Saving Brothers

Chapter 23: The Awaking

Ginny walked past the great hall and bumped into a broad man. She looked up from the ground to see Regulus. Ginny had not talked to Regulus since the incident and them arguing about who they think did it. Ginny got up and faced him.

"Regulus,"

"Ginny, how are you?" He asked.

"I am alright above the circumstances on what's going on. How are you?" She asked.

"I am well. Yes, how is your sister doing?" He asked cordially.

"She is doing alright. But do you really care?" Ginny spatted.

Regulus did not know what to say. Since their argument they have not been seeing eye to eye. It did hurt him to know that he could not see her smile or any of that. But he did not know what to do about it. He stood by his friends and house. He was a Slytherin and that was that. He opened up his mouth to say something but then closed it.

"Gins!" A voice screamed from down the hall. Regulus and Ginny both turned around to see Sirius. He was out of breath. The last time she saw him, he was in the Hospital Wing with Hermione. Ginny turned to him scared. Before she could ask if Hermione was alright, Sirius smiled and said,

"There is progress, they think she will be waking up soon."

Ginny smiled and said,

"That is amazing. Let's go so we can be the first people to see her when she wakes up."

"I will be right there." Sirius said watching Ginny turn the corner. He then faced his brother and said, "You tell your friends or whatever you want to call them. If they come anywhere near Hermione again, I promise you that they would wish they got punished by Headmaster Dumbledore instead of what I got up my sleeve. They have been warned." Sirius walked away from his brother and started to run to the Gryffindor Common room to find the others.

Regulus walked to the Slytherin common room and there he saw his friends. They were all huddled around talking. One of them saw Regulus enter and gestured him to come and join them. He sat next to Theo Nott.

"Any news about the mudblood? Is she still unconscious?" Luscious asked with a smirk.

"There has been talk that they are close to curing her. But the teachers are still working on it." Barty Crouch Jr. stated.

"Well, when she wakes we have to worry about her squealing to the imbecile of a headmaster we call Dumbledore." Bellatrix piped up.

"Don't worry dear Bella. I have it all under control." Luscious spoke.

"Regulus, you have been quiet over there. Do you have any news? How is everything going with befriending that other Reeves girl?" Luscious asked putting the spot light on him.

"Well, I have hit a snag in the mission. We had this argument about who did it. They know that it was a Slytherin but none of them have proof. My half-wit brother even tried to scare me with a warning. He said, 'If any of you come anywhere near Hermione again, he promise you that you would wish you got punished by Headmaster Dumbledore instead of what he got up my sleeve.' "Regulus said with a snicker.

"That is hilarious. You no good brother is trying to be scary but he is not. Do you know anything about the mudblood?" Barty Crouch Jr. asked.

Before he could answer a first year ran is and screamed,

"The girl is waking up! The Professor Slughorn is on his way here!"

Everyone looked around. Luscious had a look of distaste on his face. He whispered something to Bellatrix and then disappeared.