It's been a while since my first day starting Hogwarts but I remember like it was yesterday, oh what a yesterday that was:
"You be a good now, boy, you'll make plenty of friends in Slytherin. Long as you tell them your name. Don't forget your manners either. I didn't teach you all those things for nothing," says Mrs. Black as she fixes up her eldest son.
"Yes mother," Sirius Black nodded.
"And son, remember, I don't want you fraternizing with those mud-bloods and those muggle loving blood traitors. Stick with the pure of blood they'll always be there," Mr. Black said as he placed his hand rather roughly on his son's shoulder, finishing his sentence with a evil little smile.
"Yes father," Sirius nodded again.
"Well its 10:45, you best get going don't want to be late, remember a Black is never late," Mrs. Black waved her finger at Sirius as if she was scolding him
"Yes mother, bye Regulus," Sirius gave a small nod though he wanted to hug him again. At the memory of the morning he touched his cheek.
~That morning~
Sirius looked at himself in the mirror examining his most recent scars from his beatings when a knock on the door brought him out of his ravine.
"Sy, its 9:45. Hurry up you know dad hates to be late he's already getting aggravated," a younger boy says from the other side of the door.
"Oh OK Reg, I'll be down in a sec." Sirius tells him, "wait no I'll be out in a minute." He hurried up to get redressed and waved his wand effectively covering his bruises before leaving the bathroom to give his brother a hug. "I'm gonna miss you sy."
"I'm gonna miss you too, Reg." He kissed the top of his little brother's head. "Don't let them change you."
"I'm not as strong as you."
"They don't hate you as much as they already hate me, you are the golden boy, OK. Never forget it and use it to your advantage, OK."
"Yes," Regulus nods they give each another quick squeeze just before hearing heavy foot steps at the top of the stairs
"How dare you try to unravel years of lessons?" Orion yells backhanding his eldest son leaving an imprint of the black crest on his cheek "That will remind you who you are, now fix yourself up!" Orion yells before heading back down stairs.
"I love you big bro."
"I love you too little man, now go before you get into trouble"
"You know dad's right!" he exclaims with a wink and ran down stairs.
Sirius sighs and the followed his family to the fireplace.
~end~
"Good boys, now go we'll see you at Christmas break," Mr. and Mrs. Black pat their son's back and Sirius made his way to the train with one heave pulling his trunk up into the train then he looked back to see his family already on their way off toward their own personal fire place to floo back home.
All alone for the first time Sirius felt a slight weight lifted but not much, as he stared down the corridor he sees tons of kids laughing like old friends, since most of them were older he knew they must of been. Slowly walking down the hallway looking for a compartment he ran right into a girl who wore jeans and a t-shirt, and looked completely muggle and confused. Sirius's nose twitched, since he was a kid he was taught to hate Muggles, Muggleborns, and witches and wizards that love Muggles, he quickly sneered, "Stupid mud blood! Get out my way!"
The girl's mouth dropped and her bottom lip started to quiver as tears started to run down her cheeks. Sirius had always had a soft spot for when girls cry, he couldn't stand it.
"Now don't do that, it's OK I'm sorry-" but he was cut short when a fist made contact with his face, he was caught off guard and stumbled backwards into his trunk.
"Olive its OK. I got him for you," the boy said.
"Thanks Jam," she smiled her tears slowing, he shrugged with a smile and gave her a hug then turned to Sirius who was watching them.
"What are you staring at!" the boy snapped his hazel eyes glaring from behind his square rimmed glasses.
"Nothing!" Sirius snapped back then turned to the girl "I'm sorry for making you cry, I didn't mean to."
"It's OK not much harm done, your face OK?"
"Eh doesn't hurt much."
"Oh do you want it to!" the boy snapped again raising his fist this time.
"No, trust-" Sirius was saying until he was interrupted again this time by his cousin. Bellatrix Black, she was a good three year a head of them in fourth year.
"Sirius!" she yells angrily Sirius groaned slightly rolling his eyes.
"Yes Bella" he said in an almost too nice of a tone.
"Why are you talking to this muggle loving Potter?" he nose twitched in disgust.
"Potter?" Sirius looked back at the boy who smiled proudly as he was being mentioned.
"I usually go by James but that's OK, Bell is it?" James smirked at her.
"Not to you, to you it's Black" she snapped glaring at James but James was looking at Sirius who rolled his eyes at the sound of his cousin's voice. James started laughing and Bellatrix scowled pulling out her wand but someone came out from behind her.
"Now now, Bellatrix, we don't want to hurt poor Potter this early before classes start," Lucius Malfoy says easily towering over the group, "Now go back to your compartment and you three go where you need to be" he said and kept walking.
Bellatrix scoffed and turned heading back to her compartment without another word, once fully out of ear shot the three kids burst into laughter.
"Cya around, I guess," Sirius nodded and started walking off but then he was stopped by someone calling after him. "Oi!" James yelled and he turned around to see James running after him.
"Would you like to sit with us?" he asked slightly out of breath.
"Uh ummm sure, I'm Sirius by the way Sirius black," he held out his hand and James shook it "James, James potter" James smirked and Sirius couldn't help but smirk back but quickly caught himself and his face went expressionless again.
James frowned but shrugged it off and started walking with Sirius following him. James turned into a compartment just as the train started which made both of them fall onto each other. Sirius heard a girl giggling and looked up to see the girl again smiling brightly at the two.
Both James and Sirius got up both of them pink, both raise their hand to their head running a hand through their hair at exactly the same time but stop quickly noticing they were both doing the same thing and looked at each other.
"Stop copying me," they both say at the same time.
"I'm not copying you," it happens again.
"Yes you- stop!" they yell again, Olivia started dying of laughter.
"I'm not trying to" once again they say it together and in frustration they both run their hand through their hair.
"Ha!" they both say as if catching each other.
"Stop it!" they yell slightly whining, then started laughing.
"I think-" both still laughing.
"You go first" they sigh,
"I think this is the beginning of a great friendship" they say together nodding. Sirius put his trunk up on the rack.
"umm I'll be right back" Sirius said grabbing a small bag and leaving to change.
When he came back he was in a pair of muggle jeans and a black t shirt that hugged tightly to his boyish figure showing the muscles he has even though he's only 11.
James in the same thing but he had a Gryffindor quidditch jersey on with potter across the back and it had the number 32 on the front.
'Oh no the first person I meet and he want to be in Gryffindor, and befriends Muggles Merlin dad is going to just love this one' Sirius sighs thinking to himself and walks in.
"Wow," he hears Olivia and James rolls his eyes.
"Olive, do you have to be such a girl?"
"What is that suppose to mean!" she said her hair turning red as she glares at James.
"Nice hair" Sirius smirks.
"Don't mess with me" she then glared at Sirius but couldn't do it for long as he flashes her a charming smile. She blushes as her hair turned back to it's normal blonde colour. He winks at her causing her to giggle then Sirius and James busted out laughing.
"I hate you two!" she pouts and looks out the window, soon enough fell asleep.
"I might have woken her up too early," James laughs.
"Really, so are you two siblings or related to each other?"
"Oh no. She's my neighbour, muggle born, but she got a letter too, which I was happy because she was the only one I confided in, to tell I was a wizard," James smiled. "She's like a sister to me."
"Oh" Sirius nods.
"What about you and Bellatrix, is it?"
"Oh she's my cousin rather annoying too. She always told on me for some thing or other," Sirius sighs "I'm really sorry for calling her a mudblood." James winced at the word.
"Please don't use that word," James said.
"Oh sorry, bad habit." Sirius apologizes.
"No problem," James smiled and Sirius smiled back. James grinned wider as the door swung open.
"Any room in here where we can sit?" a rather tall boy asked his hair was neatly combed and he was already wearing his uniform. Sirius looked to James and they both shrugged.
"Sure come in," they both said then groaned.
"Not again," they sigh and Sirius moved next to James.
"Are you two twins?" a little boy says as he follows the other in.
"No," Sirius laughs.
"Just best friends at first sight," James laughed and the two nodded.
"Well I'm Remus Lupin and this is Peter Pettigrew," said the tall one.
"Nice to meet cha," James saluted them and laughed.
"I'm Sirius black and this is James potter and that's ....I don't know."
"Her name's Olivia Hunter," James smiles.
"What year are you in?" Sirius asks.
"First," they all chorus.
"Excellent!" Sirius smiled and the boy's spent the rest of the ride getting to know eat other. Though Sirius didn't want to become too close knowing that he'll end up in Slytherin which hurt so much because he seemed to be getting close to them no matter what.
They kept talking and once Olivia woke up she joined in the conversation, the train came to a slow stop and they filed out the train to the boats that brought them to the castle. Looking in awe James and Sirius grinned at the castle
"One big magical castle, should be plenty of fun. Especially for a few trouble makers," James grinned at Sirius who grinned back as they did a little high five type hand shake that they came up with on the spot that moment.
"Sweet," they laugh and the boats stop. All the first years are rushed into the castle where they met up with a woman stood smiling at them happily.
"Hello first years," she smiled. "I am professor McGonagall, right behind me is the great hall where you shall be sorted into your houses there's Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and Gryffindor," she beamed when she said Gryffindor and a few students giggle slightly.
Olivia was shaking in fear. "Jam I'm scared," she whispered.
"It'll be OK, Olive. The hat will put you right where you're supposed to be and you'll make friends and I'll make sure your safe and I'll see you everyday OK?"
"Thank you James."
"No problem," he smiled. Sirius couldn't help but be sick to his stomach because of James words 'the hat will put you right where your supposed to be.' What if he's not suppose to be with his new friends? What if he gets placed in Slytherin? No he won't let it happen. He knows he was always different then the rest of his family, and now he'll prove it.
After a few got sorted "Black, Sirius!" was called out the hall went into giggles and Sirius rolled his eyes as he sat on the stool he noticed the Slytherins ready to start clapping. He smirked and the hat was placed on his head "curious very curious....your heart tells me Gryffindor but here in your mind the greatness you can accomplish tells me Slytherin but your traits are that of a Gryffindor and you blood screams Slytherin..." this went on for about five minutes. "This almost stumped me but I got it" the hat yells.....
"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat yells Sirius's eyes went wide then the whole Slytherin table yelled "WHAT!" but it was drowned out by the Gryffindor clapping slowly. Sirius walked over to the Gryffindor table tons of people congratulated him and he smiled but would not look to the Slytherin table where everyone was eyeing him, well more like glaring dangerously at him.
The sorting continued when, "Evans, Lily." Was called once the hat touched her head it called out Gryffindor. She smiled with pride and took a seat across from Sirius, "Hi I'm Lily, muggle-born you?"
"Oh um hi I'm Sirius, pure blood," they smiled at each other then looked back to the sorting. It was Olivia's turn she scurried into the chair and sat patiently as the hat was placed on her head. "GRYFFINDOR!" the hat yelled and Sirius clapped for her, "you go olive!" him and James seem to yell at the same time. James looked over to Sirius who gave him a shrug while laughing a big smile on his face.
"Omdl (A/n: Oh my dark lord) look he's smiling laughing talking with muggle-borns" Bellatrix growls quietly.
"Lupin, Remus," once the hat touched his head it screamed. "GRYFFINDOR," Remus smirked and made his way to the table sitting next to lily a few more people were called.
"Pettigrew, Peter," the little boy happily scampered to the stool bouncing on it as the hat was placed on his head. "Your an energetic little boy and I know exactly were to put you ...... GRYFFINDOR!" The hat yells and the boy squeaks as he pranced down to the table taking a seat next to Sirius.
"Potter, James" everyone watched James strut up to the stool girls started whispering and giggling and Sirius took notice to lily rolling her eyes. Chuckling slightly he watched James's sorting.
"May I put the hat on you, Mr. Potter" McGonagall asked as she watched him as he sat down and started messing with his hair "if you must" he said with a smirk she rolled her eyes laughing at him and placed the hat on his head "loyal, arrogant little prankster I know exactly where to put you," the hat chimed. "...GRYFFINDOR!" The hat yelled and James's yes echoed through out the hall, he happily went and sat in between Sirius and peter "nice one" he did his hang shake with Sirius again and they watched the rest of the sorting.
"Snape, Severus," Lily seemed to squeak when she heard this name everyone raised an eyebrow at her, but she didn't seem to notice. "Ahh yes I was wait for the likes of you .......SLYTHERIN" the hat yelled and they Slytherin table cheered, glared at Sirius and cheered some more. "Poor Sev." Lily said and gave him a pleasant smile and he nodded slightly back.
Once the sorting was done, Dumbledore made a small speech then tons of food was shown before them. They all tucked in. It seemed as if the four boys that just met each other were related because they all ate a lot and seemed to talk like they have known each other for years. Once the feast was over. They followed their prefect up to the Gryffindor common room after a quick tour through the castle.
Once in their common room the first years sleepily ran up to their dorms for a good night's rest. But not Sirius, He stood up looking out a window thinking as he wrote to his parents 'I'm in Gryffindor, I have friends that love Muggles and muggleborns and a few muggle born friends. Wow. I've undone eleven years of brain washing in the course of a day I say a day well spent' Sirius smiled to himself and crawled into bed after sending his very vague letter.
Sirius was woken up from his delightful day dream of his first day at Hogwarts when the Knight Bus stopped in front of him. He jumped on going to his second favourite place in the world, the Potter Manor.
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."