Disclaimer: Everything about Harry Potter does not belong to me. If it did I would already have made a new 7 book series about the Marauders.
Second in my trio of Harry Potter fanfics. 30 chapters, 4 for each of Sirius Black's Seven Years in Hogwarts. I originally planned to call it How to get your name burnt off the family tapestry and how to manage mischief but you it wouldn't let me.
Prologue: Different but much the same.
She'd just finished her stern lecture about how boys from the Black family should act. It wasn't long after she started drilling them on manners Sirius became bored.
"Now, when we with Uncle Cygnus your going to have to listen to your cousin Bella.."
"She's boring Mum! Last time she locked us in our rooms and did stupid girl stuff! And she put girl stuff on me and I had to run to Dad to have him save me!"
She looked from her infuriated son to his younger brother, then turned back to him with a stern look that made him quiet.
"Would you stop your scaring your brother."
"Well she's a crazy girl and we don't like girls. Right Regulus?" He crossed his arms the most mature manner and Regulus nodded in agreement.
"You only spend time with them four days a year Sirius. You learn quickly to watch your mouth, we've been through this a thousand times you do not speak unless spoken to…"
"Well who were you talking to then if it wasn't me.." He said arrogantly, his brother giggled beside him.
"YOU SHOULD NEVER INTERRUPT YOUR MOTHER WHEN SHE IS SPEAKING TO YOU!" Both of the boys bowed their heads and looked at the floor.
"….Yes Mum…" they both replied in unison.
"You'll listen to her, we'll be back in enough time to get back here before dinner. Since last time Sirius ruined it for everyone when he told Aunt Druella her casserole wasn't as good as Kreacher's…"
"But it wasn't.." This time it wasn't Sirius who spoke our of turn, it was Regulus. Sirius smirked despite himself.
"Don't you teach your brother to be disrespectful." she said angrily. "You are always such a handful. Would it kill you to be a good boy for once in your life like your brother?"
"…I am a good boy…Dad says I'm good so does Uncle Alphard…"
Orion Black strode in the room, glancing at his watch, seemingly impatient. "Are you done with them yet? They expect us to be there in five minuets."
"….Dad…Am I bad…" Sirius asked, much to his mothers dismay, with a sad hurt voice, faking some tears for good measure.
"Stop faking, I think it depends on your mood. You've been good so far today, why don't you keep it up." He looked back at his watch then headed back up the stairs.
"You have not been good in the least…so disrespectful…Go up stairs now Sirius." He didn't complain about being the first one to the drawing room. He expected her to say something along the lines of 'Don't listen to anything your brother says, only listen to the girls.' His father looked over at him, for some reason he'd been examining the tapestry.
"If you cause any trouble you can expect a whipping. It's in your best interest to be a good boy, if they tell us you've been anything but a delight…" He held up his wand then tucked it into his robes.
"…Yes Sir…" Regulus came to stand next to him, and his parents started a conversation, likely about what he'd just told Sirius.
"Is Bella really mean…?" he asked.
Sirius grinned. "Oh yeah, especially if she tries really hard in front of Mum and Dad to like you. You need to be real careful Reg, she knows lots of magic by now, if she likes you nearly as much as last time she's going to try and wipe your memory clean and keep you as a pet. Mum caught her trying to do it to you last time…"
Regulus stared at him wide eyed. "I don't want to leave home Siri I like it here!!"
"Where does your son get all of his troublesome habits?" She exclaimed, just now noticing Sirius' shirt wasn't tucked in properly. "Did you forget how to dress yourself?" In a few quick strides, she was in enough distance to grab him, and roughly stuff his shirt into the proper look.
"He's just getting his personality, expressing himself…Don't be too hard on him." His father replied, causing him to smile. "Besides, he'll pull it back out in five minuets if he gets the opportunity." He thrust the bag of Floo powder to Regulus who immediately gave him a look like he'd just been told he was getting a whipping.
"I don't want to Floo first Dad…" he said now sniffling.
"Then you don't have to, Sirius can go first. Then Uncle Cygnus and Aunt Druella can see how handsome he looks before he decides to pull his shirt out like a slob." He turned to Sirius and he looked at the bag dangling in front of him.
"You heard your Father." his mother scolded. He took the bag and walked the length of the drawing room to the fireplace.
When his Father coaxed Regulus to Floo he burst into tears at the sight of a home that wasn't his. His mother, who had currently been scolding Sirius about what he may have said to make him so upset, turned to her younger son and tried her best to calm him down. After his Father declared that it was taking far to much time away from what they should be doing, she gave up, leaving him to cling to Sirius, sniffling.
"I don't understand why he's so upset. Sirius must have been teasing him. I give you full permission to punish him through any means you see fit Bella.."
"Andromeda said she'd take care of Sirius this time, as last time he and Bella clashed so harshly…" Cygnus replied.
"She was mean to me I was a good boy!" Sirius replied indignantly.
Bellatrix scoffed. "You were hardly a good boy. You ran through the house screaming about pixies, knocked over Mum's lamp then set my nightstand on fire. You were FAR from a good boy."
"You know they can't control magic. He wouldn't of been running around in the house if you'd just let him play outside to begin with. You have no reason to complain about the Pixies either, you were the one who told him they were going to get him because he didn't finish his peas." Andromeda scolded. "We'll have fun won't we Sirius?"
"I don't want to be alone with Bella! I want to play outside with Siri!!"
"We aren't going anywhere right away, you have lots of time to spend with Sirius…" Andromeda replied in an attempt to calm him down.
"They'll be fine Aunt Walburga. We can handle Regulus." Bellatrix said despite the fact she had to hold him back while his parents disapparated. He started crying again, so she rounded on Sirius.
"What did you tell him you moron? Tell him to stop or I'll hex you." She said firmly, she pulled out her wand and held it to his chest.
"Mum said you can't use magic outside of school." Narcissa replied.
"We're okay then Reg! She can't wipe our memory clean then treat us like Muggles." Sirius said triumphantly.
"You little brat.." Bellatrix went to grab Sirius but he ran off. Meanwhile, Andromeda had coaxed Regulus to sit next to her on the sofa.
"Bellatrix won't do anything mean to you. Okay? Sirius was just teasing.. We'll have fun." Andromeda said. "You don't need your Mum or Dad, come on Siri, tell your brother you weren't serious."
"I am Sirius." He replied still laughing as he ran from Bellatrix.
She started bellowing at her sisters, "Don't just sit there and watch him. Grab that little brat!" No one bothered to move, and half an hour had passed. Every time Sirius would run past Regulus would giggle, only encouraging him more. Narcissa took to reading her charms book, as she had planned to while they were there anyway. Andromeda just waited patiently until Bellatrix finally gave up and sat in an empty chair.
"I hate…that little devil spawn…" She exclaimed furiously as he turned the corner, not realizing she stopped.
"I'm hungry, and thirsty." Sirius told Andromeda happily.
Andromeda turned to Regulus. "You hungry too?"
"Yeah. I want some hot chocolate." he replied. Sirius nodded in agreement.
"I want to talk to you before we head out okay?" Andromeda said. He nodded, Regulus took to playing exploding snap with Bellatrix, she didn't seem at all impressed.
"What do your Mum and Dad say about Muggles?"
"That they're bad…and they want to steal our magic so we can't be Wizards anymore…" He replied.
"What do you think about them?" She asked, he shrugged. "I have a Wizard friend that's Muggleborn and she knows this place that's really big, and you can play there. Then maybe we could get some ice cream after, I told her you like to play outside so she said I should bring you along sometime, so, maybe Muggles won't be so bad."
"Mum and Dad will be really mad…"
"We're not going to tell them. My parents don't know about it either, We're just going to say we went to the park and stayed away from Muggles okay?"
"That's why Regulus can't come…"
"Yeah…he can come when he's older, I promise, he just wouldn't understand he doesn't need to tell them we were around Muggles if they don't hurt us."
"…Okay…I promise not to tell."
"Always knew you were the best one out of them. Ready then?"
"Yeah." He took her hand as they started down the street. "Can I play in the Mud?"
She laughed. "If you don't get too dirty. I know cleaning spells but nothing too advanced.."
"Cissy said you can't do magic outside of school.." Sirius said, now afraid he'd left his brother in the wrong hands.
"I can't, my friend can though. She just turned Seventeen." they continued walking. "I hope you like my friends."
It didn't take them long to get to the park and when they were close enough for him to tell what it was, he started to get excited. He saw the kids on the swings, going down the slides, playing in sand, playing with things he'd never seen before. She waved to her friend and the closer she got the tighter he held his cousin's hand.
"They won't hurt you Sirius."
"I trust you Dromeda.." He stayed by her side, she expected him to get scared and try to hide behind her the second she was close. "Holly this is my cousin Sirius."
"Hi Sirius." She knelt down to his level, his hold on her hand tightened slightly. "He looks so cute, dressed up all fancy…"
"His parents are old fashioned like mine. He's a fun little guy though, I told him we'd go to the ice cream parlor after…"
"And visit Ted?" She giggled. "I thought that's what you were up to!"
"Shh!"
"Can I go play?" Sirius asked, he was eyeing the playground. "Those things go higher then my training broom…."
"Oh the swings?" Her friend asked, he nodded but said nothing. "Well come on, I'm sure Justin will share with you."
They walked to the swing set, and he looked around, there wasn't an open swing. He let go of his cousin's hand and frowned.
"Justin, can you let Andy's cousin swing?"
"Yeah, I want to go play on the slide." His feet touched the ground and Sirius watched the swing stop. When the boy walked past him he said, quite overjoyed.
"Thanks." The boy looked over at him like he was an idiot.
He sat down on the swing and expected it to start up right away. But to his surprise it didn't move, so he held onto the bars, like the other kids at the part and tried to figure out how to get it to start working.
"Do you want a push Sirius?" Andromeda asked.
"Yeah…I don't know how to start it…"
She stepped back behind the swing and leaned in close. "Okay, you need to hold onto those bars really tight, When I push you foreword, push your legs out straight and bend your knees when you come back okay?"
He nodded. She took the bars on the swing, just above his hands and pulled him back, then pushed him foreword. He did exactly what she said, and started laughing. She only pushed him one more time before going back to talk to her friend. She wasn't paying attention when he got bored with the swings and moved to the line fore the slide. His favorite part was when he got enough momentum from the slide to fall into the sandbox. After a few turns of the slide he got bored with it then turned his attention to the sandbox, where a couple of Muggle children were building a sandcastle.
"Where'd Sirius go…" Holly asked suddenly causing Andromeda to widen her eyes in shock.
"I completely forgot!" She looked around. "He has to be playing with one of the kids from your Mum's class." They looked around on the play sets, on the monkey bars, then to the slides and sandbox area, where he was face to face with a bully.
He hadn't meant to hurt this kid, that's what Andromeda had told herself over and over as they left the park. It looked so much worse than it really was. He'd apparently asked Sirius his name, the boy laughed and kicked over the castle, and exclaimed he looked too pretty like a girl to be playing in the sandbox like a boy. So, Sirius went to push past him and play somewhere else, pretending he didn't hurt his feelings, only a light push with accidental magic behind it made this, no so poor bully fall out of the sandbox, on his head and he lost a tooth. She'd only heard him scream, "Freak!"
The further they got from the park, the more he started to feel bad. He walked sluggishly, and it almost caused them to be stuck in the middle of the street while cars were coming. So she'd picked him up, rather roughly, and he started to cry. She felt like a complete idiot standing outside of the ice cream parlor with a blubbering seven year old, who looked like she'd just dug him out of the sandbox.
"What happened to your cousin Andy?"
She stared at Ted Tonks in awe, he came out in full uniform with a small ice cream cone in his hand in an attempt to calm him down. Only it seemed to make him more upset.
"I wanted to be a good boy all day…" He sniffled. "I want ice cream…"
"I brought it for you." He said nicely. "We can get you a better ice cream when you calm down, I'm sure you've been good." He handed him the cone.
"Thanks Ted, he had a run in with a bully, he's home schooled like I was, It was good for him to get out today and play with someone different.."
"He looks like he had fun." He looked him over, and laughed a little, he had so much sand on his shirt it looked like the color faded, it was even in his hair. "Might be a good idea to clean him up a bit before handing him over to his folks. Seems like he's in a better mood, it's slow so it won't be too long before I get off work."
"You feel better?" She asked, he nodded, nearly finished with the ice cream.
"What's your name?" Ted asked nicely.
"Sirius.."
"That's a nice name. How old are you?"
"I'm Seven."
"Well those cones are for three year olds right? I think we could get you and ice cream more fit for a Seven year old."
"Can I have more ice cream Andromeda?" he asked. "Please…?"
"Yeah, do you know what kind you want?" He seemed confused when Ted stepped behind the counter.
"Chocolate." He said without hesitation.
"What do you like with Chocolate ice cream?" Ted asked taking a nice sized scoop of chocolate ice cream and putting it in the dish.
"Chocolate cake and chocolate milk." He said a little too enthusiastically.
Andromeda smiled at him. "He means what do you want on it, do you want marshmallows, or nuts, or whipped cream, or cherries…"
"Yeah, cake and whipped cream and strawberries and chocolate cake and chocolate pudding Berite Bots beans.."
Ted started to laugh. "All right, I don't think we have quite all that here, but I promise to fix it up really ice for you okay?"
"I'm going to find Holly and get him cleaned up the Hogwarts way."
They all sat down at the table, she was surprised Ted had been able to get off of work half an hour early. They ate their ice cream while watching Sirius pick the gummy worms off his ice cream.
"I hope his parents won't mind that much chocolate, but I had to cover it in cookie crumbs after seeing him covered from head to toe in sand, I just had to." he said with a laugh. "I thought the worms were a nice touch."
"I'm saving them for last they're guarding my ice cream from the Dementors." He said in his most mature voice.
"I don't think there are Dementors anywhere near here." Andromeda said.
"Dromeda, is Ted a Muggle?" Sirius asked.
"No, I'm a wizard, my parents are Muggles though." Sirius watched him carefully.
"Do Muggles really steal magic from Wizards?" He asked.
"Well, Holly and I haven't had any problems, so I don't think Muggles can steal magic. I do think you need to be careful around everyone though, I'm sure there are Muggles who wouldn't be very nice to Wizards, just like there are Wizards who aren't very nice to Muggles."
"Or there are people like that mean kid at the park…that are just mean to everyone." Andromeda said.
"I didn't mean to use magic…He was really mean and disserved it but I wasn't trying to be a bad boy."
"I know, you're a good boy. I wonder what your parents are going to do if you don't get into Slytherin, you'd be the first I'm sure…Slytherins wouldn't stand up to bullies, sometimes I wish I'd of gotten sorted into Gryffindor."
"I think he'd be pretty well suited for Gryffindor, takes a lot of bravery to play with a playground full of Muggles." Holly replied.
"Mum and Dad would be mad, I have to do what they say…." Sirius replied unhappily now deciding it was the right time to eat the gummy worms.
"The sorting doesn't work that way." Andromeda said after a moment of silence. "It looks at who you are Sirius, and then it tells you want house you should be in. We've all been in Slytherin so far because our parents made us into people that would get sorted into Slytherin. You've always been a bit different, cheeky, energetic, brave…"
"Like when I told Bella she sings like a banshee and makes the whole family think we're going to die." He said happily.
They laughed. "Oh I bet he makes her very happy with that." Ted replied. "She always treats us so wonderfully at school…"
"She's really great to Sirius too, isn't she? Just before we got to the park she chased him around, because he told his brother she was going to wipe his memory."
"I don't like Bella, she's always mean to me and treats Regulus like he's daft. So I make her mad." He ate some more ice cream.
"You like Andromeda though, since your being so good." Holly said Sirius nodded in agreement, but as he was aware of the fact that his ice cream was melting, so he was in a hurry to finish it off.
"I think we all like Dromeda." Ted replied causing her to blush.
"Oh yes, and some of us like her more than others." Holly added.
Sirius was in the sitting room when his parents came back. To their surprise, he was sitting with Regulus and reading a book out loud.
"Where are Bella and Cissy?" Cygnus asked.
"Cissy complained Sirius was reading too loudly for her to do her school work and Bella isn't happy because he wouldn't read what she wanted him to."
"What did she want him to read?"
"Her Defense Against the Dark Arts book, they'd both be having nightmares for the rest of the week with the advanced stuff she's studying. I just gave him a book more age appropriate."
"How were they?" Walburga asked.
"Bella said Regulus was good until he realized we went to the park without him then he cried until she gave him some cookies. Sirius was awfully perfect, until Bella saw we came back and she called him a hell spawn, and they've both been perfect since then."
"You made sure to keep him away from Muggles?" Cygnus replied sternly.
"He wouldn't go anywhere near them, he said his Mum and Dad wouldn't approve. He's really been perfect, gave him a treat."
"He usually isn't too bad," Orion said suddenly more to his wife than anyone else. "Alphard doesn't have any problems with him either."
"We'll see you again on Christmas then, if not before."
They'd only made it back home before he decided to ask. It hadn't been a big subject while they ate their ice cream, and he would only be more curious if he waited. "Dad, Mum, what would happen if I got sorted into a something that wasn't Slytherin?"
"You won't son, don't worry about it. You're a pure blood, surely that's the most important thing the sorting hat looks for." His father replied. "Did Andromeda talk to you about Hogwarts?"
"Only a little…"
After dinner lead to uncomfortable questions. Both boys knew better than to bother their father while he read the paper. It put him in a bad mood, and was probably the only time he would yell with such force it surpassed their mother's volume. So, the sat at the kitchen table and played a game of exploding snap.
"How many times did you beat Bella Reg?" he asked.
"Lots of times. I think maybe ten, how come you guys left without me? I wanted to play outside too…"
"Well…Dromeda said you might be too excited by the park to stay away from the Muggles. He lied, "Next time we see her we can go again and you can come too."
"Your Father decided were going to Diagon Alley tomorrow." His mother said "He said if your both good tomorrow, you can have some ice cream."
"Really?" Regulus asked as if it had been the highlight of his day. "Dads the best! It's been so long since we had ice cream…Remember the last time Siri? Dad teased you and said Dementors came into the store, and when you looked away he took a bite." He laughed.
"At least I didn't cry like a baby when he tried mine."
"BE…nice...." Walburga scolded. She took a seat next to Sirius, likely so she could send him to his room before he had the chance to do anything too irritating.
"How come we're going to Diagon Alley Mum?" He asked before sticking his tongue out at his brother.
"Your Father was considering replacing your training broom…."
"REALLY WITH A REAL BROOM!?!?!" Both he and Regulus were overjoyed by the news.
"No, you can have a real broom after your first year, there's no point in you having one unless you can use it."
"Oh…" He sulked.
"He thinks your getting really good with the ones you have so, we should let you have new ones that can go a bit higher and faster…"
"But if you get one for just Siri we can't race anymore…He'll always beat me…"
"You'll be getting one for Christmas." She stood and went to where he was to comfort him. "Anything that's good enough for your brother is fine for you." She kissed his cheek and went out of the kitchen and up the stairs.
"Yeah, and she can't really stop me from letting you use mine when she doesn't sit outside with us."
Sirius added. "I'll tell Dad we need real brooms, we're big now right? You haven't fallen off since Kreacher scared you."
"Yeah…You can tell him we need brooms and I'll tell him for my Birthday we need things for Quiddich! It'll be great, we'll have lots of practice before school we'll be the best!"
"Yeah we will. We'll be ruling the school by the time Cissy leaves Hogwarts."
"Come on Regulus, get ready for bed and start you nightly reading. Everything you need is in Mum and Dad's bedroom for you. You won't get scared by a mean ghost again."
"Your bathrooms just as scary there's that big snake faucet in the tub, when it's covered with bubbles it makes me cry…."Regulus replied.
"Bubbles are for babies…" Sirius teased.
"What's that make you then Sirius? You wanted a bubble bath last night." His mother scolded. He crossed his arms and turned his head away from her in a disapproving manner. Regulus giggled.
"Okay Mum." He smiled and headed up the kitchen stairs.
"Your bed clothes are on our bed, and make sure to brush your teeth." She called after him, as soon as she heard the footsteps above them she turned to her oldest son. "I'm very curious about Andromeda, Sirius dear. Did she talk to you about Muggles?"
"Well yeah, she asked what I thought about them and I told her you and Dad say they're bad." He looked back over at her, she stared coldly at him.
"Cygnus said he was worried, she has very inappropriate friends, did you see any of her friends or was it just the two of you at the park?"
"Yeah, just me and Dromeda, and she made sure Muggles didn't come by me. I like Dromeda, she's not bad…" Sirius argued.
"You would tell us if she were bringing you around bad influences right? You'd tell your Mum and Dad if she were letting you play with Muggles because we don't want you to lose your magic, without your magic you wouldn't be able to go to Hogwarts, and that would just be awful, wouldn't it?"
"Yeah Mum…I'm a good boy.."
"All right." She kissed the top of his head. "Your Dad's waiting for you."
Regulus often left his door open so he knew when Sirius came back upstairs. Sometimes their father would tell him things about the ministry when they did the crossword. The news always somehow made him excited, their parents never talked to them about what his Dad did at work. But it also made him very jealous his older brother is the only one of them he shared this information with. He had to get ready for bed first, be tucked in first, and they fussed over how he slept. He did try to sneak downstairs once, his Dad didn't seem to mind in the least, as his Mother had convinced him she would. He let them both sit in his lap, and everything would have been fine had Sirius agreed to share the Quill. His brother however was determined Regulus couldn't spell the word Quaffle, which had been true at the time, but surely his Dad would of helped. So his Father tried to reason with them, telling him he could spell it to Regulus and he could write, then he would do the next one, it might have worked had Regulus not grabbed the Quill from his hand as soon as he dipped it in the ink and spilt the whole jar on his Father. That was the last time he'd been whipped, he remembered quite clearly.
After that horrible accident, he'd just gone to his bed and read out loud to himself, making sure he'd write down words he didn't know so he could ask his mother about them. He'd learned she was in a lot better of a mood if he came to her with questions. It also hadn't been long until Kreacher took to coming up to check on him, he didn't realize how long he'd been checking on him until his mother pushed him too hard. In an attempt to prove he could do anything his brother could, she gave him the book he had just finished, his Father imputed his advice, telling her it was far to early, he wasn't able to read that type of book. She argued he was just as bright as Sirius and wouldn't let her down, he got through about six pages and then burst into tears, his list had so many words on it he didn't know he barely understood what was happening in the story and he wanted his brother to come help, but he was forbidden to do anything to help him. Kreacher did though, he helped him understand the words, which were too advanced. It wasn't long however, until he wasn't interested in just reading with his house elf, and when Sirius was being punished, by being assigned extra reading by himself, he'd taught Kreacher how to play exploding snap. He was becoming very fond of his house elf.
"You came from Grandpa Pollox so, you always helped my Mum with things?" He asked his book was open on his bed sheets, the house elf stood uncertainly in his doorway.
"Of course, and Master Alphard and Master Cygnus."
"Uncle Cygnus doesn't have a house elf, did Dad have a house elf when he was my age?
"Master Cygnus and Master are not very fond of house elves.. Master rarely orders Kreacher to do anything."
Regulus was surprised he sounded upset. "Well that's good right? You clean all day and make us really good meals, so he gives you a break."
"House elves live to serve our masters, Master Regulus. Mistress makes sure Kreacher has things to clean and work to do, Master comes home, and Kreacher only has to get the table ready for dinner, clean up and shine Master's shoes…"
"If your bored you could always organize my chocolate frog cards." He pulled the box out from under his bed, and handed it to him. "But you have to be really quiet.. Mum has us making potions so I have to remember what all these things in this book are.."
"Of course Master."
He picked up his book again and looked over the pictures, afraid he'd forget them all in two days time when he was expected to know them. Sirius told him to ignore the core of the book for right now, and told him the only potions their Mother had them make were so simple he would recognize the ingredients. He felt unnerved, maybe his brother was teasing, she'd stressed how important it was for him to know everything in that book, but then his father had said if he didn't know them before Hogwarts, it would be hard, and it was the technique that was important, knowing how to chop, mix and patiently wait for the potions that he wanted them to learn. He heard footsteps and looked up from his book, his brother stood in the doorway eyeing Kreacher.
"Dad said some bloke at the Ministry said the Nimbus broom people made a whole set of training brooms that are better than ours. Dad said when I get mine, he and Mum can adjust it so it can go as high and fast as they want me to with their wand. He said it looks just like a Quiddich broom!"
"Can I try it? I won't let anything happen to it.."
"I don't have it yet, Mum could still tell him I've been the worst son ever so he won't get it for me." He crossed his arms. "I'm going to be good, then when she tells Dad I'm always bad she sounds like she's just being mean."
"But they wouldn't get you something else for your birthday, right Siri? They always get us something big, and an outfit and a new book and a bag of bertie bott beans. I think she was just saying if she doesn't think either of us is being good we can't have ice cream."
"We can have really good ice cream tomorrow. You told Mum you really like ice cream right?"
Regulus shrugged. Sirius thought he made it plainly obvious every time she mentioned ice cream, with how excited he got, but they rarely got it as a treat. "Mum didn't like giving us cake until I told her I really like it. Maybe she'd give us more ice cream if you told her."
"Mum and Dad like you better…you do more accidental magic…"
Sirius laughed. "I don't think they like me better. Dad always asks me about you, you shouldn't be afraid of him he's not going to punish you unless you do something bad.."
"Mum says he doesn't like being bothered.."
"Well when he's reading or eating, but when he says something to you, you don't have to run up to your room scared."
"He always sounds mad.."
"But if you don't do anything wrong he shouldn't scare you. That's just how Dads are, they make you scared because it's what they do." He strode over to his brother and gave him a hug. "I have to get ready for bed…they'll be real angry if we're talking when they come up.."
"Yeah…" He was hesitant to let go even though he knew they'd both be in trouble.
Sirius lounged in his bed, he put all of his pillows against the bed frame so he could relax. His parents would scold him the second they saw it, they'd tell him reading like that would only hurt his eyes. The first time his mother said it he replied, well Dad reads and he doesn't hurt his eyes. He heard him Mum knock on Regulus' door, so he started to move his pillows back to their proper position, he fluffed a couple out again, to give them the impression he hadn't dirtied his room since Kreacher cleaned it.
"You leave your door open for me?" His father asked, Sirius turned from what he was doing and smiled.
"What were you doing…" He asked, now heading over to his bed, arms crossed. "You better not be hiding something of your brothers…or candy you nicked from the kitchen.."
"No Sir, I just…" His father reached his arm behind the pillows and nodded.
"How's your reading?" he sat on his bed.
"Good…"
"How many pages did you read?"
"About eight…I was telling Regulus about the broom so.."
"Knew it was a bad idea to mention it, too excited, we're going to look at it, we're not going to buy it until we know it's a good broom…"
"I know." He smiled. "I told him that I might not get it but it sounds great Dad."
"Yes, your Mum thinks it's also a much better form of punishment. I mean why take your broom from you and make you sit inside when we can make it hover like a baby's toy broom…"
He frowned. "I don't want it to do that."
"Or make it go slower than your brothers so you can't win races with him…"
"I don't like that idea either." he crossed his arms and huffed.
He laughed. "Well, you'll just have to settle for being a good boy then. You can't let your brother fly on it when we fix it for you though, you understand? We wouldn't want him to get hurt."
"He won't get hurt…"
"He might…you want your broom to go faster, and faster and your very brave if you fall. I think he'd rather fly higher, so he can see more but he's not as brave, so if it goes too high he might get scared and maybe he'd let go and cry a lot, then your Mum will think you knocked him off his broom…."
"I don't do that I'm a good big brother."
"Yes you are." He pulled his comforter to his side and Sirius laid down, letting him tuck him into bed. "All warm?"
"Yeah…." He yawned. "I love you Dad."
"I love you too." He smiled. "I'll see you in the morning."
Yeah, I don't exactly know how cannon this seems as we know nothing about his parents except they drove him crazy and his mom screams a lot. I like the idea of him having a parent he likes, of course everything changed when he went to Hogwarts anyway. Comments and Reviews are awesome, if you give me feedback, I may very well be motivated to write something crazy and awesome. Also, this is really my first time writing something from the perspective of a boy, and it hasn't been too hard this far in, I hope I keep him to his character.