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18th of July 1981.
𝕴t was around ten o'clock in the evening when we all gathered in Riddle Manor, planning to leave once everyone arrived with some words from Tom. The past week flew by, I found myself spending time with Evan more than the others (excluding Regulus and Tom), I think he was worried about me, he tried to get me to back out but I wouldn't. 'Too stubborn for your own good, Rosie Posie' He would repeat over and over. It was true- I was stubborn and I was going to fight in this war. I was going to lead this war to an end, the way witches and wizards of the Wizarding World want.
The thirteen of us stood in the middle of the room, everyone else on the outskirts conversing. Most of the death eaters were excited to fight again, our group not as much. They were nervous, even if they didn't admit it out loud, I could see it in their eyes. We were dressed occasionally for the matter, I was wearing black jeans, a tight zipped up jacket that held my dagger and wand and some dark red high top converses Sirius had bought me. Regulus plaited my hair into two dutch braids, Marlene insisting I wore eyeliner and makeup, 'If I was going to take down one of the most powerful wizards to exist, I had to do it looking good'.
"You fight, you do not yield, you do not surrender. We are powerful, we are strong and we are doing this for the whole of the Wizarding World!" Tom announced, "You will only follow orders on mine, Briar Rose's or Regulus'. No one else. If we tell you to retreat, you retreat. If we tell you to kill, you kill. If we tell you to leave, you leave. Is that understood?"
"Yes, My Lord" The all chorused, James and Sirius snickering as they mocked the name. Idiots.
"You wait for my signal to enter the castle, apparate to outside the grounds, we will reconvene there" He declared, many witches and wizards having dark smoke fog around them as they disappeared.
"Please don't put yourselves in danger, I don't want anyone to be severely hurt or die" I told our small group, swallowing thickly, "If it comes to it, just leave me and Dumbledore to it"
"Rosie-"
"I will send you away. I mean it" I cut Evan off, a stern expression on my face. "You are under my orders, I will kill you if you don't follow them"
They reluctantly nodded, disapparating, leaving Regulus, Tom and I. Tom kissed my forehead,
"I'll see you in a few moments" He said before apparating to Hogwarts, leaving Regulus and I alone in the dark room.
I turned to face him, both of us staring intensely into each other's eyes, lost in the storm. He took a hold of both of my hands, lacing his fingers with mine, making me feel a jolt of electricity. He stretched them out, leaning forward, resting his forehead against mine. I breathed out heavily, closing my eyes briefly.
"Promise me you'll be careful" I whispered, leaning all my weight on to him, squeezing his hands.
"I promise to be careful as long as you are" He murmured, my eyes flitting open to meet his gorgeous grey ones again. I was going head to head with one of the greatest sorcerers in the world- yes we have had our duels from time to time but this was different. We were going to put an end to all of this now. I couldn't promise him, as much as I wanted to.
