It was a half-joking suggestion of Mother Slaughter's, him finding the graves of Bod's first family.

"I wouldn't expect you to understand the artistry required for painting," Lily sighed, returning to her work. Sirius would prove her wrong if it was the last thing he did. Total lighthearted, fluffy, Marauder-era oneshot.

Marauder-era, AU. It is the Marauders fifth year at Hogwarts and a year of change. Amid tensions in her home country, an exchange student program places Chilean witch Elena Torres at Hogwarts. Shy at first, she soon grows accustomed to Hogwarts and to her potions partner, Sirius Black, among other things.