One Day... A Jegulus Story

Chapter 8

Regulus walked purposefully through the masses at platform 9 3/4. He had completely lost both James and Sirius, and was determined not to be left behind at King's Cross.
He was beginning to get worried when he heard Sirius' whining from a mile away:

"Moony. Moooonyyyyyy. Moons. Moonster. Moonbeam. Moonchild. Moonshine. Moonboy. My Moonage Daydream. REMUS."

"What in Merlin's name, do you want Sirius Black?!" Remus replied, looking at him frustrated yet lovingly.

"I'll miss you! I shall miss you like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky!" (😉😉)

"Yes, Padfoot, I'll miss you too." He sighed almost pained when he sees his father waiting to take him home, away from his friends and Sirius. "I've got to go now though. Bye guys." He gives James a hug and Sirius a quick kiss on the cheek before running off but he does not leave the station before shouting an ,out of breath, "Don't forget to owl!" Over his shoulder.

"Excuse me. Pardon me. For Merlin's sake just move!" Regulus hisses pushing through the crowd to where he's finally caught a glimpse of Sirius waving goodbye to Remus.
"Ow!" He yells as he trips over some irresponsibly placed luggage and falls straight into James Potter's arms. Of all people to fall into, it had to be James Potter. Yes, he was looking for him initially, but did not plan to fall into him like a damsel in distress in some old fairy tale.
"Well hello there Reg!" James says brightly, still dipping him like they're dancing together, "Nice of you to...drop in." He chuckled at his own joke. "Very funny Potter. Now help me up." Regulus snaps agitated about how in love he is with this boy. He scrambles to his feet and whips his head around. Regulus is frozen to the spot when he sees a tall, stern-faced man walking effortlessly through the crowd towards him, beside a small sophisticated woman with a face cold and emotionless.
"Sirius..." Regulus breathes, choked by fear.
Sirius turns to look and his eyes are immediately filled with fear, "No, no no no no no. Okay guys, we're leaving. Now." They push through the crowd desperately towards James's parents who greeted them warmly "Hello, I'm Euphemia, but you can call me Effie." Said his mum who, much to their surprise, embraced all three of them into a hug. Once she pulled away, James's father introduced himself, "Fleamont. But you can call me Monty." He said holding out a hand to shake. "Nice to meet you both," said Sirius, "but we don't have much time. You see those two evil looking creatures coming over here right now?"
Effie laughed and nodded.
"Well those are our parents, and they are coming to get us. Like now. And that's not a very good thing."
"Of course. Yes. You're right. Let's get going." Said Monty, suddenly pulling out a small alarm clock and his wand from a bag. He placed the clock on the floor and pointed his wand at it, "Portus." He muttered and the clock glowed blue for a few seconds before returning to normal. "Okay, kids!" He said, "when I say go, everyone grab the clock. It's a portkey that will take us back to the house." They all nodded quite eagerly, waiting for there sign to grab on.
"Three, two, one..Go." Monty declares firmly, as they all grab on to the alarm clock which begins to glow bright blue once again...

The ground begins to shake. Reality starts to shift and warp and twist. There is a sudden lurch in all of there stomachs and a jolt like they are being pushed through time and space itself. The world around them dissolves .

When everything comes back into focus, all five of them find themselves in a red brick layed path, with a wall about waist high on the right of them. And on the left a beautiful front garden adorned with flowers of all kinds. As Regulus and Sirius take this all in, they then look ahead to see a large yet welcoming-looking house. About three storeys, Regulus would say. James Potter was a wealthy boy, but did not brag, ot even talk about that much. He's so kindhearted, thought Regulus. They all wandered into the house and settled in. Effie took all there cloaks and hung them by the door on pegs, and Monty pulled out his wand once more and with one flick transported everyone's trunks into their designated rooms. "Thanks dad," said James beaming at his father, "I'm going to show Regulus and Sirius where they're sleeping. Call me if you need me!" He said, stepping up the stairs and gesturing to the two Black brothers to follow. "Okay son." Monty and Effie said in unison and laughed in surprisement as they boys ran up the stairs. James began to give a sort of tour, "So that was the ground floor I'll show you that in just sec-" he said wondering aimlessly around the landing. "This is the first floor..bathroom there, and my mum and dad's room is there, and that one is mymums home office." James said smiling at them. "My room and the spare room is upstairs. Let's go!" They went up the next flight of stairs and walked into the first door on the left.

The room was large. Huge. It was modernly decorated and on the back wall was a large window leading onto a balcony that held two small garden chairs and table. Either side of the widow was a bed. They were large beds but not double. In front of each was sirius amd Regulus' trunks, brand new pyjamas laid out on top of them that were certainly not there before. "Mate..." Said Sirius, shocked at how nice the room was, "This is sick!"
"It is.." Regulus began quietly, "a very nice room."
"Oh wow phew. I'm so glad you like it. I'm sorry I forgot to tell you, you'd be sharing." James sighed with relief.
"No no, it's fine." Said Sirius, "it'll be a good bonding experience." He chuckled.
"Wow Sirius. Just wow." Regulus rolled his eyes, but he honestly didn't mind sharing a room with his brother.
"Okay so, before I leave you to unpack, wanna see my room?" James asked them already heading out of the guest room hoping they'd follow. "Sure. I'd love to see your room." Said Sirius trailing behind, dragging Regulus with him. On the second floor there were three rooms. The guest room, another bathroom and James's room. James's room was on the other end of the hall. They walked to the door and James opened it, "Ta da!" He said, and proceeded to do some jazz hands before following Sirius and Regulus in.
The room was almost as large as the guest room which was made for two people. The back wall was painted scarlett with a large square window in it. There was a small light bulb hanging from the ceiling with a home-made lampshade made by hanging old snitches from the ceiling to surround the light. There was a double bed with a red duvet on it covered in cartoon broomsticks. There were posters all over the walls of bands, Quidditch teams and there were also a few Gryffindor posters.
"Mate, that's awesome!!!" Sirius exclaimed.
Regulus nodded in agreement. He really did like the room. He wondered further in, over to the small cabinet next to James's bed. On it were a glasses case, a golden snitch and a few framed photos. Regulus looked closer at the photos. One was a picture of his parents, smiling and waving at him, there was another one with him, Remus, Sirius amd Peter all layed out on the grounds of Hogwarts laughing and messing about. The last photo was of just him and Sirius, although there was a blonde girl, who Regulus knew as Marlene Mickinnon in the background of the photo, quite obviously attempting to photo-bomb.
James caught a glimpse of Regulus looking at his pictures and decided to go over and talk to him. "Yeah, those are my favourite pictures of my favourite people. So I decided to frame them. I think it's important to have something to always remind you of the things you love." He said, actively blushing as he said it. "Woah yeah that's really, that's really cool." Said Regulus, also blushing at how beautiful the idea was.
They both stood for a minute, so close together that they could feel eachothers presence, even though they weren't touching. It was like a powerful force drawing them together. "Well, sorry to interrupt what ever this is..." Sirius said, waving his arms in the general direction of James and Regulus and smirking, "but I'd like to go and unpack now so....Reg you coming?"
"Yes, yes of course sorry." Regulus moved so suddenly it made James jump. He turned quickly and swept out of the room. James was almost scowling at Sirius. It was his initial reaction for someone interrupting that moment with the person he loved, but as soon as he realised he was scowling he immediately stopped, as Sirius just chuckled and gave a knowing look, before trailing off to follow Regulus back to there room.