Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of the characters.

A/N: Okay, first fan fiction, so bear with me. These are a bunch of drabble/one-shot ideas with a bunch of Harry Potter characters reacting to the same prompt: hero. The first one is Regulas Black as he has destroyed the locket.


A hero is a man who does what he can

-Romain Rolland

It's somewhat funny, really, what goes through your head when you're doing something drastic. Like how I notice that my hand is steady while I'm writing this note, even though it's practically a death note. I also start thinking about Sirius, who I've tried to keep locked away in the back of my mind since his leaving. And I wonder if he would be proud of me, which is funny as I shouldn't want him to be proud of me. But he was right, wasn't he? That's why I'm here, to try to stop the Dark Lord. I think that why I was so angry at Sirius was not because he left, but because he didn't take me with him.

And because he stood up against his family, Sirius became a hero.

And thinking of Sirius makes me think of my family. I really tried to be the perfect Black successor when Sirius left, but that didn't work out too well. I wonder if my family would be disappointed in what I'm doing and I start laughing. Bellatrix would be very annoyed that I had failed the Dark Lord. And then that makes me cry, which makes me feel so weak. Bellatrix tried to make sure I had a spot in this world; she really wanted me to be something. Why am I betraying her, when she cared for me? Why am I trying so hard to be on Sirius's side, when he abandoned me? Is it because this is the wrong side?

And because I stood up to my friend, I became a hero.

It seemed that in a way, Sirius and I were complete opposites. He was being pushed, while I was being pulled. And he got pushed too far and fell off the Black family tree, while I was pulled too hard and got in too deep in the Black family secrets. But in the end, didn't we both end up in trouble? Were we that different? I finish the note and place it into the fake locket, and I don't feel so scared. Is this how Sirius felt when he left home?

And in the end, we both were heroes.


A/N: Ok, I think I made him a bit OOC which annoys me, but please review and tell me what you think. Oh and though there was a bit of Sirius in this, he will get his own chapter. Please review, all constructive criticism is welcome!