reunion
Regulus and James walked through the door and were immediately greeted by laughter and joy. Sirius, Remus, Mary, and Lily were all sitting at the table playing a card game (Remus was winning like always). Remus and Sirius had come for a visit to see Regulus after he got back from Hogwarts. Sirius looked up from his cards with an angry expression on his face (because he was losing) but his expression faded into excitement when he saw Regulus standing over the table. Sirius slammed his cards down on the table and raced to give Regulus a hug. “I missed you, Reggie.” he said happily as he led Regulus tight. “Sirius, I can’t breathe.” Regulus gasped. Sirius let go of him quickly and looked at him with a wide smile.
“I missed you too, Sirius. I am surprised you’re so happy to see me though considering the last time I saw you you were screaming at us about me and James being back together.” Regulus said earnestly. “Well, that’s all water under the bridge now. I’m glad you’re back, little brother.” Sirius said, placing a hand on Regulus’ shoulder. “Me too Siri.” Regulus said with a small grim.
After a few hours Remus and Sirius went home and they sat down for dinner as a family. “Tomorrow is the meeting for the order so we should decide which of us should go and which of us should watch Harry.” Lily said, breaking the silence at the table. “Well, obviously Regulus has to go since it’s his first meeting, we could just bring Harry along with us so we could all go.” James suggested. “I guess that is an option but I think if we bring him along too many times it might affect him, all this talk about wars.” Mary said. Dumbledore had told Regulus about the order of the phoenix while he was still at Hogwarts. He had agreed to join as a spy in the death eaters but he hadn’t attended any of the meetings yet. “Why don’t me and James go this time and you two can go next time, that way we can relay any messages to you after the meeting.” Regulus suggested. Mary, Lily, and James agreed to this arrangement and finished their meal while chatting about Regulus’ final year at Hogwarts.
After dinner, Regulus volunteered to watch Harry and put him to bed while the other three cleaned up. Regulus rocked Harry to sleep in the rocking chair and then slowly ascended that stairs to put Harry to bed. He walked upstairs and saw three doors in front of him; the door to the left was his and James’ room, the door to the right was Lily and Mary’s room, and the center door led into Harry’s nursery.
Regulus gently pushed the nursery door open as he sang softly to Harry
Frère Jacques
Frère Jacques
His voice was soft and sweet as he sang to Harry,
Dormez-vous
Dormez-vous
He gently placed Harry in his crib as he continues to sing, covering Harry with a blanket gently,
Sonnez les mantines
Sonnez les mantines
Ding, Dang, Dong
Ding, Dang, Dong
Regulus gently closed the door behind him as he hummed the melody softly.