So like the other day I was looking for a story where Regulus Black was sorted into Gryffindor instead of Slytherin. I couldn't find one. This disappointed me because I was really interested on how that story would have turned out. So after a while I decide to write a story of that because fanfiction needs one. And besides Regulus is one of my favorite characters even though he is mentioned little. So I hope you like it.
Regulus POV
Hello. My name is Regulus Arcturus Black. I am in line waiting to be sorted. Since I was able to walk and talk I followed my parent's wishes. My brother Sirius Black went to Hogwarts last year. He was sorted into Gryffindor. Now my family is one of those old Pureblood families that are on the dark side or You-Know-Who's side. My whole family has been in Slytherin. It was quite a shock to find out that Sirius was placed into Gryffindor. He does have a lot of courage and he does tend to go against our parents wishes a lot. I am going to deny ever saying this but I admire Sirius for all that. Like I said before I am waiting to be sorted. From the stories that Sirius told me this summer when my parents weren't in the room it sounds like Gryffindor is pretty fun. Sirius also told me that everyone in Slytherin is evil bullying bastards. Please excuse my French. Most of my cousins are in Slytherin too. It looks like McGonagall is starting the sorting.
"Black, Regulus." McGonagall called.
I walked towards the hat. I put it on my head and sit down on the stool.
"What an interesting mind here. You follow everything your parents tell you even though sometimes you don't approve of what they are saying. You know a lot of knowledge. You would be good in Ravenclaw. Yet you have the courage to prove to others what you can do. You would do excellent in Gryffindor." The sorting hat said.
'If I am in Gryffindor my parents would hate me but I would be with my brother. My parents have an expectation of me to be in Slytherin. They want me to be the perfect son.' I thought.
"Yes but that is their expectation what is yours?"
'I do not know I normally followed what my parents want.'
"I am going to give you good advice. You do not have to follow anyone else's expectation except your own. Now if you could choose for your own, forget what your parents ever told you. Which house would you choose?"
'I would choose to be with my brother. We had a pretty good brother bond before he was sorted into Gryffindor. And if I was in his house then I know I would have at least one friend.'
"Then it is decided!"
'What I did not decide anything.' I thought as the hat shouted "GRYFFINDOR!"
I took the hat off. Everyone was staring at me. I started making my way to the Gryffindor table. You would think they would have gotten over that. I mean Sirius was sorted into Gryffindor too. Sirius was the first one to move. He jumped up and started cheering. He was soon followed by his friends. I sat down and Sirius sat down next to me.
"I knew it bro. I knew you would be like me and choose Gryffindor." Sirius said with doubt in his voice.
I just smiled at him. I regretfully took a look at the Slytherin table. My cousin Narcissa was glaring at me. I wonder how my parents will react. I knew I should not have answered the hat's question. How do I get myself into these positions?
"Reg are you okay?" Sirius asked bringing me out of thought. "Don't worry just ignore are cousin you get use to it."
"What about our parents?" I asked.
"What about them?" Sirius said. I could have sworn I heard the sound of disgust in his voice.
"Well I am supposed to be their perfect child. They expected me to be in Slytherin." I said.
"Reg I am going to give you some advice that James here gave me when I was sorted into Gryffindor. Drum roll please." Peter used his fork and spoon and tapped them on the table creating a drum roll. "Follow your own expectations and not your parents. Nice drum roll Peter."
I just looked at Sirius and laughed.
"What?"
"That is exactly what the sorting hat told me."
Sirius was about to respond but Dumbledore stood up and started his speech.
"Welcome everyone to another year at Hogwarts. I must inform you that the forbidden forest is forbidden. Flitch has a list of all the items that are banned from Hogwarts. Enjoy the meal." Dumbledore clapped and the food appeared on the tables. I started eating. The food was way better then what Kreacher makes. Regulus was too busy eating and talking to Sirius that he forgot all about his parents.
"Girl dorms to the left and boy dorms to the right any questions?" The 5th year perfect Henry Jones asked. The first years shook their heads no. "Good then off to bed."
"Hey Reg, my friends and I decide to give you a tour of Hogwarts." Sirius said.
"Okay…when?"
"At midnight, meet us down here at 11:45."
"Okay." I said as I walked up to my dormitory.
There were four boys total in my dorm. There is John and Tim Jenkins they are twins, Alex Bell, and me. I sat down on my bed when a thought dawned on me. What am I going to tell my parents? That is if my lovely cousins haven't told them already. With my luck Narcissa already mailed my mother. I wonder how she will react. It wasn't that bad when Sirius was put into Gryffindor. Then again when he came home for Christmas vacation they barely even talked to him at all. I have got to be more careful and not get into these positions. I looked at my watch. The time is 11:30. I better make my way downstairs. I walked down the stairs to see my brother and his friends talking.
"We will get caught." Peter said.
"Peter, Peter, Peter have James and I ever got caught?" Sirius asked.
"No."
"Then do not worry. Hi Reg." Sirius said noticing me.
"Hi." I said.
"Now Reg before we start the tour we have to tell you the ground rules." Sirius said.
"First rule, Lily Evans is off limits! If I even catch you looking at her the wrong way it will be bad." James said.
"Jamie here is slightly obsessed with Evans." Sirius said.
I just nodded my head.
"Anyway this is Remus and Peter." Sirius said.
I looked at Remus and Peter. Peter seemed to be a fat little boy with confidence issues. I wonder why he is in Sirius' group. Remus seems to be the smart one. He also looks tried and pale.
"Remus are you okay? You look kind of pale." I said.
"Oh…it is just my grandmother is sick again. I am going to visit her this weekend. They do not think she is going to make it." Remus said quickly.
"Oh...I hope she is okay." I said not quite believe what he said. Something about how fast he replied seemed a little suspicious if you ask me. It is probably nothing.
"Alright so now we are going to start the tour. Follow us Reg and we will show you around this castle." Sirius said.
I woke up tired the next morning. Sirius and his friends gave me a full tour of the castle. Almost killing me twice and getting all of us expelled about 50 times. Flitch, who looked to be about 20 something always seemed to end up where we were, I wonder why. Oh and his annoying cat Miss. Jones is annoying. But I doubt you want to know all about that. Anyway I made my way slowly down to the Great Hall. What is so great about the Great Hall anyway? So the ceiling is enchanted to look like the sky. I am sure any wizard could do that. The room isn't even that great looking. Then again I haven't seen any other Great Halls so I can't really compare it to anything else. Why am I even thinking about the Great Hall anyway? I should probably be thinking of a way to tell my parents that I am in Gryffindor. Shit. Excuse my French again. I totally forgot about my parents. I happen to be doing that a lot. I have got to stop hanging out with Sirius. I hope Narcissa hasn't mailed them yet. Oh god! I can't breathe. I am going to die!
"Reg are you okay?" Sirius asked.
"Yeah you started turning purple. Remember to breathe. It is not that hard." James said.
"I know how to breathe." I snapped.
"Whoa Reg don't take your anger out on us." Sirius said.
"Sorry I just remembered something."
"James we have to have a party! Regulus Arcturus Black actually remembered something!" Sirius said with fake shock.
"Shut up Sirius. I just forgot to mail a letter to mom about being in Gryffindor."
"Well…it sucks to be you. Let's just hope mom goes easy one you." Sirius said.
"Thank you Sirius. That makes me feel so much better." I said sarcastically.
"You are welcome. I was just doing my job little brother." Sirius said.
"Did you not notice the sarcasm dripping off of my voice?"
"I noticed but taking every sarcasm comment literately helps boost up your self esteem. Just ask James."
Now I know where James gets his big ego from. I walked over to the table and sat down next to Remus and Peter.
"Have you heard anything about your grandma yet?" I asked.
"Yes she seems a little bit better but my mom still wants me to see her." Remus said quickly.
I just nodded my head. Remus is hiding something. Oh well if he doesn't want anyone to know then I will not look into it. I started eating. Soon the mail arrived.
"Oh shit." I said.
Sirius, James, Remus, and Peter looked at me. Sirius noticed where I was looking.
"Oh…I see." Sirius said as the owl dropped the howler in front of me. Everyone in the Great Hall turned to look at me and the howler. They should really mind their own business. I wonder if there is a way to destroy howlers. I opened the howler.
"REGULUS ARCTURUS BLACK! HOW DARE YOU BE SORTED INTO GRFFINDOR! IT WAS BAD ENOUGH WHEN SIRIUS WAS PUT INTO THAT HOUSE BUT YOU! YOU ARE A DISGRACE…"
I then did something totally unpredictable. I stabbed the howler with my fork. The howler stopped yelling and sort of died. Well it floated down on the table and started sputtering out words until it went completely silent and burst into flames. Everyone was looking at me again. Do these people really have nothing else to do then watch me kill a howler? Sirius just stared at me in shock.
"Wow, why didn't we think of doing that last year when you got all those howlers Sirius? It would have been so much better then listening to your mother shouting." James said.
James seemed to bring everyone out of there shock. Everyone resumed eating.
"Well…" I said. "Who wants a bagel?"
Sirius just started laughing. "You somehow kill a howler and you are asking people if they want a bagel. Wait till our parents find out."
I froze. I totally forgot that my parents mailed me that howler. "You do not think they are going to send me another howler do you?"
"They probably won't send you another howler. You might get a nasty letter from them but they won't send you a howler."
"Why not?"
"Why would they waste their effort on sending you a howler if you are just going to stab it with a fork? That was brilliant by the way."
Yes it was really brilliant. Oh great Narcissa has that look on her face. I have really got to starting thinking before I act. I am going to get myself killed one day. Hopefully it has nothing to do with water. I wonder how Sirius survives this treatment from are parents. I do not think our parents should be mad at me because I was sorted into Gryffindor. It is not like I am going to become a Dumbledore lover.
"Reg did I tell you about Dumbledore yet?" Sirius said. "He is like the most awesome headmaster ever!"
Okay maybe if I hangout with Sirius I will eventually become a Dumbledore lover. I am so going to be killed the next time I go home. Maybe I should not think about that.
"No Sirius you haven't told me about Dumbledore yet." I said.
"Okay well first thing you need to know is that everything our parents said about Dumbledore is a complete and total lie. Second thing is that…" Sirius then went off explain how Dumbledore is awesome and how our parents are wrong.
It has come to my conclusion that Sirius dislikes our parents very much. I wouldn't blame him. I mean they named him Sirius. How could anyone do that to a poor child? Either they are going to hate you for all life or they are going to make horrible puns whenever anyone uses the word serious. Then again my name is Regulus so I shouldn't really talk.
"Reg are you even listing to me?" Sirius asked.
"Yes." I said.
"Okay then what did I just say?"
"You just asked me if I was listing to you."
Sirius glared at me. "I mean before that."
"Yeah sorry I was lost in thought on how someone could name their kid Sirius." I said honestly.
"There is nothing wrong with my name."
"I never said there was. So what were you telling me about?"
"I was telling you about Voldemort."
I flinched.
"Stop with the flinching! It is just a name!"
"Sorry but incase you haven't noticed I grew up with a family telling me never to use his name."
"So did I. I am not flinching as you see and it is not that hard to say. Come on say it with me. Vol…de…mort."
I flinched again. "Volde…"
"Come on Reg all you have to say is mort."
"Mort."
"Now say it together."
Vol…de…mort."
"Well it is a start. Anyway whatever our parents told you about Voldemort is a huge lie!" Sirius said seriously. I know that is hard to believe. He actually said something serious.
I started clapping.
"Why are you clapping?"
"Today is a special day!" I stood up on the table. "Sirius here actually said something serious! Who thinks we should throw a party?"
The whole Gryffindor house cheered.
Sirius just stood there glaring at me. I jumped off the table.
"What?" I said innocently. "Don't you want a party?"
Sirius smiled. "You are going to be the perfect rebel. Maybe I with the help of James can actually make you into a great prankster. I am so proud."
There I go again. Acting before I think, it is so going to kill me.