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"Good bye my darling."
The voice was barely audible and the soft glow above Alex faded to nothing.
There was no response heard from Alex, he just sobbed on the floor, completely broken.
He does his best to compose himself before getting in his car.
He drives to his brother's house where he end up moving in. Being in the house Regulus and Alex owned and should have grown old in was too much for him to handle.
Alex tried to still visit the house at least once a month and continued to own and take care of it but everytime he drove past it or went inside he would breakdown.
A year after Regulus's death his best friend, Marlene McKinnon, was murdered along with her family.
Two years after Regulus's death, James and Lily, his brother and his brother's pregnant wife are murdered, leaving behind their year old son, Harry.
Alex didn't wasn't allowed to take custody because he didn't have a partner to take care of him with and didn't seem stable when he went to court for it. Harry went to Lily's bitch of a sister Petunia and her morbidly obese husband.
That same week Sirius Black, Alex's dead brother's best mate and his dead fiance's brother, is wrongfully imprisoned.
Alex goes back to the old house, done with his pathetic life. Sitting on the bed in what should be his and Regulus's bedroom, he calls for the ghost, needing to see him.
Regulus' ghost once more was summoned by Alex's call for help. "Hello, dearest," Regulus softly said, appearing next to him as Alex sat on the bed, their bed.
His form was still translucent form as a ghost and Alex could still see though him at the photos of holidays they had been on together that still sit on the dresser, layered with dust.
"Hi Reggie." Alex mumbles, tears in his eyes. "I've lost everyone. You died. Then Dorcas accidentally killed Evan. Then Marlene was murdered. Then Dorcas fought Voldemort, on her own. Now James and Lily. Sirius apparently killed Peter and is now in Azkaban. Just got a letter, Mary obliviated herself, so she doesn't remember anything. Pandora hasn't been heard from in months, she's got a kid though. Remus is living with a werewolf pack. It's just me now and I don't want to live like this anymore."
"I am so, so sorry, my love." Regulus's eyes meet Alex's as he spoke. "I have to tell you, even though every moment you've spent in pain and sorrow is my fault, everything you've gone through... I am so proud of you. You've handled it all with such grace and bravery. I am so proud of you, in words I cannot describe, you are so amazing.
"My darling Alexander, please. You must live. You must live. I know I didn't, but I cannot bare the thought of you following me."
He nods, tears still streaming down his face. "How's heaven? Does it, like, exist?" Alex says with a wry chuckle.
Regulus gave you a small smile and nodded. "The afterlife? Yes, it exists. I've found peace." Regulus lies through his teeth, although Alex hadn't noticed through the blinding tears. He hadn't actually technically gone through the light yet, he intended on waiting for Alex for as long as possible, until he died too and they could go together.
"I'm sorry you've had to endure what you have, my love, but once you die you can come hear for all eternity with me."
Alex went to say something but heard a loud crack from downstairs, followed by more and more.
Apparating. Death Eaters. Fuck.
They start swarming the room as Alex stands up, reaching for his wand and disarming a few of the villians before a stunning charm is thrown at him.
"Alex, darling. Be careful. " Regulus spoke with urgency. "My love, they want you dead because of me. Please listen to me, my love. Leave the house. Don't fight them, just run! Run! Please!"
He watched intently and helplessly as the Death Eaters surrounded Alex in the home he and Alex once shared.
Alex keeps fighting, knowing that he'll take a lot of them out as start using killing curses and destruction curses, not caring anymore.
"Alex, please." Regulus' voice begged. "Don't do this to yourself, My Love."
"You have to leave! You have to live!" He spoke firmly and desperate. Regulus' ghost was helpless and powerless as he watched you fight the Death Eaters. He tried everything he could to prevent them from harming you and from succeeding in their goal.
Alex continues throwing curses, having the time of his life. He jumps around, having to skip over bodies.
Until he trips. And falls. And gets hit.