Authors note: The sister thing didn't really happen to me, just made that
up, but I really am dying my hair red, so that explains Buffy's red hair.
Sirius, after hearing James shout, and thinking *Oh, wonderful, this again.* , walked into the compartment in time the see Buffy standing still, shaking with anger, her wand pointing in the direction of James, who was now floating in the air.
"SO HOW MANY PEOPLE DID YOU TELL, JAMES? HUH? DON'T YOU THINK IF I WANTED THEM TO KNOW I WOULD'VE TOLD THEM???" Buffy roared, slamming James around them compartment with her wand all the while.
"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" James shouted. This seemed to make Buffy even madder, as she yelled,
"THE HELL YOU DIDN'T! YOU TOLD THEM ABOUT ABBY!"
"NO I DIDN'T!" James shouted.
"ARE YOU GOING TO STAND THERE AND LIE TO ME?!?!"
"Actually, I'm floating." James corrected her. Big mistake. Buffy whipped James upside down, then dropped him to the floor, starting forward towards him.
"BUFFY! CALM DOWN!" Sirius bellowed, but soon realized that was a BIG mistake, as she turned on him.
"CALM DOWN? CALM DOWN!? YOU EXPECT ME TO CALM DOWN AFTER HE TOLD YOU SOMETHING I SPESIFICALLY ASKED HIM NOT TO TELL YOU!? OR TELL ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER! LILY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW UNTIL LAST YEAR! MY SISTER IS DEAD AND HE TOLD YOU AND I TOLD HIM NOT TO TELL ANYONE OR HE'D REGRET IT, AND YOU'RE ASKING ME TO CALM DOWN?!" Buffy roared at Sirius, turning out her anger on him, and shoving her wand in her jean pocket.
"Yes, I am." Sirius said calmly, knowing she wouldn't do anything to him if he did this the right way, but then realized he wasn't as Buffys fist rammed into his gut, and the his face as she vented out her anger.
"MY GOD, YOU MUST BE STUPIDER THAN I THOUGHT! YOU THINK I'M GONNA LET HIM OFF THE HOOK THIS TIME? HE'LL BE LUCKY IF HE GETS OFF WITH ONLY A FEW SCARS AFTER I'M THROUGH WITH HIM!" Buffy screamed, obviously not joking. "WELL, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU THOGUHT, YOU'RE HORRIBLY MISTAKEN!" Buffy was obviously maddened almost to the point where she didn't care what she was doing anymore, so when she pulled out her wand, Sirius wasn't surprised when everyone, including Lily, back away. Well, all except Sirius, who moved forward and said,
"Put the wand down, Buffy."
"No." Buffy said, now seething with anger.
* Oh shit, she's gone mad!* Sirius thought.
"Buffy, you know you don't want to hurt anyone."
"DON'T I?! MY SISTER WAS MURDERED IN FRONT OF ME, BY SOMEONE I COULDN'T SEE, AND I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THAT THING AND KILL IT?! WELL, GUESS WHAT, SIRIUS? I DID! I FINALLY GOT THE THING AND HE WAS INVISIBLE WHEN I DID IT, SO WHEN I CHUCKED A KNIFE AT HIM, I DIDN'T SEE HIM BLEED! DO YOU KNOW HOPW MUCH I WANTED TO SEE HIM BLEED TO DEATH LIKE MY SISTER, MY LITTLE INNOCENT SISTER, DID? LIKE HE MADE HER? WELL, I DIDN'T GET TO, SO KNOW I WANT TO SEE SOMEONE BLEED! I WANNA SEE SOMEONE PAY!" Buffy roared at Sirius so load, that half the train was now watching the scene through the open door, including some of the teachers. "ANYONE WANNA COME NEAR ME? CAUSE I SWEAR IF YOU DO I'LL MAKE YOU BLEED! THINK I'M KIDDING? TRY ME!" Buffy yelled, daring anyone to come any closer to her.
Sirius stepped forward, toward her, and said,
"Buffy, you won't and you know it."
"WON'T I, SIRIUS? WELL, SAY THAT NOW!" Buffy screamed, slamming her fist to his face where her nails scratched his cheek, so there were now three scratches on his cheek, dripping with blood. Sirius' head turned sideways as she hit him, and when her looked back at her, Buffy was horrified that she had made him bleed, but then her face turned cold.
"Anyone else?" She said, looking as if she hoped terribly that someone else was stupid enough to say yes. She looked around, and when her eyes fell on Sirius, still in the same spot a two feet away from her, she looked horrified and there was something else one her face when her eyes fell on a knife by her foot that almost scared Sirius to death. Need. She reached down slowly and picked up the knife, backing away when Sirius stepped forward.
"Buffy, put the knife down. Put the knife down, Buffy." Sirius said, terrified about what he knew she was going to do. Buffy walked backwards, until her back was three feet away from the wall, shaking her head.
"I have to Sirius. I'm sorry. I can't take this anymore, it's just too much. Knowing that if I'd moved quicker I'd have been able to save her, I just can't stand it. Why should I live, and Abby shouldn't? What did I do that she didn't?" Buffy said slowly, still holding the knife.
"Buffy, you don't want to do this. You're a good person, and you couldn't of saved her." Sirius said pleadingly.
"HOW THE HELL WOULD YOU KNOW? WERE YOU THERE? WERE YOU THERE WHEN I SAW A GHOST MURDER MY LITTLE SISTER? DID YOU SEE HER BLOOD SPILL ONTO HER BED? ONTO THE FLOOR? WERE YOU THERE WHEN I LOST MY BEST FRIEND?" Buffy screamed, then said calmly, "No, Sirius, you weren't. And you wouldn't understand why I'm going to do this."
"No, I don't. But I know how I'm going to feel if you do this. I'm going to lose one of my best friends." Sirius said.
"So then you understand why I have to do this, Sirius. Just please, please let me see my sister again." Buffy said, begging him as if it were up to him.
"I can't let you do this, Buffy. I just can't. You can't do this." Sirius said.
"You aren't someone to tell me what I can and cannot do, Sirius." Buffy said, "I just want to see my sister again. Just, please, let me see my sister again." Buffy said.
She was looking at him as thought that was the only thing that mattered to her, and she looked so fragile and lost that it broke his heart and scared him, as he was used to seeing her so strong and defiant and beautiful.
"I'm sorry, Sirius. I just have to." Buffy told him, whimpering and backing up as her walked towards her, backing her up into the wall. Sirius now stood in front of her, staring into her mad and wild eyes, which were pleading with him, but looking sad all the while, and he gently grabbed her wrist with the knife in it, and said softly,
"No, you don't. Buffy, I realize that it must've devastated you to lose you sister, especially when she was so young, but killing yourself isn't going to bring her back, okay? It'll only make your parents more sad to lose there other daughter, and you don't want them to go through that again, do you?" Buffy looked away from him at this, but he continued, "Buffy, you're parents will miss you, yes. And so will Hogwarts, but you have lots of thing here that you shouldn't give up. You have friends, you have your parents, you don't have Abby, but you have something just as good."
At this, Buffy looked up at him, and he stared into her beautiful brown eyes and whispered in a small voice,
"And what's that?" Sirius smiled softly at her.
"You've got me." At his words, Buffy collapsed, and started sobbing. Sirius caught her, and he held her, listening to her spilling out her heart on his shoulder,
"10, she was only 10, Sirius! Oh, why'd she have to die!?" She stopped talking then, just sobbing on his shoulder, and he led her over to a seat and sat down, her on his lap, still bawling, and Sirius watched, smoothing her hair down, as it had come out of it's bun when she had been screaming at him, with one hand, the other around her waist, and staring out the door while James, Remus, and Lily shooed everyone away, the sat down. Sirius rocked Buffy back in forth, effectively calming her down so she stopped sobbing, and silent tears rolled down her cheeks. Sirius looked down at her and was surprised to see red meet his gaze. He picked up a strand of her shoulder-length hair and pulled back slightly from her, and said softly,
"Buffy, what happened to your hair? It's red!" Well, it was true. Her hair WAS read, opposed to its natural light brown with blonde highlight, so now it looked red with strawberry-blonde highlights.
Buffy pulled back a little, wiped the tears from her eyes, and picked up a strand of her hair, and smiled slightly,
"You just noticed that?"
"Yeah, how'd it get like that?" Sirius said, smiling at the fact that she was smiling.
"I dyed I, dummy!" Buffy said, smiling widely.
"Hey, you okay?" James asked her. Buffy turned and smiled at him.
"Yeah, I'm fine now." She said, moving off of Sirius' lap, disappointing Sirius and herself slightly.
"It's just, I miss Abby. I'll be fine, now that I got that all out." She said, smiling.
Ten minutes later, Buffy was asleep, her head resting in Sirius' shoulder, while Lily had also fallen asleep, her head now on James' shoulder, and he could tell James' was enjoying every minute of it.
They soon arrived at Hogwarts, and thank god for the new rule in Hogwarts (temporarily there will be no need for uniforms) as none of them had their robes on, but muggle clothing, Buffy standing out the most with her tight jeans and yellow sleeveless top, not to mention red hair from Lily and Buffy.
They got off the train, into the carriages, and arrived at Hogwarts in time for the sorting, where a lot of people were talking about Buffy, as they could tell be them pointing at her, no doubt talking about her suicidal attempt to kill herself. Buffy didn't seem to care, and just told anyone who asked that she sometimes went insane for a few minutes and that she was mad as hell, and wasn't thin king straight, as she was overwhelmed with grief, so now everyone knew her story, but it died out after a half an hour of discussion. By now it was time for Dumbledores speech, and everyone was quiet.
"I would like to make an announcement: This year, there will be a Halloween dance called the "Muggle Ball", as you will dress as muggles for this ball. Now, everyone can attend this, but be warned, if anyone is severely hurt by pranks, Miss Halliwell, Mr. Black, and Mr. Potter," Dumbledore said, looking at the three, making Buffy blush, as they were the three pranksters, " The ball will be canceled."
Everyone groaned, knowing that Buffy, Sirius, and James couldn't resist a good prank. But Dumbledore continued,
"So, I will also have the pleasure to announce that there will be a thing called karaoke (kari-oak-e)- at the-" He was cut off as all the muggle borns, including Buffy, screamed and bounced up and down, making Sirius and James lean sideways, as Buffy was sitting in between them, and say,
"What the hell is karaoke?" Making Buffy smile and say,
"Shh. Listen, I'll tell you later."
Dumbledore cleared his throat, and everyone quieted down as he said,
"Yes, karaoke. And there will be muggle music, as well as a Halloween King, Queen, Princess, and Prince. You will vote who these people will be, but they must be in 4th year or above. But for you to vote for them, the don't necessarily have to be, er... What's the term? Going out. Yes, that's it. And they can be from any house. That is all. Off to bed with you."
Everyone rushed to bed, but most were to excited to speak. Some were already asking people to the dance, James had asked Lily, in which she had casually told him she'd rather go with Snape, and Raven had asked Sirius, who said he'd think about it, and a number of boys had asked Buffy, who said she didn't want a date. No one believed her. For some reason, everybody except Gryffindors thought that Buffy and Sirius were going out, to which Buffy 'accidentally' dropped her wand, making it give them a pigs tail, a dog snout, and the voice of a house-elf, to which they had to be lead to the hospital Wing.
So, now everyone knew the truth: Sirius Black and Buffy Halliwell were NOT going out. Case closed. Well, at least for a little, because after seeing what Buffy could do on the train, no one especially wanted to mess with her right now. For a little.
Sirius, after hearing James shout, and thinking *Oh, wonderful, this again.* , walked into the compartment in time the see Buffy standing still, shaking with anger, her wand pointing in the direction of James, who was now floating in the air.
"SO HOW MANY PEOPLE DID YOU TELL, JAMES? HUH? DON'T YOU THINK IF I WANTED THEM TO KNOW I WOULD'VE TOLD THEM???" Buffy roared, slamming James around them compartment with her wand all the while.
"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" James shouted. This seemed to make Buffy even madder, as she yelled,
"THE HELL YOU DIDN'T! YOU TOLD THEM ABOUT ABBY!"
"NO I DIDN'T!" James shouted.
"ARE YOU GOING TO STAND THERE AND LIE TO ME?!?!"
"Actually, I'm floating." James corrected her. Big mistake. Buffy whipped James upside down, then dropped him to the floor, starting forward towards him.
"BUFFY! CALM DOWN!" Sirius bellowed, but soon realized that was a BIG mistake, as she turned on him.
"CALM DOWN? CALM DOWN!? YOU EXPECT ME TO CALM DOWN AFTER HE TOLD YOU SOMETHING I SPESIFICALLY ASKED HIM NOT TO TELL YOU!? OR TELL ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER! LILY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW UNTIL LAST YEAR! MY SISTER IS DEAD AND HE TOLD YOU AND I TOLD HIM NOT TO TELL ANYONE OR HE'D REGRET IT, AND YOU'RE ASKING ME TO CALM DOWN?!" Buffy roared at Sirius, turning out her anger on him, and shoving her wand in her jean pocket.
"Yes, I am." Sirius said calmly, knowing she wouldn't do anything to him if he did this the right way, but then realized he wasn't as Buffys fist rammed into his gut, and the his face as she vented out her anger.
"MY GOD, YOU MUST BE STUPIDER THAN I THOUGHT! YOU THINK I'M GONNA LET HIM OFF THE HOOK THIS TIME? HE'LL BE LUCKY IF HE GETS OFF WITH ONLY A FEW SCARS AFTER I'M THROUGH WITH HIM!" Buffy screamed, obviously not joking. "WELL, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU THOGUHT, YOU'RE HORRIBLY MISTAKEN!" Buffy was obviously maddened almost to the point where she didn't care what she was doing anymore, so when she pulled out her wand, Sirius wasn't surprised when everyone, including Lily, back away. Well, all except Sirius, who moved forward and said,
"Put the wand down, Buffy."
"No." Buffy said, now seething with anger.
* Oh shit, she's gone mad!* Sirius thought.
"Buffy, you know you don't want to hurt anyone."
"DON'T I?! MY SISTER WAS MURDERED IN FRONT OF ME, BY SOMEONE I COULDN'T SEE, AND I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THAT THING AND KILL IT?! WELL, GUESS WHAT, SIRIUS? I DID! I FINALLY GOT THE THING AND HE WAS INVISIBLE WHEN I DID IT, SO WHEN I CHUCKED A KNIFE AT HIM, I DIDN'T SEE HIM BLEED! DO YOU KNOW HOPW MUCH I WANTED TO SEE HIM BLEED TO DEATH LIKE MY SISTER, MY LITTLE INNOCENT SISTER, DID? LIKE HE MADE HER? WELL, I DIDN'T GET TO, SO KNOW I WANT TO SEE SOMEONE BLEED! I WANNA SEE SOMEONE PAY!" Buffy roared at Sirius so load, that half the train was now watching the scene through the open door, including some of the teachers. "ANYONE WANNA COME NEAR ME? CAUSE I SWEAR IF YOU DO I'LL MAKE YOU BLEED! THINK I'M KIDDING? TRY ME!" Buffy yelled, daring anyone to come any closer to her.
Sirius stepped forward, toward her, and said,
"Buffy, you won't and you know it."
"WON'T I, SIRIUS? WELL, SAY THAT NOW!" Buffy screamed, slamming her fist to his face where her nails scratched his cheek, so there were now three scratches on his cheek, dripping with blood. Sirius' head turned sideways as she hit him, and when her looked back at her, Buffy was horrified that she had made him bleed, but then her face turned cold.
"Anyone else?" She said, looking as if she hoped terribly that someone else was stupid enough to say yes. She looked around, and when her eyes fell on Sirius, still in the same spot a two feet away from her, she looked horrified and there was something else one her face when her eyes fell on a knife by her foot that almost scared Sirius to death. Need. She reached down slowly and picked up the knife, backing away when Sirius stepped forward.
"Buffy, put the knife down. Put the knife down, Buffy." Sirius said, terrified about what he knew she was going to do. Buffy walked backwards, until her back was three feet away from the wall, shaking her head.
"I have to Sirius. I'm sorry. I can't take this anymore, it's just too much. Knowing that if I'd moved quicker I'd have been able to save her, I just can't stand it. Why should I live, and Abby shouldn't? What did I do that she didn't?" Buffy said slowly, still holding the knife.
"Buffy, you don't want to do this. You're a good person, and you couldn't of saved her." Sirius said pleadingly.
"HOW THE HELL WOULD YOU KNOW? WERE YOU THERE? WERE YOU THERE WHEN I SAW A GHOST MURDER MY LITTLE SISTER? DID YOU SEE HER BLOOD SPILL ONTO HER BED? ONTO THE FLOOR? WERE YOU THERE WHEN I LOST MY BEST FRIEND?" Buffy screamed, then said calmly, "No, Sirius, you weren't. And you wouldn't understand why I'm going to do this."
"No, I don't. But I know how I'm going to feel if you do this. I'm going to lose one of my best friends." Sirius said.
"So then you understand why I have to do this, Sirius. Just please, please let me see my sister again." Buffy said, begging him as if it were up to him.
"I can't let you do this, Buffy. I just can't. You can't do this." Sirius said.
"You aren't someone to tell me what I can and cannot do, Sirius." Buffy said, "I just want to see my sister again. Just, please, let me see my sister again." Buffy said.
She was looking at him as thought that was the only thing that mattered to her, and she looked so fragile and lost that it broke his heart and scared him, as he was used to seeing her so strong and defiant and beautiful.
"I'm sorry, Sirius. I just have to." Buffy told him, whimpering and backing up as her walked towards her, backing her up into the wall. Sirius now stood in front of her, staring into her mad and wild eyes, which were pleading with him, but looking sad all the while, and he gently grabbed her wrist with the knife in it, and said softly,
"No, you don't. Buffy, I realize that it must've devastated you to lose you sister, especially when she was so young, but killing yourself isn't going to bring her back, okay? It'll only make your parents more sad to lose there other daughter, and you don't want them to go through that again, do you?" Buffy looked away from him at this, but he continued, "Buffy, you're parents will miss you, yes. And so will Hogwarts, but you have lots of thing here that you shouldn't give up. You have friends, you have your parents, you don't have Abby, but you have something just as good."
At this, Buffy looked up at him, and he stared into her beautiful brown eyes and whispered in a small voice,
"And what's that?" Sirius smiled softly at her.
"You've got me." At his words, Buffy collapsed, and started sobbing. Sirius caught her, and he held her, listening to her spilling out her heart on his shoulder,
"10, she was only 10, Sirius! Oh, why'd she have to die!?" She stopped talking then, just sobbing on his shoulder, and he led her over to a seat and sat down, her on his lap, still bawling, and Sirius watched, smoothing her hair down, as it had come out of it's bun when she had been screaming at him, with one hand, the other around her waist, and staring out the door while James, Remus, and Lily shooed everyone away, the sat down. Sirius rocked Buffy back in forth, effectively calming her down so she stopped sobbing, and silent tears rolled down her cheeks. Sirius looked down at her and was surprised to see red meet his gaze. He picked up a strand of her shoulder-length hair and pulled back slightly from her, and said softly,
"Buffy, what happened to your hair? It's red!" Well, it was true. Her hair WAS read, opposed to its natural light brown with blonde highlight, so now it looked red with strawberry-blonde highlights.
Buffy pulled back a little, wiped the tears from her eyes, and picked up a strand of her hair, and smiled slightly,
"You just noticed that?"
"Yeah, how'd it get like that?" Sirius said, smiling at the fact that she was smiling.
"I dyed I, dummy!" Buffy said, smiling widely.
"Hey, you okay?" James asked her. Buffy turned and smiled at him.
"Yeah, I'm fine now." She said, moving off of Sirius' lap, disappointing Sirius and herself slightly.
"It's just, I miss Abby. I'll be fine, now that I got that all out." She said, smiling.
Ten minutes later, Buffy was asleep, her head resting in Sirius' shoulder, while Lily had also fallen asleep, her head now on James' shoulder, and he could tell James' was enjoying every minute of it.
They soon arrived at Hogwarts, and thank god for the new rule in Hogwarts (temporarily there will be no need for uniforms) as none of them had their robes on, but muggle clothing, Buffy standing out the most with her tight jeans and yellow sleeveless top, not to mention red hair from Lily and Buffy.
They got off the train, into the carriages, and arrived at Hogwarts in time for the sorting, where a lot of people were talking about Buffy, as they could tell be them pointing at her, no doubt talking about her suicidal attempt to kill herself. Buffy didn't seem to care, and just told anyone who asked that she sometimes went insane for a few minutes and that she was mad as hell, and wasn't thin king straight, as she was overwhelmed with grief, so now everyone knew her story, but it died out after a half an hour of discussion. By now it was time for Dumbledores speech, and everyone was quiet.
"I would like to make an announcement: This year, there will be a Halloween dance called the "Muggle Ball", as you will dress as muggles for this ball. Now, everyone can attend this, but be warned, if anyone is severely hurt by pranks, Miss Halliwell, Mr. Black, and Mr. Potter," Dumbledore said, looking at the three, making Buffy blush, as they were the three pranksters, " The ball will be canceled."
Everyone groaned, knowing that Buffy, Sirius, and James couldn't resist a good prank. But Dumbledore continued,
"So, I will also have the pleasure to announce that there will be a thing called karaoke (kari-oak-e)- at the-" He was cut off as all the muggle borns, including Buffy, screamed and bounced up and down, making Sirius and James lean sideways, as Buffy was sitting in between them, and say,
"What the hell is karaoke?" Making Buffy smile and say,
"Shh. Listen, I'll tell you later."
Dumbledore cleared his throat, and everyone quieted down as he said,
"Yes, karaoke. And there will be muggle music, as well as a Halloween King, Queen, Princess, and Prince. You will vote who these people will be, but they must be in 4th year or above. But for you to vote for them, the don't necessarily have to be, er... What's the term? Going out. Yes, that's it. And they can be from any house. That is all. Off to bed with you."
Everyone rushed to bed, but most were to excited to speak. Some were already asking people to the dance, James had asked Lily, in which she had casually told him she'd rather go with Snape, and Raven had asked Sirius, who said he'd think about it, and a number of boys had asked Buffy, who said she didn't want a date. No one believed her. For some reason, everybody except Gryffindors thought that Buffy and Sirius were going out, to which Buffy 'accidentally' dropped her wand, making it give them a pigs tail, a dog snout, and the voice of a house-elf, to which they had to be lead to the hospital Wing.
So, now everyone knew the truth: Sirius Black and Buffy Halliwell were NOT going out. Case closed. Well, at least for a little, because after seeing what Buffy could do on the train, no one especially wanted to mess with her right now. For a little.