The crowd of students got off the train amidst the raindrops that seemed to start again... In the distance, the castle towers could be seen through the pine trees and Regulus covered his head with his dark hood with green lining, just like most.
He found Severus between the heads ahead. The eldest nodded, making room in the seventh-year group.
Surprisingly, Regulus wasn't bathed in unwelcome comments about Sirius' escape... Just a cordial good night from each one.
Severus had warned them all, most certainly.
The carriage came around the bend in the pine woods and they got into it. The journey was made silently. This made young Black realize how definitely they belonged in Slytherin: not meddling in other people's troubles and having a deep sense of loyalty and protection.
