The First Sight
Sirius burst's into my room like he usually does after they are finished. I've seen Sirius hurt but never like this. Never have I seen him this, this close to death.
"Wh- What did they do to you Sirius?" I ask my voice going hoarse. "Grab a bag, We're leaving five." Sirius says walking towards his room. I don't even know what to say.
'Leaving? What does he mean we are leaving?'. I turn and grab a tote bag putting in some clothes, my books, my quills and paper. Sirius enters the room again with a bag in hand. "You packed?" He asks as I grab his bag. "Yeah I am, Sirius what is going on?" I ask. "Just hold on" He says grabbing my arm, then it's a blur. I know this feeling, but I would never expect Sirius to apparate us. Then the blur stops and I hear Sirius grunt. I look at him through the rain and faint light a street lamp is illuminating on him. He starts walking and I'm close behind. It's raining hard down on us. After about ten minutes of us walking through neighborhoods mindlessly we approach a house and I speak.
"What are we doing here?" I say while he drags me through the rain.
"We are going to the potters, we can't stay there anymore Reg. They're going to kill us at this rate." He replies looking at me.
"I- but Sirius! You know they're going to try and get us- T-they always find us Sirius!" I say nervously as I follow Sirius. He looks at me and shakes his head. "They will have to fight the Potters, and if I know anything it's that the potters will fight back harder."
I will always follow Sirius. He won't hurt me, ever. He's trying to save me I know. But I'm just so scared of them. They always find us then they hurt us. They always hurt us.
So I follow him. Straight to the door of the Potter's house.
He looks at me. "Can you knock? I think my hand might be broken." He says looking away. I look at him and nod. I hit the old knocker on the door about eight times. Then it opens and an older man, woman and James all are behind it. All three of them look at me then notice I'm not alone. Whom I'd assume is Mrs. Potter audibly gasps. James jaw drops while Mr. Potter flick his glance between the both of us. "Boys! Come in here immediately!" Mrs. Potter says with such command it would feel like a crime to deny. Her husband and son get out of the door while I help Sirius inside with the help of Mrs. Potter. "This way dear" She addresses me and directs us to I assume the living room where James and Mr. Potter are already standing. I help direct Sirius to the couch and sit him down.
Once Sirius is later down one the couch Mrs. and Mr. Potter walk away into another room. Sirius closes his eyes and starts to daze off.
James turns to me and wraps his arm around me tightly. “Thank you, Thank you for getting out of that house. Thank you for coming here Regulus.” He says pulling back.
“Sirius came into my room and told me to pack a bag because we were leaving. He apparated us a couple blocks away. I assume it’s so they can’t track us to here.” I say looking at Sirius.
Mrs. and Mr. Potter come back into the room. "Sirius love, drink these. They will heal your injuries." Mrs. Potter say handing him the potions as he takes them. Mr. Potter lays down a pillow and Sirius lays back. Mrs. Potter covers him up with a blanket.
She turns to me eyes wandering, looking for something. "Do you have any injuries Regulus dear?" She says eyes still trailing. "Yes I do." I say avoiding eye contact. "Follow me dear" She says starting to walk out of the room.
I quickly follow as she takes me down a hall. She stops at a door and opens it. The door leads to a room filled with cauldrons and potions lining the shelved walls. "What is it that needs to be healed dear?" She says looking back at me. "I have an open cut on my left hip." I say looking anywhere but her. She look's away and grabs a potion off the shelf. "Here you are dear" She says handing me a bottle. I take it a drink it trying not to gag on the taste. I pull down the part of my waistband covering the cut. I see the skin sewing itself back together and leaving a scar. "I'm afraid I can't make the scar go away love" Mrs. Potter says looking at me.
"It's alright, thank you for the potion" I reply. "If you follow me I can take you to your bedroom" She says smiling softly. "Yes please do" I say very exhausted from tonight.
She starts to walk then pauses and turns to me. "Regulus I want to thank you for coming to us, I want you to know we will do everything possible to keep you in this home." She says softly patting me shoulder. "Thank you Mrs. Potter". "Please call me Euphemia or Effie dear." She says smiling then continues walking till we get to a staircase. We walk up the stairs into a hallway.
We stop in front of a door and she begins to direct. "This will be your room dear" She says pointing to the door we are in front of. "This will be Sirius's room" She says pointing to the room on the left of mine. "This is James room" She says pointing at the room across from mine. "And my room is down the hallway to the left, there's a bathroom in each of our rooms so you don't have to share with anyone" She says smiling at me. "Goodnight dear" She says as I start walking to my room. "Goodnight Euphemia" I say with a nod and walk into my room.
It's a fairly large room that I step into. It's a light grey room and the bed has dark grey sheets. There's a desk, a bed, a bookshelf and a window seat in-between the two bookshelves. There's a guitar in the corner of the room as well. There is a door on one wall that I assume lead's to the bathroom. There's a mirror closet with floor length mirrors. I set down my bag on the side table nest to my bed. I grab out a baggy t-shirt of some muggle musician Sirius gave me. I also grab some sweatpants then start walking towards the bathroom. I walk into the room and it's a decent sized bathroom. There's a mirror attached to the wall right over the marble sink. There's a rain shower and a window, as well as a toilet. I get changed and turn of the bathroom light. I walk into the bedroom and turn off the light. I walk over to bed and lay down ready to sleep after everything today.
As I drift off to sleep ending this day I simply miss the comfort of my large bed. I fall into a peaceful sleep.