My Favorite cousin

Now, I would never tell anyone this but Sirius Black was always my favorite cousin. When we were little we would play together on our brooms or pretend we were soldiers in the war fighting for the side our parents were on, the dark lord's side. At that time, both of us were to little to know the difference or even know who the dark lord was or what he did. All either of us knew was our parents liked him so we did to. It wasn't until he grew up that he found out how bad our side was. He said that blood purity did not matter and that how impure out hearts were was the most important thing. Even if on the surface I showed every ounce of contempt I could muster, I was awed by his desire to stand up for what's right and I think some part of me agreed with him. I would never voice this part of myself though, because I saw how the family treated him because of his opinions. He was treated little better than house elves, and our house elves were treated pretty bad. I mean, they got their head chopped off when they couldn't carry tea. And who likes tea anyway? This is beside the point though. When Sirius was exiled, I knew I had to act like I hated him even though my heart broke inside. He wasn't snobby like the rest of the family. Well, he was pretty cocky but he wasn't haughty and rude. To be truthful, I also though his pranks were hilarious. Mom told me that I wasn't aloud to pull pranks because they were "unladylike". Well mom, is it also unladylike to kill innocent people and get locked up in Azkaban, because that's what's happening to me. Sirius is here also, apparently for killing 13 muggles and his friend. What was his name…PETER that was it. He was also charged for releasing the whereabouts of James and Lily's house to the dark lord. I personally think the court has gone daft. I know Sirius and he doesn't have the heart to kill, I kinda wish I was the same way. I also know he couldn't betray his friends so he really has no reason to be here. That's part of what's wrong with the ministry, accusing innocent people and shushing thing up they don't want known. I wish I could tell him this but he would throttle me before I got the chance. Why couldn't I have stuck up for him. Maybe if I told him I agreed things would be different and neither of us would be sitting here right now. Maybe then I would still have my favorite cousin.