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Breathe	By : Walrusstache Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female Views: 974 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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“Open up!” I pounded on the compartment door, looking for my cousin, Sirius Black. This was my one of my last train rides to Hogwarts, and I didn’t want to spend it with my crazy sisters, Bellatrix (also known as Bella) and Narcissa. (whom I call ‘Cissy’)
Giving up I pulled out my wand and unlocked the compartment door, giving it a big tug I slid in muttering under my breath, pushing my wavy hair out of my face in annoyance.
“Goodness, Sirius! Do you really think that I want to sit with them! “ I was indicating to my sisters, “And I can- oh, im sorry” There was Sirius, but also his three other friends, the Marauders. A blush spread across my deathly pale face. With the exception of a few freckles that seemed to have found their way to the base of my nose.
“ANDROMEDA!” Sirius exclaimed, getting up from his seat and giving me a huge hug. He picked me up off of my feet and swung me around, causing me to laugh into his shoulder. I hadn’t seen him all summer.
“Put me down you big oaf!” I giggled, trying to get away. He laughed along with me, putting me down on my feet. Being the klutz that I am, I swayed where I was for a second, then lost my footing, falling flat on my face. I giggled again, my face flushed. I hadn’t laughed this hard all summer. With my mother and sisters ranting about Pureblood power. And being elegant and noble, there was no time for laughing.
I got up and straightened my robes. I looked at Sirius’s friends. All in Gryffindor. But, me. I was in Slytherin. Along with the rest of my family. Though, I hated it. Slytherin wasn’t for me. Everyone was too power hungry.
“Andromeda Black, please to meet you” I stuck out my hand to a boy sitting right next to Sirius. He had messy black hair, that stood up in all directions, and grand hazel eyes. He scanned me for a moment. Starting with my middle back length black hair, then when he reached my the green serpent on my robes his eyes narrowed. They seemed to grow darker.
“James Potter I presume. I’ve heard much about you.” I smiled. I was used to people hating me before getting to know me. I was a Black. From an ancient and noble family. I was a Pureblood. I was the youngest sister of Narcissa and Bellatrix Black. I was supposed to be royalty here.

And I couldn’t stand it.

“Remus Lupin, pleased to meet you” I said as I stepped next to another boy, with sandy brown hair, with a few flecks of grey. He looked tired, though he took my hand gratefully, smiling. I moved along side to find the last boy.
“And Peter Pettigrew” I half-smiled. Peter didn’t seem to be a true Gryffindor. He just seemed to be there. I sat on the bench with Remus and Peter, facing Sirius and James.
“How was your summer, Andromeda?” Remus asked. I blushed. I wasn’t used to talking to people outside of my family. And Remus was, adorable you could say.
“Oh, the usual. I read, and, that’s all. It was a bore. Locked up in that house all day. What about you Sirius? How is Aunt Eleanor?” I sat straight up. Remembering the words of my mother. ‘Back straight, chin up, eyes forward, show pride you have the purest of blood’
Sirius and James shuffled in their seats, uncomfortable. Sirius looked up at me, his grey eyes sad.
“I left” he admitted. My eyebrows went up. It took awhile to register. Sirius? Left?
“Sirius, that’s...that’s...” I was too overjoyed to complete a full sentence.
“THAT’S WONDERFUL!” I screeched, raising from the bench and tackling him with a hug. He’d wanted to leave there for so long. I couldn’t blame him. That place was a hell whole. I thought my house was horrible. But, Aunt Eleanor could go on about having ‘the purest blood of all the land’ and ‘muggle scum’.
“ANDROMEDA!” screeched someone from the door. I spun around to face my mother, and sister, Bellatrix. Fear struck my face. My mothers face was maddened, and Bellatrix looked as if I were crazy.
“What are you doing?!” Bellatrix shrieked, “You are acting unlike a lady, and a Black for that matter! Hugging that ... blood traitor!” she spat out the last words in disgust, her eyes blazing at me.
“Bellatrix, hush” my mother said sternly. She walked into the compartment, eyes scanning the room, her face strict. Her eyes wandered to Sirius, and raised a black eyebrow.
“Now... Andromeda, what is the point of this childness?” She stood in front of me, meeting my eyes. I was lost for words. All I could do was not let the tears fall.
“I... I was... Mother, I can...” I stuttered. I was afraid I was going to fall backward from her putrid glare.
“When you learn to be a lady, you will meet me in the hall, and we will discuss your punishment” she nodded to Bella and then left the compartment.

I was to be punished.

I straightened up my robes, smoothed my hair, and wiped the salty tears from my face. I turned around to face the Marauders. I half-smiled.
“Im sorry you had to see that. I should get going now, I must be punished” I looked at Sirius, his face stern, telling me not to step out of the door.
“I will be fine Sirius” I reassured him. I nodded to the others, spun around and walked out into the hall.
“About time” Bellatrix smirked rolling her eyes. I stepped up to my mother. I tried to look confident, I stood straight, my eyes forward, my chin up. My mother looked at me with a grim expression. I was always the shadow of my sisters.
“Now,” my mother began, “Andromeda, what have we here? Hugging a blood traitor? What is next, greeting a Mudblood?” She looked at me in disgust.
“For your punishment, two weeks, you shall stay in your dormitory. I will have Bellatrix, and Narcissa watching you.” She looked at Bella and nodded. “Do you understand?”
“Yes, mother” I said instantly, still looking at the floor.
“Good, go back in there, and remember to act like a lady” She raised an eyebrow, waiting for me to respond. When I didn’t, she struck her hand across my face, her nails causing a deep cut on my docile cheek. For a moment I just stood there, and then the pain took in. I could feel the blood dripping down my face.
“Answer when I speak to you, girl!” My mother spat, “Now, leave!” She ended, walking down the corridor. I walked into the compartment, hand on my cheek.
“Andromeda! Are you alright?” Sirius jumped up from his seat, his expression angry but worried. I looked at the floor again. My signature move.
“Don’t worry, it’s just a scratch. Nothing bothered” I sat down on the bench, my hand still on my face. I had taught myself not to cry. I was used to much more than this. A scratch on the cheek? Nothing compared to other injuries, and scars that had not yet healed.
Im just a bad girl, I never do anything right a voice in my head said, which sounded awfully like my mother.
Two weeks in my dormitory? I have no friends anyway. Like It matters. All I do is study, and read. Though this was my sixth year. I did not have to worry about O.W.L.s or N.E.W.T.s.
“So, how did everyone do on their O.W.L.s?” Asked James.
“Well, I got Poor in Divination and a Dreadful in Herbology, but other than that I got Acceptable” replied Peter shrugging. He wasn’t the brightest kid around, “What about you James?” He squeaked.
James looked up, “Oh, mostly Acceptable and I got an Outstanding in Defense, oh and a Poor in Divination and Care of Magical Creatures, and you Sirius?” He looked at my cousin.
“Oh the usual,” He replied, “Acceptables, and one or two Poors, and I got an ‘Exceeds Expectations’ in Defense.” He looked at me, “What about you Andromeda?” This was what I had been dreading. I didn’t want everyone to know I was a ‘Smarty Pants’ as the Slytherins called me. I looked at the floor again.
“Mostly Outstandings. But, I did get a Exceeds Expectations in Divination, and in Care of Magical Creatures” I looked up and smiled. They almost looked shocked.
“Blimey, that’s like Moony’s dream” James said, laughing a little. I looked over at Remus.
“Well what did you get?” I asked him. He chuckled a little.
“Acceptable in Divination, and then four Outstandings, but the rest I got Exceeds Expectations” Well at least I wasn’t the only one who studied more than they should.
“You must have had the best scores in the whole year” said Peter, awestruck. Me? Best in the year? I had to laugh.
“Me?” I said through laughs, “No way, that will always be Lily Evans” The atmosphere changed. James smiled a little, Sirius groaned, and the others rolled their eyes.
“You just had to bring her up, didn’t you? You just had to” Sirius said to me, “Thanks little cousin, thanks.”
“Its only by three weeks give it a rest already!” I said dramatically. “Anyway, what is so wrong with Lily, you must know her, she’s in your house anyway”
“Oh, we know her” Remus said smiling, “James can’t get enough of her” he waggled his eyebrows. Lily. Lily Potter. Had a nice ring to it.
“Who’s there?” Sirius asked, when someone knocked on the door in the middle of my thinking. He opened the door, checking to see who it was.
“Oh, hi, come in” he said smiling. A boy in our year walked in. He had sandy hair, like Remus, though a little darker. His brown eyes sparkled, and he had a few freckles upon his slightly big nose.
My heart completely stopped.
I couldn’t help but stare. Butterflies started doing gymnastics in my stomach, my face felt hot, and my legs were clammy.
“Well, I thought I might stop by, see how you guys are doing” the mysterious, beautiful boy smiled, showing perfect white teeth.
“Oh, we’re good, just getting ready for Quidditch” replied James.
“Oh, really? Well, im sorry James, but, this year, Hufflepuff will defiantly win. We have a new Beater, Alex Ambercrombie” He smiled again, I felt the butterflies doing flips and layouts.
“Oh, well, I know one team that will defiantly not win” the boy said.
James looked puzzled, “Oh yeah? Who” The boy chuckled.
“Ravenclaw of course” He laughed again. My stomach kept on doing flips and turns. This boy had some hold over me. I forgot about being a lady. All I could do without totally losing it was to just stare. Hopelessly stare.
“Well,” the mysterious boy started, “I ought to be going, you know, time is Galleons” He looked down at me, noticing me at last, and raised his eyebrows. I smiled, laughing a little. I could feel my face turning the color of a tomato. It wasn’t my fault I was probably half albino.
“Hey, nice face” He laughed a little, smirking. I instantly reached up to where my cut was, and a flush of embarrassment rushed through me.
“I can fix that” he pulled out his wand and muttered something under his breath. The place where my cut was felt even hotter than the rest of my face, almost white hot. As he put down his wand, the pain subsided.
“There, good as new” he smiled that toothy smile again, and turned on his heel, opening the door, and walked out.
“Wait!” I called, not knowing what I was doing, I jumped up and poked my head out of the compartment door.
“Yes?” he turned around, facing me, our faces inches apart.
“Th-thank you” I smiled, looking at the ground again.
“No problem” he replied, walking away, smiling still. My breath was still caught. And the butterflies were still parading around my stomach, high on his laugh. As he turned away he turned around once again, noticing I was staring, and winked.
I let out the breath that I had been holding in since he walked into the compartment. I stepped back in, sat down, and smiled to myself.
A boy I thought. A boy noticed me, he winked even.
“Oooo! Someone’s blushing” Sirius nudged me in the ribs, shaking his eyebrows at me.
“Who is he?” I wondered.
“Ted Tonks, our year” James replied, “He’s HufflePuff Keeper. Captain this year, he’s a muggle born” replied James, looking at me as if I was about to look away in disgust. I could tell he didn’t fully trust me yet.
“Who cares what blood status he is?” I stated, “Just because im a Black, and Bellatrix and Narcissa are my sisters do you expect me follow their ways?” I questioned him.
“You’re by far the nicest Slytherin we’ve ever met” Remus said, smirking.
The rest of the trip consisted of games of Exploding Snap, trading Chocolate Frog cards, and for Remus and me, reading.
“OH!” Peter exclaimed, sending a Dumbledore card flying across the room and smacking me in the face, “There it is! I see it!” He stood up pointing at something in the distance.
I came around, looking to see what had happened. In the faint distance, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was glowing brightly.
“Well boys, and....girl, we’re home” James said warmly.

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