A small, dark haired boy lay fast asleep. A sliver of morning sunlight danced across his peaceful face. Suddenly, there was a swishing noise, and a large brown owl soared through the open window next to the boy's bed. It alighted on the blue bedspread, and dropped the letter clutched in his beak. Then the impatient owl started pecking lightly on the boy's hand. Startled, he awoke. The boy stared blankly at the letter placed by his hand. Drowsily he picked it up, as the satisfied owl flew back through the window. He ripped open the letter casually, as though it was perfectly normal for owls to fly into your house in broad daylight and deliver mail.
The boy unfolded the letter, and read it hurriedly. Then he excitedly jumped out of bed and bounded out of the room. After leaping down a staircase, he started yelling, "I got it! I got it!"
And just when an younger boy suck his head out from be hind a door it occurred to Sirius that no one would care. Almost all of his family hated him. As Sirius predicted the younger boy that had priorly appeared said angrily,"Shut up Sirius, some of us were trying to sleep!"
"But I got it! I'm going to Hogwarts, I got the letter!" Sirius said breathlessly.
"No one cares!" another voice said. It came from a girl with extremely curly black hair who had just stuck her head out from behind a door further along the hall.
"Regulus shut it, you need to be nice to your brother!" another girl from across the corridor joined in, "and Bella you couldn't stop talking about your letter for weeks!"
"Thanks Andromeda," Sirius said as he turned to her.
"No problem. Come here and let me see," Andromeda Sirius's favorite cousin replied, "And don't you dare listen to cousin Bellatrix or your brother for that matter." As Andromeda said her last few word the two doors behind them were slammed shut. "Hey! I'll tell you what, on Friday I'll ask your mom if I can take you to Diagon Alley to get your school supplies."
"I'm sure she'll say yes, 'Meda!" Sirius said happily. "For heaven's sake she'll be glad to get rid of me."
"Sirius! Don't talk like that!" The 16-year-old girl said, but inside she knew what her little cousin said was true, "Well, anyway I can't wait to see you at Hogwarts."
"You know what I can't wait for? I can't wait to meet ol' Teddy Tonks your boyyfrieeed! Sirius teased.
"Shut up you," she said playfully, then snapped into seriousness, "better get upstairs before your mum comes."
Not wanting to be yelled at by his psychopath mother, Sirius retreated to his room.
Over the next few days Sirius stayed in his room as he almost always did. He only came out for meals. When Friday finally came, Sirius woke up early and got ready. Then he picked up his list of school supplies and tucked it safely in his jacket pocket. After a few hours of boredom there was a knock on the front-door. Sirius was the first to it, and opened it wide.
"Meda!" Sirius said as If he didn't know she was coming.
"Ready to go bud?" She asked cheerfully.