The Howls We Hear At Midnight

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~Summer before third year~

Dear diary,
Sirius and I ran away from the wrath and terror that came with being a Griffindor in a Slytherin family.
James' parents were really accepting, surprising, actually, but that means we don't have to live in boxes in Diagon Alley at all.
James seems really excited to have us both so I guess that's good. As much as I hate my family, I still feel bad that they haven't owled me yet.

I look up from my journal as I hear screaming echoing through the house.

"SIRIUS ORION BLACK YOU ARE NOT OUR SON! I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THAT GRYFFINDOR HOUSE YOU TO YOUR HEAD AND RID YOU OF COMMON SENSE! TURNING YOUR SISTER GRYFFINDOR AS WELL? WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO YOU?! AT LEAST REGULUS OBEYS TRADITION! YOU WILL NEVER SHOW YOURSELF AGAIN AT THE BLACK HOUSEHOLD AS LONG AS WE LIVE!"

That's all I hear from the howler before I shut my bedroom door and hug my knees until all hint of shouting is gone. I open my door again and walk down to the living room. I can see Sirius crying as the letter tears itself up and I run to his side. He buries his head into my shoulder and I feel his shaking. James walks in and sees the scene, so he sits down on an opposite couch, gazing with concern at Sirius. As much as we hated our family, it still hurt to know they don't care about us anymore.

Sirius looks up at James after about ten minutes of my comfort, and stands up, walks to his room, and slams his door. I hear a thud on the wall, and something falling down.

"I think he punched a wall. Is he ok?" James asks.

"I don't know, I think he got a howler from Mother and Father. Just leave him alone - he'll talk when he wants to.
James got up to make some tea for Sirius, and I went to check on him.

"Reparo," I said, and the wall fixed itself. Sirius was lying on his bed, asleep I think, so I lay a blanket on him. James came in with the tea, so I woke him up and sat with him.
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~Third Year of Hogwarts~
"Remus! Peter!"

"James! Sirius! Cas!"

"Hi!"
We were all so happy to see each other after the summer holidays; Remus and Peter were away on holiday and couldn't owl due to owl restrictions.
The train came in and blew the horn, so we needed to get on.
"Hey, Lily! Willyougooutwithme?" James blurts.

"In your dreams, loser," Lily replies, getting on the train with Snivellus.

We got into our compartment and Remus got out a book to read while Peter bough half of the chocolate frogs on the food trolley, and James, Sirius and I sat opposite them planning our first major prank of the year.
"Whatcha reading?" I ask. Remus turns the cover of the book so I can see the title.

"Lycanthropy? Interesting book to read. Interested in werewolves?"

"Cas, you know I have been for the past two years." Remus sighs.

For the rest of the train ride, Remus reads, Peter eats, James sleeps, so does Sirius, and I'm leaning in his shoulder. I forgot to bring my journal so I can draw, but I put it in my trunk along with all of my stationary amd books.

I grab Sirius' bag and look through, and I find an old herbology book. He also has some parchment and a quill, so I draw some of the plants into a border around the page. In the center, I draw James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter, all holding books corresponding to their favourite subjects. In the corner, I draw myself from behind taking a picture of them.

I nudge Sirius awake, who jerk up and wakes James, who knocks the book out of Remus' hands, which knocks all of Peter's candy onto the floor. All four boys glare at me, so I duplicate the picture four times and give them one each, keeping one for myself. They all smile and begin talking for the rest of the train ride.

The train shudders to a halt and all the lights turn off. It gets really cold and I honestly don't know why I feel so depressed right now. I can see a shadow in the corridor approaching our compartment, and Remus bolts out the door. I can hear him shouting something that sounded like "Expect doe patrol nun", and I white flash almost blinds me. He runs back, out of breath, and grabs a huge bar of Honeydukes chocolate for us.
"Eat it, you'll feel better," he says.
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Author's note:
Hey guys! This is the first book I've written on Wattpad so forgive me for being absolute crap at writing. I'm not sure whether I'm going to update regularly, or if I'll continue the book, but here's a nice chapter you might enjoy :)

-Padfoot