in which Sirius discovers he has a sister, who falls in love with an idiot
"If I'm the sun, what does that make you, you're certainly not the moon." He laughed
"Maybe I'm the gravity that holds everything down?" She smiled that self-deprecating...
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The Sorting
July 13, 1995
"Sirius?" It was the little things his sister did that reminded him of Regulus, he would always knock before entering, never liked conflict, and always needed their mother's approval. She always knocked, saying that it was only polite, when someone raised their voice she always covered her ears, trying to get away from it, and the look. The look on her face when she did something that was obviously "Not appropriate for an heir to the Black name to do"
"Yeah come on in Kiddo," Sirius always tried to put on a smile for Eridanus, but they both knew it was fake.
"What if I'm sorted into Slytherin? Will you be mad?" Sirius often voiced his hatred for Slytherin around the house, mostly because of their parents,
"Eri, I don't care if you're a bloody Hufflepuff, weak little gits," he muttered under his breath, only to be smacked on the arm for it by his sister
"Hey! Ryder and Tonks are Hufflepuffs. Be nice."
"The point is, I don't care what house you're in, as long as you're happy with it Eri." The teen nodded and turned to walk away, wanting to go read with Hermione. "Eridanus, hold on a moment!" Sirius caught her arm and pulled her back into the room "I'm here if you wanna talk about it."
"Talk about what?" Eri cocked her head to the side, in a questioning manor
"The day you found Mu- Walburga. It must have been really hard for you, and you were so little-" Eridanus turned on her heels and booked it out of the room. "Yeah, I run away from tough conversations too."
Eridanus Black's hair always stayed at a moderate length, her magic making sure it didn't grow too long. That wasn't to say she liked having her hair long, no, she had tried to cut it, use slicing charms on it, anything and everything she could have thought of, Eri had done it. Now she was sitting in her room, Ginny and Hermione on either side of her, both trying to figure out what to do with her chestnut hair.
"If I may, ladies?" Regulus' voice came through the portrait making Hermione and Ginny turn to look at him, Eridanus only rolled her eyes at him through the mirror. "Curls, and maybe a plait wrapped into a bun at the back of her head using her bangs?" Ginny began to work on the left side of her head, Hermione her right. Soon straight pin locks were turned into beautiful ringlets. Ginny did the bun and Hermione ran through her hair that was left down, loosening her curled locks a bit
"He's good Eri" Ginny laughed as the girls inspected their work
"Yes but we did all the hard work, Gin" Hermione smiled. All the girls laughed and Ginny picked out a dress for Eri to wear, Dumbledore was bringing the sorting hat to the house and everyone was going to watch Eridanus be sorted for the first time. Nobody would tell her what the hat was like though, Sirius kept his mouth shut, and told everyone else not to tell her. He wasn't gonna miss out on watching the amazement on her face as she was sorted, just like he did with Regulus.
