Chapter 10
A/N: I'm really, really very sorry for the late update and the long wait for this chapter. It's just that I've got a lot to do in school at the moment. Almost all my teachers want us to learn this and that and give us tons of homework. Also it's the year before my final year at school so I have to try and get good grades to make it to the next year. I'm surprised some people are still reading this even with the long waits between chapters. But thanks to everyone who does so and a huge thank you to those who reviewed, favourited or followed.
As usual I don't own Harry Potter and I never will do so.
Betaread by: MagicFireTiger
Chapter 10: The Truth
Cassiopeija's POV:
"So, we're inside now. Now talk," sounded the infuriated voice of my husband from downstairs.
We were at our house right now, the play having ended half an hour ago. Sevillia and Regulus, Sirius's thought-to-be-deceased brother (and wife that no one ever knew he had as we had found out) had come with us. According to them, to explain something about their past—about their Death Eater past. I must admit I felt a little insecure about them, former Death Eaters being in our house.
"Could you be a little bit friendlier please?" snapped the voice of his brother back. "I'm not gonna tell you anything if you scream and shout like that."
A snort from my husband.
"Besides, we would like to tell our news to you both. Your wife and you." That was the voice of Sevillia. I thought she was nice. She was a little bit shorter than me, with brown curly hair and warm, hazel eyes. She didn't really seem like someone who would become a Death Eater. Her looks were too nice and lovingly, but had also something tough. A career in the Ministry would have fit perfectly for her.
I walked downstairs, having made beds ready in our kids' bedrooms, just in case this talk would take longer and Aquaria and Cygnus would want to sleep here (which didn't look like it would happen soon, as the kids were still up, bubbling and jumping around).
"I'm here now. You can start." I smiled at them and sat down.
Nothing could have prepared me for what the couple told us. It was... horrible. And cruel.
It had all started when the two of them joined the Death Eaters. Regulus because he was forced too, Sevillia out of love for him. For a while everything had gone well. They were truly loyal followers of the Dark Lord. Until something happened that brought Regulus to his senses and he began to question the Dark Lord's goals. He did some research and somehow found out about these things called horcruxes that Lord Voldemort had created years ago. Back then, the only eighteen-year-old had discovered that through destroying these things, Voldemort could be defeated. After telling Sevillia, who became his girlfriend somewhere along the stay with the Death Eaters, all about it, they created a plan to find these objects and destroy them.
At this point Sirius interrupted. "And you think that we will really believe your story about these hortruxes?"
"Horcruxes. And it's true. I know it sounds unbelievable. We couldn't believe it too when we heard about it. But you have to believe us. Apparently there is a book in the forbidden section of the library of Hogwarts that explains this kind of stuff. When we first heard it, we couldn't believe it too. Trust me," explained Regulus, probably trying not to snap at his brother.
"Anyway, we found one of these. And now, we need to find a way to destroy it." Sevillia looked at our faces.
"And this Horcrux. Where did you find it?" I asked, curious to watch their reaction. There was something about this story that I had a feeling they wouldn't tell us willingly.
"It was in an old cave at the sea" came the short answer.
"And how did you get into this cave?" Sirius questioned. "There must've been lots of magical protections."
"We found a way. It's none of your business. All we want to ask of you is your help in destroying it," answered Regulus coolly.
"First I want to know how you got it. Or else we won't help you," stated my husband.
Our two guests looked at each other, seeming to carry out a whole conversation with this look. Then Sevillia spoke up.
"We found out how to enter the cave. When we came in there, there was a boot that lead to an small island in the middle of the cave's lake. There was a basin filled with liquid and in there was the horcrux. We got it out, rowed back with the boot, and escaped the cave. That's everything."
"And there were no other security measures taken? No curses, no traps, nothing? No guards like Inferi or something similar?" asked Sirius again. I noticed how Regulus flinched at the mentioning of Inferi. Sirius must've noticed it too; however, he must have decided not to answer any questions about it.
"You know what, let's continue talking about this tomorrow, shall we?" said Regulus. He and Sevillia stood up. "Maybe then we'll find an agreement. Come on, Sev. Let's get the kids and head home; it's getting late."
Everyone said their goodbyes and the couple and their kids left, leaving me (and Sirius probably too) with the feeling that something was missing about the former Death Eaters' story. What was there that they hadn't told us? Did I just imagine Sirius' brother flinching at the word Inferi? And more importantly, why had they left after our last questions?
A/N: Again sorry for the late of this and its shortness. At the end a question that I would kindly ask you to answer: Are the OCs annoying in any way or Mary Sue/Gary Stue-like? Please tell me.
