Vega Black II

## Vega Walburga Black

**Vega Walburga Black** (born 1962-1990) was an English pure-blood witch and the only daughter and youngest child of Orion and Walburga Black. As a little girl, Vega was very obedient. She listened and believed everything her parents said to her, including their hatred towards muggles and pure-blood ideologies. She was very fond of both her brothers, Sirius and Regulus, especially Sirius. She was absolutely oblivious to Sirius's views against their parents and was devastated when he left 12 Grimmauld Place forever. After he left, she had made attempts to write letters to him, but it seemed as if he had forgotten about her and never wrote back.

She attended Hogwarts from 1973-1979 and was sorted into Slytherin House. Her parents were delighted by her sorting as most members of the Black family were sorted into Slytherin. She was a very shy girl and made only a few friends at school. She was close with another Slytherin girl, Amber Nott. She and Amber stayed friends for many years and was one of the only people invited to Vega's funeral. When she was at school, Vega once again attempted to talk with Sirius, but to no avail. During her third year, she gave up all hope and concluded that he probably didn't want tt talk to any of his family members again.

The year she graduated, her brother Regulus died. She was absolutely grief-stricken and therefore started failing some of her exams. She continued studying though, and ended up just passing all her tests at the end of the year. She continued to mourn Regulus throughout her life. Evidence in her diary suggests that even as she got older, she often thought of Regulus and his death. She never 'got over' his death and never recovered from the initial shock of him dying. Sirius leaving and Regulus's death lead her to decide to live a quiet life.

After she graduated Hogwarts, she got a job working in a little shop in Marylebone in London. She worked there for many years and lived in a small house that she bought after earning some money. Her parents were extremely disappointed that she had decided to work in a shop with muggles and not find a proper wizarding job. They even considered disowning her, but in the end, they never did. She didn't shed at tear at either of her parents' funerals, but she didn't know why.

When Vega found out that Sirius and his family moved in after Walburga died, she had thought to visit her, but she had already let go of hope before she tried as she thought he would have already forgotten about her.

In December 1989, she contracted an illness. After being treated for 10 months, the doctors weren't able to do anything, so there was no choice but for her to die. She wrote out her will. In it, she said that she wanted all her personal belongings to be returned to 12 Grimmauld Place, sell her house and give everything else to charity. She only wanted a couple of people to attend her funeral, and she stated that it was fine if no one wanted to attend. She saw death as a happy thing, that she would get to meet Regulus again. So at 10:43 A.M. in June 1990, Vega Black was officially proclaimed to be dead. Her funeral was attended by Amber and Sirius's family. Sirius had finally received her letter and he had regretted not replying to her letters before. He made sure that Vega would remembered. In her honour, he named one of his grandchildren after her.