𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒄||Regulus Black

03

<Carmen>

When the train came to a final halt we were all changed into our hogwarts robes but between every now and then it had started raining little droplets of water

"What the hell , am I cursed?" I cried in frustration as the rain became heavier

"Seems like it" Barty laughed opening an umbrella and sharing it with me , the sound of rain drumming the nylon material was so soft that one could nearly miss it

"Looks like Bartemius has a new crush" Evan smirked at Pandora who seemed to be sharing an umbrella with him too, she smiled and shook her head in response ,

I couldn't get over how beautiful she looked , little pieces of hair fell to her forehead as the moon highlighted her features she looked so angelic, and it physically hurt thinking that I could never look this beautiful.

My mother had taken a habit of reminding me how ugly I am, every. Fucking. Day.

Even though my sister had convinced me that all these words were random slurs, It still stuck to my brain. every word is deeply engraved in my mind taunting me over and over again.

"Wait , your name is Bartemius?" I laughed surprised trying to get my mind off the matter
"Yeah I was named after my shitty excuse of a father " he replied embarrassment colouring his freckled face

"I'm surprised you're the one talking Rosier" he spat jokingly
"And why is that? " The blonde boy eyed him curiously
"Well , I believe miss Marry king has to disagree" barty said in a singsong voice almost mocking the Rosier boy
"Fuck off" he replied hastily quickening his pace and avoiding eye contact with everyone
"Evan wait" Pandora ran after him

"So what's the deal with Pandora?"i asked a confused barty "she likes Evan? " I explained
"Oh no , she's just very friendly with everyone ,says she's not interested in anyone though " he shrugged but then he narrowed his eyes and a look overtook his features

"what?" I asked
"Nothing"
"Spill it Bartemius"
"You're really going to use that against me aren't you?" He sighed in mock sadness but gave up after I nodded teasingly

"Alright,but promise to keep this a secret I don't think she wants anyone to know"
"I promise not to tell a soul"
"I saw her hooking up with Xenophilius malfoy though he's disowned to be considered a blood traitor " barty explained in a hushed voice then proceeded to chat about the drama within the Malfoys going on and on about how they trick the whole school with their dyed hair.

There was some sort of understanding between barty and carmen one that they unacknowledgingly shared maybe it's their characteristics or maybe because each saw the other as a sibling but what they don't realize that they'll become great friends

"Look , there're the carriages " Barty pointed at many large carriages which were dragged by boney horse-like creatures with magnificent wings as dragons and beautiful grey skin , they had small eyes with no orbs and its head was topped with short horns , there was just something about them that seemed to bring her comfort , she caught Regulus observing them too

"Extraordinary creatures,don't you think?" Came a voice beside her which belonged to the one and only Pandora lovegood
"Very" I replied admiring them
"Sad not many can see them" she sighed and climbed to the carriage , and a very confused Carmen followed her eager to ask more questions

Settling in the seat next to her "what do you mean not many can see them?"
"Thestrals are only visible to
someone who witnessed death" Pandora explained
"Oh" carmen sank in her chair
"It's alright i can see them too, i saw my aunt die once" she assured her with a smile

But Carmen's mind has drifted somewhere else ,she couldn't help but wonder who died before Regulus' grieving eyes?

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The castle was nothing like carmen had seen before , the architecture was extraordinarily and pandora explained that many parts of hogwarts is supported by magic rather than cement , the closer she got the more details she could notice like how gigantic the castle was , there was huge doors by the entrance guarded by a couple dozen statues

"What are these for?" Evan wondered pointing at the direction of the many statues
"I don't know i've never seen them before" pandora replied
"Neither did I" said barty

"Maybe dumbledore created them?" Pandora added
"He can't" mumbled Regulus and all heads turned to him "what do you mean he can't?" Barty questioned narrowing his eyes , we had reached the doors by then after a scolding look from a professor

"These statues are conjured in times of war" regulus added with a little sigh
"Ah, the rise of voldemort I presume?" I finally spoke and they all glared at me "don't say his name!" Evan hissed at me while barty nodded in agreement "fear of the name is fear of the person himself and I'm not scared of him" I said anger flooding my veins at his words "doesn't matter anyway" I quickly muttered to ease the tension as I noticed my voice getting higher earning a scoff from Regulus

What was his problem anyways?

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Short chapter this time , hope you enjoyed it and again feel free to lmk if anything's wrong also i know some of you might get bored bc they sort of hate each other but trust me on this one

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