The twins and Miss Lovegood
18/07/1996 (04:15 PM)
Regulus is wandering in Diagon Alley, as is his habbit since he lodged in the Leaky Cauldron. He has changed his appearance to be the same as the time he visited here to buy his new wand. Twenty year old, brown spike cut hair, brown eyes, medium height with muggle casual clothes (again curtsey to Sirius's wardrobe). He thinks this as his alternate pesona as if he has changed into some other person, not just in appearance but personality and nature also.
According to kreacher, Lupin has vacated Grimmauld place today and also the gryffindor trio have somehow convinced Longbottom and tonks to participate in the ritual, how they did this, he has no idea. He was assuming they would deny and at the end more Weasely's will be invited for the ritual but this will provide variety of Blood which will increase the chance of success of the ritual.
Longbottom and tonks have also given an oath to not share any information in relation to the ritual or the entire process with anyone, however they have not yet informed them about Regulus's existence or his role in the ritual.
He is a little unsure of two more people knowing about his revival out of which one is an order member and an auror and the other is a wild card, as far as Regulus is concerned.
They will meet tonight, here in his room at leaky, beacuse Grimmauld Place is under Fidilius and Longbottom does not has access to it. So they had to meet someplace outside. How Regulus himself can enter a secret place he has no idea because he has not been given the secret of neither the location nor the fact that it is Order Headquaters. But he still knows it, which is super strange because logically it should not be possible. The only reason he can come up with is that Grimmauld Place is first and foremost loyal to Blacks and Regulus has always been loyal to his Family thus, there can be no secret between the house and a Black. But theoritically Fideleus charm does not has any limitation. Its all so confusing and Regulus decides to not look a gift hippigroff in the mouth.
Daily he visits Weasely wizard weezes, because the shop has amazing product. Untill now he has not bought anything just admires the genius behind different inventions.Nor does he have any uses of such prank products. The collection that the Weasley twins have here is different and bettter than the Zonko's. He has met them in his disguised appearance claiming to be looking for a job. He told them that he has moved back to britain from america, where he has beein staying with his relatives after the deaths of his parents. Stating that he could not complete his education in Illvermorny beacuse of financial reasons and had only completed 4 years equivalent education there, but due to his interest in reading he has gained knowledge on potions, charm and tranfiguration.
He obviously is not looking for a job, it was just meeting them has caught him off gaurd, and then they had questioned him about his daily appearance at their shop with no purchases and that also in their weird twin talk which has frankly intimidated him and he had started sprouting nonsense about his disguised persona's past and given them the fake details about his identity incase they wish to contact him and bolted from their shop.
He was still in his head when he bumped into someone who fell on the ground, startling him out of his musings.
"Ohh, I am so sorry, I was not looking where I was going." He states, extending his hand to help the poor girl.
"Its alright. I can see your head is full of wrackspurt.". The girl wearing some strange big goggles says.
He tries to leave, when she says, "Lets eat some icecream, Leo."
He turns back to her, now she had taken her weird spectacles off, her eyes are aqua blue, wide and curious. She is giving him an aura that distinctly reminds him of his best friend Pandora Vabalatsky. The eyes and the curly blond hair are also the same. But most importantly it is the name she called him, because only Dora used to call him Leo and in his disguise no one should have been able to identify him. This girl was Pandora's daughter.
Seeing his confusion she says in her sweet voice, "Don't worry Leo, no one will know until you are ready."
If he had'nt met Pandora, he would have either thought that the girl was mad or that she was trying to threaten him. But he knows this brand of dorkiness from his friend. He gives her a small smile and walks with her to the icecream shop.
He pays for their icecream and they sit in a booth. He remembers that the girl has not told her name. As if reading his thoughts she tells him that her name is Luna Lovegood and then starts talking about wrackspurt that have apparently infested his head.
"How do you know that I am Leo." He asks once she is done.
"My mother used to tell me about you, I identified your aura Leo. It is the most brilliant shade of Blue, silver and green. Just as mother had told."
Regulus smiles his first real smile since arriving in his room at grimmauld place.
He tells her about the first time he met with her mother. That was on the Hogwarts express. He was a sulky, broody boy and she was a girl talking about strange creatures which no one had heard about.
The next they met it was halfway through their first year. He was boxed as the snakey little brother of the cool gryffindor Sirius Black and she was labelled as the girl living in her own world and talking about non existent thing. They both felt a strange comradrie with each other. A sense of peace which they found in the other. There friendship was a beautiful one. She became his first friend. The first one not caring about him being a Black or a Slytherin or the little brother of Sirius Black. He was just her Leo and she his Dora. Nothing more, nothing less.
Looking at the miniature version of his friend, he thinks that in a way Pandora is here with him.
"Mother told me, you will need help when you come back". she tells him, confirming his earlier thoughts, fishes out a butterbear cork from her pocket and hands it to him. "Tap it with your wand whenever you need my help and call my name. My copy of the butterbear cork will start vibrating in signal and I will apparate right next to you. The same will happen when I need your help. Do keep it with you all the time."
"Okay Luna. Thank you." He tells her. Feeling comforted around her warm aura. "Its great that we met. I hope we can be friends."
"I will be very delighted to be your friend Leo."
He smiles at her as they make their way out of the shop, this whole encounter was emotionally taxing in the best possible way. It made him feel that he was not alone in this strange time. That Pandora will always be there with him in his heart and that he can, maybe one day make peace in this new timeline and make friends with new people and live a life, instead of just passing by.
He thinks, as he waves Luna goodbye, that yes maybe in the end it will make sense and even if things are confusing and different right now, his struggles will be worth it.
He makes way to his room in Leaky with a new determination in his steps. Ready to face the two new people who will learn about his presence in this time. He is scared but he is also ready to tell them of his death and revival.