Chapter Two
I was quickly learning how difficult magic was, Regulus told me I was a quick learner though and it made me blush and loose the gnome I was pulling out of a strange plant in Herbology. He laughed as it ran away and a Hufflepuff girl screamed, he looked at me and put his finger to his lips in a don't-say-anything kind of way and we giggled together.
We had so many different classes and it was rather hard to keep track of them all. Regulus and I were constantly swapping notes and helping each other with homework. We had Herbology, History of Magic, Charms and Potions in the morning. After lunch we had Flying, Defense Against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration. Then after dinner we had to climb all the way up to the Astronomy tower for that class. Once we got up there it was a great view though. Until Professor shoved our heads down into our telescopes.
Before I knew it the snow had started falling and we were making plans for break. I was going home to visit Mum and Dad for the first half, and then I was being sent back to the school because my parents had important Ministry business that they had to leave the country for. Regulus offered to have me stay at his home for rest of break but my mother wasn't keen on me staying with a boy, even if he was a Black. We both understood and he wanted to get on my mother's good side so he didn't push, he did send her an adorable letter saying how he understood and he was glad I had such good parents. The letter itself almost changed my mother's mind, almost.
Christmas break was relatively unamusing, just dinner parties, family events, and Ministry events. Or as I like to think, me having to be strapped into a corset 24/7 and forced to be polite to people I didn't even know. Thankfully it blew by and before I knew I was walking through the front doors of Hogwarts castle again. It must be close to dinner time because I could smell the most delicious smells. I let my nose mead me and I found myself in the Great Hall. I was very surprised to look around and notice only twenty people in the large room. There were only six Slytherins, nine Hufflepuffs, two Ravenclaws and three Griffindors; one of which was Regulus' brother (who I now know as Sirius Black). He looked up at me as I entered and made my way over to the Slytherin table. I felt my cheeks turn red and… HE BLOODY SMILED AT ME! I almost smiled back but then I remembered all of the things Regulus told me about him. So instead I looked at him coldly, and he laughed and turned around. This was not going to be an enjoyable two weeks.
I was leaving the Hall after I finished my meal and heading to the library when I tripped and someone caught my elbow before I could fall. "Sirius leave me alo-" I said as I turned around to empty air. Um, okay. Maybe it was one of the ghosts, there were plenty of them roaming around right? But I would have just fallen through their hand. I didn't like what was going on so I shook the thought out of my head and headed to the library, a little more rushed than before.
I got to the library and I swear I heard footsteps behind me but every time I turned around I was alone. I needed to get books for my Transfiguration essay so I set my mind on that ignoring the rest of the bumps and creaks I heard. I finished my essay in no time and set back to the dungeons. I was at the bottom of the steps about to round the corner when something brushed my hand. I lost it; I sprinted down rest of the stairs and through the heavy doors, all the way to my bed.
