Chapter 1

Regulus Black

Hello all! So, I know people are waiting for the next chapter of Love Beyond Tears, so on and so forth, and I WILL get to that! I've already started on the third(I think) chapter, so no worries. But I got a really good idea and really wanted to write this. It's my account, dangit! I can write whatever the heck I want! But anyways. This is my FIRST FanFic with NO anime in it. Yup. That's right. No crossover, nothing. Just Harry Potter. My screen name no longer makes any sense... Enjoy the story!

EDIT: A review I got on chapter 3 gave the suggestion of letting people know this IS an AU. The characters that are in this fic are pretty mixed as (ex: Lucius is one year above Severus). So, yeah. No canon ages whatsoever. Thank you.

-AA

"I don't need help from a mudblood!" yelled Severus Snape angrily.

Lily Evans looked at him in shock, horror, and hurt then ran from the room, crying. James Potter dropped Severus and tore off after Lily.

Sirius Black and Reamus Lupin gave Severus twin looks of utter disgust and took off after their friends, with Peter Pettegrew in tow. Before they left, however, Sirius managed to lock Severus with a Full Body Binding curse.

Severus was now completely alone in the classroom, locked like a board on the floor with tears streaming down his face.

How could he have been so stupid?! Calling Lily a mudblood was completely inexcusable.

I deserve to die. Right here, on the floor of this classroom, he thought, his forehead resting on the chilled stone tile.

"Helloo? Professor?" someone called from the door way.

Who could that be? Severus thought as the sound of footsteps came closer and closer.

"Well that can't be comfortable," the person said, stopping in front of Severus.

Try as he might, the fifth year Slytherin could only make out the person's black shoes and pants. He could tell from the voice it was a boy, but not much else.

"One second," the boy said, obviously trying to find his wand. He dropped it near Severus' face. "Dammit," he muttered, bending over to pick it up.

Severus saw the boy's black hair and part of his face. Wait, is that Potter's friend?! Severus thought, panicking. No, if that was Black, I would be dead already, he reasoned with himself. Despite what he thought earlier, Severus Snape had no intention of dying before he could apologize to Lily. Plus, he noticed the green scarf around the boy's neck, signaling that he was a Slytherin, not the accursed Gryffindor house.

The boy cast the counter curse and Severus could move again. He slowly moved into a sitting position on the floor and looked up.

Standing above him was a boy who looked to be fourteen and looked almost exactly like Sirius Black, but darker somehow.

"Hey there. You're Snape, right?" the kid said.

"Yeah," Severus said, warily.

"Cool. You really annoy my brother, you know." he said, grinning. "It's good to know there's someone outside his group of friends that he actually acknowledges!" he laughed, but there was a flash of bitter resentment in his eye. Severus blinked and it was gone.

"Your brother is... Sirius Black, right?" Severus asked.

"Yup. The freak-ozoid of the Black family." He held out his hand. "Regulus Arcturus Black, at your service."

Severus took his hand and Regulus pulled him to his feet.

"So, Sevvy, how'd you end up on the floor?" Regulus asked as they walked from the classroom.

Severus scowled. "Your brother. And don't call me that."

Regulus ignored him. "Ah, that's life. You can't win 'em all, eh Sevs?"

Severus scowled deeper. "I suppose not. And will you please stop with the nicknames?"

The bell rang and Regulus asked, "So, where ya headed?"

"Divination," Severus said, walking to North Tower.

"Ah, bad luck. I have Care of Magical Creatures. See you later then, Sevu!" he laughed, waving and walking off in the other direction.

TIMESKIIIIP!

At dinner

Severus sat near the center of the table with Avery and Mulciber, who were hardly paying attention to him at all.

Just then, he saw Mulciber get levitated into the air and a familiar fourth year sit down in his place.

"Hiya, Sev," Regulus said, dropping Mulciber behind the table.

"Hey! You brat!" Mulciber yelled, getting up and swinging at Regulus' head.

Regulus, however, was obviously expecting such and swiveled in his seat as Mulciber's punch missed his face by inches.

There was a flash of bloodlust in Regulus' eyes and before anyone- including Mulciber- realized, Regulus landed a swift jab into his stomach. Mulciber fell like a rock and before he could get up, Regulus landed a slam onto the top of his neck, causing the older boy to collapse into unconsciousness.

The Slytherin table stared in shock, as well as part of the Ravenclaw table, who was seated closest to them.

Regulus payed this no mind, however and turned back towards the table, smiling as if nothing had happened and returned to his food.

Slowly, the other students returned to their dinner as well, but there was a lot of muttering about what had happened.

Severus, however, could not forget the flash of the need to kill in Regulus' eyes. His gaze dropped to Mulciber, who was now being picked up by Avery, and let out a sigh of relief when he saw his classmate's chest moving up and down with his breathing.

Once dinner was complete, the Houses branched off to their common rooms.

Once inside, the other Slytherins either went to bed or hung out. However, Severus was still thinking about dinner when Regulus stepped in front of him.

"Hey, what's up?" he said, smiling as usual. Severus had come to seriously doubt that smile now, as he began to see Regulus was not as friendly and innocent as he appeared.

"Not much, really. Won't you get in trouble though?" the fifth year asked.

"What, for what happened earlier?" He plopped down onto an armchair in front of a chess table. "Nah. No one really cares."

He picked up the knight and twisted it in his hand.

"Hey, Sevs, I have a question for you," he said, watching the chess piece.

"What?" Severus asked, ignoring the nickname.

"Well, I was thinking. You see, you know how the houses are so separated, right?" he stopped moving the knight, paused, then moved it onto the board. "I want to unite them."

Severus stared in disbelief. "Wait, what?" he asked, still not thinking he heard right. Why would a Slytherin of all people want to unite everyone? That was something a Hufflepuff or a Gryffindor would want, not one of his own.

"I know it sounds cliché and stupid, but think about it. One house, one team, one school. There would be no more fights or House wars. It would work out so we could all be together as one unanimous body."

"But, you would want to be in the same house as the Mudbloods?" Severus asked incredulously.

"You mean, like Lily Evans?" Regulus said, shooting him a dark look.

The comment struck hard. He had completely forgotten what he had said to Lily that afternoon.

He glanced towards the door, and back at Regulus.

His new friend smirked and said, "Go on. But think about what I said, okay?"

Severus was already at the door.

In front of the Fat Lady's portrait

"I don't want to hear it."

"I'm sorry!"

"Save your breath."

Lily stood in her dressing gown with arms folded in front of the portrait hole.

"I only came here because Mary said you would sleep out here if I didn't show up."

"And I would have! I didn't mean to call you-"

"Mudblood? You call everyone else of my blood that, so why not me? I've made more excuses for you than I care to count. You and your Death Eater friends. You don't even deny it! You all can't wait to be a part of You-Know-Who's army!"

She turned to the painting and opened it.

"Wait! Lily, please!" Severus cried.

"It's too late, Severus. I'm in Gryffindor, you're in Slytherin. It just... couldn't work." With that, she slipped into the wall and disappeared into the common room.

Severus sank to his knees, defeated. Lily's words still rang in his head.

Suddenly, Sirius remembered Regulus' words, "It would work out so we could all be together as one unanimous body."

Severus stormed into the Slytherin common room.

All the other students were asleep, but Regulus remained seated at the chess table, his knight unmoved.

The fourth year boy didn't look up as Severus entered.

"Well?" Regulus asked, his hand on the black knight.

Severus nodded and said, "I want to help you unite Hogwarts."

Regulus moved the knight.