Characters
Regulus Black/James Potter, Regulus Black, Harry Potter, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, James Potter, Peter Pettigrew, Lily Evans Potter, Mary Macdonald (Harry Potter), Marlene McKinnon, Dorcas Meadowes, Nymphadora Tonks, Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes, Frank Longbottom, Evan Rosier, Barty Crouch Jr., Rita Skeeter, Pandora Lovegood, Pandora Lovegood/Xenophilius Lovegood, Xenophilius Lovegood, Euphemia Potter/Fleamont Potter, Alice Fortescue, Narcissa Black, Bellatrix Black, Mary Macdonald/Lily Evans Potter, Rabastan Lestrange, Barty Crouch Jr./Peter Pettigrew/Evan Rosier, Ted Tonks, Andromeda Tonks, Alice fortescue/Narcissa black, Frank Longbottom/Rabastan Lestrange, Bellatrix Black/Rita Skeeter, Andromeda Tonks/Ted Tonks, Valkyrie Leonis Lupin, Primrose Evelin Crouch-Pettigrew, Calypso Piper Crouch-Rosier, Felix Beau Rosier-Pettigrew, Luna Regulus Lovegood, Damian Milo McKinnon-Meadowes
Summary
Non-canon-compliant fic! The First Wizarding War ends after Evan Rosier, Pandora Rosier, Barty Crouch Jr and Dorcas Meadowes finish what their best friend Regulus Black couldn't; destroying the horcruxes and killing Voldemort. Now, everyone has to navigate life in the aftermath of a war, and some a life without loved ones.
Note
Bittersweet. That's what this entire fic is so get ready, dear readers
Sometimes The Fire You Founded Don't Burn The Way You'd Expect
April 20, 2025 at 08:24 AM
December 1st, 1981
Azkaban Prison
Walburga sat in her empty, cold cell; trying with all her might to block out mental imagery of her youngest son. In vain, of course. Regulus wanted her to suffer. She deserved to.
For months, maybe even years now, she'd been plagued by visions of August 25th 1978, the day she had watched her son play the piano for the party of Deatheaters and The Dark Lord himself they were hosting, his hands stained red with the blood from an earlier punishment she’d given him; the blood of the Black heir staining the piano keys. Regulus had refused to break eye contact with his mother out of pure anger at her. Childish anger.
Ridiculous boy.
Her ridiculous boy.
Hers.
Her Regulus.
Her son.
Hers. Hers. Hers.