Little Dark Age | Regulus Black x reader

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Y/n POV

I watch as the fight escalates in front of me. Why does everyone have to be so violent? And stupid, don't forget stupid. I watch as a crowd forms around the idiots fighting. Only a few of us, the smart ones, stay away.

Mulciber threw the first punch at an unsuspecting Hufflepuff. It's a muggleborn, because of course Mulciber would fight a muggleborn.

Mulciber is one of those Slytherins. The blood purist kind. He hangs out with Severus Snape. It's kind of fitting actually, two greasy haired imbeciles gravitating towards each other. It's like some odd sort of solar system.

I look towards the pen of Nifflers that we're supposed to be training. Hagrid said he was only going to be gone for a few seconds and look what happened.

I shake my head and turn away from the fight. I move towards the Nifflers and sit next to their own, hoping to keep them shielded from the fight.

A few minutes later, heavy footsteps begin to move towards Hagrid's hut. I stand and watch as Hagrid pushes his way through the crowd and pulls Mulciber off the Hufflepuff, whose face is bruising and swollen.

"Now listen here, there will be no more fightin, in my class. To make sure of that, yeh'll be partnered with someone from the other house, that yeh have ter hang out with outside of class an' work together with in class," He orders. "An' I'll be the one pickin yer partners."

A chorus of groans rise from the crowd, as well as a few furious glares exchanged to the others house. Well if it isn't the consequences of Mulciber's actions dooming us all. I can only hope that I won't be paired with that greasy little slime ball.

Hagrid begins pairing off people at random. Soon enough there's just four of us left, Regulus, Mulciber, Amelia Bones and me.

"Wulfric Mulciber an' Amelia Bones." Hagrid motions to them before turning to me. "An' that leaves you two as partners. Now get to work, all of yeh."

I nod and hurry towards the Niffler pen, grabbing one with a white streak down its back. I walk towards a small gap in the tree line and sit down, setting my Niffler in front of me.

"Hello there, my name is Y/n Byrnes. And you must be Koda," I introduce. "All right little dude, we're going to be spending a lot of time together so it's best to start on the right foot. So if you listen to me, I promise to be really nice." I hold my pinkie finger out. "Pinky promise."

He pokes my finger with his nose.

"I'll take that as a yes" I giggle. I hear footsteps behind me and turn to face the noise.

"Two minutes in and you're already talking to animals. What's next, a teapot?" Regulus laughs.

I stick my tongue out at him and smack his leg. My eyes lose focus on him as I watch Mulciber struggling to tame his Niffler. I stifle a laugh and turn back around.

Regulus is already bonding with his Niffler. Interesting, so the big bad wolf does have a nice side.

I turn back to my Koda, deciding that the first step in training him is to observe him. I watch as he runs around, occasionally having to pull him back when he gets too far away.

My partner breaks the silence by clearing his throat. "So, you like animals?" He asks.

"That's a silly question," I respond. "Who doesn't like animals. But yes, I like animals. Well actually it's more like love. That's why this is my favorite class. What's your favorite class?"

"Ah that's a hard one," he starts. "But I'm gonna have to go with Astronomy."

"Well the stars are pretty cool. I suck at astronomy though. There's just to many things to memorize." I laugh.