A loud and dramatic sigh escaped Sirius Black as he watched Ilaria Fontaine, his childhood friend sitting in a corner at the Slytherin table, sleeping with her head on the table, plates pushed away. His eyes shift to the people next to Ilaria. Evan Rosier, Rabastan, and Pandora Lestrange along with his little siblings, Regulus and Amalthea we're talking in hushed voices, huddled up.
He rolled his eyes; he didn't know why Amalthea wasn't with someone in her grade but was seated with sixth year's. Amalthea Melania Black, the baby of House of Black is Sirius and Regulus' baby sister born in 1963, making her a fourth year.
"Padfoot! Stop staring at your siblings and Fontaine, last time little Thea hexed you" James whispered, nudging him to get him to stop staring at the Slytherin table which seemed an automatic reflex nowadays.
He hears a snort coming from James' side to see Lily Evans covering her mouth with her palm, looking thoroughly amused as she watches Sirius stick a tongue out at her in a childish fashion.
"Merlin, Evans I liked you better when you hated us." he muttered, turning away from the redhead. Lily and James had become friends earlier on in the year, with the Potter boy actively trying to move on from the green eyed witch.
To Sirius' left was Remus Lupin, the boy who was sipping on hot cocoa whilst flipping through a muggle magazine that he borrowed from Sirius. Peter, who sat opposite Remus looked bored and played around with his food.
"Your sister apparently got into a fight with Emerson Lancaster before dinner. Marlene says that it was a misunderstanding that Amalthea had" Lily says, helping herself to another portion of the pie. Her eyes trailed to Sirius who had his eyebrows furrowed.
"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?" Sirius was very behind on gossip that went around Hogwarts. He had never thought that seventh year would be hard, but the marauders hadn't gotten a chance to prank anyone in a month and that itself said something.
Lily leaned in, causing a butterfly effect as James, Peter, and Remus leaned in along with Alice Fortescue.
"You know Joanne and her little followers in Ravenclaw? They made up rumors that Emerson was bad-mouthing the Black family or something. Someone told Amalthea this and she stormed up to Emerson who was on her way to class. Amalthea punched her in the nose and pushed her. Poor Emerson is in the hospital wing now" Lily explained, causing Sirius to frown.
Emerson Lancaster wasn't the type to bad-mouth anyone. She was probably the kindest soul in Hogwarts. So whatever rumors that Joanne and her squad made might have been bad to trigger Amalthea.
James winced, clutching his nose as if feeling Emerson's pain, his eyes immediately moving towards the Hufflepuff table where an angry Nico Winters sat in his usual spot beside Emerson Lancaster, except that Emerson wasn't there.
Alice looked at them and said, "Have you noticed that Emerson is always at the hospital wing? She's there at least once a week. She looked really pale when Amalthea punched her. I hope she's okay."
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