July 1976
Sirius Black came crashing into his small bedroom, slamming and locking the door on the screeching woman coming after him. She pounded on the door and screeched some more, shouting swears and unrepeatable things at her 15 year old son. He took a shaky breath and ran a hand through his hair.
I have to get out.
He yanked a heavy black trunk out of his closet and started throwing most of his possessions into it. She still screamed.
"You are no son of mine, you filthy blood traitor! You will NEVER see the light of day again!" The handle jiggled so hard Sirius worried it might completely come off.
"That's fine with me, you crazy whore!! You all can rot in hell!" he shouted back. His mother screamed something at him, but he couldn't make out what it was. The room started to spin a little.
Only one word surfaced from his panicked thoughts. James.
Sirius hurried to the fireplace in the corner of his bedroom. He grabbed a handful of floo powder and stepped into it. He opened his mouth to say the words but a realization stopped him.
Shit.
He started to panic again. His mind started to swirl into that hole and his breath began to hitch and he felt it come over him like a wave until he couldn't even -
You have a place with me.
Sirius felt himself calm down enough to quickly scribble on a scrap of parchment and throw his aging bird out the window.
If it ever gets bad -
Quickly another, deeper voice joined his mother's at the door. The pounding became stronger until the door wobbled on its hinges, on the verge of breaking down, and it matched the rhythm in Sirius's head.
I'll be there.
"SIRIUS OPEN THIS DOOR!"
He opened the window.
Don't worry about a thing, okay?
"SIRIUS!!"
More pounding, more screaming. Sirius threw his trunk out onto the grass below.
"BOY, YOU HAD BETTER OPEN THIS DOOR IMMEDIATELY!!!"
He took one last look at his bedroom, at his prison.
I'll be there. I promise.
"SIRIUS!!"
He swung his legs out the window.
I promise.
"Sirius."
And she was there.
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You promised.
12 Grimmauld Place
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So yeah I did a thing. I got bored today and so I wrote this. I do have some ideas for turning this into a longer full-fledged fanfic so let me know if you want me to continue it. I probably will anyway. Okayyyy
