However much Regulus would love to stay in bed with James on their anniversary, there was much to be done.
Regulus had arranged a meeting to buy a venom that would destroy the horcruxes.
It was the venom of a basilisk.
The venom was rare and only sold through a dark market of sorts.
Regulus had no intention of asking the seller how he'd obtained the venom as the seller had no intention asking what Regulus needed it for.
The dark market was a 'don't ask, don't tell' place.
Most people were somewhat disguised, as not to be recognized in such a place.
Voldemort didn't take holidays, which meant James and Regulus couldn't either.
So that meant, the couple heading into town to meet a stranger in a dark alley with the intention of a trade off, on their anniversary.
They were both dressed in dark cloaks with hoods that hid them.
The strange man appeared out from- what seemed to be- nowhere.
Regulus stepped forward towards the man.
The man looked at him and then towards James as if wondering why Regulus had brought someone along.
"My apprentice. He's here to observe." Regulus explained, although his voice was not his own, rather deeper.
Regulus was a terrible liar, but an outstanding actor.
James was there because the boy was prepared to go feral if anything were to happen to Regulus.
But the man needn't know that.
The man nodded, handing Regulus the few bottles of venom as Regulus handed him the pouch of coins.
He seemed to weigh the coins in his hands, as to make sure he was paid in full, before he disappeared back into the shadows.
Regulus seemingly let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.
He spun on his heels towards James and they made their way back out into the open.
By then they ditched the cloaks.
"You think it'll work?" James questioned.
Regulus shrugged, "It has to."
A little while later they arrived back at the castle.
Ivan and Claudette had been waiting for them in Ivan's dorm- with the horcruxes.
They planned to destroy them all.
Claud and Ivan were glad the pair had both made it back in one piece and with the venom.
"How do we go about doing this?" Ivan asked, twirling the venom around the bottle.
"We have to coat something with venom." Regulus explained.
"But what?" James quizzed.
"What about that shark tooth your roommate has?", Claudette said to Ivan, "It's sharp enough."
"A shark tooth?!" James exclaimed.
"Yeah, he's kind of an odd ball." Ivan explained as he got up to look for the thing.
"I don't think I've ever talked to any of your roommates." Regulus jeered.
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Regulus Black and The Butterfly Effect
FanfictionRegulus and the crew once again find themselves in a predicament. With the locket in their possession, there's a new task at hand- destroying it. Only they soon find that the locket isn't the only horcrux and Voldemort isn't their only problem. B...
