In this chapter, McGonagall talks to Sirius, letting him know how proud she is of him, that he's free to do what he wants to do. That he is worth a lot more than the rest of his family. All I own is the story, nothing more. Everything else is the property of J K Rowling. Thank you. For one use of swearing this chapter will be a T.

She guided him to one of the chairs in front of the fire, Sirius' whole body was shaking. He knew it was coming but for it to happen, it was still a shock to the system. He was still wringing his hands, looking into the fire. Smiling at him as a way to calm him down, she offered him a biscuit from an open tin, along with a cup of steaming tea.

"Sirius. I'm proud of you. You're way too good for them anyway. I see that you've been spending time with James Potter. You'll need that friendship in the coming days."

Sirius has noticed that she's wasn't using the normal address of 'Mr Black'. He relaxed at this more informal interaction, though he knew that his cousin would make his life a living hell, well at least till she left. Well at least he had James, Remus and Peter to help him settle down. He was still worried, as he knew that things at home would just get ten times worse, he'd had always been the odd one out, never wanting to follow his family's beliefs and strong ambition.

"What's next then Professor?" he asked, his features creased in worry. Professor McGonagall smiled at him.

"Well Sirius, if you have any issues. I would be grateful if you would report them to me as I would then be able to deal with them right away. Though I have a feeling that Miss Bellatrix Black will make the first move towards you." She yet again smiled at him, Sirius tried see that this was his chance to be his own person. Maybe being in Gryffindor won't be such a bad thing. Like McGonagall said he'd already formed a bond of some kind with James, Sirius knew that his other cousin who had been OK with him anyway, in fact that he was the only one that knew that she was dating Ted Tonks a muggle born wizard who was in Sirius' house; they both knew that the family would not approve of her choice of boyfriend. Something in Sirius told him that that bitch of a cousin would do anything to ruin any grip on happiness. Before Sirius could stop himself he snorted with disgust. Professor McGonagall looked at him with an odd expression, to that he just grinned in response. Professor McGonagall looked at the clock that hung behind her desk.

"Now, Sirius you best make your way to class, you're already late for Charms. Remember any trouble with Miss Bellatrix Black I would like to be told about it. Now dismissed."

"Yes, Professor."He gets up to leave the head's office, grabbing his bag, just as he reached the door he stopped and turned to face his head of house.

"Thanks Professor, I needed that talk. Maybe being a Gryffindor wont be such a bad thing after all." McGonagall smiled at his comment.

"Glad I could help you Sirius. Now off to class with you." Grinning madly he faces the door again, gives it sharp pull and heads out into the deserted corridors. He walked along with a new found spring in his step, yeah things were now looking up for the young boy. Though this new found hope would quickly be dashed in just as few moments, the bell rang, making Sirius utter a curse word under his breath.

'I'll have to get a note from Professor McGonagall for missing charms.' He thought bitterly to himself as charms was one of the things he was one of the things he was looking forward to learning about since he got his Hogwarts letter. Running his hand though his hair again, he sighed moving his bag to a more secure position on his shoulder he moved along getting buffeted by the huge crowd of students that surrounded him. All of a sudden he found himself face planting the stone flags, a deranged cackle confirmed who it was who had shoved him to the ground.

"Get up, blood traitor." She commanded, Sirius not wanting to give her the satisfaction got to his feet, he took on a cold expression before he turned to face her.

"What do you want?" He asked with venom in his voice, his arms crossed.

"Awww, don't act like that cous. After all you were the one that brought shame onto the Black family." She said in a fake sugary sweet voice, it was the kind of tone that sent shivers down his spine. He was right to be fearful, Bellatrix could push certain buttons to get a reaction from whoever. As she and Sirius were rised together he knew what to expect from her.

"You forget cous, that we were brought up together, I know what to expect from you. So don't even try." He scoffed, he still had his arms folded. Bellatrix let out a low growl, a smirk formed on her face. That never boded well.

"Well, you're not the only one to bring shame onto the family. Our beloved cousin is dating that Mudblood Tonks from your house is she not?" Sirius was shaking again, this time it was with rage. How did she find out out Andy and Ted dating?

"How did you find out?" He spat out, Bellatrix finding out was Andy's nightmare, now it came true. He'd have to find a way to warn her when he next saw her. The smirk grew into an evil smile.

"I slipped an truth potion into her morning juice and asked her. She spilled everything out to me, I've already written to mother and father about it." Sirius mutters something, it makes Bellatrix shove him to a near by wall, her hand up against his throat in a vice like grip.

"You hear this, blood traitor, just be grateful that you haven't been blasted off the family tree just yet." She slapped him across the face, then released him with a vicious smile she sundered off. Leaving a stunned Sirius behind, as he rubbed his face. When the sound of James's voice floated over the crowed corridor.

"Hey, Sirius over here." James called, Sirius turned to face the group.

"Hey, James, Remus, Peter. How was Charms class?" James just shrugged his shoulders.

"We did the levitation charm. Pretty basic stuff." Remus tells him, Remus was starting to look ill, his face was pallid he was tired. The other three noticed that there was a huge shift in his sleeping and eating patterns. They had asked what was going on he said it was nothing. Remus knew better this news was huge he vowed that they would never find out, if they did well he didn't want to think on that. Even though he'd only known them for just under twenty four hours, yet he felt something forming between them.

I put Ted in Gryffindor as I have no idea what house Ted Tonks was in while he attended Hogwarts. Next chapter will be focusing on Remus's first full moon while at Hogwarts. As always please read and review, I would also like to say thank you to my beta reader my older sister for proof reading the chapter for me. I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Till next time

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M L Edwards