Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Summary: "I used to be there,' said Sirius, pointing at a small, round, charred hole in the tapestry, rather like a cigarette burn.' But what if that charred hole had covered two names...what if Sirius had a twin?
Disclaimer: I'm just a kid with a load of ideas about what Sirius was like, don't sue me I'm not making any money from your brilliance JK, honest!
Just Sirius
"Um...can I sit here?" Sirius asked, popping his head around the compartment door.
"Yeah, sure," answered a thin boy with a mop of messy black hair and glasses, "I'm James, James Potter."
"M'Sirius," Sirius mumbled.
"Sirius what?" James said, openly staring at Sirius' shabby appearance as he sat down opposite him.
"Just Sirius,"
"No...what's your last name?"
"I don't have one"
"What was your parent's surname?"
"I don't have any parents."
"Oh...I'm sorry," James backtracked quickly, "Did they die?"
"No" Sirius answered bluntly, fiddling with a small hole in one of his second-hand robes; he didn't like people asking him questions about his miserable life.
"What happened to them then?"
"Probably still living in their bloody mansion with their f****** perfect son, sparing no thought for me and Adie freezing our butts off on the street."
James, though taken aback by the other boys sudden outburst and use of naughty words (A/N he's only 11) did not show it and continued with his questions. "Who's Adie?"
"Adhara, my sister"
"OK...and you've got a brother...right?"
"Wrong, I have no family except Adie."
"But you just said..." James stuttered, confused.
"I said I have no parents." Sirius decided he'd had enough of talking to this inquisitive boy and so turned to stare blankly out of the window until an old witch came into the carriage the boys were sharing with a trolley filled with food. Grinning slightly, Sirius went to see what food she had to sell, he hadn't eaten in two days. He ambled slowly around the cart, then when he saw the woman glance away, he shot out his hand and grabbed a pumpkin pasty. He smiled charmingly at the woman and proceeded to tell her, "I'm sorry ma'am, I'm not really hungry," before sitting down again. As soon as the lady had gone he pulled the pumpkin pasty from out of his shirtsleeve, took the wrapping off and began gobbling it down. It wasn't until he had finished that he noticed James looking at him disgustedly. "What?" he asked.
"You nicked that didn't you?" James almost snarled at him.
"Uh...yeah," Sirius replied.
"Didn't your mother ever tell you stealing is wrong?" James asked scathingly.
"Like I said, I've got no mother and how else do you think I'm going to get food?"
"Uh...money?"
"Do I bloody look like I've got money" He suddenly realised that James was staring at him like he was a madman and so was very relieved when the train shuddered to a halt at Hogsmeade station. He clambered onto the platform with all the other students and followed a giant of a man, who was shouting for all the 'Firs' years,' to a small fleet of boats. They sailed across a large lake towards a huge castle with many turrets. When they arrived at the castle they were met by a young teacher called Professor McGonagall.
The teacher welcomed them to the school, "In a few minutes you shall step through the door on your right and into the Great Hall, you will be sorted into one of four houses, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin. Whilst at Hogwarts your house will be like your family," Sirius' face darkened at the mention of family, "If you do well in class you will gain points for your house, but if you misbehave you will lose points, is that clear? Right then let's go on in." The first years followed her into the Great Hall, gasping at the sheer immensity of it and at the ceiling that was enchanted to look like the night sky above. Glancing up, Sirius easily recognised his bright star and Adhara's in the constellation, Canis Major. He smiled inwardly and then almost jumped out of his skin when an old battered hat began to sing.
[insert hat song here, make one up yourself, I'm no good at songs and
poetry, I may try and write one later]
Professor McGonagall took out a long sheet of parchment and began to call out names, "Aadry, Beth"
The girl walked up to the hat and placed it on her head, it called out "HUFFLEPUFF!" One of four tables burst into applause and the girl went and joined that one.
"Black, Sirius" Sirius, scowling at the use of his last name, heard James gasp behind him, the Black family were very much into the dark arts and many families were afraid of them. He also heard people whispering, everyone knew the names of the Black children, yet here was one they had never heard of. He pulled the hat over his head and was shocked when he heard a voice inside his head.
"Interesting...very interesting, you are very clever and have a quick mind, the qualities of a Ravenclaw, but you are also very loyal and protective, the qualities of a Hufflepuff, then most prominent of all, you have the qualities of a Gryffindor, you are very brave and daring. Yes...yes...you will make great fiends there, but be warned, not everyone is as they seem, GRYFFINDOR!" The hat shouted the house name out to the rest of the school and Sirius went to sit down at his new house table, all to aware of the deathly silence that surrounded him, everyone was staring at him, who was he? Where had he come from? And why wasn't he in Slytherin like the rest of the Black family? After a couple of minutes of silence the sorting began again, but Sirius paid no attention, he was gazing up at the star Adhara on the enchanted ceiling which seemed to be even brighter than his own star in the sky, even though his was the Alpha in the constellation Canis Major and Adhara was only the Epsilon.
He was startled out of his reverie when a girl sitting next to him with stunning green eyes and gorgeous red hair asked him, "Aren't you going to eat anything?" He glanced down at the table and realised with a start that the sorting was over and the tables were now laden with food. It was the most food he had seen in years and he felt sick at the sight of it, but to keep the girl next to him happy he picked up a piece of bread and started chewing on it, lazily. "What's up with your family? Everyone's talking about them." She was speaking to him again.
Sirius' face darkened and he spat out, "I have no family."
The girl looked at him strangely before asking him what star he had been looking at. "My sister's star, Adhara and my star, Sirius in Canis Major which is there," he said, pointing out the constellation.
"I've got a sister too, her name's Petunia, she's horrid. How old is your sister?"
"Eleven."
"Wow...are you like twins or something?"
"Yes, 'cept she went to Beauxbatons, I only just managed to earn enough money to buy her school uniform, it costs almost twice as much as the Hogwarts one does."
"Didn't your parents buy your uniform for you? And where's Beauxbatons?"
Sirius' face darkened again and he growled, "I have no parents," then he looked at the girl sitting by him and offered her a small smile, "Beauxbatons is in France, what's your name by the way?"
"I'm Lily, Lily Evans." The two spent the rest of the feast chatting amiably about what lessons they were looking forward to most, Sirius soon found out she was a muggle born and so also spent a lot of time telling her about the wizarding world. Soon the feast was over and the headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, gave a speech and allowed the students to go to their dormitories. Sirius and Lily followed a ginger haired prefect called Arthur Weasley into the Entrance Hall and were about to follow him up a flight of stairs to the Gryffindor common room when a tall black haired girl, much resembling Sirius, grabbed hold of him and shoved him against a wall. She was flanked by two older lads who were flexing their muscles and glaring at him with evil glints in their eyes. As the girl held him against the wall one of them pummelled his fist into Sirius's stomach whilst the other punched him in the face, he felt blood pouring from his nose as he heard the girl whisper menacingly in his ear, "I thought Aunt Isa told you to go and die on a street corner when she kicked you out. Ooh, she won't be happy with you, ya little b******, where's your sister, I'm sure your mother would like to kill her too."
Seeing red, Sirius kicked out at the girl and shouted, "You stay away from my sister," However he immediately regretted his outburst when the girl stepped back, angry at his defiance, allowing the two boys to step in, they immediately set into him, punching him repeatedly in the stomach and face. He heard Lily scream to the prefect for help and soon felt the boys stop their blows and a strong pair of arms lift him up, he snuggled into the warm arms and soon fell unconscious.
Okay, how was that? Don't be too harsh, it is my first attempt at a fanfiction. Please review, any ideas for future chapters etc are much appreciated. I'll write more soon even if you hated it because I like writing and I have so many ideas in my head that I need to get them down on paper. My friend thought of the title, she didn't even know what the story was about, what did you think of it? She'd love to know! Nirvana rule!!! Peace.
Summary: "I used to be there,' said Sirius, pointing at a small, round, charred hole in the tapestry, rather like a cigarette burn.' But what if that charred hole had covered two names...what if Sirius had a twin?
Disclaimer: I'm just a kid with a load of ideas about what Sirius was like, don't sue me I'm not making any money from your brilliance JK, honest!
Just Sirius
"Um...can I sit here?" Sirius asked, popping his head around the compartment door.
"Yeah, sure," answered a thin boy with a mop of messy black hair and glasses, "I'm James, James Potter."
"M'Sirius," Sirius mumbled.
"Sirius what?" James said, openly staring at Sirius' shabby appearance as he sat down opposite him.
"Just Sirius,"
"No...what's your last name?"
"I don't have one"
"What was your parent's surname?"
"I don't have any parents."
"Oh...I'm sorry," James backtracked quickly, "Did they die?"
"No" Sirius answered bluntly, fiddling with a small hole in one of his second-hand robes; he didn't like people asking him questions about his miserable life.
"What happened to them then?"
"Probably still living in their bloody mansion with their f****** perfect son, sparing no thought for me and Adie freezing our butts off on the street."
James, though taken aback by the other boys sudden outburst and use of naughty words (A/N he's only 11) did not show it and continued with his questions. "Who's Adie?"
"Adhara, my sister"
"OK...and you've got a brother...right?"
"Wrong, I have no family except Adie."
"But you just said..." James stuttered, confused.
"I said I have no parents." Sirius decided he'd had enough of talking to this inquisitive boy and so turned to stare blankly out of the window until an old witch came into the carriage the boys were sharing with a trolley filled with food. Grinning slightly, Sirius went to see what food she had to sell, he hadn't eaten in two days. He ambled slowly around the cart, then when he saw the woman glance away, he shot out his hand and grabbed a pumpkin pasty. He smiled charmingly at the woman and proceeded to tell her, "I'm sorry ma'am, I'm not really hungry," before sitting down again. As soon as the lady had gone he pulled the pumpkin pasty from out of his shirtsleeve, took the wrapping off and began gobbling it down. It wasn't until he had finished that he noticed James looking at him disgustedly. "What?" he asked.
"You nicked that didn't you?" James almost snarled at him.
"Uh...yeah," Sirius replied.
"Didn't your mother ever tell you stealing is wrong?" James asked scathingly.
"Like I said, I've got no mother and how else do you think I'm going to get food?"
"Uh...money?"
"Do I bloody look like I've got money" He suddenly realised that James was staring at him like he was a madman and so was very relieved when the train shuddered to a halt at Hogsmeade station. He clambered onto the platform with all the other students and followed a giant of a man, who was shouting for all the 'Firs' years,' to a small fleet of boats. They sailed across a large lake towards a huge castle with many turrets. When they arrived at the castle they were met by a young teacher called Professor McGonagall.
The teacher welcomed them to the school, "In a few minutes you shall step through the door on your right and into the Great Hall, you will be sorted into one of four houses, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin. Whilst at Hogwarts your house will be like your family," Sirius' face darkened at the mention of family, "If you do well in class you will gain points for your house, but if you misbehave you will lose points, is that clear? Right then let's go on in." The first years followed her into the Great Hall, gasping at the sheer immensity of it and at the ceiling that was enchanted to look like the night sky above. Glancing up, Sirius easily recognised his bright star and Adhara's in the constellation, Canis Major. He smiled inwardly and then almost jumped out of his skin when an old battered hat began to sing.
[insert hat song here, make one up yourself, I'm no good at songs and
poetry, I may try and write one later]
Professor McGonagall took out a long sheet of parchment and began to call out names, "Aadry, Beth"
The girl walked up to the hat and placed it on her head, it called out "HUFFLEPUFF!" One of four tables burst into applause and the girl went and joined that one.
"Black, Sirius" Sirius, scowling at the use of his last name, heard James gasp behind him, the Black family were very much into the dark arts and many families were afraid of them. He also heard people whispering, everyone knew the names of the Black children, yet here was one they had never heard of. He pulled the hat over his head and was shocked when he heard a voice inside his head.
"Interesting...very interesting, you are very clever and have a quick mind, the qualities of a Ravenclaw, but you are also very loyal and protective, the qualities of a Hufflepuff, then most prominent of all, you have the qualities of a Gryffindor, you are very brave and daring. Yes...yes...you will make great fiends there, but be warned, not everyone is as they seem, GRYFFINDOR!" The hat shouted the house name out to the rest of the school and Sirius went to sit down at his new house table, all to aware of the deathly silence that surrounded him, everyone was staring at him, who was he? Where had he come from? And why wasn't he in Slytherin like the rest of the Black family? After a couple of minutes of silence the sorting began again, but Sirius paid no attention, he was gazing up at the star Adhara on the enchanted ceiling which seemed to be even brighter than his own star in the sky, even though his was the Alpha in the constellation Canis Major and Adhara was only the Epsilon.
He was startled out of his reverie when a girl sitting next to him with stunning green eyes and gorgeous red hair asked him, "Aren't you going to eat anything?" He glanced down at the table and realised with a start that the sorting was over and the tables were now laden with food. It was the most food he had seen in years and he felt sick at the sight of it, but to keep the girl next to him happy he picked up a piece of bread and started chewing on it, lazily. "What's up with your family? Everyone's talking about them." She was speaking to him again.
Sirius' face darkened and he spat out, "I have no family."
The girl looked at him strangely before asking him what star he had been looking at. "My sister's star, Adhara and my star, Sirius in Canis Major which is there," he said, pointing out the constellation.
"I've got a sister too, her name's Petunia, she's horrid. How old is your sister?"
"Eleven."
"Wow...are you like twins or something?"
"Yes, 'cept she went to Beauxbatons, I only just managed to earn enough money to buy her school uniform, it costs almost twice as much as the Hogwarts one does."
"Didn't your parents buy your uniform for you? And where's Beauxbatons?"
Sirius' face darkened again and he growled, "I have no parents," then he looked at the girl sitting by him and offered her a small smile, "Beauxbatons is in France, what's your name by the way?"
"I'm Lily, Lily Evans." The two spent the rest of the feast chatting amiably about what lessons they were looking forward to most, Sirius soon found out she was a muggle born and so also spent a lot of time telling her about the wizarding world. Soon the feast was over and the headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, gave a speech and allowed the students to go to their dormitories. Sirius and Lily followed a ginger haired prefect called Arthur Weasley into the Entrance Hall and were about to follow him up a flight of stairs to the Gryffindor common room when a tall black haired girl, much resembling Sirius, grabbed hold of him and shoved him against a wall. She was flanked by two older lads who were flexing their muscles and glaring at him with evil glints in their eyes. As the girl held him against the wall one of them pummelled his fist into Sirius's stomach whilst the other punched him in the face, he felt blood pouring from his nose as he heard the girl whisper menacingly in his ear, "I thought Aunt Isa told you to go and die on a street corner when she kicked you out. Ooh, she won't be happy with you, ya little b******, where's your sister, I'm sure your mother would like to kill her too."
Seeing red, Sirius kicked out at the girl and shouted, "You stay away from my sister," However he immediately regretted his outburst when the girl stepped back, angry at his defiance, allowing the two boys to step in, they immediately set into him, punching him repeatedly in the stomach and face. He heard Lily scream to the prefect for help and soon felt the boys stop their blows and a strong pair of arms lift him up, he snuggled into the warm arms and soon fell unconscious.
Okay, how was that? Don't be too harsh, it is my first attempt at a fanfiction. Please review, any ideas for future chapters etc are much appreciated. I'll write more soon even if you hated it because I like writing and I have so many ideas in my head that I need to get them down on paper. My friend thought of the title, she didn't even know what the story was about, what did you think of it? She'd love to know! Nirvana rule!!! Peace.