Polaris Black

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1978, 19 March- Sunday

So... it turns out Sirius did not in fact change the list. It was Pettigrew, with Pettigrew having mentioned it had been Sirius' idea. Pettigrew seemed to believe that it was what Sirius had wanted them to do, so he did.

All the while Sirius did not, Sirius had just thought it would be funny to do so, not that they should, only mentioning it as a passing 'joke' that seemed to go over Pettigrew's head, having taken it seriously. At first, Pettigrew hadn't come forward to confess, standing behind Sirius, trying not to break down right then and there in the Infirmary having been called down.

Even so, it didn't change anything, nothing at all. What was said had been said, there was no going back and changing it.

Perhaps it would have been different if Sirius just used his brain. If he just thought before speaking.

Sirius had his "brothers" while Polaris had Regulus, and he was completely fine with it.

With the Headmaster, and Severus already in the infirmary, Sirius and Pettigrew soon followed through, standing there, while the headmaster questioned them. Soon enough during the whole thing, Professor Slughorn and Professor McGonagall came in, standing by, frowning with disappointment. Severus gave Sirius no chance to answer the questions that had been asked by the headmaster, outright accusing him right there and then calling him an 'idiot'.

The headmaster didn't seem too pleased, as he told Severus to calm down, claiming there must be a 'misunderstanding'.

Hearing it all, Polaris raised a brow with the thought in mind. What was it with misunderstandings and this man? That was something Polaris knew he would not find out in this life. Even then the man was making excuses for them both, more reason Polaris didn't like the headmaster. Why make excuses? Things could have been much worse.

It didn't take long until Pettigrew finally admitted to what he had done, with his explanation. Apparently, the idiot was in a rush and wasn't even sure what was changed to be exact forgetting, immediately after the change was done.

All in all the fault all pointed to Peter Pettigrew, no matter how many times he said he didn't want anyone to get hurt. Anything could have happened, something much more serious. What he did was idiotic all for the name of having a 'laugh'.

Was this what Sirius and his friends- brothers did? laugh at the pain of others? cause pain for their own pleasure?

Why did they hate Snape so much?

Sure they were plenty of things he could list on why not to like him, but with them, in different houses, they could just ignore each other yet they decide not to, deciding to go out of their ways to make his life miserable. It was rather pathetic, especially with them being in their final year. They should make use of their time by studying.

Pettigrew was given detention for the rest of the school year, so it was only three months. he was no longer allowed to go to Hogsmeade alongside the detention he was given. It was amusing seeing his reaction seeing it was his last year at Hogwarts. On top of that, he would be given a week-long suspension, with his mother being called in to discuss his behaviour before his departure back home for the week, along with a ton of schoolwork to keep track of while being home for that week. He's in his last year, he can't be slacking off.

Let's just say he lost a lot of points... to the point of Gryffindor falling from first place to fourth. He was sure Pettigrew's house would love him very much for losing so many points. The Gryffindors were known for boasting about winning, now it was the other houses' turn to boast about being above them.