"Sirius would you please hurry!"
"Oh Lover Boy I'm sure you can last a few moments," Sirius laughed at James, who was practically running on the platform to get to the train.
"Shut up Sirius!" James said scanning the crowd for a red-haired girl.
"James remember you did live before Ms. Evan's showed any acknowledgement of you, I'm sure you can stand to have me walk instead of running and ruining my cool and causal public appearance," Sirius told James, who wasn't paying attention.
"There she is!" James ran his hand over his hair and walked at a fast pace towards Lily Evans, who was boarding the train.
Sirius sighed, some things would never change.
He smiled and shook his head, as he watched James talk to Lily who had tinged pink in the cheeks.
He saw Remus and Peter waving at James to come over and board onto the compartment where they usually stayed.
Sirius started to walk over when he spotted something that made his skin crawl.
Head high, cold eyes, a disapproving grimace, stalking towards him, it was his mother.
'Oh God! Is she coming to talk to me? Did she notice me? What do I call her? Is she still Mother to me? Oh shit she is coming to me!' Sirius tried not to look like he felt, which, was a scared rabbit.
"Look who it is," his mother said icily.
She was a dark imposing figure, she wasn't that big in stature but she made up for it by dressing in elegant black robes, and having her black hair done up in an elaborate twist, looking at everyone the way one would regard a cockroach or mouse.
"Hello," Sirius said calmly, "can I help you with anything, because I have more pressing matters to attend to."
Sirius said that last part to be an insult to his mother, who often used the phrase to dismiss people she didn't care to see.
His mother understood it perfectly, but had to jab at him a bit, "I see that you made arrangements after you decided to cowardly abandon your family."
Sirius knew she said that to bait him to anger, but he wouldn't give her that satisfaction.
"It would appear so," he said as he started to walk towards the train.
"You dare leave me before you are dismissed?" his mother said angrily.
Sirius turned around quickly, his dark eyes flashing.
"I dared to do that and anything else I want to do the day you gave me the boot, mother dear," Sirius said with a sickly sweet sarcasm.
"You'll regret this!" his mother called shrilly to Sirius who's back was to her and boarding the train.
"I hope so!" he called without turning around, raising his arm and making a flicking motion with his wrist, another trademark of his mother's actions.
When he got on to the train, he leaned against a wall, raising his head upwards, closing his eyes breathing deeply.
'That went better then I thought,' he said trying to calm down his racing heart.
"Sirius? Are you alright? You're not ill are you?"
Sirius opened an eye to look to his side where the voice came from.
It was Remus Lupin, who had a tendency to care more about people's health then most everyone else. James and Sirius concluded this was because of Remus' own condition, which made him care more.
"Oh I'm fine Remus, thanks though, I just need to go wash up, but thanks again," Sirius said.
Remus gave a look of concern before walking away.
Sirius went to the washroom, washed his face, and then started to walk to the compartment where he heard, James planning a prank out loud, Peter laughing, Remus jumping in every now and then with suggestions, and then a feminine scolding voice.
"James I can't believe you even suggested that?!"
"Lily if you don't care to hear it then I suggest you and you're delicate little ears leave the premises," Remus informed the girl.
"Oh no I'm sorry Lils, please don't go, I'll stop I promise!" James said in a panicked tone.
Sirius chuckled under his breath, and started to slide the door open to the compartment.
"Sirius wasn't looking too good a few minutes ago," Remus informed the group.
"I'm not surprised," said James, "his mother was on the war path towards him before."
"We'll have to ask him about it when he shows up."
Sirius recoiled his hand, he didn't feel like playing twenty questions right now, instead he turned and walked to the back of the train to an empty compartment.
He leaned back into the comfy chair, and closed his eyes, and listened to the rhythm of the train.
"Um excuse me?"
A quiet feminine voice seemed loud in the silent compartment.
Sirius didn't open his eyes to the intruder, instead he replied, "Yes?"
"Would you mind if I sat down?"
Sirius didn't say anything except motioned to the seat across from him.
When he heard her sit down, he barely opened his eyes to look at the girl.
She was around his age; she had light brown hair that was in curly waves pinned back, hazel eyes, pale skin, and an uncertain smile on her face.
Sirius sighed, he knew she was looking at him, and pretending to look away when she thought his eyes were opening.
'Be a man, say hi to the girl,' a voice scolded in his head.
Sirius opened his eyes, and sat up, offered his hand and said, "Hello I'm Sirius Black, and you are?"
The girl looked a little unnerved with this sudden introduction but then smiled shyly and took his hand in hers and shook it while responding back, "Nice to meet you, I'm Madeleine Bennett or Maddie, my friends call me Maddie, I mean if you want to call me Maddie, you can."
Sirius smiled warmly, it was obvious she was a little unnerved with her stammering about her name, he also knew how hard it was going to a new school.
She looked a little relived once that was over, and started to retreat by looking out the window, but Sirius wouldn't let her.
"So what year are you in, Madeline?"
"Oh I'm going into sixth, I'm new, I know it's obvious," Madeline said, then as an after thought she corrected him, "its Maddie."
Sirius was pleased that she considered him a type of friend so that he could call her by her informal name.
"I'm also going into sixth, so where are you from?"
Maddie told Sirius about how her family had moved numerous times and so schools changed like shirts, was her comparison.
They talked for the entire train ride, by the end of it they'd become more then just friendly acquaintances
Sirius told about his family hating him, Maddie told about the prejudices she faced not being pureblood. They talked about sports, hobbies, relationships and everything else, until the train came to a stop.
"Well I'll see you around Sirius," said Maddie as she collected her belongings and started to leave the compartment.
"Here let me help you," Sirius offered to get her bag from the overhead.
Maddie beamed a large smile, "Thank you, you're a real gentleman."
//As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doing all I can
To be a better man//
"Oh Lover Boy I'm sure you can last a few moments," Sirius laughed at James, who was practically running on the platform to get to the train.
"Shut up Sirius!" James said scanning the crowd for a red-haired girl.
"James remember you did live before Ms. Evan's showed any acknowledgement of you, I'm sure you can stand to have me walk instead of running and ruining my cool and causal public appearance," Sirius told James, who wasn't paying attention.
"There she is!" James ran his hand over his hair and walked at a fast pace towards Lily Evans, who was boarding the train.
Sirius sighed, some things would never change.
He smiled and shook his head, as he watched James talk to Lily who had tinged pink in the cheeks.
He saw Remus and Peter waving at James to come over and board onto the compartment where they usually stayed.
Sirius started to walk over when he spotted something that made his skin crawl.
Head high, cold eyes, a disapproving grimace, stalking towards him, it was his mother.
'Oh God! Is she coming to talk to me? Did she notice me? What do I call her? Is she still Mother to me? Oh shit she is coming to me!' Sirius tried not to look like he felt, which, was a scared rabbit.
"Look who it is," his mother said icily.
She was a dark imposing figure, she wasn't that big in stature but she made up for it by dressing in elegant black robes, and having her black hair done up in an elaborate twist, looking at everyone the way one would regard a cockroach or mouse.
"Hello," Sirius said calmly, "can I help you with anything, because I have more pressing matters to attend to."
Sirius said that last part to be an insult to his mother, who often used the phrase to dismiss people she didn't care to see.
His mother understood it perfectly, but had to jab at him a bit, "I see that you made arrangements after you decided to cowardly abandon your family."
Sirius knew she said that to bait him to anger, but he wouldn't give her that satisfaction.
"It would appear so," he said as he started to walk towards the train.
"You dare leave me before you are dismissed?" his mother said angrily.
Sirius turned around quickly, his dark eyes flashing.
"I dared to do that and anything else I want to do the day you gave me the boot, mother dear," Sirius said with a sickly sweet sarcasm.
"You'll regret this!" his mother called shrilly to Sirius who's back was to her and boarding the train.
"I hope so!" he called without turning around, raising his arm and making a flicking motion with his wrist, another trademark of his mother's actions.
When he got on to the train, he leaned against a wall, raising his head upwards, closing his eyes breathing deeply.
'That went better then I thought,' he said trying to calm down his racing heart.
"Sirius? Are you alright? You're not ill are you?"
Sirius opened an eye to look to his side where the voice came from.
It was Remus Lupin, who had a tendency to care more about people's health then most everyone else. James and Sirius concluded this was because of Remus' own condition, which made him care more.
"Oh I'm fine Remus, thanks though, I just need to go wash up, but thanks again," Sirius said.
Remus gave a look of concern before walking away.
Sirius went to the washroom, washed his face, and then started to walk to the compartment where he heard, James planning a prank out loud, Peter laughing, Remus jumping in every now and then with suggestions, and then a feminine scolding voice.
"James I can't believe you even suggested that?!"
"Lily if you don't care to hear it then I suggest you and you're delicate little ears leave the premises," Remus informed the girl.
"Oh no I'm sorry Lils, please don't go, I'll stop I promise!" James said in a panicked tone.
Sirius chuckled under his breath, and started to slide the door open to the compartment.
"Sirius wasn't looking too good a few minutes ago," Remus informed the group.
"I'm not surprised," said James, "his mother was on the war path towards him before."
"We'll have to ask him about it when he shows up."
Sirius recoiled his hand, he didn't feel like playing twenty questions right now, instead he turned and walked to the back of the train to an empty compartment.
He leaned back into the comfy chair, and closed his eyes, and listened to the rhythm of the train.
"Um excuse me?"
A quiet feminine voice seemed loud in the silent compartment.
Sirius didn't open his eyes to the intruder, instead he replied, "Yes?"
"Would you mind if I sat down?"
Sirius didn't say anything except motioned to the seat across from him.
When he heard her sit down, he barely opened his eyes to look at the girl.
She was around his age; she had light brown hair that was in curly waves pinned back, hazel eyes, pale skin, and an uncertain smile on her face.
Sirius sighed, he knew she was looking at him, and pretending to look away when she thought his eyes were opening.
'Be a man, say hi to the girl,' a voice scolded in his head.
Sirius opened his eyes, and sat up, offered his hand and said, "Hello I'm Sirius Black, and you are?"
The girl looked a little unnerved with this sudden introduction but then smiled shyly and took his hand in hers and shook it while responding back, "Nice to meet you, I'm Madeleine Bennett or Maddie, my friends call me Maddie, I mean if you want to call me Maddie, you can."
Sirius smiled warmly, it was obvious she was a little unnerved with her stammering about her name, he also knew how hard it was going to a new school.
She looked a little relived once that was over, and started to retreat by looking out the window, but Sirius wouldn't let her.
"So what year are you in, Madeline?"
"Oh I'm going into sixth, I'm new, I know it's obvious," Madeline said, then as an after thought she corrected him, "its Maddie."
Sirius was pleased that she considered him a type of friend so that he could call her by her informal name.
"I'm also going into sixth, so where are you from?"
Maddie told Sirius about how her family had moved numerous times and so schools changed like shirts, was her comparison.
They talked for the entire train ride, by the end of it they'd become more then just friendly acquaintances
Sirius told about his family hating him, Maddie told about the prejudices she faced not being pureblood. They talked about sports, hobbies, relationships and everything else, until the train came to a stop.
"Well I'll see you around Sirius," said Maddie as she collected her belongings and started to leave the compartment.
"Here let me help you," Sirius offered to get her bag from the overhead.
Maddie beamed a large smile, "Thank you, you're a real gentleman."
//As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doing all I can
To be a better man//