Chapter 12
Bellatrix's Revenge
Sirius had just gotten away from Madam Pomfrey when he received a howler from his mother. He just stared at it when his family's owl had dropped it in front of him and left to deliver a letter to Bellatrix.
"What'd I do wrong now?" He asked as the howler started to catch on fire like it was going to explode any second. This time it wasn't just Sirius, James, and Remus who ran away from it. This time everyone within a three yard radius ran. Peter had just barely caught up to them when it exploded. The reaction was almost the same as last time. There was a lot of screaming, though this time; the howler completely drowned it out. Sirius wondered if it was even possible that a noise could be so loud. That is until he heard what she was saying. Bella had told her about his friends.
James couldn't believe it; he had never been insulted so badly in his life. Insults like blood traitor and disgrace weren't even harsh enough to be called the tip of the iceberg as far as Walburga Black was concerned.
Those were almost nothing to what she called Remus. It was one thing for Sirius to be friends with a blood traitor; it was something entirely different to be one yourself. Though the former was bad enough. In Walburga's mind the second Sirius became friends with Remus; he had become a blood traitor. Remus knew that there was any way she was going to forgive Sirius. He could hear in her voice, let alone her words. Remus didn't even know half the words she used to insult him. Though Sirius seemed too. He was shaking like crazy. Remus couldn't figure out if he was angry or if he was about ready to cry. He soon found out though. The howler wasn't the only thing that exploded that morning.
Sirius began screaming words that matched what she was saying. Words that no one outside of the Black family probably understood. He took out his wand and started firing random, unknown, anger-provoked hexes at the magic proof object. James and Remus had to hold him back and attempt to take his wand away, because he was hitting people with those hexes. Suddenly the howler disappeared though Sirius' anger didn't. He was still yelling at the empty air. It was one of the few times that Sirius actually bared a small resemblance to his mother. He had obviously inherited her strong vocal cords.
Dumbledore stood in front of them looking as though he was having a hard time remaining calm. Sirius closed his eyes and began to cry though he was still yelling.
"Sirius open your eyes." Dumbledore bent down to Sirius' eye level. Sirius just yelled more and attempted to break free of James' and Remus' hold on him. His words were still aimed more towards his mother than Dumbledore though there were a few they were sure were aimed at the old man.
Dumbledore sighed and touched him on the forehead. Sirius impedingly passed out.
"Take him to his dormitory. He needs some time to calm down." He told them. James and Remus nodded carrying him to their dorm. Peter walked slowly behind. He was scared of Sirius before now he was nothing short of terrified.
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When Sirius finally woke up they had already missed half their classes for the day. It took him a while to figure out why he was sleeping in his dorm instead of the History of Magic classroom, but when he did the others soon found out. Thankfully he wasn't screaming anymore, or attempting to hex anyone. James and Peter just sat on their beds and let him rant about it. They had decided not long after they had got to the dorm that it would be best just to let him calm himself down, hoping that he was capable of doing that. Peter had decided he needed to go to the bathroom as soon as Sirius woke up. They ignored him knowing that he was scared of Sirius.
Sirius looked at James and Remus. "Are you guys ok?" He asked. He had just realized that he wasn't the only one that should be upset by this. They just nodded.
"Are you?" James asked. Sirius thought about this for a second. Then nodded.
"I'm alright" He said and sat down beside James. Remus came over and sat on his other side.
"Are you sure? You were pretty upset." Remus had a worried look on his face. Sirius nodded.
"Thanks for letting me bore you to death with my rant." Sirius smiled. "I'm sorry I got so mad." Sirius looked down at his feet his smile fading. "It's just that I... I finally feel like I belong somewhere and you guys are like the friends I never imagined that I could have. Now she is trying to take that away from me. But I won't let he, I swear I won't. You guys care about me more than she ever will." He said successfully bringing Remus to tears. James was close as well.
"Enough of this." James said "If I start crying you're sleeping in the common room." They laughed.
"You wouldn't do that to me… I just got out of the Medical Wing; you wouldn't make me sleep downstairs would you."
"I definitely would …but then again, you did just turn half the Slytherins in the Great Hall into turkeys right in front of the teachers and still managed to keep from getting in trouble so I may be able to let it slide. That right there deserves a reward." James said laughing. One of the random hexes that Sirius had fired at the howler had done exactly that. The all began laughing. Remus then knew that everything was alright and everything would continue to be alright for a very long time.
It wasn't until they were already out of school that they found out that Dumbledore had gone out and had a little talk with Mrs. Black. No student was going to be abused verbally or otherwise while he was headmaster of Hogwarts.
A/N) Hi. I don't have much to say but thanks to those who reviewed.
Oh, and I still need prank ideas. I am hoping to have them do a good one for Halloween, but it can't have too much magic in it because they are still young. All the ones I can think of require them to have more advanced skills. If I can't think of anything I may just have to make them have a normal Halloween, and I don't want that. Please help me think of something.
Thanks in advance and I hope you like the story so far.
Hehe I typed most of this chapter on my new laptop.