Secrets of an Ancient Lineage

— A total outlier, Sirius huffs, watching you from a distant table. — You don't laugh, you don't get angry... are you even alive?

You remain silent. Inside, there is only eternal permafrost. The ancient Black magic—a curse that has sealed your heart.

— Let me guess, James interjects with a wink. — Padfoot is already getting on your nerves with his interrogation?

Somewhere behind you, Snape's chair creaks. He hasn't taken his eyes off you, sensing a foreign secret. Lily exchanges a look with him but stays silent.
And Lupin, it seems, suspects. He sees it: you will break. Or Black will. Or the ancient evil sleeping in the dungeons, where the professors (led by McGonagall and Dumbledore) have long been awaiting a catastrophe.