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Chapter 4
Silence, they had been sitting in silence both not knowing how to begin, finally Hermione gathered up all the courage her house was known for and asked the question she'd been asking herself. "If my mother was a pureblood why was I raised in the muggle world, and why did I not know she was a witch?" Regulus just looked at his niece, who looked so much like her mother, and after a few moments he answered " I don't know, I didn't even know she was still alive, but I know who might." He quickly went on to say that the only one who's would know what had happened would be her mother's twin, Hermione's uncle Sirius. "Can we contact him", Hermione asked. "That is kind of complicated I haven't spoken to my brother in years and he's a wanted man since he escaped Azkaban Prison", Regulus explained.
"Please I need to know, everything I have ever known to be true has been a lie! I need answers, I need to know why my mother did this, I just need to understand!" Hermione pleaded with her uncle.
Regulus's POV
I stared at my niece, it's like looking at my sister, she acts just like her. I can understand why she needs answers, hell I need them too, but how do I even find my brother? I haven't spoken with him in years, would he even letme speak if I found him? Or would contacting him put Hermione in danger? I just found her I can't lose her she is all I have left of my dear sister. I just realized I haven't said anything to Hermione and she's looking at me expectantly so I say the only thing I can, "I know you need answers Hermione I'd like some myself, I'll access the situation with Sirius and seek those answers only if I feel it won't put you in danger,
am I understood?" Hermione nodded her head but otherwise stayed quiet. I can see in her eyes that she has much more to ask, and I know this will be a long discussion but I can't bring myself to deny her answers if I know them. I sigh and mentally prepare for what questions she may ask, " go ahead and ask what is on your mind, I will try to answer if I can."
Hermione's POV
I gather my thoughts and ask the questions I want to know most, "do you know why she left my father? Were they ever in love? Why were you a Death Eater? How could Sirius betray his friends?" I watch my uncle closely and I can tell he really doesn't want to answer, so it surprises me when he does. "Hermione, you have to understand the war had already begun and even though you mother did love your father, she couldn't stand his choice to become a death eater. She didn't understand how he could promise his son to the service of the dark lord, when Antonin was only 15. You see even though Antonin was from your father's first wife and your parents were only courting, she loved him already as if he was family already. Your parents' courtship was a love match, our father couldn't deny your mother anything she was his perfect princess. They were set to marry the month after her disappearance, I can only assume she found out she was having you and fled to spare you the fate of being offered up for the cause. When your mother disappeared we feared the worst. The Dark Lord loved punishing his followers by using family against them. Father had failed once again to convince Sirius to join The Dark Lord. It was when we started to suspect The Dark Lord that I deflected and sought out Dumbledore, I knew he was the head of The Order and I no longer wanted to be in The Dark Lord's service. While it wasn't exactly what I expected I spied for The Order and fed them information when I could. Imagine my surprise when I hear that my brother betrayed his best friends, I didn't want to believe it but by that time we were so estranged I couldn't tell if it was true or not."
It takes me awhile to process everything and once I do I have more questions. "What do you mean you couldn't tell if it was true or not wasn't there evidence? Didn't he have a trial?", I asked. Uncle Regulus looked like he was thinking but then he answered, "well I assume there was evidence and there was no trial because he confessed, it was straight to Azkaban after that." I just looked at my uncle, not believing what I was being told. "You mean to tell me that Sirius Black, a son of House Black didn't even get a fair trial and no one in our family tried to get him one?!", I knew I shouldn't shout but did they really not see how wrong that was? No matter what he was accused of he should have had a trial, I mean couldn't he have been under the imperiouscurse? Uncle Regulus just looked at me like the thought had never occurred to him. While he thought on that I asked him my next questions, "Where is my brother? Can I meet him?"
"Your brother is in Azkaban for 2 more years because he was a death eater but, I can see if I can arrange for you to see him", he replied. His words shouldn't have shocked me, they really shouldn't have but they did. Why was my brother in Azkaban when he was just a kid when he was sent there. He hadn't even been considered an adult yet. I was still lost in thought when I heard my uncle say "get some rest darling you've had quite the information overload we will talk more later." With that Madam Pomfrey came back in and brought me some dreamless sleep potion and told me to sleep.