An entrancing beginning to draw the reader in; very well told. I love the way the prologue is written not from Sirius' POV but from, in fact, the reader's.

The little glimpses into the Sirius' past life are perfect for the way Sirius is feeling right now - he's doing lots of thinking now that he's finally able to think freely again without fear of his memories being sucked out.

I also love the way Sirius sees James' hand in the dying tree. A great addition to your story. Truly marvelous.

All in all, I really liked this story and had a wonderful time reading it. You are an amazing writer.

yay another story from you. I've over looked this for awhile in my inbox so i'm glad i'm finally getting around to reading it.

Oh my gosh. I'm loving this story so far...please keep writing it. It's so fantastic. I just love how you've captured Sirius. He seems so...broken. And I really like the difference you've created between Peter Pettigrew and Wormtail. It's so appropriate. ^^ Keep up the good work, this is awesome!

Good chapter, and the little bit about James painting Sirius was hilarious.

you know, despite his perfidy, part of me wants to feel sorry for peter--DOES feel sorry for him as he was before voldemort got hold of him. after reading this chapter, how could you not? not many people spend time getting into peter's head, so i really enjoyed this chapter. nice going!

And here I am again. I was kinda wanting to tell you in my last review that if you could update by the 10th I could perhaps read another chapter but I didn't want to pressure you or anything. I like the rats for lunch part, the day job reflection, the quidditch think(although I like to think James was a seeker)...the whole chapter was great. Till November then.

a stalker, huh? looks like james got on lily's bad side very early on! 12-year-old hormones, indeed...well, of course one can see her point! great chapter. your writing just keeps getting better and more professional the more you do it.

ah well times like those when hormones absolutely suck

Surprise! Ok, I got hold of a computer at my mom's place. And good chapter. And goodbye till November

Nice work! I really like it!Continue soon!

Awh thats a great update =) cant wait 4 the next ;)

GOOD chapter! and hey, a freebie, you posted 4 as well! i like seeing this from sirius' POV. hardly anyone seems to spend time writing about him as a person with any real depth or seriousness of thought. so many of the marauder-era stories represent him as flippant and irreverent, which he probably was then, but it's good to see something of his life besides that, and even better to see these little gaps in JKR's story filled in as you are doing. thank you!

Interesting...very interesting... *strokes chin*
Sorry it's taken so long for me to reveiw; I actually read the chapter a few days ago, but didn't have enough time to reveiw at the time.
Anyways, moving on. I'm enjoying "North" so far. I was a bit disapointed that Sirius didn't talk to Remus. I know it didn't happen that way in the books, but still...
Do you know how far this story will go, timewise. For example, will it end at the end of the third book or before that?
~Victoria

Wonderful chapter. But Sirius has suddenly known Harry to be 13 without remembering that he had thought him to be younger. please explain. May be I am being dumb.

I love this! I hadn't realised you had started puting chapters up yet, and I just checked out of idleness and greed. Sirius is great- I love his singleminded determination, his longing to see Hary, and his grief over those wasted years in Azakaban. Loking forward to seeing more especially the Hogwarts years