Initiation

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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'>He fell hard on the steps,
his knees crashing to the ground, unable to support his weight any longer.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> His cheekbone crackedrplyrply on a step, his
mouth re-soaking itself in his own blood. He gagged for a brief moment, using
the better of his two arms to bring to bring his upper body up slowly.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> He spat on the steps, trying to clear his
mouth of the blood, but the coppery taste refused to be dislodged.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'>

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
looked up the long flight of stairs, watching them blur in and out of his
vision as though he was being spun around crazily, and felt his stomach begin
to heave. He shook his head faintly,
trying to clear his long black bangs, which were plastered to his forehead, out
of the way.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> There
was no way he was going to able to make it.
He rested his forehead back on ste step, feeling the discomfort of his
body molding to fit the design of the steps.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> He shut his eyes, not caring about anything
but doing something to make the burning pain that was continually
assaulting his body to go away.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> His
parents wouldn’t be home for hours, he would be able to pull himself together
by then. But now, he just needed to
rest. He was lucky he had even made it
home, and there was no one here to see his weakness now.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'>

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
had just fallen into a fitful sleep when he heard the front door bang
open. His dark eyes flashed open as he
stumbled to his feet, feeling a sting flash through his face as his skin
separated from the wood of the step. His
legs shook unsteadily underneath him, as he waited, feeling sluggish as he
wondered why his parents were home now.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “class=SpellE>Regulus!” he heard a half desperate yell from the
kitchen.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
swayed unsteadily on the steps as a wave of relief crashed heavily over his
heart. He stumbled for the banister
rail.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “I’m
here,” he tried to answer, but his voice came out in a croaky whisper.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> The
volume didn’t matter; a second later, a tall, thin figure came rushing into the
room, black robes swishing across the ground.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “class=SpellE>Regulus,” he whispered, tension obviously leaving the other’s
voice as he worked on pulling off his Death Eater mask and hurried across the
room.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “class=SpellE>Sev-” Regulus started to answer
in return, but another sudden feeling of nausea hit him, sending him crashing
to the ground again.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> an>class=SpellE>Severus saw this instantly, and in a smooth and graceful
movement he caught the shorter boy, pushing his hair out of his face.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Gods,
you’re burning up.” Severus hissed,
worry flashing in his dark eyes, followed by annoyance.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> “Why didn’t you clean up and get out of those
dirty robes, you great prat?” he growled, as he
hoisted Regulus into his arms, and started up the
stars, his eyes taking in the bloodstain on the fine wood.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Sorry,”
Regulus whispered lightly, not even trying to argue,
which disturbed Severus more than anything else.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
didn’t say anything further as the young Black leaned his head against his
shoulder, shutting his eyes,
his breathing still coming harshly, as though it pained him.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Which
one is your room?” Severus asked as he gazed down the
long hall of rooms after he rea the the top of the stairs.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=GramE>“The third one on the right.”style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> Regulus answered in
a hoarse voice, opening one eye to look at Severus.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Severus looked back down at Regulus;
his pulse jumping slightly as his heart found it’s way
into his throat. He clenched his teeth,
ignoring his own feelings as he kicked at Regulus’s
door to get it open, unable to reach his own wand while holding his injured
lover.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> The
door gave way after several attempts, revealing the dimly lit room.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> It didn’t look lived in; nothing
distinguished this room as Regulus’s compared to the
other rooms of the house.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
took a few unsteady steps into the room, the weight of both of them becoming
difficult for him to manage. Carefully, class=SpellE>Severus set Regulus on the bed
that rested in the middle of the room.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Regulus struggled to sit up an instant later,
alarmed by the fact that Severus had suddenly
disappeared.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “class=SpellE>Severus?” he asked in a whimper, his eyes searching
frantically.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “It’s
all right love,” Severus said in an unusual tone for
him, as he rummaged through his young lover’s closet, looking for clean
robes. “I’m right here, class=GramE>try to sleep.”

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Regulus gripped at the sheets, refusing to lie down as he
watched the other Death Eater’s motions.

mal>mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Why
are you here?” Regulus
asked finally, his voice tired and weak.
“Won’t you get in trouble?”

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'>“Nobody
will notice I’m gone.” Severus answered smoothly,
standing and shutting the door behind him.
“I wanted to make sure you were okay,” he added on a more serious note,
re-approaching the bed with the clothes.
“You did well tonight.”

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Regulus looked at Severus for an
instant, before jerking his eyes away and staring at the floor next to the bed.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “I didn’t
think it would hurt so much.” he answered, his voice cracking unpleasantly as
he spoke.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Severus paused by the bed, and then kneeled slightly and
reached out to grasp Regulus’s chin as gently as he
could, forcing the younger Slytherin to look at him again.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “You
shouldn’t have had-”

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Shut
up Severus,” Regulus
snapped, moving to get off the bed on the other side, and pushing class=SpellE>Snape away. “I had
no choice.”

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “class=SpellE>Regulus,” Severus said
exasperatedly in protest, standing again and moving around to grab class=SpellE>Regulus, who collapsed nearly the instant he stood.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
leaned backwards slightly, having to support both their weights, but then tried
to maneuver Regulus back to
the bed.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “No!”style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> Regulus shrieked
suddenly as though Severus had slapped him.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> “Let me go!
Let me go!” He yelled, half
hysterically, slamming his fist into Severus’s chest,
though he was so weak it had almost no effect.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “class=SpellE>Regulus,” Severus said softly,
putting the younger back onto the bed despite his protests.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> “You can’t bloody walk, do you want me to
drop you on the ground, idiot?”

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Regulus eyes tried to focus on Severus,
but they seemed unable to. He was
breathing heavy, almost to the point of hyperventilation.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=GramE>“Regulus.”style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> Severus repeated, a
spike of fear piercing through his heart as he tried to get the other answer
him. “Regulus, are you listening to me?”

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Severus stood quickly, his emotions getting the better of
him for a rare moment as he wrapped his arms sharply around the other, pulling
him close.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Answer
me, dammit!” he half-yelled, sounding angry.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> Tentatively
Regulus’s arms wound his way around class=SpellE>Severus’s waist, and his fingers clutched tightly to his
robes in the back.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> And
then Severus heard a choking cry.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
stopped breathing.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
had never heard Regulus cry.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> Not even seen so much as the boy’s eyes get
teary. Nothing.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> But
he was full out sobbing right now, clinging desperately to Severus,
unwilling to let go.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “class=SpellE>Regulus,” Severus whispered
softly, his hand stroking the other’s hair soothingly.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> “It’s all right.”

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “I-I
didn’t want him to-” Regulus was sobbing out, but class=SpellE>Severus knelt quickly, gently laying a hand over his mouth.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Don’t
talk about it.” Severus
said quickly, his eyes latching onto Black’s tear stained ones.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> “You don’t have to talk about it.”styleso-sso-spacerun:yes\'> he amended.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Regulus nodded shakily.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “I’m
sorry,” he whispered when Severus brought his hand
away, and Snape knew that he wasn’t apologizing for
his tears, but for what had happened early that night.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “It
wasn’t your fault.” Severus
answered softly, hugging Regulus fiercely again,
though carefully.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> They
were silent for a few long moments, clutching at each other, unwilling to let
go in this unusually bold display of emotion.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Come
on, let’s get you cleaned up, you look like shit.”style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> Severus commented
as he pulled away from Regulus, brushing strands of
long black hair out of his face.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
didn’t wait for consent, but picked Regulus up again,
throwing the clean clothes into Regulus’s lap as he
started for the private bathroom that adjoined Regulus’s
room.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
could have, of course, just cast a spell, but he figured it would be better for
Regulus this way.
It would calm him down, and make him actually feel cleaner.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Severus worked impatiently for the next few minutes,
preparing a bath until he was sure it was perfect, and then turned back to class=SpellE>Regulus.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
kissed Regulus lightly on the forehead, class=GramE>who shut his eyes as Severus’s
fingers began to play with the buttons that remained on the ripped and stained
robes.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> style=\'mso-tab-count:1\'> Within an instant he had class=SpellE>Regulus in the warm water, blood, sweat and
tears beginning to wash off the younger’s
body.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Regulus relaxed slightly as Severus
sat down behind him, his body resting heavily on the elder’s.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “You
get an erection while we’re in here, and I’ll bloody kill you.”style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> Regulus murmured,
sounding more like himself as he shut his eyes.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “I’ll
try and contain myself.” class=SpellE>Severus answered, rolling his eyes as he reached for the
shampoo bottle.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> The
two remained silent after that as Severus worked
slowly with great care to rid Regulus’s body of the
filth that it had acquired during the night. Even after he had finished, the
two remained pressed together, Regulus’s head resting
on Severus’s chest, his dark hair creating patterns
on the pale skin.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> They
didn’t speak, maybe because they were afraid of what speech would lead to, but
mostly just because they didn’t need to.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> Only
after it became too unbearable to lay any longer in the cold, dingy water did class=SpellE>Severus move to get up.
Regulus blinked his eyes in surprise and
rubbed at them drowsily before looking up at Severus.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> The older kissed him lightly on the top of
the head, as he pulled Regulus up too.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Regulus shivered as the air embraced his wet skin, but class=SpellE>Severus reached and grabbed a towel from where he had left
it by the sink. He wrapped it around as
his lover’s body, and then reached for a second and began to dry the unruly
black hair.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Regulus didn’t move away at the contact, but wrapped his
arms slowly around Severus’s waist after the other
had finished drying his hair and left the towel hanging about his neck.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “I
hate him.” Regulus
whispered lightly as he rested his head on Severus’s
shoulder, his eyes not meeting Snape’s.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'>

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “I
know.” was all class=SpellE>Severus said in reply as he leaned his head gently on top
of Regulus’s. “But,
you have to get some rest,” he added after a few seconds, pulling away.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> “And I have to leave, because your parents
will skin me alive if they find me here.”

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Regulus smirked lightly as he moved to grab the clean
clothing that Severus had brought.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
started to pull it onto his body as Severus started
to dry himself off.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Can
I see you tomorrow?” Regulus
asked softly, after pulling his shirt over his head.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Severus hesitated for a moment, but then shrugged, smiling
casually.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “We’ll
see how you feel tomorrow,”
was all he answered as he reached for his own clothes.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “I’m
not some Gryffindor, I’ll be fine tomorrow.”
Regulus answered, leaning against the counter
of the sink as he watched Severus pull his robes back
on.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Go
to bed.” Severus
answered, pretending to look annoyed, as he grabbed a strand of class=SpellE>Regulus’s hair and kissed him on the forehead.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Yes
mother,” class=SpellE>Regulus teased as he watched his lover class=SpellE>Disapparate.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> The
room fell deadly silent then, except for the dismal dripping that was still
emerging from the shower. class=SpellE>Regulus turned his head away from the bright light in the
bathroom, to the darkness of his bedroom, and started to cry again.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> >>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Severus didn’t even bother to Apparate
home. He had only one destination in
mind: Malfoy Manor.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Lucius was already waiting for him when he arrived.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> He was seated casually, sipping class=GramE>tea, his eyes scanning a book as he sat sprawled in a chair
as though it had been a quiet, normal night at home.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=GramE>Which, of course, it hadn’t.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “class=SpellE>Severus.” He nodded
at Snape as he came storming into the room.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> “Take a seat,”style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> he said, motioning to the chair that
was across from his own.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Don’t
fuck around with me, Lucius.”style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> Severus snapped,
remaining standing over the blonde. “I’m
not here to play games! What you did tonight-”

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Lucius stood sharply, losing all the appearance of the
courteous host that he had been trying to pass off only moments before.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'>

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> The
entire circleArial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> watched as Regulus
willingly took the curses that had been pounding at his body for the last half
an hour, silently. No cries, no yells,
no tears. The Dark Lord was
pleased. The second Black son was
turning out to be much better than his brother after all - just as his parents
had promised.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> The
world was spinning dangerously in front of Regulus’s
eyes as he waited for the next curse to come, bracing his body for the next
searing pain that would ricochet through his brain.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
didn’t even notice the next Death Eater stepping out of the circle and walk
past him, getting behind him.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> 

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “No, class=SpellE>Severus, you were playing a game,” he growled in
response. “You thought it was
okay to mess around with me. Fuck
around with me. And I’ve ended
your little game now.”

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Severus’s hands curled into fists, and Lucius
looked down at them and laughed.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Are
you going to hit me, Severus?style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> Because I messed around
with your little boy toy? I thought you were just using him to make
Sirius Black mad. Though I can
understand why you would keep him along for longer than that.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> The boy is an excellent-”

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Severus swung his fist, knowing before his fist had
even left his side that it was probably the stupidest thing he had evere ine in
his life. He knew that class=SpellE>Lucius Malfoy would never let his
face be marked by anyone, much less him, a scrawny underling that had never won
a fight in his life.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Lucius caught n cln class=SpellE>Severus’s fist in
his own pale hand, looking amused.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> 

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> The
fingers, which looked white in the flickering firelight, caught class=SpellE>Regulus’s dark hair as his knees were pushed immediately to
the ground.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> No
one moved.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> This
wasn’t unheard of at an initiation12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> ceremony, but wasn’t
practiced that often.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> Besides,
every one knew that Regulus Black had thislang=EN-CA style=\'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> coming.
Even if it hadn’t been allowed at the ceremony, no one, save one Death Eater,
would have moved forward to fend Lucius class=SpellE>Malfoy off. After
all, Regulus had been playing around with something
that belonged to Lucius Malfoy.style=\'mso-tab-count:1\'>

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> And
that was one basic rule of being a Death Eater; never cross Lucius
Malfoy’s path.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Regulus still didn’t seem to know what was going on, and
went to the ground willingly, already exhausted from the previous tortures.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> The
Death Eater above him smirked dangerously behind the mask he was wearing, and
his glittering eyes met Severus Snape’s
across the circle.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> The
message was clear: You are mine. And I
am making sure of that tonight.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> lang=EN-CA style=\'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'>

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Touched
a nerve, didn’t I?” Lucius
asked in a soft, hissing voice.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
leaned in closer to Severus, bringing them very close
together.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “But
I got the message across, didn’t I?” class=SpellE>Lucius questioned, his tone and
every movement of his expression deadly serious.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Severus growled lightly.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Leave
him alone.” Severus
answered, baring his teeth slightly.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Lucius twisted the arm he was holding slightly, just enough
to make Snape cringe.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “I’ll
leave him alone when you leave him alone.”

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> 

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Lucius m wit with obvious efficiency; this was
something he had done many times before.
Regulupan>pan> was on his hands and knees, starting
to shift around in confusion, his eyes flickering on to where class=SpellE>Severus stood, expression in the twin orbs of black
pleading to know what was going on.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Severus looked away wordlessly, unable to watch what was
about to happen.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Lucius moved robes and clothing swiftly out of the way and
moved one hand to catch Regulus around the throat
before plunging into the boy without preparation or warning.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Regulus choked as the air was knocked out of him and pain
lanced up through his body, warnings ringing sharply in his brain as he refused
to cry out.>

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> 

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> lang=EN-CA style=\'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'>“I
don’t belong to you, Lucius,”style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> Severus
hissed, wrenching his arm out of the other’s grasp.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Lucius didn’t blink as he lost grip on the limb, just
simply brought his own arm up to his face as though looking at it thoughtfully.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Legally
no, but honestly Severus, you might as well.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> I know you too well; you don’t endanger
darling Regulus any further, and who could blame
you? You can’t turn to the Ministry for
help, not with that tattoo on your arm.
And do you think the Dark Lord will helspanspan class=SpellE>Severus?style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> Help you protect some new, inexperienced
Death Eater over me?One
of his most loyal, most powerful followers?style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> You’re trapped.”style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> Lucius finished
smirking.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “You
can’t do this,” Severus protested weakly.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'>

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
thrust into Regulus over and over, moans of pleasure
escaping his pale lips. He could see class=SpellE>Severus standing in his place in the circle, hands clenched
firmly at his side. It was killing class=SpellE>Snape that he couldn’t do anything to stop this rough
treatment to his lover.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> But
throughout it all, Regulus had not screamed, cried
out or even whimpered once. He had
remained silent, staring stone-faced at the flames that were licking at the sky
past the circle of Death Eaters.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Lucius tightened the hand that was wrapped around class=SpellE>Regulus’s throat, cutting off his air supply.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> Regulus’s eyes widened
in surprise, but still he made no noise.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Lucius growled in annoyance and grabbed a fistful of the
boy’s hair, yanking back sharply as he came inside Regulus,
burning the bleeding, bruised passageway.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> 

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “Despite
the fact that the Dark Lord won’t be willing to lose you, he won’t be willing
to lose the last Black, either.” class=SpellE>Severus spat, referring to the fact that class=SpellE>Regulus was now considered the last Black male, hence the
only capable of carrying on a very powerful line.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “I
don’t have to directly kill him though,”style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> Lucius spoke
lightly. “An accident in a mission that
results in the unfortunate and untimely death of the Black heir wouldn’t place
the blame on me, would it?”

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Severus could take no more; he whipped out his wand, his
eyes flashing dangerously as he pointed it at Lucius’s
throat.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “If I
hear you speak so much as his name ever again, Lucius,
I swear I will not rest until I see you dead or worse,”style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> he threatened, his voice low as he glared at class=SpellE>Lucius with glittering eyes.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “You
don’t have the b-” Lucius started to sneer, but was
cut off abruptly.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=GramE>“Crucio.”

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> 

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Lucius resumed his spot in the circle as the ceremony
continued as though nothing had just happened.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Severus avoided the glance of Lucius
as he took a step towards Regulus who was now lying
weakly on the ground, barely moving.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=GramE>“C-Crucio.”style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> Severus said as
clearly as possible through trembling lips.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
knew the rest of the Death Eaters were watching them for weaknesses, watching
for a stumble or a fault that could cost both of them everything.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> The
spell hit Regulus’s body and sent it spa spasms and
for the first and only time that night, Regulus Black
screamed.

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> 

Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'>Lucius12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> stumbled back; more in
surprise then anything else. He made a
movement to grab his wand, but then stopped and shook his blonde head as though
correcting himself mentally.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “You’ve
made your point, Severus,”style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> he said calmly as though the other
hadn’t just cursed him. “Now get out.”

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Severus stared at Lucius evenly
for a moment, and then nodded.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> “’Night,
Lucius,” he said casually, starting towards the door.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> 

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Severus was under the impression that he had accomplished
something that night, and in a way he had, but not what he had intended to.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Regulus Black’s initiation ceremony was the night that
sealed his fate; sealed his death.
Because that was the night that Lucius class=SpellE>Malfoy decided that Regulus Black
was too much competition, too much of an annoyance, to live.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Lucius was a man of great enceence, something that not many
knew. He waited a year before he even
began to work on the demise of the youngest Black.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> He worked carefully and plotted strategically
and hit Regulus in, perhaps, his most well hidden
weak spot.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> class=SpellE>Regulus was ordered to kill his older brother exactly two
years after he had been initiated, and he was unable to. He was killed a week
later for failure in his mission by a newly initiated Death Eater.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> The
orders were never traced back to Lucius class=SpellE>Malfoy; the orders were never questioned at all.style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> Despite this, Severus
Snape knew where the orders had come from, and knew
that he was powerless to do anything about them in the usual way of the Death
Eaters.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> So he
did something that was highly out abnormal for a Death Eater; he turned to class=SpellE>Albus Dumbledore for help.
Of course, he never gave the exact reason for why he turned sides, and
no one from the Order ever bothered question him (save Sirius Black, whom he of
course couldn’t tell) on why he had turned, just simply accepted the
information he passed along gratefully.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> He
wasted more than half his life pretending.
Even after the first fall of the Dark Lord, the idiots in the
Ministry managed to miss Lucius Malfoy
as a Death Eater, and for the next fifteen years, he would have to not only
stay on Lucius Malfoy’s
good side, but also the younger Malfoy, class=SpellE>Draco.

mso-ansi-language:EN-CA\'> So it
wasn’t until in Draco’s fifth year that class=SpellE>Lucius Malfoy was thrown into
Azkaban, and given the kiss two years later at the final fall of the Dark Lord
that Severus Snape was able
to say, “Rest in Peace, Regulus.”

EN-CA\'>