That you to everyone that has reviewed! I appreciate everyone's thoughts and I would love to hear more. Don't feel shy! I hope that everyone is enjoying this story so far. This year is going to focus a little but more on the girls and Remus. The part about Remus is obvious, but I think I've added my own little twist to it while keeping it cannon. Hopefully, I will get to that soon. With Easter coming up, I have a mini spring break so I will have a lot of time to write in the upcoming week.
I hope you enjoy the newest update of A Black and White Story.
Before anyone realized it, it was the end of the week. The the realization finally hit Ursula, it was at dinner on Friday night. She was just sitting with her friends and Elyse made a comment saying how glad she was they got to sleep in the next morning. Ursula almost spit out her pumpkin juice and started choking. Peter hit her on the back as she tried to dislodge the juice from her lungs.
"Drink much? What's wrong Sissy?" Sirius asked her, laughing softly at her apparent inability to swallow a drink properly.
She finally caught her breath, "It's Friday and we haven't even talked to Regulus yet!"
His look turned from jovial to soar in an instant. His eyes darkened and he looked down right pissed, "Why would you want to talk to that little snake?"
She gave him an incredulous look, "He's our brother, no matter what badge is on his robes."
"I have to side with Sirius on this one Ursula," James piped up from across the table. "You can't protect him anymore; he's too far in."
"You don't know anything James," Ursula snapped at him.
He raised his eyebrows in an infuriating, cocky manner, "I don't know anything? My dear Ursula I happen to know that he ran away crying while your mother beat you with a cane. I think that constitutes as something." He leaned back with his arms cross his chest, his smile clearly saying 'I won this'.
The silence was deafening. Elyse's mouth had dropped open in shock, a small gasp emitting from her lips. Remus and Peter had paled considerably. Ben's face was turning red in anger as he tried to keep his thoughts to himself, knowing it would just upset Ursula further. But that was nothing compared to the Blacks' reaction.
Sirius had paled, all the blood draining from his face. At that moment, he fought the urge to hit his head against the table multiple times. He didn't exactly mean to tell James what happened but they were talking one day after class and it was just the two of them and it just…well, it slipped. James had said that he wouldn't say anything but here he was; spitting it out for everyone to know.
Ursula looked at the two boys murderously. She closed her eyes and counted to ten to prevent herself from killing her brother and friend. It was bad enough that Sirius and Regulus saw what happened, but now to have her friends know that she broke down and begged her mother for mercy; that she wasn't strong enough.
"James," she began in a deadly soft voice that sent chills down his spin, "I hate you. Same goes for you Sirius."
She loudly slammed her hands on the table and forced herself up. She stepped over the bench and practically sprinted from the Great Hall. She slowed to a walk when she was sure that she wasn't being followed by any of her nosy, holier-than-thou friends. Anger coursed through her when she thought of James. Yes, he was a pureblood but his mother loved him- no she bloody adored him. He could ask for the world and she would get it for him. His father was always one for a joke and was so laid back, he was practically upside down. Her mother beat her with a cane while her father stopped her brother protecting her. The stupid prat had no right to say anything about that. The bigger prat had no right to tell the other prat anything.
"Ursula, are you okay?"
Lily's voice broke Ursula out of her angry rant in her head. She spun around and looked at her roommate. A brilliant stroke of genius hit Ursula and she smiled,
"I'm great right now. I was just wondering, you're still friends with Sniv-Snape right?"
Lily's eyes narrowed at her almost slip but she nodded hesitantly, "Yes, why?"
"I want to go talk to my brother so I was wondering if you would fancy a trip to the snake pit with your friend."
Lily raised her eyebrows but her lips started to twitch into a smile, "Am I hearing this right? Slytherin hater and Gryffindor rebel willingly wanting to go to the Slytherin common room?"
Realizing the absurdity of it all, Ursula laughed and nodded. She looped her arm with Lily and dragged her down the hallway. Deciding to check the Great Hall first since dinner had barely ended, Ursula purposely walked past her friends without even acknowledging them. Sirius went to reach out to grab her, but Remus grabbed his arm and held him back. He knew that if Sirius tried anything that would just result in a bigger fight than earlier.
Ursula was able to pick out Regulus. He was sitting slightly off to the side but he was right near Snape and few others that Ursula wished would fail out of school.
"Regulus," she said to get his attention.
His head snapped up and his eyes widened when he saw her. They widened even more when she sat down at the table right across from him.
"Ursula…" he said in a shocked greeting, "What are you doing here?"
She raised an eyebrow, "I came to see my little brother after his first week of Hogwarts. Is that against the law?"
"It's just that…you know…you're-" He trailed off, not sure how to finish his question.
She looked at him incredulously, "Yeah I'm a Gryffindor and you're a Slytherin, but we're both Blacks. You're my little brother, nothing has changed there."
For the first time a while, Regulus smiled widely and even laughed a little bit, "It's just that our houses hate each other; I thought you would never speak to me again."
Ursula rolled her eyes, "Have I ever followed- "
"No," Regulus cut her off in a joking manner.
Ursula gave him a mock glare before finishing her sentence, "tradition? Besides, it's not like we're the only ones." She nodded her head towards Lily and Snape who were quietly talking not too far away from them.
"Look a little further," Regulus urged her.
She didn't even need to look to feel the glares of the Slytherins who were indignant and outraged that not just one, but two Gryffindors invaded their table.
Deciding to avoid a confrontation that would surely earn her a multiple detentions and a lot of house points, Ursula stood up, "Let's go for a walk. It's nice outside."
Twenty minutes later the two Black siblings were quietly walking through the outdoor bridge. They hadn't talked since they left the Slytherin table, just simply enjoying each others company.
"I want to apologize." Regulus said softly.
"What for?" She asked. "If this is about getting sorted into Slytherin, then you should stop now because the hat was the one that—"
"For this summer," he cut her off softly. "I should have helped! I just ran and left you there to—"
This time it was Ursula's turn to cut him off, "Don't you dare blame yourself for this Reg," she said, pointing towards her face. "You couldn't have done anything to stop her. If you would have tried to stop her, she would have started hurting you and I would gladly take any hit for you. You're my little brother, Reggie. I just want to protect you so if that means you run and I get beaten a little worse, so be it."
Regulus looked at her shocked, "They're right, you know." He said in a soft, breathy voice.
She looked at him confused, "Who's right about what?"
"Slytherins about Gryffindors." He said, innocently putting his hands in his pocket and rocking back and forth on the balls of his feet.
She cocked one of her eyebrows up, "And what do they say about us?"
HE pretended to ponder his answer by rubbing his chin with his hand before he smirked and said, "I believe their exact words were 'Naïve, reckless, half- cocked teens who are self-righteous, idealistic, and full of romantic notions about the- OW! What was that for?"
She cuffed him in the back of the head, cutting him off. Ursula laughed and wrapped her arm around his shoulder and pulled him into a half-hug and kissed the top of his head.
"I love you, you little brat. Now tell me all about your first week of Hogwarts."
He blushed but he didn't push her away as he explained his week at the magical school. Neither of them acknowledged it, but they knew that their time together like this was running short. But at this moment, they were just a little brother spending time with his older sister.
So if you haven't realized it yet, the subject of Regulus is going to be the main point of contention between Ursula and Sirius. As the story goes on, Regulus is going to be playing quite a significant role, so you should play attention to that. To Lauren who called him a coward, he kind of is but that is comparing him to Sirius and Ursula. When he ran in the last chapter, he was terrified and didn't know what to do. I wanted people to understand that he really does care for his siblings and that is partially why I wrote this chapter. Orion is going to be playing quite a large part in the upcoming years so he isn't someone to be ignored, even if he wasn't had any speaking lines yet. There is a reason for that, I assure you. Just bear with me for a bit and it will be all worth it.
Please tell me what you think of the sibling interaction shown in this chapter. I want to hear your thoughts on it.