its useless
sirius leaving was all regulus could think about on the train back to “home”. he ran away during the summer leading into regulus’ 5th year a hogwarts, leaving regulus in that place. he didnt even ask him if he wanted to go. he never contacted him after. the entire school year he ignored regulus. except over winter break.
sirius and his friends decided to stay for whatever reason. regulus stayed for obvious reasons, along with him becoming an animagus. his only friends that were with him were evan, barty, and pandora. reg was third-wheeling most of the break while pandora was off with some mysterious lover.
regulus was complaining, per say, but whenever he tried to be alone, his friends would follow him. they knew about his plan to become an animagus and were going to follow in his footsteps over summer break the following year.
it was a rainy morning in the great hall, only some students scattered around, sirius and his friends, and reg and his friends. he was peacefully reading when all a sudden a letter landed in front of him. the owl that dropped it off was loud white flying away which attracted a lot of attention.
he looked down at the red letter in front of him.
it was signed by walburga and orion black.
it was a howler.
he was supposed to go home for winter. walburga was planning for him to get the dark mark. he didnt want it.
he looked up at his friends in a silent panic.
“open it. see what the whore has to say,” evan said, in a cold tone. he clearly didn't realise it was a howler.
regulus slowly opened it.
then it started
“REVATI IRMA BLACK. YOU ARE IN BIG TROUBLE. YOU BETTER COME HOME AT ONCE OR CONSEQUENCES WILL ENSUE. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MANY SOURCES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN FRATENIZING WITH THE ENEMY. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. FIRST YOU STARTED WITH THE “BOY” NONSENSE, THEN YOUR GRADES STARTED SLIPPING, AND YOU ARE DEFENDING YOUR IDIOTIC BROTHER? WE DO NOT TOLERATE THIS BEHAVIOR.
YOU WILL BE PUNISHED AS SOON AS YOU GET HOME. YOUR GRADES BETTER BE PERFECT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. WE DONT WANT THIS BOY THING IN OUR HOUSE EITHER.
WE HAVE TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR DESTROYING ALL OF YOUR PANTS AND SHIRTS AND REPLACING THEM WITH SKIRTS, DRESSES, AND BLOUSES. ANOTHER LETTER WILL BE UNDER YOUR PILLOW DISCUSSING FURTHER PRIVATE ISSUES.
WE HOPE YOU ARE MAD, WE JUST WANT TO PROTECT YOU.
FROM,
WALBURGA AND ORION BLACK.”
the whole hall went more quiet. regulus could hear people's stares. he felt the tears welling up in his eyes.
how could they do that to him?
he got up quickly, grabbed him book, and stormed out of the great hall.
today was the full moon so he would almost been done with his process.
he ran to the dungeons but heard footsteps behind him. he recognized them, it was sirius.
“regulus wait.” he said.
regulus kept running.
“please reg, i want to help.” sirius said in a frantic, pleading tone.
at the nickname, regulus stopped. he hadnt been called that by sirius since he was a kid.
regulus turned around to face him. he pulled a notebook out of his satchel.
what do you want from me, sirius?
he wrote
“i want to get you out of there. why arent you talking??” he replied
thats none of your concern. i dont know why you care so much anyways. you already left me there. might as well let me die there.
he wrote quickly. he turned his feet and started walking away.
“im sorry. if it gets bad, the potters is always open.”
regulus scoffed and went down into the dungeons. he entered his dorm and as walburga said, there was a letter on his bed.
he sat down on his bed with the letter in hand. he what the contents would withhold. he was scared anyway.
he opened it and started reading.
hello revati.
as you know, you are expected to come home this summer. our family will not be disgraced again. you will get the dark mark the first week, whether you like it or not. after that we will lock you in your room where you will get your punishments.
toujours pur.
he was fucked
“regulus”
he heard someone whisper
“REGULUS!”
“REG!? ARE YOU WITH US??”
suddenly he remembered where he was. he was on the train home still.
“yeah my bad.. what were you saying ev?” he replied once he was sure he could.
“i said we are almost there.. just remember what your brother told you.”
“right yeah of course.” he replied. he had been taking what sirius into accountability. maybe staying with james wouldn't be that bad…
the train squeaked. he looked out the window and saw his parents staring at him.
“well.. wish me luck?” he said, trying to hide the fact that he was scared.
“good luck lil bro.” barty replied before pulling him into a hug.
he grabbed him bag and started for the door.
“reg wait.” sirius stopped him, putting his hand on his shoulder.
“what do you want.” he replied, trying to at like he didnt miss sirius dearly.
“be safe. the doors are open for you wherever.” sirius replied
regulus nodded and stepped off the train.
he found his parents immediately.
once he got to them he turned around and made one last look behind him. james’ family was there.
he felt a hand on his back and flinched.
suddenly he was in the black manor foyer.
“CRUCIO!!” was the first sound he heard.
it was coming out of his moms lips. he felt it hit him hard. he collapsed onto the floor and started screaming in pain. he couldnt form a coherent thought and kept shaking. it felt as if i had been hours before she stopped.
“you still look like a boy. the dark lord will not be happy. he is coming tomorrow for you. you better look beautiful.” orion said with no emotions as if regulus had been tortured two seconds ago.
“imnot a girl.” he muttered under his breath.”
“excuse me?” walburga said, raising her voice.
“I SAID IM NOT A GI-” he got cut short by the pain being back
“CRUCIO!!”
he blacked out.