A/N: This chapter might seem kind of long, but it's his first day. Thanks for reading this!
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When his alarm went off his eyes slowly opened to see the deep red curtains surrounding him. As his eyelids fluttered to adjust to the light, he wiped the sleep from his eyes, remembering where he was. He sat up and pulled back the curtain as several other boys did the same. He swung his legs out of the warm blankets and winced as they came in contact with the cool air. He smiled at Tyler who was tangled in the curtains of his four-poster. When he got up and his feet came in contact with the wooden floor he groaned, thinking of what it would be like in the winter.
He changed into his school robes quietly, not wanting to break the silence that engulfed the room. Looking in the mirror he tried to flatten his hair, but gave up. Then glancing at his friends, who were all waiting for someone to say something and give them permission to go he nodded, and they broke into chatter. As they reached the common room Riley and Sam popped up from a couch.
"Hiya Sirius!"
"How's my little fluff haired friend doing on his first day of Hogwarts?" Riley said, pinching his cheek.
"Do we have to show our little solemn potter where to go?" asked Sam.
"I think so," agreed Riley with a wink.
Sirius groaned, but knew if he wanted to get to breakfast these two were his best bet. He hesitantly followed them, knowing that they weren't ones to skip a meal.
"We wouldn't mislead our dear little cousin, or lock him in a broom cupboard on his first day," Sam said with a gleam in his eye before turning to whisper to Riley loudly. "You know that one on the abandoned second floor corridor looks pretty comfortable and undisturbed."
Riley grinned down at Sirius and ruffled his hair. Sirius looked up at him and rolled his eyes with annoyance. He was still following them like an untrusting dog being led to a vet. He was ready at a moments warning to take off if the twins tried to grab him, and that was how he entered the Great Hall. Riley and Sam both grabbed him from behind and threw him in through the doors backwards with Sirius fighting to get back out until he realized where he was, and blushed in embarrassment as both of the twins stood laughing at him. With his head down he made his way past the other tables, who hade turned to see what the commotion was about and had been rewarded with a detailed description of what had happened by the twins, and toward the Gryffindor table and sat next to Andrea still red-faced.
"How'd you sleep?" she asked, ignoring Riley and Sam's taunts.
"Pretty well," he replied, finally regaining his pride, "Did you make lots of new friends?"
"Yeah, there are some nice girls, but most of them already knew each other. There're three that are already gossiping frantically," she nodded towards three blonds whispering and pointing at a few Ravenclaws as they walked past. "Then there's another girl who's pretty quiet. She should have been put in Hufflepuff because she's always talking about feelings. It gets really annoying though, the other girls were gossiping and she stood up and yelled 'I'm going somewhere where people don't talk about other people behind their backs,'" Andrea said this part in a high, squeaky voice and Sirius burst out laughing. She continued, "Then she stormed out of our dormitory and when we found her she was sitting by herself in a corner of the Gryffindor common room talking to herself about 'at her old school, people were respectful of others and spent the day chasing rainbows and licking lollipops.' She didn't even notice us after that."
"Wow, that's hilarious," Sirius said with tears in his eyes, "We have some characters in our dormitory too," He indicated his friends who had challenged each other into a contest trying to stuff the most sausages in their mouth at a time. "There's Keith and Tyler, who I think you've met," both of them grinned at her and a sausage popped out of Tyler's mouth causing all of them to burst into fits of laughter and spitting sausages back onto their plates.
When they had calmed down, Sirius continued to make the introductions, "The short kid there is Theo-" Sirius winced as he got kicked under the table. Sirius looked back at him with a shocked expression, "I didn't know you could reach that far!" Before Theo could reply Sirius continued, "I'm sure he'll grow. He's muggle-born too, and he skis, or whatever that muggle sport is. That good-looking young man to my right is Dalton, who enjoys playing Quidditch under the moonlight, and winning over girl's hearts with his dashing smile-" Sirius stopped briefly as Dalton cuffed him in the back of his head. "Anyway, my man Ted is good with the ladies, but boy does he need a haircut. And Rufus, well, he's Rufus. He has many special talents including a great sense of smell when he's looking for food."
Andrea smiled at all of them as Sirius introduced her, "This gorgeous young lady is Andrea, as you might have guessed by her stunning looks." Sirius paused as he waited for her retaliation which never came. "She's muggle-born, but I'm sure she'll pick up on magic fast. She's very intelligent and you can't hide much from her."
Andrea interrupted his monologue, "So, can you tell us about your adventure this morning?" she asked. Sirius blushed, but stayed quiet. "Riley, Sam, can you tell us about Sirius's little experience coming to breakfast?"
"I would be delighted to. But first I must ask what the name of the most beautiful girl in this room is," Riley said flirtatiously.
"Don't bother Riley, she's already little Sirikinn's girlfriend, not to mention three years younger than you," Sam shot in.
Andrea replied bravely, but a little reddened, "My name is Andrea, pleased to make your acquaintance."
"See Sam, she's pleased to make my acquaintance, and that's more than your girlfriend has said," taunted Riley.
"You're jealous because I'm the good-looking twin," Sam stated.
"You're both about as handsome as a rat's ass," Sirius declared, quieting both.
"So anyway, about this morning," Riley started, glaring at Sirius, "Poor little Sirius couldn't find the Great Hall for breakfast, so he followed the most brilliant people to find the breakfast hall. Being the good cousins that we are, we found it would be courteous of us to direct him through the doors of the hall. I'm not sure if Ron whacked him on the head too many times, but he seemed to think we would shove him in a closet. Needless to say, when we ever so politely showed him the way in, our cousin showed off his superb ability to embarrass himself. He desperately was clawing at us and trying to escape the certain death that would await him while eating breakfast. His reaction speed was at an all-time low and when it finally sunk in that he was in the Great Hall, he had already attracted the attention of half of the school. Of course, he had to make the perfect entrance for his first day of school."
At this moment, McGonagall stood and announced the order of which the students would receive their schedules. As she finished explaining where each house would meet their head of house to discuss their classes, Sirius burped loudly, causing heads to turn, sniggering at the boy.
"To reassure you, the house elves consider saying 'thank you' a much superior compliment than a burp, Mister Potter." McGonagall said.
"And a perfect exit," Sam retorted as McGonagall dismissed them.
The Gryffindors left, this time following Sage, Tyler's third year sister, who they all trusted more than Riley and Sam. When they were climbing a staircase Sage had quietly mentioned a step that grabs your foot. Rufus was unfortunately trailing behind them breathing heavily, not used to the unavoidable exercise that Hogwarts students had to partake in that involved climbing what seemed like an endless amount of staircases. As Rufus made his way up the stairs one by one, and when he tried to lift one of his feet he toppled over on his front. The rest of his friends had already reached the corridor that connected to the top of the staircase and as soon as Theo had stepped onto the corridor the staircase shifted, flinging Rufus into the railing squealing loudly. His friends had just noticed him and were yelling for him to calm down as they ran to the new top of the staircase.
When they had made it to him, Rufus was sweating heavily and very scared of the stairway. They picked their way back up the stairs noting to themselves to watch out for that step next time. They finally arrived at Professor Lupin's office just in time. When Sirius was called him they sat down in chairs facing each other. Lupin just sat gazing at his godson before starting.
"Another Sirius at Hogwarts…" Lupin started, "You look just like Harry and James. I just want you to know that if you ever need help you can always come to me. I hope you have a great time here at Hogwarts. If you ever need to talk, or need something I'll be here. I'm not just your teacher, I am also your godfather, and I will treat you like that outside of school. So for your classes this year, you will be in all of the required classes with your Gryffindors." He tapped a piece of parchment with his wand and his classes appeared. "Good luck and I'll see you tomorrow in your first Defense Against the Dark Arts class."
Glancing down, Sirius skimmed his classes. Today he would usually have DADA first, but because the students had to get their schedules he had charms first, then Herbology, lunch, and Double Transfiguration. He had to wait until tomorrow for his first flying lesson, as well as DADA, Potions, Astronomy, and the dreaded History of Magic. He had an hour lunch break every day, and some days he had a free period or long breaks. Breakfast ends at 8:30 on school days, but you can eat as early as 6:30. Most days Sirius had classes from 8:30 to 4:00, but once a week he had classes from 9:00 to 5:15. Lunch time varied times, but dinner was always 6:00 to 7:30. On weekends, all of the students were expected to be at dinner at 6:00 sharp, but the breakfast and lunch times were flexible. At this moment Sirius swore to himself to never take this paper out of his robes, because he would never remember the schedule. Getting from class to class wouldn't be the hard part, because he traveled with his whole house, but after breaks, when he had nobody to direct him. Between this and actually physically finding his classes, he was wondering how he would make it through his first week of school.
When Andrea finally came (She was always the last called because of her last name) Sirius wandered back to his room to get his materials. After he found his things he, Andrea, Dalton, and Tyler were all standing right outside of the portrait and staring blankly at their schedules, when a voice shouted in their ears, "Why are you standing there stupidly? You should be in class filling your empty heads! You couldn't find a better time to stand around and chat could you? But then again I wouldn't put it past you to suddenly decide to skip class only to talk about Quidditch."
Sirius spun around to see who was yelling at them so rudely only to come face to face with one of the Fat Lady's friends. "Um, guys I think now would be an excellent time to go to charms class," Sirius said.
"Yeah, I agree," said Tyler who was still in shock.
They headed off in the direction they thought Charms was in. "We only have five minutes to get to class," said Andrea glancing at a clock, "We should get moving."
They all agreed and headed off to look for charms. "It's about time we found this place!" Tyler panted. "Why do they have to make it so hard for us to find class? Can't they just give us a map or something?"
Andrea rolled her eyes at the two boys. "Oh come on, we're late enough as it is! I'd prefer not to have detention on my very first day at Hogwarts."
Yet again Sirius found himself being dragged into a room. All heads in the class turned to them. "Um, is this the charms classroom?" Sirius asked the students who were at least sixteen. When nobody answered Sirius looked up to see his uncle scowling down at him. "One moment please," Percy told his class, "I have to deal with the scum who interrupted my class."
Sirius backed out of the class room quickly, and as soon as he was through the doors they were flung shut and locked. He looked at his friends and they started off down the corridor. Andrea reluctantly decided to ask a painting of an old man where to go, and it was apparent that she was about to plug her ears when the man agreed, and led them, jumping from picture frame to picture frame.
When at last they had reached the classroom, others were still making their way in, but the rest of the Gryffindor boys weren't there yet. They sat at a desk, and looked down at the desk, not sure what to expect. After scouring the room for the teacher their eyes finally locked on an old, short, balding man. He sort of waddled up to students, welcoming them to Hogwarts. Sirius couldn't help but grin as the man's bushy white eyebrows shot up while he was talking to some Ravenclaw girls. The combination of his eyebrows and his fluffy, pure white mane framing his wrinkled face set the whole lot of Gryffindors into fits of laughter. Dalton said something about Flitwick's mother cheating on her husband with a house-elf, and Sirius agreed that he probably wasn't that far off. Soon after Keith, Theo, Ted, and Rufus showed up, Professor Flitwick started the lesson.
"Welcome to Charms," He started in his unnaturally squeaky voice and giving a red-faced Sirius a glare as he stuffed his fist in his mouth to muffle his laughter. "I know most of you haven't ever cast a spell before, so your first year will start off slowly as you master the basics. Charms are used to make an object behave in a way that is unnatural for the object. For example, I can make things dance," he pointed his wand at a book and the students watched as the book dance around, "I can pick things up," Sirius squirmed as he rose over the class who were all watching him amusement on their faces, "and I can do many other things."
He set Sirius back down, and he began checking that all of his body parts were still intact while his face still wore a shocked expression. He continued this talk for the rest of the class showing them the importance of saying the spell correctly and doing the accurate wand movements. He also pointed out that a well-chosen charm could easily triumph over a curse. Through the rest of the class Sirius was watching the little man intently, and when it was over he had a headache from trying to follow the man's movements as he zipped around the classroom.
When the class was over they had fifteen minutes to find Herbology which they knew was outside. As they slowly made their way down to the greenhouses they discussed their first class.
"Did you see him? He looked like a mad midget, and his hair was all poofy. I bet he hasn't grown since he was four, considering his voice," Sirius mocked his high voice.
"Yeah Sirius, but not as high as your voice was after he levitated you," Dalton joked.
Sirius made a face and before he could say anything Theo cut in, "Yeah, he sure showed you the power of charms. You'd better stay on the munchkin's good side."
They all laughed, but Sirius was still red as they walked down the steps towards the greenhouses. Andrea was still more comfortable with the guys, and Sirius didn't mind her company. She was nice, and Sirius felt like it was sort of his duty to introduce her to the wizarding world.
When they reached the greenhouses they were greeted by Professor Longbottom. He had dirt down his front, and his hands were covered in dirt. He had obviously just been working in his greenhouse, but his face lit up when he saw Sirius. He examined the boy while introducing himself, and found that he looked a lot like Harry, but was better built, probably because he had been cared for as a child. He seemed to be very confident for a first year, and he was the one making introductions, and small talk. He reminded Neville of Ginny too, because of his casual manner of conversation, where Harry hadn't been so open.
When class began, Professor Longbottom introduced himself and his class, "Welcome to your first Herbology class. I'm your Professor Longbottom, but you can call me Neville. Herbology this year will deal with only safe plants, but through the years we will end up working with more dangerous and violent plants. I know you all are wondering how a plant is violent, but I'm sure you will learn in time. Plants have many uses…"
After a few minutes of listening, Sirius got a little bored of the professor's speech. He looked around the greenhouse at the many different types of plants with flowers, thorns, and many different colors. He wasn't the only one who was intrigued with the other plants. Theo reached out to one of the plants and one of the tendrils grabbed his finger, but let go when he jumped back. Then when he reached back the second time Ted noticed, and slapped his hand away as well as glaring at him.
Sirius liked the set-up of the classroom because the tables were all laid out in a circle around the huge table in the center where there was a huge assortment of plants. Plants, mostly the ones that climb up walls were growing around the outside of the classroom too. There were no chairs, because they would be standing up to work. It was dirty, and Sirius noted to wear one of his spare robes for this class. It was also warm, and he was working up a sweat.
Towards the end of the class they were able to start actually working. The work was simple enough, and Sirius enjoyed being able to talk with his friends while working to repot the Rayfizzle plants which were entering their third stage of plant life before developing into a full plant. The grinded roots were used for some potion use once the plants had matured.
By the time Sirius was done with repotting he was ready for lunch and his stomach grumbled loudly which caused some of the Hufflepuff girls next to him to giggle. Sirius shot them a look, and they quickly quieted. Professor Longbottom excused them and Sirius saw him looking at him strangely again. He dropped back and walked with the professor to lunch.
"Professor?" Sirius asked.
"Yes," Neville replied.
"I was wondering how you were," Sirius asked looking concerned.
"Fine, a little hungry," he replied.
"No," Sirius said, "I know you and my parents were friends, and Ron hasn't ever been the same since that night. People were most concerned about Ron, and my grandma, but I know you were affected too. I just want to ask how you're coping with things because I never knew my parents and know that you did."
Professor Longbottom looked down and saw that like Harry, Sirius was very mature for his age. He wiped his brow with his sleeve and replied, "Well…I went to the Yule Ball with Ginny—as friends of course, and Harry and Hermione always stood up for me. Sometimes I dream that night never happened, and that your parents are still here, but I always have to wake up. I don't know what'll happen next sometimes. My best friends are dead, and sometimes life doesn't seem worth living. Now I see you, and honestly you look so much like your father, I feel like I'm reliving my childhood."
Sirius looked up at him and knew that he had gone through the same thing as Ron and maybe more difficult. Ron had his family's support, as well as him to pull him through his tough times. His professor's parents had been tortured when he was little and were killed when the Death Eaters attacked St. Mungos. The man's lifelong dreams of living in happiness with his best friends had ended abruptly that night. He whispered, "I'm sorry," as they walked up the stairs to the entrance hall, "Maybe we can talk more later."
He caught up with his friends who were loudly telling Riley and Sam about his experience in Charms. Sirius made a face at all of them and proceeded into an embarrassing story involving Riley and Sam. "Two years ago my Uncle Bill," he started, "Brought home this manikin, fake people that muggles dress with clothing and left it in a chair. When he got back from wherever he went, he saw Riley practicing his sweet talk on it. He even named it Bethany after one of his friends he fancied. 'Oh Bethany, your eyes are so blue, and I just want to run my fingers through your hair,'" Sirius mocked. "Bill decided to let him continue, and cast a concealing charm on himself and crept into the room. Riley started making out with it, and Sam ran in yelling at Riley to get off 'Jennifer' and that she was his. They began fighting over it and pulling it between each other. Soon after, 'Bethany' or 'Jennifer' had their head torn off in the brawl. Bill decided this was the best time to reveal himself and neither boy would talk to him for a week because of their embarrassment."
During the story the whole Gryffindor table had quieted and were all listening, as well as a few of the Ravenclaws. When Sirius mentioned the names two girls blushed, and both Sam and Riley hid their heads. By the end of the story both of their necks were Gryffindor red, and they were oddly quiet for the remainder of the day.
Sirius had transfiguration after and was excited to see Tonks. He changed after lunch, and was able to get a Prefect to lead him to the Transfiguration classroom with Andrea, Keith, and Tyler. When they got there Sirius recognized the middle-aged woman with pink hair in braids whom was like an aunt to him. He got a hug and some questions about how things were going which he quickly answered before he introduced his friends. She smiled as she met each one, and Sirius noticed she had relaxed and looked better now that she was teaching. He liked her because she always treated him like an adult, and wasn't afraid to talk to him about his parents. Soon after Sirius finished describing his first day, class began and they filed into the seats.
"Transfiguration is complex and can be very dangerous. In charms you bewitch items to do things they wouldn't normally do. However, in transfiguration you change the actual object. You can animate inanimate objects and vice versa." She flicked he wand and suddenly the table in front of Theo, Dalton, Ted, and Rufus became a cow. It mooed and stuck its nose in Dalton's face. Dalton gasped slightly and whispered something that sounded like a plea for his life. Tonks quickly transfigured it back and Dalton looked relieved.
"Some people become Animagus," Tonks caught Sirius's eye and they both smiled, "Which means they can turn into animals at will. This is very complicated and should not be tried. It is illegal for people to become and Animagus without notifying ministry officials and you might imagine the difficulties that would occur if anyone could do this. Your headmistress is an Animagus and can transform into an Animagus. I however am not one, but I happen to be a Metamorphmagus. Does anyone besides Sirius know what a Metamorphmagus is?"
Ted raised his hand, "Isn't it where you can change appearances at will?"
Tonks smiled, "Yes, I was born with the ability to change what I look like." With everyone watching intently she concentrated and her hair disappeared and her nose grew into a pig snout. Everyone laughed, and she changed into a mirror image of McGonagall and started mimicking her voice in a lecture. When she changed back everyone was still laughing. When they finally calmed she started teaching them a basic spell and wand movements to transfigure a toothpick into a needle. By the end of the class none of them had done anything to their toothpick.
Sirius had the rest of the day off, and he and his friends spent it walking down by the lake. They soon ended up taking their robes off, rolling up their pant legs and wading into the lake. It was a hot day so the cool water felt good. They soon began splashing each other, and decided they might as well swim if they were going to get soaked. Sirius pulled off his shirt and threw it on the bank. Because Andrea was there he left his jeans on and dove into the water, splashing Tyler and Dalton. When he resurfaced he shook his wet hair at Andrea making her shriek as her face was hit with water droplets. He grabbed her leg and pulled her down into the water with him. She gasped as the cold water hit her and pushed Sirius away.
When dinnertime came they emerged from the lake dripping wet. Sirius dried his face with his shirt and reluctantly put it and his robes on. They wouldn't fit right and kept sticking to his wet body. He combed his ruffled and wet hair back with his fingers. They didn't have time to change before dinner, so Sirius was stuck with cold water dripping from his hair down his neck all dinner. When dinner finally ended he and the other Gryffindors ran up the stairs to change into dry clothes.
After changing, he and Tyler taught Andrea and Theo the wizarding game Gobstones. After a few rounds they tired of that and sat around a fire talking about their first day of classes. Sirius finally tired at around eleven, and reluctantly excused himself to his dormitory. After another long day, Sirius quickly fell asleep.
A/N: Please review, and if you have any ideas, I'm open to them.