First Sight.

It had been two weeks since the funeral the day I finally came out of my room. It was the day Sirius came to stay and he is going to be the one to tell this part of the story, so I hand it over to him, enjoy.

It was 2 weeks before school started that I went to stay at Potter Manor in the summer of 1975, which was later then usual. I usually arrived between 2 to 4 weeks into the holidays. The reason why I was that late that summer was because the Potter's had suffered a lose and at that time I just believed it to be a distant relative form overseas, seeing as I was told they went to France for the funeral, anyway enough of my babbling on with the story.

Now let's see, where shall I begin? Uh, yes, I know where.

That day I had decided to travel by floo to the Potter's. Their floo network usually opened up into the main living room which I where I ended up that day. I would usually be greeted by someone, either James or one of his parents but that day not even the bloody house elf was there to greet me. I yelled out for the Potter's and was answered by a yell from Mrs. Potter, "In the Kitchen, dear."

"Good morning Mrs. Potter" I said I walked into the kitchen.

"Good morning Sirius, how have you been?"

"I've been well thank you. Yourself?"

"Oh, just a bit stressed, I presume James has told you?"

"Yea, he told me about your loos, I'm so sorry."

"Thank you Sirius. James is upstairs trying to get Erica to come out."

Erica? Who's that? A pet? A cousin?

"Which floor?"

"Oh, second floor, to the left, 2nd door down."

"Thanks Mrs. Potter."

To the Left? What's he doing there? No one goes that way, it's closed off.

"Erica, please, just come out, mum and dad want to get to know you and so do I. Please Erica, I want to get to know my sister." I heard him beg.

At least now I knew who she was.

"We can go play some quidditch, that's if you still like quidditch of course."

It was both pathetic and depressing how much he was begging as I walked towards him, he wasn't even that bad with Lily.

"James, what are you doing?" I asked.

"Oh, hi Sirius, I forgot you were coming today." He said as he scratched his head and smiled. "I've been slightly preoccupied lately, what with Erica and Gran and everything."

"Its ok mate, I understand."

"Just hold on one minute. Erica! I'm going and probably not coming back so it's all up to yourself now! He said with the most defeated look I'd ever seen, he didn't even look like that when Lily would reject him.

"Quidditch, Sirius?" He asked.

"Yea sure, why not?"

As we walked away I heard a door squeak open behind me and as I looked behind I saw a girl with long black hair and hazel eyes moth "Sorry." with tears beginning to fall down her face.

James had given up on me and that was my wake up call. James may not have known but he was my rock during those two weeks and him giving up on me both broke me but also mended me.

I let a few more tears fall as I mouthed sorry to his retreating back and decided it was time to get out.

I had already had a shower that morning so I only had to make myself look a bit more presentable and out of my room and down the stairs I went and that is where I stopped.

I could hear James speaking to Mother in the kitchen which was just around the corner.

"… I've had enough of it, why should I try when she wont?" James asked angerly.

"Because she is your sister James. She just lost one of the closest people to her and no less then a week later she's made to move countries, away from everything she knows." Mother answered logically.

"I know that but it's been two week sand I've probably spent half of that standing or sitting outside that door without one single peep from her."

"James she is your sister and she loves you, just give her sometime. Now go outside and play quidditch with Sirius, I'm busy."

"Ok"

As they were walking out the back door there was a faint whisper from Sirius, "Mate she did say sorry."

As I sat there on the last step I thought about how selfish I had been, I wasn't the only one to lose her and no one else locked themselves in there rooms. James deserved a huge apology.

I stood up and went to find the library; I needed a good book to clear my head. I usually blow up at someone if my mind is clouded and I did not want that to happen when I spoke to my family.

James, Mr. and Mrs. Potter and I were all seated at the dinner table in the kitchen instead of being in the dining room, which was only used for big events. An even of such importance was the annual Potter Dinner Party held on august 20th in honour of Mrs. Potter's Birthday. Anyway back to the story.

As I said before we were all seated at the table, well apart from Erica who was still in her room or so we thought.

Roughly 5 minutes into dinner Masey the house elf appeared looking very distressed.

'Miss Erica is not in her room, Masey does not know what has happened." It said before it started whaling. It was a god awful sound.

"Masey, calm down." Mrs. Potter said trying to calm the house elf, "She'd be somewhere in the house. Go calm yourself down, we'll look for her." Mrs. Potter pushing her towards the cupboard in which she slept.

"James, you check the ground floor, myself and your father will check the second floor and Sirius would you please check the library on the third floor?" Mrs. Potter ordered and asked.

"Of course." I said as we all got up to look on our respective floors.

It didn't take long to find her. I found her in the library , having fallen asleep in one of the arm chairs with an open book resting in her lap.

I didn't want to wake her. She looked so peaceful and beautiful but I had to. Everyone was worried about her,

"Hey wake up." I said as I gently shook her awake.

"Go away." She mumbled with her eyes still closed.

"Why?" she said as she rubbed her eyes.

"Why do you think? You're out of your room for the first time, in what two weeks?"

"Oh." She said as she got out of the chair and placed the book where she had been. "Who are you?" She asked with a puzzled look.

"Sirius Black. Now come on, it's dinner time and I'm hungry."

"Black?" She asked with digust in her voice.

"Have you got a problem with that?"

"Yes." Ah of course she'd be a bitch, there just had to be something wrong with her.

"Whatever." I said before I left without making sure she was following.

Author Note: Hi! The Fate of Erica Potter is currently not being beta'd so if anyone please wants to do that for me it would be greatly appreciated. Also thank you to all of you that have followed/Favourited this story or myself. Any reviewers will receive a lock of Sirius Black's hair