Fear grips Shaula as the letter in her hand crumples in her grasp: it was the next day and Shaula had wrote a letter for Sirius to meet her later that day. Currently, the younger twin and Pandora stood in the freezing Owlery in front of Sirius' Great Horned owl, Damon. Or as Sirius likes to call him, Horny. Boys, and she swore that her brother was too young to know these types of jokes!

"Are you sure you want to do it this way?"

Shaula shakily nods, preferring to ask Sirius to meet her in private through a letter instead of in front of his friends. She didn't want the other boys to ask questions and butt into the siblings conversation. Damon hoots at Shaula, shaking his bare leg in her face, impatiently waiting for the letter. With trembling fingers, she attached the letter to his leg, strokes his chest to calm herself, and watches as he flies out of the window.

She was nervous, she knew what Sirius was like. If he was angry at her, he'd ignore her until he wanted something from her. Shaula knew the letter could very well be ignored even, or feared that he may confront her and call her a coward for not confronting him first. But she wasn't like him, she wasn't a Gryffindor. She was a Ravenclaw, she was better at thinking things through and writing them down, not running and jumping into things headfirst. She just hoped her temper wouldn't get in the way.

Pandora turned and steered the older girl from the Owlery by her elbow with one hand and rubbing her arm comfortingly with the other. Shaula leaned into her, embracing the silent comfort her best friend gave. The two girls slowly made their way to the Great Hall, not worrying for time as Shaula had struggled to sleep that night, worried over what to say to her brother and had so woken her friend up and dragged her to the Owlery that morning after she had rewritten her letter thirteen different times and eventually settled for the one she had just sent.

It took them roughly ten minutes to walk to the Great Hall, sitting down at their table to grab some breakfast and wait for the mail to be delivered. The busy atmosphere of the other students slowly relaxed Shaula, who entered into a conversation with Pandora and Xenophilius about the differences between Hinkypunks and Grungledingers. However, the sound of uncontrollable laughter from the Gryffindor table drew her attention, her brother and his three friends were pointing and laughing towards the entrance. Turning towards the large doors, Shaula gasped in shock and nudged Pandora to look as well. Many of the other students at this point had also turned to look at this point and had started laughing as well.

Severus stood in the doorway, face flushed from embarrassment, or so Shaula assumed anyway. The Slytherin's skin was rapidly changing colours, from red to blue to yellow to pink and so many more. It was like a rainbow,iIt wasn't just his skin either, but his hair and clothes changed as well. Shaula watched, heartbroken as the young boy made his way to his houses table, grabbed a pear and speedily walked back out, head ducked to avoid looking at anyone. The young girl knew that her argument had caused Sirius to act out, he had been doing so well until then in behaviour as well.

Shaula watched as McGonagall stormed across the hall to confront the boys and whilst everyone was distracted, she watched as Lily Evans slipped away and out of the hall after her friend. Shaula would have gone after the pair, but she wasn't that close to Severus and considering it was her brother who did the prank on him, she doubted that he would want to see his bully's sister.

Now dejected by Sirius' turn back to his negative behaviour, her dread for her brother receiving the letter increased once more. It was after McGonagall left the Gryffindor table and returned to the Head table that the post arrived. She pointedly looked away from the Black owl, refusing to watch as Sirius received his letter. Instead, she watched as Pandora received one from her parents along with a package of homemade chocolate chip biscuits. Quickly snatching a biscuit from under her friends nose, she quickly checks to Sirius reaction to the letter and was shocked by the intense stare she saw from him.

She sat there frozen for a few moments, eyes locked with his and it was like time stopped. Her world froze and all she saw was the future of a broken man, imprisoned for the wrong-doings of a friend he had trusted. She saw the bonding of a godfather and son. She saw the life leave his eyes as he fell through the veil. She saw her brother.

Then time restarted, he looked away, making no indication as to whether he would meet her or not. She let go of her breath, not realizing she had held it when she looked over. A small pinch on her arm grabbed her attention as she let out a yelp from the pain.

"Yep, you're still okay. You weren't infested with Wrackspurts." Pandora said with a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes. Pandora hadn't pinched her because of Wrackspurts, she did it to make sure she didn't go too deep into her mind. So that she wouldn't be lost to the world for the rest of the day. She was worried for her friend.

Shaula smiled and took a bite from the biscuit before asking, "Thanks for checking Pan, now what do we have first?"

Time seemed to go by faster then, the day occupied with lessons until it was the final class of the day. It was nearing the time to see her brother, if he even turned up anyway. She still wasn't happy with him for what he did to Severus that morning, but she had seen the boy again during lunch and saw that he was no longer colourful and instead his pale self once more and wrapped up in his black and green robes. At least whatever the boys did hadn't affected him permanently.

Waving to Pandora, Shaula makes her way to the unused classroom that the twins had been using for their personal bonding sessions and where she would get Sirius to talk about his feelings since the start of year. Entering the cold room, Shaula quickly drops her bag against the wall by the door and makes her way over to the pile of blankets and pillows that they had found and made into a nest. The Ravenclaw snuggled into the blankets, pushing herself into the corner of the room against some pillows and waited.

She stayed that way for thirty minutes, waiting for her brother to arrive. A sinking feeling settled in her stomach as she thought that he wouldn't come, and just when she began to get up to leave, the door opened to reveal Sirius. A smile started to light her face up, only to instantly disappear when she saw that James was there as well behind him. She felt betrayed. This was meant to be their spot, where the twins could go together and have time to themselves. Not even Pandora knew where it was.

Sirius face was blank as he looked at his younger sister, whilst James awkwardly stood next to him. James felt as if he shouldn't have been brought into this, that it was a family matter, and whilst he appreciated that Sirius saw him as family and a brother, he didn't like the thought of Sirius leaving his actual blood family for him.

"Why is he here?" Shaula quietly asks, staring at James. Sirius eyes narrowed at her.

"Because I wanted him here."

"Just to clarify, I didn't want to be here," James pipes in, hoping that it may ease the situation. He was wrong.

"You can leave then James, you shouldn't have to be here and get involved if you don't want to be," said Shaula. Sirius moves to argue against it but James interrupts him.

"Okay, I'll be off then." He awkwardly says before leaving for the door. This should be something that's settled between them, without him there. They watch as he leaves, Sirius visibly getting angrier and angrier. He glares at her.

"Well? What did you want?" He spits out. This time Shaula's eyes narrow, despising the tone of voice her twin used to speak to her.

"Your funeral if you speak to me like that again. Now sit down." Shaula spat back at him in return, her voice filled with venom. Sirius had forgotten, that whilst he was the easiest one out of the three siblings to become angry quickly, it was Shaula that had the worst temper and would not hold back her words if she got into a fight. Regulus meanwhile, was the most passive and calm one out of them all: this also made him Mother's favourite.

Sirius slowly sat down on the nest next to her, legs crossed and arms in lap as he faced her. She gave him a sarcastic smile.

"Well done, you actually made it and sat down with me without blowing your head off. Should we begin talking like adults now? Or do you want to go and drag someone else in here like a five-year-old who needs to hold Mummy's hand?" Shaula sarcastically asks, making Sirius scowl at her more. She knew how to anger him, but this wasn't why she wanted to meet with him. She needed to stop before he leaves. She takes a deep breath and lets out a heavy sign.

"Sorry..."

He continues to scowl at her, his expression unwavering. She sighed once more, she forgot how stubborn eleven year old boys could be. Now where should she start?

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