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chapter four. (cupid's arrow through your heart )
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HARRY POTTER WILL ALWAYS be the centre of the Wizarding World's attention. The Boy Who Lived, Dumbledore's Golden Child — the list of nicknames go on and on. His survival has a meek baby set off a spiral of events and titled him as the most popular and loved — or loathed, depending on who you ask — being in their community. Salem knows this, so it's a given when everyone sets in a frenzied panic the moment they hear the news that Potter's been attacked by a Dementor.
Not Salem, Caspian and Regulus, though. They sit back, and enjoy chaos. Watching the flurry of Order members, their panic spiking at the potential-near-death of Harry Potter, while the three of them hardly engage in the raged conversation occurring. Salem is certain she can see Granger crying, Woodley and Weasley are battling with one another over what's best to do and are determined to join them on the journey to collect Potter, while Sirius Black is goddamn mess.
Snapping at anyone who dares defy him and what he thinks is the right course of action and is dead-set on going to save Potter from the Dursleys — despite his current felon status in their society. Sirius turns to Regulus with a fumed look on his face, harshly asking, "Aren't you going to do anything? Y'know, considering you're so talented at magic."
Regulus purses his lips and shrugs, leaning back against the chair as he casually responds, "He's not my godson."
Sirius scoffs and shakes his head, while Caspian and Salem snort quietly amongst themselves. Sirius spits, "You're unbelievable. You could try to care about him — or, maybe, help!"
"What would you like me to do, Sirius?" Regulus questions sharply, narrowing his sage gaze. "Go back in time and stop it all? Become Potter's personal bodyguard? Kill anyone who dares look at him wrong? That's what I am to you, isn't it? A coldhearted, murderous, Death Eater —"
