Stranded (Sirius Black x OC)

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The two stood facing each other as their fellow classmates pushed past them, bursting into the hall. Both Sirius and Alice looked at each other, tears brimming their eyes. Imagine how Alice felt, standing at the door with her best friend like she had planned but not how she planned in the slightest way possible. Sad, angry and hurt. Imagine how Sirius felt, knowing he broke her, his world, his sanctuary, knowing he could have told her in a better way. Sad, sorry and hurt.

Their moments of looking into each other's eye's was broken when James Potter dragged the boy away following the rest of the children. Alice gathered herself, wiping her tears away and taking a deep breath before striding into the great hall.

An old man started babbling with a speech, Alice's parents always said that he was crazy, they were right. Eventually the first years were being called out and Sirius was called after a few people.  The boy strutted up and sat in the chair. As the hat was sitting on his head Alice's mind was running at full pace. Maybe he'd be sorted into Slytherin after all. Very unlikely but possible, that way she could protect him, and herself. Her fathers words pounded in her head like a siren "if  he does anything wrong. It. Will. Be. On. You." She hadn't thought of the consequences yet but she knew they would be terrible. 

Alice had always been punished for Sirius' actions worse as Sirius had. Sirius always told her what his punishment had been the next time they'd seen each other, he might have been locked in the dark for a day, but Alice, Alice would have cuts all up her back. Of course she would never tell him, he would only worry and stop doing the things that made Sirius, Sirius, and she didn't want to ever change him.

The green eyed girl was pulled out of her thoughts by the hat ringing through the hall. " well it's painfully obvious. Must be.......GRYFFiNDOR." The Gryffindors cheers echoed through the hall as Sirius walked over to his new house's table, avoiding Alice's soft glare.

 All she felt now was scared. Scared for Sirius. Scared for her. Scared for Regulus, who will now be pressured more to be the perfect son that Sirius had never been. A million thoughts were racing through her head as she stared at the floor until she heard Professor Mcgonagall call out her name. 

As Alice sat down the hat said many things she couldn't process. She only caught a few words here and there loyal, smart, strong, stubborn. She sat there for a minute until th what spoke aloud. "SLYTHERIN"

The Slytherin table cheered loudly as the Gryffindors booed. The auburn haired girl smiled and started walking to the middle of the table where Lucius had waved her over. As she got there the blonde shoved his friends away from him making space for the girl to sit. "I'm proud of you." He said smirking. As the rest of the children were sorted the groups focus was on the front of the room until Lucius looked at Alice glancing at Sirius, James, Remus and Peter all pushing each other snickering slightly. "Is that why you were crying earlier? That disgrace?" He asked in a low voice. The girl sat thinking about how to answer that, she was a Slytherin and a Nott she had to answer wisely. "That disgrace, means nothing anymore. But yes, he was. I thought he was worth more than a misly Gyrffindor." She snarled looking the grey eyed boy in the eyes. Lucius was proud. She was becoming a true Nott. And becoming the future Queen Syltherin. Lucius had discussed this with her at a ball once, she had gladly agreed. She wanted power with her best friend, but sometimes a queen rules best alone.

So alone she will rule.