And Then She Fell (Marauders era/ Sirius Black)

Chapter 1

Polaris POV

"Polaris, Run!" yelled my mother. Father pushed her out of the way of a killing curse, allowing it to hit him instead. My mother dived at a death eater, knocking him to the ground. 

"Avadra Kadavra!" Yelled another, my mother went limp. 

"No," I screamed, grabbing my own wand. 

"Avadra Kadavra," I yelled in furry, pointing at one Death eater then another. Sobbing, I ran, and ran. Finally collapsing out side of a random house. My parents, were gone.

"Pol!" yelled a voice, jolting me out of my dream. 

"You all right?" 

I nodded ,although, I knew that the disembodied voice couldn't see me. My adopted brother slowly opened the door. James Potter. It was his house that I collapsed out side of. The potter's knew my parents well and welcomed me with open arms. I pulled my self out of bed, huffing grumpily and stumbling into the bathroom. I Showered and pulled on clean cloths. 

I wore black tights, along with dark blue denim shorts. I also had on a grey top along with a baggy blue jumper. I shoved my feet in to my dark blue doc martins. I put on some concealer to cover the dark circles that always surrounded my eyes, due to many sleepless nights. I also applied some black eye liner on my top and bottom lash lines, making my eyes look larger. I pulled my brown hair up in to a ponytail. The natural curls bouncing as I walked. After brushing my already white teeth. I smiled into the mirror. My smile looked too fake, it had for a wile now.

I made my way downstairs. This was the part of the day I dreaded. Before me they were a happy family. I just had to ruin it, didn't I?

Mr and Mrs Potter were sitting at the breakfast table, James as usual was stuffing his face. I grabbed an apple, biting in to it. 

"How are you today, dear?" I flashed a thumbs up, smiling a little. 

"Is your trunk packed?"  asked Mrs Potter. I nodded again. Speaking seemed so pointless now, I had lost everything! Why bother? It was useless! I shook my head, not allowing myself to fall into my miserable daze any more than I already had.

I was going in to my fifth year at Hogwarts, well my first year. Before I had gone to Durmstrang, but after... that...  I decided to move. I realised that James was shaking my shoulder, I tended to zone out a lot, people never normally noticed since after... that, I had done my best to blend into the background.

"Pol! Pol! Its time to go!" I blinked and tilted my head to the side, seeing James waving his hand in front of my face. Nodding again. I went in to the hall to get my beat up trunk and then took the floo powder that Mrs Potter held out for me. Thinking of Platform 9 and 3/4. I felt the green flames as they tickled my skin. 

I used sign language to signal James when I saw him stood waiting for me on the other side. Staring around the platform I couldn't help but be jealous of all of the happy familys'.

I followed closely behind James, making sure not to loose him in the crowd. 

"Prongs!" Yelled a voice. 

"Prongs, Over here!" The voice persisted. James glanced back at me, I pushed him forwards, causing him to stumble slightly.go! I signed. Since I arrived at the Potters I had been learning sign language and James had learned with me. I couldn't thank him enough!

"Could you save us a compartment, Pol?" I nodded and left to get on the train. Once on the train I searched for an empty compartment. Finally at the very back of the train I found one. I threw my self on the seat, trying to blend in. James would see me, he always did.