𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔 // 𝑺.𝑩.

-𝑽𝑰𝑰-

"And only a person as handsome as me would take his name from a star but no one of you seems to notice that!"

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November 24th,1976

Electra had been feeling the urge to talk to her brother ever since she learnt about him joining the Dark Lord's army but unfortunately she didn't find the courage to do so. She wanted so much to believe that Sirius didn't know what he was seeing because of him having been drunk back then but deep down she knew that he would never lie about something about that. And the worst part of it all was that Orpheus was capable of doing something like it.

Every time he was smiling at her in the corridors she was returning his smile, sometimes she would even joke at something on his appearance. Some other times she would change her hair to match his just to make him notice that she had noticed him. He on the other hand would shout her name at times and start walking towards with his hair turning whatever colour her were and when he would be close enough he would whisper into her ear another silly colour, or a new truck he had found.

It was hurting her the thought that all these things were done just for her not to be suspicious. Sometimes she was lying on her bed keep asking herself the same question. Where had that fearless girl gone? Was she lost forever? Or she was still somewhere inside her fighting to make her appearance again? The previous night she made up her mind. There was no way she would let that girl got lost forever. She was going to bring her back. She was going to talk to her brother.

The two boys were walking towards the Black Lake where Electra said she would be waiting. The day was extremely cold and both of them understood that she had something important to tell them. She would never step out of the castle in such a cold weather unless it was for Quidditch or for a prank. As much as she enjoyed running in the rain she hated just cloudy weather without sun, without rain. It made her depressed.

"Good morning" the two boys said awkwardly as soon as they spotted the the purple hair of Electra waving as the wind was passing through them. She turned around to face them rubbing her arms with her hands to make herself warm and smiled to them but immediately remembered why were they there for and took a serious expression. "Electra if Sirius told you anything he-" Regulus started only to be interrupted by his friend.

"No he's not. He's not lying. It's true..." Regulus looked at him and rolled his eyes. "I can't pretend anymore, Regulus!" He nodded and trailed his glance to meet Electra's. He was expecting the same look Sirius had when they had told him the truth but her eyes remained emotionless.

She nodded and looked away trying to find the right words to say. Trying to add them together in order to make logical phrases but the only word that came to her mind was "Why?" It was like her mind was blocked. Like the only word she knew was this why. Like she was again 5 years old, just having started understanding the world and her mind was filled with questions. "Why?" She asked again this time losing her frozen glance and her eyes filled with sadness. 

"I'm not going to defend myself from something that I thought it was right." Regulus suddenly said and looked straight into her eyes with a frozen look.

"Oh you should better try to find an excuse! Because one day you're going to need one." She replied

"You should find one too! Because you have to explain somehow why you're acting so stupid! And in that case hanging out with my brother is not an excuse."