A/N So if anyone listens to Oliver Boyd and The Rememberalls, then you'll know I named this chapter after one of their songs! If you don't listen to them, search the song on YouTube, its amazing, and good for all those wanna-be Death Eaters out there!

- SiriuslySlytherin17 x

It had been a couple of days since Sirius had asked me out and since then we had spent every single moment of the day together. It was two days till everyone came back to school, and we had decided to start our homework early and headed to the library.

Sirius being the arrogant person he was, he refused to let me finish my work because it meant he had no one to talk to so we headed back early, it was nearly time to go to sleep anyway. We were nearly back at the Common Room when 5 Slytherins blocked our path. One, who seemed to be the leader, had choppy brown hair and cold eyes, while another had long blonde hair and looked like some kind of evil angel. The other, I recognised.

'Severus?' I asked, looking the boy straight in the eye, which he avoided as usual and looked at the floor while the other sneered at me, hatred filling his cold eyes. The other two I didn't recognise, but im-guessing Sirius knew all of them as his grip on my hand tightened and I saw his other hand reach into his pocket so he could easily reach his wand.

'What do you want Avery?' Sirius said to the leader, who was apparently called Avery.

'Not much Black, just trying to get a bit of payback on a blood traitor and his half blood girlfriend.' He sneered and I saw Sirius' jaw clench, pulling his wand from his pocket and holding it menacingly in front of the Slytherins.

'Hah, he thinks he has a chance!' I heard a cackling laugh from behind them and from around the corner emerged a witch, with huge black hair that if I must admit, looked pretty intimidating. Her black eyes were also lined with black and she licked her lips, looking at me like I was some kind of food. 'Well, what do we have here? Sirius Black, the blood traitor.' She spat, and pushed the Slytherins aside. It was then I recognised her. She was Bellatrix Black, cousin of Sirius and notorious Death Eater, when she had only been out of Hogwarts for two years. She glared menacingly at me, which I returned, feeling my eyes change colour. Noticing this, she spoke in her cackling voice again: 'Ahh, so its one of them? The freaks that eyes change colour? What does red mean again Severus? Anger? Yes, I remember now? What, is the half-blood scum angry at us?' She tilted her head at me, pouting, which soon turned into a cruel smirk. 'She has everything to be angry at, though, does she not Lucius?' She nodded to the blonde one and continued 'Ah yes, was it not one of our trustworthy relatives that killed her Mudblood scum of a father' She cackled again, seeing my fists clench and eyes darken.

'You killed him.' She cackled again, then pouted and mimicked me in a baby voice.

'But how could I? I was only fifteen at the time'

'You killed him.' Her black eyes darkened and she glared at me, her pale face suddenly very serious.

'So you think you're smart? Yes, you're right, I helped kill him. You should be pleased, its another piece of scum of this earth' that was it. I hurtled myself towards her and slapped her, hard. Her evil cackling stopped and she grabbed my wrist, after I had left a red mark on her murderous face. 'You. Are Half Blood scum? You don't deserve to live on this earth, never mind practise magic! Avad-'

'STUPEFY!' I yelled, and now it was full on war. All six of them were firing spells at us, including 'Crucio' and 'Avada Kedavra' All I could do was cast shielding spells, there was too many of them for us to take. Sirius had barely missed The Killing Curse about three times already, when I was hit.

'CRUCIO!' Bellatrix yelled, and before I could even react, it hit me. Pain coursed through my body, and my mind went blank. I fell to the floor in agony, my knees giving way as I fell like a rag doll. It was like being set on fire, and electricity surged through me, causing tears to start falling. I saw Bellatrix skipping, while Sirius was screaming.

'AVALON!' Sirius only used my real name when he was being serious, and this was definitely a serious moment. I could hear the pain, and angry in his voice as he tried to battle Bellatrix. The pain running through my veins stopped, but then, I saw Sirius collapse, and I was hit with a curse.

It felt like swords were slashing through me, and I saw blood seeping through my shirt, the many deep cuts the wizard had caused stinging and as much as I tried to get to Sirius, I couldn't. All that was running through my mind was that Sirius could be dead, and tears pricked at my eyes, running down my face. I was shaking, I was weak, and all I heard before I blacked out were the screams from the waken portraits yelling 'MURDER! MURDER IN THE CORRIDOR!' And all I could think of was Sirius lying dead near me, as my mind went black, and my wounds continued to bleed.

I awoke to see Madame Pomfrey bustling around me, attending to my wounds. As soon as she saw I was awake she jumped up in fright and clutched her heart, like I had scared her.

'Miss Rustley you scared me! But good, you're awake, how do you feel?'

'Groggy, and I cant remember anything. What happened?' Madame Pomfrey looked at me sympathetically as she explained what had happened, from my wounds to Sirius. Then I remembered.

'Sirius! Where is he? Please don't tell me he's dead, anything but that!' I yelled as I tried to swing my legs out of beg and attempt to stand up. Pain danced through my veins though and I fell to the floor, gasping for air and clutching my ribs.

'Miss Rustley! Get back into bed! You're injured! Mr Black is fine, a little cut and bruised but he was let out yesterday, since that was when he woke up. He's right over there, see?' She pointed to a bed diagonal from me, where Sirius was stretched out, a hand resting on his head.

'But, why is he here if he was let out, is he okay?' Madame Pomfrey sighed and went to nudge Sirius, who awoke with a start and fell off the bed.

'Madame Pomfrey? Is Rusty all right? How is she? What's going on?'

'Calm down Mr Black, Miss Rustley is perfectly fine, in fact she has just woke up, she's been asking for you' Sirius' face lit up and he ran towards me, devouring me in a lung crushing hug.

'Rusty! Are you all right? Merlin I thought you were dead, and you had so many cuts, wow, that scars worse than I thought' He motioned to my head and I grabbed a mirror from the bedside table and looked in it. I had a deep scar running from just above my eyebrow, down and past my chin, ending just by my collarbone. It didn't stick out, and it made me look kind of, tough.

'Oh that, Miss Rustley I have the perfect potion for that, will cover it up nicely' She reached for my scar but I quickly covered it up with my hands.

'No! I mean thanks and all, but I want everyone to see what I mean through. Madame Pomfrey sighed.

'If you're sure' I nodded and she continued 'Would you like me to show you the scar on your stomach?' I nodded again and she motioned for Sirius to turn round, but one again I stopped her.

'No its fine, I want him to see' She smiled and lifted my hospital gown up. I had a huge scar running straight through the middle of my chest and down past my belly button and reaching down to my hip. At its widest it was two fingers long, and it looked very dramatic. Sirius gulped, whether it was because of the scar, or the fact that I had no clothes on, I wasn't sure.

'Well, if you are sure Miss Rustley, I will leave you and Mr Black in peace' I smiled gratefully at her and Sirius sat down on the bed next to me, worry filling his eyes.

'Don't worry Sirius, I'm fine, honestly'

'I was so worried about you Rusty, I thought you were dead' He looked choked, and for the first time I saw tears fill his eyes.

'Hey, don't cry, as long as the Slytherins were expelled, there's nothing to worry about'

'Except, they didn't. Dumbledore cant prove it was them, even though most of the portraits saw them and us, most of the Ministry is full of Death Eaters or Voldemorts spies so either way, nothing happens to them' He sighed and I felt anger build up inside of me. How could they do this? Sirius and I were nearly killed but they get away with it. How is that possible?

'All I can remember is being filled with pain, seeing you fall and then blacking out, and Bellatrix's face' I mumbled quietly and Sirius squeezed my hand.

'You were hit with the Cruciatus curse' He said quietly, and suddenly I remembered it all. The pain, Sirius' agonising yell and being slashed by invisible swords. Wordlessly, Sirius handed me my locket, which had been placed on the table, and I smiled, clipping it behind my neck. 'You have to get some sleep Rusty' He said quietly and I smiled as he kissed me gently on the head. His face was inches away from mine as he whispered: 'And Rusty?'

'Yeah?' I breathed, seeing his eyes flicker over my face.

'I love you' He whispered, pulling me close and kissing me, and I couldn't help but grin. Pulling away, I was still grinning as I said:

'I love you too'

I fell asleep that night peacefully, tracing the scar on my face and realising, this could be the start of something.