There
really is no more evil place than the Slytherin common room. Not only
is the place gloomy looking to begin with, but if Dumbledore had any
clue of what really went on there he would probably choke on his acid
pops.
A week had passed since Sirius had changed house, but he
still had trouble fitting in. He passed some fifth year who was
boiling cats.
"Is that your dinner?"
If the
fifth year then had not been attacked by a cat and then struggled to get
it off if his face, he would have given Sirius a long condescending
look.
A couple of girls were plucking the feathers of a starling
for their evil potion.
"Wotcha making?" Sirius asked them.
One
of the girls rolled her eyes and sarcastically said: "Pea
soup"
"Oh. What are the feathers for? Fibres?"
The girls
glared at him until he went away.
Spotting a cage of canaries and
a cage of cats in a corner, he couldn't resist the temptation of
opening both to see what would happen.
For one, it got really
noisy. And painful. And tons of cauldrons were knocked over. People
ran at every direction, not wanting the potions to corrode their
skin. A couple of seconds later only Sirius, Narcissa and Lucius
remained.
"Tisk, tisk, tisk…" said Narcissa. "Why must you
always make a mess wherever you go?"
"I couldn't
resist"
"It's not fit for a Slytherin to release the
ingredients" said Lucius.
Sirius went to the window and gazed at
the far octopus.
"I don't understand. Why does it feel like I
don't belong here? I know it doesn't make sense…"
"I'm
sure it would make more sense if you sang about it" said
Lucius.
Sirius thought that was a jolly idea.
Music
begins:
(Tune: Go The Distance I)
Sirius:
I
have often dreamed of a far off place
Where mischief and mayhem
will be waiting for me
And the girls will cheer when they see my
face
And I get the feeling that it's where
I'm meant to be
Wanna find my way
Wanna prank the
distance
Wanna misbehave
And do stuff that's wrong
I know
every mile
Would be worth my while
But the old hat told me that
it's here that I belong
"Yup,
now it makes sense, just as I predicted" said Lucius just when
Narcissa came back (no one had noticed
her leaving) with a tie. A gryffindor tie.
"We don't quite
understand, but when we stumbled upon you last week we found this
lying next to you" she said, handing the tie to Sirius. "It even
has your name on it, so it's no doubt it's yours"
"But it
has the Gryffindor colours"
"Yes well you don't remember
this but you were originally sorted into Gryffindor"
"So
that's why everyone keeps asking me why I'm suddenly in
Slytherin…"
"Anyway, you should probably talk to Dumbledore
about this. Remember, the password is Tangerine Bean"
"And
it's a long way so I packed you some lunch and some mittens" said Lucius, handing
Sirius a box.
"But we just had dinner-"
"Like I said,
it's a long way"
Sirius
headed for Dumbledore's office immediately. Since it was such a
long way, he started singing again:
(Tune: Go The Distance II)
Sirius:
I
am on my way
Wanna prank the distance
This was really far
Why
is it so long?
I hope all these miles
Will be worth my
while
Gonna do all that it takes to find where I belong
He
stopped singing just as he reached the door to the office. When he
got no response when knocking on the door, he just took the liberty
to go inside to see if there was anyone in there.
Dumbledore
wasn't there, but it appeared as a wax figure of him was sitting by
his desk in his place. Sirius figured that since Dumbledore kept it
there, maybe it had the magical ability to communicate in his place
as well.
"Oh mighty Dumbledore"
He wasn't sure how to
address him.
"I'm kinda having problems with…fitting
in…ish"
"Why hello there Sirius, I didn't see you come in!
Want some acid pops?" said
Dumbledore all of a sudden, grabbing a bowl of acid pops and offering
it to Sirius, who was so scared he started running around in circles,
screaming 'The alien puppets are taking over the earth god help us
all' and didn't stop until Dumbledore shot a calming spell at
him.
"I'm not a puppet, I was just sleeping. I sleep with my
eyes open, you know. Anyway, you're having trouble fitting in you
say? Well, I'm not surprised because you are actually a Gryffindor
after all"
Sirius gasped.
"But they are my sworn enemies! I
can't be a Gryffindor!"
"Well that was the house in which
you were originally sorted. But then you drank the potion Severus'
friends gave you, that potion almost drained you from everything that
makes you a Gryffindor. Minerva is so sorry she didn't take you to
the Hospital Wing that day she encountered you with that
bottle"
"So…Can't I just be sorted back?"
"I'm
afraid it's not that easy" said Dumbledore, gazing at the far
distance. "You see, the hat is programmed not to sort anyone more
than twice, or else everybody would wanna be resorted as soon as they
were arguing with a best friend or having a crush on someone from
another house. But there is one way"
"I change house without
the hat's permission?"
"No I'm afraid that's
impossible"
"Why? It's just a hat"
"Just a hat…"
Dumbledore chuckled and Sirius' naivety. "Anyway, there is a way.
You must prove yourself a true Gryffindor"
"But how?"
"You
must seek James Potter, nobody is more Gryffindor than he is"
Sirius
immediately skipped out of the office and all
the way to the Gryffindor tower, while singing merrily:
(Tune: Go
The Distance III)
Sirius:
I will
beat the hat
I can prank the distance
I will face the girls
God
I hate this song
Wanna be a brat
I can prank the distance
Gonna
find that Potter and the place where I belong
(A/N: Next part is coming soooon, coming sooon...)
