Ophelia || Harry Potter

Chapter 69

(A/N) I actually loved writing this chapter and the next like two or three! I think it's because Ophelia learns more about the unknown parts of her family

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I walked through the house of Grimmauld Place. My eyes searched every nook and cranny of this place as I had done on my previous visit

There was currently an Order Meeting therefore we were kicked out of the dining room. I was alone since the others were attempting to use the twins new invention to attempt to listen in. After a few more minutes of wandering I realised that I had reached the top floor - not the attic but the top living floor

Soon I had realised that no one was staying up here due to the layers of dust that covered everything. My eyes wandered to the portraits of ancestors hung up the walls, thick layers stuck onto their frames

"Mistress Black?" A voice said

I turned around to see Kreature at the end of the corridor watching me curiously

"Hey Kreacher"

"What are you doing up here?" He asks

"Just exploring" I sigh looking up at a portrait before back at him "I was a bit bored"

He comes closer to where I was standing

"Do you know much of your family?" He asks

"Not really" I softly smile

"Follow me"

Hesitantly I follow him as he leads me further down the corridor. My mind had two thoughts; 'Do I turn around because he might lead me to danger?' but then my other thought reminded me 'he likes me so why would he harm someone apart of the Noble House of Black'. Soon enough he stops outside of this door

"Did you know Kreacher has another master" He says

"What Sirius and my mother's dad?"

"No, their brother"

I shake my head confused. Sirius and my mum had a brother yet they didn't tell me. Perhaps he was like my grandparents, obsessed with the dark arts

"So I actually have another uncle" I say watching as he nods "What was his name?"

"Master Regulus Black"

Kreacher then opens the door leading me into the room of what would be a teenage boys. The walls we plain and all his furniture were matching dark wood. His room was slightly dusty however it seemed as if it had tried to be cleaned. Slowly I moved into the room having a proper look. There was a small Slytherin poster on the wall so I realised he did follow my grandparents footsteps

"Kreacher shall leave Mistress Black to explore" He says

"Okay?" I question

He then leaves as I continue to look around. I head over to his desk that looked like it had been organised many years ago with the amount of dust covering its occupants. I run my hand over the desk until something felt weird. Trying to brush the chair down a bit I then took a seat. This was when I got a better look at what my hand had brushed. It seemed to be a hidden draw carved into the desk

Since I couldn't push or pull it open I let my fingers run over it attempting to find a way in. Eventually I did brush against a dip in the wood. I looked to see a small keyhole in the wood. I looked around the desk and the room to see if there was a key however as I was searching one draw by his bed. My eyes suddenly stared at the key dangling from my neck

I knew it couldn't fit for the draw. I mean why would the key for my vault match with a keyhole made before I was born because, as Sirius had told me, the vault was made just when I was born