A Different Life

A/N: Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter; it all belongs to J. K Rowling. I only own my Oc characters.

Betaread by: MagicFireTiger

Chapter 1: The flight

Sirius Black had everything: a loving wife, perfect, loyal friends, and he even had a child on the way. Shortly said, he had the perfect life until one particular day that would change his life forever.

Sirius's POV:

I hummed quietly to the sound of an old song playing in the radio while decorating the room for my first child together with my wife, Cassiopeija. My first child. It still sounded too good to be true sometimes. Growing up at this horrendous house called Number 12, Grimauld Place, I never imagined having a great life like this. But now my life was perfect; soon my first child would be born, and the best part about that was that my child would grow up together with James Potter's child. Secretly, James and I both hoped that our children would be boys so that we could pass on the legacy of the marauders to them.

Today was the 30th of June, and little did I know that James's and my plan would never come to reality—because in one year, four months, and one day, my now perfect life and that of my future family would come to an end by a terrible betrayal.

One month later:

Today was July the 31st, and my wife and I couldn't be happier. Today our new little baby boy was born, and this was the funny thing about today: today was also the birth day of James's son, Harry. A few days later, and after Lily and Cassiopeija were calmed down enough from the exhaustion of birth, our two little families had a small party. All of our friends were invited: Moony, Wormtail, and a few other members of the Order who we trusted.

"To Harry James, son of James and Lily, and to Regulus Leonis, son of Sirius and Cassiopeija," said Remus, lifting his glass up in the air.

"To Harry and Regulus Leonis," repeated everyone in the room, lifting their glasses. The party was going well. All of my friends were talking and laughing and having a good time. If I had just known back then that one of them was a cold blooded betrayer, everything would have gone so differently.

"Sirius, can we talk to you for a second?" asked Lily, James standing behind her.

"Of course. Let's go into another room where it's a little bit quieter," I replied, leading them into a small room. "So what is it? If it's about being Secret-Keeper for your home again, then you know my answer. You know I can't do this," I told them. Back then, not being the Secret-Keeper and leaving it to Petegrew seemed like the best choice, but today I would do anything to make this decision undone.

"Actually, it's about something different, you see; we waited until now to ask you this because we feared that you would say no, but..." began Lily, but was quickly but was quickly interupted by James.

"We wanted to ask you if you if you want to be Harry's godfather."

I took my time to think, and then I spoke up. "Lily, James, as your best friend, it would be my honor to be Harry's godfather, but only under one condition." I paused, looking at James's and Lily's confused looking faces. I took in a large breath of air and finished my sentence. "If you, James, agree to be Regulus's godfather."

James looked at me, and then he began to laugh. "Of course, Padfoot, old friend. I will be your son's godfather no matter what happens," he said, clasping me on my shoulder.

The following months passed by in a blur. Harry and Regulus were growing really fast, and soon both kids began to crawl around the houses and explore everything. James and Lily often came by for a visit with Harry. Now, Harry and Regulus were really exhausting to deal with when they were alone, but when they were together, they were almost unstoppable. They both caused trouble everywhere they crawled. They were like James and me in mini versions.

On a rainy afternoon in April we all sat together in our living room, while Harry and Regulus were playing at our feet.

"Seriously, sometimes I don't know what to do with Harry. He can be so cute when he sleeps, but when he's awake he crawls around everywhere and causes trouble. This Monday he accidently knocked down a vase. I mean, it wasn't really precious, but still, he could have hurt himself. I'm worried that this boy will grow up with such a wild and untamable energy that he will get hurt or hurt others," sighed Lily, rubbing her temples, her hair framing her face in curtains of dark red.

"Well, you know who his father is. You'll see, he'll get even more energetic when he can run around," I stated with an amused smile.

"Well, I hope at least Regulus doesn't turn out like you. If those two really will be friends growing up, then one of them should be at least a little bit normal," said Cassiopeja.

"Well, I think your wish probably won't come true. You know how boys get over time," said Lily with another sigh.

"Speaking of time, hunny, I think that it's time to leave. It's getting late and Harry needs to go to bed at five or he gets really uncomfortable," said James.

"Right. Harry, come on, sweetheart. Time to go home," said Lily, going to Harry and picking him up.

"Thanks for the invitation, Sirius, Cassiopeija. I hope we will see you soon. Goodbye!" said James.

After everyone had said their goodbyes and James and Lily were gone, Cassiopeija sat down, rubbing her tummy with a slightly pained look on her face.

"Honey, is everything all right? Did you eat something bad?" I asked her worriedly.

She shook her head and mumbled, "No, everything's all right I'm just exhausted, that's all. I'm going upstairs to lie down for a while. Could you please look after Regulus while I take a nap?" I nodded and my wife went upstairs into our bedroom.

I really hoped that she didn't have anything bad, like one of those terrible sicknesses that some people get to their stomachs. Luckily, it turned out to be something absolutely harmless. It was something that made my wife and me really happy, as a matter of fact. It turned out that Cassiopeija was expecting another child! Soon our small family of three would be a family of four. Now my lucky, happy life couldn't get any better.

We delivered the news to James and Lily immediately at the birthday party of our sons. Both of them were so happy for us. We celebrated a long time, both the birthdays of our sons and the pregnancy of my wife. Everyone was so happy. I hadn't thought that this would have been the last time I would ever see James and Lily alive.

Cassiopeija 's Pov:

Today was October 31st, and my husband Sirius and I had decorated our house for Halloween. Sure, it was a tradition of the Muggles, but back home in Austria, I loved to go trick or treating with my sister and friends and I always had my house decorated. So Sirius and I decided to keep this tradition. Of course, Regulus was still too young, being one year and three months old, to go trick-or-treating, but Sirius and I still decided to buy him a wizard costume. I looked around. Our house looked perfectly creepy. Three pumpkins with scary faces were standing outside our door, and small owls and witches made out of paper were hanging in our windows. We also had sweets in case any children would be coming to our house.

I really hoped that we could have a nice and peaceful day like always, but what happened tonight was going to change our lives forever. It was late in the night and Regulus and I were already asleep. Sirius had gone out for a ride with his motorbike. Suddenly, someone burst into my room, screaming, "Quick, get up and grab Regulus, we need to get out of here!" I rubbed my eyes sleepily. It took me a while to recognize that it was Sirius who just burst into our room in the middle of the night.

"Honey, what's wrong?" I asked, seeing that he was throwing some stuff into a small package.

"Here," he said, handing me a basket just big enough for a one-year-old to fit into. "Put Regulus in there and make sure h 's secure and safe. We have to get out of here as soon as possible. I will explain everything later. When you're finished, come to the backyard."

I did as he told me, and just as I arrived outside, there was a banging on the door and a loud voice said, "This is the Ministry. Open up. We know that you're home."

"Oh, no, they found me," mumbled Sirius. "Quick, turn into an eagle and take Regulus and fly away!" he shouted at me.

I nodded and turned into my Animagus form, a big eagle. I grabbed the basket with our son with my claws and flew away. Under my wings, I could see Sirius running away in his dog form with the package from earlier in his teeth. We flew and ran for hours—at least, it seemed to me like that. Then we finally arrived in at a small, run-down building. It was full of vines and looked like it would collapse soon. But since we were on the run from the Ministry of Magic (apparently), it would do to hide for a while. We both turned back into our human forms and made ourselves as comfortable as possible. Luckily, there was one old bed and a few other objects in the rooms, so getting comfortable wasn't very hard. I sighed as I started to fall asleep. 'I hope Sirius has a really good explanation for all of this tomorrow morning,' I thought.

Characters:

Cassiopeija Black (nee Strauß):

She is the wife of Sirius Black and the mother of Regulus Black and a currently unborn child. She is a really smart witch who studied wizardry and witchcraft at a wizarding school in Austria. Like her husband, she is an Animagus. Her Animagus form is an eagle with brown feathers and a white head. She has long, straight black hair and green light green eyes. She also is around the same age as Sirius.

Regulus Leonis Black:

His first name comes from Sirius late brother, Regulus Arcturus Black, and his middle name comes the constellation in which the star with his first name is situated in. Currently, he is one year and three months old. He has the same hair colour as his father and also the same eye colour.

A/N: This is it hope you liked the first chapter of 'A Different Life'

Did you know that nearly all of the family members of the Blacks are named after stars and constellations?