The news
Sirius had asked the Marauders - which now included Lily - to come over for some time. They were sitting in peaceful silence when it was interrupted by a tap tap tap.
" Stupid owl", Sirius muttered, opening the window. His irritation disappeared when he saw who sent it. Their last conversation had gone nowhere. He opened it and found the familiar angular script staring up at him. It formed one line : You will always be my brother.
"Why would he-", Sirius started, only to be cut of by another sharp tap tap. The noise drew the Marauders. This owl seemed to be holding a fiery red envelope. "Three guesses who sent me that Howler", Sirius said sarcastically. He opened the window, took the letter and opened it. As expected, the voice of Walburga Black filled the room. But what was unexpected, was the content.
"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT THAT YOUR BROTHER IS DEAD -". The rest Sirius couldn't hear as everything turned into a blur. He slowly lifted Regulus' letter and read it over and over again, until it finally set in - Regulus was gone.
"She was right. It was my fault. I failed."
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Regrets
FanfictionIt's 1999, and it's been an year after the end of the second Wizarding War. It's 1999, and Sirius visits his brother's grave twenty years after he's left the world behind. In front of this gravestone, on which the final days of this forgotten hero...
