Lost Stars I Regulus Black

C H A P T E R V

          "Have you seen Loretta?" Rajan plopped down on the couch beside Regulus who was laying down reading a book. With a little shake of his head, the youngest Black denied. 

          "Weren't they suppose to be outside?" Regulus questioned just in time to see Dominic suddenly enter the common room.

          "Raj" The breathless boy panted. "I've looked everywhere, couldn't find them, and believe me, I've looked well enough," Dominic repeats as he tries to catch his breath from running all the way from the black lake to the common room.

"See!" Rajan exclaims. "It's like they disappeared! We've checked the library, the great hall, we even asked a girl to see if they were in the loo, and now outside. I'm convinced they disappeared." Sighing again he threw his arms up in surrender. 

         The desperate boy ran a hand through his hair; "I just received a letter from my aunt, my very mad aunt, complaining that Loretta forgot her dress for Bellatrix's and my brother's wedding at home and Rabastan is going to be very kindly dropping it off at Slughorn's office later at eight. But it's already six and they seem nowhere to be found!" He sighed and dropped on the couch next to his friends. After the Rosiers, Blacks, and Lestranges' fought for hours to convince Dumbledore of even letting the children skip school that day, they were not going to allow the school to deprive them of sending a dress - a very expensive one at that-.

"They can't just disappear, they must be somewhere!" Dominic concludes.

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            I walk into the most incredible place I've ever seen. In front of me is a little round-shaped living room with a black marble fireplace, a very deep brown wood made up the walls, and floors were covered by velvet rugs as if I was inside the tree. Books were all over carved shelves in the wood, just like a library. A little table on the corner has a record player and ac couple of records were pinned on the wall behind it. I look up to see a circular balcony and follow the railing to see stairs behind a wooden pillar. I ran up the stairs and gasp in amazement as the wooden railings turned into black marble with my touch. Finally, upstairs, I find a navy telescope pointing to a random spot in the wood, I lean over the marble railings and flinch as I accidentally press a small button on the marble. Suddenly, a hidden round window opens in the middle of the roof and lets in the blue night light. Astonished, I continued to look around. To my right was a smaller living room area with smaller vintage chairs and a round table that matched the black marble theme around the house. To my left was a door, a very intriguing door. Instead of the dark wood, the rest of the house shared, this door was grey and had a similar-shape doorknob to the one outside the treehouse but instead it was silver. Just as I was about to approach it I heard a loud thud behind me. Turning quickly and pointing my wand at whatever it would be, I see a house-elf.

         "Hello there Young Mistress I'm Tykka! The House elf in charge of maintaining Braithewaite Willow Cabin!" The small being introduced herself.

         "Hello Tykka," I reply politely. "Wh-where exactly are we?"

         "Oh young mistress doesn't need to worry, we are at the willow!" the short elf answered. 

          "Why did you call me young mistress?" I ask.

           "Because Ms.Potter, you are a Braithewaite, you are the mistress of the cabin. This willow-tree house will only open at first to a Braithewaite heir. Later on, you can access it with your friends, as if it was your own house. Oh, it's been so long since Tykka had company. Tykka is overjoyed." The house-elf smiles.

          "Hello?" I hear voices I know well by now from downstairs and smile to see Loretta and Alexandria walking inside.

          "In here!" I wave at them from the balcony looking down at them smiling.