Chapter 3: The Fight

Suddenly, the door of the Spicy Meatball opened and a gust of cold autumn air flooded the room, along with a tall shadowed man. As soon as the figure stepped into the light, Lily saw it was none other than the loathed Severus Snape. Snape was with someone with dark hair and grey eyes, very familiar. It was the death eater that had stood off to the side during the battle at Avery Manor. Seeing him up close, he looked a lot like Sirius…they could almost be brothers!

Lily knew there was sure to be trouble. "SSSSSSSssssssSnivelluss." James hissed. Lupin rolled his eyes. Sirius jumped up on the table and pointed a wand toward the two. "Regulus" he growled. Lily could sense a fight brewing. So too it seemed, could Madam Pouf pouf. "Now boys, I don't want a commotion in my restaurant… or I'll have to ask you to leave."

Snape and Regulus pulled out their wands as well, ignoring Madam Pouf pouf's warning.

"Regulus….you show up after all this time…Are your death eater duties getting so boring that you have resorted to following me for entertainment? You know, I liked it much better when your ugly face was out of my life."

Lily and Addilyn gaped at Regulus. So this must be Regulus Black, Sirius's deadbeat death eater younger brother. He was extremely good-looking, and you could tell that he knew it. He carried himself with confidence, ease and an air of arrogance that matched even James's.

"Look Potter, we didn't come here looking for trouble…Stay away from me and I'll stay away from you." Snape said disdainfully.

"Yeah-but the thing is, I actually would like to cause trouble. Especially for you Snivellus." James smirked, self-satisfied.

"Um…he's only kidding, you could leave us be." Lupin cut in, not wanting a fight. James and Sirius shot him withering glares, and everyone else just stared at him. "Sorry, I'm awkward." He quietly squeaked.

"Ebublio!" James shot the first spell while everyone was distracted. Snape blocked the jinx, but it bounced back and hit Peter Pettigrew square in the face, catapulting his gigantic pizza into the air. The jinx left Peter trapped in a transparent bubble. "Help!" His shouts were muffled.

"What are you young people thinking?! I told you not to fight in my restaurant! Look at the mess you made. You will clean it up and GET OUT!" Still, no one paid Madam Pouf pouf any attention. Sirius leaped off the table and started physically attacking Regulus. Snape curled his lips in disgust. "Honestly, you have a wand! We're not muggles." But Sirius gave Regulus no choice except to fight back. Now that the fighting had broken out, curses flew everywhere. "Expelliarmus!" "Confringo!" "Rictumsempra!" "Reducto!" "Sectumsempra!" (That last one was Snape, and luckily it deflected off of Peter, who was protected by the bubble.)

Addilyn and Lily joined the fight to try to minimize damage. "Protego!" "Reparo!" Sadly, it was hopeless. The fight wasn't losing momentum. Madam Pouf pouf ran out the door in terror. Tables were overturned, and the place was a mess. Lily and Addilyn nodded at each other, it was now or never. "Immobulus!" they cast together. It miraculously worked. Everyone in the room, aside from them, was frozen. They waited a moment, separating Sirius and Regulus, James and Snape. "Renervate!" They unfroze the room.

"You know what? Now that I know the riffraff that eats here, I'm not hungry anymore!" Sirius announced after a beat, and stomped out of the room. James glared at Snape one last time and then followed his best friend. Lily, Addilyn, Lupin, and Peter followed, shaking their heads at how wrong the night had gone.

*AN: Sorry for the super short chapter; more to come! And Regulus will play an important role in the next few chapters*