A/N: I would like to thank reviewer 'Luna Angel Nightshade' for coming up with a name for the Malfoy house-elf.

Explaining What Happened: The Fate of a Black

Chapter One:

Of Meetings and Revelations

Draco Malfoy walked into the parlor of Malfoy Manor. One of the house-elves, Totsy, had just informed him that his mother, Narcissa, wished to see him. "You wanted to see me, Mother?"

"Ah, Draco. Yes, my sister, Andromeda, should be here soon. Harry Potter informed us –that is, Andromeda and myself – of the fate of our cousin Regulus. Andromeda and I, after hearing the story, felt that you deserved to hear it as well."

Andromeda Tonks stepped out of the fireplace, holding an infant "Still acting the refined pure-blood, Cissy? And this young man must be Draco. I'm your Aunt Andromeda, Draco."

"Hello, Andy. Is that Teddy?

"Yes, Cissy, this is your great-nephew, Teddy Remus Lupin."

"After his father and grandfather, I take it?"

"Well, I had to keep some Black traditions, Cissy"

Draco cleared his throat. "So, what was it that you wished to tell me about Regulus Black, Mother, Aunt Andromeda?"

"Ah yes. Do you have the note with you Narcissa?" Inquired Andromeda.

"Naturally. Draco, Regulus wrote this note to the Dark –"

"Voldemort, Cissy. It's just a name."

"To Voldemort then, right before he died."

Draco read the note "'I have stolen the real horcrux' What is a horcrux, Mother?"

"Suffice to say, Draco, that a horcrux is among the foulest magic in existence, and only the evilest of wizards would create one. If a wizard has created a horcrux, the horcrux must be destroyed before the wizard can be killed. When he was eighteen, Regulus sacrificed his life in an attempt to destroy one of Voldemort's, a locket that once belonged to Salazar Slytherin."

"One of V-Voldemort's? He created more than one of these things?"

"Yes," replied Andromeda, looking ill "Voldemort created seven of them."

"Wait a minute!" Draco's eyes widened in realization "Was one these horcruxes a diadem? Potter was looking for one during the Battle of Hogwarts"

"Quite observant of you, Draco," praised Andromeda, "yes, one of the Horcruxes was indeed a diadem. The lost Diadem of Ravenclaw, in fact."

"The diadem is not the only one of Voldemort's horcruxes you have come in contact with, my son"

Draco narrowed his eyes "There was one in Aunt Bellatrix's vault, wasn't there? That would explain why Potter, Weasley, and Granger broke into Gringotts. It also explains her reaction when she thought Potter had the Sword of Gryffindor. She must have thought that they had gotten into her vault. They hadn't, but her reaction must have made them realize that there was a horcrux in her vault, so a few days later, they broke in and stole it!

"Very well deduced, Draco, and entirely correct. In addition, the Diary that Lucius gave to Miss Weasley was also a horcrux, as was the snake Nagini."

A/N Success! Chapter 2 in progress, but Draco is not cooperating. That said, it should be done within the next week or so