Author's Note: Well, here's the last chapter of "Death and All His Friends." The character is Sirius, and I think the lyrics are absolutely perfect for him! So let me know what you think, and thanks for reading!
Death and All His Friends
"I don't want to follow death and all his friends"
They all expected him to join the Death-Eaters. He was a Gryffindor, yes, but he knew his parents still had hope for him. They still thought he would follow in Bellatrix's footsteps. They still thought he would pave a path for Regulus, who probably would end up joining the Death-Eaters.
But Sirius didn't want to. He just couldn't. He knew that what the Death-Eaters fought for was wrong and he knew that it was insane and that it couldn't last and that one day, You-Know-Who and the Death-Eaters would be defeated.
That's the reason Sirius gave to everyone, when they demanded to know why he didn't want to join. That's what he screamed at his mother, that's what he tried to tell Bellatrix before her insane shrieks cut him off, that's what he pleaded with Regulus, trying to convince him that it was all wrong. And he did believe that, he really did.
But that wasn't the only reason Sirius didn't want to follow You-Know-Who and become a Death-Eater. The real reason that kept him up at night was simple: he was scared. It wasn't that he was scared of fighting, that was ridiculous, Sirius loved a good fight and he would proudly fight for the right side. But Sirius was afraid of death. He didn't mind dying, not really, as long as he went down in a blaze of glory and if he sacrificed himself for a friend and died a hero, well, that would be nice.
But he didn't want to see other people die and he didn't want to actually kill somebody. He wasn't like Bellatrix, who seemed to relish in killing, or Regulus, who seemed to be able to passively watch death. The thought of becoming a Death-Eater, and watching innocent people was horrifying to him. That made him a freak in his family, but so be it.
Sirius couldn't stand the thought of losing his friends, who were his family now, really. The thought made his blood run cold and his heart start to beat just a little faster.
He knew the Death-Eaters were absolutely not for him. He knew he couldn't handle it, couldn't take the pain and the death and the insanity that came with the Dark Mark. So Sirius cut his ties with his blood family and ran off to his new family, to James' house. And after he graduated Hogwarts, he proudly became a member of the Order of the Phoenix and proudly battled the Death-Eaters, along with his best friends.
He never wanted to become a Death-Eater and follow You-Know-Who. So he didn't. Simple, really.