I am the Fat Lady and I am a portrait. I guard Gryffindor Common Room.
There are few perks being a portrait. Only a few.
The main one is people. I just love a good chat. I don't exactly get a good one, but I still get to say a few little odd things here and there.
Another perk is extremely handsome and charming boys. I just think they are adorable.
There have been three that I have absolutely adored - James Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin.
I was devastated when James died - he was the most handsome of the three. I was upset that I would never see his face again when he graduated, but then along came Harry who was just as good-looking as his father.
Remus Lupin was the cute one. I was so excited when he became a professor at Hogwarts because I just missed them all trudging up to the tower after hours and sometimes talking about things. When he came I said, 'hello' whenever he passed by.
Then, there was Sirius Black. He was the charming, most adorable one. He always gave me a compliment when he entered the tower. Then rumours flew along, passing from portrait to portrait, that he was a murderer, a traitor. I didn't want to believe it.
When Sirius was on the run, people were saying he was out to murder Harry. I, again, didn't want to believe it. But, I did.
I was just hoping that he would come to Hogwarts and sneak up to my portrait. It was terrible of me, but I had to see him again. He came, and I was so upset.
Sirius wasn't that cute little boy anymore, or that charming young man he was when he left. He was broken, shattered. He gave me a little smile when he greeted me. He was a little polite at the beginning. He muttered something as he left, something I never told Professor Dumbledore when he interrogated me.
He told me, before he left, something special, and that something still makes my heart melt.
I was relieved when he was found innocent after his death, even though I was saddened that he fell through that veil.
His last words to me still float through me like a warm summers' breeze.
"You are still beautiful."
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