courage | the marauders era ✔️

3.2 | the end

Third person POV:

The story had ended for Rosalie.

Regulus watched her body go limp with a strangled cry, the life leaving her eyes and becoming classy and unfocused.

"Dispose of the body." The Dark Lord commanded. "Put these children in another room, you're dismissed."

Regulus grabbed Rosalie's unresponsive body and left the room, Malfoy Manor all together, and with a crack, he disappeared.

Petunia was drinking some tea when she heard a frantic knock on her door. She set her cup down, and opening it, only to let out an unearthly scream. Vernon rushed to his wife, only to stop in his tracks as well.

Rosalie's mangled body laid on their doorstep with a roll of parchment over it. Petunia dropped to her knees with a cry, wrapping her arms around her sister and pulling her to her chest. "Rosie!" Her sobbed, "No!"

Vernon left to call Lily, and minutes later they heard the fireplace go off. Lily rushed through with barely muffled sobs and dropped next to her sister. "No, no, no! Rosie no!" Lily let out a heart wrenching sob, grasping Rosalie's face. Her glassy green eyes stared up at the sky until Petunia closed them while she wept.

That night, everyone gathered in Petunia's house. James, Sirius, Remus, Kylie, Penny, Marlene, Alice, Dorcas, Mary, Petunia, Lily and Vernon. The letter lay unread on the fireplace mantel , though most people were curious as to what it said. At eight pm, the Aurors were informed and they came over to inspect the area.

They concluded that someone had been there, but could not determine who. They asked to see the letter, so, with shaky hands, Lily sat down next to her husband of a few months and opened the scroll.

"I'm sorry," She began, "I never meant for any of this to happen, but nothing could stop the Dark Lord. Rosalie was captive for nine months because she was raped on the Dark Lord's command - raped by me." Lily choked on the bile rising in her throat and threw the letter down. She ran to the toilet and emptied her stomach's contents into the bowl. Someone rubbed her back soothingly, James, before she got up and collapsed into his arms and started to bawl. "My sister! Someone raped my sister!" James rubbed her back and kissed the crown on her head. "If we want to find out what happened to Rosie, Lils. You can do this."

They returned to the living room and took their seats as Petunia picked up where Lily left off. "I didn't want to, I swear to Merlin, but I knew that he would torture her - and me. With this, came along two precious children, twins. Alexander and Amaryllis. Don't worry, they're safe from the Dark Lord now, I've made sure. You won't find them I promise you that, and it's better like that. They're safer. Be careful, R.A.B.."

Petunia frowned. "R.A.B.? Who the hell is R.A.B.?!" Sirius paled. "Sirius?" Remus questioned, taking his hand. "Do you know anything?" He swallowed. "R.A.B.. Regulus Arcturus Black." Sirius whispered, eyes wide in shock.

The room was silent. "Funeral first." Petunia decided. "Then we focus on finding the children. If what Regulus said is true, then he's given them to some orphanage. And lastly, we find Regulus Arcturus Black, and beat his ass."

—Line Break—

On the 19th of April, 1980, Rosalie Evans was lowered into the ground in a beautiful mahogany coffin, carved with her initials on the lid.

Her funeral was big, over two hundred people attended. Old friends like Iris Murray from Salem Institute, and Adam and Jackson Norman from Durmstrang. Madam Bones and Mathew Grasshopper from her job. Family and family friends, even Madelyn Beaustrux, the young girl Rosalie had tutored. Most of the students in the same year as her in Hogwarts also attended, as well as a few from the years above and below.

When the guests cleared, and only her friends remained, the last of the Evans sisters sat down. "I promise, Rosie, I'll do my best to find your children." Lily promised. "Alexander and Amaryllis Evans." Petunia muttered. "It has a nice ring to it." "It does doesn't it?" Vernon replied. "Amaryllis Evans. Alexander Evans." "First we have to find Regulus, though." James reminded, wincing when he saw Sirius' face fall. "Yes." Lily agreed, and she stood up. "Sirius, do you think your father would reply if you wrote to him and asked of his last whereabouts?" The grey eyed boy shrugged. "I'll try, I guess." He sent one last heartbroken look at Rosalie's grave, then stood. "See you guys later."

--Line Break--

Sirius,

I hate to inform you of your brother's death. It showed up on the family tree last night, Walburga was mad with grief. The funeral is on the 21st, the Black Family Plot, even though there is no body. Your mother wants to lower and empty coffin for him. It would be lovely if you could make it.

Sincerely,
Orion Black, Lord of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black

Sirius dropped the letter, hands shaking in shock. He rushed into the living room where Remus was making some hot chocolate, and threw his coat from the hook at him. "Come on!" "Sirius? What's wrong, love?" "We need to get to Petunia now!" Remus put on his coat. "Why?" "Because I know where Reg is." Remus' eyes widened. "Where?!" "Dead with an empty coffin being lowered in his name."

When Petunia was informed, she sat down with a disbelieving look on her face. "What happened to him?" Vernon asked as he rubbed his wife's shoulder. "We don't know," Sirius replied. "But Orion has suspicions. He thinks Regulus went against the Dark Lord to get those children away from him." Lily shifted uneasily. "I have been thinking about a few things." "Like?" "Why did he want to replace me and my friends? Why not anybody else? Why was Rosie targeted specifically? What are we missing?" She stood up and began to pace. "Calm down, Lily. You're going to wear a hole in the carpet." Lily sat down and slumped. "What are we going to do now? Rosie is . . . dead. So is Regulus. Her kids are missing at some orphanage, we don't even know their full names, let alone their birthdays and what they look like. So many questions with so little answers."

The adults shared an exhausted silence, before Remus was the one to speak up. "Get everyone here. We will find those kids, and they will not waste away in an orphanage." Sirius got up and went to the floo to began floo calling everyone. "We'll start with the nearest ones, and then we'll fan out." "There's over fifty orphanages to look at, Remus." He growled. "Rosie was my friend, so I will do whatever I have do to get those kids." He apparated away with a crack.

Authors Note:

I know you hate me, and I'm sorry but it needed to be done.

I have decided that I WILL write a sequel of her kids lives. Alexander and Amaryllis, if you don't remember, were the names Rosalie mentioned in chapter 13, so yeah.

I want to develop that story way better then this one, because, let's be honest.

This is shit :)

But I'm proud because it will be the first book I've actually completed before!

So, just the epilogue to go.

-B💕