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This chap's short but the next one is nice and lengthy so….

Today is Sirius's Birthday

He is eleven-years-old. He sits in his dusty room, lying on his bed. He has not heard a word from his parents, much less received a present. This year is an all time low for Sirius.

He hears a knock on the door. Thinking its his mother, here to yell at him again, he gives a groan and says, "enter."

The door opens and his little brother, Regulus walks in. He walks up to Sirius and holds out a present.

"Happy Birthday," he says.

Feeling altogether surprised, he smiles slightly and takes the present. He opens it to find it's a book, "The Advantages of being Pure Blood."

The smile slides off Sirius's face. He turns to Regulus who is standing still and nervous.

"Okay Regulus," says Sirius. "firstly, you just got this from the drawing room, it was already technically mine. Second, why would you think I'd need this rubbish?"

Regulus is crestfallen. "well, I just thought that if you read it, You'd like being a Pure-blood, and you and mom would get along."

Sirius sighed. "Regulus, I'm sorry, but I don't think the same way Mom does. She has her way of living, and I have mine."

Regulus looked up. "But Mom, says being a Pure-blood…"

"Being Pure-blood means nothing," cut in Sirius. "It's a stupid title that's been meaningless for ages. Why do you believe in that stuff anyway?"

Regulus looked down. "Cuz Mom said so."

"Well, you don't have to do everything mom tells you to. You think whatever you want to think."

Regulus looked back up. "I just want to make her happy."

Sirius looked up to the ceiling. "Regulus, nothing can make Mom happy."

At that point his mother started screaming from downstairs. "Sirius! Sirius get down here! NOW!"

With a groan Sirius left his bed and spent the rest of his birthday cleaning the pantry of rotten food.

Well that's that R&R