Little Black Lies •| Regulus Black |•

• S E C T U M S E M P R A •

The sun streamed in through the window, waking me up to an awful headache. I patted my arm onto the mattress next to me to notice the bed was empty. I shot up on the bed to notice a pair of blue eyes staring at me intensively.

"Um, morning, I brought you a cup of tea for the headache" Peter smiled awkwardly, holding out one of the cups of tea that he had in his hand.

"Oh, thank you, do you know where Regulus is?" I questioned as I leaned forward to take the cup of tea.

"I think he was called to a meeting early this morning with the dark lo-I mean your father" He stuttered nervously.

"Well, thank you for the tea" I furrowed my eyes to the shy boy.

He didn't leave though, instead he decided to take a seat at the ottoman that sat at the foot of the bed. We both took a sip of tea at the same time as I looked at him quizzically, he still had a nervous smile on his face.

"Everyone else is meeting with the order to discuss the war, I offered to stay back to make sure you were safe. The tea has a healing potion in to help with the headache" He informed me so I thanked him once again.

A loud bang rang through the home and my vision started to blur. Before I knew it I were passing out onto the bed, the last thing I heard was Peter assuring me that I would be okay.

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I fluttered my eyes open and regained my vision slowly. I looked around the room whilst still lying on a lounge, it seemed vaguely familiar.

The second I laid eyes on the very large snake in the corner of my room I gasped loudly. Nagini. My fathers very loyal pet snake which meant there was only one place I could be. The Riddle home in Little Hangleton. I hadn't been here since I were a child and last I knew the home was in ruins.

'Where is my father' I asked the snake, having the gift of parseltongue, just like most of Slytherin's descendants.

'I'm not going to tell you, traitor!' She spat back, hissing towards me.

I sat up onto the seat to look around the room more in depth, ignoring the far-too-loyal snake that guarded the door.

The room looked well taken care of so I'm unsure of why I was ever told the home was in ruins. It didn't look lived in at all, everything was completely pristine.

The walls were panelled in a beautiful black wood with silver detailing, the floor a perfectly shined white marble. There's was a balcony above with black iron railings and many books filling the shelves. The seat in which I sat was a French style black and silver chaise. The room was stunning and I eventually recognised it to be the library in which myself and Nyx used to play hide and seek as little girls.

The door shot open and my sister ran towards me. She took me in a tight hug as tears filled both of our eyes as we realised exactly why I was here.

"I don't want to marry him, Nyx, please you have to stop him" I cried into her shoulder as she sniffles into my own.

"Regulus is here, the second he hears that you've been captured by father he will send for the order. It's okay, we're going to get you out of here" She sobbed as she pulled back from the hug with her hands planted onto my shoulders.

I looked to where her hand sat and seen a very dainty gold ring with a diamond sat neatly on top. It was too late for her.

"I'm sorry we couldn't help you" Tears streamed down my face as I realised her fate was set.

"Don't worry about me, what's done is done" She smiled at me reassuringly as she stroked my curls out of my face.

My father then stormed through the door and into the library, followed closely behind him was Antonin Dolohov, Severus Snape and... Evan Rosier?