Ahhh...The end of school. For both the folks out here and our two lovely letter writers. Thank my wonderful readers.
Sirius,
Hello pen friend and mortal enemy! How are you today? It is two days before the finals and some git just put a way too strong Cheering Charm on me! I think you know who it was, though I'm not sure if it was you or Potter. I have a pretty good idea of what your excuse will be. "Oh, you just look so Sirius all the time, we had to cheer you up!"
Severus
Snape,
Oh, you just look so Sirius all the time, we had to cheer you up! Really, though, I should be you and you should be me, except that both our names sound all GRIM and SEVERE and MR. SERIOUS. My name suits me perfectly not, while yours is the meaning of the you in public.
I've always wondered if maybe we are who we are because we were named what we were named. For example, I have met three Jameses in my life, and all of them have been troublemakers.
Sirius
Sirius,
That is actually an interesting concept, except it is disproven by one thing: You.
Maybe our subconscious is linked to all other people in the world, and that's why we can do Legilimency and Occlumency and maybe it even goes so far that we can understand what things mean without consciously knowing. After conditioning, humans will believe what they are told, so maybe being called James your whole life would make you believe, subconsciously, that you are a troublemaker and you act accordingly. Or being called Severus would make you a severe person in all aspects.
That is really interesting. I'll have to do some research, if anything like that actually exists.
Severus
Severus,
(Imagine a disapproving sound) You and your research.
Sirius
Sirius,
Shut up. I seldom do research because it's interesting. Usually, the library's the only place I can be left alone.
Well, only two more days until finals are over, and two more before summer vacation.
Severus
Severus,
Great news! Only three more days until summer vacation! What will you be doing this summer, anything special? I'll likely spend some time with the Potters, and face the whole, "You are such a terrible Black, to be a Gryffindor." Typical stuff.
My family is going to disown me sooner or later. I know it. They hate me and I feel the same about them. But, I don't really care, because the Potters will take me in. So far, the only reason they're still keeping me is because they think Bellatrix can still turn me into a normal Black before then.
Wow, did I Siriusly just write that? Talk about babble. Ehn, doesn't matter, you can't repeat it.
Sincerely Sirius
Sirius,
Well, we are back on the train and on our way to the families that we hate. Have fun. I won't be doing much to be considered "special."
Severus
Sev,
Of course you will! You'll be writing letters to me! That's special, isn't it? I don't think there'll be a whole lot of others who'll be writing to you, so this is a special case.
Sirius
Sirius,
Yeah, a special nutcase. By the way, I think someone (Like Dumbledore) disabled the annoyance factor to our letters, so they don't follow us around.
Severus
Sev,
Speak for yourself. These things are still attackers.
Sirius
Sirius,
It's probably because I live with Muggles and you don't. Muggles aren't supposed to see magic so I can't have a letter always floating around my head and attacking me. There may be other reasons…but not that I can think of.
Severus
Sev,
You know, none of us Marauders would have ever thought that you were from a Muggle family, with your whole, "Mudbloods are stupid and only Purebloods should rule this world," type theory. Siriusly, why do you do that? Especially when you're friends with Lily? How can you do that?
Sirius
Sirius,
I am paranoid and terrified. Those two things can convince people to do just about anything.
Severus
Sev,
Paranoid and terrified? Is this really you writing? The Snape I know would have never admitted to such a thing, even if you are jinxing him and you can see that he's about to start bawling from fear. What exactly are you afraid of?
Sirius
Sirius,
A lot of things, none of which are your business. Shove off.
Severus
