Summary: "I used to be there,' said Sirius, pointing at a small, round, charred hole in the tapestry, rather like a cigarette burn.' But what if that charred hole had covered two names...what if Sirius had a twin?
Disclaimer: Still don't own any of it, not even the song 'Just For' which is by Nickelback who are in no way as good as Nirvana. Nirvana rule!!!
Guitar Solos"Mr Black...Mr Black...can you hear me?"
"Eeuurrgghh!" groaned Sirius.
"I'll take that as a yes shall I young man?"
Groggily Sirius opened his eyes and the kindly face of a young woman swam into view. "Now could you just drink this for me and then I think you can go down to your breakfast, all of your injuries seem to have healed up nicely."
Sirius took the proffered mug and drank the disgusting yellow sludge in it before asking the lady, "Where am I and who are you?"
"Oh, how silly of me, you're a first year aren't you, well I'm Madam Pomfrey, the school nurse, and you're in the Hospital Wing at Hogwarts. Those thugs beat you up pretty bad, I always knew that Bellatrix Black was a nasty piece of work."
"That...that was Bella?" Sirius stuttered, he remembered the last time he had seen Bella, his cousin, she had been heading off to Hogwarts for her third year and he'd been very glad to see the back of her.
"Yes, that was Bella, are you related to her? You look very similar."
"I have no family," Sirius repeated for what seemed like the hundredth time since he had got onto the train at Kings Cross.
The nurse looked at him strangely before saying, "Apart from the cuts and bruises you got from the beating those thugs gave you, you also had a lot of older scars and curse marks, where did you get them?"
"Here and there" Sirius mumbled.
"Hmmm" sighed Madame Pomfrey, obviously unhappy with the amount of information the boy was giving her, "Well you'd better get down to the Great Hall and have some breakfast, you're very skinny. Just follow me O.K?"
"OK" Sirius mumbled and followed the tall, authoritative woman down countless staircases and through numerous secret passages, eventually they arrived at the Great Hall and Sirius took a seat at Gryffindor table. He picked up a slice of hot, buttered toast and began to eat, watching the other students and noticing how often they would point him out to their friends or turn in their seats and stare. He turned back to his plate and began pushing the crumbs in a random pattern around it, he knew they were still wondering who he was.
Suddenly someone threw their arms around him and he jumped up, startled, to see Lily grinning at him sheepishly with tears in her eyes, "I thought you were dead, Sirius, you were covered in blood, oh God it was so scary!" she sobbed pulling him close to her in a hug.
Sirius patted her awkwardly on the back, unsure of how to comfort her, "Uh...well I'm alright, so it doesn't matter does it? Have you had breakfast yet?" he asked her.
"Yes" she answered, pulling out of the embrace and dabbing her eyes, "You have to go get your books, lessons start soon!" she exclaimed, grabbing Sirius' arm and dragging him quickly after her. Eventually they came to a halt next to a portrait of a fat lady in pink and Lily told Sirius, "This is the entrance to Gryffindor Tower, the password is Muggles." The portrait swung open to reveal a round hole in the wall which the pair scrambled through to find themselves in a cosy, circular room with a huge roaring fire and many squashy armchairs. "O.K, this is the common room and your dormitory is up here," Lily said pushing Sirius up one of the two flights of stairs that led up from the room. She didn't stop until they reached the very top of the staircase by a door marked First-year boys. "Right, this is your dormitory" she said as she impelled him in, go get your books, we've got herbology, potions and charms today."
Glancing around, Sirius saw four boys staring icily at him from the centre of the room. He nervously edged past them and went to get his books from his battered red rucksack that lay at the foot of a bed next to his most precious possession, his old guitar. "Wow!" said Lily from behind him, "Do you play?"
"Uh...yeah," muttered Sirius.
"Wow, can you play a song for me?" asked Lily, "I think we have just enough time before our first lesson."
"Um...O.K, me and my sister made this song up, it's called 'Just For'" He picked up his guitar and began to play, then surprised everyone in the room when he began to sing in a husky voice as well.
"I want to take his eyes out
Just for looking at you
Yes I do
And I want to take his hands off
Just for touching you
Yes I do
And I want to rip his heart out
Just for hurting you
And I want to break his mind down
Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do
And I want to make him regret
Life since the day he met you
Yes I do
And I want to make him take back
All that he took from you
Yes I do
And I want to rip his heart out
Just for hurting you
And I want to break his mind down
Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do, yes I do, yes I do
And I want to rip his heart out Just for hurting you
And I want to break his mind down
Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do, yes I do"
"Wow" murmured Lily in the silence that followed. Glancing about Sirius noticed that the four boys had moved closer during the song and were now staring at him in awe.
A tired-looking boy with short brown hair asked, "Where'd you learn to sing and play like that?"
"I taught myself" replied Sirius, shortly.
"I'm Remus Lupin by the way, this is Peter, that's Kurt and he's James."
"When did you make that song up?" asked Peter who was a shorter, tubbier boy with dirty blonde hair.
"When I was eight."
"How come you've got so little stuff?" asked Kurt who had been comparing Sirius' small red rucksack to everyone else's the previous night.
"Couldn't afford anymore," Sirius told the extremely handsome kid who had the most gorgeous shaggy bleached hair ever.
"Why d'you constantly pretend you're poor?" James demanded, inimically.
"'Cos I am," Sirius stated simply.
"Yeah, right, next you'll be telling me werewolves aren't evil, violent, murderous beasts," Remus suddenly twitched violently and James glanced at him strangely before continuing, "You come from one of the richest families in the whole of the wizarding world for crying out loud."
"I have no family and werewolves aren't evil, violent, murderous beasts, for most of the month they're really nice, it's not their fault they were bitten."
"Why d'you keep saying you have no family? All Blacks are proud of being pureblood, I mean you've got some queer motto like Toilette putain haven't you."
Sirius suppressed a smirk and told James, "Hmmm, yes toilet whore would be a better motto than the current one, Toujours pur, which means always pure. I keep saying I have no family because I have none, they made it quite clear they didn't want us years ago."
"What...you and your sister? Where is she by the way?"
"Beauxbatons, away from our goddam family," Sirius replied before turning on his heel and exiting the room, his robes billowing behind him and his books clutched under one arm.
When he was about half way down the stairs Lily caught up with him and asked, "What's wrong Sirius?"
"Nothing's wrong"
"Yes there is, you avoid all questions about your family, got beaten up by a load of people yesterday and are way too over-protective of your sister, you cannot tell me nothing's wrong."
"Look...shouldn't we be going to our first lesson or something?"
"Not until you tell me what's wrong, no."
"Merlin...you're as stubborn as Adie, I've only known you for what, a day, I'm not going to tell you my most private secrets am I?"
"Oh...I guess not," Lily said, crestfallen, "Well I guess we should get to herbology"
A/N: Hey, how was that? Better or worse than the last chapter? Please read and review, I'd really like to know what you think. Thanks go to passion4trinity and drkns an shnia rul. for reviewing my first chapter. Nirvana rule!!! Peace, Love, Empathy.