Sirius Blacks Sister

Chapter 5

"Where's Elektra?" Remus asked as he entered the compartment James, Sirius and Peter were in. James and Peter looked at Sirius who was feeling extremely uncomfortable. "I think she's mad at me." He mumbled refusing to look at Remus.

Remus' eyes immediately darkened and his voice dangerously lowered. "Why would she be mad at you, Sirius?"

Sirius was now keeping his gaze fixed on the ground infront of him. "I ran away from home."

"So?"

"I left without her," he risked a glance at Remus. Upon seeing the death glare he was receiving, he quickly added, "And I didn't say goodbye."

"YOU WHAT!"

"Look I left in the middle of the night, they would have heard if I had gone to her room. Besides, it's me they really hate, I'm the one who gives them the most trouble, if I'm gone it will be better for her. For them both."

Remus sighed. "You better be right about that Sirius."

"I am." He said confidently. They weren't sure if he was trying to convince them or himself. "Besides, if it gets bad she'll tell us right?"

The others didn't give him an answer. Before long Remus had to go for Prefect duties, warning them that they better have found El before he gets back. The three split up, agreeing to meet back in the carriage in thirty minutes.

Sirius walked down the long corridor, looking in the windows of the compartments as he passed them. He thought he was out of luck until he reached the last compartment with the blinds down. He knocked on the door and upon hearing no reply he cracked the door open and peeked inside. He was about to turn around and leave, thinking it was empty before he noticed a small movement from a tiny figure curled up in the corner of the floor. "El?" The person on the ground immediately froze, a small strand of hair coming loose. "El, I know that's you." Sirius closed the door behind him as he entered the compartment. "Why are you on the ground?"

"I slipped."

The voice was so tiny Sirius barely heard it. "So you just, stayed there?"

"Yes?"

"Okay then, how about we sit on the seats that were made for sitting on." He said reaching for her hand to pull her up. "Merlin El! You're skin and bone!" He looked at her worriedly, "you can stand up can't you?"

She made a weak attempt at a laugh. "Of course I can," she said standing up, though slower than she would have liked.

But as much as she tried to hide it, Sirius still noticed how she flinched when he reached for her hand and how her legs shook slightly as she stood. "Oh El," he thought. "What did they do to you."

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Soon enough all five were back in their compartment. No one mentioned Sirius running away or how quiet El was being, but it was on all of their minds. Even when James found out Remus and Lily would have Prefect duties together it couldn't fully distract him from the burning questions in mind.

A very subdued game of exploding snap was played and before long they were at Hogwarts. During the feast, Sirius tried to pile more food on Elektras plate whenever he thought she wasn't looking, unaware that Remus had been doing the exact same thing. Of course she noticed, every time she took a bite more food appeared, but she didn't say anything. It was nice to have people care.

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"So," James began once they were all sitting down in the dorm. "I hear we all managed to transform over the summer." Sirius perked up at this. "I'm going first!" He yelled. James tried to protest, but there was a big black dog standing in the middle of the room before he could even open his mouth. Not one to be outdone, James lept up off his bed and transformed as well.

If anyone had walked in at that moment, there sure would have been a sight to see. A shaggy black dog running circles in the middle of the room, attempting to catch its tail and a stag shaking its head like mad after getting its antlers caught in a blanket. Remus and Peter were practically falling off their beds from laughing so hard and even Elektra had a grin on her face.

James and Sirius finally turned back into humans and James pulled the blanket off his head. "Ta-da!" They said bowing. "Peter you go next," James said. Peter nodded and got up. For a second they thought he had disappeared but then they saw a little rat poke out from under the mess on the floor. It went still for a second before turning back into Peter. "I'm still trying to get the hang of that." He said sheepishly before sitting back down.

"El, your turn!" James said excitedly. "I'm a wolf." She said, not moving from where she was sitting on Sirius' bed. "So show us!" Elektra sighed and hesitantly stood up. She took a deep breath and transformed.

The boys stared at the massive wolf standing before them. El quickly transformed back, but it wasn't quick enough for them to miss what she was trying to hide. Although the wolf was covered in thick grey fur, it was still visibly very underweight. Its head and paws looking entirely too big for its body. An awkward silence filled the room until James clapped his hands and cheered. "Great! But there's still one more matter to take care of."

Sirius looked confused. "What?"

"Names!"

Remus rolled his eyes. "I'm Remus, that's Peter, that's Sirius and that's Elektra. Really James I'd hoped you knew this by now."

Elektra giggled which made Remus smile proudly until he was hit in the face with a pillow.

"I know that, I meant code names! For example, you Mr. Sarcastic are Moony."

Remus groaned. "Way to be obvious mate."

Elektra smiled. "I like the idea, James could be Prongs because of the little things on his antlers."

James thought about it before nodding.

Sirius piped up, not wanting to be left out. "What about me?"

"Snuffles." El said, not missing a beat.

"NO!"

"What about Padfoot then?" Peter suggested. "You know, since you have padded feet."

Sirius shrugged. "I'll take it. And you could be Wormtail, cause your tail looks like a worm."

"That just leaves El," Remus said. They all thought for a bit before Remus said, "What about Claws? It's simple but I think it suits you, I mean, only if you like it of course and- "

Elektra cut him off. "I like it. Like you said, simple. Easy to remember."

Remus smiled with a slight blush on his face. The two kept looking into each other's eyes completely forgetting about the other three until James cleared his throat awkwardly. "So now that's settled, the Marauders are complete!"

"The marauders?" Remus snorted.

"I don't know what it means, but Minnie called us that once and I like it. Besides, you can't have code names and not a group name! That's like jelly without ice-cream, preposterous!"

"Okay dork."

"Oi!"

A/N

Um, hi?  Soooooo, I'm not dead *jazz hands*.  I don't really have an excuse except for the the fact that schools been kicking my butt.  BUT because you've been so patient I will be posting another chapter hopefully within this hour.  I just need to look over it a couple times before posting it (a few things have changed since I wrote it).   But if it takes me this long to post again feel free to remind me to upload (there's a high chance I've just forgotten to press post or that I only have a line or two left to write).  Ok, bye!