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<Regulus>

After classes were finished everyone headed to dinner as the complaints of every student could be heard from a mile,

On my way to the great hall I saw Carmen and Barty; carmen was holding his hand examining it carefully as she played with the rings on his fingers

ugh, she should have been forced to marry him

I decided that I wasn't hungry anymore as I made my way out of the castle and to the black lake

It was a full moon today and the howling had already started in the black forest, last year it was Remus lupin, although he tried keeping It a secret as long as possible but I had figured it out quickly after he kept disappearing every month only to come back to the hospital wing with scars ,besides, the weren't exactly neat with it either

And that's how I found out about my brother and his friends being animaguses, I watched them from afar every full moon as they twisted and turned into different animal, Sirius was a black dog, James potter was a big stag and Peter pettigrew was a small mouse, so little that you could even miss it,

So after I found out, I sneaked behind them every full moon since third grade pretending I was one of the marauders, pretending I was having fun, to the whole school the marauders were four but to me they were five , I had gone through every adventure, every prank, every win and every fail with them so why shouldn't I count as one? I had gone through it all and to me atleast: I am one.

"What are you doing out here?" Came the kind voice of Pandora as she came to sit on the grass beside me

"What are you doing here?" I repeated smiling slightly when I saw the flowers in her hair

"I didn't see you at dinner so I figured you'd be here" she replied lifting her knees so that she could rest her head on them

"You know me too well" I sighed

"Maybe you should obliviate me, It's getting kind of boring knowing your every move" she suggested sarcastically

"Maybe" I scoffed laughing when she gave me a weird look

"So?" She asked

"So?"

"Stop repeating every word I saw" She nudged my shoulders jokingly "what's wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me?" I asked then added "I'm okay" when I saw the pointed look she gave me

"You don't seem fine" she said softly "and don't say its the dark lord I know it's not that" she added

"Everything is crumbling down pandora, I feel like I'm trapped in a whirlpool with so many expectations and punishments just because Sirius couldn't do it"

That night; I let it all out, I told her everything that has happened the past few weeks and every single though I had in mind, after all , its pandora we're talking about, It's extremely hard not to open up to her when you know she's never going to judge you, ever

"And I'm scared, I'm so fucking scared pandora, I don't want this , I don't want any of this" I ranted as Pandora nodded understandingly listening to every word I could offer

"What if you give this a chance? maybe Its not that bad after all" she said and I immediately started shaking my head in denial "we're bickering every second of the day!" I protested

"Well what about that time you both skipped classes?" She asked raising her eyebrows teasingly, I had told her about the secret passage and our trip to hogsmead

"No, that was an exception, she was too excited about the concept that she forgot it was me and not barty there" I blinked rapidly remembering that day, It was one of the few days I was actually comfortable being with someone.

"Barty?" She mimicked me with a confused look

"Yes, they have a thing going on" I almost puked saying that

"And you're annoyed because?" She asked

"Well, we're supposed to be dating by now, it's the dark lord's orders not mine I would much rather be with anyone else" I huffed as I looked to pandora, she looked amused

"what?"

"Nothing" she tried to suppress her laughter but failed miserably as she let out a few giggles

"You're annoying" I nudged her

"And you're in denial" she replied messing my hair efficiently "You're jealous Reggie"

"Am not" I said offended

"Yes your are!"

"Am not! She's in a relationship with barty so what? Not like I care what she does, she's free to date whoever she likes" I huffed already having enough of this conversation

"Alright, If you say so" she patted me on the shoulder then proceeded to tell me about her date.

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The next morning I gathered up the needed courage and decided to talk to her, I saw her sitting next to pandora but when I got closer I realized that the two weren't talking, they were making flower crowns.

"No, not like that" Pandora explained to Carmen as she tied each flower together

"I don't get this" she complained before acknowledging me with a nod, things has been weird between us and it's not like there's anything between us but since Voldemort's orders she had been avoiding me, except for the daily coffee fights during breakfast which is a usual for us.

"Just your daily reminder that you're both witches, so you can use magic" Evan grumbled from beside them

Evan always hated early mornings, he would prefer not to sleep at all at this point as the two girls activity seemed to annoy him to no end

"He's right pandora" Carmen said but the girl wouldn't listen she quickly shook her head and proceeded to continue

"You know 'garland' is originally a french word?" Carmen said after a moment of silence "old french"

Barty who had been intrigued by his book raised his head to look at her weirdly "you're spending too much time with pandora"

"Hey!" Pandora threw her wand at him and pretended to be a prey clutching his heart in agony

"Idiots" dorcas muttered nibbling on her toast

"This is so boring" Carmen huffed throwing the not so good looking flower crown on the table and getting up "I'm going to the kitchens" she announced

"Wait!" I blurted alittle too loud catching the attention of everyone in the room "I need to talk to you" I said much quieter this time and she only nodded in response before walking away

What?

"You're supposed to go after her you idiot" Evan said blinking rapidly when the lights met his eyes, and so I did

I caught up with her pretty quickly

"Carmen" I started "about this whole engagement thing-"

"I'm sorry could we carry this in the kitchens? I really need coffee right now" she said opening the door to the kitchens and so I followed.

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