Chapter 1: The Start of a Bittersweet Summer

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It was a balmy, sunny day as the students of Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry boarded the train for home. General euphoria swept through the loading platform. Everyone was eager to see their loved-ones at home, and to go on their family vacations. It took mere moments for the few hundred students to all get onto the train and get settled, allowing the train to start the journey earlier than was expected. The only student not happy to be going home was a certain Sirius Orion Black.

He was not looking forward to his summer vacation for a slew of reasons. For one, he wouldn't be able to see his best friends for at least a month. Then, his family would not be going on vacation, even though they could well afford one. But, the most revolting of them all for him was the fact that he would have to see his family. The same family he had spent all year trying to deny any and all relation to. For the Black family were what he called "text-book evil". They hated any and all people whom were not up to their standards. Half-breeds, muggleborns, blood-traitors, magical beasts, they were all looked down on in his family. Not to mention they were all and/or had been, Slytherins. He counted himself lucky that he had defied tradition and gotten into the Gryffindor house.

This, of course, didn't win him any brownie-points with his parents. Especially the fact that he was friends with both a blood-traitor and a muggleborn. If they knew he was friends with a werewolf, well, they probably would disown him right then and there.

His friends apparently noticed that he was quiet as he thought about these many things, because he was soon brought out of his thinking and into a conversation.

"Padfoot, mate, what's wrong? You've been staring out of that window since you got onto the train. That was nearly twenty minutes ago! You're never that quiet that long."

Sirius turned to his bespectacled friend, James, slowly. "I can to stay quiet for that long. I just don't feel like talking is all."

He heard a sarcastic snort on the other side of his seat.

"Not like this you can't. And you never feel like not talking. I can never shut you up usually."

Now turning to his sandy haired friend, Remus, Sirius answered him. Albeit, a little less nicely.

"Yes I can. I just did, didn't I? And what does that prove?" James glared at him.

"Don't get smart with him! He's just trying to help you. You're worrying us, you know. We just wanna help."

Remus joined in. "So swallow your damned pride and tell us what is so horrible that can make you so quiet."

Slightly shocked, Sirius finally gave in.

" You wanna know, huh? Well, you should have already known why. The fact that I'm going home is enough to depress anyone."

This time, surprisingly, his third friend, Peter, actually spoke for once.

"Well, that may be true, but you aren't going to be at your parents' house all summer. You're coming to James' house with the rest of us in August, right?"

Sirius did have to give it to Peter. He had a good point.

"Yeah! Mom and Dad already okayed it with your parents, too. So we know for sure that you're coming." Sirius smiled gratefully at James.

"Yeah, you are right."

"Not to mention the new two way mirror James gave you. You can talk to him whenever you want to without your parents ever knowing." Remus added.

Sirius smiled at his friends, happy to have such great ones. "That's true, to. You know guys, this may be the best summer I've had in years."

Peter clapped Sirius on the shoulder. " Of course it will be, mate. We're all behind you 100%."

The other two nodded in response. Feeling a lot better than he had at the beginning of the journey home, Sirius settled in to enjoy the rest of his time with his friends before their arrival to the station. Little did he or any of his other friends know, that this would be an extremely bittersweet summer. One that would try their friendship in whole new levels. And alienate one of them from the rest forever.

Author Ending Note:

Thank you for reading the first chapter of my brand new story! This will be my very first chapter story of all time. So please, please, please R&R! Thanks again and look out for my next (more exciting)chapter.

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