A Black Fate

by SansaBolton

AU. Time Travel. Regulus Black is in his final year of Hogwarts and everything seems to be perfect; most of all the his best friend, Rachel Lestrange. But that all changes when the Dark Lord's plans don't quite match up with their own and Rachel is thrown forward in time in a world where Regulus no longer exists. How will she cope? Will Sirius help? What will happen? Find out...!

1. Chapter 1

1977 June

He could hear the music playing. A tune everyone knew all too well; the wedding march. Now all there was to do was look up the aisle at the lovely bride making her final walk as a single woman.

She was radiant. Everything he had ever found beautiful all in one woman.

Her dress was the work of a hundred seamstresses for days on end. Custom made. As was expected by the crowd of respectable pure bloods in attendance. Her lace veil covered her delicate, flawless, pale white skin. Her shoes made her tiny stature stand tall enough to reach her groom when they shared their first kiss.

He could remember all the times she had found him to be just out of her reach on her tip toes. He chuckled at the idea of her jumping up to kiss him.

But what was truly beautiful was the woman underneath all that. Her lovely long dark hair arranged on the top of her head. Sleek and shiny, full of bounce and curls even done up in a veil. Green jewels laced through her hair with silver ribbon. Green, silver, and black. House colors.

He smiled again as he thought of how those details would have appealed to him in his earlier years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He had dreamed of a bride in silver and green. Dark hair and light skin. Perfect details on a perfect bride for a perfect life.

Now those things mattered nothing. The woman under all that was the only thing that mattered to him. He would do anything to make her happy and keep her happy. She was his bliss.

Now she was finally just feet away. Closer than that. Maybe inches from the end of the aisle. It was happening. Finally. She was so close to him. Their whole families and all of their friends watching. It was happening.

Her brother handed her to the man waiting for her at the end of the aisle. As she reached for her groom's hand he placed a delicate kiss on her cheek. She smiled and looked down chastely.

This didn't make sense. She should be laughing and blushing as always. They continued towards the minister and finally faced each other. And then he watched in horror as his best friend said her vows to Evan Rosier.

Regulus Black awoke with a start.