Falling for the Unexpected (wolfstar)

Letters to You

During Sirius' eighteen years of living, there were countless times when he would stop to wonder if there was some sort of force or entity (a God, like many people believed), that was greater and more powerful than everything else and controlled the world and all its living beings. He also wondered what the hell did he do to piss it off so much.

The day Sirius talked to James and told him everything, him and Remus didn't get to have their usual night encounter at Sirius' chambers. Remus had been too caught up in work till really late that night and Sirius had an early date planned.

The next morning, Sirius woke up at 8 AM and got ready for his date with Dorcas. He picked her up at her room and they took a pleasant walk by the gardens, talked about her home life, and then watched a movie later.

Despite Sirius' constant wishing that he was actually with Remus during the entire time, Dorcas was a lovely girl and he really enjoyed her company, so everything actually went well and they had a really good time.

However, as if to confirm Sirius' theory that he had been cursed by some evil being (possibly his mother) and was incapable of staying in a good mood for too long, his state of spirit was disturbed as soon as he stepped into his bedroom after the date had ended.

Standing in the middle of the room was Orion, golden crown framing his giant bald head in a way he probably thought looked respectable. Walburga hadn't bothered to wait for Sirius' permission and was sitting in the middle of his bed.

However, Sirius only noticed something was happening when he spotted Regulus next to the wall. The boy looked extremely uncomfortable, and Sirius saw something like sympathy in his eyes when he raised his head to look back at him.

"Great, you are here!"

Walburga's voice echoed through the room as soon as Sirius closed the door behind him, and his eyebrows frowned in confusion as he saw the satisfied look on her face.

'Regulus looking like he wants to disappear and mother looking like it's the best day of her life,' the thought crossed his head, 'No good can come from this.'

Unfortunately, he was right. He proceeded to take off his shoes and put them inside the wardrobe, his eyes never leaving his mother.

"What is going on?"

"You see, Sirius," it was his father who talked this time, looking intently at him, "Your mother and I were discussing, and we both agreed that this Selection is progressing quite...slowly."

Sirius' eyes immediately widened and his heart quickened as he tried to come up to reasons why Orion was starting that speech, but none of them were good. A terrible feeling started to grow at Sirius' gut and he glanced at Regulus once again, only to see his brother looking even more distraught.

"So, she gave me an incredible idea. Really, I don't know how we didn't think of it sooner. But it doesn't matter now. The thing is, we came here as a family to announce you of the decision we made."

Sirius' began diverting his eyes from his father to his mother, the sickness he was feeling growing by every passing second. No. He couldn't possibly mean...

But Sirius' greatest fear was confirmed when Walburga stood up and looked at him. Her eyes were gelid as usual, but something about that moment made him shiver like never before.

"We are giving you three women to choose from between those fifteen, the ones that seem more...adequate to fulfill the role of queen and that will provide us the best status and advantages. You have ten days to choose. We are announcing the end of The Selection by the end of the next week."