The Forgotten Black

Black mist or Black magic?

January 11th 1975

Estrella pov

The holidays end quickly and we are already back at platform 9¾. I sit in the same compartment as Regulus, Andromeda and Bellatrix. A few minutes into the ride the Lestrange brothers along with Junior and Evan join us making me uneasy through the entire ride. I try to leave multiple times but Bellatrix won't let me go something about how I could run into Sirius and that he would taint my blood like he has tainted our family. Although Andromeda and Regulus try to make the ride as entertaining as possible but I still get bored. When we finally arrive I breathe a sigh of relief as the Lestrange brothers haven't done anything, barely even looked at me. Maybe they still feel humiliated by being taken out by a house elf. I become more talkative during the beginning of year feast while trying not to glance at the Gryffindor table to give anyone any kind of suspicion. After the feast and Dumbledore's boring speech that is starting to sound a little bit like a broken reckon I bid goodbye to everyone before running up to Gryffindor Tower. I almost rip the door of its hinges as I enter the room. My eyes scan everyone until they land on Sirius and they stop at him. I run over and throw myself at lucky for the both of us he catches me and hugs me tightly.

"I missed you," I murmur after a moment of silence.

"I missed you more...you know you could still come-" Sirius starts but I stop him.

"Sirius we have been over this no there is no way I am leaving Reg alone and you heard him he isn't going away so neither am I," I say, Sirius sighs but nods.

"Besides on a more positive note I didn't get tortured by mother and father and I kicked the Lestrange's in their ass," I say grinning proudly Sirius smirks back clearly proud of my inner Gryffindor coming out.

"Estrella don't use such language," Lily scolds.

"Sorry. Oh and did you hear Bellatrix is marrying Rodolphus there will be another pureblood on the tree," I say excitedly, but the others in the dorm don't seem to share my excitement.

"What?" I ask quietly confused.

"Nothing," Sirius answers as Lilys comes over and gives me a hug.

"Are you alright Remus?" I ask after a while he has been so quiet and looks a little pale.

"Favourite time of month is coming up," he says trying to muster up a fake smile.

"Oh come on it's not for another..what is it..5 days, we've got ur back," Peter comforts him.

"Yeah we are with you mate," James says claping him on his back.

"Thanks guys," Remus says, smiling sincerely.

"Do you also turn into an animal?" Marlene asks me in a joking way to answer her question, I turn into a unicorn. All their - well except the Marauders - mouths drop open. I turn back into my human form and try to suppress the smirk starting to form on my lips.

"I see that snake-like smirk playing on your lips quite hiding it," Alice says, that's when I realise I don't have to hide my emotions here.

"Sorry force of habit," I say causally

"What," Lily shrieks, maybe I shouldn't have said that. Lily stalks up to me and gives me a look that says "explain." I sigh seeing no way out of this.

"In the Pureblood world it's normal to hide your emotions. It's the only way to survive, it's basically become second nature for me to do so," I explain looking at everything except someone's face. When I look back at Lily's face I see tears starting to form in her eyes. It makes me nervous for what will happen when she finds out the other things that are part of the world of Pureblood's.