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Growing Pains

Chapter Two – Inside Closed Doors

One Severus Snape sat in the corner of the Slytherin Common Room and buried his nose in a book. Though he was doing anything but read. No, Severus was calmly listening and watching what was going on around him. It was rather interesting. Sure the Slytherin's were proud and arrogant to the outside world, but once in the safety of the Common Room, they were anything but. Well most were. Morganna Zooks seemed to be born arrogant. There she was now, sitting in the centre of the room in a high backed chair and calmly watching everyone. Beside her sat Scarlett O'Hara. Sweet little Scarlett seemed to be always sucking up to the other girl. It made Severus sick just watching it. Over the top of his book he watched as Bellatrix Black stormed into the room. She seemed to be in a foul mood. Severus backed further into his corner. Behind Bellatrix came two burly fifth year boys.

"That stupid, arrogant, idiot cousin of mine!" shrieked Bellatrix, startling a couple of first years. Morganna ignored the dark haired girl and continued to flip through a fashion magazine.

"What happened Bella?" asked another fifth year girl, Isabella Nott. It was said the blond twin had a soft spot for Sirius Black, though she would rather kill herself then admit it.

"Oh he did nothing seeing as he is in the Hospital Wing," at this, Severus saw Isabella relax and lean back a little. "No, it's his stupid Muggle-loving friends!" Bellatrix did not look like she was going to calm down anytime soon so Severus raised his book and blocked her out.

It was perhaps half an hour later that he felt someone sitting next to him. Still he tried to ignore them. Then that coldly pale hand reached out and lowered the book. Severus found himself looking into the eerily calm blue-green eyes of one Taliyah Parkinson. She grinned at him, those deep red lips forming a strangely haunted grin. Something had happened to her at the end of second year, something had happened to them all. And it was all to do with Morganna. But what ever it was, it had changed Taliyah for the worst.

"Reading again Severus!" she said in that strange hallow voice of hers. Severus gave her a tight grin and tried to raise the book again. Once they had been friends who shared their secrets. But Taliyah came back after second year a different person. Though she acted the same and still talked to him, Severus could tell that she was different. No longer were her eyes laughing, no longer was her vibrant skin glowing in health and no longer was her shiny brown hair full of life. Instead it was as though she had been drained of life. Her skin was pale and cold, her eyes haunted and dead. Her hair was still full of life, but it was a different life. In fact, she was so changed it scared Severus sometimes.

"Go away Taliyah!" he said pulling the book from her cold grasp.

"Make me!" challenged the lifeless girl. She grinned at him again, showing her teeth in what was once a friendly, open smile. Now it seemed cruel. Severus glared at her and stood up to leave.

"Buzz off Parkinson, go flirt with Rabastan again!" he snapped. It hurt him to be mean to his only friend, but right now he was in no mood to talk to her. Turning on his heel, he stomped away towards the dorm. However, luck was against him.

"Where are you going Sevvie? Not to your room I hope?" it was Morganna. Cool, calm and collected, she stood up and flipped her dark hair over her shoulder.

"So what if I am?" challenged Severus turning to face her, a scowl across his face.

"Oh, but you did promise to help me with my homework! So help me!" Morganna snapped suddenly, her perfect lips turned down in a perfect frown. Severus' scowl deepened. How he hated helping others. Least of all Morganna with her cool green eyes watching him so like Lily Evans' eyes.

"You seem preoccupied, I think tomorrow!" he snarled and continued his way up to the dorm.

"You'll be sorry Severus Snape!" shrieked Morganna. She hated being turned down. Severus only shrugged. He had heard her shout at him before and it always amounted to nothing. So he wasn't really worried. If he had stayed down there he would have witnessed two girls fighting each other. Morganna could not help but hate Taliyah, and Taliyah felt the same way. The two had started trading insults the moment Severus had left the room and it took two seventh years to separate them.


It was day three of visiting Sirius in the Hospital Wing and still he had not improved. James sat talking to his comatose friend as he absently fed him some sort of mush for lunch. Regulus had been in every day at breakfast which had surprised James at first. Not that he minded, but it surprised him that Regulus would actually care for his brother. Just as he finished feeding his friend, Madame Pomfrey came over with a bottle and spoon in her hands. She looked a lot happier then any other time James had seen her.

"Mr Potter, I need you to help feed this potion to your friend," she said with a grin, "It is going to help him wake up I hope!" James was only to eager to help. But after they gave it to him nothing changed.

"It didn't work!" James moaned but Madame Pomfrey only shook her head, grin still in place.

"Come back at dinner Mr Potter if you wouldn't mind!" she said ushering him from the room. James had no choice but to leave and go to class. Remus had saved him a seat which was odd, for Remus always sat with Madelyn. He asked about Sirius as always and seemed pleased that he might be cured by dinner. They all agreed that it was far to quiet without Sirius around. Anyway, it was full moon in four days. Peter was sitting next to Matilda Sprout, a fifth year Hufflepuff girl and seemed rather taken with her. So James spent the class flicking paper at Peter and his 'girlfriend'. History of Magic was boring anyway and Remus took notes for them so he had no reason to concentrate. Lily Evans shot him disapproving looks throughout the class, not that he noticed. After class James took to teasing Peter as they walked towards Charms. They had this class with the Ravenclaw's so Peter had said goodbye to Matilda. Remus and Madelyn were walking hand in hand, ignoring James and Peter completely. Not far ahead walked Lily with two of her friends. She was talking to them and from what James could hear, they were talking about Morganna Zooks of Slytherin. But once they entered the classroom, they stopped gossiping and concentrated on the lesson. James decided he would ask Regulus what was happening with Morganna.


It was warm and comfortable where he was lying. He felt safe and like nothing was going to hurt him. And that alone confused him. Every time his mother had force fed him the yellow goo he had never felt safe. For five days he would sleep and not be able to wake up. He could sense and feel what was going on around him but he could not wake up or help himself. Other times, Regulus would sneak into his room and feed him something, but that was not often as their mother often caught him and Regulus hated to get in trouble. This time he had heard James talking to him and James had fed him. That alone was embarrassing enough, but James had also helped Madame Pomfrey with other stuff. Stuff he didn't want to think about. But now he felt himself stirring which was odd. He knew it had not been five days yet, only just three. So why was he waking up. Sometimes he preferred to be kept asleep because then he didn't have to face the world. How he hated to feel afraid. So Sirius tried hard to fight the potion running through his system and bringing him back to life. It didn't work. Slowly he opened his eyes. It was completely white. Blinking a few times, he realised he was in the Hospital Wing. Sirius rubbed his eyes with a heavy hand and tried to sit up.

"Oh, you're awake!" cried Madame Pomfrey. She seemed pretty happy and rushed over. Immediately she began to examine him. Too weak to protest, Sirius sat there and let her fuss.

"Mr Potter will be overjoyed! Both he and your brother were rather worried. I was worried myself as well; whatever it was your mother gave you is very hard to cure. Professor Slughorn worked a long time to come up with an antidote. We believe it was a form of Muggle disease called a Coma. How your mother managed to make it deadly I have no idea, we are still working on that. Now you need to drink this and then rest!" Madame Pomfrey handed him a mug of something that was hot and smelled rather inviting before walking away. So Sirius raised it and took a cautious sip. He grinned a wide grin. She had given him hot chocolate. After he finished it, he put the mug beside his bed and lay back down. Slowly, his eyes drifted shut once more and he fell into a natural sleep.


"Sirius, you awake yet?" James' voice broke through his peaceful sleep and Sirius moaned as he opened his eyes.

"Hey James," he croaked as he slowly sat up.

"Sirius!" cried James flinging himself at the groggy boy and wrapping him in a large hug. Sirius smiled at his friend's antics as he let himself be hugged. Sirius loved hugs and would do anything for them to last. Showing any sort of affection in the Black family was frowned upon and would surely earn the wrong-doer a decent whipping. So naturally, Sirius became very good at hiding his emotions. Though every now and then he would vent them by throwing a huge tantrum.

"So when can I get outta here?" asked Sirius as James let him go.

"When you finish this according to Poppy!" James said handing his mate a bowl of mush. Sirius looked at it in disgust and was just about to put it aside when the doors opened and someone crept in.

"Hello Sirius, you look better!" Regulus Black said with a shy smile for his brother.

"Why are you here?" Sirius asked. James frowned.

"Because I told him to come and he has been here every morning helping me with you! So don't you go all snarky on me!" snapped James motioning for Regulus to sit down. The younger Back brother sat down and stared at his brother, a challenge in those dark blue eyes of his. Sirius huffed and placed the bowl of mush to the side.

"Aren't you going to eat that?" asked Regulus picking it up and offering it to his brother. Sirius shook his head stubbornly. To his surprise, Regulus smirked and picked up a spoonful, bringing it closer to Sirius' mouth. So Sirius clenched his jaw shut and turned away. Something softly brushed his cheek and instinctively he turned his head, opening his mouth. Regulus shoved the spoon in his brother's mouth just as Sirius shut his mouth. James couldn't help but begin to laugh at his friend's predicament. Regulus joined in with his quieter laugh.

"So Regulus, I overheard some people talking about Morganna Zooks. What is so interesting about her?" James asked once Sirius had started to feed himself. Regulus scowled and looked down.

"She is far to snobbish for her own good!" he mumbled. Taking a deep breath, he looked up. Sirius was watching him in interest and James was waiting patiently.

"You know Morganna is related to Merlin and Morgan le Fey right? Well she likes to brag about it and all these special powers she has inherited from them. She claims that she was responsible for what happened in your second year and, though it didn't happen like she wanted, she was glad of the results." Regulus took some time to watch the two boys process this information before continuing. "I don't know what is so interesting about her but most of the girls fawn about her and even some of the younger boys. All I no is she is a self-centred, cunning girl who demands to have her own way. Taliyah got on her wrong side and Morganna will not let anyone talk to her. It's best to stay on her good side. I don't know what else to tell you guys!" Regulus looked at the two dark haired boys in some confusion. Sirius shrugged and lay back in the bed while James just looked thoughtful.


Bellatrix Black sat in the Common Room and watched. She was watching Taliyah as the other girl bent over her book studying. Ever since the end of second year, the kind-hearted girl had changed. Ever since the accident. Even Sirius has changed. And Bellatrix did not like change. It had hurt her when Sirius was sorted into a different house and it hurt her when he had made new friends. Before they had been like twins, joined at the hip. Now they hardly spoke. Deep down it hurt her. But she was not going to let that hurt show. Not when Morganna was around. Secretly, Bellatrix was pleased to see Melody back at school. It was rumoured that she had been home-schooled while recovering from that fateful day in second year. Bellatrix only had Charms and Care of Magical Creatures with Melody, so she saw she was reasonably recovered. Bellatrix remembered that feeling of helplessness when the explosion had taken place and the feeling of lose when she couldn't find Sirius. Andromeda had tried to calm her down but had become equally upset upon finding her little cousin missing. Only Narcissa had remained calm throughout the whole ordeal. As if knowing she was thinking of her, Narcissa entered the Common Room and sat next to her sister.

"Penny for your thoughts Trixi?" asked the beautiful blond.

"Nothing interesting Cissy," Bellatrix answered. She picked up her Charms book and started to flick through it.

"Sirius woke today," Narcissa said softly. So softly that Bellatrix almost didn't hear her. In fact, she wished she hadn't heard her. Now if Aunt Walburga asked if Sirius was awake, she had to say yes. It was most unfair. As if to add to her misery, Regulus quietly entered the Common Room. Narcissa motioned for him to come over, but Bellatrix frowned. She was not in the mood to talk to Regulus. So as Regulus slowly came over, Bella stood up and started to walk away. She passed Taliyah on her way and felt sorry for the quiet girl as she was forced to sit alone. Morganna could be so cruel some days.

Going up to the dorm was no better. Scarlett O'Hara was up there with Isabella Nott. The two were talking about boys and it seemed Morganna had a soft spot for Isabella's brother, Jackson. Bellatrix processed this information and hurried out the room again. If there was one way to make Morganna upset, it was to take the boy she was interested in. Bella had done this several times and it made Morganna suck up to her and do anything. It seemed boys were Morganna's weakness. Spying Jackson sitting with Rabastan and Daryl Avery, Bellatrix made her way over and settled between them, making sure to lean close to Jackson. Very carefully, Bellatrix glanced up at Morganna and sent her a sly smile before huddling closer to Jackson and pretending to be interested in what they were saying. Little did she know, but Ruldolphus Lestrange was also watching her with narrowed eyes. This sly girl was sparking an interest with him.


so what do you think? you still likeing it? i hope so...i luv the slytherins...specially Bellatrix and Morganna and Taliyah...well i especially luv writing Morganna and Taliyah cos i made them up but Bellatrix is soo fun to write cos she basically a female verions of sirius in a way!!!! well review and let me no what you think!!!!!