Remus woke with a jolt and covered in cold sweat. Remus flashed his eyes around as he looked for Greyback or that boy, but he could not see either one of them. Remus sighed and grabbed his cane that was leaning against his nightstand. Then he swung his legs around his bed and carefully stood up and walked slowly to his door. "Father?" Remus whispered as he opened his door and walked into the hall. "Father?" he whispered again. Remus was going to go back into his room when he heard voices. Then he nodded to himself and slowly and carefully walked down the stairs and into the living room. However, he did not see his father instead he saw that the tv was on and James asleep on the couch. Remus let out a breath and looked at the tv. Then he sat down in a nearby chair with a shaky breath. Remus closed his eyes but opened them when he heard the voice of Mrs. Potter.
"Are you ok, Remus?" Remus looked at her. He smiled a little, but it was a weak one. He liked how she is caring for him even though she is not even his mom. Remus nodded slowly but he did not say anything. Mrs. Potter nodded and sighed. "Well, do you want some hot cocoa?" Remus smiled and nodded.
"Yes. I love chocolate. Can I have some please?" Remus asked as his amber eyes lit up bright like a full moon. Mrs. Potter smiled and went into the kitchen. Remus smiled a little but then that nightmare came into his mind and Remus wanted to run, but he knows that his leg is messed up and Remus will never be the same way again. "This is my fault," Remus said under his breath as he looked at James who stirred in his sleep, but he did not wake. Remus sighed and looked to the tv. The news was on and they were talking about Greyback. Remus sighed as he closed his eyes and plugged his ears at the tv. However, it did not block out the noise. Remus then sighed and opened his eyes when Mrs. Potter turns off the tv. "Thank you, Mrs. Potter," Remus said as he took the mug into his hands. She nodded and sighed.
"Did you have a nightmare?" She asked as she sat down on the floor next to him. Remus sighed and nodded.
"Yes, I…. He…...Greyback was there. In my room. There was also another boy. He looked familiar but I could not place him. Anyway, the boy said that my father died, and he never found me after I ran away. Then Greyback came in and…..." Remus trailed off as tears formed in his eyes. Then he took a sip from his mug and put it down on the table near the chair. Mrs. Potter sighed and nodded.
"Do you have these nightmares often?" She asked as she looked at James who was still asleep. Remus, however, did not say anything then he blurted out:
"Where's my father?" Remus did not mean to sound rude or demanding but it just slipped out. Mrs. Potter understood this and sighed.
"Your father went with Ben to do something. I'm not sure what it is. There is something that I need to tell you though," Remus nodded but he did not say anything. Mrs. Potter sighed and said: "Tomorrow we are going to adopt two new boys. I know we should have told you but…" Mrs. Potter trailed off however she saw a smile on his face.
"That's…. That's wonderful. What are their names?" Remus asked however before Mrs. Potter could say anything the front door opened.
"Dear, we are home," Mrs. Potter nodded to Remus and called:
"In the living room love," Remus smiled but then a guilty feeling went through him. This got worse when Lyall walked in.
"What are you doing up Remus?" he asked his son who did not meet his eyes. Lyall sighed and nodded. "Did you have a nightmare?" he added when he saw the look on his son's face. Remus sighed and nodded slowly.
"Sorry," Remus muttered however Lyall sighed and hugged him. Remus did not see this coming because he was too busy trying to forget his nightmare and he was just drained.
"Don't be sorry son. Come on, let's go back to bed," Remus nodded and finished his hot chocolate. Then he and his father walked up the stairs leaving the Potters down in the living room.
Sirius woke to the sound of Regulus laughing very loudly. Sirius did not like sharing a room with his little brother. It was annoying. "Brother stop!" Sirius muttered as he hit the pillow over his face. Regulus looked at his brother and sighed but he did not say anything, Sirius rolled his eyes and got out of bed. "What are you watching anyway?" Sirius asked in a somewhat annoyed voice. However, Regulus was too busy watching the tv that he did not answer his brother's question. Sirius then rolled his eyes and went into the bathroom. Sirius sighed as he closed the door. 'I hate being in this room with him. Can't I move to a different room? Wait, I need to look after him, no one will take him away from me.' Sirius sighed and got ready for the day. When Sirius got out of the bathroom, he found Regulus sitting on the bed with a sad and tired look on his face. Sirius sighed knowing that this might be about them not having any parents or anyone that loves them. However, Sirius walked over to him anyway and sat down on the bed. "Reg?" Sirius questioned as he looked at his brother. Regulus sighed but he did not look at Sirius then he let a sob out of his throat.
"Do…...do people love us? Can someone love kids like us?" Sirius sighed and gave his brother a small smile then he sighed again. His heart broke when his little brother said this. No one, no one should go through this, let alone a child. His little brother to be exact. Sirius let out a breath and nodded.
"Yes, Reg. they just don't know it yet. Soon will be back in a loving family again. I know it, and if not then it's their loss," Regulus smiled and hugged his brother. Sirius smiled in his brother's arms. Then after a few minutes, they pulled apart and Sirius said: "Come on. Its time to get ready. I want food," Regulus rolled his eyes and walked into the bathroom. Sirius laughed and looked at the tv. They were talking about Greyback again as well as his parents. Sirius did not care about that part because they were never his parents let alone his brother's. Sirius sighed and watched the tv some more.
"Now to the next part of the Greyback case. It turns out that the Blacks were also involved in with the kidnapping of Remus Lupin and many more boys," Sirius sighed and turned off the tv.
Sirius and Regulus were happy when they found themselves the first ones to breakfast. However, when they sat down, Alexander came up to them with a huge grin on his face. "Guys, guys!" Alexander said. Sirius nodded and said:
"What is it, Alex?" Alexander smiled and said:
"They found him. They found him, my brother. He's coming to pick me up soon. I'm so excited to meet him," Sirius smiled warmly at him but when he looked at Regulus, he did not seem to notice Alex who was almost ready to burst with excitement. Sirius sighed knowing what this was about, but he did not say anything as he looked back to Alexander.
"That's so cool. Do you know when he is coming?" Sirius asked before he took a drink from his glass of water. Alex, however, did not say anything as his face changed from excitement to worry.
"Do you think he'll like me?" he asked as he looked at Regulus who looked at him for the first time that morning.
"I think he will Alex. Brothers love each other and if he has been looking for you then I think he'll love you," Regulus said as he went back to eating. Sirius smiled at this and nodded.
"Reg is right Alex. I think he'll love you," Alex smiled and sat down. Sirius smiled back and then looked at his brother who sighed and went back to looking down to the table. Then the three friends fell quiet.
Remus was the last one to wake up. No one blamed him. He did have a nightmare the night before. Remus smiled when he smelt waffles as he walked into the dining room. "Good morning," Remus said with a little tiredness in his voice. Lyall smiled at his son and nodded.
"Good morning Rem. How did you sleep when you went back to sleep?" Lyall asked with a smile as Remus sat down putting his cane down by his chair as he does so. Remus, however, did not answer for a long time as he thought of his answer. Remus sighed and said:
"A little better father," Remus said quietly. Then he started to eat as his father nodded. After they all ate Remus was outside for the first time in a while. He was sitting on the porch trying to watch James kick his ball around and read at the same time. "Nice one James," Remus called from his book. Even though he was not really watching it. However, this was cut short when Mr. Potter came out and said:
"James. Your mother and I are going to pick up your new brothers now. Be good for Mr. Lupin," James looked to the back door and raised an eyebrow.
"Two brothers?" James asked but the door closed, and Remus and James were left outside.
Alex was watching tv with Sirius and Regulus when they heard over the speaker:
"Alexander, please come into my office," Alex looked at his friends with a worried smile.
"What if he…" Alex trailed off when Sirius gave him a look. Alex sighed and left the room.
"He'll love you," Regulus said in a quiet and sad voice which Sirius sighed at.
"Reg," Sirius sighed again and then closed his eyes before he said: "I know it's hard to see people get picked up, but we are better here then we were with mother and father. Someone will take us home with them, I know it," Sirius said with a smile. However, he knew that no one will take them home, but he could not tell this to his little brother. However, after a few moments, Alex came back with someone by his side.
"Guys. This is my brother," Sirius looked at them and smiled. Alex's older brother looked just like him. This made Sirius smile even more. Then Sirius cleared his throat and said:
"I'm Sirius Black and this is my little brother Regulus," Alex's brother smiled and took Sirius's hand.
"Pleased to meet you, Sirius. I'm Romulus," Sirius smiled but then he thought of that boy, the one that was named Remus, but he did not talk about this. The weird thing was that Sirius to Romulus looked like that boy he saw on the news before he left. Romulus sighed and smiled a little. "Are you friends of Alexander?" Sirius nodded at this question, but he was still thinking about Remus. However, Regulus spoke up.
"Yes, we are good friends of his," Sirius nodded to himself when his brother said nothing else. However, after a long pause in this awkward conversation Romulus said:
"Well, it was nice meeting you two," Sirius nodded in relief that he got out of that. He did not like talking to people very much. He blames his father for that. After Romulus said this Alex hugged Regulus making him flinch which Romulus saw but he said nothing. Then Alex did the same thing to Sirius, but Sirius did not flinch when his little brother hugged him.
"Good-bye Sirius, Reg," Regulus and Sirius nod as they watched the two reunited brothers walk away.
"I hope someone takes us with them too.," Regulus said as he walked back to the tv however Sirius stayed where he was looking into the doorway waiting for someone, but no one came.
'Keep dreaming Black.' Sirius thought as he went back to the tv and sighed as his brother looked at him, but he did not say anything.
A few minutes later however while the Black brothers were watching tv in silence and despair that no one will want them someone called over the speaker again: "Can the Black brothers please come into my office," Sirius sighed as well as his brother. Then he gave his brother a look.
"What did you do Reg?" Sirius asked in a tired voice that Regulus heard so he did not answer him. Sirius sighed knowing that he should not have said this to his brother, but he knows that he just needed some sleep. "Sorry Reg," Sirius said as they made their way to the office. Regulus smiled a little and said:
"It's ok Siri. What do you think is going on?" Regulus asked but Sirius did not say anything as they walked in. When they got into the office, they did not expect to see people in there filling out papers and looking over files.
"Oh hello. You must be the Black's. Hello, Ben Potter," Sirius looked at him with a shocked look on his face as he took this man's hand.
"Hello, I'm Sirius," Sirius said with a shaky voice as he looked at his brother who had tears in his eyes. Then he said:
"Are you here to love us?" Sirius looked at his brother and padded his head and smiled.
"This is Regulus," Sirius said with a smile. Then he looked at the mother who smiled at the two boys.
"Of course, we are," she said as she pulled Regulus into his arms. However, this time Regulus did not flinch as tears formed in his eyes. Then she pulled Sirius in for the hug as well. Sirius could not stop the tears that formed in his eyes from falling. "Are you ready to go home?" she asked once she pulled out of the hug. Sirius and Regulus nodded and walked out the door to get their things.
Remus was in the living room now talking to his father while James stuffed his face with some food that he found in the fridge. Remus saw this and laughed a little while Lyall looked at his son with a smile on his face. Just as James opened the fridge once more the front door opened. James quickly shut the fridge door. This made Remus laugh again. Then Mr. Potter called: "Boys we are home!" James smiled and walked into the living room and sat down. Right, when James sat down two boys walked in. They both had black hair and warm gray eyes. Remus looked at the older one and smiled. "Hello Sirius," Remus said with his smile even bigger. Sirius looked to Remus and smiled back.
"Hello, Remus? Right, that was your name?" Remus nodded and looked at James then he looked at Regulus. "Oh, and this is my little brother Regulus," Remus smiled again and looked at James once again. Then James got to his feet and said with a bow:
"I'm James Potter," Remus and Sirius laughed. However, Regulus only smiled. Then Ben walked into the room.
"Ah, I see you guys are getting along," Remus smiled and said:
"I think so Mr. Potter, um, "Remus looked to his father. "Father, can we go outside again?" Lyall nodded.
"Of course, son. Just be careful," Remus nodded and stood up slowly. Sirius saw his cane and sighed but he did not say anything about it. He was grateful that neither did Regulus. Then James ran out the back door with his ball. Soon Remus, Regulus, and Sirius followed. Lyall smiled at his son. He has friends again. He will be just fine now. 'He'll be fine Hope; I know you are proud of your son. I know I am. I am proud of my brave little wolf.' Lyall smiled to himself and walked outside to watch his son play with his new friends.
"Father look!" Lyall looked to his son who was using his cane to kick the ball. "I'm kicking the ball," Remus called with happiness in his voice. Lyall smiled and cheered his son on.
It was nighttime now and Remus was happy, he could not believe that he kicked that ball.
"Did you see me, father? Did you see me?" Remus said as he got into bed. Lyall smiled at his son and nodded.
"Yes, Rem, I did. I'm so proud of you. your mother will be proud as well son. Now why don't you get some sleep," Remus nodded as he pulled the blanket over him. While Lyall tucked him in. "Alright, good night son," Remus smiled and closed his eyes as his father kissed him on his forehead. "I love you,"
"Love you to father," with that Lyall left the room feeling happy as well.
'All is going to be well.' Lyall thought as he went downstairs.
A/N: Well, that's the end. Tell me what you guys think. Sorry if the end is a little rushed. Thank you all for reading. Did you guys like this story? Was it good? Did you hate it? Thank you again and I will see you in my next story. -Captain Voxland
