Chapter 5 : Sanctuary IX { Flashback }

[ FLASHBACK ]

"I'm Aria…"

Aria introduces herself, stretching her hand out towards Sirius.

"I'm Sirius.... How may I help you??"

Sirius replies with a skeptical look on his face.

"Everyone says that you are really troublesome, that you are selfish and proud."

Aria remarks without mincing words.

"Really??.. Tell me something else."

Sirius remarks with a raised brow as he tries to act tough but it was clear that Aria's words were quite offensive.

"Yeah and most of the kids I started talking with didn't really want me to come over here but I decided to cause I have something I want to tell you."

Aria replies as she begins to act shy as her legs turn inward and she bends her head down considerably.

"What's that?"

Sirius asks as he notices the change in her body language.

"Well I want you to stop acting like a jerk and hurting everyone with your antics so we can all get along cause I like you but I'd never want to be with you if you continue like this."

Aria says at the top of her voice almost bordering on a yell after which her face turns really red out of shyness and she scurries away before Sirius can say anything with the boy also going red in the face.

"Well that was just cute, you never told me you had an admirer."

A female voice could be heard talking behind Sirius with a chuckle.

Sirius notices the voice and thinks to himself that it sounds awfully familiar.

He turns round in the direction that the voice had come from which was behind him and comes face to face with Eliza smiling from ear to ear.

She was wearing a brown jacket with jeans looking radiant as always.

Sirius stared for a while as he felt something he had never felt before upon setting eyes on Eliza, it wasn't a childish attraction but something that bordered more on actually missing a person which was something he had never felt before, well not like this anyways.

It was almost as though he was happy to see her but he could not come to terms with that and immediately turned his face from her in a bid to shut down whatever emotions he was feeling.

"Really??... Not even a welcome or hey there, that's really harsh."

Eliza remarks with a tease.

"Go away, you haven't been coming to bother me recently and I was starting to get used to my quiet time. What made you come today??"

Sirius replies, trying his best to act like he normally did with his cold attitude.

Eliza let's out a sigh before going round the swing to stand in front of Sirius who immediately put his head down to avoid eye contact.

Eliza has a smile on her face as she bends her knees to try and see Sirius face

"I missed you… our little banter is starting to grow on me."

Eliza says with a calm voice.

"Pfft, stop trying so hard it's not working."

Sirius remarks averting his eyes.

"I think it's working and soon enough we'll be friends, I mean look what happened today it's clear to see that there are those who actually want to be friends with you but because of how you behave you end up pushing them away in the process.

I don't really understand what happened to you that makes you act out in such a way but I have a feeling that…"

Eliza trails off as she puts her hand out and places it on Sirius's hair with a current flowing through bringing Eliza to a sudden realization.

"Stay away from me!!"

Sirius yells as he immediately takes Eliza hand off of his head and pushes her back into the dirt.

"Okay that's it, I've had it with you!!"

Eliza yells out feigning a sense of anger as she gets to her feet and dusts her jean, her sudden change in mood shocks Sirius so much so that he got scared.

"I… told…. You…. To leave….. Me alone."

Sirius stammers as he attempts to leave the swing out of fear of what Eliza might do.

"Oh no you don't mister."

Eliza remarks as she grabs Sirius by the shoulder and both of them are immediately transported to another place completely startling the young boy as he closed his eyes tightly.

The nuns are taken aback with what just happened before them as Eliza and Sirius disappearing before their very eyes and immediately raise an alarm as they tried to alert security.

Most children are shocked beyond words as they just stand there watching the commotion confused on how to react as the nuns immediately grabbed them to take them inside to avoid a panic amongst the children.

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Sirius opens his eyes and is awed by what was before him; he was in a forest area with the sun shining brightly overhead and the birds chirping loudly as the trees stood tall all around him.

He turns to see Eliza resting on a tree staring at him with a deathly look causing him to step back and trip on a branch, falling with his buttock on the hard rock drawing a painful sound out of him.

"Scared, huh.. Well you should be."

Eliza says with a snicker as she begins to walk slowly but steadily towards Sirius drawing more fear from the child.

"W… where am I?? Where have you brought me??.. What do you want from me??"

Sirius asks completely taken in by fear.

"I've already told you what I want and if you don't give me what I want then I'm going to end you here."

Eliza says as she gets closer to him with each step she took.

"Stay away from you, just stay away from me."

Sirius begins to crawl back as he tries to get away from Eliza.

"Where do you think you're going, mister… get back here."

Eliza pounces on Sirius the moment she gets close enough with the young child screaming in terror as he felt her hands grab him and dig into his sides with her body weight being too much for him to bare causing him to crash into the dirt with a thud and immediately curl in on himself trying to save himself from whatever Eliza had planned for him.