𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 // 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 [𝟏]

Chapter 47

"The day you lose someone
isn't the worst.
It's all the days
they stay dead."

Kira sat on the floor for an hour and a half waiting for Regulus and Kreacher to apparate back to her.

Each second that ticked by, filled her with dread and fear. Fear that Regulus was dead, and she would never hear the crack of apparation.

This filled her mind until she heard it in the entrance.

They're back.

She leapt up and sprinted to the entrance room of the house but slid to a stop when she didn't see Regulus.

Kreacher was standing alone in her entrance.

She let out a shaky breath, "Where's Regulus?"

Kreacher shook his head, "Master Regulus is dead."

She laughed, but it was not filled with humour. "What do you mean he's dead? He, he, he can't be dead." She threw up her hands. She didn't know what to do with herself.

Kreacher nodded, "Master Regulus is dead. Master Regulus is gone."

"No," she whispered. And then she screamed. Dropping to her knees, she hit the ground with her fists. "No!" She screamed. Her sobs were gut-wrenching, and she felt her throat hurt from the screams but she didn't care.

Kreacher left and she was alone in her misery.

Kira spent the next three days in her bed. She got up to go to the bathroom and drink water from the cup she kept next to her bed, but other than that she never left.

She would fall asleep and wake up, only to turn around and realise the left side of the bed was empty and Regulus was still gone.

She would cry. Then she would get up to go to the bathroom, and clean her face. Then she would cry some more.

Most of the time was spent staring at the ceiling. She felt numb. Empty. Like a part of her was missing.

That's why when Sirius came to visit that morning, he thought she was gone too.

Sirius knocked on the door a few times. The letter he received from his father was still clutched in his hand. It was simple and short but it tore through him all the same.

Regulus has gone missing. It's suspected that he's dead. The Aurors are looking for him.

The longer he waited outside his brother's house the more worried he got. He checked through the living room window, but nothing seemed broken or trashed. It was messy, like someone hadn't cleaned, but not like someone broke in.

There were charms on the door to prevent magic being used to open it, so he did the most logical thing and broke down the door.

It worked, so he took his wand in his hand and searched the house.

He came to a stop at the main bedroom. It was the only door that was closed.

He stepped forward and opened the door to find Kira laying in her bed.

He was half-sure she was dead.

He ran over to her, trying to feel for a pulse but she only blinked blankly up at him.

"Kira?"

She came to her senses and sat up. Her eyes filled with tears.

"Kira? What happened to Regulus?"