Note: Hi guys, first of all we want to thank you for choosing to read this. It means a lot to us and we hope you enjoy. In the beginning this fanfiction started out as a RP on Omegle and after a while we decided that this was something we wanted to share with you guys. There are two different points of views in these chapters, mine (MH33) side of this story is done under my OC Melanie Haze and my co-author in this (Mel264) decided to play the role of Regulus Black. Other characters in this however have been slip up between the two of us. Also just a heads up there are some details in this that might be a little AU, but we just worked off what was given in the series. I mean hey, nothing was ever proven as to what happened to Regulus Black. So many questions could be asked and THIS is our perspective. So ladies and gentlemen of the Harry Potter Fandom, Mel264 and I are proud to finally present you chapter 1 of A Light Within the Darkness!

Melanie Haze was running, passing faces in a blur of fear and destruction. Death Eaters were shooting curses in every direction, hitting people as they went. As she ran she was hit. She fell to her knees and looked up at her attacker, even covered in the mask; she knew who it was. She could tell by their voice. The boy she loved had gone evil. She couldn't believe it; she didn't want to believe it, what happened to him?

"What on earth do you think you are doing?" he whispered angrily at her, still pointing at her with his wand.

"I could ask you the same thing?" she said watching him not his wand, probably not the best move, but she wanted answers.

He moved his wand towards another death eater who seemed to want to join their party. "This one's mine!" He said with and evil look and the other just turned to look for another victim, a crooked, crazy smile plastered on his face. He grabbed her roughly, getting her away from the crowd of screaming people and laughing death eaters. "Get out of here." he practically spat as they were out of sight.

"What happened to you Reg?" she asked panting her feet on the ground, she wasn't going anywhere. She knew if he was even close to the person he used to be, he would never hurt her.

"Wha- What do you mean? This is who I am!" He still had his wand towards her but his hand had lowered a bit. He was angry, angry at himself, at her, and he was not about hiding it.

She couldn't lie to herself, she was scared, scared of him, something she never in a millions years she thought she would be. "No, you not. The Regulus I know, is kind, caring, and sweet. Not a violent, murdering death eater." it hurt her to say this words

He was panting; he could barely control the flood of feelings inside of him. "This happened!" He showed her his dark mark. "This not a world where you can be those things anymore! That's the kind of things that will get me, you... the people I care for killed!" He said everything in a rush, her proximity making all his repressed feeling explode into the surface of his consciousness

She stared at him, "There are people that still are those things Regulus. Plenty of them. It just comes down to choices." She backed away after she said this because she was slightly afraid of what he would say.

"Do you think I like this? Do you think I enjoy killing kids, mothers... killing innocent people?" He ran a hand through his hair in exasperation. "Do you think I like to see fear in your eyes when you look at me?" He whispered defeated.

"You don't have to stay, Reg. you could come, come with me. Please."

"No... No they'll kill us both. I need to stay, I need to find a way to stop this, but for now I need to stay. I don't expect you to wait for me" he made a motion to caress her face but his hand fell mid-way. "But I know I will not ask you to be with me if we'll have to run and hide, always scared."

She took a step forward, "If I was with you, I wouldn't be scared and I'll never give up on you Reg. Not even on the day I die."

"I..." He couldn't look into her eyes, she disarmed him, and he was vulnerable with her. "I couldn't stand loosing you" he admitted, finally meeting her eyes. "I would die."

She took his hand, "Than lets go, you and me. WE could leave this place, go somewhere safe. We could find a way to defeat Voldemort together…"

"I won't get you into this... I need you to go now, and get somewhere safe. What were you doing here tonight? Someone will come and find us soon, leave now" He urged her.

"I came here to find you. That's why." she paused, "Like I said, I will never give up on you. I'll find a way, I promise." She did the last thing that anyone would probably think and kissed him, then taking a step back, "Goodbye Regulus." she said before she apparated away.

Regulus just stayed there for a while, trying to get his death-eater face and attitude back on back his encounter with Melanie had affected him too much.

Melanie went to the forest of Dean and sat against a tree. She imagined seeing Regulus, but she never imaged it to go like that.

Regulus spent days thinking of her, her face haunting his every thought. Finally he couldn't stand it anymore and, using his influence in the Ministry, found out her address. It was a long shot, maybe she was hiding somewhere else and he was really hoping she was, for her own safety, but he went there anyway.

Note: There you have it! I hope you loved reading it as much as we loved writing it. The next chapter will be up around this time next week or if you're lucky sometime this weekend depending on your response So please R & R!I promise you the chapters will get longer as time goes by. Also to make you guys happy, this fanfiction is already completed and just needed to be edited so you don't have to worry about us abandoning it:)

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