The House of Black
"Sirius, I'll be coming to your house day after tomorrow. Only staying for the weekend. Hogwarts next week anyways. See you then! Anything I should know about your family beforehand? –Sophie." Sirius read.
He scribbled down a few words onto a piece of parchment fore his cousin Narcissa bursted into the room.
"When are YOU coming to dinner?" she stuck her nose in the air and scowled.
"When I feel like it, now get out!" He got up and slammed the door in her face. He finished writing and sent his owl.
"Sophie, there's too much that you need to know and to put it all into one letter would take weeks. Just remember, I warned you. They're Black's and not the friendliest of sorts. See you soon. –Sirius."
Two days later, Sophie stepped out of the ashes of the Black's floo.
"Who in the bloody hell of England are you?" said a tall plump woman with a large nose and long pitch black hair.
"I... I..." Sophie stammered. Had Sirius forgotten to tell his mother that he was having company?
"Well then, out with it girl!" the woman shouted.
"Mum," Sirius rushed in, "this is my friend Sophie." Sophie smiled but the lady did not in return.
"Are you a pure blood?" His mother asked. From behind his mother Sirius was nodding vigorously at Sophie.
"YES! I mean, yes of course I am." Sophie faked a grin.
"Oh, well, yes, of course then, come in." the woman still didn't smile but she beckoned Sophie in for a cup of tea. Sirius whispered to her, "Don't drink the tea. The house elf makes it. Don't ask. You'll find out later just believe me. Do not drink that tea."
Sophie pretended to drink the tea while Sirius' mother prepared dinner. When Mrs. Black wasn't looking, Sophie dumped her cup of tea in the bottom of a potted plant and said, "Well then, I'm finished. Better go find Sirius!" and she ran out of the room.
Sirius showed Sophie the house but as she noticed, there really wasn't very much to see. There were hundreds of paintings of mean looking wizards and witches and a tapestry that took up a whole wall.
At dinner time, Sirius didn't go down to eat and Sophie stayed with him, not wanting to be alone with his eerie family members.
"Isn't it kind of rude if I don't go down to eat with your family?" Sophie asked.
"Oh believe me, they'll get over it. Honestly, they probably don't even remember you're here." Sirius smirked but Sophie frowned. "Oh, but don't be offended! Its all for the better! Trust me!" Sirius ordered Chinese take out by owl and they ate it up in his room. The food seemed to cheer Sophie up a bit more.
"Wow I never knew you could get take out by owl!" Sophie laughed and a few hours later they were both ready to go to bed. Sirius showed Sophie to her room.
"The only remotely nice room in the house, which of course, no one wants." He snorted and bade her goodnight. "Oh, and by the way, make sure you lock your door."
"Why?" asked Sophie.
"Believe me. Just do it." And he left.
Sophie put on her pajamas, brushed her teeth and said goodnight to the witch in the picture above her bed, who said goodnight to her in return.
She got under the covers and went to sleep, but right before she closed her eyes, she couldn't help but think she forgot something.
"Sirius, I'll be coming to your house day after tomorrow. Only staying for the weekend. Hogwarts next week anyways. See you then! Anything I should know about your family beforehand? –Sophie." Sirius read.
He scribbled down a few words onto a piece of parchment fore his cousin Narcissa bursted into the room.
"When are YOU coming to dinner?" she stuck her nose in the air and scowled.
"When I feel like it, now get out!" He got up and slammed the door in her face. He finished writing and sent his owl.
"Sophie, there's too much that you need to know and to put it all into one letter would take weeks. Just remember, I warned you. They're Black's and not the friendliest of sorts. See you soon. –Sirius."
Two days later, Sophie stepped out of the ashes of the Black's floo.
"Who in the bloody hell of England are you?" said a tall plump woman with a large nose and long pitch black hair.
"I... I..." Sophie stammered. Had Sirius forgotten to tell his mother that he was having company?
"Well then, out with it girl!" the woman shouted.
"Mum," Sirius rushed in, "this is my friend Sophie." Sophie smiled but the lady did not in return.
"Are you a pure blood?" His mother asked. From behind his mother Sirius was nodding vigorously at Sophie.
"YES! I mean, yes of course I am." Sophie faked a grin.
"Oh, well, yes, of course then, come in." the woman still didn't smile but she beckoned Sophie in for a cup of tea. Sirius whispered to her, "Don't drink the tea. The house elf makes it. Don't ask. You'll find out later just believe me. Do not drink that tea."
Sophie pretended to drink the tea while Sirius' mother prepared dinner. When Mrs. Black wasn't looking, Sophie dumped her cup of tea in the bottom of a potted plant and said, "Well then, I'm finished. Better go find Sirius!" and she ran out of the room.
Sirius showed Sophie the house but as she noticed, there really wasn't very much to see. There were hundreds of paintings of mean looking wizards and witches and a tapestry that took up a whole wall.
At dinner time, Sirius didn't go down to eat and Sophie stayed with him, not wanting to be alone with his eerie family members.
"Isn't it kind of rude if I don't go down to eat with your family?" Sophie asked.
"Oh believe me, they'll get over it. Honestly, they probably don't even remember you're here." Sirius smirked but Sophie frowned. "Oh, but don't be offended! Its all for the better! Trust me!" Sirius ordered Chinese take out by owl and they ate it up in his room. The food seemed to cheer Sophie up a bit more.
"Wow I never knew you could get take out by owl!" Sophie laughed and a few hours later they were both ready to go to bed. Sirius showed Sophie to her room.
"The only remotely nice room in the house, which of course, no one wants." He snorted and bade her goodnight. "Oh, and by the way, make sure you lock your door."
"Why?" asked Sophie.
"Believe me. Just do it." And he left.
Sophie put on her pajamas, brushed her teeth and said goodnight to the witch in the picture above her bed, who said goodnight to her in return.
She got under the covers and went to sleep, but right before she closed her eyes, she couldn't help but think she forgot something.