I do not own Harry Potter or any characters from the series. I only own the original characters and the plot line.

Chapter 1

"Sirius Black you asshole, come back here!" I screeched, taking off after the long legged prat who had a box of my belongings on him. My voice echoing off the now bare walls, once occupied by photos.

I finally caught up with him, he was sitting on one of the remaining pieces of furniture left in my home, box in hand. He glanced around at the bare room.

"It's so weird to think that your parents are letting you move into your own apartment." He smirked from his place on an old coffee table, its polish peeling off around the area where we had carved our names as children.

"When you think about it Sirius, I'm not really going to be living in it, I mean I still have two more years of school. Also the reason I have obtained this new apartment, is my parents way of getting me to go along with the whole arranged marriage I have had forced upon me." I replied, glaring hard at the thought of having no choice in the man I was to marry. All this because my parents wanted me to follow the pureblood tradition of marring a fellow pureblood. Sirius on the other hand was lucky though, his family were forcing no such marriage on him, he was a disgrace to the Black family because he defied and rebelled against them.

I looked at Sirius, a sad smile replacing his usual smirk. This house held so many memories for not just me, but him too. For the most part this had been an escape from the family that despised him, but not just that, it was also the place our friendship was forged.

"It's so different. It feels strange, as if any of the memories made here seemed to have disappeared with the photos."

My mother had spent so long turning this home into a suitable place for us to live, and yet as I stood in the bare rooms, if felt merely like a cold, vacant and empty shell of a home I once loved. I once again glanced around my old sitting room, before picking up a box from the floor,

"You ready to see my new apartment?" I asked, nudging a box towards him with my foot. It was one of the last boxes to be brought over as I had been trying to hold off the reality of my situation. He nodded his head and we apparated into the new apartment.

"It's nice." He replied placing the box on the kitchen table. Taking a good look around it. As he looked around I went to the cupboard and pulled out a bottle of fire whiskey and two shot glasses. He smiled as he saw me pour two shots.

"Just one, to say welcome to my new life!" I grimaced.

Sirius took the shot before downing it. I followed, enjoying as the liquid burned my throat. I sighed as I saw Sirius check his watch. I knew that he didn't really want to be here but I needed my oldest friend at this particular moment in time.

"I've got to go Isa, the Potters and I are going out for dinner with his grandparents. I'll be back soon, I promise." He smirked before apparating out.

I stood watching the spot where he had just been, wishing he could have stayed longer. I couldn't bare to face my new unfamiliar home, what I need most now was my family but they had thought this was better for me. They were wrong.

I owled Sirius asking when he would be over a few days later. I never got a reply.