father and Sirius were the best in the school at whatever they did - everyone thought they were the height of cool - if they sometimes got a bit carried away -"
"If we were sometimes arrogant little berks, you mean," said Sirius.
Lupin smiled.
"He kept messing up his hair," said Harry in a pained voice.
Sirius and Lupin laughed.
"I'd forgotten he used to do that," said Sirius affectionately.
"Was he playing with the Snitch?" said Lupin eagerly.
"Yeah," said Harry, watching uncomprehendingly as Sirius and Lupin beamed reminiscently. "Well I thought he was a bit of an idiot."
"Of course he was a bit of an idiot!" said Sirius bracingly, "we were all idiots! Well - not Moony so much," he said fairly, looking at Lupin.
(Career's Advice, b.5)

* 'Only one couple were battling, apparently unaware of the new arrival. Harry saw Sirius duck Bellatrix's jet of red light: he was laughing at her."Come on you can do better than that!" he yelled, his voice echoing around the cavernous room.
The second jet of light hit him squarely in the chest.
The laughter had not completely died from his face, but his eyes widened in shock.
Harry released Neville, though he was unaware of doing so. He was jumping down the steps again, pulling out his wand as Dumbledore turned to the dais too.
It seemed to take Sirius an age to fall. His body curved in a grateful arc as he sank backward through the ragged veil hanging from the arch...'
(Behind the veil, b.5)

* '"DON'T TALK ABOUT SIRIUS LIKE THAT!" Harry yelled.
He was on his feet again, furious, ready to fly at Dumbledore, who had plainly not understood Sirius at all, how brave he was, how much he had suffered …
"Snape - Snape g - goaded Sirius about staying in the house - he made out Sirius was a coward-"
"Sirius was much too old and clever to have allowed such feeble taunts to hurt him," said Dumbledore.'
(The Lost Prophecy, b.5)

* 'Harry was surprised to find that this information did not hurt at all. Wanting to impress Cho seemed to belong to a past that was no longer quite connected with him; so much of what he had wanted before Sirius's death felt that way these days… the week that had elapsed since he had last seen Sirius seemed to have lasted much, much longer; it stretched across two universes, the one with Sirius in it, and the one without.'
(The Second War Begins, b.5)

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