Sirius Business

"Dobby…" I say not believing my eyes. How could he. HOW DARE HE! The lifeless eyes staring into me had guilt pool in my chest. A letter was sticking on the head of the constant companion in my youth

and I tentatively grabbed it, opening it up.

'Dear Heir Black,

It has been such a long time since we last had a talk and I do miss them so. The weather at the manor had been wonderful recently and my new wife has been a delight around the house. There has been one problem though, it would seem that she found this house elf of mine quite repugnant. I didn't want to get rid of poor Dobby, he's been such a good stress reliever recently. I then had an enlightening conversation with the elf. It would seem that he's been helping you on your little rebellion. At first I was furious, as you can imagine. I was quite hard on the poor dear but I had an epiphany! Since you were such good friends with him I decided to send him to you. He wasn't of much use to us anymore I'm afraid but hopefully you can find him some work at House Black.

Sincerely yours,

Lucius Abraxus Malfoy

Lord of the Noble and Ancient house of Malfoy

Tears slipped from my eyes as I read over the letter multiple times before I threw it down and spat spells at it and screamed until my throat was hoarse. How could I have been so naive. I was expecting Lucius to strike back at us, but nothing like this. This was my fault, I didn't think about Dobby when I had secured me and Mother's safety. It had slipped my mind since he was always in the background and never came unless you called him.

I glance over and blanch at seeing his head staring back at me. His whole face was caked in blood and his eyes screamed that he died in pain. I didn't even notice Blaise sitting beside m with his arm around my shoulders.

I took a deep breath and suppressed my emotions. This was bad. Some family's could take sending a severed head as a declaration of war. I need to contact Sirius as soon as possible to know what direction he wants me to take with this. While I would like nothing more than to destroy the man, it's not my call. I get up and put Dobby's head back in the packaging. I walk out of the room and out towards the forbidden forest. I cast a spell to dig a trench and place Dobby's head in. A quick prayer later and I'm walking back to the castle.

"Ares, let me know what we are going to do about this." Blaise said still a little pale from the inhumane sight.

I nod and he walks in another direction. I decide to go to Snapes office since he called me. I honestly should tell him to reschedule but I doubt he would. With how angry he appeared if I were to not show, it would put me in a bad position with Dumbledore. Still emotional, I open the door and sit down across from the greasy bastard.

"Mr. Black, can you explain to me what lead up to my Slytherins seated at other houses tables today?" Snape said with a drawl.

"I would hope it was to sit with friends and family. Maybe they decided to chat up some girls from the other houses. Honestly I couldn't say." I tell him knowing damn well Lyra ratted me out to him.

"You blackmailed the council to break the rule! I knew living with that mangy mutt would lead to you making terrible decisions, I just hoped the teachings of you father would have held it off for a couple of years." Snape said with hatred in his tone for Sirius.

I snarled at the snipe at Sirius. I know that they fought in their school days but you would think he'd grow up by now. He looked at me with a raised eyebrow and said, "Oh do you have something to say? Don't like me talking about the filthy dog like the scum he is?"

I lose myself in my rage and lay into him, "How dare you talk about Sirius that way. To think the great head of Slytherin would speak like a common gutter rat. I'd heard you had been raised by a filthy muggle, but I thought the years in Slytherin would have corrected such behavior."

Snape stands up and looks at me with unrestrained fury and says, "100 points from Slytherins. Though I hate to take points from my house I'll make an exception for you. Never have I seen such terrible behavior towards a professor. Trust me when I say I'll be letting the headmaster and your housemates exactly what happened today.

I decided that I had already dug a hole for myself might as well jump in, "Do be sure to mention how pathetic you are when you tell it, I know I will."

"50 more points! Not another word Black!" Snape shouts as eyes turn bloodshot with rage. I get up and leave before I say anything else. Now I have a meeting to look forward to with Dumbledore, joy.

I walk to the library and find Hermione sitting down and reading like I thought she'd be. I grab a seat and say, "Go find Harry and tell him to bring the Mirror."

"Excuse you I was reading!" Granger said with an indignant tone. I snarl and she jumps back a bit, "I don't give a shit if you're reading the secrets of the universe. Go get Harry! It's important."

She scuttles off in a hurried tone and I run through Occlumency exercises as I wait for Harry to bring the mirror. Sirius had given it to him for his birthday so he could always talk to him whenever he wanted. It works like a phone, you say a password and wait for someone with a paired mirror to answer.

Harry carrying a big mirror runs up with Hermione and Ron and asks, "What's wrong Are's, I thought we were meeting to study tonight? Can't it wait?"

I scowl and grab the mirror ignoring his indignant squawk of, "Hey!" And set it up while saying, "Padfoot!"

30 seconds later, Sirius's face appeared on the mirror. Sirius glanced at my expression and asked, "What's wrong, has something happened?"

"Father decided to send me a surprise this morning and I need to know your opinion as Lord Black." I say in an even tone. Harry looked surprised and worried, he knew that whatever Lucius sent me wasn't good. Ron looked confused, a surprise sounded nice to him. Hermione was just staring in awe at the magic in the mirror.

Instantly, Sirius straightened up and had a solemn expression on his face, "Tell me what happened." He demanded.

"Lucius sent me Dobby's severed head by mail post. He said that he wanted to give him to us since we were such good friends. I wanted to know your thoughts on this since it could be seen as a declaration of war to some." I sound out while my voice cracks with emotion. Ron looked green at the thought, Harry looked at me with sadness, and Hermione shrieked about how someone could be so monstrous to send someone a severed head. I glare at Granger before shooting Harry a look, he nods and takes the both of them with him.

Sirius's face darkened. He knew what the elf meant to me and Mother since he had helped us so many times before. He waited a good thirty seconds in thought before saying, "Don't do anything yet. I know it hurts but we can't afford to take on Lucius with the pressure we're already receiving from the other Dark Families. Lucius just has to many allies that would jump at the chance to kill us. Let's be patient and strike him when we are in a better position."

I swallow and calm myself once more. I know it's the right thing to do but it still infuriates me. 'The day will come that I bring down Lucius' I repeat in my mind like a mantra. I nod my acceptance and say one more thing before ending our talk, "I need you to floo to the school tomorrow, I may have taken out some of my frustrations on Snape and I can imagine that Dumbledore will use this to attack me."

Sirius raises his brow and then barks out a laugh as I tell him what I said. He congratulated me for getting one over on 'Snivellous'. I say my goodbye and we end the call. I thank Harry for coming and let him know that practice is cancelled tonight considering the circumstances. He nods and brings his little posse away. I march up to the Common Room and instantly leave for my bed. I lay in bed and think over every interaction I've ever had with the lovable elf while I drift to sleep.

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