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"Nooooooo," Sirius screamed as he watched his younger brothers lifeless form crumple to the ground.
"How much longer are you going to wait Black? We will get it out of you one way or another so why wait for more death?" Voldemort reasoned with the younger man.
Sirius said nothing. He just stared at his brothers dead body vowing that he had not died in vain he would not give up the secret now his brother ha died to keep it.
Voldemort chuckled turning to leave, he beckoned the two death eaters to follow him.
The trio vanished from the cramped cell, but they left the dead body of Sirius' younger brother behind. Eyes wide open and as cold as ice with an expression of shock, but there was also something else there that Sirius couldn't quite put his finger on acceptance maybe?
Sirius wasn't sure how long he sat there staring at his little brother. It could have been minutes; hours or days for time had lost all meaning in his grief.
The eldest Black hadn't even realised he was crying until he brought a hand up to cover his face, and it came away wet from the salty tears running down his face.
Suddenly he heard a faint whispering coming from his pocket, it sounded almost like someone saying his name over and over again.
Tenderly Sirius put his hand in his pocket to see where on earth the whispering was coming from, what he wasn't expecting to find was a small shard of broken mirror with the face of James Potter reflected on it.
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Godric's Hollow, a few moments before Sirius finds the mirror.
"Bloody hell James why don't you just call the Sirius on the mirror then you'll know if he's got it won't you!" Remus exclaimed his temper snapping again due to his friend's impatience.
"What if Regulus has it, but he's talking to Malfoy or something then he's in big trouble!" James snapped back.
Remus, James and Lily were all sat in Sirius' old flat, worried sick about both the Blacks. They definitely should have heard something by now.
"Just do it James please," Lily was slowly losing her patience with her husband.
James fixed her with a long, pained glare before turning round and replying with a huff "Fine."
He pulled a long shard of mirror from his pocket and spoke the name 'Sirius Black' down into it.
The whole world seemed to come to a complete stand still for a moment as nothing happened. After a few seconds James shrugged and put the mirror down with a dejected look on his face.
Lily on the other hand wasn't giving up that easily so once again she said clearly into the mirror "Sirius Black," This time there was a flicker and then suddenly the battered, bruised and bloodied face came into view.
Lily shrieked and James and Remus looked like they were going to throw up, but although the face reflected in the mirror was gaunt and sunken and half of it was obscured by bruises this was undoubtedly Sirius.
"Shit mate." Were the only words James managed to get out, while Sirius managed to struggle out a "James?"
Sirius' voice was hoarse and scratchy like it hadn't been used in years rather than a matter of weeks.
The four were silent for a while all of them seeming at loss of what to say to the other. "H-how are you?" Remus winced after saying these words knowing that it sounded like it was a desperate grab at conversation. Which of course it was.
Sirius just raised his eyebrows at the werewolf and fixed him with a look that screamed 'don't be an idiot mate how do you think I am?'
"Um Sirius not that it isn't great to see you and all but you don't know what happened to Regulus do you it's just that-" Lily's burbling was cut off by Sirius turning his half of the mirror to face the other side of the dimly lit cell where the body of an young man lay. Although he was face down it was clearly Regulus Black.
"Is he-?" Remus began cautiously.
"Dead? Yeah he is," although Sirius answered the unfinished question bluntly. The pain in his eyes betrayed the hurt he was feeling.
"They- they left you with t-the body?" James looked appalled at the notion of his best friend being left with the body of his younger brother.
"Yeah," Was Sirius' simple and honest answer.
Suddenly James could take the tension any longer. "Look mate I'm so so so so so so sorry I can't believe I thought you were dead, and I didn't try and save you and I-"
"James shut up." Sirius cut through his friend's garbled and completely unnecessary apology. "It wasn't your fault, and generally when things aren't some one's fault they don't need to apologise."
"But…" James began again, but was cut off by one look from Sirius.
"Leave it mate," Was Remus' whispered advice to his friend.
Lily sat back with a smile, it was nice to see the Marauders all back together again after so long, now they had proof that he was alive there was no way Moody could put of Sirius' rescue.
"Shit guys got to go," She heard Sirius say in a hurried whisper to his two best friends and the small pop as he turned his mirror off.
The other two marauders sat back in their seats and looked at each other for a second before both rising and shouting "We've got to see Mad-Eye !"
Ok guys sorry for and making this chapter so short, but it seemed like a good place to end it. Also can I apologize for the death of Regulus but I bet y'all didn't see that one coming!
Thanks for all your reviews and just for taking the time to read this fic keep it up guys!
