secrets ↠ sirius black

02 - castle walls

"i know i've got a big ego, i really don't know why it's such a big deal, though"
--primadonna, marina and the diamonds.
[ 02 ; castle walls ]

The Headmaster's Office at Hogwarts wasn't as big as Phoenix had imagined it to be. Of course it was big enough, the whole castle was enourmous. Really big.

The little she had managed to see before having to head over to the office she was currently standing in, was quite the sight. It was fulled with corridors, doors to different rooms and staircases that moved.

Yes, now she understood why Brother talked so dearly of this School, and how it always had felt like home.

Her thoughts were soon interrupted by the sound of a door being closed. She turned around to face the person who had entered, but to her surprise, there were two men.

"Hello, my dear. I'm Headmaster Dippet,-He presented himself- and this is Professor Dumbledore" Dippet pointed his hand towards his companion, said man just gave a nod my way in recognition. I could already tell he was nothing but trouble.

"Good Night, Proffesors, I'm Phoenix Blackwell."

The Blackwells were a wealthy, pureblood, big family in the north of England, and of course they were solid followers of Brother. Being this the case, they had agreed to fake having one 'daughter' in case anyone asked, since they were one of the most speaked of muggle-hater families. And when I say agreed, I mean that they didn't have any other choice. Nonetheless, they would kill eachother for the chance of pleasing Brother, so it didn't take much convincing.

"Oh, yes. The new student- He nodded as he walked over to sit behing his desk - Dumbledore, this is the girl I was telling you about."

The other man, Dumbledore, was still standing exactly where he had stood when he entered the room.

"Blackwell, was it? I did not know Charles and Katherine had a daughter.

"Oh, that's because I was sent to study in France since I was a kid. " I smiled kindly, when the reality was that I wanted to kill him in that instant.

"In that case, make sure to give them my regards."

"I won't forget to, Sir."

"Well, well. With no further ado, Dumbledore, please grab the Sorting Hat from the shelf, we should hurry with this, so she can go to her common room and get some sleep before she starts classes tomorrow. Phoenix, you know we have four Houses here at Hogwarts, dont you?" I nodded at the question, of course I knew. "Well, there is Ravenclaw, for the loving of wisdom, Gryffindor, for the brave at heart, Slytherin, for the cunning and ambicious, and Hufflepuff, for the kind and hard working. The Sorting Hat, is the device with which we select every student to their most fitting House. All you have to do is put it on, let it read your thoughts and you'll soon know to which House you belong."

My eyes widened slightly at the thought of it reading my mind and announcing my real bussiness in this school.

I walked towards the chair Dumbledore was signaling me to sit and he put the Hat on my head.
'Oh my, it's been years since a mind like yours tried me on. Your brother, it was.
Remarkable, his mind was, and so is yours. Great minds, used the wrong ways. I see you have not came here to study, child, but that is not of my bussiness.' I sighed relieved at soon as it said it. All its words in my head, it was a strage feeling, to say the least.
'I'm here only to decide where you must go. And the answer to that could not be more obvious, the only place you truly belong to is the House of Slytherin'
'I know that, Hat. But if you were paying attention to my thoughts, you'd realise that is not where i need to go. I need you to put me in Gryffindor.'
'In Gryffindor, you say? Nay, you have of Gryffindor the same you have of Hufflepuff. Nothing. In Ravenclaw now...'
'No! I need you to put me in Gryffindor. Believe me, I don't want you to put me there, either, but i need you to. Just do it.'
'As you wish, young witch.

GRYFFINDOR!' It shouted the last part. My shoulders shrinked in relieve as the name of the House came out of his creepy mouth.

"Well isnt this unusual, Dumbledore? A Blackwell in Gryffindor! Who would have imagined it? " Dippet cheered as he clapped.

"Yes, unbelieveable it is. Come on then, Miss Blackwell, follow me, I'll lead you to your common room."

"Goodbye, Miss Blackwell. All the best of luck for you tomorrow." Was Dippet's farewell.

Once outside the office, in the corridor, we headed towards what I had assume was the Gryffindor common room.

"Well, Miss Blackwell, I'm the Head of Gryffindor House, meaning that when you have a problem or need to ask anything, feel free to come to me" He started "There also are prefects and Head Girl and Head Boy, being Miss Lily Evans and James Potter, they are in charge of monitoring everything and the have the authority to give detentions and take House Points, if needed."

I could not believe he had talked all the way to the common room, we had stopped infront of a painting.

-Password?- It asked looking at me.

-Oh,yes! I almost forgot, the password is caput draconis. You cannot tell the password to anyone outside Gryffindor members.

The door opened and we stepped inside. It was too warm for my liking, and I did not mean because of the fireplace the was infront of some sofas, but because of all the warm colours there was, so much orange, red and gold. It was disturbing, really. It was empty, which was also weird considering it wasnt that late.

-Normally, the dorms are devided in groups of four, girls to the right way of the staircase and boys to the left. However, you're arrival was not expected so you'll have a dorm to yourself, it is the last door to the right.

Yes, I internally screamed, no one to deal with or giving explanations to. Finally, I catch a break.

-Thank you, Professor.

Before Dumbledore left, he handed me my schedule and told me that if I had trouble finding the classrooms, I should asked the Evans girl. Once he was out, I headed up towards my dorm. It had a big bed, a desk, a waredrobe and a door to what I assumed was the bathroom, the basics. All my books and clothes were already here, as was my owl, Athena. I changes my clothes and layed in the bed.

Maybe this wasn't going to be so bad after all.

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Hello there, I'm so sorry I didnt update this in forever, really i just thought no one actually read it, so what was the point? Until recently, someone commented asking when i was going to update and that is actually what drove me to write this chapter, sorry if its messy or has any grammar mistakes, i'm writing this from my phone.
Until the next time,
Camila xx.