Authors Note: This story is going to be written by two authors.
"Dear Padfoot
Thank you, thank you, for Harry's birthday present! It was his favourite by far. One year old and already zooming along on a toy broomstick, he looked so pleased with himself, I'm enclosing a picture so you can see. You know it only rises about two feet off the ground, but he nearly killed the cat..."
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I am that cat. My name is Regelus Arcturus Black. I am that R.A.B. and this is my story...
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I was on the island, the dreaded island, made of ice. I was drinking, drinking that potion, the potion...It made me see things...Things that I regret ever doing... Kreacher was there, by my side, I had instructed him to take the real horcrux and then put the fake horcrux into the basin once I had finished drinking the potion... The potion was going to kill me, I knew it, the dread of dying had washed over me, then I had finished. I was still alive! But I needed water, not the water around the island, that would destroy my chances of ever living! Kreacher grabbed my arm, I just had enough strength to look up at him, then it went black... I was at home, Kreacher the house elf had taken me home, given me water and most important kept me alive, but I knew I couldn't stay, as much as I'd like to Lord Voldemort would come after me, and this would be the first place he looked...
"Kreacher, Kreacher listen to me, I need you not to tell anyone about this, say I ran away, say... Say I died..." I said
"But master!" He said in shock.
"Kreacher, you must obey, this is important! Nobody can know where I am, if someone knew Voldemort could...Would torture them into telling him." It took a while but I convinced Kreacher that he must. I was an unregistered animagi, just like half the wizarding population those days. I turned into a cat. A brown tabby cat. I managed to slip into Magical Menagerie, the pet shop in Diagon Alley and was bought by a half-giant named Hagrid, if I remember correctly. He brought me to Hogwarts where I lived for a year, only one year. This is why...
~Eoin