Chapter Four
Disclaimer: You know it's rather hard to keep coming up with original disclaimers. But I'll try. I glance up from the keyboard deep in thought when I see a sign hanging directly in front of my nose. It reads, 'All work found in the Harry Potter books are J.K Rowling's, and only hers. All of Stee's work is hers and nobody else can use it unless being given permission.' There the hard part's done.
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Thanks for the advise. The 'answer' to the question is that James knew that
Sirius went to be by himself, just as Sirus knew that James had come to find
him. Being in the compartment with Snape was just a plus. Also, with the
Arthur/Evan thing. At first I was going to make it be Arthur who was Reg's and
Luc's enemy. (It would explain why Luc and Arthur had the fight in the book
store.) But the more I thought about it, the more unlikely it seemed because of
how old Charlie and Bill are compared to Harry. So I went through and made a
whole new character, and forgot to delete one of the Arthurs. Sorry about that.
About the forte stuff... I take it you're a musician? Yeah me too!
To everybody: If you have more questions, or would like a fuller answer to one
that I just answered, or just want to talk to me. IM me. My sn is on my
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Skipping classes? In the first week of school? Not exactly the smartest thing I've ever done. But I need time, time to myself without having to be the prankster I usually am.
Sirius was walking near the lake, he had his head hunched over and his cloaked draped closely around him. It was unusually cold for September, the wind rushing violently through the trees of the Forbidden Forest and across the lake, while the temperature could be considered cool at best.
It fits my mood I suppose, Sirius thought darkly, throwing a large rock into the lake. As the ripple clashed with the ripples made by the wind, his gloomy mood deepened.
That clash represented his and Reg's so well they might as well be water themselves. They either avoided each other or clashed in a battle that at best would leave them close to tears. The most troublesome part about it was that he couldn't understand why it was happening.
Oh, he understood it had something to do with his father, he knew that his brother had a blind spot where he was concerned. But why was the blind spot there? His father had never been nicer to Reg then he, himself had been, in fact, in most cases he had been nicer.
There was something tearing at the relationship that Sirius didn't know about. Something that James obviously did, considering every time in the past week that Reg had come relatively close to him, he got an uncomfortable, uneasy look on his face. So, James knew something that he didn't, and apparently wasn't going to tell him, and Sirius wasn't going to ask. He was going to find out on his own.
The best source to find out from would be his brother's best friend, Lucius Malfoy. Sirius winced at his brother's choice of friends. That family had bad blood surrounding it, somewhat like his own did.
How am I going to talk to Slytherin, let alone my brother's best friend, without him realizing it? He had been, from the start, apparent, in his dislike of Lucius.
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"Hey, Reg!" Sirius said smiling widely at his brother and his first year friend. He let his gaze sweep over the boy; he wasn't any one he recognized, so he must not have a brother in the third year. He had blond hair, and gray eyes. The boy turned to look at him and Sirius almost got lost in the sadness held there. His eyes had a look as though somebody had betrayed him deeply. Sirius forced his gaze away from the younger boy, keeping his smile pasted on.
"Did you like the feast Reg?" Sirius asked, throwing his arms around his brother. Reg grinned up at him.
"No Sirius…. I hated the feast, I mean the food was horrible!" Reg's voice was dripping in heavy sarcasm and Sirius laughed but the other boy just stood, staring at nothing.
Sirius frowned; the boy had no sense of humor at all. That was a troubling thought. If Reg stayed with him all the time then soon Reg would have no sense of humor either.
"I'm Sirius Black, this little guys brother," He winked at Reg, "Although I do try not to be serious all the time" He extended at hand to the Slytherin, who shook it, dully.
Sirius frowned more deeply. The boy didn't have manners either, but then again, neither did Reg so that wasn't a problem.
"What's you're name?" Honestly, this was like talking to a zombie, except zombies are slightly more resistant to commands. Sirius thought wryly.
"I'm Lucius Malfoy" Sirius was taken back. He'd heard all sorts of bad things about the Malfoys from Arthur Weasley. Arthur had been the head boy when Sirius was a first year. He'd heard that Malfoy's tortured Muggles for fun and that they were bully's whenever they could be. He'd also heard that they ate trolls for dinner… but that couldn't be right, trolls tasted horrible.
"I'm…. glad to meet you." Sirius said finally into the awkward silence that followed that statement. He really wasn't and he could see that both his brother and his friend knew the truth.
"Lucius, let's go, or we're gonna get lost and it won't even be our first day."
"Us? Getting lost? Highly unlikely." Lucius' face broke into the first smile that Sirius had seen the whole time he'd been there.
"Bye Reg, bye Malfoy," the last name slipped out in Lucius place, but it seemed to fit. The nodded and Sirius walked away, very troubled by his brothers choice of friends… but then again, how could you find any good friends… in Slytherin?
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Sirius thought of the many possible ways he could talk to Malfoy without his brother knowing, but they all involved teachers, and he didn't really trust Malfoy. If he wanted to get his brother back however, he was going to have to trust him, and trust him a lot.
Sirius kicked the dirt in disgust. This was revolting, him, trusting a Slytherin? No this wasn't even revolting, this was horrendous. After the first year, Sirius had promised himself that he would never depend on a Slytherin, not after he became enemies with Snape.
He was just going to use the excuse of teachers, and if he got into trouble… well… he got into trouble anyway, and at least this time it's wasn't some mindless prank.
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"Professor McGonagall, Professor Dumbledoor would like to see Lucius Malfoy." The professor looked up and smiled gently. She was new this year, and thus had no experience with the pranks the Marauders played. Sirius thanked the gods that that was the case or he could never have pulled this off.
The younger boy slipped out of his seat and walked out of the room slowly, he could see Reg giving him a funny look but ignored it and continue to walk.
When they were out of hearing distance to any of the classrooms Malfoy turned on him.
"What do you want Black? I have been thinking carefully over the things that I've done over the past few days and I haven't done anything wrong. Plus if it was important enough for Dumbledoor to talk to me then he, or one of the other teachers would have come to find me." Lucius stared at the older boy with triumph. Shoot down Black, like the eagle you wish to become, all pride, no feelings.
Sirius was speechless; he just had his mouth gaping open and shut like a fish out of water. Malfoy sighed.
"Black, I'm no halfwit. What do you want?"
"Reg's got something against me, I want to know what."
Lucius' eyes narrowed. If this was some trick, Lucius wasn't buying it. He did know what Reg had against him, but then again, Sirius probably did too. He had stayed up at night multiple times hearing Reg's muffled sobs, hearing him cry out in nightmares, 'he hates me, why does he hate me?' If Reg knew that Sirius hated him, what other way could he have found out then by Sirius himself?
"Why are you asking me? To hurt Reg more? Leave him and me alone." With that, Lucius stalked off. Sirius was a stupid butthead if he believed that he would betray his friend and leave him open to more hurt. Reg had helped Lucius when somebody had hurt him, now it was his turn to help Reg.
He wasn't going to let some stupid Gryffindor do that to Reg. Not now, not ever, and if Sirius wanted to do more damage then he's already done, then he was going to half to do that with out any help.
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Wow, after reading that I realized how ironic that was. James turned on Reg and told him to leave Sirius alone. Then Luc turned on Sirius to leave Reg alone, and all along while they're just trying to help their friends out they're getting them into a more confused mess! Poor guys… and I'm not even done, the lie is going to leak in further, it's only Reg's third year. *sigh* Meh, oh well, you gotta do, what the plot bunny (and you're muses) tell you to do. Oh, and guys, 'im' me, I'm getting a sort of writers block, help me out! Please! Well, bye for now, thank you for reading… and remember, the nice purple review button is there for a reason. Use it. *wink*.
Cheers without tears (except for the boys)
Stee
