Regulus always thought that deep down his mother loved him and his brother even if the only proof of love they had ever received from her was their childhood teddies.
Both of the teddies they had were linked to the constellation they were named after. Sirius’ one was a black dog he named Canis and Regulus’ one was a lion he called Leo.
What made Regulus think that those were a piece of their mother’s love for them was the fact that when you pulled a string at the back of the stuffed animal, a lullaby would start and the voice singing it was their mother’s. It went a bit like this:
“Mon bébé si jolie,
Maman veille mon petit.
Ne crains rien,
Sèche tes pleurs.
Viens sur mon coeur.
Mon tout petit.
Tu auras bien le temps
Car certains sont méchants
De connaître les soucis
Et les chagrins durant ta vie
Tu es mon doux trésor
C’est toi seul que j’adore
Toi la raison de ma vie
Bébé joli
Oui mon tout petit”
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The day when Sirius left after their parents and maniac cousin almost beat him to death and Regulus couldn’t do anything but watch was the day Canis was left behind and its music box stopped playing. The music died and with it the last part of love Sirius had for his own mother. The death of the last proof of love between a mother and his son.
After this day Regulus went everywhere with both teddies, whether it was in his school bag, in both his pocket or in his room in the Slytherin’s dorm. One was to remind him of the dying love coming from his mother and the other in the souvenir of the love he once received from his brother. Sirius had found a new brother. He had run away to him. A brother much better than Regulus could have ever been
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The last time the music from Leo was heard was in the dark of a sinister and dreary cave. After the last note came out, both teddies were reunited in the sadness of the forgotten love from a family member. At last, a final message was spoken in the voice of both a brother and a mother saying to the young and now lost boy:
“Know that you were loved little king”