Seline tucked her long, silky, black hair behind her ears, and sighed. They were moving to a new home, Number 11 Grimmauld Place. She and her little sister would have to leave all their best friends behind. Her parents were excited though, they were moving in next to a family of purebloods. "And they have a little boy, just your age!" she imitated her mother's sickening honey-like voice. She probably expected Seline to fall in love with this boy and marry into a family of purebloods. "Fat Chance!" Seline replied out loud to herself, when in came her 2-year-old sister, Serene. She was clutching her teddy bear, and staring sadly at Seline, with her large eyes. "Hey Serene! Come on, why don't you sit by me? She said gesturing to the place on her bed next to her, they had just settled themselves down, when the bed beneath them disappeared, and they fell with a thud on the floor. "OUCH! Mum! You could at least have warned us before you packed the bed!" Serene began to cry. "You really should pay more attention to where you sit," her mom said coolly, the forced sweetness in her voice was gone. "And besides, you are supposed to be helping us pack!" Seline stood up slowly, "And shut that goddamned baby up for goodness sake!" said her mum before slamming the door behind her, and flouncing down the stairs. Seline picked Serene up and held her close, patting her back soothingly, "There, There, There," Serene stopped bawling and turned to stare at Seline through her huge, blue eyes. She sucked her thumb and shuffled out of the room, and Seline smiled, her grin quickly fading as she remembered that she was supposed to be packing.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*3 HOURS LATER*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
They pulled up in front of a grimy looking building, with a label,
GRIMMAULD PLACE in bold letters across the top. Seline looked reproachfully at their new home, carrying Serene as well. After they finished unpacking all their stuff, it was 12 in the afternoon and they were getting hungry, she was about to get some juice from the icebox but her mom stopped her, "We've been invited for lunch by our ever-so-kind PUREBLOOD neighbors," the syrupiness of her voice made Seline was to throw up, she was even more disgusted that her mom had put "pureblood" into emphasis.
Taking Serene by the hand, they opened the gate and went into the small, barren backyard shared by all the members of Grimmauld Place. They sat down upon a small bench beneath the only green plant in the backyard an orange tree, and Seline thought about their new home. Our house isn't that bad, I mean, it's luxurious and all, even though the outside looks so terrible, she thought.
"But I still haven't met that Black kid," she said out loud to no one in particular. "Well you don't have to wait much longer," said a deep voice from above, "You disturbed my nap!" he said, gesturing up at the tree. "How do you take a nap in a tree?" Seline asked, giggling. The boy observed her critically for a moment, and said "Follow me, he led her up the tree, showing her where to put her foot, so it was easiest to climb. Finally, they reached a small box sitting dangerously on a branch, he pointed to a small opening in the box, just large enough to admit a fairly thin person. Seline's eyes widened, but she did as she was told, and the box was nothing on the inside as it was on the outside, it was magnificent, there was a juice bar, a swimming pool, plenty of daybeds, and anything else an 11-year-old would desire. She gaped in awe at everything, and turned to see the boy grin, at the look on her face. "Yea, I know it's cool, I built it, I come here to get away from my parents' pureblood mania," he said shaking his head. Seline nodded, fully understanding why he wanted a place of his own, the boy's grim look was replaced by one of strained happiness, he held out his hand "By the way, my name's Sirius Black."