Have you ever wondered what happened BEFORE Harry Potter? This is the story of Sirius Black. "James said nothing for a moment. Sirius hoped he wouldn't say anything at all. He hadn't meant to say it aloud, hadn't wanted his friends of five minutes to know how messed up he was, but after watching how carelessly the Slytherins had treated the whole matter of blood status, he'd needed to make it clear. What if the Gryffindors did the same thing? What if the moment they stepped into their own Common Room, everyone found out who he was related to?"