Chapter One

1968

"SIRIUS! CASSIE! WHICH ONE OF YOU TURNED MY HAIR RED?" A seven-year-old Regulus yelled.

"If it was me, your hair would be a more unnatural color like blue!" An eight-year-old Cassie yelled back.

"SIRIUS!"

Sirius was laughing on his bed in his room. The door to his room was of course locked.

Summer 1971

"SHE DID WHAT!" Walburga Black yelled after reading the letter she was sent that morning from Druella Black. She withdrew her wand and went straight for the family tapestry room. Then preceded to curse the tapestry so the spot where Andromeda Black was shown now had a black spot.

Back in the dining room, Orion Black picked up the discarded letter to see what upset his wife so greatly. When he finished reading the letter, he sighed and passed the letter to his children to read. Sirius, Cassie, and Regulus read the letter with their eyes widening as they did so. No one dared to talk about the contents of the letter, about how Andromeda had run off and married a mudblood. They all remained silent throughout the rest of breakfast even when Mrs. Black returned.

September 1st, 1971

Both Sirius and Cassie had their trunks packed and were in the entrance.

"Cassiopeia, follow me. You and I are going to have a talk before you leave," Walburga Black informed her daughter. Gulping, Cassie followed her into the dining room. "I figured trying to talk sense into Sirius would be a waste of time and I hope I am not wasting time with you. Merlin forbid, Regulus being the only one of you three to turn out alright. Our family faced enough disgrace this past summer. You will be sorted into Slytherin or at least Ravenclaw. Either stop the pranks or stick to Gryffindors, blood traitors, and mudbloods without getting caught. You will act like a perfect pureblood or you will regret it. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, Mother."

"Good."

Mrs. Black turned around and headed back to the entrance way with Cassie following her. Sirius and Cassie grabbed their trunks and they flooed to platform nine and three quarters.

"Remember to make the Black family proud," Mrs. Black told them before Sirius grabbed Cassie's hand and dragged her onto the train.

Sirius dragged her until they found an empty compartment on the train. Sirius lifted their trucks up into the ranks above the seats and they collapsed into their seats. Slowly, throughout the train ride, their compartment began to fill up with boys that their mother would disapprove of. Their names being James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. James and Sirius were becoming fast friends while Cassie was looking more nervous.

Remus Lupin noticing how nervous Cassie looked asked, "Is something wrong?"

"Mother is not going to be too happy if she finds out who Sirius and I spent the train ride with. Especially after what happened with Cousin Andy this summer," Cassie replied.

"It will be alright, little sister," Sirius tells her in a reassuring voice while pulling her into a hug.

"But Mother is the type that would pull me out of school early and marry me off to some abusive old geezer just so I don't turn out like Cousin Andy," Cassie responded while slightly crying. The other occupants of their compartment looked slightly horrified by her answer.

"Language," Sirius reprimanded her. "If need be, I'll step in and take full responsibility. I won't let Mother do anything like that to you. Although, at least we know he would be rich. Mother won't settle for anyone who wasn't." Cassie gave her twin a playful swipe after his last comment with a small smile on her face. "There's that smile I was looking for."

"So," James started trying to break the thick tension that formed. "What house does everybody think they will get into? Personally, I am hoping to get into Gryffindor, the house of the brave."

"Almost every Black has been in Slytherin. I'm hoping for Gryffindor to rebel against my family," Sirius answered him. "Cassie here, though, even Mother admits she will probably end up in Ravenclaw. Biggest bookworm I know." Cassie's face turns bright red at Sirius' remark.

"Ravenclaw sounds nice," pipes out Remus from behind a book that no one noticed he had pulled out. "Although, I won't mind Gryffindor."

"Hufflepuff is probably the only house that would take me," Peter lamented.

The rest of the train ride was a lot cheerier and before they knew it, they arrived at Hogwarts.