The Pureblood Princess | Sirius Black

|29| Change Nothing or Ruin Everything

"ADDY COME BACK!" She heard Mary call.

Of course her stupid mouth had to tell Mary the one thing she had sworn she would tell no one.

"ADDY! PLEASE... COME... BACK!" Mary called out of breath from trying to chase her down.

Adelaide kept running.

She ran and ran until she reached the hidden room behind a painting of some wizards having a birthday party. She quickly muttered the password 'let them eat cake' and slipped into the room.

Meanwhile, Mary, who had lost sight of her friend, was hustling back to the great hall. She made her way to the boys... alone... and was met by confused looks, and eyes peering around her to spot their fellow marauder.

"Where's Addy?" James asked.

"Um... she kind of... ran off..."

"Ran off?" Remus questioned.

"Is she okay? What happened?!" Sirius asked.

"Um. I think she's okay..uh..." Mary had to think fast. Only the boys would know what random place in the castle she would be holed up in, but she had to be careful about who she asked to help.

Sirius was out of the question. Peter was too clueless to be of any help. James might be okay, but Remus was always a very calming presence from what she had seen. When Mary was hysterical after Adelaide first got sick, Remus was the one who helped her stop freaking out and blaming herself. It was ironic really.

"Um.. Remus. Could you please help me find her?"

Remus looked surprised. "Me? Why not Sirius?"

Sirius looked confused. "Yeah, why not Sirius?" He asked.

"Ugh! Remus please just come help me!" She said quickly.

Remus looked hesitant, but eventually agreed to go with her.

Sirius was not happy about Remus going instead, but Adelaide had just vented about how much she hated him trying to protect her, so he thought it might be better to let her be for now.

"Oh we should grab her some food..." Mary said making her a plate, stealing some mashed potatoes off of James's plate.

"Hey! I was eating those!" James said, trying and failing to scoot his plate out of reach.

Once the two were out of the great hall, Remus asked, "Mary, what's all this about?"

Mary sighed loudly, running her hands over her face. "I don't think I can tell you. I don't think she even meant to tell me!" She exclaimed. She obviously had always thought Sirius had a thing for Adelaide, but never realized it could be reciprocated... although it could be someone else whose name started with an 'S'....

"Hmmm... and you said she ran this way?" He said pointing toward a corridor on the third floor. Mary nodded. "I think I know where she went... how about you head back, I'll talk to her."

"Okay... well don't forget the food." She said hesitantly, handing him the dinner plate.

Remus took the plate and made his way toward the painting of the wizards having a birthday party and mumbled the password. He walked in the hidden room to see Adelaide sitting on the floor against the wall with her arms around her knees, quietly pouting.

"Hey Ads... I heard you had quite the work out running up here.." he chuckled sitting beside her. He handed her the plate. "Mary said you'd be hungry..."

Adelaide briefly suspended her pouting to greedily inhale the food. "Thanks Moony." She muttered with her mouth full. She turned to see him looking quite pale and tired, she knew it was getting close to the full moon... and the start of the mandrake month. "Rem.. you don't look so good... you should really go to bed early.."