As The Black Rose Smolders Red Chapter 10, a harry potter fanfic

Author's Note: On chapter eight the websites where I got the information were messed up so I will repeat them in this Author's Note. Werewolves- harrypotter (dot) wikia (dot) com /wiki/Werewolf (remove spaces) and the info on Vampires was- harrypotter (dot) wikia (dot) com/wiki/Vampire (remove spaces)

This chapter goes out to Remyi, AribethDA and CrimsonRoseXx who reviewed and made me start writing again. =] Keep the reviews coming!

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"Hey what's up Cass?" I ran forward to hug him. He carried me away from the Slytherin Common room and down into a secret passage. In a shaky voice I told him what had happened in the Gryffindor Common room, sometimes stopping to take calming breaths. Then I told him the secret I had kept from everybody until earlier when I had told Sirius. His face grew stony as I told him, and I could tell he was getting super pissed.

"Why that…" He was too angry to finish the sentence. I started getting scared he would do something rash. My suspicions were confirmed when he tried to get up and push past me. "When I'm done with him he's going to wish he was never born. I'm going to rip him limb from stinking limb." His face was glowering.

"No Reg, please don't. You can't. I can't see him hurt." I didn't know where the sudden affection came from but I knew it was sincere. I couldn't bear to see it. To know I was the cause. It was too much. I. Was. weak. But still the anger boiled inside him. I knew that if I let him out of my sight- out of my grasp for that matter- that he would run and find Sirius. "I know what he did was terrible, and that he's never been the best brother-" Here Reg cut me off with a hollow laugh.

"Never been the best brother?" He repeated. "He has been terrible to you. He always takes out his frustration at the family on you. Because you can defend yourself. He's a coward. Picking on someone who can't fight back. And who was there to protect you? Who was there to comfort you when he went too far? And who wasn't there the one time you needed them most. Me. It's my fault just as much as it's his."

"No Reg, it's not your fault at all. You can't be there all the time. I'm the stupid one who went out and got lost. Stop blaming yourself. You always do it. Whenever I get hurt, you say it's your fault, no matter what actually happened. I'm not a little girl anymore, I can take responsibility for my own actions." He just looked down at the floor, silent. Finally he raised his head to look me in the face, and his eyes were shinning with unshed tears.

"I know, I know I always blame myself, but, I couldn't bear it if anything happened to you. I feel like I always have to protect you. Everything I've ever done has been to protect you, and I can't stop easily. I feel like if something happens to you I didn't do a good enough job of protecting you."

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Sirius' POV

Her words hit me like a stone wall. It was my fault, my fault that she was a vampire. I felt dizzy. My head was spinning. James was beside me; he was just standing there, shocked. I don't think he realized that there was anything wrong with me. The Common room was silent. Everyone that had been in here had witnessed the scene between Cassi and I. James turned to me, with a questioning look on his face. "Sirius, wha-?" I just shook my head; I had to get out of here. I started, stumbling at first, to the Portrait Hole. Once outside I transformed into a big shaggy black dog. I had to find Cassi. If I were Cassi where would I run?

Regulus. I started towards the dungeons. I had a rough idea of where the Slytherin Common Room was. I would just have to hope they were somewhere outside of it. I ran down seven floors, my padded feet making no sound on the on the rock beneath them. Then as I reached the Great Hall I heard a sound apart from my shallow breath. Voices. Voices I knew. Cassi and Regulus. It had to be. I came closer so I could here what they were saying.

I heard Regulus first. He sounded royally pissed. "Why that… When I'm done with him he's going to wish he was never born. I'm going to rip him limb from stinking limb."

Then surprisingly, I heard Cassi come to my defense. "No Reg, please don't. You can't. I can't see him hurt. I know what he did was terrible, and that he's never been the best brother-"

There was a laugh, and I knew it came from my brother. I knew he hated me, but his next words were like physical blow to my chest. "Never been the best brother? He has been terrible to you. He always takes out his frustration at the family on you. Because you can defend yourself. He's a coward. Picking on someone who can't fight back. And who was there to protect you? Who was there to comfort you when he went too far? And who wasn't there the one time you needed them most. Me. It's just as much my fault as it is his." This confused me. How was this Regulus' fault at all? He had nothing to do with it.

"No Reg, it's not your fault at all. You can't be there all the time. I'm the stupid one who went out and got lost. Stop blaming yourself. You always do it. Whenever I get hurt, you say it's your fault, no matter what actually happened. I'm not a little girl anymore, I can take responsibility for my own actions." There was a silence, and then Regulus' voice broke it, and it sounded think with emotion.