The Blood Traitor Black:

" I'm just saying, she could have done a better job at hiding it" Lily said defensively.

" She probably wasn't" Doe said taking a sip from her butterbeer.

The six of us were all sitting around a table at the Leaky Cauldron having dinner, discussing the fact that Rodolphus Lestrange and Bellatrix and Lucius & Narcissa had gotten married.

It had been awhile since they had all been together. Ever since Gideon and Fabian's death they were all too busy.

" How did you even hear about this?" James asked Lily, " I thought she was in hiding"

" Someone in the women's bathroom was talking about it" Lily said.

" Everyone is getting married" Peter said shaking his head in disbelief.

" Well I'm not" Sirius said taking another sip from his glass of firewhiskey. He had looked very bored during their conversation.

" Well that is your own fault" Lily told him, " you choose the wrong women. If you tried to settle down, you might want too"

Sirius made a face.

" You know, you could try it" Remus told him, " I mean Marlene was your longest relationship"

Sirius shook his head, " Sorry Moony, the only woman who can stand me for long periods of time is Doe, so unless you're suggesting I marry her"

" And even I can't stand you for that long" Doe said with a smile.

Sirius crumpled the napkin in front of him and tossed it at her, " Be quiet Meadowes, you love me"

" Actually, Peter is right, everyone really is getting married. My parents told me last weekend that Petunia is getting married too" Lily said.

" Really? Is she marrying that awful Vernon" Doe said shuddering at the time she met him the summer before fifth year.

Lily nodded, " Unfortunately, he's so revolting"

Doe tried to imagine what any wedding of Petunia's would look like. Probably something as traditional and boring as she could get.

" From what I've seen, he's quite the brutish kind of man" James said, a look of dislike evident on his face.

Lily looked like she had something to add, but was quickly interrupted.

" Hey there Remus" Arthur Weasley said stopping by their table.

" Oh, Hello there Arthur" Remus said greeting him.

" I got your note," Arthur told him, " but my department head said it wasn't the right time. Sorry mate"

Remus waved him off, " No, Don't worry about it. Thank you for telling me"

Arthur clapped him on the shoulder quickly and then hurried off to where his wife, Molly, was waiting for him.

" What was that about?" James asked.

Remus shook his head, " Nothing important"

Sirius eyed Remus strangely before turning to Peter who was anxiously trying to tell him something.

" Doe," Lily asked from beside me, " You know Petunia's wedding is in a few weeks and James really doesn't want to go, do you think maybe you'd want to go with me? I don't really want to go alone"

Doe nodded, " Of course, Lily"

She smiled, her whole face lighting up, " Oh, I love you. Thank you so much!"

Doe shook her head, " I'm dying to see what kind of wedding Petunia would throw"

" So am I" Lily said, " something horribly boring, no doubt"

" Knowing her, it will be" Doe agreed.

Meanwhile, James, Sirius and Peter were discussing going to the Lively Portkey for drinks.

" What about you Moony?" James asked, " you coming?"

" Oh," Remus said quietly, " I don't know, Doe did you want to go home or?" Remus looked to her anxiously.

" Go ahead, I'll see you when you get back" Doe told him.

" You sure?" Remus asked.

" She'll be fine, come on Moony, come with us" Sirius pleaded.

Doe nodded, " Have fun, I'll be fine"

Remus smiled appreciatively at her and placed a quick kiss on her forehead, " I'll see you in a little while"

Doe got up from the table.

" I'm going to go home too" Lily said, " I'll walk out with you"

" Be careful, you two" James called to them as they left the leaky cauldron and exited onto the muggle street.

" He loves you a lot" she said to Lily with a smile.

She grinned, " I know. It's wonderful"

" You two really have grown so much together" she told her, " neither of you are the same people who hated each other at Hogwarts"

" That seems like a lifetime ago" Lily said shaking her head.

It was just barely nighttime, and the street was full of muggles still.

" I'm going to walk down a bit before I apparate, please be careful and send your patronus when you get home" Doe told Lily.

She nodded, " You be careful too" she said hugging me tightly.

They went separate ways. The street was crowded with people. There must be something going on. Maybe a festival or something. A slight wind blew by and ruffled her hair.

Doe got the strange feeling that she was being watched.

Doe shook her head. Moody was making her paranoid. She was in muggle London.

She kept walking past the muggles, looking for an empty street or alley she could apparate in.

Up ahead was an opening to an alley. She headed for it. Before she got to it, someone grabbed her arm. She spun around quickly drawing her wand.

" Don't" Regulus said putting his arms up in front of him.

" Regulus?" she asked, " what are you doing? Were you following me?"

Regulus nodded, " I need to talk to you".

Her head was racing. Leave her inner voice ordered. Apparate now it repeated.

But Regulus was looking at her with a desperate look again. It was strange how much he reminded her of Sirius sometimes. His hair was shoulder length like his, and he was dressed in muggle clothing.

" Give me your wand and I'll talk" she said firmly, not lowering hers.

Regulus sighed and reached into his pocket pulling out his wand and handed it to her.

He gestured to the alley to their right and started to walk into it. Doe followed him.

" You've got to stop doing that, I'm trained to attack" she snapped at him.

Regulus bit his lip, " Well would you really have agreed to talk to me if I hadn't cornered you?"

She shrugged and shook her head. Now that she was holding his wand, She felt like she was in control again.

" Did you talk to Sirius about our last conversation?" Regulus asked.

She frowned, " He doesn't believe you"

" Do you?" Regulus asked. For the first time she realized how young he looked. He couldn't be much older than 16 or 17.

Doe sighed, " I don't know, probably not"

Regulus' face fell, " I'm no longer loyal to him. You have to know that, I want Sirius to know that too"

He reached into his pocket and took out a piece of parchment, he handed it to her.

" What is this?" she asked looking at it.

On it, was a list of names.

Doe scanned through it quickly. It had over twenty names on it. Many of them she recognized. Most of them were Slytherins. She saw the name Bellatrix Lestrange shine from the top.

" It's a list of confirmed Death Eaters" Regulus said quietly.

Doe looked at him, eyes wide.

" It's not all of them" he said quickly, " I don't know all of them, no one besides the Dark Lord does, but I figured it would help you"

" It will" Doe said, still in shock.

" Just please tell Sirius I gave it to you" Regulus begged, " and tell him I'm not one of them"

" I'll tell him, but he might not listen" she told him.

Regulus nodded, " I know."

I handed him his wand and he took it.

" Doe" Regulus said quietly.

Doe looked up at him.

" I'm sorry for the way I used to treat you" Regulus said and flashed her a saddened look.

Doe disapparated quickly, in case Regulus' motives were not as honest as he had led her to believe.

She didn't go home. What she had was too valuable. She apparatted to the ministry. It was after eight. Chances were that no one was here, but she had to check.

She made her way to the auror office and was pleased to see that the light in Moody's office was on.

Doe knocked on the door.

Moody opened it quickly, " Meadowes, do you ever go home?" he asked.

" About as often as you do" she told him.

He opened the door and let her in. She sat down in the chair in front of his desk. She noticed a large bottle of brandy was open and sitting on it.

" So tell me what warrants this late a visit?" Moody asked.

" I have something" she told him taking out the parchment, " something you want to see" she said handing it to him.

Moody opened it and read through it quickly, " What is this?" he asked.

" Confirmed list of some of Voldemort's supporters" Doe told him.

Moody stared at her in disbelief, " Where did you get this?"

She took a deep breath, " Regulus Black".

The look on Moody's face was a mixture of anger and frustration. Doe launched into the tale of both times Regulus had come to see her and how he had given her the list.

" Do you believe him?" Moody asked when she had finished.

She shrugged, " I don't know what to believe" I said, " but he's got the Dark Mark, he's committed murder"

Moody sat down and ran his hands through his hair, " This will help, we can get organized" he repeated.

" I should go" Doe told him, remembering Remus would be returning soon, " I'll leave that with you"

Moody nodded and flicked his wand lazily, letting the door swing open.

Doe left the ministry quickly this time. Apparating instantly into the apartment, to avoid any other unwanted visits from Death Eaters.