Puppy Love

Disclaimer: Though I would forever love to, I sadly do not own JK Rowling's Harry Potter Books, or series. Though, I must admit I love her characters and plot and everything. . anyway, all the characters that have already been mentioned in the Harry Potter series are © to JK Rowling. Sierra Black, Casey Thomas and any other random chick is © to me, Kay. And about Mr. Black, Don is the actual Mr. Black that is spoken about in the books.

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Chapter One - Meet the Blacks

Growing up in the House of Black wasn't always an easy thing. With her parents being the 'anti-muggle' crazed people they were and her younger half-brother being a clone of her step-father, Sierra lived a life of anti-socialism. Her amusement? Bringing the house to complete disaster and destruction with her partner in crime, Sirius. She was the brains, he was the... well, the stupid one who actually carried out her plans. But nevertheless, the relationship between the Black twins was fairly good, considering that they've only lived with each other for two years. Confused? I'll explain.

Darek Black had met his wife, Rosalyn Scott, at the ripe age of twenty three. Before they had gotten married, about a year after they had met, Rose and given birth to a beautiful baby boy. His name was Logan Erik Black. They got married two years later, and brought another life into the world. Well, lives, to be exact. On the day of June 16, Sirius Gordon Black and Sierra Lynn Black were born. Rosalyn had cried and cried over the birth of twins, saying that it was usually a sign of a squib. Darek hadn't thought any of it, and after his wife had claimed that she would take care of the healthier of the two, he had left to once again live by himself... with the exception of the newly born.

Sierra had been taken away to live in a small country house on the outskirts of Yorkshire with her father. Since her father was a reporter for the Daily Prophet, he had been sent around the world to write news stories, leaving his daughter with the best Nanny he could find for his area. Leila Thomas, a muggle-born witch, had been given the job to take care of the growing Black. Sierra had been taken to stay at the young womans house whenever her father was away, and grew to live Leila like a mother. Leila had a daughter as well, born only a few months before Sierra and Sirius. Cassandra, a.k.a Casey, Thomas was Sierra's best friend. The two were always found with each other, and drove all Leila's boyfriends completely mad. Little did the three girls know, that it would be the only the three of them for many years to come.

At the age of four, Darek Black had been savagely murdered by a werewolf man who, as of today, is still currently unnamed. The small house on the outskirts of Yorkshire was sold to a young wizard, and Sierra was shipped off to live with Leila. The whereabouts of her mother was unknown, and it had taken the young mother two years to finally find the House of Black on 12 Grimmauld Place, London. Though, after the news of her deceased husband, Rosalyn was in denial. She wouldn't take her daughter, and she refused to communicate with the filthy mudblood again. Leila knew she couldn't keep Sierra as her own. She couldn't afford it. Paying for herself and her own daughter was hard enough. After three years of badgering, Rosalyn had finally taken her daughter, whom now was at the age of nine. A deep hatred was kept for her mother, who had already remarried to her Uncle Donald and conceived a child, Regulus. Though, finally reunited with her twin, Sierra had at least one thing to keep her life interesting.

Two years flew by. Sirius and Sierra, now at the age of eleven had received their letters from Hogwarts. Rosalyn was relieved. Any thought of the twins leaving the house was a good thought, according to her. Regulus, five years of age, was giving tantrums about why he hadn't gotten a letter to Hogwarts. But, smart Sirius, gave Regulus a sticky gum he had bought from Diagon Alley. His mouth didn't open again.

"You two!" Rosalyn glared, a long slender finger pointing at first Sirius than Sierra. "What in Merlin's name did you give him?"

Her once beautiful brown eyes were beautiful no longer, as they were flaming with anger and her pupils and shrunken in size considerably. Her dark brown, almost black hair fell into her face and her deep red lips formed a thin line as she starred accusingly at the two. The hair on the back of Sierra's neck rose, and her throat tightened. Unfortunately, it was Sirius who spoke up.

"We shut him up. He was screaming mom, and I was beginning to have a headache!"

Sirius had a stubborn look on his face. Even when not in his playful mood, Sirius Black was still a cute kid. With his dark brown, almost black hair cut to chin length and flared all over the place, and his deep grey eyes looking determined as they starred back at his mother. The eleven year old stood with his shoulders back and head high, arms crossed over his chest stubbornly and there wasn't one sign on his face saying he'd back down.

Just behind her twin, was Sierra. Ok... she got the brains, he got bravery. It's a fair deal.

Rosalyn's chocolate eyes switched from Sirius to his sister. As the piercing gaze rounded on her, Sierra somewhat shrank behind her brother. Her step-father she could stand up to, but when it came to her mother, she felt so small and insignificant. Sierra would rather stand up to a rampaging herd of buffalo than her mother. Knowing her mother, it was probably safer to face up to the buffalo.

"The both of you will go get your suit cases, immediately." Her voice was just above a whisper, but it was dripping with venom.

Sierra began to run, only to realize Sirius was still glaring at her. Rolling her eyes, the young girl tugged at his arm until he stumbled over, and she dragged him, literally, up the stairs the rest of the way.

"Sierra! I'm quite capable of walking up the stairs by myself!" Her brother hollered. "At least drop me! My butt hurts!"

"Ok." Sierra said with a smirk. Without any warning, the girl dropped him and turned around to watch him bump on his butt all the way down the stairs again. Sirius looked at her with an accusing gaze, but Sierra just shrugged innocently. "You told me to drop you!"

The girl turned around and whizzed off, leaving her twin mumbling incoherent nonsense while he climbed up the stairs. She ran down the hall to the very end, swung open another door and jogged up the stairs to the next floor. Living in the attic wasn't always the best thing in the world, but at least it was a room. Sierra wouldn't put it past her mother to make her sleep in the basement with Kreenin. Just the thought of the scary, schizophrenic house elf brought chills to her spine.

The attic was a fairly large room, with two beds, two dressers, one huge closet, a mirror, and a large rug in a wide-open space where the twins usually wrestled. All around Sirius's bed was the usual boy stuff. Posters of the Chudley Cannons and the Britain National Team, different broomsticks and a strangely large picture of a muggle motorcycle above his head. He had always claimed that someday, he would ride one. But, that was highly unlikely. All around Sierra's plain bed was posters of the latest group of musical witches. The White Flare. It also had random pictures of another girl, who varied in age.

The latest picture of Sierra's best friend, Casey Thomas, was her favorite. Casey had the forget-me-not blue eyes and long, stunning blonde hair that was held in a braid over her shoulder. She had a few freckles here and there on the bridge of her nose, but that was all thanks to the sun. Beside her best friend in the picture was Sierra herself. Both of the girls had muggle clothes on, and in the background was Leila cooking.

Because Leila was a muggle-born witch, and Casey was half-blood, Rose and Don had always treated the two like complete filth. Regulus would even make crude comments whenever they came around to visit. The only reason why Leila was ever allowed to visit is because the brave women threatened Rose with her life, family and reputation. In all honesty, the old hag probably didn't care for her family. It was her life and reputation she was worried about. But nevertheless, Sierra got to live with Leila and Casey for a month every summer, and the three always went out for Christmas dinner and to celebrate birthdays. If possible, Leila, Casey and Sierra were more of a family than the Blacks were.

The black haired girl walked over to her bed and slowly dropped to her knees, bringing out a large trunk from under her bed. It was completely black, with silver lining and her name carved into a silver name plate on the handle. Sirius had one identical to it, except his name was on the handle instead of her own. The large trunk, full of clothes and other junk, was dropped on her bed and soon enough, a muggle back pack full of books and parchment had accompanied it. Setting her pillow on top, Sierra starred at the pile of stuff long and hard.

"I'm missing..." She mumbled to herself.

"Your brain." Sirius finished for her, walking over to his bed and flopping down. Changing the topic with a sigh, the twin glared at the ceiling. "Mom is always angry with us. It's like, Regulus does nothing wrong. I can't wait until we go to Hogwarts. No mom.. No Don.. No Regulus.. and, we get to learn magic!"

At that, the boy's face lit up.

"Yeah.. and Casey will be there." Sierra added. "I hope I'm in Ravenclaw. They are said to be the smartest of the bunch!"

"Believe me, your chances just went down the drain." Sirius said, smirking at his sisters scowl. "Anyway, we'll probably be in Gryffindor. We won't be in Slytherin, like Mom. I remember her once saying that Dad had been a Gryffindor so since we take after our Father's good personality, there is no doubt in my mind we'll be Gryffindors."

"Yeah, Dad was great." Sierra whispered, spacing out for minute.

The room was in complete silence, until the door burst open. A pair of eyes turned around to stare at the empty doorway for a minute, worried if it was Kreenin or just one of the stupid ghouls acting up again. A pair of feet were heard coming up the stairs and soon enough, blocking a good portion of the doorway, stood Logan Black.

Their brother was fairly tall and had the handsome features their father had. Short, cropped black hair with (strangely enough) deep green eyes. He had been the only Black in the house to ever have green eyes. Though, Rose had said that her great grandmother had green eyes. He was fairly pale, like the rest of the Black children, with a more slim than muscular figure. He wore simple clothes, jeans and a t-shirt with his wand sticking out the butt. On his face was half a smile as he starred at his favorite two siblings.

"Hey guys. Worried?" Seeing two shake their heads, Logan smirked wickedly. "You should be. You know, you have to wrestle with a dragon to be sorted into the different houses."

Sierra's eyes widened, and Sirius only smirked. "Your joking."

Logan sighed and walked over to Sierra. "Yeah, I'm joking. Don't take my jokes so seriously Sierra. Do you honestly think Mom would send you to Hogwarts if you had to fight a dragon?"

Sierra raised an eyebrow. "Is that a trick question?"

Logan laughed and turned around, his back facing the twins as he walked through the door again and disappeared. "We're leaving soon, you gits."

Sirius rolled his eyes. "What time is it?"

"Uh..."

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"WE HAVE TO GO!" Rose screeched from the bottom of the stairs.

Sierra met his eyes and grinned. "It's time to go!"

After a few minutes of getting ready, each twin was prepared for the challenge that was set before them. Throughout thick and thin, they would conquer the inevitable. They would make the impossible, possible. They would defeat the odds. The Black twins would definitely not be late for the Hogwarts Express.

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Authors Note: This is the story, strangely enough, that I have the muse for at the moment. sigh I have a theory that since my muse flops from place to place, it's a fish, because fish flop. So... my muse's name will be Jimbob the Muse-Fish. Ok, please R/R on the story. Love ya!

Random Thought: All should download the song Pain by Jimmy Eat World. :D