Remus opened his eyes to reveal the white hospital wing. He felt a sharp pain in his ribs and winced. Remus looked around. The only person visiting was Sirius who looked as if he had been crying. He was golding his head in his hands. "Sirius?" Remus murmered.

Sirius looked up at Remus, "Remus, I am so sorry," he said sincerely.

"For what?" Remus said with a puzzled look on his face.

"I didn't mean to it just slipped! I was so angry and I wanted to kill him. But, I didn't really want to kill him!" Sirius said urgently.

"Sirius just calm down and tell me what happened," Remus said examining his bruised body for any major injuries.

"Alright, I was walking down the hall when I bumped into Snape," Sirius began.

Remus noticed that Sirius had avoided the commonly used nickname Snivellus. Sirius continued, "He started calling Evans a mudblood. And then he told me he could arrange for you guys to be dead. He told me Evan's parents were dead and she didn't know. I got really angry even though as I look back now it seems stupid to get so angry. Then, he questioned where you went every month. I was practically insane so I told him to go the Whomping Willow and press the knot. So he did and I ran to the common room. I told James what I had done and he went to save Snape. But, Snape was already in the passage way and I heard a growl. Then James came out with Snape. They got attacked by the tree and then Dumbledore caught us. I got a month of detention with two dententions per day. I also got 300 points taken from my house. And I am banned from the Quidditch team until next year. I am so sorry Remus. I really am. I regret every moment of it. I understand If you don't want to be my friend, like James."

Remus took all this information in. He could've killed Snape. But, he didn't. Snape obviously can't tell anyone. He was safe. But, what if Sirius told someone again? No, Sirius learned his lesson. James wasn't talking to Sirius? Remus then said, "Look Sirius what you did was really wrong. And I am not going to stop being your friend, but if you tell anyone else I will stop being your friend."

Sirius breathed a sigh of relief. "Remus, you are the best friend a guy could have. If only James would talk to me," he said sadly.

Remus smiled weakly. "Now, can you get Madame Pomfrey and tell her I am awake?" he asked Sirius.

Sirius nodded quickly and headed to Madame Pomfrey's office. He came out a minute later with Madame Pomfrey at his heels. "Remus, honey, where does it hurt?" Madame Pomfrey asked.

"My ribs," Remus answered.

"Yes, you've broken three ribs, don't worry I'll have you mended in no time," Madame Pomfrey said handing Remus a goblet, "You'll stay overnight of course for rest. Now, Mr. Black please go back to your other friends in the dorm."

Sirius smiled sadly and said his goodbyes to Remus before walking out of the wing. He headed down the hall and towards the common room. Once he reached his destination he whispered, "Pigwigs."

The fat lady giggled at the password and swung open. Sirius climbed into the common room and found a seat by the fire. To his suprise James was sitting at a table nearby doing homework. "Listen, James, I told Remus what happened and I assured him you had nothing to do with it," Sirius said.

James just scowled and continued writing his homework. Sirius sighed and stared into the flames. "Git," James muttered under his breath.

Sirius got up and went to the boy's dormitory. He didn't know that Lily had been watching the whole time. "What is your problem, Potter," yelled Lily.

"What?" James asked confused.

"You can't just ignore your best friend like that! He made a mistake! Remus forgave him why can't you?" Lily said, eyes flashing dangerously.

"You don't even know what happened so stay out of it!" James yelled back at her.

"Yes, I do, I talked to Remus. I told him I knew and he told me what happened," Lily hissed angrily.

"Yeah, well maybe I don't want to talk to Black! He's just like his family!" James yelled very loudly.

Unaware by the two fighting teenagers, Sirius had heard the whole argument. James' last words stung. Just like his family, the words repeated in his head over and over again. He thought of the times when he still lived with his family. Before they disowned him. How they yelled at him, talked to him disdainfully, and hit him when they were drunk. Sirius realized that he would have no where to go over the summer. There was a tapping from the direction of the window. Sirius looked over to see an owl tapping the window impatiently. He opened the window and the owl dropped a letter on his bed. It was a black envelope and Sirius realized it was a Ministry letter. He read:

Dear Mr. Black,
I am sorry to inform you that your Uncle has passed away. A funeral will not be held for the lack of money

put forth by the family. There will be a private burial which your cousin Andromeda and her husband Ted will be the only

ones to attend. Your uncles has left you 1,000 galleons for your pleasure. He also left a note enclosed in the purple sack

which also includes your galleons. Please use your and to tap the signature and a purple sack will appear.

Sincerely,
Flabe R. Gasted Sirius used his wand to tap the signature and a small purple sack appeared. He wondered how 1000 galleons would fit into the sack along with a note. He reached his hand inside and pulled out a note. Dear Sirius,
When you read this I'll be dead. Doesn't that sound pleasant? Anyway I am giving you 1000 galleons so buy

a flat away from your parents! Also buy on of them flying motorcycles for me. Or shall I say in honor of me? Anyway the

reason you can't attend the burial is because it takes place during school and you need to keep your mind focused on

school. I know your not my son but, your the closest thing I ever had to one. The sack may look small but really it is huge

use it for things that may be to big to carry. You could fit a car if you tried!
-Uncle A

Sirius reached his hand into the purple sack and sure enough there was galleons inside. He felt something in a package and pulled out the package. He opened

it to reveal a knife that could open any lock. He also found his mirror out of a set of two-way mirrors he and James used to communicate with each other during

seperate detentions. Sirius sighed, things just weren't going well.

"Lily?" Emma called searching the dorm for her friend. "Are you there?"

She heard humming from the shower and assumed it was Lily. She sat on her bed and waited for Lily to come out of the shower. Katy had sent her to find

Lily so they could go to dinner. Five minutes later Lily came out of the shower and let out a startled yell. "Oh my gosh, I didn't know you were here!" Lily said.

"Yeah, come on it's time for dinner according to Katy," Emma said.

Lily and Emma walked out of the dorm and into the common room. Climbing out the portrait hole the two headed to the Great Hall. The spotted Katy and

sat down next to her. "Hey, guys you'll never guess what! James and Sirius are in a fight!" Amy exclaimed.

"Yeah, we know," Emma said helping herself to several scoops of mashed potatoes.

An owl swooped into the Great Hall at that moment cutting the conversation short. The gray tawny owl landed on the table in front of Lily. Clutched in it's

beak was a black envelope. Several people gave Lily sympathetic looks. Lily opened the letter with a puzzled expression on her face. It read:

Dear Lily,
I am sorry to inform you your parents Mr. and Mrs. Evans were killed by lord Voldemort's death eaters last night. Their funeral will be held in two days.

Please see your headmaster to be allowed to leave school for the weekend. In their will you have gained their car, three quarters of their money (converted to galleons,

sickles, and knuts.) With sincere apologies,
Flabe R. Gasted Ministry of Magic

Tears streamed down Lily's face and dropped onto the letter. She dropped the letter and ran out of the Great Hall as fast as her legs could take her. "What was

that about?" Katy asked puzzled.

Emma picked up the letter and the girls read it. Once they finished Emma pocketed the letter and they too ran out of the Great Hall and went to find Lily.

They found her on the roof of the Astronomy tower. She was huddled in a corner hugging her knees with tears streaming down her face. "Lily?" Emma asked quietly

sitting down next to her friend and hugging her.

Katy sat down on Lily's other side and hugged her too. They sat their comforting their friend until Lily spoke, "Come on we have to go back and I have to talk

to Dumbledore."

The girls nodded and parted their seperate ways. Katy and Emma walked back into the common room to be ambushed by a concerned James. "What

happened is she okay?" he asked worriedly.

"Her parents died," Emma said quietly.

"Oh," was all James could manage to muster the strength to say.

He turned and ran up the stairs to the boy's dorm. He was thinking to himself. What if Sirius got hurt when I was being a prick and angry at him? I have

to forgive him I don't even know why it upset me that much. He found Sirius sitting on his bed with a purple sack next to him. "Sirius?" he asked.

"What?" Sirius asked coldly.

"Look, Padfoot, I am really sorry, it's just I don't even know why I got so angry. Remus didn't mind as much as I did. He forgave you so I will too," James said

sitting next to his friend of five years.

"s' okay," Sirius said, "As long as you take back what you said about me being like my family."

James nodded, "I'm sorry."

"I'm buying my own flat this summer so you don't have to worry about me coming maybe just until I find one," Sirius said.

"Where did you get the money? No offence meant padfoot," James asked questioningly.

"Uncle A left it for me in his will, he died recently," Sirius said.

"Oh, sorry," James apologized once again.

"Well, it's not like you killed him you don't have to apologize," Sirius said.

The two talked for hours into the night before falling asleep with butterbeer clutched in their hands.