What is Love?

The one with the memories

Lissabeth Black never knew what love was. She never had anyone to show her what love was. In fact she never really had anything. Anything except her older brother Sirius Black.

Sirius was only a few months older than her but they were in the same year at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. He had four amazing friends who supported him in almost every situation. Lissabeth was a loner, She spent most of her time in the library reading books about famous Witches and Wizards who did great things. She had no friends, nobody to laugh with, nobody to help her when she was hurt. She was alone.

"Lissabeth? Why are you here?" Sirius asked coming to sit at her table with the other Marauders behind him

"I WAS reading Sirius. Why are you here?" I ask looking at him as James Potter sits beside Sirius

"We needed to do a little more research for our map" James answers smiling at Remus Lupin, who's sitting next to me

I look at the four of them before looking down at my book again. I can feel them all looking at me. I hear James whisper something to Remus and I blush staring at my book. I look at Peter Pettigrew who hasn't said anything.

"Peter, what is it you need for this 'Map' of yours?" I ask quietly

"Well, we need to know how to bewitch the map. And Sirius told us maybe you could help" Peter says nervously

I hold out my hand and wait for someone to give it to me. Remus is the only one who picks up on my que and places the map in my hand after taking it from James' bag. I open it up and look at the empty parchment.

"I got-" James saterts before I cut him off

"I solemnly Swear that I am up to no good" I say pointing my wand at the center of the parchment.

I watch the movement on the map and don't see anything unusual. James and Remus are looking at me confused. I look up from the map at the four of them, shaking my head.

"I don't see the problem Sirius" I say quietly

"We need it to close so only we know how to open it" Sirius says looking at me nervously

I look between the four of them and they all look at me pleadingly. James and Remus smile at me and I blush a little before looking back down at the map. I have had a crush on James since the start of third year but I slowly fell for Remus after James started chasing after Lily Evans. We're about halfway through the third year and only now am I speaking to the Marauders at the same time.

"You can try 'Evanesco' and the Homunculus charm. Nothing else comes to mind other than those but they should work" I say pointing to the map and casting the spells. "Mischief Managed".

Sirius takes the map back and looks at it, then me.

"Reveleo" James says pointing his wand at the parchment

They all huddle around the table across from me and I watch the words appear on the parchment.

"Messrs. MOONEY, WORMTAIL, PADFOOT AND PRONGS offer their complements to Severus Snape and request that he keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business" Peter reads aloud for us all

I smile at Sirius who looks like a kid in a candy store. He comes around the table to give me a hug but stops when he sees the bruises I have on my collarbone. I think the others see it too because they seem worried. Sirius looks at me Seriously before pointing at my vest.

"Take it off, Now" He says making me nervous.

I take off my vest and roll up my sleeves making them all gasp in shock. I wait for them to calm down before putting my vest back on and gathering my books.

"Why are you covered in bruises? Who did this to you?" Lupin asks worried

I ignore the question, grabbing my bag and walking away. I can hear them all behind me so I walk faster towards the Gryffindor tower. I feel a hand grab my wrist causing me to wince. I turn around and James holding my hand nervously.

I pull my hand away and Wait for the others to catch up to us.

"Lissabeth, I'm your brother. You need to tell me what happened" Sirius says looking at me

"You want to know what happened. Our Parents happened, Sirius. I broke mothers vase and she made father use the cruciatus curse on me after she pushed me down the stairs and slapped me a few times. I begged for them to stop but it wouldn't Two hour. That's how long I was under the spell" I say before trying to walk away.

Sirius looks at me with tears in his eyes. I look at the other three who are as pale as Nearly Headless Nick. I wipe my face and continue walking to the tower, not bothering to stop when Lily and the rest of the Gryffindor girls called my name. I get to the tower and run up to the girls dormitory and change into a sweater and sweatpants with the Gryffindor logo before going and sitting in front of the fire in the common room. What seemed like moments after, McGonagall bursts in with Dumbledore, and the Marauders and Lily behind them. McGonagall sits next to me on the couch and explains what she needs from me. She says I have to show her and the headmaster my bruises and tell them what happened, truthfully if I want them to help. I Nod and stand in front of dumbledore and show them all of the bruises and I tell them exactly what happened. I flashback to when it happened as I tell them about it.

I was walking downstairs to get the mail when I tripped and fell into the shelf that was holding mothers vase. It fell, hitting the floor and shattering. Mother came from her study to see what the noise was. She saw her vase and me standing behind it.

"You selfish little rat!" She said lunging at me causing me to tumble down the three flights of stairs, hitting every part of my body as I went. I finally stopped falling and got to my feet only to have mother and father behind me holding their wands at my chest.

"You will learn to respect other people's property" Mother shouts at me

"CRUCIO" Father says as the spell hits my chest and I fall to my knees screaming in pain.

It felt like a million knives were being pushed in and out of my body. I kept seeing my worst fears playing like a movie right before me. I screamed and screamed but nothing happened. Eventually the pain stopped and mother kicked me as she walked past going into the kitchen. Father stood over me and spit in my face before walking to join mother.

I cried in my room for a few minutes before cleaning myself up and getting my trunk ready before I needed to leave for the train.

I look at everyone in the room and they all are speechless. James clenches his fists as he stares off thinking about what I just said.

"Mr Potter, Would you mind sending for your parents?" Dumbledore asks

"Why does James need to send for his parents? What are they going to do?" I ask nervously

"They are going to get you out of that hell hole. Your parents will be sent to azkaban for this" James says Protectively

I smile slightly at the thought of them rotting in that prison.