Chosen

Chapter 2

Walburga was right, Dumbledore tried to claim that Sirius was the secret keeper and therefore it was him that was responsible for Voldemort finding the Potters on Halloween night. Their lawyers were prepared for this however and had with help of Sirius's memories and an awkward veratiserum session where he was a bit too truthful and admitted that he fancied the auror interrogating him ,gave all the correct information and actually helped the aurors find Peter as they were looking for a person and not a rat. They found him with one of the children of the Arthur and Molly Weasley who were in the order and turned him in as soon as they heard that there was a rat who had aided in the potters deaths kicking about somewhere in Britain. They said that the timing of their son' beloved 'Scabbers' showing up was just too suspicious. Dumbledore was powerless to Sirius's right to the children as godfather and he didn't pretend to be happy about it. Straight after the trial they went back to France until Walburga could get Grimmauld place 'ready for children'. The place was bright and airy when they got back to Britain, in a way that Sirius had never saw before. He loved it and so did the children. They spent their childhood in a house full of love and support, learning to be the perfect pureblood children from their beloved grandmother while their papa Sirius taught them how to be the sneakiest children they could be. They frequently went on playdates with all the children of the wizarding world, Celeste's favourite person to visit was Neville Longbottom as his grandmas hat made her laugh until she couldn't breathe. Grandma said it was unbecoming of a lady to laugh at another's clothes, but she could barely hold the laugh in herself whilst saying it.

"Happy birthday, I can't believe my babies are 11 already. Can you believe it Sirius?" Walburga cried as Sirius ushered the twins into the sitting room in Grimmauld on their birthday. "I know mother, their Hogwarts letters should be here any minute. I just know they're going to be Gryffindor's." Celeste and Harry had huge grins on their face at the thought "We would be like you, dad and uncle Remus. The marauders 2.0 papa" exclaimed Harry. Their grandmother narrowed her eyes "We will be getting never ending letters from Minerva talking about the trouble you cause, now enough of that its present time then were going to see Miss Coco about getting you fitted for a new wardrobe for Hogwarts, she claims it's a birthday present but we all know she just wants you both to be seen in her designs". Celeste smiled at her grandmother "Of course grandma, Harry can go first".

Once the twins had opened their presents with an interruption from an owl from Minerva informing them of what they already knew that they would be going to Hogwarts, they went and got ready for their day of celebrations. Their first stop was a visit to the Chanel manor in Scotland, Miss Coco was very enthusiastic and had over 100 outfits for each of them including personalized Hogwarts robes that she claimed were 100 times softer than the normal ones, once their measurements were taken the clothes were magically altered to fit them. "You both simply must have a signature scent before going to school" Miss Coco exclaimed giving the twins everlasting bottles of scents that she claimed was perfect for them.

When they arrived home, all of their friends and family were there for a surprise party. "You smell simply divine Celeste, what perfume are you wearing, is it new?" asked her friend Pansy "Oh yeah, were just back from Miss Cocos she game me it as a present. I'm sure she said it was called No.5, one of her own". Pansy gushed over her the whole day; she was attached to her hip. She said that her friend had to have the best birthday as it was a special one. "let's go speech to the boys, I'm sure Draco will love your new perfume" giggled Pansy, Celeste rolled her eyes "never in a million years Pans, you know he's as much like a brother to me as Harry is." The girls headed over to their friends Celeste hoping that Pansy wouldn't say anything else regarding her and Draco, it was just weird. "Hi guys, how's things going Harry?" her brother smiled at her having missed her company despite it only being a few hours since they had last been together "yeah, it's alright were trying to convince Nott here to go talk to Daphne Greengrass but he won't do it. Says he has a thing for some other witch but won't tell us who." She looked at Theo Nott who was blushing like mad. "leave the poor boy alone Harry, I'm sure he will talk to the lucky girl in no time". The day went on with them all having an amazing time, by the time everyone left they were both exhausted and Sirius was already passed out on the couch, Walburga was the only one who didn't look like she was about to pass out. It's safe to say they all slept well that night.

"Promise you will owl us the minute you can to let us know what house you make it in to" fussed her grandma on platform 9 ¾ "and remember it doesn't matter what house you end up in, me and your grandmother will love you either way" added on Sirius. Walburga gave them both a loving smile and Sirius grabbed them all into a group hug, none of them objected as they knew it would be the last one until Christmas time. "Have the most amazing time my darlings. Don't get into too much trouble please, I don't think my old heart could take it". The Malfoys approached "right you two, off you go with Draco and find the best seats. They've been marked by the marauders" Celeste launched herself at Sirius in one last hug "I'm going to miss you and grandma so much, promise you'll look after each other" she cried "I promise little love, now off you go before the train leave without you." She gave her grandma a hug and off she went filled with excitement about the impending sorting.

The train ride was fairly uneventful for Celeste, she sat with her friends and ate all the sweets they could. The only small piece of excitement was when Neville lost his pet toad Trevor and a girl Hermione who was helping him find it made Draco blush. Now they were standing in front of the whole school waiting to be sorted, it was the most exciting yet daunting moment of her life. The Girl Hermione had already been put into Gryffindor and the hat barely hit Draco's head before it screamed Slytherin. Harry had been sorted into Gryffindor which made her grin and Professor McGonagall grimace. She was next and she was shaking with nerves. "Potter, Celeste" exclaimed Professor McGonagall and she stepped up onto the platform. She sat on the uncomfortable chair like a perfect lady, her grandmother would have been proud. McGonagall placed the hat on her head "hmm you're a hard one, the most power I have seen in years. You would thrive no matter where I put you" spoke the sorting hat. "I'd really like to be in Gryffindor, both my parents and my godfather were in that house you see, and I would love to stay with my brother. I really feel I would do my best there" she explained to the old hat. "Very well then... GRYFFINDOR".

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