Losing You:

12 MONTHS LATER

Sirius sighed in relief, he had finished his last year with his mother, and wondered why it was so difficult for him to understand certain things. His brother, Regulus had returned, a smile on his face, “You passed your tests?” Sirius asked as he greeted his brother, “yeah… well I failed one but that’s alright” Regulus said with a smile. Sirius followed his brother into the living room, “so I heard about what had happened with you and the boys” Regulus said with a sigh, Sirius looked away, “yeah, I know, but they look so lonely without you, and they don’t prank anyone anymore”.

“Well that’s their problem” Sirius grunted and Regulus frowned, “you’ve changed” he replied, “oh is that so, how would’ve I have changed?”

“You seem colder” Regulus surprisingly didn’t have a triumphed smirk, but a worried expression, “is that a problem?” Sirius hot back, “yes it is, I want the other Sirius back” Regulus shot back, surprising Sirius so much that he sat up straight in his chair, “come again?”

“You heard me Sirius, I thought you were going to be the only hope that would shed light onto our family, but it’s slowly dying away” Regulus said sadly. Sirius eyed his brother off, “I want myself back as well, but it too late –“.

“It’s not too late, the only time it’s gonna be too late is when you get the Dark Mark… This is only a few hours away”. Sirius almost jumped out of his seat, “what?” He spat in shock, “… You’re gonna be taking the dark mark?” Sirius asked his brother who sadly nodded, “I don’t have anything left Sirius, I have to take it, but you, you’ve got a lot to take, you should go” Regulus said. His own brother was telling him to leave, to run away? “But Regulus, I can’t do such a thing!” Sirius said, but his brother shook his head, “don’t fight me, please, I’m your brother, do this for me” Regulus replied and all Sirius could do was suck in som air. “You promise not to tell mother about it?” Sirius asked and Regulus nodded, “don’t tell me where you are, I can’t know, because they’ll use the truth seeking spell on me, you’ve got to find your own way out” Regulus said softly. Sirius sighed, this was scary, he knew that his mother was proud of him, and he knew that he would probably get the mark soon, but he didn’t realize it was so soon. “I need to go” Sirius said, before patting his brother on the back as a farewell. He grabbed his cloak and rushed out of the door, leaving his family behind.