A/N: I LOVE SNUFFLES!!!!!!
Summary: Yes, it's another 'The Story Of Sirius's Past' stories! WARNING it contains some spoilers for the fifth book. But because I am NOT I repeat NOT happy about the ending of the fifth book, we'll just leave that out, shall we? I mean, this is about the Marauders. I think that it may be SB/JP I dunno yet. You tell me. oh, and even though it says that Sirius had a younger brother Regulus, I'm giving him a twin sister Tome. Pronounced "TOE- MAY". Problem with that? then don't read. IN FACT, to hell with the fifth book. I doubt I'm following it in the least. Because I don't have the ability to use italics, underlined, or bold, I'm going to use /slashes/ to represent italics. Therefore that would be thoughts, dreams, emphasizing a word... /understand?/
Chapter One [or is it the prologue?]
"Sirius?"
Tome looked around, pushing the door to her brother's room open. "I got accepted at two schools! Sirius, Où êtes-vous?"
She frowned, looking around for hr twin. She knew he was around here somewhere...
SPLASH
Tome screamed at the top of her lungs when the bucket of ice-cold water above her tipped and soaked her. She windmilled her arms to keep the letters in each one from getting wet. "YOU BUTTHEAD! THAT WAS COMPLETELY UNCALLED FOR!!!" She howled.
Her brother dropped down from where he had been barely holding on to the shelf above his door. Or, more likely, he fell down because he was laughing so hard.
Tome and Sirius weren't necessarily identical, even though they were twins (Sirius born first). For example, the said "big brother" was more slim, due to purposes that will be explained later, his hair was shorter, not exactly relevant, his eyes were really more black then bright shining blue like Tome's, and he was a bit taller.
"You prat! Just listen to me, will you? Argh, you're such a, a, a ruddy bastar-"
"Hey, no swearing," Sirius snapped, regaining his footing and voice. They glared at each other for a moment. "SO, you got accepted into two schools, huh?"
"Yeah!"
"Well, I know that one is Beauxbatons. Is the other Durmstrang or Hogwarts?"
"Neither! Mum's old school, the one she went to!"
"Eh?" Sirius took the first letter from his sister. Sighing, he took the second, and blinked. "Oh. Gakusoku? That's neat."
There was a moment of silence, in which Tome allowed her brother to read the first letter, which was in French, then the second letter, which was in Japanese.
"Impressive," he said at last, handing both back. "Which one are you going to go to?"
"That's what I was going to ask you." Tome looked around, than dropped her voice. "I wanted to know which one I should go to, right? I mean, you didn't get a letter from either, so you're obviously going to Durmstrang or Hogwarts, right?"
"Yeah," Sirius glanced around, then ushered his sister out of the bedroom doorway.
Currently, both were in an orphanage. A big one at that, on the second floor. The first floor was for girls only, and the second for boys. The third was for the babies and infants and toddlers and stuff, the fourth was for the adults, the fifth was a large play room, the sixth had the classrooms and held lessons, and the seventh... wasn't necessarily a floor, it was the roof, more likely. With a glass dome on top, and lots of plants.
Currently, all of the kids were either having lessons, in their rooms (once they turned ten, they got their own rooms - very small, cramped, and uncomfortable, but their own rooms all the same), or on the seventh floor.
Which was why Sirius was ushering his sister up to the fifth, where all of the voices and noise would save them the trouble of being heard.
Whenever somebody got a letter, it was given to them. If they were ten or older, that was. Others had to have their letters read first. And rarely anybody ever got mail at all. This was an orphanage after all.
Sirius's and Tome's parents... their father had been an auror, but a few years ago had been killed. Both kids were only babies, though, so they didn't really care that much. Their mother had never mentioned anything about their father. She had been French, but went to a Japanese school. Thus, she taught both of her children how to read and write both. Then, just two years ago, she had told them she was going away forever, and left them at the orphanage.
It was a muggle orphanage, and both Tome and Sirius knew that they would be going to a magic school. Right? They were pure bloods. Their mother had never written them, so after many shed tears, they chose to think she was dead.
Out loud, that was.
Inwardly, both vowed to look and find her when they graduated.
"Sirius, we'll be separated," Tome whimpered once they had their own little corner in the playroom. It was filled with kids of all ages, all of whom knew better than to approach the "new kids" who weren't technically "new."
"It'll only be for a year, and we'll see each other at summer."
"It's still a long time to be away from each other."
"Don't worry. Right now we need to see which school you're going to be going to."
"Ah, right."
They both sat in silence, staring at the letters.
"Well, which one would you go to, if it was your choice?" Tome asked softly at last.
"Oh, I dunno. They're both pretty good schools, right?"
"Be serious!"
"I am!"
Tome gave an exasperated sigh. "This is serious."
"No, *I* am serious."
"Sirius. Please."
Sirius sighed. "Well, I'd want to stay close to you, which would be Beauxbatons, but I'd also want to go to mum's school. Her account is there and everything, and she's got friends I think."
There was a moment of silence.
"Then I suppose... I reckon I'd like to go to Gakusoku. I mean, like you said, I bet mum had some friends and stuff..."
"Good. So, let's see here," Sirius took the letter from the said school, then the envelope, and went through the papers. "For you, school starts in July and ends in May. That means you only get June off, that sucks. Right, so, you take a portkey - that'll be interesting, never used one of those before - to a station and take an under ground train there with the other students... and here is your list."
"I can't read kanji very well, what about that?"
"Oh, you look English enough, I'm sure they'll be nice and do kana and such... tell you what, I'll learn for you, then I'll teach you more and more with each letter I send, how about that?"
"Okay. Err, how am I going to get to the portkey?"
"Simple enough... just take another one... we'll find one in that one place. What's it called? Leaky cauldron, I can't remember. Besides, you've only got a week to get there..."
"A week? Oh no, how AM I going to get there? This place is all muggles, and we can't just ask one of our nannies to take us to some magical place!"
"Calm down, Tome. I've already worked this out. We'll run away."
"Run away?"
"Yeah. I can get a room until I get accepted into a school, and we'll get somebody to set up a portkey for you to get to... what was it? Yamato?"
"Tokyo."
"Oh, yeah. The characters both look the same."
"No they don't. And anyway, running away is going to be a bit hard."
"Nah. We'll do it tonight, now that you've got your letter. A week isn't very long, we'll have to get your stuff."
"Oh..." Tome trailed off. "So.... So, how are we going to do this?"
"After dinner, pack up your stuff while everybody is brushing their teeth. Then take it with you to a bathroom, a private one if possible, and say you're taking a shower. Hide out there until everybody's asleep, then come up to my room. I'll be ready. Can you do that?"
Again, Tome seemed more detached than anything else.
"Yeah. Aucunes inquietudes, right?"
"No worries. Right. Besides, the challenge is the fun part."
"......... Right."
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Summary: Yes, it's another 'The Story Of Sirius's Past' stories! WARNING it contains some spoilers for the fifth book. But because I am NOT I repeat NOT happy about the ending of the fifth book, we'll just leave that out, shall we? I mean, this is about the Marauders. I think that it may be SB/JP I dunno yet. You tell me. oh, and even though it says that Sirius had a younger brother Regulus, I'm giving him a twin sister Tome. Pronounced "TOE- MAY". Problem with that? then don't read. IN FACT, to hell with the fifth book. I doubt I'm following it in the least. Because I don't have the ability to use italics, underlined, or bold, I'm going to use /slashes/ to represent italics. Therefore that would be thoughts, dreams, emphasizing a word... /understand?/
Chapter One [or is it the prologue?]
"Sirius?"
Tome looked around, pushing the door to her brother's room open. "I got accepted at two schools! Sirius, Où êtes-vous?"
She frowned, looking around for hr twin. She knew he was around here somewhere...
SPLASH
Tome screamed at the top of her lungs when the bucket of ice-cold water above her tipped and soaked her. She windmilled her arms to keep the letters in each one from getting wet. "YOU BUTTHEAD! THAT WAS COMPLETELY UNCALLED FOR!!!" She howled.
Her brother dropped down from where he had been barely holding on to the shelf above his door. Or, more likely, he fell down because he was laughing so hard.
Tome and Sirius weren't necessarily identical, even though they were twins (Sirius born first). For example, the said "big brother" was more slim, due to purposes that will be explained later, his hair was shorter, not exactly relevant, his eyes were really more black then bright shining blue like Tome's, and he was a bit taller.
"You prat! Just listen to me, will you? Argh, you're such a, a, a ruddy bastar-"
"Hey, no swearing," Sirius snapped, regaining his footing and voice. They glared at each other for a moment. "SO, you got accepted into two schools, huh?"
"Yeah!"
"Well, I know that one is Beauxbatons. Is the other Durmstrang or Hogwarts?"
"Neither! Mum's old school, the one she went to!"
"Eh?" Sirius took the first letter from his sister. Sighing, he took the second, and blinked. "Oh. Gakusoku? That's neat."
There was a moment of silence, in which Tome allowed her brother to read the first letter, which was in French, then the second letter, which was in Japanese.
"Impressive," he said at last, handing both back. "Which one are you going to go to?"
"That's what I was going to ask you." Tome looked around, than dropped her voice. "I wanted to know which one I should go to, right? I mean, you didn't get a letter from either, so you're obviously going to Durmstrang or Hogwarts, right?"
"Yeah," Sirius glanced around, then ushered his sister out of the bedroom doorway.
Currently, both were in an orphanage. A big one at that, on the second floor. The first floor was for girls only, and the second for boys. The third was for the babies and infants and toddlers and stuff, the fourth was for the adults, the fifth was a large play room, the sixth had the classrooms and held lessons, and the seventh... wasn't necessarily a floor, it was the roof, more likely. With a glass dome on top, and lots of plants.
Currently, all of the kids were either having lessons, in their rooms (once they turned ten, they got their own rooms - very small, cramped, and uncomfortable, but their own rooms all the same), or on the seventh floor.
Which was why Sirius was ushering his sister up to the fifth, where all of the voices and noise would save them the trouble of being heard.
Whenever somebody got a letter, it was given to them. If they were ten or older, that was. Others had to have their letters read first. And rarely anybody ever got mail at all. This was an orphanage after all.
Sirius's and Tome's parents... their father had been an auror, but a few years ago had been killed. Both kids were only babies, though, so they didn't really care that much. Their mother had never mentioned anything about their father. She had been French, but went to a Japanese school. Thus, she taught both of her children how to read and write both. Then, just two years ago, she had told them she was going away forever, and left them at the orphanage.
It was a muggle orphanage, and both Tome and Sirius knew that they would be going to a magic school. Right? They were pure bloods. Their mother had never written them, so after many shed tears, they chose to think she was dead.
Out loud, that was.
Inwardly, both vowed to look and find her when they graduated.
"Sirius, we'll be separated," Tome whimpered once they had their own little corner in the playroom. It was filled with kids of all ages, all of whom knew better than to approach the "new kids" who weren't technically "new."
"It'll only be for a year, and we'll see each other at summer."
"It's still a long time to be away from each other."
"Don't worry. Right now we need to see which school you're going to be going to."
"Ah, right."
They both sat in silence, staring at the letters.
"Well, which one would you go to, if it was your choice?" Tome asked softly at last.
"Oh, I dunno. They're both pretty good schools, right?"
"Be serious!"
"I am!"
Tome gave an exasperated sigh. "This is serious."
"No, *I* am serious."
"Sirius. Please."
Sirius sighed. "Well, I'd want to stay close to you, which would be Beauxbatons, but I'd also want to go to mum's school. Her account is there and everything, and she's got friends I think."
There was a moment of silence.
"Then I suppose... I reckon I'd like to go to Gakusoku. I mean, like you said, I bet mum had some friends and stuff..."
"Good. So, let's see here," Sirius took the letter from the said school, then the envelope, and went through the papers. "For you, school starts in July and ends in May. That means you only get June off, that sucks. Right, so, you take a portkey - that'll be interesting, never used one of those before - to a station and take an under ground train there with the other students... and here is your list."
"I can't read kanji very well, what about that?"
"Oh, you look English enough, I'm sure they'll be nice and do kana and such... tell you what, I'll learn for you, then I'll teach you more and more with each letter I send, how about that?"
"Okay. Err, how am I going to get to the portkey?"
"Simple enough... just take another one... we'll find one in that one place. What's it called? Leaky cauldron, I can't remember. Besides, you've only got a week to get there..."
"A week? Oh no, how AM I going to get there? This place is all muggles, and we can't just ask one of our nannies to take us to some magical place!"
"Calm down, Tome. I've already worked this out. We'll run away."
"Run away?"
"Yeah. I can get a room until I get accepted into a school, and we'll get somebody to set up a portkey for you to get to... what was it? Yamato?"
"Tokyo."
"Oh, yeah. The characters both look the same."
"No they don't. And anyway, running away is going to be a bit hard."
"Nah. We'll do it tonight, now that you've got your letter. A week isn't very long, we'll have to get your stuff."
"Oh..." Tome trailed off. "So.... So, how are we going to do this?"
"After dinner, pack up your stuff while everybody is brushing their teeth. Then take it with you to a bathroom, a private one if possible, and say you're taking a shower. Hide out there until everybody's asleep, then come up to my room. I'll be ready. Can you do that?"
Again, Tome seemed more detached than anything else.
"Yeah. Aucunes inquietudes, right?"
"No worries. Right. Besides, the challenge is the fun part."
"......... Right."
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