A/N: I solemnly swear that I am up to no good!
Hello everyone! First of all, I'd like to apologize because I know that it took me forever to post this! I honestly had THE WORST writers block when it came to this! and I am so soooo sorry! but here it is :D like always, first off I want to thank everyone who read, liked and followed this story! you guys are MARVELOUS! and, obviously a special thanks to my lovely reviewers! :D thank you to an anonymous reviewer I am really glad you liked it, rachelle8 thank you sooo much my friend and I'm so sorry for the wait but I'm back! MaraudersExtra thank you SO SO much for your review! I am REALLY glad you liked it and hope you continue to ;) akaslyfox123 I am so sorry for the waiting! :s haha hope you like it! and another anonymous reviewer who actually helped me a lot in overcoming the writers block! I am not saying when, but I am definetly using your ideas so thanks for that :D and now, here it is, I leave you with chapter 14 enjoy :) - moonylove13
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Loving can hurt
Loving can hurt sometimes
But it's the only thing that I know
When it gets hard
You know it can get hard sometimes
It is the only thing that makes us feel alive
We keep this love in a photograph
We made this memories for ourselves
Where our eyes are never closing
Hearts are never broken
Times forever frozen still
Ed Sheeran
"Remmy! Slow down!" Cassie said giggling as he pulled her down the streets of Hogsmeade.
"No! This is our first official date and I don't want your brothers to ruin it" he said leading her towards Honeydukes. And yes, James had declared himself Cassie's other brother and threatened Remus just like Sirius and Regulus had.
"Love, calm down" she said catching up with him. "Sirius' got a date with some girl" she informed him.
"Still, I feel like he's going to send Prongs or Wormtail to follow us" he said looking around.
"Would you calm down?" she said stepping on her toes to kiss him on the lips. "They wouldn't do that!"
"Sorry, I just… want this to be perfect" Remus said kissing her temple.
"It is" she assured him. "And besides, Peter is with that girl from the Yule Ball and James has a date with Lily-"
"WHAT?"
"Uh, nothing?"
"Cassie!"
"Yes?"
"Are you keeping a secret from me?"
"Me? I would never!"
"Are you sure?" Remus said before he made her back up against the wall and he started tickling her.
"R-Remmy! That's not fair!" she said between laughs trying to push him away.
"Is not fair that you're keeping secrets from your boyfriend" he said as he continued.
"I like the sound of that" she said as she kept on laughing.
"Of what?" Remus asked stopping suddenly.
"My boyfriend" she said kissing him on the lips before and distracting him before she got out of his grasp and ran away from him.
"Hey!" Remus said running after her and catching up with her in no time. He wrapped his arms around her waist and spun her around. "That's cheating" he said leaning down to kiss her again.
Ever since the 'incident' as they called it, Remus had been especially affectionate with Cassie. He was always hugging her towards him or never letting go of her hand. He was making everything he could to make her feel happy. Not that he needed to do much according to Cassie. She was more than happy to be with him weather it was just reading on the couch. But when they had come back to Hogwarts, everything had changed. The news about Sirius and Cassie being disowned flew faster than when Andromeda had been disowned. Most of the people didn't care but everyone in Slytherin didn't hesitate to make nasty remarks about Sirius or Cassie whenever they were around. They didn't really mind though, is not like they were their friends. The only one that broke both of the twins' hearts was Regulus. Ever since they came back, the youngest Black had avoided them. Neither of them showed it but everyone knew that it was killing them inside; especially Cassie. Which is why Remus tried to do anything to distract her from it.
"So? Are you going to tell me about Prongs now?"
"No. Is not my fault I'm Jamie's best friend and he didn't tell you" she mocked him.
"That's not fair!" he pouted.
"Pouting, really?" Cassie said with a chuckle. "Alright James has a date with Lily" she told him.
"She finally said yes?"
"Apparently he asked her over New Year's when we were at Lily's house. Lily said they made a bet and James told her that if she lost that she had to go out with him. But I actually think she was excited about it."
"What was the bet?"
"Uh, I don't want to say" she said nervously.
"You were a part of this, weren't you?"
"Maybe" she said smiling innocently.
"Cassie…"
"Alright! James bet Lily that he knew her better than she knew him" she explained. "And I may or may not have given James all the answers to the questions I was going to ask" she admitted looking down.
"When was this?"
"When you and Sirius were arguing over whether Quidditch was more important than the House Cup" she said rolling her eyes.
"Does Lily know about this?"
"No and she is not going to find out" she said smirking a bit at him.
"Are you threatening me, Miss Black?"
"Actually I was going to buy your silence" she said giving him a peck on the lips.
"Alright, I like that more" he said laughing and kissing her again. "So, what would you like?" he asked her.
"Um… ice cream" she said smiling.
"What? Love, it's freezing" he said with a small laugh.
"But I want ice cream" she said pouting.
"Fine" Remus said rolling his eyes before kissing her head and going to get a no-melt chocolate ice cream for her and a hot chocolate for him. "I honestly think you're the only person that eats ice cream while it's snowing" he said laughing as they walked through the streets of Hogsmeade; Cassie eating her ice cream as if there was no tomorrow.
"And that's why you love me" she said smiling up at him.
"Well, not just that" Remus said smiling down at her before leaning down to kiss her on the lips. "So, would you like to go to Madame Puddifoot's?"
"I don't know, would you like for this to be our last date?" she said mocking him.
"Hey! Most girls want to go there" he defended himself. "Then again, most girls don't eat ice cream in this weather" he said smiling and kissing her head. "So… Tomes and Scrolls?"
"I thought you'd never ask" she said smiling at him. Remus took her hand in his and led her towards the bookshop. While Remus went to ask if they had a new book that he really wanted, Cassie looked around the shop to see if she could find a book that could help her with her potion; since none of the books were helping her so far. She got out a book from the shelf and was distracted by what she saw on the other side of the room. A group of guys from Slytherin were sitting around a table. She couldn't hear what they were saying but something felt off about it. Alright, maybe is not what I think, maybe they're just gathered here to talk about Quidditch… in a book shop… on a weekend… whit people who aren't even in the Quidditch team… ugh! Cassie didn't really want to jump to conclusions but she had a bad feeling inside her. She watched the group of boys standing up and leaving so she quickly put the book back in its place and tried to walk away before any of them could spot her.
"Well, well, look who it is" No such luck. Cassie heard an unpleasant voice behind her. "Is not polite to eavesdrop, Cassiopeia. Didn't your mother ever tell you that?"
"Malfoy" she said glaring at the blonde boy. "It is also not polite to sneak up on them. Didn't your mother ever tell you that?" she asked before walking past him.
"What's the rush?" he asked walking after her. "Is not safe for a beautiful girl like you to be walking around alone" he told her.
"Is safer than to walk around with you, isn't it?" she asked without stopping.
"Actually, I am a prefect, so, naturally, I feel obligated to accompany you and make sure you make it safe" he continued before he stood in front of her and made her stop walking. "A girl, as beautiful as you walking alone in this dangerous times… can't risk it" he said smirking at the girl.
"Actually, I'm not alone" she said annoyed.
"Oh, really? And who's here with you?"
"Me" Cassie heard Remus standing behind Lucius. "Any particular reason why you're bothering my girlfriend, Malfoy?" he asked fuming as he slowly walked over to Cassie and stepped protectively in front of her.
"I was just advising her not to wonder the streets alone" he said with a smirk.
"She's not alone" Remus said hugging her closer to him.
"I can see that" Lucius said with a disgusted face. "Although I must admit better she'd be alone than with a filthy half-blood like yourself" he said looking at Remus. Cassie felt Remus clenching his fist grabbing her sweater. She gently grabbed it and placed her hand in his.
"Let's go, love" she pleaded but Remus didn't move from his place.
"Yeah, I would listen to your girlfriend if I were you, Lupin" Malfoy said with his smirk still on. "Such a shame" he said looking at Cassie. "At least Regulus is smart enough not to follow the footsteps of his older siblings. But don't worry, he found a better role model than you two" he told her with an evil smirk and that was it. Cassie put out her wand and pointed it to Lucius' neck.
"Cassie!" Remus said worriedly.
"Listen to me, Malfoy" she said in a very dangerous tone. "I could care less about what you do with your pathetic little life, everyone already knows you've always been a follower and you'll die that way. But I warn you" she said in a very serious tone. "If you try to pull Regulus along with you, it is me you're going to have to face. And trust me; when you mess with either one of my brothers or my boyfriend, I could be even scarier than that Dark Lord of yours!" she said lowering her wand just a little. "Stay away from Regulus!"
"You two should be careful. It's not very safe for half-bloods and mudbloods out there" he said before he turned around and walked away from them, but he turned around and glared at Cassie. "Oh, I forgot, blood traitors are next on that list" he said glaring at her.
"Remmy, don't" she said pulling him back.
"But he basically threatened us!"
"He's Malfoy. He's not worth it" she told him.
Remus hesitated but gave in when he saw Cassie's big worried eyes. He could see a hint of fear in them so he didn't want to leave her alone. "Cassie-"
"Why don't we go to the Three Broomsticks?" Cassie suggested. Remus smiled, understanding that she wasn't going to talk about it and nodded kissing her cheek.
"Sure, let's go" he said hugging her closer to him.
The couple made their way over to the pub and when they stepped inside, Remus spotted James and Lily in the booth on the corner.
"Remmy" Cassie warned him.
"What?" he asked innocently.
"Don't what me? Leave it alone" she told him.
"I have no idea what you're talking about-"
"Yes, you do! You have that smirk on your face. You look just like James or Sirius-"
"I do not!"
"Yes, you do" she said with a small giggle and kissing him on the lips. The two of them grabbed a table not too far from James and Lily.
For the first time in a very long time, Cassie didn't care about anything that was going on around them. She was only enjoying the time she had with Remus. He had been the best boyfriend she could ever ask for. She knew that he had been trying to do everything to get her mind off Regulus and off the whole family thing and she was grateful for that. She smiled as she saw Remus had foam on his upper lip.
"What?"
"Nothing" she said with a small smile. "You have a little something in here" she said grabbing a napkin and cleaning it for him. "There" she said before he leaned down and gave her a peck on the lips. "What?"
"Nothing" he replied. "I love you" he said kissing her forehead.
"I love you too" she said smiling back at him before he saw her smile faded.
"What's wrong?"
"N-nothing" she said looking away. Remus turned his head to see what she was looking at and he saw Regulus entering the pub with Severus Snape.
"Cassie-"
"It's fine" she said sadly.
"It's not fine" Remus said worriedly. "He still hasn't talked to you?" he asked sadly. Cassie only shook her head lightly.
"D-do you think M-Malfoy meant it?" she asked all of the sudden. "D-do you think he'd join them?" Remus didn't get a chance to answer because they both heard a loud bang coming from outside followed by people screaming. "W-what's going on?" Cassie said moving closer to Remus before she heard a piercing scream. "Th-that's Mary!"
"Moony!" James came running towards them with Lily not far behind.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know" he said looking out the window. "We should go see-"
"What? No! Are you insane!?" Lily and Cassie yelled at the same time.
"Someone needs help" James told them. Remus turned around to face Cassie and kissed her head.
"Love, stay here with Lily, alright?"
"N-no! Remus-"
"We'll be right back" he said looking her straight in the eyes.
"But Remus-"
"Cassie, please, just stay here!" he begged. She nodded unwillingly and Remus kissed her forehead once more and then he stood up and walked away with James.
"W-what do you think is going on?" Lily asked a bit scared.
"I don't know Lils" Cassie said glaring at the spot where Regulus and Severus had been, but weren't there anymore. She felt a shiver down her spine remembering the words Lucius had told her and Remus. "We should go-"
"No! Cassie, Remus and James told us to wait here" Lily told her.
"Alright, well, then let's just go look out the window" Cassie said moving to an empty table by the window.
Cassie and Lily managed to see a group of people outside creating chaos along the streets of Hogsmeade. Cassie managed to identify some of them like Avery and Mulciber who were taunting some students she knew here half-bloods or muggle-borns. And Avery's eyes locked with Cassie. He got an evil smirk on his face before he said something to Mulciber and he turned to look at them as well. The two of them muttered something, and Cassie managed to see Mulciber say the word 'mudblood' before pointed their wands at them.
"Lily!" Cassie yelled throwing herself over Lily and pushing her away from the window just as it exploded and the shattered glass cut her arm and her right cheek.
"Cassie!" Lily said terrified. "We have to get out of here!"
"W-we can't! James and Remus are o-out there" she said as they took cover on another booth.
"But Cassie, you're bleeding!"
"I am not leaving without them" Cassie said in a serious tone.
"Lily! Cassie!" James yelled storming inside the Three Broomsticks with Remus looking for them. "Girls, are you alright?"
Cassie ran over to Remus throwing her arms around her and to everyone's surprise, Lily did the same with James.
"Love, what happened?"
"A window exploded" Cassie explained.
"Let's get out of here" James said holding Lily closed to him and leading all of them through one of the secret passages from their map.
Cassie was seating at the Hospital Wing while Madame Pomfrey attended her cuts. Professor McGonagall had come in to check on her and to inform them that what happened at Hogsmeade was, in fact, a Death Eaters attack. Mary Macdonald was on one of the beds not too far from her, resting. Mulciber had hit her with a bunch of hexes. The trips to Hogsmeade had been suspended until further notice. After her arm and cheek were taken care of, the four friends made their way back to the Common Room. As soon as they reached the Fat Lady, Lily said the password so she would let them in and the four teenagers went inside to find a few people in the room. Cassie noticed Sirius in a corner talking to some random girl who had her legs on top of his. The girl had just let out a giggle about something Sirius had said. She could tell because of the stupid smirk on his face. When he saw his sister, Sirius' smirk fell from his face.
"Cassie!" he said standing up worried and ignoring the fact that the girl sitting next to him just fell on the floor.
"Sirius!" she said furiously as Peter and James tried not to laugh. The girl on the floor grunted in frustration before she stood up and stormed away to her dorm.
Contrary to popular belief, whenever it came to Cassie, Sirius had no problem ditching any girl out of his way. It had always been that way. His sister always came first.
"Cassie! What the bloody hell happened? Lupin!"
"Siri, calm down! I'm fine" Cassie told him. "It's just a few cuts" she said showing him her bandaged arm.
"What happened?" he asked looking at his friends.
"Malfoy and his friends started attacking a few muggle-borns and half-bloods. Just there, in the middle of Hogsmeade!" James said furiously.
"James! Professor McGonagall said that that is a very grave accusation" Lily said. "We do not know who the people attacking Hogsmeade were-"
"Oh, please, Lily. I don't care what she says. I am sure Malfoy was among them" James said to the other ones.
"I saw Avery and Mulciber" Cassie muttered. "I think they were the ones that did that to Mary-"
"They attacked Mary?" Peter said a bit scared and the four of them nodded.
"Do you guys think it's starting, then?" Sirius asked worried turning to look at Remus who had been awfully quiet since they got back. "This… war?"
"I don't know, mate" he said looking away. "Maybe it is" he said sitting down on one of the couches and everyone joined him but Cassie and Sirius, who was pulled back by his sister.
"Siri" Cassie said in a small voice. "C-could I um… talk to you?"
"Sure" Sirius nodded quickly and grabbed her hand before he led her upstairs to his dorm.
"What's going on?" Sirius asked once they were at his dorm.
"Um-" Cassie bit her lip nervously. She had no idea how she was going to tell his brother that their little brother was hanging out with some Death Eaters and he may even be one of them. They had just come back to school, things were still a bit edgy with him but she was sure Sirius missed him and she really didn't want to ruin that completely. "I was just-um well, Remus and I were in Toms and Scrolls and…" she sighted and sat down on Sirius' bed.
"What?" Sirius asked getting worried. "Cassie, what happened?"
"I was looking for some books to help me with Remus' potion and when I grabbed one I saw a group of Slytherins on a table" she started.
"Alright" Sirius asked not really knowing where this was going.
"It's just uh-" Cassie began again. "You know, Mulciber a-and Avery" she continued. "Rosier, Scabior… Snape was there too" she said looking down. "M-Malfoy-"
"Cassie, did they do anything to you?" Sirius asked getting mad.
"N-no" Cassie assured him. "They didn't see me" she told him. "B-but…" she stuttered nervously looking up at her brother. "Malfoy did later and he came over to me and-" she managed to get out.
"And what?" Sirius asked getting angrier every second.
"Well, he started saying stupid things, as usual. But then, Remus came and he backed away, although he told us to be careful because it wasn't safe for half-bloods and muggle-borns and that blood traitors were next on his list" she continued.
"He threatened you?"
"Siri, that's not it" Cassie said with a few tears escaping her eyes. "He said that at least Regulus was smart enough not to follow our footsteps and that he found a better role model than us" she told them as Sirius sat down next to her. "I didn't think any of it, I just thought he was saying it to upset me but then… I saw Regulus walking into the Three Broomsticks with Snape" she said looking up at Sirius. "A-and I don't know, b-but when the attack came, I didn't see him anymore Siri" she finished as she kept on crying.
"What?" Sirius didn't know if he was angry, sad, shocked or if he just didn't want to believe his sister. "Are you sure he was there? Cassie, you know that everyone that you just mentioned is a Death Eater!"
"I know" she said sadly.
"Do you think that-?"
"I don't know" Cassie said biting her lip and Sirius wrapped his arms around her letting her cry on his chest.
"Cassie" he said softly putting his arm around her shoulders.
"Do you think Regulus would do something like that?" she asked letting a few tears escape from her eyes. "I know he's not very fond of half-bloods or muggle-borns a-and I know he's not talking to us, but Siri he wouldn't do that… would he?"
"I don't know, Cass" he said kissing her head. "Look, let's uh- let's not jump to conclusions yet, alright? Professor McGonagall said they hadn't identified the people there, maybe Regulus saw the attack and left" he said not wanting to believe that his little brother could do such a thing. "I'll try to talk to him, alright?"
"Alright" Cassie said wiping away the tears.
"I'm glad you're ok" he said kissing the side of her head. Cassie smiled hugging her brother. "Don't scare me like that" he whispered. Ever since they had been disowned, Sirius had also been a lot more protective of her but she wasn't really complaining.
The two of them then made their way back to the Common Room and joined the group again. Cassie sat down next to Remus, resting her head on his shoulder but he still was really quiet.
"Are you alright?" she asked nervously. She could tell something was bothering him.
"Yeah" he brushed it off.
"Remmy-"
"Could we talk later?" he asked a bit harsh. Cassie felt her heart clench a little but nodded smiling weakly.
"Sure" she said quietly.
After a while of her boyfriend basically ignoring her, she decided to get up and go to the Library since she hadn't been working on her potion lately and she wanted a quiet place to think. She grabbed a couple of books and sat on the floor, against a bookshelf. She tried reading some of the books but her mind wasn't really paying attention. And it wasn't long before someone found her.
"Hi" Remus said quietly.
"Oh, so you're finally talking to me?" she snapped a little more than she meant to but never took her eyes off her book.
"Are you honestly going to be mad at me after what you did today?" Remus snapped back at her.
Cassie shut her book forcefully and tossed it on the floor, thankful that they were on the last aisle and Mrs. Prince couldn't hear them. She stood up and glared at her boyfriend.
"What I did today? What exactly did I do today that made you mad at me-?"
"This!" Remus said grabbing her arm.
"Wait, you're mad because I got hurt?"
"I told you to stay back with Lily and you had to go over to the window and get yourself hurt!"
"How was I supposed to know that the window was going to explode?"
"You saw what was going on outside, Cassie and you still went looking for it!"
"Wait, so let me get if I understand this. It is perfectly fine for you and James to go and risk your lives by helping people but I can't do it?"
"You got hurt!"
"Only because Mulciber and Avery were pointing their wand at Lily! What? Was I supposed to let her get hurt instead?"
"I'm not saying that, Cassie! You're not getting it!"
"Get what?"
"That I am fucking terrified to lose you!" he yelled making Cassie speechless. Remus never swore. She could actually see the fear in his eyes. "Cassie, you are the best thing that's ever happened to me. I love you so much and I don't know what I'd do without you! I was so scared when you and Sirius came to James' house I thought…" he couldn't finish that sentence. After that day they hadn't really spoken about it anymore but it was obviously bothering Remus. "After that night, seeing you like that" he said closing his eyes and remembering it. "I promised myself that I would never let anything bad happen to you again, Cassie. And today… I saw what Mulciber did to Mary and I saw him pointing at the window of the Three Broomsticks and I saw you at the window and I didn't know if you had been badly hurt! I can't lose you Cass" he said placing his hands on her arms. Cassie felt her heart clenching a little. She knew Remus had been worried about her since the incident with her parents but she didn't know that he almost blamed himself for it and felt so responsible for her.
"Remmy, look at me" she said placing her hands gently on his face to make him face her. "You're not going to lose me!"
"I know. I just… things are getting dark, love. And I can't let anything happen to you, I would never forgive myself. And I just-"
Remus was cut off by Cassie stepping on her toes and kissing him. "You're not going to lose me" she repeated between kisses.
Before Cassie knew it, Remus wrapped his arms protectively around her and started kissing her passionately. He put one of his hands on her hips and she wrapped her hands around his neck, bringing him closer. Remus pressed Cassie against the bookshelf, not breaking the kiss and Cassie wrapped her arms around his neck. Cassie slid her hands slowly down his chest, causing him to moan softly. He grinned against her lips kissing her hard; he let his lips travel along her jaw line, wrapping his hands around her hips he started making his way down her neck. He smirked as Cassie moaned above him; he made his way back to her lips before kissing her harder, demanding entrance to her mouth, which she gladly gave as she arched her back, bringing her hips closer to his, moving lightly grinding against his tightened jeans. He started kissing down her neck again, placing his hand under her shirt, and lifting it just a little bit. That tickled her a little but Cassie bit her lip so she wouldn't be too loud catching Mrs. Prince's attention. Cassie moaning was an addiction to him. He loved it. Remus held onto Cassie's hips as he went back to her lips, his lips continually moving against Cassie kissing every inch of her exposed flesh. They continued the kiss until a book fell on top of them, making them break apart just a little, both breathing heavily.
"I'm sorry I didn't stay back" Cassie whispered looking down.
"I'm sorry I snapped at you" Remus said lifting her head with his finger. "I love you" he said sweetly.
"I love you too" she replied smiling.
"I just want you to be safe" he said kissing her temple and making her smile.
"I am safe" she said burying herself in him as he embraced her closer to him. "I'm safe right here" she said smiling happily as he rubbed his hand up and down her back and kissed her head again.
Cassie walked out of the empty classroom sad. She still hadn't managed to brew the Wolfsbane Potion but Professor Slughorn said she was getting closer. She grabbed her books and decided to go back to her Common Room but when she turned around the corner she spotted him.
She saw Regulus arguing about something with Snape and then Snape left. Regulus turned around and Cassie saw that he had a black eye. She had had enough. She walked over to him not caring that he didn't want to talk to her.
"Regulus!" she said once she was near him but he ignored her and kept on walking. "Regulus, I am talking to you!"
"Leave me alone" was the only response she got as he kept his path.
"Regulus Arcturus Black! Stop this instant!" she demanded, making Regulus stop but he didn't turn around. "Look at me!" she said but the boy didn't move. "NOW!"
Regulus slowly turned around to face his sister. Cassie gasped at the looked in front of her. This wasn't her little brother. He seemed exhausted and defeated and… sad.
"Regulus, what happened to you?" she asked scared.
"Why do you care?" Regulus said getting upset.
"I'm your sister!" Cassie said in an obvious tone. And then, Regulus said something that broke her heart.
"No, you're not" he said glaring at her. "You left."
"Reggie-"
"DON'T call me that!" Regulus spat. Cassie saw his eyes slowly filling with tears. Her biggest fear was true. Regulus hated them, just like their parents did. "You don't get to call me that anymore, Cassiopeia!" he continued. "You left me! You guys left me!"
And that's when Cassie saw it. He wasn't mad for the same reasons her parents were. He was mad because they left him with them.
"Regulus, we didn't have a choice" Cassie said with tears in her eyes as well. "Reggie, f-father was hurting Siri-"
"You're lying!" Regulus said with a disgusted tone. "You two wanted to leave! I heard you the night before! You were planning to leave without me!"
"Regulus, we would've never left without you" Cassie tried to convince him. "We just didn't know if you'd wanted to come-"
"Why? Because I'm just like them?" he snapped. "Say it. You think I'm just like mother and father, don't you! You and Sirius always thought so! You and Sirius always looked at me like that! Just because I'm in Slytherin! Just because I wasn't as brave as you two! That is not fair! That does not mean that I don't hate them too! Do you know what is like to be the only one there? To be the only one that has to live up to their expectations-"
"You don't have to do that, Reggie" Cassie said softly. "You can come with us-"
"Go with you? Why would I want to go with you?" he said disgustedly. Cassie didn't think Regulus could say something worse than what he had said earlier, but apparently, she was wrong. "You're nothing but a blood traitor!"
"What did you just call her?"
The two siblings turned around to see their oldest brother. Sirius was standing at the end of the hallway with a furious look on his face. Regulus put on a straight face and then smirked at him.
"I called her what she is" he said. "Same as you" he continued as Sirius got closer to him. "Nothing but a filthy blood traitor-"
Before Regulus could even finish, Sirius had thrown a punch at him knocking him down.
"Sirius!" Cassie said scared trying to break them up.
"Take it back!" Sirius said as the two boys rolled around punching each other.
"Guys! Stop it!" Cassie pleaded.
"I knew you were just like them! I knew it!" Sirius snapped at Regulus before he punched him again.
"And what? You think you're better than me? How had this made you better than me?" Regulus said with a split lip. "You're homeless, without a family and possibly without a future-"
Sirius cut him off by hitting him on the stomach. "Guys, please! Stop it!" Cassie said trying to get in the middle but failing.
"I've got news for you, mummy's boy" Sirius told him. "We've got a home, we've got a family and we probably have a better future than you do with your Death Eater friends-"
Regulus then hit Sirius on the nose, making it bleed badly. "Guys, that's enough!" Cassie yelled.
"Fuck!" Sirius cursed holding his bleeding nose before hitting Regulus again. "There, now your eyes match!"
The two of them were at it again, until Cassie decided to split them up. Bad idea. Sirius threw his elbow back, hitting Cassie on the face and making her fall backwards.
"Shit!"
"Cassie!" both of them yelled at the same time but Regulus quickly shoved it off. "I'm so sorry!" Sirius said kneeling next to her.
"Look what you did!" he snapped at Sirius while Cassie held a hand to her eye.
"I didn't mean it!"
"That is quite enough!"
The three siblings turned their faces up to see Professor McGonagall glaring at them with a few students behind her; the Marauders being among them.
"You three, in my office, right now" she scowled them. Sirius helped Cassie get up from the floor and they followed her along with an annoyed Regulus. Once she had fixed Sirius' nose and given some ice to both Cassie and Regulus, she sat down in front of them. "Now, would either of you care to explain to me what all that ruckus was about?"
"He started it" Regulus said accusingly pointing at Sirius.
"He started it" Sirius said mocking Regulus voice. "Just like always tell mummy on me!"
"Shut up!" Regulus snapped at him. "You punched me first!"
"You called Cassie a blood traitor!"
"Both of you, SHUT UP!" Cassie yelled at them. "I'm really sorry, Professor" she said turning to look at Professor McGonagall. "It was all my fault" she said looking down. Her two brothers turned to look at her in disbelief.
"Miss Black, you seem to be the only one in here who's not at fault" Professor McGonagall told her. "I know things have been difficult for you" she told them. "All of you" she said looking straight at Regulus. "But this is no way to behave. You three are siblings and it doesn't matter if you are in different houses-"
"You mean at school? Or in real life?" Regulus snapped all of the sudden.
"Mr. Black, I am fully aware of your brother and your sister's situation-"
"They're not my brother or my sister!" Regulus said getting up. "Not anymore" he muttered before he walked out of Professor McGonagall's office. She didn't even bother to stop him. She just turned to the twins; one of them with his blood boiling and the other one with a sad, lost look on her face.
"I am very sorry, my dear children" she apologized.
"Don't be" Sirius said angrily not looking at her. "We don't need him" he said before getting up and walking away too.
"I'm sorry, Professor" Cassie said with her voice breaking. "I was just… talking to Regulus a-and he got angry with me and he called me a blood traitor" she said sadly looking at her arm where she could still see the scar her mother's curse had left. "And Sirius heard him and well… you know the rest" she said with silent tears running through her face.
"I am very sorry, Miss Black" Professor McGonagall said getting up and taking the seat next to her. "I know this has been difficult for you and your brother" she continued. "But try to understand that, Regulus lost both of you, at the same time. And regardless of what you and Sirius believe, he looks up to you and he loves you, very, very much" she said placing her hand on Cassie's arm comforting her. Cassie turned to look up at her and smiled through her tears.
"I don't think he does, Professor" she said sadly. "Not anymore."
"Hey, beautiful" Remus said softly. He walked down the stairs to the Common Room to find his girlfriend alone sitting by a window. He saw that she had the box of photographs she had taken from her room and she was currently looking at the two of her with her brothers when they were younger and the one they took just last year. "What are you still doing up?"
"Couldn't sleep" she said weakly as he sat in front of her and she put the photos away.
After the episode with Regulus, Cassie didn't speak for the rest of the day and neither did Sirius. Their friends thought it was better to give them some time since they all knew that Regulus was a touchy subject with both of them.
"What about you? Is James snoring again?"
"No, I knew that my beautiful girlfriend wouldn't be able to sleep" he said with a soft smile. Cassie turned to look at him before she threw herself into his arms and cuddled herself next to him.
"Sometimes I think you know me better than I know myself" she whispered making him let out a small laugh.
"Maybe I do" he said kissing the back of her head. "Would you like to talk about it?"
"He hates us" she said quietly. "Not because we left home" she continued. "He hates us because we left him" she explained. "I failed him" she said feeling her eyes water up again. She was tired of crying so much but it was what she did most these days.
"You didn't fail him, Cass" Remus told her. "You did what you had to do. You saw your father hurting Sirius and you had to get him out of there" he explained.
"He didn't believe me" she told him. "He thinks we wanted to leave and we did" she said. "I think he's becoming a Death Eater" she whispered.
"Why do you say that?"
"It's what my parents would want him to do. And without us, I think he won't have the strength to say no to them and he will eventually become one" she told him. Remus just held her tight. He didn't really know what else to say. So the two of them just stayed like that for a while watching the dark night outside. "Remmy" she whispered after a while.
"Yes, love?"
Cassie turned around to face him and smiled. "Thank you" she suddenly said.
Remus frowned his eyebrows in confusion. "For what?"
"Just… for everything" she told him. It was true, she had no idea how she would get through all of this without him. "I mean, I know you could have any girl that you wanted-"
"Cass-"
"Let me finish" she interrupted him. "I mean a girl that hasn't been disowned or one that doesn't get herself in trouble all the time, or gets herself hurt or in the middle of a fight with her brothers" she said making him let out a small chuckle. "I just… I know that It's sort of… a lot and if it's not one thing it's another one and well, I'm just sort of a mess but you've just stuck by me through it all-"
Remus cut her little ramble by kissing her softly on the lips and then pulling apart looking at her.
"Cassie, first of all, you're dating a boy that turns into a monster once a month. There is no topping that" he said laughing a little. "And second, I wouldn't have it any other way, love" he said honestly. "Trust me, I'd choose you, with your baggage, than any other girl in the world even if it would be the easiest relationship. I don't want that. I want you. You're perfect to me" he said squeezing her in his arms and making her smile even more. Cassie leaned in to give him another soft kiss.
"I love you" she said smiling.
"I love you too" he said resting his forehead against hers. "So… what story do you want to read tonight?" he said pulling out the book from next to him.
"Guess" she said with a small smirk. Remus didn't even answer. He simply opened the book to the page he needed and once Cassie had cuddled herself against him again, he began reading.
"Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a shining castle…"
A/N: well, there it is! again I am so so sorry for the wait! and as always, suggestions are very welcome... and so are reviews! it would really help a lot since the writers block isn't completely gone but I promise I won't take this ling again :D hahaha thank you guys so much for reading! I hope you liked it! let me know what you think :) oh, and also, if you get a chance take a look at my other story that I started it's called Begin Again and it's Fred/Oc! that is all, bye lovies!
Mischief Managed!