A/N: Wow! I can't believe I am already past the twenty review line! All thanks to all of you! Okay, I know I left it off, but I wanted to try it, I won't do it again!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Yet soon I will own rights to 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% of something in Disney because of stock my mum got me!

CHAPTER TEN: EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING

Sirius stared at her. Well, he pried into her personal life enough, yet she was like an open book. She told him exactly what happened to her. All he said was 'what's wrong' and she gave him a full frontal confession.

"It's okay if you don't want to answer, although, not answering gives me a pretty clear idea." Sora said, staring contently at the ceiling.

Sirius felt distinctly hot in the face. What to do? Say yes and break down, say no and just lie, or not say anything and have that be a silent yes. 'Sirius, just say no. Lying is fine. You have more things to worry about.' Sirius thought to himself.

Say no, say no, say no, say no, say-

"Yes." Sirius said, not looking Sora straight in the face.

"Sirius..." Sora seemed to be searching for something to say, "For how long..."

"Only once before, but she is going to do it again. If I don't go, James's family is in trouble."

"Does your mother like food?"

"Loves it, but why-"

"That's all I need to know, goodbye."

Sora left the room silently, leaving Sirius with a confused look on his face. For some reason he was expecting- something. He didn't even know what.

He resolved his problem by taking his card out again.

The next day Sirius, James, Remus and Peter were walking to the grounds. It was a Saturday, and an unusually warm one at that. Of course, as a wise man once said 'the best of thing in the world has an equally worst thing'. Well, who said they could have a perfect day?

To their luck, Severus was sitting lakeside, reading a book. James smiled to Sirius.

"Care to make this day a bit better?" James asked, taking his wand out.

Sirius smiled mischievously. "Don't I always?"

Severus looked up and saw the two eleven year olds take their wands out. He sensed danger so he got up. Making sure his voice would be heard, he did something most would have called Gryffindor bravery. It wasn't Gryffindor bravery, it was Slytherin cunning.

"Black, attack me and everyone will know." He said loud enough so he wasn't shouting.

Sirius laughed. "Know what?"

"The Snape's and the Black's are from the same route are they not? Both pureblood families. Our mother's know each other I believe, and Christmas was celebrated, how we say, most warmly?" A twisted grin appeared on his face. Sirius pocketed his wand.

"You know what James? Not today, another day perhaps..." Sirius said, a worried tone in his voice.

James didn't understand. "Well why not? Don't let that slime intimidate you."

"Relax Jimmy, he isn't intimidating, he is simply annoying. Remember Karma." Sirius said, turning to walk back to the castle. James sighed and followed.

"Don't call me Jimmy. My dad does that; I keep telling him I hate being called that."

Sirius chuckled slightly "So let's get you a new nickname than. Whenever I say 'James' I think of a prince. And you aren't a prince, you're a deer."

"I am not a deer, I'm a stag!" James said, crossing his arm's in a mock- annoyed way.

"Whatever Prongs." Sirius said, climbing the stairs to Gryffindor tower.

"Hmm, Prongs, I like it. Fine, I'm Prongs. I don't like your name either. What if I ever wanted to say something like 'Sirius, be Serious'. I mean, c'mon, there are enough puns with your first and last name to make a book."

"Fine, than call me snuffles, because I'm a dog and I need a cute widdle dog name- cat fight!" Sirius had opened the portrait hole and saw most of the Gryffindor's in a circle around Sora and Clara (A/N: the valley girl if you don't remember).

"...I can't believe you! What part of we don't want you in our dorm don't you get?"

"Umm, I think 'don't', 'you', and 'our'. Yup, that about sums it up."

"You're so dumb! Let me make it clear to you; 'WE DON'T WANT YOU IN OUR DORM SO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO SLEEP!'"

"You know what? You're a witch, which I mean in a clearly non friendly way, with a capital B!"

"Heh, you're the moron! Witch starts with W, not B." However, everyone didn't laugh about this, they laughed at Clara's stupidity.

Sirius rolled his eyes and he and James went up to their own dorm.

"Oh man, I wanted to see some action! That was just a shouting fight!" James said, sitting on Sirius's bed. They laughed and joked about that for a few minutes until they decided to try and go back outside again.

Sirius was relieved to find that Severus wasn't in site. Infact, the only Slytherin's out here were two seventh years playing badminton with a Puffskein.

"See, now what were you so worried about Sirius?" James said, sitting down under an oak tree.

A tawny owl flew down from the owlery. At first Sirius thought it was going hunting, but it came straight to him. Sirius opened the letter and read to himself.

Sirius,

Don't come during the holiday. Your mother has food poisoning and a very bad case of it. Next time I want to see your pathetic face is the summer holiday.

Father.

"Hey Sirius? What's that?" James asked as Sirius burnt the letter.

"Junk, just junk." Sirius said, he couldn't help but grin.

"BLACK! WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR MOTHER?!" Severus yelled, storming over to him.

"Nothing, why?" Sirius asked raising an eyebrow.

Severus squinted so his eyes looked like slits "Don't lie to me Black. It appears your mother got a package of tea and crumpets and one of the crumpets was coated in poison." Severus spat, venom dripping from his words.

"Well, in the wizard mafia, you never know who is going to pop their clogs." Sirius said, with a tone saying 'I don't care what happened to her.' "You know what? I can get people on you like that!" Severus snapped his fingers, "Don't toy with me, your mum could have died!"

"Oh no! What a loss that would be!" Sirius said, letting the sarcasm flow from his voice.

Severus looked like he could kill.

Sirius figured he would have a bit of fun now that his mother was suffering from food poisoning. He and Severus were soon rolling on the floor in a fist fight. James sat back and watched as Sirius beat up Severus. Fists and feet went flying.

Soon Severus was running towards the castle, sporting a bloody nose.

Sirius and James followed, going back to the common room; they wanted to relive the afternoon's events to Remus and Peter.

As they were walking up to their dorm, they passed Sora who was reading 'the two towers'. As they passed, Sirius mumbled so only she could hear 'Mother loved the crumpets.'

Sora smiled and mumbled back 'trumpets? I don't know your mother, why would I send her a trumpet?'

James let out a squeal like a girl. On his bed was a brown package.

"ITS HERE! DAD SENT IT! IT'S HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" James jumped up and down.

"What's here?" Sirius asked, looking at the lumpy package.

"Dad said he would send me one! And he did!"

"Send one of what?"

"Oh man! ITS HERE ITS HERE ITS HERE!!!"

"WHAT'S HERE?!" Sirius yelled.

"My invisibility cloak." James said proudly.

"Really? Well, let's see than!" aid, sitting down on his bed. James tore open the package and took out the liquidy material and wrapped it around himself. Immediately the only thing left on him that was visible was his head.

"You know what Prongs? I think this school year is going to get a whole lot better."
A/N: There you go, Prongs is the first nickname, the others don't come till next year, do you believe it? Anyway, next chapter I am calling chapter 10 ½. My reason is just that it's basically a bio for all the characters I plan to include in my story.