The Letters
Summary: In the MWPP Era, Sirius receives a series of letters from an unknown person. He seeks to find the person and confront them, but the person is clever. Can Sirius find them?
Chapter 4. The Fourth Letter
"So, Cathryn, do you like it here so far?" Sirius inquired walking around the spacious grounds with her while James and Peter watched them eagerly and Remus tried to pretend that he wasn't interested.
"It's nice, very pretty." She replied.
"It is, isn't it?" Sirius agreed, "I really think you'll like it here, and if you need any help with anything, be sure to tell me."
"Anything?" Cathryn asked astonished
"Within reason, of course." Sirius added.
"Of course." She agreed quietly. He took a moment to seize her up while she was looking at the plants in Hagrid's garden. Her hair was a blondish brown and it was waist length. Her small blue rimmed glasses slipped down her nose often, and she would readjust them with her middle finger. Her eyes were grey, but tended to change color to what was near her face. She wore no make up, and no robes; just a simple blue pleated skirt, and a white polo shirt.
She looked up at him, and he quickly looked away, embarrassed that he had been caught staring at her. She's a little plain, Sirius thought as they began to walk again, but, not ugly. Pretty actually, but a plain pretty.
"Is there anything I can help you with now?" Sirius inquired
"I'm having some trouble with my homework." Cathryn confessed
"I can tutor you, if you'd like." Sirius offered
"That would be nice." Cathryn replied.
"Where would you like to study?" Sirius inquired
"We can study in my room." She replied.
"Oh." Sirius said slightly astonished, "Ok." That's odd. Sirius thought, her room? Does she have her own room?
James, Remus, Peter, and Lily relaxed under a small oak tree as they watched Sirius and Cathryn circle around the grounds.
"Sirius sure is a gentleman lately." Lily commented.
"I hope that doesn't mean what I think it means." James said feigning hurt.
"Oh, shut up!" Lily laughed, "I just mean he's being really nice to her, that's all. You know I'm interested in you only."
"I feel special." James said with a smile, drawing her close to him.
Sirius' owl flew up to James and dropped a letter in his lap. It was addressed to Sirius, in the familiar pink, curvy letters.
"Remus, Peter, check it out." James said calling his friends over.
"Another letter?" Remus inquired. James nodded, "That girl just won't let up will she?"
"Should we open it!" Peter inquired excitedly.
"No, that would be breaking and entering!" James replied loudly.
"Like it's ever stopped you before!" Lily accused
"Well, it hasn't, but then it wasn't Sirius!" James laughed showing his loyalty to his best friend, "But I can show you the other letters."
"Other letters?" Lily inquired, "There are more?"
James began to tell her the story…
"You do! You really do have your own room!" Sirius exclaimed laughing as he entered.
"Yes, Professor Dumbledore thought that it would be better if I had a room of my own." Cathryn told him.
"Nice of him." Sirius commented. The room was very spacious, a large closet was in the corner, and a bed was in the corner opposite to it. At the foot of the bed, there was a chest of drawers and a few pictures in frames standing on it. A large desk was in the corner with papers scattered around it. There wasn't a lot of character to the room otherwise, except a large book self that held about two-hundred books.
"It really isn't much." Cathryn commented picking up the papers from the floor and putting them in order under a paperweight.
"So, what's all the paper for?" Sirius inquired
"I write a lot." Cathryn replied getting her school books out from under her bed.
"Ok, let's see what we can do with this crap." Sirius said taking out her essay for History of Magic. He read over it for a moment and then looked up at her, "This is good."
"No way." Cathryn denied, "I stink at essays."
"Not from where I'm sitting!" Sirius said, "It's well researched, thorough, lots of facts, and really well written. You've got an A, guaranteed, just fix some of the grammatical errors and spelling mistakes."
"Really?"
"Really, really!" Sirius reassured.
"Ok, I guess, could you help me with the errors stuff?" Cathryn inquired
"Sure." Sirius said taking out some red ink from his own bag.
"Another one?" Sirius said dreading what could be contained in the letter.
"Yes." James confirmed, "Read it!"
"This is getting boring." Peter commented as Sirius opened the envelope.
Dear Mr. Sirius Black
If you don't remember our previous encounters, I do not feel compelled to remind you.
I'm a third year, a Gryffindor, and my name shall be anonymous.
Sincerely
The one who loves you.
"This is so stupid!" Sirius decided, "I'm finding out who this girl is, I can't believe she's so damn devoted!"
"She just likes you." Remus said
"Yeah, way to freak out!" Peter added trying out some slang.
"Peter, don't ever say that again it just sounds weird!" James told him.
"Ok." Peter said meekly.
"Let's figure out how to find her." James decided. They all sat down in the common room at a round table, and a few minutes later, Lily joined them.
"I've got a plan." James told them all, "Lily will be our spy!"
"I will?" Lily asked skeptically
"Two weeks of your choice activities if the plan carries through." James offered
"Done!" Lily accepted
"Why Evans?" Sirius inquired, "Why not one of us?"
"She has connections over all the school, plus, she's a girl, she can ask around, and have her friends ask around, et cetera." James elaborated
"Sounds like a plan." Remus said, "A good one, even."
"I'm glad you're all for it, Moony." James said showing appreciation in his tone.
"And we'll all report back to James, you, Sirius, or Remus." Lily said
"Why not me?" Peter inquired
"Because you've got a big mouth!" James replied.
"Fine!" Peter pouted
"We'll find something for you to do, Wormtail, don't worry." Sirius reassured, "Thanks for helping me with this, guys," Lily frowned, "And Lily." Sirius added at the sight of her frown.
"No biggie." James waved off taking out some parchment to draw up some numbers for their plan.
AN: Cathryn does indeed have a bit of a secret hidden in her. Keep reading to find out how the plan progresses et cetera.
TBC