CW: Some verbal and physical altercations.
July 31st, 1980
The journal was probably the worst horcrux to hold onto. Something about that diary seemed to make anyone around it more aggressive and not to mention, when someone held it too long, a desire would grow in them to write in it. Regulus had been curious what would happen if he were to try and write something in its blank pages, but he refrained, leaving the diary in a locked drawer in his father's old study. He checked on it often and wanted nothing more than to just destroy it, but once again, he was asked to wait.
Regulus was quick to tell Sirius that he had managed to get it and he was insistent that he wanted to be there when he destroyed it. Pandora was no better, she had gone this far to help him and she wanted to see their plan through, fully. Neither of the two would back down from wanting to help and at this point, Regulus didn't see a point in even trying to argue it with them. Instead, he warned them of the risks and without going into too much detail, told them what they could expect.
Neither Pandora nor Sirius seemed too concerned about what risks may come with trying to destroy a horcrux, they both seemed equally as eager to witness the ordeal. Regulus wasn't sure how anyone could be so excited to help with something like this, but then again, he was once excited to do it too.
Sirius was adamant that they shouldn't try to destroy the horcrux at Grimmauld Place and tried to convince Regulus that it would be better to do it in his little, one bedroom flat. Regulus had the slightest feeling that this would be a horrible idea... so naturally, he agreed to it. Sirius wasn't the only one who enjoyed just a little bit of bedlam here and there.
Pandora had never been to Sirius' flat before and as far as Regulus knew, the last time she saw him was right around the time he would have graduated from Hogwarts. So, needless to say, it had been a while since they had met, if even. Regulus was sure they at least knew of each other and Pandora definitely knew Sirius, but whether Sirius knew her or not, he still agreed to let her come after a lot of arguing with Regulus on the safety of the matter.
"May I remind you that you still thought I was a Death Eater when you pulled me out of the cave?" Regulus had argued.
"That's different, you're my brother!" Sirius had fought back.
"Who you hadn't spoken to in two years! She's my friend and she risked her life to help me get this damn diary! I want her with us!"
"I barely know her!"
"I trust her!"
Just those three words alone had seemed to convince Sirius on the spot. For all the time that Sirius had known his brother, Regulus had never been a very trusting person. He had a few people he cared about and those who he looked up to, but never had he actually admitted to trusting anyone. At least, not to Sirius, he hadn't. He couldn't even trust most of his own family, so how do you trust someone you really only became friends with a few months ago. Sometimes, you just know you can. It's not something a person could really explain, sometimes you just know. And in that moment, after those three words were said, Sirius knew.
"Fine." Sirius finally said.
"Thank you." Regulus said back.
Pandora showed up at Regulus' door a few minutes earlier than he was expecting her and recently with her often showing up, she had started letting herself in, making herself at home whenever she was waiting around for Regulus. The first time she had done it, she had scared Regulus as he was not expecting to see a blonde woman in his kitchen, grabbing a glass of water. Even though he had jumped and let out a small scream, Pandora had seemed completely unbothered as she greeted him, holding one of his glasses.
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