December 23, 1981
“FUCK! This piece of shit quill keeps breaking!” Regulus roared, throwing two parts of a quill across the room, watching it clatter on the table, ink dripping off of it.
Lily and Regulus were in the kitchen, trying to come up with a plan to get Barty and Evan back.
“Regulus, maybe dont throw the writing tools if you dont want them to break?” Lily suggested, trying to stifle a laugh.
They had been there for a little over two weeks trying to figure out a plan to get the two idiots back. Lily could tell that Regulus missed them terribly though, because she acted like she didnt, but she heard the soft cries coming from his room occasionally. Lily had been staying in Sirius’ old room, letting herself fall to sleep smelling Sirius and seeing James’ picture. She still had her nightmares that would wake her, screaming and calling for James, but they werent as frequent.
“Well, why dont you write this down, because I seem to keep breaking the bloody thing” Regulus suggested, grabbing the broken pieces and pulling his wand out, whispering “reparo”, which automatically mended the pieces and handing them to Lily.
Lily smiled softly and took the newly fixes quill and parchment, dipping it in ink and writing,
Plan, ROSEKILLER
“Remind me again why were calling this fucking Rosekiller?” Regulus scoffed, he hated the name. It didnt suit them because neither of them was specificly a killer.
“Because I came up with it and I like it.” Lily answered, drawing stars on the parchment.
“But, neither of them are killers?”
“Have they killed people?”
“Yea.”
“There you go.” Lily answered, finishing her constellation. She had drawn the Regulus star inside Leo. Regulus looked at her drawing and the corners of his mouth upturned and Lily knew that was the closest she was going to get out of a smile from him.
“So, what are we thinking? Maybe you just apperate with Kreacher and grab them and then leave?” Lily suggested for the 5th time that week, which annoyed Regulus.
“No, Lily, its not that easy.”
Lily rolled her eyes and started drawing flowers on the paper under the stars. She had a habit of doodling when she was bored, which was bad in Hogwarts when she had more notes on flowers and stars than History of Magic.
“Okay, well I have no fucking clue then, so we really arent even close to rescuing them.”
Regulus closed his eyes tight, as if he could disappear if he closed them hard enough. Maybe if he did Evan and Barty would be there with him. Would be here to confort him and suggest their crazy and stupid ideas.
Lily looked at Regulus with sorrow, watching as his slender hands shook and he balled them into fists.
“Okay, okay. Maybe we should try again tomorrow?” Lily suggested, shrugging her shoulders
“No.”
Regulus spoke it with such force and coldness that Lily jumped.
“Well, okay. We can try and come up with a plan but I cant think of anything.”
“No, Im going to go and get them.”
“Well, yea I know that but whats the plan?”
Regulus opened his eyes and unclenched his fists, they still shook but he was able to control it a little.
“Im going to go break them out right fucking now.”
Lily widened her eyes and stood up, staring at Regulus
“w-what?” She stuttered, not knowing what to say.
“Ill be back.” Regulus whispered, and disappeared with a crack.
“Holy. Fucking. Shit.” Lily whispered, staring at the spot Regulus had just been.
“Oh, bloody hell.” She moaned as she pulled out her wand and closed her eyes. When she opened them she was standing at the front gates of Malfoy Mannor, watching Regulus walk fast paced to the front door.
“Regulus!” Lily whisper-shouted, not wanting to alert anyone from inside the house. It was the middle of the day.
“Regulus!”
Lily jogged to catch up with the slender boy, and tugged at his shoulder when she reached him, which he shrugged off.
“Regulus. What the FUCK are you doing?!” Lily whispered to him, her face pale.
“Im getting my fucking friends back.” Regulus yelled, reaching the tall front door and banging on it.
“ITS FUCKING ME MALFOY! OPEN THIS FUCKING DOOR RIGHT THE FUCK NOW!”
Lily whimpered and pulled at her fingers as the door swung open and a pale, blonde Lucius Malfoy stood in front of them.
“Oh, bloody hell Reggie, what the fuck are you doing?” He laughed, his eyes full of rage and something else. Something that Lily didnt know.
“I’ve come to get my bloody friends back.”
Lucios laughed a raspy laugh and his platinum blonde hair blowing in the light winter breeze.
“Oh, come on inside its bloody cold out here.” He shivered and kicked the snow out from the walkway. Regulus stood still.
“No. Bring Evan and Barty out and I’ll leave.”
Lucius stared at him, raising and eyebrow.
“Oh, you think you can get whatever you want just because you can dontcha, pretty boy?”
Regulus stood frozen, like a statue.
“Yes. Now go get them.”
Lucius scoffed and turned around, “Cissy, love, would you please get Crouch and Rosier and bring them here?”
They waited a moment before a beautifle, slender woman with matching platinum blonde hair came around the corner, two men in tow. They seemed to have been punched each, but they didnt look to bad. Black eye and red nose each.
“Only this one time, because this bloody idiots are annoying as hell.”
Regulus nodded and Barty and Evan walked out the door, it slammed behind them.
“Took ya long enough!” Barty roared, laughing, “Ol’ Lucius looked like he was about to throw us out himself!”
Evan laughed as he clapped Regulus on the back, and the group walked towards the black gate. Tomorrow was Christmas, and Lily was dreading her first Christmas without James and Harry. She was silent the rest of the night, even as Barty and Evan managed to find every single ounce of Liquor in the house and drink it all, singing Christmas carols at the top of their lungs and butchering the words and tune.