"And now I present, representing every normal kid and what they will be wearing next season, Tai Reynolds" an announcers voice screamed over a microphone. Tai felt like crying. Or screaming. Maybe a combination of the two. It was such a joke this "normal kid" thing. Sure, she was pretty, and was a model, and an actress, and a singer. But she was also one unhappy kid. She was England's image of the way a kid is supposed to be. Tai walked down the runway, her perfect smile in line, showing off the clothes that she personally wouldn't wear in real life. As if she had a real life. Her life consisted of shows, interviews, recording studios, movie sets, an incredibly annoying agent, and two very overprotective parents. Meet Tai Reynolds, age 11 years old and desperately wanting her life to change.

She had no idea how much it would change.

Sirius Black sat in his room feeling gloomy. His Aunt Catherine, his Uncle Regimens and his cousins Bellatrix, Narcissa, and Andromeda were here. He had been instructed by his mother after being found in the garden covered in mud when a fire cracker exploded wrongly, to go up to his room and clean up. He lay down on his floor and listened to his mother and Aunts voices in his mothers office which was directly below his room. He often listened there trying to learn what he had done wrong to be grounded to his room. His Aunts rich voice drifted up to him "little tyke, now if he wasn't so handsome I would just loathe him, but he is good looking, but he is always into something isn't he?". He could imagine the look on his mothers face at this. She tried to gloss over his good looks and his younger brothers serious lack of them by pointing out Sirius's many faults as much as possible. He sighed and walked downstairs. At least his favorite cousin Andromeda was there. She was a year younger than he, and would be arriving at Hogwarts the next year. Sirius could hardly wait to get there, he was expecting his letter any day now. Andromeda, like Sirius didn't approve at all of their families anti-muggle attitude. Meet Sirius Black, age 11, desperately awaiting his Hogwarts letter, so he and his awful family could finally have some separation.

James Potter stood making polite conversation with Luscious Malfoy. His parents were having a banquet and the Malfoys of course were present. He noticed a sullenly handsome looking boy standing with the Blacks, on the other side of the room. The boy looked about as bored as James, and his age too. He supposed that would be Sirius Black. A pity, because the Blacks, like the Malfoys were very anti-muggle. James's parents were letting him decide for himself on this issue, although they were very pro-muggle. Luscious had just spent the past ten minutes preaching muggles inabilities, stupidity, etc. James found muggles to be fine. He didn't' see what the big issue with the pureblood thing was. James saw the boy that he supposed to be Sirius walk out of the house into the garden. Politely excusing himself from Luscious, James, cheering inside for getting away from that annoying git, went outside as well. He walked up to the boy and sat down on the bench next to him. "My names James Potter, what's yours?" the boy, supposedly Sirius, looked up. "Oh, hello. I'm Sirius Black." He looked up quickly to see what James reaction would be to this. The Potters and the Blacks had been battling it out for ages. Getting courage from the fact that James had just looked interested, he went on. "I really don't like these parties, don't you? I mean there dead boring, all you do is talk." James agreed readily. "Yeah, it gets so dull. I wish we could do something for a laugh, don't you?" Sirius looked hopeful. He had a glint of mischief in his eyes that was growing stronger by the second as the conversation went on. "Yeah definitely. You don't happen to have any Fillibuster Fireworks on you, do you?" Soon the two boys were planning excitedly. A quarter of an hour later, the punch exploded and went all over the guests. As soon as the commotion died down a bit, both Mr. Black and Mr. Potter went to find their sons. They found them out with the other children, where they of course had been for the last 15 minutes. As soon as two very suspicious fathers left, two eleven year old boys laughed themselves silly at their ingenious prank. From then on James Potter and Sirius Black were the best of friends.