Sirius Black found the cave. Regulus had specified exactly where he found it. He saw the place where Regulus had told him he would have to offer a blood sacrifice.

"What am I doing?" he asked himself. "I should have talked to Dumbledore, or maybe James." He had spent most of the afternoon pacing his living room trying to decide what to do. His initial thoughts had been to contact James. It was at times like this when he was confused or distressed he would normally call the guy who was much closer to him than his real brother. He had scribbled two notes to James before throwing them in the fire. He had wrote 5 to Dumbledore all of which he had discarded.

He had spent the entire afternoon thinking about the situation he was now in. He had been amazed at what his brother had revealed to him. Could he really have married a muggle girl? He knew the upbringing they had, the belief advocated by his parents that muggles were like animals, stupid and subservient in every way. The idea that his brother, the good, obedient Regulus, the deatheater, would do something so out of character still amazed him. He had contemplated every possible outcome to doing as Regulus had requested tonight and had come to the conclusion that he trusted his brother not to hurt him and so he should let his brother trust him and not tell anyone. He had wrote a note to Dumbledore containing the warnings Regulus had given him, before putting on his cloak and leather gloves and making his way to this godforsaken place.

Now he was here he felt different. His hair stood on end. Every inch of his body wanted to go back. He turned round but couldn't bring himself to leave, he just had a flashing memory of a 7 year old Regulus falling off his broomstick, clutching his broken left arm. Immediately after seeing his brother's face in his mind he turned round, pulled a knife from his cloak pocket and cut his hand.

Within minutes he was in the cave in the form of a dog. He looked over and saw his brother's dark haired figure being fed potion from a goblet by the family house elf. He watched in distress and curiosity as Kreacher forced this master to drink and his brother sobs and cried out for his wife. After almost ten minutes the potion seemed to run out and Kreacher pulled out a chain holding a locket from the basin and put in a different locket.

Regulus crawled towards the water and put his hands in. He was grabbed by inferi. Sirius was convinced at that moment his heart stopped. He heard his old family servant cry out before apparating. As soon as the elf was gone Sirius was in his human form again. His wand was out and he was fighting off inferi that where killing his brother. It seemed like a lifetime before he pulled Regulus out of water. He was still for a few minutes as Sirius strained to remember the spells he had been taught in auror training and those Madam Pomfrey usually used on him every time he had ended up in the hospital wing at Hogwarts. After a few minute minutes which felt more like hours Regulus started to choke and Sirius breathed a sigh of relief, his heart rate starting to slow down.

"Regulus, you absolutely terrified me just there. Please don't do this to me ever again."

Regulus's facial expression suggested that he could not even hear his brother's words. Sirius watched, his fear churning in his stomach once again as his brother once again slipped out of consciousness. Sirius threw his younger brother over his shoulder and dragged him out of the dark evil cave. He almost felt relieved to see the hostile sea and feel the ferocious wind against him. Mustering all his strength he spun and turned.

Seconds later he arrived at the bottom of the garden path of a pretty farm house. He collapsed under his brother's weight and ended up on the damp, hard concrete. He heard the door of the farm house open and the outside lights came on. Sirius struggled to stand up again, putting all his effort into getting upright and supporting his brother, so he failed to notice the people who were now rushing towards

"Regulus" came a pained scream from one of those rushing towards them.

"Oh merlin's beard" uttered a familiar voice that Sirius could not quite place.

Sirius looked up to see the face of a distressed brown haired girl he could only assume was Hannah, behind her he recognised the spindley and tall figure of his grandmother Melania. The shock at seeing her there almost resulted in him once again dropping his brother.

Melania pushed a hysterical Hannah aside and levitated Regulus.

Sirius cursed himself for not even thinking of that earlier. He stood for a second, feeling bereft without having to support his weak brother. He glanced over at his sister in law for the first time. She was dressed in Appleby Apples Quidditch team sweater which did little to hide her pregnant bump, her slippers were soaked by the wet grass she was standing on, but seemed to be entirely unaware. Her focus was on the floating body of her husband which was disappearing into the door.

Sirius walked over to her and grabbed her arm. "Come now. Let's see what we can do to help."

She nodded mutely but without further prompting walked into the house and up the stairs after Regulus's body. She led the way into large bedroom where Nana Melania had laid her grandson gently. She stood with a bottle of essence of Dittany in her hand applying it to some of the more obvious wounds.

"Can I help?" Sirius asked. She refused asking him what spells he had already used, all the while continuing to stare down at Regulus. She muttered spells while Hannah stood at the side silently wiping her eyes with the sleeve of her sweater while her other hand cradled her stomach.

"Sirius, why don't you bring the Hannah downstairs? Make her some tea, I believe there is fire whiskey for yourself in the cabinet if you need something stronger."

Hannah shook her head furiously. "I am not leaving."

"Hannah, there is nothing you can do for him at the moment. And I am sure the last thing he would want right now is for you to be upset. He wouldn't want anything to hurt your baby."

After some more gentle persuasion Hannah and Sirius went downstairs. She frantically busied herself making tea in the large kitchen. Sirius looked around, normally he would be amazed at the muggle contraptions that where in the room but he felt numb. It was only when Hannah requested he retrieve milk from the fridge that he asked what that was. Soon Hannah was settled at her kitchen table with tea in her hands and Nana Melania appeared. "We will know better how he does tomorrow. But for now we should leave him to rest. If he makes I through the night he will surely survive"

"Shouldn't we bring him to a hospital or something?" Hannah asked looking panic striken.

"A muggle hospital would not heal his wounds." Replied Nana Melania

"A magic one then? St Montys or whatever it is called?"

"No."

"Why?" she cried

"Because he wants everyone to think he is dead," said Sirius speaking for the first time.

"What?" said Hannah, Why?"

"How much do you know of the evil wizard Voldemort?" Sirius asked.

"Not a lot. I mean Reg has mentioned him. Regulus was part of his army, but he left I assume."

"Hannah, you don't just leave the deatheaters. There is one way out. Death." Said Nana Melania calmly, "Regulus knew there was a high chance you would both be killed so he had to work to kill Voldemort or die trying."

"So is that what he was doing?"

"Yes." Sirius answered, "He came to me and asked for help. He would have died if I had not rescued him."

Hannah was stunned by the revelation of how much danger her husband was in and she quizzed Sirius and Nana Melania until late into the night on the history of the war and the dangers they faced and what Regulus had kept from her. When the conversation was finished Melania and Sirius both went to rest in guest rooms and Hannah wandered into her bedroom and stared down at her beloved husband, wondering that he was willing to die for her and hoping he did not.

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