A/N: I know I'm posting this so slow but school is hard to avoid. My teachers also find it nice to pile on the homework. Thank you for all the wonderful feedback! When I see I have reviews it makes me feel great. It's nice to know someone actually likes your writing. Anyway, I'm going to work on this. And now that Christmas vacation is on the way and I'll be out of school for two weeks, I should be able to get a couple chapters up! Without further ado, chapter four!

Oh I also noticed reading over it that I forgot to mention which cousin. Duh, hee hee. It's Bellatrix to let you all know. Now, on with the story!

Disclaimer: Gr no one even reads these! I do not own Harry Potter.

Chapter four: A Black's revenge

Last time…

A shadow stopped over Sirius and he looked up into the cold eyes of his cousin. "Sirius, where are you going at such a late time of night?" she asked in a mock sweet voice.

"Why does it matter to you?" he asked, debating a way to get away from this unscathed.

"Because you're my cousin," she said as if hurt. "I would never want my cousin hurt. Oh wait, I was thinking about Regulus." She smirked and pulled out her wand. "You're going to pay Sirius."

Sirius unconsciously took a step backwards as Bellatrix lazily pointed her wand at his chest. Oh this was bad. This was very bad. Bellatrix was a fourth year; she knew plenty of magic and was, unfortunately, a very good street fighter as she had kindly demonstrated on Sirius not long ago.

She smirked, a look in her eye clearly saying 'you know you have no chance.' And she was right. There was no way Sirius could out-due her, at least not until he learned some could curses of his own.

He didn't even hear the curse leave her lips, but he suddenly found himself flying through the air. Making sharp contact with the wall, he glared as Bellatrix smiled wickedly, fiddling with her wand causing Sirius's back to scrape across the wall.

Getting bored, Bellatrix whipped her wand to the left, sending Sirius flying once more. His shoulder slammed into the edge of a silver candleholder and immediately crimson blood began to spill down his arm. Biting back a cry of pain, he suddenly found the floor rushing toward him and fell to the ground hard.

"Tut tut Sirius, is that all you've got in you?" Bellatrix asked, kicking him hard in the stomach. "How dare you get into Gryffindor? Do you have an idea how much that taints the Black name! Andromeda getting into Ravenclaw was bad enough, but Gryffindor! You are the Black heir," she said, kicking him again. "You cannot act like this and ruin true Black's reputations.

She turned around and walked slowly away from him, glancing back to see him standing up again, glaring at her openly. He's growing a backbone. Must be those bloody Gryffindor's fault she thought to herself before turning around again. Raising her wand, she tried to think of what to do next.

"You need to be taught a lesson Sirius," she said, muttering a spell quietly. Pain flashed through Sirius's eyes as a deep gash was cut into his face.

"It can't be from me, no not all the time. What you need is to go home to your mother and father and see what they have to say on the matter." She smirked again. "Trust me, when they get a hold of you it will be a lot worse then this."

Turning to go, Bellatrix was surprised when she heard Sirius's voice. "You're pathetic! You're a little slave to your parents and mine! There will be no future for you besides a dark one. I'm in Gryffindor, and do you know why? I ASKED TO BE IN GRYFFINDOR!" He yelled.

Bellatrix's eyes widened in shock, but soon returned to pure loathing. Spinning a round she stalked up to Sirius and without thinking twice punched him as hard as she could in the jaw. "How dare you! How dare you ask to be put in Gryffindor! What if someone had heard do you know what that would do to the Black name?"

"I don't care about the Black name," Sirius said in a deadly quiet voice, leaving Bellatrix speechless. Grabbing his bleeding shoulder, she slammed it into the wall as hard as she could, making him cry out in pain.

"Don't think this is over. I will be writing your mother Sirius, and when she hears this I'm sure she's going to have a lot to say to you…and you know what I mean." Dropping his shoulder she didn't even watched as he fell to the ground. Stalking off, she headed towards the owlery.

Sirius slowly sat up, leaning against the wall for support. He glanced at his shoulder and looked away again. He couldn't go to the hospital wing, they'd ask to many questions. Trying to decide what to do, he didn't notice a figure slip around the corner.

Slowly standing up, careful not to stress his shoulder, Sirius made his way down the corridor. A voice halted him "Where do you think you're going?"

Sirius whipped around, wincing slightly and glared into the shadows. Out walked none other then James Potter. "Potter. What do you want?" He spat.

"I think I made what I wanted perfectly clear," James said lazily, eyeing Sirius carefully as if he didn't really know what to think. "Where do you think you are going?"

"It's none of your business Potter and if you don't mind, I would like to continue on my way now." Turning away from James, he started to walk on when once again James' voice halted him.

"What happened?"

Sirius turned around to face James again. "I fell down the stairs. Something else for you to bother me about. Now would you be so kind as to leave me alone?" Before the lie was out of his mouth Sirius could tell James wasn't buying it.

"I don't think that gash could happen falling down the stairs."

"I landed bad."

"Oh come off it Black!" James yelled suddenly, looking angry. "I'm not blind you know I can see what's in front of my eyes! And even if I couldn't see I'm not so stupid as to not be able to hear you and your cousins shouting!"

Sirius visibly paled, even in the weak torchlight. He knew…oh Merlin he knew. He would know about his parents and his family and everything! Okay, he had to remain calm. Besides, Potter didn't know what went on at home and what did it matter anyway?"

"Are you okay?"

Sirius pulled himself out of his thoughts as James said those three words. Considering his next words carefully, he slowly said, "Do I look okay?" James smiled.

"No, no you don't."

Sirius smiled slightly, but frowned again as he heard footsteps approach. From around the corner, Professor McGonagall appeared and her face suddenly looked shocked. "Mr. Black what happened?" she asked, rushing over.

"I…I," Sirius started. He couldn't tell her what happened, Bellatrix would kill him! Not to mention his parents. Just as he was about to say the giant squid had gotten angry at him, James walked up.

"We were flying," he said, sending a quick look at Sirius not to interrupt. "I was saying something to him and almost ran into a tree, so I swerved to the side and knocked him off his broom by mistake. It was quite a fall," he added.

"You need to pay closer attention to your surroundings Mr. Potter. If you could follow me, Madam promfrey can heal that up for you," she said gesturing at him to follow.

The two boys followed her down the corridors silently, and soon they came to the hospital wing. After a bit of fussing and telling her he was fine, Sirius was allowed to go.

The trip up to Gryffindor tower was quiet. As they neared the portrait hole, James stopped. "Let's start over. Hullo, I'm James Potter," he said, holding out his hand for Sirius.

Sirius looked at him, a silent debate inside his head. Should he accept? After all, he would rather have James as a friend then an enemy. But what would his parents say when they found out. There was no doubt Bellatrix would see them hanging out and let them know. Of course, his parents were already going to kill him. But right now there was a chance. If he denied Potter his parents might let him off easy…but if he accepted…

It's not as if James had been very kind. He hadn't even given Sirius a chance! Right away he had assumed Sirius was just like the others. He had made fun of him, threatened him, and done nothing to show he wanted to be a friend. Until now.

Sirius took James' hand. "Nice to meet you James. I'm Sirius Black."

A/N: Sorry to leave it off there, but it seemed like a good place. I'll try not to wait so long between updates next time. Please review!

EyesofEmerald: I know, I am evil. MUWHAHAHAHAHAHA! Um…yes as you can see that is working out. Thank you!

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