Chapter 5 : Sanctuary IV { Flashback }

"Help me get across to Sirius. If he continues on this path he is on, he will end up losing his way and falling into the wrong path.

Help me get across to him and save him from his own hands.

I know it's a lot to ask but you are the only one that sees something different from everyone else so I feel like you are best suited to help."

Rita remarks with a solemn look on her face.

"Well actually that won't be a problem, I was already thinking of helping out the moment I saw the pain in his eyes so your request just strengthens my resolve to reach out to him."

Eliza remarks, placing her palm at the back of her head.

"Thank you so much, Eliza… you really would be doing me a huge favor.

if Sirius were to lose his way, I'd never be able to forgive myself for not bringing him up in the way his mother would have wanted."

Rita remarks with a grateful look on her face.

"What do you mean by that??... Are his parents dead?"

Eliza asks.

"Unfortunately Yes. They died during the latter stages of the last war.

His mother entrusted him to me before she was attacked and killed, making me promise to raise him and take care of him like he were mine.

But so far I've been largely failing in that aspect as almost everyone in his class sees him as troublesome and proud, that's not a good tag to grow up with at such a young age."

Rita remarks as she heaves a sigh of frustration.

"I'll try my best to be friends with him, don't you worry about it."

Eliza says with a smile on her face.

"You really are a nice person, I hope that smile on your face never goes away."

Rita remarks with a smile of her own.

"I'll be leaving now, Goodnight Matron."

Eliza says.

"Alright then, Eliza… good night."

Rita replies with a nod.

Eliza gets up from her chair and walks out of the office, closing the door behind her and resting her back on it.

Several thoughts run through her mind as she rests her head on the door. Looking up, she thinks to herself if she would be able to get across to Sirius.

She doesn't think for long before she decides to go ahead with her plan after which she leaves the door and begins to walk down the aisle.

Rita sits in her office as she hopes that Eliza would be able to get across to Sirius and help him with whatever was causing him to act the way he was acting.

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LOCATION : DIVINITY PLAYGROUND, ROME, SANCTUARY

TIME : 4:30PM

DATE : 14TH APRIL, 2067AD

The same scenery of the previous day with the kids playing and nuns watching over them was the same today but this time there was a noticeable distance of the kids from the swing area.

Reason being that Sirius was there with no-one wanting to associate with him.

Those that ended up looking in his direction would pass hurtful comments to each other about Sirius with some of the comments reaching Sirius and causing him to get upset as he bent his head and squeezed the swing chain while trying not to let the comments get to him.

"Don't bother going over there, he is just a troublesome person."

A child remarks to his companions as he glanced in Sirius's direction.

"He's not nice at all, always acting like he is the biggest thing here."

Another child adds.

"He doesn't associate with anyone and always stays on his own, though I don't mind I mean who would want to be friends with him."

Yet another child chips in.

Soon enough even the nuns watching over the children began to gossip amongst themselves.

"He's such a stock up child, Lord knows how he can have such an enormous ego at such a young age."

A nun says with a look of disdain on her face.

"Don't think about it so much, That kid is just a whole bunch of trouble, we should just stay far away from him."

Another nun remarks as she gestures with her hands.

More comments pass around which infuriate Sirius more.

As he raises his head with a mind to hurt one of the kids that were making comments about him, He comes face to face with Eliza standing in front of him with a beaming smile on her face.

 "Hello."

Eliza remarks, stretching her palm out for a handshake.

"Who are you?"

Sirius asks with an complicated expression on his face.

"Oh yeah, I'm the person you ran into last night as you were in quite a rush, I wanted to call out to you but you were already long gone before I could."

Eliza replies, withdrawing her outstretched hand.

"Oh… so why are you here??... Came to ask me to apologize for running into you??.. If you did I'm sorry to tell you but I'm not apologizing, you were the one in my way."

Sirius says without mincing words as he got back into his previous sitting position.

"Oh no, not at all, I'm not here for you to apologize though it would be nice if you did, I mean it won't hurt to do so."

Eliza remarks with a shrug.

"Well I'm not doing so, so just leave me alone okay."

Sirius replies.

"Oh. Quick question, why?"

Eliza asks.

"I already told you, you're the one to apologize to me for standing in my way not me apologizing to you, got that?"

Sirius reiterates.

Eliza stares at Sirius for a bit with an odd expression on her face with Sirius looking back with a worried gaze though he tried not to show it.

What happens next comes as a surprise to Sirius as Eliza begins to chuckle catching the attention of some kids and also nuns who wondered why she was in the younger kids section without prior notice.