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Of Friendship and Love - Chapter 4
In Potter Mansion, James Potter was awake.
It was 2 AM and he felt like his usual midnight snack - chocolate spread on toast.
He crept downstairs and was in the kitchen happily munching away at his self made snack, when there was a knock at the front door - a faint knock, but a knock all the same.
'Who on earth would be calling at this time of night, when everyone is usually asleep? ' thought James to himself.
As the knock sounded again, he went into the hallway and cautiously pulled open the front door to reveal a tired looked teenage boy holding a bundle of robes in his arms, with two large suitcases next to him on the doorstep.
A second glance told James that Sirius was here at his house, holding what seemed to be his unconsious sister in his arms.
' Prongs,' Sirius muttered weakly.
' Sirius what on earth is going on? ' James asked incredulously.
' He hit us, and he... he...he's been doing stuff to her so we ran away. It was too much for her and she collapsed... she was terrified...' Sirius explained hurridley, his voice no more than a whisper.
James still didn't understand fully, all he knew was that his friends were in trouble and they needed him. He invited Sirius in, took Selena from his and laid her on the sofa before trying to get more sense out of Sirius - though Sirius was too tired to speak properly.
Mr and Mrs Potter had been awoken by the sound of frantic voices and came down into the living room to be faced with a suprising scene.
' Sirius? What are you doing here, what's going on? ' Mrs Potter asked in concern, ' And, oh my goodness - what happened to your sister? '
James looked at his parents sadly, ' All I could understand from what Siriu said was that their father hits them, and abuses Selena so they ran away, and she collasped because it was too much for her.'
Mrs Potter looked very worried now, as she adressed Sirius, ' Why don't you come upstairs and try and get some sleep, hmm? We'll talk about it all in the morning.'
' What about Lena? ' James asked his mother.
' We'll leave her to sleep it off, she should be all right by morning.'
Mr Potter guided Sirus up the stairs, whilst Mrs Potter quickly checked over Selena's breathing.
As she was about to leave, Mrs Potter looked back at her son.
' Aren't you going back to bed, dear? ' she asked.
James shook his head, ' I'll stay down here with Lena for a bit.'
Once his mother had left, James sat himself down on the sofa, next to Selena.
He stroked her hair softly as he looked down at her beautiful face. She had a bruise forming on her left cheek and a trickle of dry blood was down the side of her face.
It wasn't long before he fel asleep, with his arms around his friend's waist.