Author's note: I'm sorry I missed a couple of days, I have a very good excuse but for the sake of those who wish to keep their dinner inside of them; I'll leave it to your imaginations. Please just accept my apologies and enjoy this chapter!

Kreacher

1) A house elf birth was unusual, most houses had all male or all female elves. Kreacher was a rarity to the Black family. It was merely months after his birth that his parents' heads ended up decorating the house and Kreacher was overtaking all of their duties. He was young, and held a childish desire to play. Regulus Black was still a tiny boy at that time, harbouring the same playfullness that all young ones possess. Kreacher used to have the duty of entertaining the young Black.

He isn't sure who enjoyed it most.

2) When Regulus explained that he had volunteered him to help Voldemort, Kreacher had felt so honoured. Regulus had recommended him, he had shown he trusted him. He had given Kreacher an opportunity that no house elf had had before. Kreacher had been so excited about it, and he had spoken to Regulus about it until long into each night.

Regulus said it was a pure-blood thing to do, that they were doing something good for the Black name. Kreacher cared greatly for the Black family name.

3) Going to the cave with Voldemort was the scariest thing Kreacher had ever had to do. The sea was freezing cold, the cut to his arm (in payment for entry) bled heavily and the liquid Voldemort made him drink made him constantly relive seeing his parents beheaded again and again and again.

He screamed for mercy, for it all to stop, but Voldemort had laughed. He left him there to die, at the mercy of the inferi, but his Regulus had saved him.

4) Regulus had been so angry when he had seen the state of Kreacher, he had given him glass of water after glass of water, had wrapped him up tightly in blankets and had even cooked some hot food for him. No wizard had ever cooked for Kreacher before. In fact,no one at all had cooked for Kreacher before. Then he had sat down and made Kreacher tell him everything that had happened, the young man's face had grown darker with everything Kreacher said.

The second the elf had recovered he made Kreacher take him back to the cave, he cut his arm despite Kreacher's insistence that Black blood was too precious to spill. He went through the cave and he drank the potion. Kreacher had never seen such a terrible sight as his young master writhing on the floor but he had to keep forcing the liquid down the man's neck; because he had ordered him to. For the first time, Kreacher wished he wasn't a house elf forced to obey every command.

The worst command was yet to come though, when Regulus told him to leave him, to leave him to die. Kreacher nearly disobeyed the order, nearly took the man with him even though he knew he would die himself for disobeying the order. But Regulus had given him another order, and Kreacher was determined to fulfil it.

5) But the locket would not be destroyed, he tried to burn it, he tried to smash it to pieces, he tried to use his house elf magic to explode it. Nothing worked. Kreacher had failed his young master's dying command, and the thought of it was slowly driving him into insanity.

6) Sirius Black was not like Regulus, he didn't care about the Black family name. He had upset Walburga, he had upset Regulus, he had abandoned the family. Sirius Black was not a true Black as far as Kreacher was concerned. All he was was a reminder that the more deserving Black heir was dead, and his last wish unfulfilled.

7) Kreacher hated Harry Potter.

Harry Potter destroyed the locket.

Kreacher no longer hated Harry Potter.

Finally, after so long, Kreacher had managed to fulfil his true master's last wish.

Harry gave him the fake locket. A wizard, giving Kreacher something, something that would forever remind him of Regulus and the heroic way he had died.

Kreacher had found another true master.

8) When the battle of Hogwarts began, Kreacher was not one of those who attempted escape. He fought, he fought for Regulus but he also fought for Harry. He led the house elves into battle, for both of his masters.

In the words of Kreacher: "Fight, fight for my master, the defender of the house-elves! Fight the Dark Lord, in the name of brave Regulus! Fight!" *

9) When the Battle was won, with Kreacher's master unharmed. Kreacher felt more sane than he had been since Regulus was alive, finally, he had not only fulfilled Regulus's last wish but he had also helped achieve what he had died for.

10) After the battle, Kreacher was Harry's house elf along with Dobby. Through Harry and Ginny's courtship, through the wedding, through the childhoods of their children; Kreacher was there. He cleaned and he cooked and the Potters were nice to him; nicer than anyone other than Regulus had ever been.

And Kreacher was happy.

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*True quote. Therefore does not belong to me.

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