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Sirius couldn't get back to sleep, every time he closed his eyes he saw her in pain, and it hurt him as well; more then he ever thought that it couldn't to see someone who needed his help and he couldn't help them. He didn't know what to do, he didn't really want to wake Remus up; because it would sound a little stupid telling him about this bad dream he had even though that it could be real.
He got out of bed and got his school bag out of his truck and found some parchment and a quill, so that he could write a letter to her. Though as he sat there wondering what to write without sounding stupid at the same time nothing came to him; he thought it was kind of the same about waking Remus up in the middle of the night, but he needed to know, even if he couldn't do anything from here; he still needed to know.
He sat there for a while thinking what to do, then it just came to him all of a sudden. She can contact him magical, what if that was what she did? What she if needed him and that was her only why of calling for help?
Dear Nissa,
I hope that you are alright, but I have a feeling that your not. But this time, I do hope that I'm wrong. But I had this dream, I know you think at this point that I'm being stupid; maybe I am but I just need to know if what I saw really happened. Well this is it: - I saw you and Infidus at your house, and he was torturing you more then beating you.
I don't know what to say, or how to help, but if that did happen get out before he kills you. Go anywhere, even go to Snape's or to my family, they'll have you, or come back to school.
Please write back to me this time!
Sirius Black
Sirius tried to get some sleep until he could leave and spend his letter, he didn't really fancy getting caught out of bed tonight. As soon as it became light he got dress and woke Remus.
"Remus come on, get up." Sirius told him nudging his shoulder to wake him up.
"She is... why won't you believe me?" Remus mumbled.
Sirius smiled slightly. "Remus wake up!"
Remus waved his arm's and turned over, as he slowly woke up. It was still slightly dark outside and wondered what the time was, and why he had been woken up. He turned over and saw Sirius stood over his bed.
"What time is it?" Remus asked pulling his quilt around him.
Sirius grabbed hold of it and pulled it off of him. "It doesn't matter, your coming to the owlery with me."
Remus just looked at him, wondering if he was winding him up or if he was being serious; he grabbed hold of some of his clothes and few them at him to get dressed.
"So you are being serious?" Remus said wiping his eyes as he sat up.
"Of course I am." Sirius answered. "It's important."
"So who's the letter to then?" Remus asked him as he quickly got dressed.
"Well, erm... its personal you don't mind do you?" Sirius said. "I'll tell you when I get a reply back though."
Remus smiled at him as he stood up. "No course not, but it must be important if your giving up your lay in."
They went up to the owlery and found Sirius' owl and sent off his letter, Remus didn't spy to see who it was posted to because he knew that Sirius would tell him in his own time.
***
Nissa slept almost all day, she only woke up when she felt something land on her legs; she tried to kick what ever it was but didn't have the strength to move. She opened her eyes to look what it was, she was quit surprised to see Sirius' owl.
"Hey, Chaos." Nissa said weakly as she tried to sit up.
Chaos hooted at her cheerfully as he hopped along and gave her the letter, she sucked him as she opened the letter.
Dear Nissa,
I hope that you are alright, but I have a feeling that your not. But this time, I do hope that I'm wrong. But I had this dream, I know you think at this point that I'm being stupid; maybe I am but I just need to know if what I saw really happened. Well this is it: - I saw you and Infidus at your house, and he was torturing you more then beating you.
I don't know what to say, or how to help, but if that did happen get out before he kills you. Go anywhere, even go to Snape's or to my family, they'll have you, or come back to school.
Please write back to me this time!
Sirius Black
Nissa read the letter through a couple of times, before she fully understood the letter, she smiled slightly at the owl.
"He's not such a bad guy is he?" Nissa said.
Chaos hooted cheerfully at her. Nissa thought the letter through, she knew he was right, that she had to get out of there, she read the last part again; he wanted her to get out even if she went to stay with Severus, even his family.
She slowly got up and walked over to her desk so she could write him back, Chaos flew over with her and sat on the edge of her desk, he seemed quit pleased that she was witting back to him this time; because all the way through the summer holidays when he had wrote she had never wrote back even though she had wanted too.
***
At breakfast both Sirius and Remus received a letter from James telling them how his holiday was going so far, and that he was having a great time though it would have been even better if they would have both been there.
Sirius didn't eat much, which Remus knew there must be something wrong if he wasn't eating because he loved to eat.
"I do hope she writes to me this time." Sirius said aloud.
Remus wanted to ask more then ever at this who was the letter too, the only thing he knew was it was girl, but whom?
Later that day at dinner, Sirius wasn't eating again his mind was else where wondering when he was going to get a reply, just then Chaos flew down and landed in front of them both, making everyone look over at them. Well no one normally got meal at dinner in the Great Hall; it was normally just at breakfast.
He quickly took the letter off Chaos and ripped it open, so pleased that she had wrote back to him.
Sirius, I don't know how you did it, or even if it was me. But... well... It did happen, I am sorry though that you had to see it as well. But thank you for writing to make sure that I'm alright... I'm leaving, though I can't come back to school yet, I'll stay with Severus, I'm sure he'll have me.
I'll see you when I get back, thanks again. Oh, and say 'hi' to Remus for me.
From Nissa.
Sirius wasn't sure if this letter made him feel better or not, now that he knew that it had really happened, and that she was going to stay with Severus. If she would have gone to his house he could have gone home, he would have taken Remus so that he wouldn't have been on his own. Part of him hoped that she would have come back to the school like she had done in her first year.
"So is that what you were waiting for?" Remus asked breaking into his thoughts.
Sirius looked up at him. "I guess so. Oh, Nissa says hi."
"Nissa? You wrote to Nissa why?" Remus asked surprised.
"This dream, though it wasn't really a dream." Sirius answered. "She's going to stay with Snape."
"Oh." Remus said.
***
Severus walked out of the living to answer the front door, as his mother got up to have a look through the window to find out who it was.
"Hurry up and open the door, Severus!" Mr Snape shouted at him from his study down the hall.
Severus took a deep breathe and carried on walking he stopped at the door, and opened it; he just stared at who stood there. Nissa dropped her truck and cage and lunged forward and hugged him as tightly as she could, because she was still very sore.
Severus just stood there for a moment before he hugged her gently back in-case he hurt her. His mother came out of the living and smiled at her son and Nissa.
"Nice to see you my dear." Mrs Snape said.
Severus let go of her and stepped aside, his mother gasped and then ran over to her. She wrapped her arm around her and took her through to the living room while Severus brought her truck and cage in.
She sat her down on the sofa, and Nissa carefully sat down beside of her; Severus came in and sat down on the chair facing them both.
"You're staying with us." Mrs Snape told her. "Look at you."
Nissa wished that they wouldn't, but she was glad that she could stay.
"I'll make up a room for you." Mrs Snape told her. "Severus, make her a healing potion won't you. Ask your father for the book."
Nissa sat there while they both went off; Severus went down the hall while his mother went upstairs to sort out a room for Nissa. He softly knocked on his father's study and waited for an answer, he never went in without being told to first.
"What do you want?" Mr Snape shouted.
Severus pushed open the door, knowing that meant that he could go inside. There was a large desk which he was sat at covered with books and scrolls, the room was covered in book shelves and scrolls, there were also a couple of caldron's; on the only empty space on the wall was a down which lead down into the basement, which contain everything they couldn't keep top side, potion ingredients, books and so on.
"Nissa has just arrived; she'll be staying with us for the rest of the holidays." Severus told him, as his father looked up at him.
He had long black tied neatly back, and had the same black eyes as his son, though they didn't hold as much feeling as his did anymore.
"Is that it?" He asked him.
"No, we need please; the book with the healing spell's and potion's." Severus answered quickly.
He looked at his son for a moment before he stood up and walked over to the bookshelf and book off a heavy dusty book which looked as though it hadn't been used in years, he handed the book over to his son.
"She could make a man out of you, don't be stupid and lose her to some mud-blood." He told him.
Severus didn't say anything as he turned and left the room to go back to Nissa in the living room. He started to flip through the book as he walked back; he looked at Nissa as he entered the room. He had never seen her like this before, she had always been so strong, and he hated what Infidus did to her. He sat down besides her wanting to reach out and touch her, but didn't.
"Thank you." Nissa said smiling at him. "For everything."
Severus smiled back at her and nodded, and went back to finding something he could make to make her feel better; he found it just as his mother came back into the room to tell them that the room was ready for her.
"Why don't you take her thing's up Severus, we'll follow in a minute." She told him.
Severus had wanted Nissa to come up with him, but he nodded and did what he was told as normal. Mrs Snape sat down beside of her as Severus struggled with the book, cage and her truck.
"Nissa, I know that I'm not really one to talk about this." She told her. "But you are welcome here when ever you want you do know that. I know maybe this isn't really the 'best' place for you, but you will be safe here."
"Thank you Mrs Snape." Nissa said.
Nissa went up stairs and fold Severus waiting for her, they went into her bedroom and she sat back down not able to stand for long because she was still so weak.
"I've found a potion for you." Severus told her. "I'll make it straight away, you'll be better in no time at all."
Nissa smiled, her eyes started to close she could barley keep them open; her head fell forward and landed on his lap she was fast asleep. Severus just sat there stiff not moving, not knowing what to do. This was destroying everything he had ever believed, she was his rock; he loved everything about her and that Infidus was destroying her. He looked down at her, he touched her face softly and then moved out from under her; he picked her up and tucked her under the quilts to sleep.
Severus let her sleep while he went back down stairs to start on the potion, Lestrange and Bellatrix turned up about an hour later. He told them that Nissa was staying with him though he didn't tell them why.
Bellatrix smiled at him. "Way to go you. I can't wait to tell Sirius that she's staying with you, and that you're going out."
"I never said that." Severus told her.
"So what, it'll piss him off anyway." Bellatrix said off handled.
Severus had to admitted that he she was right, and didn't say anything else about it. And he also didn't tell them about the potion he was making.
"The two of you are more alike then I realised." Bellatrix said.
They both looked at her wondering what she meant by it.
"She wouldn't tell me how she blew up the wall with a potion; remember in the summer when we went to her house." Bellatrix told them. "I wish I knew what that was. We might not be aloud to do magic outside school, but we're still aloud to make potions."
"Why don't you try and find out some of them." Lestrange suggested. "And get her to wear something hot."
Bellatrix hit him on the arm hard; he smiled at her and then linked her arm and kissed her.
"You know I only have eyes for you, but I'm aloud to look from time to time aren't I?" Lestrange said smiling at her.
"Well it doesn't matter anyway, she's in bed." Severus told them.
"Your bed? way to go mate." Lestrange said proudly.
"No! Not my bed, her bed." Severus told them.
Lestrange smiled at him as though to say 'what ever you say mate, but I know what you mean'. Severus ignored him, and carried on making the potion while Bellatrix went on about what she was going to write when she told Sirius.
"Oh, that's Nissa's owl isn't it." Bellatrix said. "She won't mind if I use it will she? I'll send the letter with her owl, he'll like that."
Bellatrix smiled the whole time while she wrote the letter, and then sent it off with 'Siren'.
***
Sirius was half way through unwrapping his presents when he spotted one from his uncle. He grabbed at that one and opened it, there were two mirrors.
"Well he knows you too well." Remus said laughing as he saw the mirrors.
Sirius didn't say anything as he opened the letter and put the mirrors to one side as he read the letter.
Dear Sirius,
Hope your well, Happy Christmas. I'm sure that you'll find good use for those. Their not normal mirror's, though I guess you can use them like that. But what their really used for is for talking to someone else with, you give the mirror to someone else and you can talk to them with them; just talk into them.
Hope you get some fun out of them.
Uncle Alphard
Sirius smiled to himself and handed the letter to Remus, so that he could read through it as well.
"Well that'll be handy won't it?" Remus said giving him his letter back.
"Let's have ago." Sirius said giving him one of the mirrors.
Remus took the mirror, this was quit different, normally it was James who tried out anything like this with him first, but because he wasn't here it was Remus' turn; though of course he wasn't complaining.
They had quit a bit of fun with the mirrors and soon realised that they could do a lot more with them now, they could use them as look outs, and talk to one another while they were in detention so they wouldn't be bored and plan more stuff to do, probably to get them more detention.
While eating Christmas dinner, Sirius had gotten his appetite back by now and was eating enough for two; when another owl flew down and again went to the Gryffindor table and to Sirius and Remus. It was a beautiful owl, which none of them recognised, though Sirius did straight away. He grabbed at the letter without looking who it was to and opened it, though it wasn't in her writing.
Hey Cousin, sorry to disappoint you, well I'm not sorry of course. I just thought that you should know that Nissa's staying with Severus, and guess what? They're going out as well, and that isn't it, it doesn't end there. When we went around, she was in bed; in his bed!
Enjoy the rest of your Christmas cous.
Bellatrix Black
Sirius screwed up the letter and through it down the table, knocking over a full goblet; he through his own goblet at the table making everyone look over at him. Remus quickly made for the letter and straightens it out so that he could read it.
"Stupid owl, get out of here!" Sirius shouted, but she didn't move just stayed where she was staring at him. "It would be just like her wouldn't it?"
The owl hooted at him and then took a piece of turkey off his plate.
"She wouldn't would she?" Remus reassured him.
"But she is there." Sirius shot back at him.
"Yes, well that doesn't mean the rest of it is true does it?" Remus said calmly.
Sirius though wasn't listening anymore and was feeding Siren instead, and not eating again.
"Write to her." Remus suggested. "Her owl is right here, and I'm sure that she'll make sure that Nissa will get it."
Sirius didn't answer him, and his mood went down from there, and get even worst the morning after when he received two more letters and neither of them was wanted.
Sirius, you stupid foolish boy. You could at lest had kept her in the family. Even if she didn't like Regulus, though I'm not sure why she wouldn't, he's a better son then you'll ever be.
Mu/ Mrs Black
Just another up date cous, they do look good together don't they? Can't wait to see you again, can't wait for you to see Nissa and Severus together. Seems as though you lost out on her again. Oh by the way, your mum might write, I kind of told her, she wasn't at all pleased with you.
Bellatrix Black
***
Nissa didn't do much over the holidays part from spend her time with Severus and his friends, and them dropping hints that they should go out; though that was never going to happen unless Severus asked her out.
She took the potion every night before she went to bed because it made her tired, she would either take it her room or in his while they talked; but every time she fell asleep in his longing arm's, but nothing ever happened.
Sirius couldn't get back to sleep, every time he closed his eyes he saw her in pain, and it hurt him as well; more then he ever thought that it couldn't to see someone who needed his help and he couldn't help them. He didn't know what to do, he didn't really want to wake Remus up; because it would sound a little stupid telling him about this bad dream he had even though that it could be real.
He got out of bed and got his school bag out of his truck and found some parchment and a quill, so that he could write a letter to her. Though as he sat there wondering what to write without sounding stupid at the same time nothing came to him; he thought it was kind of the same about waking Remus up in the middle of the night, but he needed to know, even if he couldn't do anything from here; he still needed to know.
He sat there for a while thinking what to do, then it just came to him all of a sudden. She can contact him magical, what if that was what she did? What she if needed him and that was her only why of calling for help?
Dear Nissa,
I hope that you are alright, but I have a feeling that your not. But this time, I do hope that I'm wrong. But I had this dream, I know you think at this point that I'm being stupid; maybe I am but I just need to know if what I saw really happened. Well this is it: - I saw you and Infidus at your house, and he was torturing you more then beating you.
I don't know what to say, or how to help, but if that did happen get out before he kills you. Go anywhere, even go to Snape's or to my family, they'll have you, or come back to school.
Please write back to me this time!
Sirius Black
Sirius tried to get some sleep until he could leave and spend his letter, he didn't really fancy getting caught out of bed tonight. As soon as it became light he got dress and woke Remus.
"Remus come on, get up." Sirius told him nudging his shoulder to wake him up.
"She is... why won't you believe me?" Remus mumbled.
Sirius smiled slightly. "Remus wake up!"
Remus waved his arm's and turned over, as he slowly woke up. It was still slightly dark outside and wondered what the time was, and why he had been woken up. He turned over and saw Sirius stood over his bed.
"What time is it?" Remus asked pulling his quilt around him.
Sirius grabbed hold of it and pulled it off of him. "It doesn't matter, your coming to the owlery with me."
Remus just looked at him, wondering if he was winding him up or if he was being serious; he grabbed hold of some of his clothes and few them at him to get dressed.
"So you are being serious?" Remus said wiping his eyes as he sat up.
"Of course I am." Sirius answered. "It's important."
"So who's the letter to then?" Remus asked him as he quickly got dressed.
"Well, erm... its personal you don't mind do you?" Sirius said. "I'll tell you when I get a reply back though."
Remus smiled at him as he stood up. "No course not, but it must be important if your giving up your lay in."
They went up to the owlery and found Sirius' owl and sent off his letter, Remus didn't spy to see who it was posted to because he knew that Sirius would tell him in his own time.
***
Nissa slept almost all day, she only woke up when she felt something land on her legs; she tried to kick what ever it was but didn't have the strength to move. She opened her eyes to look what it was, she was quit surprised to see Sirius' owl.
"Hey, Chaos." Nissa said weakly as she tried to sit up.
Chaos hooted at her cheerfully as he hopped along and gave her the letter, she sucked him as she opened the letter.
Dear Nissa,
I hope that you are alright, but I have a feeling that your not. But this time, I do hope that I'm wrong. But I had this dream, I know you think at this point that I'm being stupid; maybe I am but I just need to know if what I saw really happened. Well this is it: - I saw you and Infidus at your house, and he was torturing you more then beating you.
I don't know what to say, or how to help, but if that did happen get out before he kills you. Go anywhere, even go to Snape's or to my family, they'll have you, or come back to school.
Please write back to me this time!
Sirius Black
Nissa read the letter through a couple of times, before she fully understood the letter, she smiled slightly at the owl.
"He's not such a bad guy is he?" Nissa said.
Chaos hooted cheerfully at her. Nissa thought the letter through, she knew he was right, that she had to get out of there, she read the last part again; he wanted her to get out even if she went to stay with Severus, even his family.
She slowly got up and walked over to her desk so she could write him back, Chaos flew over with her and sat on the edge of her desk, he seemed quit pleased that she was witting back to him this time; because all the way through the summer holidays when he had wrote she had never wrote back even though she had wanted too.
***
At breakfast both Sirius and Remus received a letter from James telling them how his holiday was going so far, and that he was having a great time though it would have been even better if they would have both been there.
Sirius didn't eat much, which Remus knew there must be something wrong if he wasn't eating because he loved to eat.
"I do hope she writes to me this time." Sirius said aloud.
Remus wanted to ask more then ever at this who was the letter too, the only thing he knew was it was girl, but whom?
Later that day at dinner, Sirius wasn't eating again his mind was else where wondering when he was going to get a reply, just then Chaos flew down and landed in front of them both, making everyone look over at them. Well no one normally got meal at dinner in the Great Hall; it was normally just at breakfast.
He quickly took the letter off Chaos and ripped it open, so pleased that she had wrote back to him.
Sirius, I don't know how you did it, or even if it was me. But... well... It did happen, I am sorry though that you had to see it as well. But thank you for writing to make sure that I'm alright... I'm leaving, though I can't come back to school yet, I'll stay with Severus, I'm sure he'll have me.
I'll see you when I get back, thanks again. Oh, and say 'hi' to Remus for me.
From Nissa.
Sirius wasn't sure if this letter made him feel better or not, now that he knew that it had really happened, and that she was going to stay with Severus. If she would have gone to his house he could have gone home, he would have taken Remus so that he wouldn't have been on his own. Part of him hoped that she would have come back to the school like she had done in her first year.
"So is that what you were waiting for?" Remus asked breaking into his thoughts.
Sirius looked up at him. "I guess so. Oh, Nissa says hi."
"Nissa? You wrote to Nissa why?" Remus asked surprised.
"This dream, though it wasn't really a dream." Sirius answered. "She's going to stay with Snape."
"Oh." Remus said.
***
Severus walked out of the living to answer the front door, as his mother got up to have a look through the window to find out who it was.
"Hurry up and open the door, Severus!" Mr Snape shouted at him from his study down the hall.
Severus took a deep breathe and carried on walking he stopped at the door, and opened it; he just stared at who stood there. Nissa dropped her truck and cage and lunged forward and hugged him as tightly as she could, because she was still very sore.
Severus just stood there for a moment before he hugged her gently back in-case he hurt her. His mother came out of the living and smiled at her son and Nissa.
"Nice to see you my dear." Mrs Snape said.
Severus let go of her and stepped aside, his mother gasped and then ran over to her. She wrapped her arm around her and took her through to the living room while Severus brought her truck and cage in.
She sat her down on the sofa, and Nissa carefully sat down beside of her; Severus came in and sat down on the chair facing them both.
"You're staying with us." Mrs Snape told her. "Look at you."
Nissa wished that they wouldn't, but she was glad that she could stay.
"I'll make up a room for you." Mrs Snape told her. "Severus, make her a healing potion won't you. Ask your father for the book."
Nissa sat there while they both went off; Severus went down the hall while his mother went upstairs to sort out a room for Nissa. He softly knocked on his father's study and waited for an answer, he never went in without being told to first.
"What do you want?" Mr Snape shouted.
Severus pushed open the door, knowing that meant that he could go inside. There was a large desk which he was sat at covered with books and scrolls, the room was covered in book shelves and scrolls, there were also a couple of caldron's; on the only empty space on the wall was a down which lead down into the basement, which contain everything they couldn't keep top side, potion ingredients, books and so on.
"Nissa has just arrived; she'll be staying with us for the rest of the holidays." Severus told him, as his father looked up at him.
He had long black tied neatly back, and had the same black eyes as his son, though they didn't hold as much feeling as his did anymore.
"Is that it?" He asked him.
"No, we need please; the book with the healing spell's and potion's." Severus answered quickly.
He looked at his son for a moment before he stood up and walked over to the bookshelf and book off a heavy dusty book which looked as though it hadn't been used in years, he handed the book over to his son.
"She could make a man out of you, don't be stupid and lose her to some mud-blood." He told him.
Severus didn't say anything as he turned and left the room to go back to Nissa in the living room. He started to flip through the book as he walked back; he looked at Nissa as he entered the room. He had never seen her like this before, she had always been so strong, and he hated what Infidus did to her. He sat down besides her wanting to reach out and touch her, but didn't.
"Thank you." Nissa said smiling at him. "For everything."
Severus smiled back at her and nodded, and went back to finding something he could make to make her feel better; he found it just as his mother came back into the room to tell them that the room was ready for her.
"Why don't you take her thing's up Severus, we'll follow in a minute." She told him.
Severus had wanted Nissa to come up with him, but he nodded and did what he was told as normal. Mrs Snape sat down beside of her as Severus struggled with the book, cage and her truck.
"Nissa, I know that I'm not really one to talk about this." She told her. "But you are welcome here when ever you want you do know that. I know maybe this isn't really the 'best' place for you, but you will be safe here."
"Thank you Mrs Snape." Nissa said.
Nissa went up stairs and fold Severus waiting for her, they went into her bedroom and she sat back down not able to stand for long because she was still so weak.
"I've found a potion for you." Severus told her. "I'll make it straight away, you'll be better in no time at all."
Nissa smiled, her eyes started to close she could barley keep them open; her head fell forward and landed on his lap she was fast asleep. Severus just sat there stiff not moving, not knowing what to do. This was destroying everything he had ever believed, she was his rock; he loved everything about her and that Infidus was destroying her. He looked down at her, he touched her face softly and then moved out from under her; he picked her up and tucked her under the quilts to sleep.
Severus let her sleep while he went back down stairs to start on the potion, Lestrange and Bellatrix turned up about an hour later. He told them that Nissa was staying with him though he didn't tell them why.
Bellatrix smiled at him. "Way to go you. I can't wait to tell Sirius that she's staying with you, and that you're going out."
"I never said that." Severus told her.
"So what, it'll piss him off anyway." Bellatrix said off handled.
Severus had to admitted that he she was right, and didn't say anything else about it. And he also didn't tell them about the potion he was making.
"The two of you are more alike then I realised." Bellatrix said.
They both looked at her wondering what she meant by it.
"She wouldn't tell me how she blew up the wall with a potion; remember in the summer when we went to her house." Bellatrix told them. "I wish I knew what that was. We might not be aloud to do magic outside school, but we're still aloud to make potions."
"Why don't you try and find out some of them." Lestrange suggested. "And get her to wear something hot."
Bellatrix hit him on the arm hard; he smiled at her and then linked her arm and kissed her.
"You know I only have eyes for you, but I'm aloud to look from time to time aren't I?" Lestrange said smiling at her.
"Well it doesn't matter anyway, she's in bed." Severus told them.
"Your bed? way to go mate." Lestrange said proudly.
"No! Not my bed, her bed." Severus told them.
Lestrange smiled at him as though to say 'what ever you say mate, but I know what you mean'. Severus ignored him, and carried on making the potion while Bellatrix went on about what she was going to write when she told Sirius.
"Oh, that's Nissa's owl isn't it." Bellatrix said. "She won't mind if I use it will she? I'll send the letter with her owl, he'll like that."
Bellatrix smiled the whole time while she wrote the letter, and then sent it off with 'Siren'.
***
Sirius was half way through unwrapping his presents when he spotted one from his uncle. He grabbed at that one and opened it, there were two mirrors.
"Well he knows you too well." Remus said laughing as he saw the mirrors.
Sirius didn't say anything as he opened the letter and put the mirrors to one side as he read the letter.
Dear Sirius,
Hope your well, Happy Christmas. I'm sure that you'll find good use for those. Their not normal mirror's, though I guess you can use them like that. But what their really used for is for talking to someone else with, you give the mirror to someone else and you can talk to them with them; just talk into them.
Hope you get some fun out of them.
Uncle Alphard
Sirius smiled to himself and handed the letter to Remus, so that he could read through it as well.
"Well that'll be handy won't it?" Remus said giving him his letter back.
"Let's have ago." Sirius said giving him one of the mirrors.
Remus took the mirror, this was quit different, normally it was James who tried out anything like this with him first, but because he wasn't here it was Remus' turn; though of course he wasn't complaining.
They had quit a bit of fun with the mirrors and soon realised that they could do a lot more with them now, they could use them as look outs, and talk to one another while they were in detention so they wouldn't be bored and plan more stuff to do, probably to get them more detention.
While eating Christmas dinner, Sirius had gotten his appetite back by now and was eating enough for two; when another owl flew down and again went to the Gryffindor table and to Sirius and Remus. It was a beautiful owl, which none of them recognised, though Sirius did straight away. He grabbed at the letter without looking who it was to and opened it, though it wasn't in her writing.
Hey Cousin, sorry to disappoint you, well I'm not sorry of course. I just thought that you should know that Nissa's staying with Severus, and guess what? They're going out as well, and that isn't it, it doesn't end there. When we went around, she was in bed; in his bed!
Enjoy the rest of your Christmas cous.
Bellatrix Black
Sirius screwed up the letter and through it down the table, knocking over a full goblet; he through his own goblet at the table making everyone look over at him. Remus quickly made for the letter and straightens it out so that he could read it.
"Stupid owl, get out of here!" Sirius shouted, but she didn't move just stayed where she was staring at him. "It would be just like her wouldn't it?"
The owl hooted at him and then took a piece of turkey off his plate.
"She wouldn't would she?" Remus reassured him.
"But she is there." Sirius shot back at him.
"Yes, well that doesn't mean the rest of it is true does it?" Remus said calmly.
Sirius though wasn't listening anymore and was feeding Siren instead, and not eating again.
"Write to her." Remus suggested. "Her owl is right here, and I'm sure that she'll make sure that Nissa will get it."
Sirius didn't answer him, and his mood went down from there, and get even worst the morning after when he received two more letters and neither of them was wanted.
Sirius, you stupid foolish boy. You could at lest had kept her in the family. Even if she didn't like Regulus, though I'm not sure why she wouldn't, he's a better son then you'll ever be.
Mu/ Mrs Black
Just another up date cous, they do look good together don't they? Can't wait to see you again, can't wait for you to see Nissa and Severus together. Seems as though you lost out on her again. Oh by the way, your mum might write, I kind of told her, she wasn't at all pleased with you.
Bellatrix Black
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Nissa didn't do much over the holidays part from spend her time with Severus and his friends, and them dropping hints that they should go out; though that was never going to happen unless Severus asked her out.
She took the potion every night before she went to bed because it made her tired, she would either take it her room or in his while they talked; but every time she fell asleep in his longing arm's, but nothing ever happened.