All the characters belong to J.K. Rowling (sadly)
Thank you to everyone who has left comments and kudos so far! I really hope you enjoy this chapter, it's pretty short. Also, Happy thanksgiving to my fellow Americans! (even though its a useless holiday, and we're basically celebrating the deaths of millions of innocent Native Americans, who died due to our ignorance and stupidity)
Sirius was flown through the fireplace. His mangled legs were tousled ferociously, which caused him so much pain he passed out, face down on the cold hardwood floor of Jame's extravagant living room. Regulus managed to stay standing, and immediately rushed to Sirius's aid.
"Sirius!" Sirius, can you hear me? Wake up!" Regulus whispered. He got no response from his brother. He didn't know what to do. Should he go find James? James' parents? He didn't want to leave his brother's side, so he decided against trying to go and find them. So that meant his only option was to yell for them. Regulus was a shy person, so this made him slightly uncomfortable, but his brother needed his help. He cleared his throat, and called out for his brother's best friend.
"James! James Potter! I need some help! Sirius needs help!" Regulus shouted. He sat there for about thirty seconds, waiting to see if he heard any movement coming from the rest of the huge house.
"James! Sirius needs he-" He stopped when he heard the sounds of someone running down the stairs. He was expecting James, and jumped when an older man wearing a nightgown and nightcap, rounded the corner, his wand aimed right at Regulus.
"Who are you?" The man yelled. Regulus froze. How could he be so stupid! Of course James's parents wouldn't react well to a stranger breaking into their house in the middle of the night.
"I-I-Im just- My brother, he-"
"Sirius!" Regulus jumped as James appeared from behind his father, running toward his best friend's side. "What happened to him? Is he ok? You're his brother right?" Regulus nodded, still staring at James' father, and the wand pointing right at his chest. James looked at Regulus, then looked at what Regulus was looking at, and smiled sympathetically. "Dad, it's ok. It's Sirius, and his brother, ummm, is it Regulus?" Regulus nodded, and sighed in relief as the man in front of him lowered his wand.
"Oh, my boy, forgive me. I'm not very used to teenagers breaking into my house at 4 am. Your Sirius' brother, you say? Well, then you're always welcome here. Sirius is like family, so any family of his is family of mine." Regulus just nodded, unsure how to react to being called family by a complete stranger.
"Um, thank you sir, but my-my brother, he's hurt, he needs help." The man's expression quickly changed to one of concern as his eyes fell on Sirius' unconscious form. He walked quickly to Sirius's side, and knelt down to examine the boy's injuries.
"Oh my. What caused this?"
"Oh, um, he, uh, he f-fell down the stairs." Regulus said, not knowing if Sirius would be comfortable with these people knowing about the abuse he received at his home. He glanced quickly at James, who gave him a suspicious look but, to Regulus' relief, didn't say anything. James' father just nodded, and put his hand on Sirius' shoulder.
"Sirius, son, can you hear me? Can you open your eyes for me?" James' father asked. There was no response. "Hmm. My wife is a healer, and knows better than I about what to do in these situations. I will get her, while you boy's stay here with him." And with that, the two boys were left together in the grand living room, sitting next to the unconscious form of Sirius Black. Regulus knew he would have to go back soon if he didn't want to get caught by his parents. He looked up from his brother, and made eye contact with James.
"Will he be safe here?" Regulus asked.
"Of course! Both my parents love him, he's like a brother to me." Regulus nodded, tears starting to form in his eyes.
"I-I have to go. Tell Sirius I'm sorry, and t-t-that I-" Regulus took a shaky breath, trying to keep his tears from falling. "I l-love him."
"No! Regulus, you can't go! You need to tell him those things yourself! And I know Sirius didn't fall down the stairs. You can't go back there, what if they hurt you too? You're welcome to stay here!"
"James, I- '' Regulus was cut off by James's mother, Euphimia Potter's, cry.
"Oh my! My dear boy, what happened to him?" She rushed to Sirius' side, and immediately started casting spells that Regulus hadn't heard before, but he assumed they had something to do with healing. The Potter's started talking amongst themselves, discussing Sirius's condition, what happened to him, how it happened, and other things Regulus couldn't make out. Between the chaos, no one noticed Regulus slip away, tears falling freely down his face. He walked to the fireplace, and threw the remaining floo powder he had in his pocket into it. He walked into it, and before he went back to his house, he took one last look at his brother, surrounded by people who Regulus knew would take care of him, and love him like their own.
"I'm so sorry Sirius. I love you." He whispered, and then he left, back to Grimmauld Place.
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"Enervate" James' mother said, pointing her wand at Sirius. James watched as his best friend came too. His eyes slowly opened, and looked around at his surroundings. He made eye contact with James, and smiled. James smiled back.
"Hey Padfoot."
"Hey Prongs," Sirius replied. "W-what happened?"
"Well, uh, you apparently fell down the stairs-," James said, while looking accusingly at Sirius, "And completely shattered every bone in both of your legs. Then somehow you and Regulus flooed here, and then you passed out."
"Regulus? Is-is he still here?" Sirius tried to sit up in order to look for his brother, but the slight movement caused him great pain, and he cried out before falling back to his spot on the floor.
"Aaaahhhh." He cried, his eyes shut tightly.
"Sirius, stay you need to stay still for me son, ok? I'm trying to assess the damage done to your legs." Euphemia Potter said from her spot on the floor next to Sirius, her wand waving over Sirius' mangled legs. Sirius nodded. He opened his eyes, and continued scanning the room for his younger brother.
"I-is he still here? Where is he?" Sirius said, his voice slightly panicky. James looked around, and was surprised when Regulus was nowhere to be seen.
"He-he was right here! I didn't even see him get up! He must have left."
"What! N-no! He can't go back there! James, h-he can't go back there, he'll get hurt, they-they'll hurt him!"
"Sh-sh-shh, It'll be ok, Sirius you need to calm down." James tried to comfort his friend, who was once again trying to sit up. "Sirius, I'm so sorry. I didn't even see him leave. But he wanted me to tell you that he'll miss you, and he loves you."
"N-no! I can't let him go! I have to go back and get him, I- Aaaaahhhhh!" Sirius cried, as his legs caused him tremendous pain when he tried to move them. He once again tried to move, he needed to get to Regulus, but was hit by such terrible pain, he passed out again.
I hope you enjoyed this! Don't worry, there will be more wolfstar in the next chapter. Please please pleeaaaasssee let me know what you think (keeping in mind that this is my first ever fanfiction, so please be kind), I really appreciate everyone's feedback/constructive criticism, and I love reading what you guys think about my work.