Disclaimer: don't own anything related to Harry Potter, I'm not making any money of this (such a shame…)

This chapter was "again" betaed by my friend Sheelfgirl, thank you ever so much.

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The Story of Peter Pettigrew;

CHAPTER THREE.

ATTEMTED ESCAPES.

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It was Regulus! "BUT!... YOUR SIRIUS BROTHER!" he nearly screamed, now recognizing the young Black, who had always been talking down on Sirius in school. His recognition also earned him a hit over his head.

"I said BE QUIET." He whispered angrily, "we can't risk being heard, it will get us both killed, now hurry up." He whispered, quickly pulling Peter along with him through the dark halls. Peter tried to backtrack where they were going, but quickly gave up, the numerous halls were to much for him to count. He just prayed the young Black was being sincere, and that this wasn't all a part of the great 'plan' of Voldemort.

They seemed to walk for hours and Peter wondered how it could take this long, was the place really that big? If so, why wouldn't they just apperate? He could've hit himself over the head when he thought of that, off course they couldn't, if it would be that easy to find this place, the ministry would've tracked them down already. It had probably also been made unable for people to be in animagus form, Voldemort would probably have made sure about that..

He silently let himself get pulled along, until he felt another tug, surprised Regulus let go, and Peter could feel himself get roughly thrown in a room, a small squeek escaped his lips. But, when he looked up, he could see that the assault wasn't meant for him, but for Regulus.

He couldn't see the face of the man that was talking, but that wasn't necessary, because, even though he wasn't able to recognize Regulus voice, this one he knew and feared by heart.

"What in Merlins name do you think your doing Regulus!" he shouted. Regulus quickly made hushed movements, in sign that he should be careful with the strength of his shout. "Don't bother, I took ample safety precautions" he said. "Now Spill, you KNOW this was my job don't you." "Yes I do, but." Regulus tried to defend himself, but he got cut off. " Then why on earth are you doing this, if you get caught!" "That's the whole point isn't it!?!" Regulus started to shout as well, "WE CAN"T risk having you get caught! YOU are the one HE trusts Severus, if I get caught it won't matter much, they don't KNOW about me now, do they?" A dumbfounded silence met his words. "They NEED you Severus, you NEED to be here for THEM, if I get him out without notice, I'll just disappear, because he WILL find out who did it Sev, and you already are on a thin line remember?" Severus sighed, he knew his friend was right, and yet. He had planned it so thoroughly, the whole escape, and now to have Regulus jump into it without thinking, it screwed up the entire thing.

If the situation hadn't been this severe Peter probably would've laughed, the two were fighting like an old married couple. And yet… the two people he had always considered to be the most likely Death eaters in school were actually part of the good guys. It was an odd revelation.

"Regulus, look…" "NO YOU LOOK! You weren't here the last meeting were you?" Severus shook his head, he had been out for another assignment.. he had been looking for some rare ingredients for a potion Voldemort would need. "see, the Potters are planning on using our Peter here as Secret Keeper." Severus looked shocked "So they used the Fidelius curse?" he asked bewildered. "YES! And if we don't stop them, they are going to use Peter here as the keeper, and the Potters will walk straight to their doom!" "I wouldn't be to sure about that." Severus muttered, and now both Regulus and Peter looked at him weirdly.

"Not after the Potters? Then why is he so damn fixated on finding them?" Regulus cursed. "He's after Harry," Severus said, and Peter's mouth fell open, WHAT?!? He thought. Before he could ask, Regulus said: "Who is Harry?" from the ground he could hear a mutter. "Harry is James and Lily's son." He looked down and could see Peter still crouched down from behind Severus. Peter looked at Severus with questioning eyes, as he also had turned.

"W-W-What does he want from Harry?" he stuttered. "That's a long story, and we don't have the time, nor is this the place to tell." Severus said sadly. "Now we really need to get going…" again he was cut off by Regulus. "HAVEN"T YOU BEEN LISTENING?!?" YOU! Need to go, get your ass as far away from us and the exit if possible, he CAN"T find out you were even the slightest bit involved, and don't worry, he won't find out from me, I'm a bit decent legilimens, I'll just avoid those memories, NOW MOVE IT!" Regulus pushed Severus towards the exit, and with once last glance, he left.

For a moment, the room was silent, giving Peter a few moments to get used to the idea. It had been strange for him to see Snape like this, for the first time as far as he could remember Severus hadn't looked at him with disgust, hatred, or one of the other many looks the young man had, instead, there had been determination, and unbreakable strength. It was like the man had found something to live for, something he found worthy.

He didn't have more time to think about it, since Regulus interrupted the line of thought. "We really need to go." He said impatiently. Peter stood up, and said. " I'll walk by myself now." Regulus looked at him questioningly. "I've been pulled around to much around here already, trust me, I'll keep up." Regulus nodded, and looked out of the door, he turned his head and whispered "It's safe, the exit shouldn't be to far from here, let's go." He opened the door fully, and started on a quick jog, Peter followed in his wake.

When they turned around the corner, they could see a large hall, that seemed to go on forever.

"I'll tell you the way," Regulus panted, a little out of breath "Just in case something happens. It's simple now, at the end of this hallway, there is a stairs on the left side, take those, on the top of it is a door, it leads outside, when you get there, run, it doesn't matter where, just run."

"Why do you think something will happen? Everything went flawlessly didn't it?" Peter whispered. "That's just the thing, NOTHING ever goes smoothly here he answered, and he could see Peter pale. "don't worry though." He reassured him "I'm sure we'll be fine."

After a minute though, an alarm sounded, and Regulus grabbed for his arm, hissing. "SHIT!" he yelled, "they found out… RUN!" and Peter sped away, only centimetres behind him. Still, they could hear footsteps closing in on them, there wasn't much time.

Peter felt some air brush by him, he thanked the gods they had missed with the spell, but then he heard a curse, and he could see Regulus tripping over. Peter jumped, so he wouldn't step on him. He stopped and turn around to look at Regulus, from the far end of the hall, he could see Death eaters closing in on them, but it was clear Regulus couldn't run anymore, the curse had shattered the bones in his leg.

"Peter, you HAVE to go." He said, Peter started to protest. "No, quickly, you have to get out, it's okay, I told it, it knows," he muttered, Peter started to wonder if he was delirious from the pain, but he continued. "I- I told it to tell him." He whispered, he sounded pained. "Don't worry, It won't turn against my orders, I'm still it's master after all." And: "It will be alright, I-I told it to tell Sirius, Sirius should know about it all by now Peter, it wouldn't dare disobey me, NOW RUN!" he yelled, pushing Peter away.

Peter ran as hard as he could, harder then he had ever run in his life. The Death eaters where right behind him, casting curses. Peter tried, against better knowing to turn to his animagus form, but it failed, nothing happened. So… he kept running. He found the stairs Regulus mentioned and ran upwards. But before he could open the door, it opened from the outside, a death eater stood on the other side, with an obvious smirk on his face. Peter took a step back, but missed the stair, he tumbled backwards.

His world went black again.

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In the mean time, the Death eaters had caught up with Regulus, who was still lying on the floor in pain, though he didn't voice that. He looked up, right into the faces of his parents, who looked at him stunned. Not angry, not condemning, just questioning, like they couldn't believe who it was they were seeing with their own eyes. It made him feel good about himself.

"Why?" did his mother ask. He smirked "all I want to do is be more like me and be less like you" He rhymed. "you know, those muggle's you hate so much, they do have a way with words. Now his fathers face hardened "How DARE you talk to me about those.. those THINGS." He spat out. Regulus got up, balancing himself against the wall as not to fall over. "grow up… Father." He spat back, "The time of the purebloods is over, we are a dieing breed, accept it, embrace it, and perhaps the Black line will have a chance of surviving. Haven't you noticed? You threw out Sirius, and I really don't have any chance of surviving, don't you think?" he said sarcastically. "Neither of us will be able to carry on the bloodline, and the rest of the family is wedded under a different name. With our generation, the end of the Black's shall arrive. Ironic isn't it?" he shrugged "The oldest pureblood name is ending, and no one but me has noticed it, the family that tried to survive for generations, the most ancient and noble house of black will be no more after you 2 and me die."

"that's rubbish." He heard his mother argue, "What about Narcissa and Bellatrix? They both are Black's." "You really aren't listening to what I was saying were you?" he said with a smirk on his face. "Narcissa and Bellatrix aren't officially Blacks anymore are they? I believe they are now known as Mrs Malfoy and Mrs Lestrange, so I stand correct, in a few years, the Black line will be no more then a fading memory in the hearts of the wizarding community.

"The Muggleborns will take over, and if you indeed try to get rid of them all, you haven't met the muggle community yet, off course, you can get as many "dark" creatures as you want, but they have some extraordinary items, that I'm sure will give you all quite a scare."

"Lastly, Muggleborns aren't ignorant, stupid or incompetent, have you ever looked at them? The way they adapt to our kind, our way of living? I would say they are so much better then we are, we are so blind, we don't evolve, we keep being stuck in the same way of living, we are the ones that need to get their act together, not them."

"What happened to you? You are no son of mine!" his father spat again, rage standing obviously in his eyes. "I just accepted the truth, Father" he returned to him. "and as much as you deny it, it is simply there, now you must accept it, just like the fact that I am, and always will be your son."

"Your lucky the Dark Lord ordered the traitor not to be harmed, or I would've killed you right here." Orion Black said to his son. "I'm sure you would've loved that wouldn't you?" Regulus asked, "I'm so flattered our 'lord' spend time thinking about little old me." He said sarcastically.

"What happened to you my boy?" his mother asked him, just like his father had twice before, cutting off the dark conversation the two had been having, she used a small, sad tone. "Spare it mother, I've chosen Sirius' path. It seems that, after all, he is the only one in this family with a decent brain stuck in his head."

After that Regulus could say no more, Orion had pulled his wand and Paralyzed him, he toppled over, knowing his end would be coming, and yet, he couldn't find it in himself to mind.

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A/N;

"all I want to do
is be more like me
and be less like you"

These lines are from the song Numb by Linkin-Park so, just as I said in the disclaimer, I don't take credit!

No cliff-hanger this time, I was surprised how everything just flowed out this chapter though, everything just seemed to go right (that's also the reason for the quick update XD)

It can be very well possible that the next chapter will be a bit longer to get finished, it will depend on the time I'll have…

Please review, CONSTRUCTIVE!!! Criticism appreciated.