Cassie Black (Sirius Black Sister)

Ballet

Learning that the brother that you had needed and yearned for all these years didn't see you as family anymore hurt. The feeling was like my heart was being shattered into a million pieces. I felt that everything I had grown up with was a lie. I knew that writing that letter was the right thing to do. I started to pack up my belongings so that I was entirely ready to leave when the time was going to come. I picked out a dress to wear when I was being taken away my best robe to wear over the top and my favourite shoes to wear with them.

I stood and took in the appearance of myself. The mess of my hair and the make up that was smudged on my face after my crying fest that had been happening over the last couple of days. I stared to clean myself up to make myself presentable. I turned on my music and started to dance around the room spinning extremely fast to make up for all the hours that I have missed. When I was younger I did ballet and loved it, my body was made to be ballet and hopefully Uncle Al had spoke to the headmistress and she would let me keep doing ballet.

I was so lost in the music that I hadn't heard the door open and shut quietly behind them. After what felt like hours I had perfected the routine and stopped breathing heavily, my lungs burning from all of the exercise. I heard the clapping of someone as I turned around and saw Mrs Potter sitting on the bed watching me dance. I blushed at her praise and smiled politely at her. "Cassie, that was wonderful." She spoke so softly to me it was unbelievable that I even heard her.

She took my hand and led me out into the landing and brought me into a room which was made for dancing. The room was lined with mirrors and the floor was hard ready for any sort of dancing. My face must of showed the awe that I was feeling and she laughed at my face. "Do the dance again Cassie." She started the music it was identical to the music I was hearing upstairs. I started dancing losing myself into the flow of the rhythm. After I had finished for what felt like the umpteenth time I heard a round of applause from a bunch of people. Standing at the back stood the potter family and Sirius smiling at my dancing.

Before the next song turned on I grabbed Sirius and pulled him in to be my partner. When we were younger we used to dance together as partners. Our routines used to be flawless, even though we were a few years apart we learnt together. He smirked at me as the song came on causing him to launch me into a lift. Something I hadn't experienced since I was young, probably before he went to Hogwarts. I had missed this.

The good mood was ruined when a owl came to the studio window. I recognised the owl immediately. It was Uncle Al's, it was his reply to my request. The panic then set in as Sirius noticed it to. The darkness was on his face as he strode over to the owl and took the letter from his beak. He knew exactly what I had done when I had done it. The potters watched as he read the letter and the pure look of rage over came him.  He threw the letter towards he screaming about us being family. I had gone blank and everything turned into white noise. It was like a radio being on static. He stormed out with James following. My body was left in a heap in the dance studio. I didn't even notice I was alone until I looked up at my self in the mirrors.

The letter sat on the floor the edges singed from his accidental magic. I grabbed it and tried reading it.

Dear Cassiopeia

I am unable to collect you any early than the 2nd of January due to previous commitments. I will still be collecting you on the 2nd of January at 10 am.

Uncle Al.

I then broke down. The thought of being ignored by my brother for the next few days, killed me inside. Instead of crying I threw my body into the dance. I danced around and around until my body protested about anymore dancing. I knew that once I moved away I would never see my family ever again. This move was going to be permanent. 

My once big brother was ever going to be there to protect me anymore. I had to grow up and protect my self. I knew that everything that I was going to experience I had to do myself and have no ones help.