the welcome back feast, regulus pov
Regulus had slept for most of the train ride. how did the others do this every year? maybe he had slo slept because when ever he spoke the others would tease him about always messing up and forgetting english words, and just saying the french. he was still fluent in english, sometime he would just forget a word or two. what was the big deal?
He found him self thinking back to his meeting with his brother and his brothers friends. has sirius really not thought things would change after he left? had his idiot brother really thought things would just stay the same even in the black family?
Well his brother was a fool. things were different now. ever since sirius had run away, regulus had been the one going to the fancy ball’s and dinners. sirius had been burned of the family tree, the day after he ran away. regulus had been made to change school’s. leave the friends he had made back there.
Regulus had written to jules and louis over the summer, telling them he was changing school’s. the two boys had promised they would still send him letters. in each of there letters there had also been about how they thought they might confess to the other. regulus had written back that they should do it.
He also gotten a letter from a girl he had grown close to doing his school years, as they liked to study together. she had written that she would miss there study session, and that she would write if jules and louis ever got there head out there ass’s and got together. regulus had written back thanking her, and wishing her good luck in the next year.
Regulus thought that maybe this year wouldn't be so bad. he kinda already had friends. at least regulus thought that him and pandora where friends. he was also pretty sure that him and evan where friends. dorcas did not seem to hate having him around. and while barty might make fun of him, pandora has said that was how he was around his friends. but he would still miss beabatonx.
Regulus would miss walking down the lang halls decked out with beautiful paintings, and regulus would miss sitting in the study room that each year was given. he would miss studying while trying to ignore jules and louis very clear flirting. it had been going on for about 2 years now, and regulus was about ready to just have locked them in a room until they confessed.
Regulus had no idea what hogwarts would be like. sure he had heard stories from both sirius, and the people around him. in sirius stories hogwarts was the best, but half of what he had said was also just about his friends. also sirius had only talked about the gryffindor common room. and regulus did not think he would be joining sirius in that house.
Pandora and the others had also talked about hogwarts. in a more realistic light. they talked about it so it did not appear so shining and like it was the best thing ever. more like it was great, but had it flaws. he liked that much better, because no place, especially no school, had no problems. there would always be mean or annoying people.
Regulus was watching as the others put on ties of there house colors. he had been given a black tie to wear until he had been storted. one thing he still did not get, was the fact that the sorting had to take place in front of the whole school. who came up with that idea, and did they think about it for more then 2 seconds?
“Hey you have the same tie as the baby first years” barty said when he spotted regulus tie, he said it with the biggest gin on his face.
“Wait do you not know your house?” dorcas said as she tied her own green and silver tie. her, evan and barty all had those. slytherin, the one sirius hated and the one his parents wanted him in. also the one most of his family had been in. pandoras tie was blue and silver, and regulus wanted to be in ravenclaw for that reason. so he could get to wear blue again.
“No, my letter said to not go in the ehh bateaux with the first years, but ones i get to the school, i have to find professor mcgonagall, i think she was called” he said as he dug his letter out of his pocket.
“Don't go in the what, with the first years?” evan asked with a confused look on his face.
“The bateaux, you know the thing you use to get across water” regulus said trying and falling to remember the english word.
“Regulus mean boat’s, ev, bateaux means boat in french” pandora said and regulus nodded
“Ohh oauis, boat that what it is called” regulus said, while dorcas just shook her head as the train stopped and everyone began moving.
Following the rest of the group trough the crowed of students. some big man was yelling that the first years had to follow with him. regulus let pandora pull him toward what look to wagons that where driving by them self. climbing up and siting between pandora and the end of the wagon, regulus looked around at the other students. the wagon began moving one after an other.
He could see people in red and gold, gryffindor, the house sirius was in. silver and blue, just like pandora, silver and green like the others in his group. also people in yellow and black, wich was called hufflepuff, if regulus did not remember wrong. in groups people climbed up into wagon after wagon, as the next part of the journey to hogwarts began.
There wagon stopped and regulus stared up at the massive building that was his school now. beabatonx had been much smaller, both in size and the amount of students. regulus thinks that is probably had to do with the fact that beabatonx in half bloods and full blood
“So french boy” barty said throwing an arm around regulus as he jumped down “what do you think?”
Regulus found himself not wanting to shrug barty of all that much. that did not mean he was not gonna do it. “It is much bigger then beabatonx that is for sure” he said while look up, having to take a step back to take it all in.
“Yep, it takes some learning how to get around” pandora said, grabbing regulus arm. "let's go find professor mcgonagall”
And in to the large castle they went. regulus was looking around at massive painting on the walls. like the ones in beabatonx, only that these spoke english not french.
“Mr. black i don't seem to think that.. oh” regulus had turned around when his name was spoken. and there stood a woman dressed in green robes and a large black hat. see looked a little scary, but also sweet in her own way.
“Regulus this is professor mcgonagall. professor mcgonagall this is regulus black” pandora said while pointing at regulus and then the professor.
“Hello, mr.black, sorry about before you just ehm look alot lik-” and while regulus knew it was rude to interrupt a professor, he knew what she was gonna say, and he could not hear it
“Sirius, yeah i get that alot” he said rubbing his hand along his other arm.
“Well no matter come come this way, lets get you ready for the sorting” and left away was regulus by the professor to find his new house.
As he stood in the way back, a little away from the group of first years, he thought to himself that this could not be a good way to pick house’s for 11 year olds. like what if people change over the years? stupid, regulus thought to himself, tho not saying it out loud.
“Everyone ready?, well lets go” professor mcgonagall said pushing the doors to what she called the great hall.
And as regulus looked around at the great hall all he could think about was the many eyes on him. way to many, like wayyyyy to many. he hated this it really sucked ass.
Regulus had no time to look around. and admire the beautiful loft, that copied the weather out side. the weather that you could spot a little from out the large windows, at the top of the wall’s the beautiful stained glass that the windows where made out off. he was to busy first spotting his friends. after waving he turned around, to the other side of the hall.
And oh fuck. there sat sirius, his brother. around him sat a bunch of people. only 3 of them did regulus know who was. remus lupin, peter pettigrew and james fucking potter. with his stupid glass’s and his stupid hair.
The whole group stopped and regulus drew his eyes away from his brothers eyes. looking up at the front he saw a chair with a ugly old hat.
And this was really getting fucking weird. like cult like weird. was a hat going to decide what house regulus was going to spend the next 3 years in. even worse the next 7 years for the 1 years that stood in front of him. you could have so much change, in even just 3 years, let alone 7 years.
“And now we have a transfer, mr. black if you wouldn't mind” professor mcgonagall waived him up the little chair.
“Well another black, what shall i do with you” the hat spoke inside regulus head. “not gryffindor like you brother, no no, not hufflepuff your not kind enough for that” and regulus snorted a little at that. “I don't think you would fit in with the slytherins, there for you must be..”