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Slavery is Illegal
Chapter 9:
Half an Hour

Half an hour the train derails
Half an hour and it's not your lane
Half an hour, half an hour - no question
No answer, half an hour, half an hour
Half an hour without you, half an hour
Half an hour he and I, half an hour
-30 Minut (aka Polchasa) by t.A.T.u

"Lily..?" I asked cautiously once we entered our dormitory.

"I can't believe you snogged Black again," she hissed quietly enough so that Livia and Lucy wouldn't hear, "Why did you snog him? I thought-"

"I didn't snog him, he snogged me,"

"Oh, so you don't fancy him, do you..?"

"NO!" I then added much more quietly, "I would never fancy him, he's so..ugh!"

"But, you keep snogging him, are you sure-"

"Yes, I'm sure, I was arguing with him during detention and then he pinned me onto the wall and snogged me!" I then groaned, "I've got more detentions!"

"Its alright, just stay away from him, its his fault you've got detention, McGonagall is being unfair," Lily muttered, "Good night then, I'll talk to you more on Monday,"

I laid on my bed for a couple of hours. James saw us. He's going to think that I fancy Black! This is terrible. I hate him so much, why is he setting out to ruin my life?

He's a good snogger though.

Bugger, must shut myself up.

--

Though..it was actually quite nice, but he's a bit weird. I thought he was going to hit me but he snogged me instead.

Maybe he's bipolar?

Maybe...

--

"Hello Black, Harmon," I greeted the two when I entered McGonagall's office.

Lana just glared at me. I noticed that there was something off about Sirius. He seemed shorter and his haircut was different. I then noticed that he was wearing the Slytherin colors.

"Sirius? Why are you-"

"Sirius?" he asked confused, "I'm not Sirius, I'm Regulus,"

"What?" I asked looking at him in surprise when the real Sirius Black entered the room.

"You're all here, because I caught you doing something, indecent," McGonagall said.

Something indecent? I didn't do anything! This is insulting, I am not a whore!

I saw Black's, Regulus not Sirius, mouth twitch.

Bugger, am I talking aloud again? Must bite lip.

Ow, my lip is so sore-

"I'm splitting you into two groups," McGonagall added evilly, "girls and boys,"

Bugger! I can't have Lana, that bitch is going to eat me alive!

"No!" Lana said suddenly, "I'm sorry Professor, but Katina here is a lesbian, so I don't think that will help, and I'd rather not be in the same group as her,"

Twit! I am not a lesbian, I can't believe that she'd tell McGonagall that!

"Fine, Black and Harmon you can go file Filch's cabinet, Black and Katina can go and organize the Quidditch equipment in the locker rooms,"

We all stood where we were, what Black is she talking about?

Before I could ask, Black, Sirius not Regulus, grabbed my arm and started pulling me out of the office.

"No, Black, Katina will be with Black,"

Does she realize what she's saying?

"OK," Black said smiling cockily.

"I mean your brother, Regulus, will go with Katina to the Quidditch pitch,"

They're brothers? Oh God, no wonder they look the same..but I guess I was a little slow I mean if they had the same last name-

"Let's go," he said quietly as he led the way to the Quidditch pitch.

He's Sirius' brother, so he's supposed to be a pureblood fanatic too, I better be careful...

--

This is so weird, he looks exactly like Sirius it isn't even funny.

Must not talk.

This silence is so painful.

Must say something.

But it can't be revealing, or else he's going to tell his mother who will in turn tell my mother. Then where would I be?

--

Then again, he's in detention for doing something 'indecent' too, so I'm sure he wouldn't tell his mother who will in turn tell my mother.

It probably wasn't even indecent considering how I got this detention, did Lana try to rape him?

--

"I wouldn't handle that snitch too carelessly, it'll be difficult to catch it without wasting time," he informed me.

Right.

OK, I can do this.

It's so small, ooh look at the wings, its a little pointy, I wonder how the seeker catches it without cutting himself/herself.

If it were me, I don't think I'd be able to catch it at all, its so tiny and I've seen this thing fly, how in the world seekers do what they do is a mystery to me...

"We wear gloves and its not that difficult to catch it if you know what you're doing,"

Crap, I forgot to bite my lip.

"Yes, you did, and don't worry, I'm not going to tell my mother that you did something 'indecent' with my brother," he added his mouth twitching again.

"I didn't do anything indecent with him!" I protested.

"I said that I won't tell my mother-"

"Oh, well, I'm just clarifying," I muttered, "I don't like having these aspersions about me,"

"Besides, I don't believe that my mother will like to hear anything about my brother.."

"Why not?" I asked automatically even though I knew what he was going to say.

"He, ran away from home this summer and she's officially disowned him,"

"Oh... I didn't know that... but... why?"

Black looked up at me with curiosity and said simply, "I'm sure you know why,"

I frowned slightly, but decided to change subjects, "Are you a seeker?"

"Yes,"

"Ah, are you any good?"

"I should hope so,"

Then our conversation ended and we were silent while we cleaned up the Quaffles and snitches.

It was rather awkward, but other than that it was fine.

I think.

--

"Lena!" I heard Black call after me, "Are you...ok?"

"Uh...yea..why wouldn't I be?" Is he high?

"You sure? I mean my brother is like the rest of my family..."

"Really? He seemed alright to me.."

"You're kidding right?"

"No, I'm not," I said rolling my eyes, "and whats with Lana?"

"I broke up with her on Saturday,"

"She moves on pretty quickly," Whore!

"Yea,"

It was another awkward silence and I could not get him snogging me off my mind. I can't believe that James saw-

"I... uhh... I'll see you later then? I'm going to try out for the Quidditch team" he said quickly and turned to leave.

"It's today?" Oh my God! I forgot all about it.

"Yea.."

"Why didn't anyone tell me?"

"Wh-" he began to ask, but then stopped with a look of dawning comprehension etched onto his face.

"I... er... I'm trying out too.." I muttered, "Great, I just got back from the Quidditch pitch..."

--

We both walked to the Quidditch pitch in silence. Talk about awkward, I was so relieved to see the stadium.

"Hey you two," James said suddenly appearing out of nowhere.

"Where's everybody else?" I asked looking around, there should be more people...

"Nobody else showed up," James said nonchalantly, not seeming to care about it.

"But-"

"That makes you two chasers, OK? Let's go to the tower now-" James said quickly.

"James," Sirius said in a suspicious kind of voice. I wonder...

"Don't question the captain!" James declared and dragged us back into the castle.

That was really odd. Wow, I'm a chaser now, how strange.

Oh God, what if I'm no good? No, I'll humiliate myself in front of everyone! What would James think of me?

Bugger.

I looked at James and Sirius who seemed to be arguing quietly ahead of me and without any warning Sirius suddenly stormed off in a huff.

"Er... what happened?"

"Nothing," James said shaking his head, "What's wrong with you Lena? You're looking a little pale..."

"Oh..well I don't go out in the sun a lot, I used to, because I have a friend obsessed with tanning, but she's off in Russia right now-"

Crap, I'm blubbering like a twit.

"Er- I mean, I'm not sure if I'm cut out to be a chaser..."

"What? I'm sure you are!"

"But you've never seen me play," I pointed out to him.

"Well...oh! If you need extra practice, I'm sure Sirius can help," he said.

"Really? He doesn't seem like someone who's willing to give up time to help someone..."

"Lena, Sirius is really nice he's willing to help anyone!" James said.

"Really? Like the time he turned a fourth year orange because she was complaining about how pale she was getting?" I asked sarcastically, "Or the time he wiped Lucas' homework when he asked for a spare bit of clean parchment?"

"Er... well," James muttered trying to think of something that would redeem his friend, "OK fine, but I still think you should ask him..."

"And risk turning myself orange? I don't think so,"

"Alright then, what do you suppose we do?"

--

Excellent! I got James to help me practice my chaser skills. This is great, now I get to see him when he's hot and sweaty-

"Katina?" Regulus asked looking at me, "Is there something wrong, you're getting a bit red,"

Hah! I'm biting my lip...

"Its nothing,"

--

Yes, our detentions together are rather dull, but its better than being with Sirius, his brother's actually polite and probably won't try and do anything 'indecent' with me. Most of our detentions go along the lines like this:

"You joined the Quidditch team," he said.

"Yes, I know," I replied happily.

"I suppose we're going to go against each other soon, first game is Gryffindor versus Slytherin,"

"I suppose,"

"Yes,"

--

That's it.

I know, he's a stick in the arse; its quite surprising to think that he and Sirius are related.

Well, other than the fact that they look alike.

They're almost identical actually.

And Regulus is like two years younger than us.

But he's pretty grown up for a fourth year.

Did I just say that? I'm going mad, this is what happens when you're bored to death, its unhealthy. I had set out this year to not die of boredom. I think I've said this before.

--

However, one detention went quite differently when he asked me out of the blue.

"Do you always talk like that?"

"Er...what do you mean?"

"I heard you talking to other people, and you sound..different,"

"Oh, really?"

"Yes, really, you sound really stiff and quiet when you're around me or any other person, but when you're with Potter or Evans or my brother- you're er... not stiff,"

"I'm stiff?" Wow, I'm stiff. What does that mean?

"Yes, you are,"

"Er... well, you're stiff too," I said not knowing what else to say.

"Yes, I know,"

--

I was mildly surprised by this sudden anomaly of conversation. It's usually:

"It's raining,"

"I know,"

or if it isn't raining:

"Its not raining,"

"I know,"

--

I do think that he likes knowing things.

--

For some strange reason, Sirius hasn't been bothering me quite as much.

Not that I'm complaining, it means less detentions for me.

But I keep seeing him just looking at me sometimes, like during class or breakfast.

It's a really weird look, kind of freaky, I've asked Lily about it but she just told me to stay far away from him unless I want more detentions.

And honestly, I don't want any more detentions, its so dull and I haven't been able to finish all of my homework properly.

--

Other than the detentions and Sirius' weird looks at me, school life is starting to improve, its like all my other years.

Except much better because James is giving me extra practices. I sometimes get the feeling that he's a bit frustrated with me.

Its not my fault that I keep dropping the Quaffle, if he wasn't so hot, maybe I wouldn't get so distracted!

But he is hot, and I was right to think that he looks even hotter when he's playing Quidditch. His robes would stick onto his chest and you could see his-

"Katina, please handle the bludger more carefully," Regulus warned me when we were cleaning them out.

Gosh, he doesn't know me that well and he automatically assumes that I'm clumsy. I know what I'm doing, I-

Crap!

Bugger.

"Duck you idiot!" I felt Regulus pull me down.

Ow, hard ground, this is uncomfortable-

He grabbed me again and rolled me on top of him, and wow he is fine-

BAM! The bludger slammed into the ground where I was just at.

It flew back up into the air and seemed to turn toward us.

Oh my God, I'm going to die!

"ROLL!" Regulus shouted and we rolled away.

Yes, I felt rather stupid, but we managed to roll away far enough when I noticed a door. I stood up opened it and dragged Regulus into it and slammed the door shut.

"Oh my God!" I gasped for breath.

"You twit, I told you to be careful-"

"I didn't do it on purpose I-"

BAM! The bludger was ramming itself into the door.

"Bugger," Regulus muttered, "my wand is still out there..."

"Mine too.."

--

The bludger didn't seem to want to leave us alone.

Great.

Regulus sat silently across from me ,which was basically right beside me, that's how small this closet is.

Oh God, this is my fault isn't it, great..one more person in the world hates me.

He looked up at me suddenly and sighed, "I don't hate you,"

Bugger, I thought that I've perfected my lip biting skills...

"You're really weird, did you know that?"

"I know," I said mimicking Regulus' tone when he usually said it. I couldn't help myself, and I thought he was going to hit me for doing it but he just laughed.

"Ohh, I think its stopped," I said brightly, I stood up and squeezed my way to the door.

The knob wouldn't turn the whole way.

Fuck.

I saw Regulus give me a look, I'm supposing that I said that aloud.

"What's wrong?"

"Its...locked..from the outside..." I muttered trying to stay calm. Regulus seemed to notice my alarm and said, "Don't worry, we can just magic it open..." he reached for his wand, which was outside.

"Fuck," he agreed with me.

--

We sat in silence waiting for someone to come along and free us. Which isn't very likely considering the fact that no one goes to the locker room during afternoon classes.

And I remember James canceling practice today because it was too rainy outside and no one else is going to bother training in such conditions.

Fabulous, I'm trapped in this closet. I'm going to die in here! I can't stand so many hours of boredom!!

"If you don't want to die of boredom, then talk," he said suddenly, "Like the way you're talking right now, not weird and stiff, but like everyone else does..."

That was a rather strange suggestion, and for some reason, I began talking about random things: Quidditch, Charms, hair, music- it was weird, he was just sitting there listening while I talked on and on.

It was nice though, in a weird way, someone actually listening. Well unless he was really sleeping, which I wouldn't be surprised if he were-

"I'm not sleeping," he said laughing.

That's right, he laughed. Yes, he did laugh earlier, but I was too distracted to realize it.

"You know what?"

"I know?" I asked.

"No, not that," he said rolling his eyes, that's a first too, "you remind me of my house-elf,"

Wow, is that supposed to be a great confidence booster?

"Well, he's really nice, I think he's the only person in my family that I can trust,"

That, was weird.

Did he call a house-elf a person?

The only person he trusts-

"Yes, you're aware that I come from a family not different from yours," he muttered.

"What do you mean..?" I asked suspiciously, he's supposed to be like his family, why is he talking like this? To a Gryffindor nonetheless.

"I kinda sorta don't like the way my family see things either," he admitted to me.

Is this..a trick? He is in Slytherin-

"I asked the hat to put me in Slytherin," he said quickly, "I knew my family would disapprove if I was in any other house, and the fact that my brother was sorted into Gryffindor didn't help,"

"Oh.." I didn't know what to say.

"Don't say anything," he said, "and I mean it, don't tell anyone that,"

"Why not? If that's how you see things then-"

"I'm like you Lena," he explained, "in front of others, I am my parent's son, a Slytherin to the core, you act like that too don't you? In front of your family, in front of strangers,"

"I..."

"If I could be like my brother, I would, but I'm not as brave as him to oppose the entire Black family, and that's what truly makes me a Slytherin,"

We were silent for a while. I understood where he was coming from, but I never said it aloud, not to anyone, not even to myself. It was so strange to hear someone like Regulus say this. There's something..off about him..

I then heard movements outside the door. I called out, "In here! Please open the door! SAVE US!!!"

I stood up at the exact time Regulus stood up, and because the closet was so tiny we banged into each other and fell sideways, him on top of me.

The door swung open at this moment to reveal McGonagall, why she always shows up at these moments I don't know why, but Sirius and Lana was with her, which was much worse.

I looked at them, they looked at me, I looked at Regulus, he looked at me, there was a lot of looking before I suddenly realized what it looked like Regulus was doing to me and I could feel my face burning as red as my hair.

Bugger.

A/N: I'm actually not quite sure why I brought Regulus in, but there you go. I'll be sure to make him cause plenty of trouble though. And I'm not quite sure why, but the link to the pictures of the characters only work if you click on the 'w' at the very end. Thanks for reading and please review!

-StLibee