till death do us part -regulus black (the blacks, vol. 1)

chapter 3

When the time came for Evangeline to go back to Grimmauld Place, Kreacher apparated her there to the house along with her stuff. When the Order of the Phoenix saw that Kreacher brought in a blonde woman, their first thought was that he had brought in who they wished to be Evangeline Black. And they were not wrong.

'Hi! Sorry for intruding like this. I am Evangeline Black, but you can call me Eva since Evangeline is quite the mouthful,' Eva introduced herself.

A man she had seen in pictures around the house stepped forward and introduced himself. 'Hi, I'm Sirius Black, your brother-in-law, I believe.'

'It's my pleasure to finally meet you, even though I wish it were under better circumstances,' Evangeline told her brother-in-law.

'I'm so sorry I did nothing to help him,' Sirius sighed.

'I'm sorry Regulus, nor I reached out to you. Regulus was afraid you'd throw him away since he was a death eater,' Eva explained.

Eva could break down into tears at any moment, and she knew it. Returning to 12 Grimmauld Place and thinking about her husband made her a wreck. Sirius immediately saw that and pulled his sister-in-law into a hug.

'If only Reg would be here,' she muttered into Sirius's shoulder.

'He's looking down at us, and he's smiling; I can feel it,' Sirius whispered in Eva's ear in a reassuring tone. 'I saw the pictures, and I can say that he loved you very much.'

'Thanks,' Eva told Sirius, pulling away from the hug and wiping away a few tears.

'Hello, darling, I am Molly Weasley,' a ginger-haired woman introduced herself.

'Hello, Mrs Weasley,' Eva said politely.

'Oh, darling, please, call me Molly,' Mrs Weasley assured her. 'Now, let us get you something to eat, and we can talk after lunch during the meeting of the Order, all right?' Mrs Weasley asked, and Eva nodded, letting the older woman walk her to the kitchen of what she once used to call home.

She sat down on Sirius's right, who was sitting at the head of the table. Molly put set the table some plates of soup, and everyone began eating. Before eating, everyone introduced themselves. Mostly Weasleys were living now alongside Sirius in Grimmauld Place, a brown-haired girl named Hermione Granger, and a werewolf of whom Eva heard from Regulus named Remus Lupin.

'Is it true that you're Malfoy's mother?' a ginger-haired boy named Ron Weasley asked Eva.

'If by Malfoy you mean Draco, then yes, I am his mother,' Eva replied with a kind smile.

'But, how could someone so vile be the son of someone so nice?' a girl, Ginny, asked.

'Well, I did not raise him, so I had influence over the pure-blooded ways Lucius Malfoy taught him,' Eva explained. 'If my husband and I were the ones to raise him, he would have been raised to see everyone equally, and he would not be as bitter as he is right now.'

'It's hard to believe Malfoy being nice,' Hermione Granger admitted.

'Well, people, with the right motivation or the right motives, can change for the better. That is what my husband told me,' Eva told them with a saddened smile.

'Could I ask how you two met?' Remus Lupin asked.