DISCLAIMER- I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER OR ANY OF THESE CHARECTERS! THAT RIGHT BELONGS TO J.K. ROWLING!

A/N- I'll keep it short, up here. There's some stuff at the bottom, if you want to read it. You will hate me for what I do to Sirius. *Dodges fangirls and runs* you'll understand later! I promise there are some awesome things coming for Sirius! And sorry if this makes you uncomfortable. You can skip these chapters, if you'd like. Remember, only 2 more years until he runs!

Another memory came. Sirius was writing a letter, holding a cloth up to his left eye.

James,

Sorry, mate, but I can't come, for Christmas or for August. You know why. Don't worry about me.

Sirius.

Another memory. Sirius was staring out the window, as if waiting for something to come. His left eye was swollen shut. He sighed, and then got out a box. It was labeled, letters. One bundle read, 1st year. The next read 2nd year. The other read, 3rd year. There was only one letter in the one labeled, 4th year. He sighed again.

Another memory. There was rain thundering outside of Grimmauld Place. Sirius was on the floor again, glaring up at his mother. His ankle splayed at an odd angle, and Sirius was in obvious pain. A soft knock came on the door.

"Come in," called Walburga Black, glancing down at her son carelessly. Orion walked in, smiling at his wife. He whispered something to her, and she smiled viciously and walked out of the room. Orion walked over to his son. Sirius glared at him, his panting betraying his pain and fear. Orion just leaned down over his son, and asked,

"Ever hear of the Tormentis Viculum?" Sirius shook his head. Orion grinned suddenly, and said,

"You see, the Tormentis Viculum is a most curious little curse. It has only one countercurse. The Tormentis Viculum makes any pain the person it is placed upon multiply. We thought that this might finally teach you the lesson you need." Sirius's eyes grew wide, and he struggled to stand on his injured ankle, but collapsed, breathing even more heavily. Orion stood, and bellowed,

"Tormentis Viculum!" Sirius screamed, attempting to scuttle away from his father, but failing. He continued to scream. Orion left.

Another memory came. Sirius was limping awkwardly onto the Hogwarts Express, trying to find his friends. He was wearing a muggle hoodie, which he kept up, and his head down. He walked towards the train and got on, walking towards an empty compartment. He sat for a while, staring out of the window. Harry had yet to see his face. James and Peter walked by, then James grinned. He walked into the compartment, and asked "Sirius?" Peter followed.

"Where's Remus?" Sirius asked in a low voice, still staring out the window.

"His furry little problems acting up tonight. Sirius nodded.

"Ankle broke, early in the summer," said Sirius. James sighed. Peter gasped.

Sirius turned to face his friends, throwing back his hood suddenly.

Harry gasped. Sirius's face had bruises, scars, and welts.

"Blimey," breathed James. He touched one gently, and Sirius let out a bellow of pain.

"Sorry," he hissed, pulling away from James. "They're tender. And my healing spells won't work on them."

James took out his wand stealthily, then flicked his wand and muttered a healing spell. Sirius let out a yell and dropped to the floor.

"What the hell, James? Didn't I just say that healing spells didn't work on these?" he said, then gritted his teeth as more bruises spread. Sirius glared at Peter.

"Thanks a million for telling Lily, Pete. See if I ever trust you with a secret again." Peter deflated as James turned to glare at him.

"He trusted us with this, Pete! If he wanted to tell lovely Lily about it, he would have!"

"Speak of the devil, and she shall appear," Sirius muttered, as a redhead walked past their compartment, then, walking backwards, looked in again. She entered, and Sirius turned away hastily. James, however, gave her a jaunty smile.

"Lily-tiger! How lovely to see you again!"

"Shut it, James. I'm here for Sirius." She turned to him, and realized that she couldn't see his face.

"Sirius-" she began, but she was cut off.

"Leave, Lily. If I wanted you to know, I would have told you when I caught you begging Moony. Leave." Said Sirius coldly, not looking at her. Lily snatched his wrist, and yanked it. She saw the mess of bruises, cuts, and welts.

"I see," she whispered. She swallowed, and James added quickly, "Healing charms don't work on them. Sirius an I both tried." She sighed, then felt at one gently. Sirius let out a hiss, then clenched his teeth.

"They're tender." He muttered. Lily mumbled an apology, and stared at him for a while. She cocked her head, like a curious child, then stood, and said, "My friends will be expecting me, I really just wanted to-" and she pounced on Sirius.

Sirius shrieked and attempted to shove her off, and she touched one of his nastier cuts. Sirius bellowed, then yelled, "Get off of me!"

"Not until you tell me what happened! Sev had this once-"

Sirius let out a hysterical laugh, still trying to shove off Lilly. James attempted to help, and Peter sat curled up in a corner.

"Snivellus! Snivellus had this! Well, he should know then, that it' the-" but Sirius didn't get to say what it was, as he suddenly went limp, his eyes closing.

"Sirius? Sirius, this had better not be a prank! Sirius! James, get someone!" she demanded, feeling Sirius's neck and letting out a sigh of relief

"He's breathing, at least-" but the memory ended.

"What happened?" asked Harry desperately.

A/N- I've gotten some reviews lately that I wanted to address-

"You've improved!" Why, thanks! I want to delve into a little tale, for that… It was the last few days of school. My teacher, for two years, hands us our files with all our old papers in them. She wanted us to write a paper on 'who we are' as writers, and where our skill stances were/are. So, I read over my papers. I'll give you the horrors now- For a 5-paragraph paper, my first for her, was 1 and ½ pages long. It was awful; I paid little attention to grammar, but it 'showed promise', as she said. I got a B. My last paper, for that class, same length, was then 3 pages long. I got an A. I read over the two and shudder at both. The point? I've come a long way, but still have miles to go. Thanks so much for your reviews; they all help me so much.