Marauders Short Stories

Piece of my Soul

Description: Regulus survives getting the locket and needs help destroying it.

Regulus reached the surface of the freezing water, gasping for breath. He grasped the ground in front of him and pulled himself up out of the water. He kept gasping for breath and coughing. When he finally calmed down, he looked down at his neck and saw the slytherin locket around it. He smiled, he had gotten it. He was still shivering, so he cast a few heating spells to warm him up. He stood up and looked back across the black lake and saw the bodies of the Inferi floating in the water. He took another deep breath. He had no idea how he did it, all he could remember was seeing a bright light as he was being attacked, then coming up for air. Regulus clutched the locket on his chest, he had gotten it. And he wasn't dead. Not just yet, anyway. Regulus turned away from the lake and walked out of the cave. He passed the wall dripping with his blood and out of the cave. Once he was out of the cave, he was instantly hit with the strong winds and huge waves of the ocean. He used his arm to block his face and walked away from the cave. He knew he had to get a reasonable distance away to apparate. After walking a few hundred yards away from the cave entrance, he stopped. He thought about where he could go. He couldn't go home, or to any other houses of the death eaters, he would be dead within a few hours. Regulus didn't know anyone else other than the death eaters. Except for a few people, but he hadn't spoken to them in a year. He was honestly scared to go to them. He knew he wasn't welcome there and it would just bring back painful memories. Regulus's heart hurt just thinking about them. Especially him. It turns out they were right the whole time, and Regulus had made a really stupid decision. He was about to rack his brain to try and think of another place to go when a huge wave crashed onto the rock he was standing on, soaking him in freezing cold water yet again. When the water finally stopped crashing down on him he was soaked and shivering again. He decided he would just have to suck it up and ask him for help before he died of hypothermia. Regulus closed his eyes and pictured the light green door in front of him, the number 26 painted in gold in the middle. He felt himself zoom away from the cave before the warmth of the indoors surrounded him. He opened his eyes to find himself in front of the very same door he was just picturing. Regulus took a deep breath. His heart was pounding. Even if he did find somewhere else to go he had to tell someone, and preferably someone who could use what he found against Voldemort. Regulus reluctantly raised his fist and knocked on the door. A couple seconds later he heard footsteps from inside the apartment getting closer and closer to the door. After another few seconds, the doorknob turned and the door swung open, revealing James Potter on the other side. His hair was disheveled as always, he was wearing green pants and a grey t-shirt and the lens on his glasses were slightly smudged. He hadn't changed since Regulus last saw him. When James first saw Regulus the first look on his face was genuine worry and concern, but that only lasted a few seconds before his face hardened again and he didn't show much emotion in his face.

"Bloody hell, what happened to you?" James asked, looking at the soaked Regulus. Regulus swallowed, his throat was insanely dry.

"I need to show you something." Regulus said.

"What is it?" James asked.

"Something to help the Order."

"Well why should I trust you?" James said, crossing his arms. Regulus felt a dagger go through his heart. He hated the fact that James didn't even trust him enough to let him into his home.

"James please, you can call for backup or something if you feel unsafe. I-I would never hurt you. I made a mistake." Regulus said. James stared at Regulus for a few seconds. Regulus felt like he was being read, James had a way of doing that. Finally, James stepped aside and let Regulus in. Regulus sighed in relief and stepped through the door. He took a few steps into the apartment. He had only been there a few times. James had just bought it when they broke up. It was furnished now, and it looked a lot better. There was a big maroon colored couch in the living room and a round yellow carpet with an oak coffee table on top of it. Normally Regulus would've rolled his eyes, but he bit back a smile when he saw the Gryffindor colors. He suddenly felt a wave of warmth go over him. He looked down to see his clothes dry and he was no longer shivering. He looked over to see James pointing his wand at him.