Snow on the Sidewalk
Tasogare no Hime
Summary: AU - Due to a cruel twist of fate several lives are changed,
however not all for the worse.
Disclaimer: Not mine - it all belongs to J.K. Rowling, and Warner Bros.
Warning: may contain spoilers for all five books, might be slash later on.
I would also like to thank my Beta reader Sparkler
Sirius Black was intelligent for a six year old. He knew all the rules
of the house, and when he could getaway with breaking them. Sirius
also knew when not to break rules, and which rules were never to be
broken. Other than that Sirius knew the best places to hide from his
irritating cousins Bellatrix and Narcissa. They were always trying to
make him do stupid girly things. His brilliant hiding place was a series
of hidden passages throughout the house that he was sure only he
knew about, though the logical part of his mind, the part that he tried
to ignore, told him that surely someone else must know about them
even if they never said so.
At the moment, Sirius was playing with his three year old brother
Regulus while his mother and father were downstairs. Sirius was
beginning to get hungry and considered calling Kreacher to bring a
snack before dinner when he heard the house elf in question scream
horribly. A couple of seconds later, he heard his mother scream too,
causing Sirius to run to the nursery door and open it part way. He
could hear shouting - it sounded like father was duelling some one,
and he could no longer hear his mother at all. The boy was about to go
downstairs to investigate when he heard the words of a curse he knew
about but had never heard used before.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" The words of the curse rang through the
house. To Sirius they even seemed to drown out his father's final
scream. Afterwards there was only silence. Sirius did the only thing he
could think to do, and grabbing his terrified brother he made for the
closest hidden passage and waited. He knew that curse meant father
was dead, but perhaps mother was all right. He would see after the
mysterious attacker left. He clutched Regulus closer to him as he
heard not one, but two sets of footsteps coming towards the nursery.
"So. Where are the little brats?" It was a mans voice they could
hear speaking, though from their hiding place behind the secret panel
in the closet neither boy could see him. The next voice they heard
would haunt Sirius' nightmares for years to come. "Search
everywhere. If you do not find them, Snape, set fires at all the doors
and windows. I want to be certain they are dead." The deep cultured
voice could belong to no one else but the boy's own uncle.
Tasogare no Hime
Summary: AU - Due to a cruel twist of fate several lives are changed,
however not all for the worse.
Disclaimer: Not mine - it all belongs to J.K. Rowling, and Warner Bros.
Warning: may contain spoilers for all five books, might be slash later on.
I would also like to thank my Beta reader Sparkler
Sirius Black was intelligent for a six year old. He knew all the rules
of the house, and when he could getaway with breaking them. Sirius
also knew when not to break rules, and which rules were never to be
broken. Other than that Sirius knew the best places to hide from his
irritating cousins Bellatrix and Narcissa. They were always trying to
make him do stupid girly things. His brilliant hiding place was a series
of hidden passages throughout the house that he was sure only he
knew about, though the logical part of his mind, the part that he tried
to ignore, told him that surely someone else must know about them
even if they never said so.
At the moment, Sirius was playing with his three year old brother
Regulus while his mother and father were downstairs. Sirius was
beginning to get hungry and considered calling Kreacher to bring a
snack before dinner when he heard the house elf in question scream
horribly. A couple of seconds later, he heard his mother scream too,
causing Sirius to run to the nursery door and open it part way. He
could hear shouting - it sounded like father was duelling some one,
and he could no longer hear his mother at all. The boy was about to go
downstairs to investigate when he heard the words of a curse he knew
about but had never heard used before.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" The words of the curse rang through the
house. To Sirius they even seemed to drown out his father's final
scream. Afterwards there was only silence. Sirius did the only thing he
could think to do, and grabbing his terrified brother he made for the
closest hidden passage and waited. He knew that curse meant father
was dead, but perhaps mother was all right. He would see after the
mysterious attacker left. He clutched Regulus closer to him as he
heard not one, but two sets of footsteps coming towards the nursery.
"So. Where are the little brats?" It was a mans voice they could
hear speaking, though from their hiding place behind the secret panel
in the closet neither boy could see him. The next voice they heard
would haunt Sirius' nightmares for years to come. "Search
everywhere. If you do not find them, Snape, set fires at all the doors
and windows. I want to be certain they are dead." The deep cultured
voice could belong to no one else but the boy's own uncle.