Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, do NOT own Harry Potter or any of the characters. If I did, there would be much more sex than there is in the books. ::sigh:: Unfortunately, J.K. Rowling owns them. Don't sue me. I a penny, shoes, and the fifth Harry Potter book. You won't get much.
Warning: Throughout the story there are going to be dark subjects. Rape, slash, incest, self-mutilation, suicidal tendencies, depression, etc.
PRINCESS OF SILENCE
CHAPTER ONE: FIRST YEAR, FIRST FIGHT
"Black, Bellatrix." Professor McGonagall read. The pretty raven-haired girl confidently sat down. The hat had barely touched her head when it shrieked—
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Black, Sabriel." Another black-haired child stepped forward, this one a boy. He, too, seemed to carry an air of confidence, as well as arrogance.
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Black, Serenity." The entire Great Hall was whispering. Three Blacks? This girl, however, was nervous. The hat rested on her head for a moment.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
The applause was immediately halted when Professor McGonagall read the fourth name on her list. "Black, Sirius."
"GRYFFINDOR!"
When they were eating it was James Potter who asked the question. "So, are you guys, like, quadruplets or something?"
"Triplets." Sirius answered promptly. "Me, Serenity and Sabriel. Bella's our cousin." Serenity said nothing, just looked at James briefly before continuing to eat
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Lily Evans heard the girl crying. Their only other roommate was sleeping soundly, so it was Lily that stood up and whispered to the darkness. "Serenity?" Immediately the crying ceased. "Serenity?" When Lily gently opened up the drapes around the girl's bed, Serenity was expertly faking sleep.
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The next morning at breakfast, Serenity showed now signs that she had heard Lily the night before. She was quietly eating toast and fidgeting.
The morning owls swooped through. A red envelope landing directly between Sirius and Serenity. The boy cursed and Serenity began biting her fingernails. "You didn't do anything, through." James protested quietly.
"'Course I did." Sirius said as the envelope started to smoke. He reached into his robes. "I'm not in Slytherin."
"SIRIUS ORION! SERENITY OLIVIA! I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO—"
"Silencio." Sirius muttered, pointing his wand at the Howler. It continued to move, but no sound emerged.
Lily Evans dropped her spoon. "But a Silencing Charm is O.W.L. level." she croaked.
"Yeah, and it's the first word I learned." Sirius said, it coming out more angrily than he meant for it to. "If you lived with my mother you'd know it to."
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Transfiguration was the first class of the day. Serenity sat beside Lily, behind Sirius and James. The former kept turning to look at her every thirty seconds or so, as if he was afraid she might have disappeared.
The typical desk into a pig spell was showed. Then Professor McGonagall set them on the task of turning a match into a need. She walked about the room, checking on her students' progress.
Serenity was doing the proper wand movement, but she wasn't speaking the incantation. "Miss Black, you need to say the words." McGonagall said at the same time Serenity's match turned into a needle. McGonagall's eyes widened. "Have you always been able to do magic without words, Miss Black?" Serenity looked up at her and started biting her nails. "Miss Black?"
"Professor?" Sirius said.
"In a moment, Mr. Black."
"Professor, Serenity doesn't talk." Sirius said quietly, looking at his sister.
Professor McGonagall turned. "Mr. Black, I told you—" Then what Sirius had said registered. "She doesn't speak?" Sirius shook his head. "Miss Black, is this true?" The girl, who had been examining her needle, nodded without interest. "But, we would have know if she were a mute. If this is your idea of a joke, Mr. Black—"
"She's a selective mute." Sirius interrupted, painfully aware of the fact that now the entire class knew. "She hasn't talked for two years. When IT started, he thought miserably.
Professor McGonagall seemed to have resumed her calm demeanor. "Well, as it doesn't seem to hider her ability to perform magic . . ." She waved her hand at the class. "Carry on. Five points to Gryffindor, Miss Black."
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After the first month of classes, Serenity's true colors began to show, something that tickled James and Sirius pink, made Remus fight to turn laughs into coughs, and made Lily frown. Serenity was very much Sirius' triplet, it just took her longer to adapt to new situations.
After getting kicked out of the hospital wing with James, ("Honestly, Madam Pomfrey, I'm really worried Serenity's losing her voice.") the raven-haired girl got in her first fight, with none other than her cousin.
James and Serenity plopped down next to Sirius and Remus, near the lake's edge. James was grinning.
"Well, if it isn't my two Gryffindor cousins." The four looked up to see Bellatrix with a group of Slytherins, among them: Sabriel, a second-year named Lucius Malfoy; and a black-haired boy from their Potions class, Severus Snape.
"Go away, Bella." Sirius said impatiently.
"You ought to be nicer to me, Sirius, for all we're family." Bellatrix said coolly.
"Unfortunately." Sirius said calmly.
Bellatrix smiled and turned to look at Sirius' sister. "Nothing to say, Serenity?" she asked, a cruel smile forming on her lips.
"I'm warning you, Bella." Sirius said, standing up and pulling out his wand. James followed suit. Remus, however, stayed sitting next to Serenity, his hand inside his robes, fingers clutched around his wand.
"Tell me, Serenity," Bellatrix said, ignoring Sirius; everyone with her had pulled out their
own wands, "how does it feel to be dumb and stupid?"
Sirius raised his wand to curse her, but Serenity was quicker. In a few seconds she had throw herself at Bellatrix and had already given her a black eye.
Professor McGonagall had just come outside to tell of a few fifth years for terrorizing some first years. "What on earth?" she gasped, crossing the grounds.
Serenity spat in Bellatrix's face. "Stupid slut!" the Slytherin screamed.
Sirius forgot that Professor McGonagall was ten feet away from them, forgot there were five wands pointing a him. His anger at Bellatrix outweighed his logic. He pointed his wand at her.
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"Explain yourselves." Professor McGonagall demanded, glaring at the four students in front of her desk. Bellatrix had already been sent to her Head of House's office.
"Bella commented on Serenity voice problem." Sirius said in a calm voice. "Something about 'dumb and stupid'. Serenity attacked her, Bella called her a slut, and I cursed Bella. James and Remus didn't do anything."
Serenity was sitting in a chair with her arms crossed, her expression livid. Her hair was messed up from Bellatrix defending herself. She was mouthing curse words and glaring at Professor McGonagall.
"Fine. Potter, Lupin, you may go." After the two boys had left, McGonagall glared at the two triplets. "Do you two have anything to say for yourselves?"
"She deserved everything she got." Sirius said defiantly.
"Ten points from Gryffindor and detention."
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So, did you all like? I hope you did. Please R&R. There are six more chapters to come, (they're written but not typed) and if I don't get a lot of feedback, I won't bother posting. Not to be mean, I just don't want to post if no one will read.
This chapter was very tame compared the to the next few chapters.
Here's a preview of CHAPTER TWO: THE SILENCE OF TEARS:
Serenity stumbled into Transfiguration class fifteen minutes late, having complete missed History of Magic. There was a tear in the seam of her robes, her hair was a mess, and there was a cut on her left cheek.
Professor McGonagall's hand flew to her mouth as Sirius leapt out of his seat. Serenity only wore that expression when . . .
He ran to the front of the classroom just in time to catch his sister as she fainted.