Disclaimer: All the characters belon to JKR, Queen of the Potterverse and breaker of souls.
AN: In this story I will switch between Character views. All or most conversations will have Severus Snape in it but not all are out of his point of view (POV) I will notify you if the POV changes.
Yes a second story. The reason is that it is a while since I read the goblet of fire and I am afraid to mess everything up. So in the meantime I will indulge in some Regulus fiction.
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Chapter 1
The younger brother
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(Severus Snape's POV)
His head snapped towards the sorting ceremony when he heard the last name 'Black', he was shocked. Dealing with four Blacks was enough, thank you very much. While the Black sisters didn't bother him to much since they were older, the Black heir was truly annoying. Sirius Black was a second year Gryffindor, and in Severus' opinion a complete idiot.
And now a second brother was about to be sorted. At least this boy wasn't as charming as the last.. He wouldn't be able to bully him for his looks that much.
"Slytherin!"
His table welcomed the boy, most complimenting him on restoring some honour to the Black family.
The kid had the audacity to sit next to him.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, my name is Regulus Black. May I have the pleasure of knowing yours?"
"My name is Severus Snape." A few Housemates looked at him dissaprovingly, he still didn't have the formalities down.
It was required in his House to act somewhat civilized and he would train to master it.
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(Regulus Blacks POV)He was nervous. Before he left his Mother, Walburga Black, took him aside to say how important it was to become a Slytherin. Or at least a Ravenclaw. He was so afraid to dissapoint Mother.. She would be furious, Sirius was already threatened with disownement and Regulus didn't want to anger her further.
So he sat on the stool with the hat on, terrified.
After a nerve-recking minute the hat called out Slytherin, he was relieved and was happy to tell his Mother and Father.
'I wonder what Siri will think of this.. Oh we might actually play good games of Quidditch against eachother someday!'They both had an aptitude for flying and his brother liked to show of how good he was in the air. Mostly they rotated between bein keeper and Chaser, since they had just two players and you couldn't do much else. Except capturing the Snitch, but Siri said that was an unfair game since Regulus was smaller.
He knew most of the people at the table already, they came to the Black balls and Christmas parties quite often. There was this boy with long black hair that he hadn't seen before and he was quite curious.
He made his greetings and received some in return.
'Snape? I have never heard of that last name before.. Maybe Mother knows if he comes from another country. Although, with how he speaks, I don't think he is a pureblood.'He kept the conversation going a bit, trying to learn more of the boy next to him. He was quite certain it wasn't nice to discuss his bloodline on the first day he met him so he let it rest.
The boy shot him wary glances all through dinner and he decided to question him on it.
"Mr. Snape? What am I bothering you with?"
Nobody would dare to insult a Black by turning away, but he saw Mr. Snape think about it, and then decide against it. He was after all, a Slytherin Black.
"I met your brother. He is not the most pleasant of people."
That confused Regulus, his brother was a carefree soul.. But he was always kind to Regulus himself at least.
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It wasn't until a few weeks later that they spoke again. Regulus had some problems in potions and was directed towards Severus Snape. He was known to be quite the potions prodigy.
"Mr. Snape, may I have a moment of your time?"
The boy looked up from his textbook. A mildly suprised look on his face that was quickly shoved away in favor of a blank mask.
Regulus sat down on the sofa, in a relaxed position. "I heard you are quite the potions prodigy."
"You want my help." It was not a question.
Smiling Regulus replied. "Straight to the point. I like it."
"What do I get in return?"
"If you agree to tutor me for the full year, at least an hour a week, you will get more then most could dream of."
"And what exactly is that?"
"You don't want to know. People dream truly undecent things." Regulus smiled a bit, Sirius had thought him the fun of playing around a bit. Although Sirius was often physical and Regulus just wanted to mess with peoples heads.
"If you aren't serious about this matter, I suggest you find someone else to bother with this.. deal."
'Right so.. Not everyone likes to join in the fun.. Too bad.'
No I am not Sirius, I am Regulus. Shall I get my brother for you?"
After a glare he decided he needed to back of in order to have a chance at a tutor.
'Alright no old jokes.'
"Sorry. So what I was proposing was a truly good deal. You tutor me at least an hour a week for a whole year and I give lend you a book out of the Black library."
"Just one book? I am a fast reader. Ten and I am statisfied, five if I get to keep them."
"The books in the Black library are truly rare. It will take you a long time to find others. We even have books that other families like the Malfoy's do not have."
"You are saying that like you would lose the book if you lend it to me. You will not."
"We would however lose the fact that only our family knows the content of these books. That has a lot of value on its own."
The Snape boy looked intrigued. "Alright six lended books for the year."
"Six would have been the deal if our families had a long standing relationship, we do not however."
The black eyed and haired boy looked hurt for a moment and then replied. "I believe the Prince Family has crossed the Blacks line a few times."
Now Regulus was intrigued. "You called yourself a Prince? You introduced yourself a Snape I believe."
"Yes." He Severus Snape replied quite succinct.
"I will write Mother about our conversation. I will inform you next week of the decision."
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That week Regulus got an almost-howler. In the letter from his Mother he got the information that the last person of the Prince line got disowned for marrying a muggle. Severus Snape was the product of this marriage.
Walburga Black was disgusted that her precious son had to talk to the son of a bloodtraitor and it was even worse, the boy was a halfblood! Regulus was instructed to avoid contact and that no they would not lend books to a halfblood.
Regulus never showed the letter to Severus Snape and told them they had a deal for four books. He would get them over holiday break since the books were fragile.
Severus Snape said he would begin the lessons a soon as he had his first book. Regulus planned that to happen just after Christmas break.