A/N So I realized after I posted the first chapter that it might be kinda hard to tell the difference between what's happening on Earth and what's going on in the netherworld, so I decided to bold the stuff going on with the people alive. The only time that it won't be bolded is if a dead person is involved. You'll see what I mean in this chapter.

I want to say something, but can't. I don't know what words to say. Having lived such a charmed life when I was younger, I just don't have that experience to say anything.
Regulus looks up at the screen and turns slightly pale. Glancing at it I can see why. The screen currently shows Azkaban and I can't help but to shiver. As an Auror I never really went to Azkaban, there were those people who were specifically for taking witches and wizards to Azkaban, but I remember the one time Sirius and I had to go there for training. It had been cold and damp and rather disturbing. The random screams of the prisoners was never easy to get used to.
"Welcome to Azkaban, Black. We've got a very special cell set up for you, and it's near some old friends of yours," the auror in charge sneers.
Sirius doesn't say anything, but just raises an eyebrow at the guard.
"If I didn't know better I'd say that he was trying to piss the guard off," Lily mutters.
"He is," I say.
The guard grabs the chain attached to Sirius's handcuffs and leads him up quite a few flights of stairs until the end is reached. It's the top floor and the top security section of the prison. Dementors are here consistently and there is no reprieve for the prisoners.
"Here you are Black. Your very own solitary confinement cell. " The Auror almost throws Sirius into the room and unlocks the handcuffs with a spell and summons them to him, "Is there anything I can do for you? Warm hand towel?"
"Bugger off," Sirius growls, his eyes turning dark.
I have to turn from the screen or else I might lose my temper. I know that Lily is watching Harry, Regulus is by Sirius and Remus is currently sleeping.
"Hey Reg," I say.
Regulus jumps, "What did you call me?"
I think for a moment, "Shit. Sorry, Sirius always calls you Reg so I'm just used to that and-"
"Don't worry about it. What do you need?"
"What's a day like up here? You said that a day was like a year on earth, but…."
Regulus glances at the screen and sighs, "The days are longer up here than down on Earth, but that's to be expected. It's not that big of a difference, an hour up here feels like six on Earth, but I can't give an actual adjustment of time."
I nod, "Alright, thanks. Lily, I'm going to check out the surrounding area, alright?"
"Sure. Be careful, and don't get in trouble James."
When I don't respond she looks over at me, eyebrows raised, "James I mean it. No trouble."
Grinning I hold my hands up, "Alright. I'll try."
Lily grumbles something and turns back to the screen.
I walk to the door and open it. My mind is expecting that blast of white light, like in the muggle movies, but it's just like walking outside from the house. There's a nice yard and sidewalk leading down to the street. There are a couple of houses along the road, but it's not like in London. In fact I feel like this is even better than Godric's Hallow. There are slightly more people around, but it's not over crowded.
"Just like the neighborhood I wanted to live in with Lily and Harry," I mutter to myself. Shoving my hands into my pockets I wander down the road. I'm not paying attention to where I'm going at all and soon find myself in the middle of a deserted road with nothing but abandoned houses around me. I glance at some of the names on the houses and frown as I recognize some of them.
"The Gaunts, Malfoys, Lestranges…" I trail off as I notice the name on one of the homes. Heading up the walk I glance in the window, but it's too dirty to see inside. Turning to the door I glance at the knocker, crest in the center just as I'd always known it, and grab the handle. The door opens readily enough and I step into a dust field.
The interior is dark and the atmosphere is heavy. There are a couple of lamps and they're lit with a quick spell. The further in I go the more surprised I am. The house is lighter than I thought it would be, homier. The shield over the mantel piece still glints and sends bits of light into the dusty room. I look at the family motto and can't help but to scoff.
"Toujours Pur. It meant something different back then."
I whip around and am surprised to see Regulus standing in the doorway of the room. His eyes are sad and yet there's an odd coldness to them. It's one that I've only seen a few times, and only in one of the two Black brothers.
"I didn't hear you enter. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to intrude, but-"
"Don't apologize James. I know you were closer to Sirius than I ever was. I would be highly disappointed if you weren't curious." Regulus rubs the back of his neck, "The Blacks weren't always one of the Dark families. In fact we used to be right with you Potters, but…changes happened."
I nod, "I know. I read one of my relative's journals from about two centuries ago or something like that."
Regulus nods, "Well come on. Let's get back to the house."
"Why aren't you all here anymore? What happened to your relatives who were living here?" I ask, curiosity hitting me full force.
"Well…It pains the old members of the House of Black to be seen as having any relation to mother and father and anyone else who's a Black. They abandoned the house a while ago. Come on, we really should be leaving," Regulus says before turning to leave.
Following him out I glance at the house once more and can't help but think about what a contrast this must be to the Black's home on earth. Even though I've never seen it I've heard plenty of descriptions from Padfoot.
Instead of taking the major roads back, like the ones I'd taken here, Regulus takes a lot of back roads and alleys. I realize quickly that even though he's only been here two days that he already knows his way around quite thoroughly. It reminds me of the way that the guys and I used to roam through Hogwarts. Sighing I look up at Regulus.
"Does it get any better?" I ask.
"What?"
"The…missing life I guess."
Regulus shrugs and keeps walking. He ignores people as he walks past them and it's this time that I'm reminded that he is-was- a Slytherin. The way he's able to move through the crowd without being seen is amazing and I can't help but to wonder how in the world he manages it.
Walking up to the house I notice the name in front of the house.
"Home of the Marauders and family, to those who understand our solemn swear may chaos reign," I read.
Entering the home I see that Lily has changed into a nice dress and is sitting at the table with a cup of tea.
"Hello my Lily-flower," I murmur as I kiss her cheek.
Lily turns her head slightly and kisses him, "Did you cause any trouble?"
I laugh, "No hello honey, how are you? You automatically assume that I've been up to no good."
"Well I do know you better than most others, "Lily grins.
Smiling I sit down next to her, "Anything happen while I was away?"
"Not really. Remus has a job, Sirius is just kind of…actually I don't know what he's doing other than trying to stay away from the door of his cell, and Harry is being fed and whatnot, but I'm not happy. Petunia is neglecting him and I wish I could turn her teacup into a frog again," Lily huffs.
"If I could let you I would, but I can't. Now what we need to do is have some fun. I know you want to watch over Harry, but you won't be happy if you do that all the time. Come with me for an hour at least. We can go while he's sleeping," I say. I want to get Lily out of the house and out with me to explore heaven, or whatever this place is a little more.
Lily looks up and pauses for a moment. When she sees that Harry is indeed sleeping she nods and allows me to walk her out of the house.

Regulus Black's POV

I feel slightly jealous as I watch Lily and James leave hand in hand. There was one girl who I had loved like that and she was killed right in front of me because some evil bastard thought that she was too impure to live. That was part of what helped me get out of the Death Eaters. That and I realized that Sirius had been right all along. As usual, big brother was trying to protect me and I didn't listen.
Sirius jumps as another scream echoes throughout the jail. It's going to take a while to get used to the consistent company of the dementors and the demented. He shudders as a floating fiend goes by and watches it with weary eyes.
"No stop. Come on Sirius, get a grip on yourself. You're innocent. You don't belong here. Don't listen to the voices, they're just memories," the dark haired wizard mutters. He leans against the wall and looks out the window, repeating the word 'innocent' under his breath as he watches the waves.
A small tray of food, a slice of bread and cup of cold broth, is brought into the cell by a dementor. Sirius makes a notch on a brick with a small stone before grabbing the tray and taking as much time possible. When he's done the try slides out between the bars and into the hall for the dementor to pick up. Why give them a chance to come in and torment him more if he can avoid it?
I sigh and look down at the paw print on my forearm. Sirius's animagus form startled me beyond belief when I first found out. Being the more superstitious of us, I seemed to realize that not only was his form true to his personality, but that it was also a marker for how he is. When on the field as an Auror, if you were a Death Eater and saw Sirius, then you should run the other way as fast as you can. If you didn't then you might end up dead. There's a reason why he was one of the best.
"Stop reminiscing you damn fool." Standing up I walk over to the screen and touch it with a finger. The screen warps and I feel myself drop into the world. I glance at the door where the Dementors are at and sit in front of it, trying to take in as much of their cursed power as I can. I'd forgotten to tell Lily and James about this when she asked about going back, but to be honest I'm feeling slightly selfish at the moment.
"So Siri, I told you that you'd end up in jail. Although to be honest I was expecting you to be in some sort of muggle jail for an overnight thing because you were harassing some woman for a date or something," I say, "Then again you never had to harass anyone. Too much charm and charisma. Well I finally met James and Lily the proper way. They're really nice people, and I kind of wish that I'd met them while alive. By the way they miss you and don't blame you so you should stop blaming yourself."
I know he can't hear me, and I know that I'm not doing much for him, but if something helps him in this hell hole, then I'll do it.
"I was wondering if you think that James would like to learn more about when you and I were kids and actually had fun? I told him about the sledding thing and I think he got a kick out of it. Do you think that he'd be surprised to learn that I know all about your animagus forms and what you've done for Remus?"
Sirius keeps looking out the window, but he keeps frowning every time that I take a pause.
"I must be going insane to think that you can hear me. I don't know what's going on with this, but I really want to help as much as I can. Come on Siri, give me some answers here. I need advice from my big brother."
Sirius looks down at his hands and shudders as a dementor passes, "Reg…I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I should have been there for him, should have been able to protect him. Instead I was selfish and left, abandoned him to that place."
My eyes narrow, "Oh no you don't. Don't you dare blame yourself for what I caused. Damn it Sirius, it's my life and I fucked it up, not you!"
"Should have helped him. Should have protected him. Should have taken him away with me. Why did I have to leave him there," Sirius looks up, eyes narrowing as he watches the door, "Go away. GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME YOU DAMNED BEAST!"
I jump at the sudden movement and look up to see a dementor floating in front of the cell. I stand up and stare the beast in the eye, or where the eye would be.
"Get away from my brother!" I growl. The dementor leaves and I turn back to my brother, who is watching the door with caution.
"What was that? It sounded like…no, that's impossible," Sirius mutters, watching where I am standing.
"Did you hear me? Is that what happened?" I ask. Shaking my head I exit the screen thing and see that I have about fifteen minutes until James and Lily are supposed to be back. Frowning I pace the room and think about what just happened. Somehow I had managed to make myself hear by Sirius and the Dementor. What does that mean?
The door opens after a few more times of pacing and I look up. At the sight my mouth twitches into a smirk.
"Do I want to know what happened?"

A/N 2: Wow two notes in one chapter, aren't you all tired of me yet? No? Okay then! Sorry that this chapter is so short, but there's some stuff going on that I would rather have it grouped all together. Let's just say that James gets into trouble as usual and Regulus ends up wishing for a gigantic baseball bat. Anyway I want your opinion on something. I can easily make it so that those in the netherworld can interfer with events on Earth, and easily turn this into an AU story. This is one of the few points that you might be able to decide what happens with the story so please let me know what you think.
In other news I would like to thank a couple of people who reviewed my story.
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