The rest of term seemed to fly by for Shaula. She had shown Pandora The Den, as she's taken to calling it. Pandora had then brought her own blankets and pillows to the room and created a large blanket fort. Blankets lined the floor with pillows for seats. The blonde had then maneuvered the old desks and chairs into positions that when the blankets were draped over them, created a stable wall and roof. The two girls had then brought all their books down and used them as weights. Only removing and swapping them out for different books when they wanted them. For lights, they conjured small blue balls of flames and trapped them in small jars, placing one in each corner. When Sirius had seen The Den and its transformation, he just stood in the doorway with his mouth gaping wide open. Shaula wished she had a camera to capture the moment.

With last minute homework being assigned for the holidays and everyone packing their trunks and wishing those staying at the castle goodbye, the students clambered onto the train and prepared for the journey home. Shaula sat with Pandora and Lily, Severus opting to stay behind at Hogwarts. Lily wasn't happy with this and was adamant about staying with him, until her mother had threatened to not give her any presents for Christmas as it was a family holiday, which Lily should be spending with family.

It was a few hours before the train arrived at Kings Cross, everyone excitedly fleeing the train to greet family members after not seeing them for months. Shaula and Sirius exited the train together, Shaula happy to see Regulus again and whilst Sirius was happy as well, he wasn't happy to see his parents. Why Shaula didn't seem to understand the horrible way they treat the twins made him not want to go back, he had no idea. Shaula stood on her toes, attempting to look over the heads of everyone to spot Walburga and Regulus. Sirius stood next to her, saying goodbye to James and Remus.

"Over there! I see them!" Shaula points over excitedly to their Mother and brother. Sirius releases a disgruntled sigh and allows his sister to drag him over to their family. It was easier to let her drag him than fight her. A smile is spread across both hers and Regi's face, Walburga only wearing a scowl on hers. The closer the twins got however, the calmer Shaula forced herself to be. Now that she was going to be around her aristocratic Pureblood family again, she had to acted as her innocent, dignified Pureblood self once again.

None of the siblings were even given the chance to greet each other before Walburga hounded down on them, herding them to one of the many floos provided at the station.

"We don't have long know. The Lestranges are hosting us for the evening and I want you all to be presentable for when we arrive." Walburga snapped at them before sending offer Regulus first and calling Kreacher.

"Mistress calls Kreacher?" The house-elf asks, bowing low enough so his nose practically touched the floor.

"Take the Twins luggage back to Grimmauld Place and unpack everything for them." She demanded. Kreacher his fingers, making the luggage disappear as he replied, "Yes Mistress," and then popped away. Sirius grumbled about how the holidays was already going terribly under his breath before going through the floo himself. He was followed after by Shaula and then Walburga, all stepping out gracefully of the fireplace. Just as the twins turn to go up the stairs however, Walburga calls for their attention. Regulus had already made his way up the stairs to his room, preparing himself for the meal.

"Now I will not tolerate silly behaviour this evening. I want you both on your best behaviour tonight. You've both already disgraced this family enough by not being in Slytherin, you Sirius more so than Shaula, so I want you both to act like the proper Purebloods you are. Do you understand me." Walburga didn't ask. The twins already knew how to act around the other Purebloods and knew not to act out in front of them. It didn't stop Sirius though from acting out at times.

"Yes Mother." They replied in unison, knowing better than to reply with anything else for the time being.

"Good, your robes for the dinner have been laid out on your beds. Now go get ready for this evening. If all goes well, then we could be in for a big treat soon." A haughty smile on her face, a gleam in her eyes telling them that she knew something they didn't. It made Shaula feel uneasy.

The twins quickly went up to their rooms and began to get themselves ready. Shaula pulled off her school robes and dropped them into on the end of her bed, reminding herself to put them in the hamper later. She grabbed her robes and put them on easily. They were a deep plain navy blue, almost black in colour, pulled in around the waist slightly to give her a slight figure. The hemming was a bright silver however, matching her grey eyes and making them pop.

Sitting at her vanity table she began to brush through her hair, wondering on the style to put it in when a knock sounded.

"Come in."

A smiling head pops round, one she hadn't seen in months and was happy to see again. She grinned and stood, opening her arms for a hug. Regulus ran in after closing the door behind him and into her arms. Shaula wrapped them around her younger brother, squeezing them tightly around him and resting her cheek on his head.

"Oh I've missed you Regi." She muttered into his hair that he had yet to style. He responding by tightening his grip on her and affectionately rubbing his head into the joint of her shoulder and neck. After a few more moments basking in the comfort of the hug, Shaula reluctantly pulls back from Regulus, looking down at him and grins.

"I think someone got a bit taller whilst I was gone." She said teasingly. Regulus smiles up at her.

"Yes, I've grown up a lot. I've missed you as well, I'm so happy you and Siri came home for Yule!" He replies back to her, which Shaula responded to by ruffling his hair.

"Want me to do your hair little brother?" He nods and quickly leaves to grab his hair potion and comb. Shaula brushes through his hair with the comb after dipping the bristles in the potion after he returns and seats himself on her chair. She runs it through a couple times and dips it again, brushing the potion into his hair. She worked in comfortable silence, Regulus watching how her hand glides through his hair. They didn't speak when Sirius walked into the room either, merely acknowledging him with a brief nod before focusing back on the boys hair. When they were all younger, they would all sit and practice on each other, slowly growing better over the years with practice.

Shaula brushed the hair so it was neatly slicked back, the potion working as a gel to keep it in place. Sirius take his brother place and doesn't even ask, Shaula just begins to work on his hair. She knew that afterwards the pair were going to style her hair together as payment for doing their hair. Shaula brushed Sirius' hair into a low ponytail, sitting at the bottom of his neck, tying it off with a dark green ribbon that matched his robes. Taking his place now, Shaula allowed the two boys to work on her hair, twisting and pulling on it every so often. After so long, the two moved away and Shaula observed her new hairstyle. The long, black thick locks had been pulled up into a tight bun a the top. There was a braid trailing from just above her of her ears though and wrapped around the base of the bun elegantly. To finish the look, they had placed a clip with navy blue gems to the back of the bun, holding the braids in place.

She smiled, loving the hairstyle her brothers had done. They high-fived behind her back, something Shaula had taught them when they were toddlers. A pop sounded in the room and all three turned to look at Kreacher.

"Hello Kreacher." Shaula smiled at him, whilst Sirius grumbled under his breath about the house-elf. They were all aware about his dislike for the house-elf and Shaula and Regulus had tried to get Sirius to like him, but Sirius was adamant that the creature was out to get him. Not that he was wrong, Kreacher had played some awful tricks on the boy when they were younger. They were never able to prove it was him, but they were all aware it was him. Shuala and Reguls also knew Sirius deserved said tricks, considering he's always either insulting or provoking the house-elf.

Kreacher gave a toothy smile to his young mistress and stated, "Mistress is waiting for young masters and young mistress to go downstairs. Yous all be leaving now." He then popped out of the room, off to who knows where. The female Black sibling gulped, grabbed a matching silver necklace with a large blue gem that lay just below her neck but just above the neckline of the robes.

"Come on now brothers, time to go now." She herds the two boys out of her room and closes the door behind her. The smile that was once on Sirius' face now gone and replaced with a scowl. She nudged him on the way down the stairs.

"Cheer up, just think of it like this. It's another day closer to seeing James."

'Wow that sounded like I was talking about his boyfriend or something.' She thought to herself, but it had worked. A slight smile on his face before it went blank upon seeing their Mother and Father in front of the fireplace.

"Good evening Father, Mother." Shaula said, bowing her head in each direction. Regulus and Sirius copied, Sirius more monotone than the other two. Orion nodded back to them in acknowledgment whilst they each stood under the scrutinizing gaze of Walburga, who examined their outfits and hair before deciding it was good enough.

"Off we go then," the woman said, before they all watched as Orion entered the floo and left, followed by Sirius, Shaula, Regulus and finally Walburga. The head of the house had to leave first, as old Pureblood customs saw it as a way to make sure the other end was safe for the family. It was then the heir next, followed by the eldest to youngest child. Finally, it would be the Lady of the family to go last, making sure all the children had safely gone through and hadn't misspoken in the floo.

They all stepped out of the floo into the Lestrange manor. A well decorated, but seemingly icy presence filled the building. How they were all going to enjoy this evening.

A/N: I'm not entirely happy with this chapter. It's mainly a filler though for the next chapter really.