The choices we make every minute of every day can contribute to making someone's life a little bit better or worse even without intending to." – Chikamso Efobi

Regulus was once a proud Slytherin, his bedroom held his achievements all The Slytherin pride showing in the room. The room was like a show case for his parents to show other pure-bloods that their son was loyal. His mother had made the room the way it was never asked how Regulus wanted. He could have never protested it, at an early age even before Sirius went off to Hogwarts he knew his place in this family. Regulus was the back up plan, the second son, he was to be seen not heard always under someone's thumb. He's was the perfect human doll for his parents to do as they pleased like any pureblood family would do to the their second born. Pureblood that word was suppose to bring pride to him maybe it did at one point. It wasn't the case anymore for him now it just represents all the mistakes weather it was right or wrong. Regulus knew he fit the perfect pureblood to a "T" but in the eyes of his parents he wasn't ever good enough. His mother made sure he knew that. Looking at this room for Regulus it hurt a lot it was a haunting reminder that free will is an illusion. He learned something new about himself that moment he hated the color green with a passion.

"Look at this mess!" Molly bellows throwing her hands in the air. It's snapped him out of his mundane thoughts.

Out of embarrassment of the state of his room he apologizes to Mrs. Weasley. She quickly brushed off the apology that it wasn't his fault of the state his room was in. Molly guided Regulus to the old dusty bed and sat him down. "Now let's see what is even wearable in these drawers." She went to the tall dresser and started pulling clothes. Grey, black, and unfortunately green shirts were put on the bed and the plain pants, with underwear on top of it. Regulus blushed and quickly grabbed them, it was silly to be embarrassed that Mrs. Weasley had touched them but then again it was understandable since he really didn't know her. As quickly as he grabbed them Regulus put the underwear on just as fast bending down sitting and easing them up to his waist. Mrs. Weasley held a pair of brown socks in her hands as she went around the bed to Regulus.

"Let's get these on first shall we?"

Mrs. Weasley proceeded to help Regulus into the grey wool sweater that he chosen after the fitted him into his socks. Regulus told Mrs. Weasley that he could get him self into his own pants having the woman helping him into his shirt and socks was one thing but his pants that was another. Mrs Weasley one the other hand was not going to leave him unattended when his balance was unstable. So she gave him a choice she either help him with his pants or she can turn around and use her should to keep himself steady as he put the pair of pants on. Regulus chose the second option. Once finished clothing Regulus turned keeping his hand on Mrs Weasley's shoulder and looked at him is reflection in the standing mirror. The grey sweater hanged from his body making him smaller then he was, Regulus realized that this shirt might have been once Sirius's. His appearance was not of a pureblood, his head was a mess and longer then he remembered it being before but then again he always had it pulled back now it was just unbound wavy and messy like Sirius had when he was in school. Regulus could here his mother screaming in protest of his choice of "lazy muggle style" clothes as his mother like to say the sound of her voice made him want to frown even though a few minutes ago he laughed at the bickering between his brother and mother.

"Everything alright dear?" Mrs. Weasley asked him seeing the frown on Regulus. "Is your stomach bothering you?" Her tone was caring it was nice but unfamiliar to him but it made look to her.

Regulus gave her a small smile to assure her that he was alright he did tell her that he appreciated her concern for him. Regulus told Mrs Weasley that would like to go back down stairs and that he would like to have some old news paper articles so he could know what has happened while he was gone. So once again he was sitting back on the couch with articles of newspapers laying beside him. Regulus skipped the post of his death there was nothing really interesting in it for him, he knew they would have never found his body and Regulus didn't care were they barred his empty coffin. Plus Mrs Weasley being over motherly person she was wouldn't allow Regulus to read it anyways not want to take a chance of "upsetting him". It would probably upset him. Anything related to his death cause him stress, he didn't want to remember it the struggle and the loneliness, darknesses...the hands. Regulus told himself to stop to not go there in him mind.

"You okay kid?" A woman's voice call out to him and Regulus gazed over at a woman with pink hair across from him. She was familiar yet unfamiliar to him, he didn't know her name all he knew was she had to watch him while Remus and Sirius were looking for stuff in their fathers study.

"I'm fine." Regulus quickly said as he went back to his reading. He got to an article on the Potters James and Lily's death. It also contains writing about their son Harry Potter, who survived a unforgivable curse while it also talked about Sirius being accused of their murder and the murder of six muggles along with Petter Pettigrew. The Rat, Regulus never liked him and it wasn't because he had been Sirius's friends it was because Pettigrew is a rat and rats are weak, untrustworthy. Regulus had set a letter to Sirius once saying that he saw him a a meeting once but from the event in the article Sirius must have never read the letter. Not that Regulus thought he would have read it during that time, Sirius was set against having any contact with anyone from the house of black, he pity Sirius for the loss of his friends. Regulus, himself felt nothing towards their deaths, Sirius and his group of friends were prankster in their house but to most other houses they were just plain horrible bullies. It made Regulus want to laugh Sirius had tried so hard not to be like their mother but in school he was dramatic and quick to judge, also Sirius never considered the feelings of others just like their dear mother except he didn't abuse others like her. But then again pranks to other may have been a form of abuse to their victims just like Snape.

So yes Regulus pitted Sirius, Snape, and the young Potter. Pitted his brother for his loss of friends. Pitted Snape for the loss of his love and pitted the child for his loss of never knowing his parents.

"Where did you get that scar on your collarbone?" The woman asked as Mrs Weasley hand her a cup of tea and put his on the table, Mrs Weasley was also curious about it. Regulus looked over at himself and saw that the collar of his shirt was falling over his shoulder exposing the scar, he quickly covered it by fixing his shirt.

"I fell." The woman weren't convinced. But it was the truth yet it was a lie. The scar was from his mother, it was the day She found that Sirius was in Gryffindor. His mother, Walburga Black during the time was traveling up the stairs to write a howler. Regulus was 11 years old at the time had grabbed her while going up the stairs to stop her begging her not to write the howler. He just wanted to reason with her but he knew he had more luck finding a unicorn then reasoning with Walburga. Angry beyond reason his mother pushed him down the stairs and when he landed broking his collarbone, his mother didn't even bat an eyelash. He remembered he was bleeding so much but that was has because he had hemophilia from his parents inbreeding.

It was the reason why his parents hovered around him so much in public making sure he didn't hurt himself and so the no one would find out. The two things this parents kept from telling Sirius, the other thing was Regulus was magical sensitive. Regulus had three things he kept from his brother, hemophilia, being magic sensitive, and the abuse he kept covered up. Glamour charms work wonder but it wasn't alway effective Snape and Narcissa had seen though it but then they had see the abuse first hand. Back at that age he refused to tell Sirius because it was his burden to bare not his brother, Sirius would one day be lord Black and would have more burdens then him. Funny how fate works the wrong way for him. He became the one with the burdens and Sirius had less burdens.

Speaking of Sirius, Regulus hadn't seen him for a while. "Where is Sirius?" He asked the ladies. Mrs Weasley was the one to answer him telling Regulus that Remus and his brother went to their fathers study to look into a locket. The locket was also bothering him, he could only picture it but other then that nothing. It was so frustrating to him, Regulus could easily get access to his childhood memories but as the memories got older it was like it was flying around scattering itself away from him. He gave up on trying for right now.

It had been hours before Sirius and Lupin came down the stairs with a stack of papers. During those hours he found out that the woman with the pink hair is named Nymphadora Tonks, Andromeda Tonks née Black daughter and she was a metamorphosis. Regulus had found her fascinating and had asked her many questions. Tonks had snorted to hold her laughter when Regulus started to ask questions because when she looked on to his face it was like seeing a child that was seeing the first snowfall. He's eyes all bright but focused on the answers she gave him. Regulus was enchanted by magical creatures and had wanted to study them at one point in time. Sirius had paused himself at the foot of the stairs eyes locked on to his baby brother. Sirius had never seen Regulus give such a bright expression well he had seen it in passing it came quickly and ended as it came, he hardly seen him smile even when they were in Hogwarts together.

"Is Andromeda well?"

"Yup! Still yellin in my ear from time to time." Tonks laughed.

Sirius watched his brother faces turn gentle and a small reserved smile appeared. "Good" was all Regulus said to that.

Remus behind Sirius cleared his throat to get their attention. Both Regulus and Tonks looked to them. Tonks grinned at them and asked if they found anything. Sirius sighed as they made their way over to the couch. "Found some list of jewelry that is worth a try at look at." Sirius sat next to his brother and paused to look at him. Something clicks in his mind.

"Isn't that my sweater?"

Regulus looked at him with an expression of "so?" And Tonks laughed.

"Padfoot focus give your brother the list." Remus chuckles at the comedy that took place just now. It was enough to put Sirius back on track and he handed over the list to Regulus. Regulus looked at the unfamiliar documentation of the each jewelry the list was long it would take him a while. Regulus looked up from the papers to his brother.

"I'll try and see if it's in here but I don't know if it belongs to the black family or us. But I can try. Even if it is I don't remember where it is. I'm sorry." Regulus expression showed frustration.

That for now was enough for Sirius.

Once again Regulus was back in his old room after the dinner Mrs Weasley made for them, he was also introduced to Arthur Weasley interesting man was all Regulus could say about him. Mr Weasley worked for the department of miss used Muggle artifacts in the ministry unlike other ministry members Arthur Weasley was not a bad man. Regulus quiet liked him in fact. Mr Weasley during dinner kept Regulus entertained with a story about his son Ron stealing his magical muggle flying car and drove it to Hogwarts with Harry inside with him. Mrs. Weasley clearly was still not happy about what had occurred that time. She muttered doming about putting bars on Ron's window, poor boy. Regulus chuckled at the store, Sirius had been quietly talking to Remus and Tonks so that the others couldn't here but Sirius was never been quiet in his life. Regulus knew that the others were pretending not to listen and Regulus fallowed suit. When it was time to retire to bed, Mrs. Weasley took it upon herself to fix up his room even though it was decent now, it was still uncomfortable for him. He knew he wouldn't sleep well tonight he had to look over the list Sirius had gave him. It was quite now that it was night time. Regulus was sitting Indian style on the bed with paper scattered on the bed. He couldn't find a single locket that they had that he recognized. It must not be part of the Black family. He must have acquired it some how him self and put it where not even him self could find or he gave it to someone. Regulus tried to probe his memories but when he did all he got out of it was a big headache and a ringing in his ears. What good are memories if you can see in to them Regulus wonders.

where was it?

The candle on his night stand was burning out, when he cooked over to it. It was only then he realized how long he's been up. He sighed tirelessly but then his breath hitched as he heard the closet start to rattle. Regulus turned his head away from the candle to the closet as it started to open. A figure was crawling out of it, Regulus opened his mouth but nothing came out. What was crawling out of the closet it's skin was pale and sluggish, their nails were long but not sharp, they were broken. It eyes glowed in darknesses of the closet and they were shrunken in and it had not hair on its head. Regulus broke out in a cold sweat and his mouth kept moving up and down as it crawled from the closet, his fear was strong that he couldn't speak. Suddenly the room got colder for Regulus either from a draft in the room of from what was currently happening. It was creeping closer as tears stared to pool in Regulus eyes.

Sirius help! But those words wouldn't come out and his heart started to beat faster. Stay away! The creature moved closer.

Then candle went out and he was alone with an Inferi.

Suddenly a piercing scream could be heard in 12 Grimmauld place.

Thank you for the reviews so far! They help a lot! If you have any questions on why I made Regulus a Hemophilia, I'll be glad to answer them and any other questions you have. But don't worry Harry will be in chapters soon maybe not in the next or maybe he will. I don't know yet. Next chapter will be called Boggart it won't be for a while I have my graduation ceremony soon but i will start working on it though.