Prologue
Light hit the window and spilt through it as the sun rose into the sky. In a shadowy corner, a girl watched with a blank expression. Her hair hung in silky tresses of blood red to her waist as it framed a delicately boned, heart shaped face. Husky blue eyes gleamed brightly as the light hit them and her skin seemed to grow whiter with shock. Shadowed features grew more evidently blank as she started to read a letter that she held in her hand that was currently shaking. The letter slipped through her hand suddenly, she started grinning and with a whoop of innocent laughter she swiped up the letter and raced out of the room.
Only to crash into a boy that was probably about to tell her about the letter he had gotten. He fell backwards with her falling too, only to break her landing and not his own. 'Oomph' was what came as he hit the floor and she landed atop of him. Both suddenly burst into a fit of laughter that could only be described as mischievousness mixed with insanity. She rolled off of him and sat up with a smile only a Cheshire cat could make.
The boy pushed back a long strand of black hair and revealed a sapphire set of eyes. His once pale skin was darkly tanned that rivaled hers and he flashed a playful smile of brilliant white teeth. Then with a growl, he pushed himself into a crouching position and watched her carefully. His voice came out almost timid and marauder's touchiness, but was deep and sincere.
"Going to Durmstang, then?" She frowned lightly at the question, and then answered back with a silky, but rough accented voice of Spanish.
"Do you want me to go, then?" He shot her a sharp look.
"No, that's not what I meant and you know it." She fluttered her eyelashes innocently.
"Well would you really consider me 'Durmstang material'?"
"You're an everything material." She glanced at him warily.
"Well in that case I'll just reconsider that decision of going to Hogwarts, then. Hmm?" He smiled almost maniacally as he suddenly launched himself at her.
"Valentine Cruentis Crocifissa, you're a bloody sly one, you are!" She shot a glare at him as she was pulled arms length away to be looked at with a beaming smile.
"Sirius Adrian Black, if I ever..." He held a hand up suddenly listening for something.
"Sirius Adrian Black, Valentine Cruentis Crocifissa if you don't get ready to leave, you're not going at all!" Came his mother's voice from out of nowhere. "The Potters are going to be arriving shortly with their son, James. If you do not dress appropriately, I'll have you disowned immediately!" Both winced and looked to one another in silence.
"Five years, five years..." Sirius sighed repeatedly in a silent promise.
"Five years until we're free from this world of hate," she swore softly with a glare that was directed to a stairway.
Both turned away and returned to their rooms in silence and pain. Silence because they would probably put in an orphanage quicker than one could say 'snitch'. Pain because of what they have been put through with living with a pureblooded family of haters and snakes. Together it was hellish agony at its best and nothing could change that in five years of waiting future. Although, they could at least have fun together during the next five years.
At the same time the sun rose is when an owl came to the window a tapping away. A boy skidded into the kitchen, opening the window in a hurry. The owl flew through and dropped two letters on the table and flew right back out in a matter of moments. Another boy came into the room and collapsed in a chair and took one letter. His fawn hair fell into his eyes as he read it. The boy at the window quickly took the chair next to him and grabbed his own letter, while pushing a strand of long dirty blonde hair out of his lightly tanned face.
"Hogwarts has set up a tip-top security for me," the fawn haired boy voiced with a wide smile.
"Really?" the blonde asked with sarcasm. "Why would they not for a proud boy like yourself Mr. Lupin. Remus, you need to get out more. You think too much about the simpler things in life that is set up for others and yourself." The other glared mockingly at him.
"Now Mr. Keilos," Remus chastised with a curled lip. "Would you be kind enough to stay out of my business? Oh Matti, that means my food also." The boy, Matti, flashed an innocent smile, but the gleaming mischief in his pale grey eyes magnified.
"Now Remus," he chastised mocking Remus' deep, rumble of a voice. "There's no need to accuse others of what you have done. You eat as if it were second nature; you wouldn't notice a thing if you eat the way you always do. Plus you watch your food as if it were your child, you mother hen. So don't go blaming me when it's not my fault!"
"Are you quite finished?" Remus asked with a calm voice, but his smile was huge and looked as though it hurt to smile that largely. A man that looked like an older Matti walked into the room with a huge smile like Remus'.
"Boys, have you eaten yet?" Matti's father, Naruko asked with a childish grin.
"Not quite," Remus answered with an innocent flutter of eyelashes that made all three of them laugh.
"Like that'll get you out of trouble," Matti laughed.
"Someday, it might save us all!" Remus replied with a child-like voice.
"In your dreams, mate!"
"Okay, well I'm off to get that muggle family. Can I trust you two to go to the Leaky Cauldron without a fuss?" Naruko asked clearly aware of their innocently, shining eyes that betrayed their motives of some unknown scheme. "I can't have your trouble topple onto my work, boys. I will ground the both of you from video games if there is so much as a foot out of line, Capiche?"
"Comprende!" Both boys exclaimed, saluting the man that had a twinkle of happiness sparkling in his eyes before vanishing with an audible 'crack'.
"So are you getting a pet, Luppie?" Matti asked with a wide grin.
"No," Remus answered with a sad and distant expression. "They don't usually trust my kind."
"I'll buy us both an owl, how 'bout that?" His friend's amber eyes shined and streaks of gold flashed brightly in those stunning amber eyes.
"And I want a cat," he went on. "But I think I'll pass for now."
"A little grim scared you into not buying a cat, eh?" The blonde flushed crimson and gasped mockingly in sudden hilarity.
"No, but I'm sure the little grim sure got what he deserved!" Remus looked surprised and suddenly interested.
"Tell me!" The blonde smiled like a little devil.
"Castrated to be exact." Both burst into shout of laughter while getting breakfast and eating it quickly only to leave for the Leaky Cauldron.