Chapter 1 - The Start of Everything

Vega awoke with a sense of dread. The day had come for her 11th birthday, and she was- quite frankly -terrified to receive her letter. She was excited to finally leave the orphanage behind, but she was worried as to what house she was in. The owners of Mary's Orphanage for Magical children were a Hufflepuff and a Ravenclaw, so she had already read about the four houses. She also knew of both her parents and their houses. What scared her the most though, was the fact that she didn't want to be consumed by what her house would embodied. If she was in Gryffindor, she didn't want to completely ignore the rules and the danger for herself. If she was in Slytherin, she didn't want to become a big-headed, bigoted pureblood. If she was in...you get the idea.

Vega slowly got up and went about the morning routine. She brushed her teeth, washed her face, and got dresses in simple jeans, t-shirt, and everyday robes. When she finally headed down stairs to breakfast, she was greeted with a chorus of "Harry Birthday"s from her half-asleep fellow wards. When the post arrived, an owl flew straight to Vega and dropped the all-to familiar letter on her empty plate. She had been at the same orphanage 10 years and had watched countless other receive their letters.

"We'll have to go shopping for all of your things on Friday," Mrs. Mary, the guardian, said. "For now just sent the reply back of your acceptance."

"Yes, ma'am."


Friday arrived swiftly and before she knew it, Vega and the other 11 year old were Flooing to the Leaky Cauldron. Once they arrived, Mrs. Mary lead them to Gringotts, where she allowed Vega extract funds for both pocket change and her school supplies. After Gringotts, the trio traveled to Madam Malkin's to get fitted for both robes and uniforms. Once they had each bought a few uniforms, they went throughout Diagon Alley gathering the rest of their things. They got writing supplies, books, potion ingredients, and the cauldron before finally reaching the pet stores. Vega decided on a cat, a cute persian kitten with a light gray fur that fluffed up around her face.

Once they had finished up with the animals, they headed to Ollivander's. Vega waited patiently as John the only other 11 year old at the orphanage was fitted for his want, before it was finally her turn. The moment that all 11 year old witches and wizards became witches and wizards.

"Ah, Miss Black, I have been expecting you for quite some time now." Ollivander said. "The spitting image of your father. Ah, and Mrs. Welden, holly with dragon heartstring correct, 10 ½ inches?"

"Correct as always Mr. Ollivander."

"Now let's get you measured, hold out your wand arm." Ollivander said, directing Vega. She did as she was told and held out her left hand. While the tape measure went about measure every part of her arm, Mr. Ollivander had disappeared into the back of the store, reappearing moments later with a long, red box.

"Try this, willow and phoenix feather, 9 inches, supple." Ollivander held out a wand, but as soon as she touched it, the lamp on the counter between them broke. Ollivander wasted no time in taking the wand out of her hand and placing another in front of her, while Mrs. Mary fixed the lamp with a wave of her want.

"11 ¾ inches, ash and unicorn hair, unyielding." This time half the boxes on the shelf fell off in a shower of wands.

"Nope, definitely not." Ollivander waved his wand and the boxes restacked themselves on the shelves. This happened many times, going through almost 20 boxes before Ollivander offered her one from a very dusty box on the bottom of the shelf. The want was a light color and had a simple design of runes around.

"Try this one...13 ½ inches, beech wood, thestral tail hair, supple…" As soon as she touched the wand, she felt different. There was a warm feeling spreading from her hand to her head and toes. When she waved it, purple and black sparks left the tip.

"How odd. Miss Black, I remember every want I have ever sold and not a single one has the same core as yours, In fact, I think there may only be one other wand in existence to have the same core. Thestral tail hair is…very curious indeed. I believe we can expect great things from you."


The rest of the summer holidays past uneventfully, until September 1st finally arrived. Almost half of the children in the orphanage went with Mrs. Mary to Kings Cross and crossed the barrier to platform 9 3/4. The older kids helped some of the younger ones get their bags on the train before heading off to catch up with friends. Vega found an empty compartment on the tail end of the train and situated herself there. After a few minutes two girls knocked on the door. They looked to be twins they had the same dark skin and black hair as well as similar features. One however had much makeup on, whereas the other had no cosmetics applied.

"Mind if we sit here." The one without makeup asked.

"Sure," Vega replied. "My name is Vega Black."

"Padma Patil and this is my twin sister Pavarti." The one without makeup, Padma, said.

"It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Same."

We sat in silence as the train departed. After roughly half an hour of compatible silence, Pavarti spoke for the first time.

"Are you from the wizarding world?" she asked.

"Yes, I'm assuming you two are muggle-borns, right?" Vega asked.

"Is that a problem?" Pavarti asked, her tone hinting at hostility.

"Not for me, but for some it might. Some people who are born from large wizarding families, or pure-blood families, don't seem to understand that we are all equal in our right to practice magic. They are raised on the ideal that they are better that everyone despite practicing the same magic. I might come from a family like that, but I have never shared those ideals." Vega replied honestly.

Both of the twins looked relieved, as if they had not wanted to run into someone who thought they were lesser then they were. After that, conversation became easier, although Pavarti soon left to find someone else to talk to. Padma on the other had was very similar to Vega, in that they both valued education and reading. Vega tried to explain as much of the wizarding world as she could knowing that if she were not of this world she would want to know as much as she could. In no time at all, they had arrived at Hogwarts.


Author's Note -

Hey Fanfic world,

So this is it, my first fanfic. I have always loved Sirius and I wanted to do something with his kid because I think he would be a great dad. Sorry for any grammar errors, I tried my best. I am think of switching it to first person for all the other chapters, because it was harder to remember to use third person for this chapter. Any reviews are welcome as well as any thing you think I could do better.

See you next time...