4 The Party
Two days passed by rather quickly and it was time for Heir Potter's party, Arcturus is currently looking at his reflection in the mirror.
He wearing a completely black suit with an emerald green tie to match his eyes.
He holds a small white box in his hand with James' present inside.
"Master, It's time for you to leave for the party", Guppy says before popping away again.
He nods before walking to the fireplace.
-- Sirius POV --
"I still can't believe you invited Archie", he says with a sigh.
Remus, James, and Lily look at each other before looking back at him, "You're the one that hasn't shut up about him for the past year", Remus says with a small smile.
Lily jumps into the conversation, "He's four years old, regularly sits in the Wizengamot meetings, and is the only family member of yours that you actually like, of course, we want to meet him"
They all look over as they see a boy walk out of the fireplace.
-- Arcturus POV --
To say that the Potters loved being Gryffindors would be an understatement, their manor was filled with red and gold decorations with a large Gryffindor emblem on the wall.
Walking past several unimportant people, he arrives in front of the main group, "Heir Potter, congratulations on your fifteenth birthday, here is a gift from my house to yours", he says while holding out the small white box.
To say that Lily, James, and Remus were surprised would be an understatement, sure, they've heard the stories of the boy attending Wizengamot meetings but it's an entirely different story seeing a four-year-old talk to maturely.
James takes the box with a hesitant smile, "Thank you for attending my party, the gift is much appreciated"
Opening the box, Potter sees a small vial with a gold substance, "Felix Felicis", He says with great astonishment.
Felix Felicis, also known as liquid luck, temporarily greatly increases the drinker's luck but in large doses can be very dangerous to the person's mental state, it sells for roughly ten thousand galleons.
"That's one expensive present", Sirius says but it quickly ignored by his brother.
Arcturus looks at the other two people standing nearby, "You must be Remus Lupin, a pleasure", the boy holds out his hand which is quickly held by the older boy.
"It's good to finally meet you, your brother won't shut up about you", to these words, he receives a small hum from the small boy.
Looking upon the auburn-haired beauty, Lily wears a one-piece blacks dress that has a slit up the right side that shows off her thigh, "I'd ask for your name but I don't think a name exists for someone so beautiful"
A small blush from the compliment appears on her cheeks as she smiles widely at the boy, "Lily is my name, thank you for your kind words"
Sirius grins at Lily's bashfulness, "Archie, you must stop teasing the poor girl, she looks like a tomato" but he notices that he's ignored again.
"Unfortunately, due to our size differences, I can't ask you to dance, but would you do me the honor was sitting down and having a conversation with me?", the boy says while looking upon Lily.
She nods and sits at a nearby table with him, "I think he just stole your girl", Remus says while laughing at James.
-- Marauder's POV --
James looks at Sirius, "Is your brother mad at you, he's been ignoring you since he got here?"
Sirius just shakes his head, "I don't know, when he separated four weeks ago, everything was fine"
"Sorry to change the subject but I can't believe he gifted you a Felix Felicis potion, those are worth a small fortune", Remus interrupts.
The two boys nod, "Truthfully, I expected him to be an arrogant child since he's a genius pureblood that's spoiled rotten from what Sirius told us but he's like a breath of fresh air... it's like he says the words other people are too afraid to say", James says while pocketing the potion.
-- Arcturus POV --
An hour passed by quickly and it was time for me to leave, after chatting with Lily most of the night he found the girl quite likable.
Before he can take his leave, he feels a hand on his shoulder which turns out to be Sirius, "Archie, did I do something wrong?"
Arcturus gets visibly angry which is new to Sirius as his little brother is normally calm and collected, "You spout shit and regularly hate on our family of how they hate and discriminate against others but your no better, I've heard the stories of you belittling and bullying a boy named Severus and for what? because he's a little different... You're a hypocrite who betrays his own words and a coward who befriends others that do exactly the same thing his family does", He says loud enough for all to hear before storming towards the fireplace and leaving.
-- Sirius POV --
To say he felt like shit would be too small of a word to describe it, everything his brother said was the truth and even though he knew it, he didn't want to admit it to himself.
He spent his life trying to not follow in his family's footsteps, and in a way, that's exactly what he did... he belittled, bullied, and berated Severus for no reason other than he thought it was fun.
He held his head in his hands, too afraid to look anywhere else in case he saw his reflection and saw his father.
-- Arcturus POV --
'Another exhausting day', truthfully, the boy couldn't care less if Sirius wanted to bully others but he hated hypocrites.
After a few hours of meditation, he looks at the timetable he set up for himself, "This is gonna be a long three years of repetitive BS"
"Welp, time to get to work", he sighs tiredly.
-- Three Years Later --
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