Drabble Challenge: Goodbye
Ok, on Ladybeth I asked for drabble requests to get me moving again. Here is the challenge I got from morgynleri_fic:
Regulus and Sirius as kids, a moment when they get along.
And now for the Drabble, which is not quite fitting the challenge and not quite that good, but It got written. It's 914 words so I don't think it qaulifies as a drabble anymore but still:
Note: I kinda made this part of my Athena-verse in that Sirius has a 2 year old daughter (Zara) at this point and a girlfriend named Athena. In case anyone was wondering about the statement Regulus makes at the end.
December, 1979
It was a park, it was late, it was freezing, he was (relatively) alone and frankly thought this was about the worst idea He had ever heard. But Moody thought it was a good idea, and as a new recruit he couldn’t afford to object to orders, especially at times like these.
The Auror division had gotten an anonymous note that someone would like to meet with an Auror, Sirius Black specifically, in order to give them information. If it had been normal times, the request would have been denied because Sirius was still in his first year of training. But since the war was going on, recruits were put through the training while working cases. Mostly minor police work that left the older more experienced Aurors to fight the war. And because they were fighting the war, any information, real or not, was taken for consideration. Which was why Sirius was now sitting at a park bench in the middle of London, waiting for the mysterious informant.
He knew that James and Frank Longbottom were hidden in the trees. They would be on hand should anything go amiss. Still, that didn’t help calm his anxiety. He knew the other side, had lived with it for the first eleven years of his life and for five summers after that.
“Hello, Sirius.” Sirius looked to see a face he hadn’t seen in almost four years. His brother had finally gown into his lanky body, not looking as awkward as the last time he had seen him. He held his arms up to show he didn’t have his wand with him and sat on the bench beside his brother.
“You’re the informant?” He couldn’t believe that Regulus would go against their parents. This had to be some grand joke, or another attempt from his brother and cousin Narcissa to make him come back to the fold. Bellatrix was so firmly entrenched in her beliefs that as afar as she was concerned, Sirius Black had been dead since he was sixteen. Andromedia was firmly on the his side, but stayed away from the magical world as she could in order to protect her daughter, Nymphadora. Narcissa hadn’t never been someone to stand on one side or another, but when forced she would choose the side her husband choose if only to keep the peace at home. Regulus, though, had always been a wild canon. He had believed strongly in their parents views, but Sirius thought he didn’t have the constitution to actually fight for Voldemort. The kid seemed to fit all the stereotypes of slytherin…pureblood, prejudiced and cowardly. However he had tried to convince Sirius he should join.
“Yes, surprised?”
“Didn’t think you would have wanted to give information up on Voldemort.” Regulus sighed.
“Where’s Potter?”
“You asked for me to be alone.”
“Yes, I know but when have you ever done as I asked. That and the fact that Potter is practically your spleen. So where is he?”
“Do you really think I’m going to tell you?” Regulus had yet to look at him directly. “Who did you bring.”
“No one. But I was followed.”
“Bella.”
“Bella.”
“If this is a last ditch attempt for me to follow the family creed, you can forget it about it.”
“No, I actually have some information to give to you. I asked for you for a couple of reasons, one being that I could say I was trying to get you on our side if anyone saw me talking to you.”
“So what is it?”
“First and probably most importantly you should know that Voldemort has placed a spy amongst you.”
“We figured that, anything useful to tell me?”
“I’m not sure who he is, enemy intelligence is not where I’ve been placed. I know enough to know he put it close to Dumbledore and close to you, Potter and Longbottom. He’s after your friend, the redhead. The one married to Potter. Voldemort fears her for some reason.”
“Would I recognize him?”
“As a spy? Hardly. He probably pretends to be the most supportive of your cause.” Amos Diggory? What about Arthur Weasley? Could he be the spy ….no that man is too interested in muggles to be making it up.
“You said you had something else to tell me.”
“Goodbye.”
“What? You’re not going to tell me?”
“No, I’m here to say goodbye. I won’t be seeing you again.” For the first time that night, Regulus turned and looked at him, straight into his eyes and Sirius knew he wasn’t lying. His brother really thought this was the last time they would ever see each other.
“What do you mean?”
“Remember how you told me that the one thing you had learned as a Gryffindor that one had to stand up what was right, even if it didn’t seem so easy.”
“Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?”
“You were right. Probably the best advice someone has given me.” Regulus stood up and faced his brother one last time. He looked like he wanted to say something, but wasn’t going to. “Take care of those girls of yours.” With a nod of his head he turned and walked away, leaving his brother still sitting on the bench confused.
It wasn’t till a few days later when the Daily Prophet announced that the body of Regulus Black had been found,cause of death unknown, did he realize what his brother really meant by goodbye.
Regulus and Sirius as kids, a moment when they get along.
And now for the Drabble, which is not quite fitting the challenge and not quite that good, but It got written. It's 914 words so I don't think it qaulifies as a drabble anymore but still:
Note: I kinda made this part of my Athena-verse in that Sirius has a 2 year old daughter (Zara) at this point and a girlfriend named Athena. In case anyone was wondering about the statement Regulus makes at the end.
December, 1979
It was a park, it was late, it was freezing, he was (relatively) alone and frankly thought this was about the worst idea He had ever heard. But Moody thought it was a good idea, and as a new recruit he couldn’t afford to object to orders, especially at times like these.
The Auror division had gotten an anonymous note that someone would like to meet with an Auror, Sirius Black specifically, in order to give them information. If it had been normal times, the request would have been denied because Sirius was still in his first year of training. But since the war was going on, recruits were put through the training while working cases. Mostly minor police work that left the older more experienced Aurors to fight the war. And because they were fighting the war, any information, real or not, was taken for consideration. Which was why Sirius was now sitting at a park bench in the middle of London, waiting for the mysterious informant.
He knew that James and Frank Longbottom were hidden in the trees. They would be on hand should anything go amiss. Still, that didn’t help calm his anxiety. He knew the other side, had lived with it for the first eleven years of his life and for five summers after that.
“Hello, Sirius.” Sirius looked to see a face he hadn’t seen in almost four years. His brother had finally gown into his lanky body, not looking as awkward as the last time he had seen him. He held his arms up to show he didn’t have his wand with him and sat on the bench beside his brother.
“You’re the informant?” He couldn’t believe that Regulus would go against their parents. This had to be some grand joke, or another attempt from his brother and cousin Narcissa to make him come back to the fold. Bellatrix was so firmly entrenched in her beliefs that as afar as she was concerned, Sirius Black had been dead since he was sixteen. Andromedia was firmly on the his side, but stayed away from the magical world as she could in order to protect her daughter, Nymphadora. Narcissa hadn’t never been someone to stand on one side or another, but when forced she would choose the side her husband choose if only to keep the peace at home. Regulus, though, had always been a wild canon. He had believed strongly in their parents views, but Sirius thought he didn’t have the constitution to actually fight for Voldemort. The kid seemed to fit all the stereotypes of slytherin…pureblood, prejudiced and cowardly. However he had tried to convince Sirius he should join.
“Yes, surprised?”
“Didn’t think you would have wanted to give information up on Voldemort.” Regulus sighed.
“Where’s Potter?”
“You asked for me to be alone.”
“Yes, I know but when have you ever done as I asked. That and the fact that Potter is practically your spleen. So where is he?”
“Do you really think I’m going to tell you?” Regulus had yet to look at him directly. “Who did you bring.”
“No one. But I was followed.”
“Bella.”
“Bella.”
“If this is a last ditch attempt for me to follow the family creed, you can forget it about it.”
“No, I actually have some information to give to you. I asked for you for a couple of reasons, one being that I could say I was trying to get you on our side if anyone saw me talking to you.”
“So what is it?”
“First and probably most importantly you should know that Voldemort has placed a spy amongst you.”
“We figured that, anything useful to tell me?”
“I’m not sure who he is, enemy intelligence is not where I’ve been placed. I know enough to know he put it close to Dumbledore and close to you, Potter and Longbottom. He’s after your friend, the redhead. The one married to Potter. Voldemort fears her for some reason.”
“Would I recognize him?”
“As a spy? Hardly. He probably pretends to be the most supportive of your cause.” Amos Diggory? What about Arthur Weasley? Could he be the spy ….no that man is too interested in muggles to be making it up.
“You said you had something else to tell me.”
“Goodbye.”
“What? You’re not going to tell me?”
“No, I’m here to say goodbye. I won’t be seeing you again.” For the first time that night, Regulus turned and looked at him, straight into his eyes and Sirius knew he wasn’t lying. His brother really thought this was the last time they would ever see each other.
“What do you mean?”
“Remember how you told me that the one thing you had learned as a Gryffindor that one had to stand up what was right, even if it didn’t seem so easy.”
“Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?”
“You were right. Probably the best advice someone has given me.” Regulus stood up and faced his brother one last time. He looked like he wanted to say something, but wasn’t going to. “Take care of those girls of yours.” With a nod of his head he turned and walked away, leaving his brother still sitting on the bench confused.
It wasn’t till a few days later when the Daily Prophet announced that the body of Regulus Black had been found,cause of death unknown, did he realize what his brother really meant by goodbye.