Hola readers! This is my first story where I have not planned the length.
I know what's going to happen though! Just gotta get it all down.

However! I have obviously started it...So you can now enjoy the wonderful story I have just begun.
(Beginning of a trilogy! Part I: Before October 31st. Part II: After 10/31 to when Sirius returns. Part III: after Sirius returns to his death.
Possibly a Part IV: to after he dies to ...whenever. But maybe not, since I haven't thought that far ahead.)
Anyway! Let's get on with the story.

(The disclaimer is in my profile. None of it's mine...obviously.)

Quick A/N: Originally I wasn't very creative and just used my name for the OC's name, but I changed it now so if it says 'Bridget' anywhere...sorry!

Chapter one: The Beginning (So original, I'm surprised at myself!)

"Jennifer…you're thirteen. I'm seventeen. Four years can do a lot."

I'll never forget those words. They were spoken to me, actually, four years ago. At the end of my best friend's last year at school. I was furious at Regulus Black for saying them to me. Absolutely furious. Of course, now that I'm finally seventeen, I have no idea where he is. I have looked high and low for the past two weeks and have found no trace of him. Granted, he's probably out somewhere with that crazy dark wizard that I've been hearing about. He was, after all, a no good Slytherin that all my friends warned me against.

But I didn't care. I still don't. I knew his brother too! A rather idiotic Gryffindor, if you ask me. He probably would have tried to get with me had there not been a six year age gap. At least he had some dignity. But he was in my house and that was the closest I could get to Regulus for a few years. Until he finally noticed me.

And damn the day he did, 'cause when his brother graduated, Regulus went over to the dark side even more than he already was. Some such mix of sixteen-year-old Slytherins decided to pick on twelve-year-old Gryffindors. Mind you, Regulus knew that his brother would have been furious. His brother, who at the time, was dating my big sister, so Regulus knew who I was. It was horrible. But then, last year, that dark wizard supposedly murdered my big sister. I wanted to find Regulus so bad after that. I wanted him to say "No, Jenny, he would never kill an innocent girl, never. Marlene's at home with Sirius right now, probably doing questionable things."

I never heard those words. I never found him. Sirius was absolutely torn up at the funeral. My entire family had been killed, and Sirius blamed himself. I'll never know why. But his words still echo in my ears. "I'll never let him get you. I'll protect you as long as I live, don't forget that. You have to go back to school. Stay at a friends for the summer, but after you graduate you can live with me." He hugged me tight and I haven't seen him since. I got a letter, though, two days ago. He invited me to the Potter's wedding and apologized for not writing sooner. He said he would come to my parents' house the day before and we would go together. I accepted his offer.

But that's still a week away. Which is why, I'm sitting in my parents' old house with my head in my hands, wishing I could find Regulus. I hated him for his parting words, yet I loved him at the same time. I couldn't make sense of my emotions if I tried. So I turned to the one thing that was still there for me. Firewisky.

After two hours of getting drunk, I heard a knock at the door. Somehow I opened it to find Regulus standing there. At least, I think so. I can barely remember what happened since I blacked out about two seconds later. All I know was that in the morning I woke up with a pounding headache in bed and there was a hangover-potion on my bedside table.

I wished so much for it not to be a dream. I wished Regulus could come back. I even considered using this Muggle crime-solving technique to get his fingerprints off the glass. Even if I could, and I'm not saying that was possible being that I'm not muggleborn, I had nothing to compare them to.

Short little prologue, yes. Review for the next chapter!(:
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