It was the day of Slughorns party, I was walking down the grand staircase into the entrance hall where i was going to meet Lissa, it was almost lunch time, i was on the third step down when a hand covered my mouth and grabbed me, i did what any normal person would do and went limp, allowing myself to get dragged to my death. possibly. I was dragged down a corridor and into a broom cupboard, it was dark, i straightened up.

'Am i going to die?' i asked the person who i assumed was still in the cupboard, there was a snort

'Course not' he replied

'Sirius Black, you let me out of this cupboard at once' i replied recognising his voice immediately. he let out a small chuckle

'aw, come on, Freya' he said, i looked around, the cupboard was about a 7 foot square it was incredibly dark and Sirius black was in here with me, was i dreaming, i gulped and pinched my arm hard,

'Ow, Holy ducks on a stick' i said, so i defiantly was not dreaming

'what?' Sirius asked confused

'please let me out, i'm quite claustrophobic' i said gulping and trying to find the door

'wait a second, i was just going to ask if you'd thought any more about taking me tonight' he replied, i sighed frustratedly still feeling about for the door,

'no i have not, because i'm going with someone else' i replied coolly

'you are? who?' he asked quickly

'Kenneth' i said, i was beginning to hyperventilate, i needed to get out of the cupboard

'as in, Parkinson? the slytherin?' i made a strangled noise in reply, i found the door and felt for the door knob, i twisted it and pushed, nothing happened, i pulled and again nothing happened

'why would you go with him?' Sirius asked

'because i like him' i answered breathlessly frantically pulling and pushing, i felt for my wand, only to find i had left it in the dormitory, i mentally slapped myself

'but he's a Slytherin'

'not all slytherin's are bad, Sirius, now let me out'

'they are' mumbled Sirius, i heard him scoot over to where i was standing and felt him try and open the door, then he gave a nervous chuckle

'What?' i asked him

'we appear to be locked in the cupboard' he replied slowly, i heard him move away from me quickly, wise move.

'What was that, i could have sworn you said we were locked in a cupboard' i said pressing my back against the door, as if hoping to melt into it and out the other side,

'Because i did?' Sirius asked with a nervous chuckle, a growled slightly

'brilliant, great, oh lord turnips, is the room getting smaller, i swear its getting smaller, Merlin, oh Merlin, Oh sweet Merlin what if we never get out, what if we die in here, will our bodies ever be discov-' i said pacing, pulling my hand through my hair in a manic way, Sirius grabbed me and shook me

'For Merlin's sake, Freya get a grip' he said interrupting my rant, i gave a little squeak and felt for the corner, i slid down it and pulled my knees to my chest wrapping my arms tightly around them, i began to rock back and forth, i heard Sirius frantically pushing the door, but to no luck. i groaned, the walls seemed to be choking me, i breathed in deeply

'What if we run out of air?' i asked in an abnormally high pitched voice

'we won't' he replied, giving up on the door and sliding down the wall next to me.

'Well bloody done, Black, only you could manage to get us locked in a fecking broom cupboard' i said grabbing his robe and shaking him 'why couldn't you have asked in the corridor, rather than kidnapping me and possible killing us both off'

'i never really thought it through' he admitted, i sighed shakily

'of course you didn't you're Sirius Black, you don't think' i replied trying to push the wall further away, it didn't work.

'oh, lovely thank you' he replied sarcastically, although it was dark i could feel him watching me

'do you have your wand?' i asked, there was the sound of rummaging

'no its in my dorm, what about you?'

'same' i said disappointed

'so do you like Kenneth?' Sirius asked after a moments silence, i had my ear pressed to the door in case i heard someone coming,

'I think he is really nice, good looking, sensible sometimes, fun to be around, so yeah i think i do' i said after thinking about it, but did i like him as much as i liked Sirius, well that was easily answered, of course not.

'Oh, right' he replied quietly, i closed my eyes, imagining i was upside down on the tree and not stuck in a shrinking cupboard with the boy i've had a crush on for five long years.

'i'm on the tree, i'm on the tree, i'm on the tree' i mumbled to myself

'What are you doing?' Sirius asked me

'I'm upside down on the tree, i'm not stuck in a cupboard with Sirius Black' i muttered

'Come on, this has to be many a girls dream' one of mine yes, but like i'm saying that to him, he already has a huge ego

'Don't be so cocky, Sirius, Everyone knows it's all about Peter, and his quite mysterious and twitchy ways' i said trying keep a straight face and not shudder

'Girls like that?' Sirius asked

'oh yes, in fact its all the girls in my dormitory's talk about, 'Oh did you see what Peter did today, Peter touched my hand today' i said putting on a higher pitched voice than mine

'you're taking the piss aren't you?' he asked after a minute

'You catch on fast' i said sarcastically

'Yeah well, shut up' He said defensively, i chuckled

'right i'm going to have a nap' Sirius piped up, i frowned

'Ok' i said slowly. after a minute i could hear his deep breaths meaning Sirius black was indeed asleep, so of course i made light of the situation and started making up a song, whispering the words.

'It started off a normal day, but nothing can ever stay that way, for when you include me, the world is as weird as can be'

'That is true' Sirius piped up, i jumped and let out a small squeak

'I thought you were sleeping' i said trying to act like i hadn't been scared

'I can't' he mumbled

'Why?' i asked him

'It's uncomfortable' he replied

'It's a cupboard, what do you expect' i said putting my ear to the door again

'You won't hear anyone, no-one comes down this corridor' he said after a minute i looked at him

'So you took us to a perfectly easy to talk in corridor, and then decided that actually a broom cupboard was better?' i asked incredulously

'I really didn't think it through' he said

'You really didn't, but i'm going to stop talking now and listen out for someone, i'd rather not die in here' i said again trying to push the walls away

'James and Remus will find us later' Sirius stated in a matter of fact way

'how?' i asked him

'We have our ways' he replied

'Better be before slughorn's party, i don't want to miss it, i'm meant to be getting ready with Lissa, like right now'

'Sorry' Sirius said with a sigh, Sirius black just apologised, weird.

For the next few hours we were stuck in the cupboard we hardly spoke two words to each other, i kept trying open the door, but had no luck, i could now see better, my eyes having got used to the dark, the room was full of buckets and cleaning potions, our stomachs rumbled, i looked at Sirius, and him back at me.

'do you know what the time is?' i asked him, he looked down at his wrist

'It's either half past one or five past six'

'Oh Merlin, the party is in an hour' i said jumping up and running at the door trying to force it open as i rammed into it with my shoulder, i gave up after a minute and went back to the corner and hit my head repeatedly against the wall, Sirius grabbed my head after a minute

'He will have plenty more you know' he said

'I know but-' i said sadly

'just don't worry about it now, it's obvious we're not getting out until the morning, both James and Remus are at the party, and Peter isn't smart enough to realise i'm not there' Sirius said

'don't be so mean about peter' i said looking at Sirius

'he doesn't mind' he stated

'he might one day and you'll regret treating him like a-' i retorted as i tried to argue my point

'it's Peter' Sirius insisted as if that solved the matter

'Whatever' i sighed and rested my head against the wall. i closed my eyes and drifted of into the land of no worries and open spaces, i'm not sure how long i was asleep before i was being poked awake by sirius, i groaned and opened my eyes sleepily

'What is it?' i mumbled

'James and Remus are outside' Sirius said happily

'Really?' i asked

'Really really' Sirius said standing up to the door, i scampered up and went to the door, resting my head against it, i could hear someone moving outside

'What's the time?' i asked Sirius he looked at his watch

'half three' he said

'in the morning?' i asked him, he nodded i sighed and

'Moony' Sirius whined

'Padfoot' Remus replied hiding a chuckle

'I forgot that broom cupboards lock and you can't open them from the inside' Sirius said sadly

'Well its a good thing we looked at the- ow James' he replied

'why are you in a broom cupboard with Freya?' Came James voice

'Because he wanted to ask about the party and decided to ask me about it in a bloody broom cupboard even though there is a deserted bloody corridor outside this' i replied moodily

'Sounds like a Padfoot thing to do' Remus

'Hey!' Sirius said defensively

'Please let us out' i begged 'The walls have been slowly closing around me all night, and it's hard to breath'

'What?' Remus replied

'She means she is claustrophobic' James replied

there was the sound of the door knob turning, then i realised i was leaning against the door, and fell through it as the door opened, i landed on the floor of the corridor, i jumped up and ran to the nearest window, i opened it and stuck my head out of it

'Air, lovely air, how i have missed you, hello tree in the distance and space, lovely space how i have missed you'

'bonkers' Sirius said shaking his head

'just wait a minute she'll be fine again' James shrugged

'So, have fun in the cupboard together?' Remus asked suggestively

'No, just no' i said turning to face him, he chuckled

'Well i don't know i had a rather enjoyabl-'

'shut it Sirius, unless you want to be thrown out of the window' i threatened cracking my knuckles, he smiled, and i couldn't help the smile that crossed my face.

'Come on, lets go back to the common room, we just came from slughorns party, it was pretty lame to be honest, last years were better' Remus said the last bit to me, i nodded

'Still the Christmas one i can go to, huh?' he nodded, we all made out way to the seventh floor, but on the sixth there was a shout from behind us, we all turned around and were met by filch, i sighed sadly, this meant another detention

'Students out of bed, i think this calls for a-'

'hang on, hang on' i said quickly, i had an idea, he stopped and stared at me, the others stared at me too

'what was that?' he seethed

'You can't punish us, we were at the party' i said quickly,

'Who is in the Slugclub here?' he growled

'Remus and me' i replied

'So what about these two then, they still have a detent-'

'they were guests' i retorted

'To who?' he asked smugly

'Lily Evans took James, ask Professor Slughorn' i said nodding at James,

'and him?' Sirius gulped and i smiled, a flash of rage went through Filched eyes

'He came with me, good night Filch' i turned and pushed the others down the corridor, we turned a corner and the others looked at me

'We would have just taken the detentions' James said with a shrug as we neared the staircase i took to Ravenclaw tower

'But this way, you have a free afternoon, to train your team, and you need all the practice you can get' i winked and skipped off up the staircase, i heard two laughs and a grumble from James. I got into Ravenclaw tower and I made my way into the girls dormitory's and was met by a fuming Lissa.

'Where the hell were you?' she asked through gritted teeth

'Liss, i'm really not in the mood, i've been locked in a broom cupboard for over twelve hours, leave your argument for tomorrow'

'was it Sirius? did he lock you in like he was going to in Hogsmead' she asked her temper having left

'yes and no' i said sleepily

'What does that mean?'

'yes it was Sirius, but he was locked in there too' i said through a yawn

'You were locked in a broom cupboard with Sirius black?' she asked i nodded

'Yeah'

'What happened?' she asked excitedly

'nothing' i replied

'let down' Lissa said and we both sat down on my bed

'a little bit, but as i've said, i'm getting over him, it's just going to take some time' i said getting into my pyjamas

'Or you can act normal and do normal stuff and show Sirius what he is missing' Lissa said after thinking a moment

'What do you mean?' i asked confused

'i mean you need forget about him this year but next year he'll see what he is missing and want you really badly' i groaned

'Yes because that is going to happen' i said throwing my pillow at her

'It might' she replied

at that moment there was a loud bang on the window and both me and Lissa jumped up and ran to the window looking out we saw an owl lying on the ledge unconscious with a letter attached to its leg, we opened the window and i picked up the owl,

'Hey its Calypso' i said recognising the family owl, well Dad's owl, i have my own, she's tiny, and she's called Lynx after the constellation

'Who?' Lissa asked

'Calypso, My dads owl' i said taking the letter off her ankle and finding some owl treats, and filling a glass of water which i poured a bit over her, she jumped up onto my shoulder and nibbled her ear

'Has Father neglected you a little?' i asked her giving her a treat,

'i've known you what, five years and this is the first letter you have got' Lissa said thoughtfully, i pulled at the neckline of my pyjamas and went back to my bed, i opened the note. and read it

Dearest Freya, i know for a while i haven't been the best father, but i would like to make it up to you, please come home for Christmas, it would mean a lot, Lots of Love and Cuddles, Your Neglectful and very sorry Father

i hid a sob, Dad was back, i put the letter in my bedside draw and got under my covers.

'What was the letter about?'

'i'm going home for christmas' i told her

'Don't you always?'

'no' i said in a small voice

'Oh' she replied getting into her own bed, i closed my eyes and was immediately engulfed by a deep and peaceful sleep.