A.N.: i don't have anything to say except...i still don't own it. read on!
Chapter 14
James sat there shocked. Why in the world would Sirius think his parents didn't want guardianship of him? Of course his parents would fight for him and want to. They would win too.
"Of course my parents would want to fight for you!" exclaimed James, looking at his friend with surprise on his face.
"How do you know that? If they had wanted to, they would have done it when I first came to live with you two years ago."
Now James was speechless. Sirius did have a point. What if his parents didn't really want guardianship of Sirius? He shook his head slightly. That was a stupid thought. Of course they did. There was only going to be one way to convince Sirius though.
"I'm going to send a letter to my parents about this," James said with such a finality in his voice that Sirius knew it would be pointless to argue. It made it harder to argue when you were mute because no one knew what you were saying unless you were being looked at directly.
James got up and walked out of the great hall without looking at Sirius, not wanting to know what his reply was. He walked to the owlery and sat down to write a quick note.
Dear Mom and Dad,
I'm doing fine and I'm not getting into too much trouble. Sirius just got a letter though, from his parents. He's been getting them since the beginning of the year, and most of them just told him how horrible he his and what happens to blood traitors. However, the letter he got today said that his parents wanted him home for the Christmas holidays. Of course, you don't have full guardianship of him so....I don't know. He's worried that you don't want full guardianship of him. Maybe you should send him a letter telling him otherwise. I've gotta go to class now, so bye.
Love you,
James
James looked over the letter real quick and he knew that it was kind of lame, but he tied it to an owl's leg and sent it anyways. James watched it fly away and then he walked down to his first class for the day, defense against the dark arts. This was Sirius's favorite subject, and was the best in it. James liked transfiguration more, and was the best in his class in that subject, with Sirius and Lily Evans coming in a close second and third.
When he entered the class he saw Sirius sitting there gazing at his hands. He seemed lost and uncertain as to what was happening to him. James sighed softly and walked over to his friend and sat down by him.
"I just sent the letter to my parents. You are not going to go to your parent's house for the holidays. I won't let you. You'll just get beat up if you go there and you know it. Chances are they'll kill you because you got into Gryffindor. And you won't be able to defend yourself either because you can't talk!"
Sirius looked at him, his eyes going wide at the last sentence. His eyes went a dark blue and James was suddenly a bit worried that he had said the wrong thing. Sirius shook his head slightly and then turned to get out his book and wand.
James sighed again. What did he have to say to get his friend to see how foolish it would be for him to go home? Actually, James was pretty sure that Sirius realized that, but Sirius was also afraid that his family would do something to the Potter family if he didn't go. James would have to talk to him about that after class.
"Ok class," the defense against the arts teacher, Professor Gump, called out to get their attention. "I know we're facing this a bit early, but today, we'll be battling a boggart. I had nothing else planned and I ran across one earlier so I thought you would be mature enough to handle this...I hope," he added as an afterthought. "Anyways, who knows what a boggart is?"
Sirius raised his hand almost hesitantly. He never voluntered in class simply because the teacher's couldn't understand what he was saying. However, he knew the answer and was determined to prove it. His mother had always had an assortment of odd dark creatures around the house, so he knew what most of the creatures were. He would sometimes stumble across one of them and either only have the crap scared out of him or have the crap scared out of him and also have a few scars to show for it.
Professor Gump looked slightly shocked when he saw Sirius's raised hand, but he called Sirius's name and Sirius began to explain: "Boggarts are dark creatures that turn into what people fear the most. They can be defeated by laughter."
Professor Gump looked at James, and said,"What did he say, Mr. Potter?"
James repeated what Sirius said and the professor nodded in approval. "That is correct Mr. Black." The professor went on to explain how to defeat it and then he lined the students up in the order in which they would face the boggart.
Some Hufflepuff girl went first and the boggart turned into a green frog. She easily overcame it and then a Gryffindor went. Sirius was towards the end of the line and James was right next to him, considering Professor Gump thought James might need to translate some more. The line went fairly quickly, and before he knew it, it was James's turn.
James boldly walked up to where the boggart was. The boggart turned into a werewolf, and James raised his eyebrows, before cracking up for some unknown reason. No one noticed how stiff Remus Lupin went when he saw his best friend's worst fear. No one saw the slight look of betrayal in his eyes. No one saw him look away in embaressment. No one saw a small tear trickle down his cheek. No one noticed him at all. Instead they all waited for the next person.
It was Sirius's turn and Sirius walked with an air of confidence and cockiness to where the boggart was, pausing for a moment to drink a potion that was in a vial. When Sirius stepped up to the boggart, it turned into Sirius, looking beaten up on the ground, with James standing over him laughing and looking threatening. Sirius(the real Sirius) looked at it in shock and took a small step backwards. "Riddikulus!" he thought mouthed, thinking of the effect it would have with all of his might. It didn't work. The potion failed him. Sirius tried again, but once again, he failed. Sirius cowered back from the illusion. The boggart James was now putting a nasty curse on the boggart Sirius. Professor Gump interrupted the boggart by turning it into his worst fear. When the professor managed to destroy the boggart, he dismissed the class, looking at Sirius with sympathy and worry. "It's ok, Mr. Black. You'll do better next time," he muttered as Sirius walked past.
Once out of the classroom, Sirius refused to meet James's eyes. Now James really wouldn't want to be his friend. Sirius hurried off down the hall, leaving James to look after his friend's retreating back with a worried expression on his face.
Just as James was going to walk towards his next class, Professor Gump came out of the classroom and beckoned for James to reenter with him. James did so and the professor leaned against his desk and looked at James intently.
"Do you have any idea why that would be Mr. Black's worst fear?" he asked after a few moments of silence.
"Well..."James began, uncertain as to whether or not he should say anything. Of course he had to, so he did. "Sirius has always been terrified of being hurt by people he cares about, and who cares about him. He's also terrified of being left by someone who he thought cared about him. His parents kind of disowned him when he was nine years old and he's been paranoid of being left ever since then."
"Oh," was all Professor Gump said. "Mr. Black doesn't have anything to worry about then. You obviously care about him as if he were your brother. He needs to know that. And if he does know that, you need to reassure him of it."
James nodded slightly and then realized he was being dismissed when silence fell among the two wizards. James said a hurried "Thank you, Professor." and then quickly walked out of the classroom, intending to find Sirius to talk to him about the stupid boggart.
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A.N. i think that one was longer. please pardon any spelling errors i may have. thanks. please review!
Chapter 14
James sat there shocked. Why in the world would Sirius think his parents didn't want guardianship of him? Of course his parents would fight for him and want to. They would win too.
"Of course my parents would want to fight for you!" exclaimed James, looking at his friend with surprise on his face.
"How do you know that? If they had wanted to, they would have done it when I first came to live with you two years ago."
Now James was speechless. Sirius did have a point. What if his parents didn't really want guardianship of Sirius? He shook his head slightly. That was a stupid thought. Of course they did. There was only going to be one way to convince Sirius though.
"I'm going to send a letter to my parents about this," James said with such a finality in his voice that Sirius knew it would be pointless to argue. It made it harder to argue when you were mute because no one knew what you were saying unless you were being looked at directly.
James got up and walked out of the great hall without looking at Sirius, not wanting to know what his reply was. He walked to the owlery and sat down to write a quick note.
Dear Mom and Dad,
I'm doing fine and I'm not getting into too much trouble. Sirius just got a letter though, from his parents. He's been getting them since the beginning of the year, and most of them just told him how horrible he his and what happens to blood traitors. However, the letter he got today said that his parents wanted him home for the Christmas holidays. Of course, you don't have full guardianship of him so....I don't know. He's worried that you don't want full guardianship of him. Maybe you should send him a letter telling him otherwise. I've gotta go to class now, so bye.
Love you,
James
James looked over the letter real quick and he knew that it was kind of lame, but he tied it to an owl's leg and sent it anyways. James watched it fly away and then he walked down to his first class for the day, defense against the dark arts. This was Sirius's favorite subject, and was the best in it. James liked transfiguration more, and was the best in his class in that subject, with Sirius and Lily Evans coming in a close second and third.
When he entered the class he saw Sirius sitting there gazing at his hands. He seemed lost and uncertain as to what was happening to him. James sighed softly and walked over to his friend and sat down by him.
"I just sent the letter to my parents. You are not going to go to your parent's house for the holidays. I won't let you. You'll just get beat up if you go there and you know it. Chances are they'll kill you because you got into Gryffindor. And you won't be able to defend yourself either because you can't talk!"
Sirius looked at him, his eyes going wide at the last sentence. His eyes went a dark blue and James was suddenly a bit worried that he had said the wrong thing. Sirius shook his head slightly and then turned to get out his book and wand.
James sighed again. What did he have to say to get his friend to see how foolish it would be for him to go home? Actually, James was pretty sure that Sirius realized that, but Sirius was also afraid that his family would do something to the Potter family if he didn't go. James would have to talk to him about that after class.
"Ok class," the defense against the arts teacher, Professor Gump, called out to get their attention. "I know we're facing this a bit early, but today, we'll be battling a boggart. I had nothing else planned and I ran across one earlier so I thought you would be mature enough to handle this...I hope," he added as an afterthought. "Anyways, who knows what a boggart is?"
Sirius raised his hand almost hesitantly. He never voluntered in class simply because the teacher's couldn't understand what he was saying. However, he knew the answer and was determined to prove it. His mother had always had an assortment of odd dark creatures around the house, so he knew what most of the creatures were. He would sometimes stumble across one of them and either only have the crap scared out of him or have the crap scared out of him and also have a few scars to show for it.
Professor Gump looked slightly shocked when he saw Sirius's raised hand, but he called Sirius's name and Sirius began to explain: "Boggarts are dark creatures that turn into what people fear the most. They can be defeated by laughter."
Professor Gump looked at James, and said,"What did he say, Mr. Potter?"
James repeated what Sirius said and the professor nodded in approval. "That is correct Mr. Black." The professor went on to explain how to defeat it and then he lined the students up in the order in which they would face the boggart.
Some Hufflepuff girl went first and the boggart turned into a green frog. She easily overcame it and then a Gryffindor went. Sirius was towards the end of the line and James was right next to him, considering Professor Gump thought James might need to translate some more. The line went fairly quickly, and before he knew it, it was James's turn.
James boldly walked up to where the boggart was. The boggart turned into a werewolf, and James raised his eyebrows, before cracking up for some unknown reason. No one noticed how stiff Remus Lupin went when he saw his best friend's worst fear. No one saw the slight look of betrayal in his eyes. No one saw him look away in embaressment. No one saw a small tear trickle down his cheek. No one noticed him at all. Instead they all waited for the next person.
It was Sirius's turn and Sirius walked with an air of confidence and cockiness to where the boggart was, pausing for a moment to drink a potion that was in a vial. When Sirius stepped up to the boggart, it turned into Sirius, looking beaten up on the ground, with James standing over him laughing and looking threatening. Sirius(the real Sirius) looked at it in shock and took a small step backwards. "Riddikulus!" he thought mouthed, thinking of the effect it would have with all of his might. It didn't work. The potion failed him. Sirius tried again, but once again, he failed. Sirius cowered back from the illusion. The boggart James was now putting a nasty curse on the boggart Sirius. Professor Gump interrupted the boggart by turning it into his worst fear. When the professor managed to destroy the boggart, he dismissed the class, looking at Sirius with sympathy and worry. "It's ok, Mr. Black. You'll do better next time," he muttered as Sirius walked past.
Once out of the classroom, Sirius refused to meet James's eyes. Now James really wouldn't want to be his friend. Sirius hurried off down the hall, leaving James to look after his friend's retreating back with a worried expression on his face.
Just as James was going to walk towards his next class, Professor Gump came out of the classroom and beckoned for James to reenter with him. James did so and the professor leaned against his desk and looked at James intently.
"Do you have any idea why that would be Mr. Black's worst fear?" he asked after a few moments of silence.
"Well..."James began, uncertain as to whether or not he should say anything. Of course he had to, so he did. "Sirius has always been terrified of being hurt by people he cares about, and who cares about him. He's also terrified of being left by someone who he thought cared about him. His parents kind of disowned him when he was nine years old and he's been paranoid of being left ever since then."
"Oh," was all Professor Gump said. "Mr. Black doesn't have anything to worry about then. You obviously care about him as if he were your brother. He needs to know that. And if he does know that, you need to reassure him of it."
James nodded slightly and then realized he was being dismissed when silence fell among the two wizards. James said a hurried "Thank you, Professor." and then quickly walked out of the classroom, intending to find Sirius to talk to him about the stupid boggart.
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A.N. i think that one was longer. please pardon any spelling errors i may have. thanks. please review!