Oh.Nez: -triumphant pose- I am going to revolutionize the way fans write Maraurder ficlets!
Zan: No, you aren't.
Nez: Yes, I already have, as a matter of fact.
Zan: How?
Nez: Have you not been paying attention my horrible muse?!?!
Zan: Not since I went off on vacation and you wrote SEVEN CHAPTERS WITHOUT ME, and PUT THEM UP WITHOUT MY CONSENT... I've only paid attention to the skits.
Nez: -twitch- Onswari. –Zan falls to floor-
Nez: I love Adult Swim.
Zan: I though you said they sucked for the schedule changes.
Nez: They showed a piccy of STORMTROOPER ELVIS!!!!!!!!!
Zan: So?
Nez: -twitch- Onswari. –Zan falls to ground-
Stormtrooper Elvis: Uh-huh, thank you, thank you very much.
-closet door opens-
Closet Elvis: I'm from Royal Canadian Air Farce and all shook up.
Zan: I hate your imagination.
Part Twenty-Five: A Black Gathering
"But I don't wanna go!!!" Tsuki screeched. She was being dragged to the school train by her fellow Muffins, for it was time for Summer Holiday. "DON'T MAKE ME LEAVE THIS PLACE!!!!! WHHHHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"
"Shut it!" Fuf yelled, slapping Tsuki. The poor girl just whimpered and started to cry. "Aw, crap."
Now nobody really knew how they were going to shove twelve people into a compartment for ten. Peter happily went off to his girlfriend (see ch. 8) and since Fish-chan was so skinny and light, she sat on Sirius's lap and there wasn't any real seating problem. A game of Old Maid was getting underway when the door slammed open.
"Regulus!" Sirius yelped. Sure enough, Sirius's younger brother by two years was at the door. He looked a lot like his elder sibling, except his eyes were narrower and he was slightly stocky.
"Older brother, I have a message for you."
"You have a younger brother?" Fish-chan asked. "Why did you never tell me?"
"Well, we never knew of your siblings until a while ago," Sirius whispered harshly. "Now Regulus, what is it?"
"Mother would like you to come home for a week before you go off with that Potter boy, now come." He walked off and Sirius reluctantly followed.
"Sirius! Wait up!" Fish-chan called as she chased him down the corridor. "I'm coming too!"
"Tell me something; are there Pure Blood families in America?"
"Yeah, but why?"
"For all my family knows, you are a Pure Blood, got it?" Sirius said as he stopped in front of a compartment door. He opened it and there was his brother Regulus, his cousins Andromeda (she's the good one!), Narcissa and Bellatrix and Bellatrix's boyfriend Rodolphus. He stepped in, clutching Fish-chan's arm, said nothing and sat down next to Andromeda.
"Did you have a good time at school little cousin?" she said cheerily.
"Hey Andi, I'm only younger by a year, got it?" Sirius laughed. He introduced her and Fish-chan and the three of them happily talked all the way to the station. There, they were able to explain to the others where they were going only for a moment before they were dragged off towards the Floo Powder Circuit.
"Number Twelve Grimmauld Place!" Bellatrix yelled as everyone stepped into the fireplace. She threw down the Floo Powder and they all disappeared in a bright green inferno.
"Kids! You're all back!" Fish-chan heard an older woman screech. Sirius stealthy managed to avoid the mess outside the fireplace and led Fish-chan up towards the stairs, where they were stopped by a portly man with the same dark hair and eyes as Sirius.
"Hey, can't you say 'Hello' to your favorite uncle anymore?" the man said, putting Sirius into a headlock. Once he let go, he saw Fish-chan. "My word, you brought home a girl?"
"Yes," Sirius said, trying to catch his breath. "Uncle Alphard, this is my girlfriend Fish-chan."
"I say, what a peculiar name," he said inquisitively.
"Well, so is Alphard, in my opinion," Fish-chan said curtly. She was a bit upset.
"Ha-ha! I like this one! Good sense of humor! You always had a good taste in girls, dear nephew!" he bellowed. As he turned and followed the house-elf Kreacher and his tea tray of snack foods, Fish-chan pulled Sirius down and whispered.
"Where are we?!"
"My house. Every time we come home from school, my mother invites all the relatives over for a reunion. I hate this time. Mostly I am up in my room or talking with Andi"
"That's sad," Fish-chan said. "I can at least have fun with my family."
"You don't know the worst of it," Sirius sighed.
"Time for dinner!" a skinny old wretch screeched over the roar of the many people and paintings talking. Everyone filed down the staircase and Sirius almost got away, when the old woman put her hand on his shoulder and stopped him.
"Come to dinner at least!" she squawked.
"But Aunt Elladora..."
"No buts! I want you and your little girlfriend in the dining hall, now," she said sternly. Sirius's shoulders sunk about six inches and followed halfhearted to a mammoth room. He and Fish-chan sat between Andromeda and Uncle Alphard and barely talked the whole meal. Afterwards, they rushed up the stairs to Sirius's room and shut the door and locked it.
"I hate them," he growled.
"I can tell why," Fish-chan said. "All through the meal, they asked me such... personal questions. If I'm Pure Blood, where I live, who my parents are, my views on Wizard politics and even the Pure Blood Movement! My best friend and siblings are half Muggle for crying out loud!"
"Ludicrous, I know."
A knock on the door interrupted them. Sirius unlocked the door and Andromeda walked in.
"You two are wanted in the Drawing Room," she said softly.
"By whom?" Sirius snapped.
"My sisters, Rodolphus, Regulus..."
"No. I'm not going."
"Fine, but expect the next figure to darken your doorway to be one of them." She walked out and closed the door behind her, Sirius locking it back up again.
"Why didn't you go?"
"Every year since Regulus started school, they have been trying to recruit me for their sick little club and every year, they get more and more desperate. Now they're using poor Andi. She's not even in their organization but she will run inconspicuous errands for them because she's so nice and sweet."
"Then why don't you tell her what they're doing?"
"She knows," Sirius replied. "She knows what's going on. It's that, or they are controlling her."
Once again, there was a knock on the door.
"Sirius, open up!" Regulus yelled from the other side of the door. "Come out with her and your precious Andi will be safe."
"You wouldn't!" Sirius yelled, slamming the door open.
There was Regulus, along with Bellatrix, Narcissa, Rodolphus and Andromeda. Sirius took his beloved cousin from them and locked up the door. They stayed in there the rest of the time, until Andromeda had to leave. Then they only came out at night for food and toilet usage and when the week was over, they scurried over to James's house, along with all of Sirius's things.
"Umm... hello Mrs. Potter?" Sirius said nervously as James's mom answered the door.
"Run away and want to stay here?" she answered. Sirius shook his head and Mrs. Potter directed him to his room, which she made up expecting him. Sirius and Fish-chan then joined James, Remus, Nehszriah and Lily in James's room for a game of cards.
