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"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." - T.S Eliot

Elizabeth placed the hood of her black cloak over her head as she walked out of the alleyway not far from the hogshead, effectively hiding her identity, her wand tucked into her sleeve, she exhaled as she was overwhelmed with guilt, she never told Sirius she was going to visit his own brother, should she have warned him Should she have told him?

Once she reached the heavy wooden doors, she pushed and the moment the foul stench of the bar hit her, she felt the need to vomit and she crinkled the bridge of her nose. She hated the Hogshead, but what surprised her more than anything, was the fact that Regulus Black chose this establishment to meet her at.

She immediately placed herself at the corner seat of the long bench, which was scattered with raggedy drunks, wanting to be as far as she could from the sleazy men. The last thing she needed was to get hurt or in trouble and have to explain why she was at the Hogshead in the first place.

"Butterbeer please!"

Within moments she was crouched over a butterbeer with her hood pulled low enough to hide her facial features completely. As she took a sip she couldn't help but internally laugh at her stupidity, She was sitting in a pub notorious for the shadiest of people, waiting to meet with a death eater, and a Black to boot! Maybe she belonged in the psychiatric ward of St Mungos.

She shuddered as the cold air filled the pub and the door squeaked, signaling the entrance of someone. Feeling a penetrative gaze on her, she knew that the time had come. This was it, there was no turning back. A lanky figure sat himself down on the stool next to her. A wave of nervousness overcame her and she clenched her fists.

"Firewhiskey."

Elizabeth registered her shock at the familiarity of his voice, Regulus sounded so very like his brother; she had not expected that. However, she could note the differences in his tone, Sirius's voice was slightly deeper, but not by much, and dare she say slightly richer, she could say though that Regulus had a pretentiousness in his voice that she could only recall Sirius using when he was mocking his family. However, she would put that down to maturity and age. Regulus was two years younger than Sirius, he was barely an adult. She felt a pang of sorrow at all the poor boy had experienced so far in his life. Boy... Another boy who had been forced into this war.

"I didn't expect you to come." He muttered, Elizabeth turned slightly and lifted the top of the hood so her face was barely visible, a shadow basking over her features. She turned to him and was once again surprised by the resemblance he shared with his brother. At first glance, you wouldn't notice the slight differences, but she did. Regulus's eyes were lighter, his nose longer and had a deeper slope, his hair was curlier than Sirius's which was softly waved, and his lips were fuller. He was handsome, extremely so, he had the typical beauty of a black, but she definitely had her favourite black brother.

"I'm a Gryffindor, I never back down from a challenge." She whispered into her drink and took a sip. He shook his head. They sat in a momentary silence until Elizabeth could stand it no longer, she had an order meeting to get to later on, and a catch up with the group to assist in wedding planning, she didn't have time to sit around waiting for a stubborn Black to spill all his secrets.

"Look, I don't have all day, tell me what you need to tell me." She whispered harshly, "It isn't safe for either of us here."

His Adam's apple was visible as he swallowed thickly, Elizabeth couldn't help but notice that his cheeks looked hollow and his skin pale and clammy, her stomach dropped as she noticed the expression on his face, ever so familiar to her.

"Are you okay? You don't look well?"

He sighed and ran a hand over his pale face.

"I can't tell you much." He whispered, his eyes wide, "I do not regret joining the Dark Lord, I am loyal to the idea of blood purity and I welcome it with open arms; It will help preserve the black family and continue for many generations. I believe that the Dark Lord will be able to change our society, I believe that he is our last hope, but that doesn't mean I approve of his methods."

She furrowed her brow and shook her head in confusion, he wasn't making any sense and every word that was spilling from his full lips were contradicting one another, "What do you mean?"

"He has delved into very deep magic, blood magic, and even worse soul magic." She let out a gasp, what in merlins name, she felt her stomach churning, she had heard things in the department of ministries regarding soul magic and none of it was good. "I will not go into details, I can only tell you that if my suspicions are correct, this war will continue for many years to come. I have found out one of the dark Lords secrets, I can't tell you more than that, I've sworn an unbreakable vow."

She moved closer to him, her blue eyes glowing with indignation and annoyance at his stupidity. "You can't just leave me like that!"

"Yes, I can! You came here to receive the information I was willing to share with you, nothing more, and nothing less!"

"That's not fair!" she spat, her cheeks flushing, he shook his head and let out a cold laugh; his laugh was nothing like Sirius's.

"I want blood purity Elizabeth." He hissed, his steely eyes dark with passion "I just don't want the Dark Lord to utilise his anchors."

She felt as though there was a rock in the pit of her stomach, "An anchor?" she whispered, fear lacing through her voice, "I don't-"

"You're not meant to understand." He raised his hand to her, "You're going to listen to me carefully because I'm not going to repeat myself."

She nodded silently, She couldn't help but wish she never came, she wished she could be ignorant and be able to click her fingers and she'd forget it all. She didn't want this sort of power, she didn't want to be the one with all the information.

As he spoke she could see that untamed power within him, the wildness that all Blacks possessed rising to the surface and now she knew why people feared them. She had faced Bellatrix, she had seen from afar the powers of the Black family, but not this close up/

"Tonight I am going to go somewhere and attempt to destroy one of these anchors, I do not know if I am going to be successful, I do not know what dangers will be in my path; all I know is that it's the right thing to do and that if my lord finds out, he will kill me."

Elizabeth swallowed thickly, "Then why would you-"

He once more laughed, "For once I'm going to be the brave one Elizabeth." She felt her heart drop, she prayed that he was not only doing this in order to prove a point or make a statement. "I'm going to do something that is going to make him proud."

She felt tears gather in her eyes at his statement, "He would rather you alive and safe than hiding from Voldemort or dead!" she hissed, her brow furrowing.

"I know that this is what I need to do, All of this- everything, comes down to this." He whispered and took her hand in his. She felt as though she could cry for him and his lost future.

"One day, someone will thank me for this, and when that time comes, I want you to be the one to tell them that it was me, I want you to tell them that I aided in the defeat of the dark lord."

"Regulus-"

"You're not going to change my mind!" he whispered harshly, his voice cracking slightly, "I am not afraid to die-"

She let out a snort shaking her head, "They all say that until they are begging to live."

He shook his head indignantly, "Tisn'tisnt a life! I will welcome reprieve, I will welcome the afterlife and the fresh start, this is my path, I've accepted it, and now you have to."

Elizabeth felt her heart break for her beloved, "You will break his heart."

She watched his face, as a tear slowly trickled down his hollow cheek, his light grey eyes expressive and unusually kind, very different to moments prior, "He broke mine long ago."

Regulus let out a hiss of pain and clutched his forearm, she squeezed his arm, she could not convey how sick she felt. If Regulus had wanted she could've helped him disappear, and rebuild his relationship with his brother; he could live the life he deserved! "Are you-"

"I have to go." He muttered and looked into her blue orbs, a hesitant smile gracing his features, "Listen, my brothers an idiot and despite being a Gryffindor, he can be the biggest coward, but he loves you more than anything, I can see it in the way he smiles, the way his eyes light up and the way he acts around you. He cares for you more than he's ever cared about anyone."

She felt her cheeks heat up, "You're exaggerating."

"I'm not, he loves you more than life itself and in time you'll see it." He whispered and pulled her into his arms causing her to go frigid. "Take care of him for me, make sure he stays safe, and make sure he doesn't hate me too much after what I do; don't let him mourn me." She felt tears puddle at her shoulder, and her heart continued to fragment as she felt his sorrow. After they separated she looked into his bloodshot eyes as he spoke once more.

"Now I will face my lord one last time, tonight I will bid farewell to this life and welcome the next."

She bit her lip to prevent the tears. It wasn't fair, someone so young shouldn't have to make sacrifices for the old.

"Let me come with you." She cried, ignoring anyone overhearing them, he shook his head,

"One of us needs to stay behind." He whispered, and adjusted his cloak, he bowed and pressed a chaste kiss on the face of her hand, "Goodbye Lady Black."

Her heart pounded in her chest at his words, tears welled up in her eyes as she watched the teenager stalk out of the pub, letting the coldness in once again. She sat back down on the bench and shook her head, and placed it in her hands.

How would she face Sirius knowing this, how could she live with the guilt of possibly being one of the last people to speak to his baby brother… in her heart she knew she must keep it from him, it was not her secret to tell.

"Firewhiskey please!' She called out to Aberforth, who nodded once more and placed the shot glass in front of her. She looked at the time on her watch and sighed, She had to go soon, and face Sirius, face her friends… she downed the shot and grimaced at the burning taste.

She needed more than fire whiskey to get through today.

Mary squeezed Remus's hand as they strolled down Trafalgar square, a large smile on her face as the crisp wind blew through her blonde hair. He looked down at her as she did so, his heart large as he watched the expression on her face.

He loved her, Merlin he did not know another person in the world who made him feel so free and young, she made him laugh and cry and feel whole. And on this night, she also made him feel as though he was going to contract the flu from the unusually cold spring morning.

She glanced up at him, a smirk on her face as she heard his teeth chattering, rolling her eyes she laughed.

"Are you not a wizard?"

His cheeks flushed causing her to laugh harder and tuck herself into his side, he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and slowed his pace to a leisurely stroll. He subtly cast a warming charm over both of them causing her to sigh in pleasure against him.

Walking past a large row of restaurants he stopped them in the middle of the street causing sighs of indignation around them. Mary let out a breathy laugh at the expense of the Londoners with their typical stick up the arse attitudes.

"Brunch then a movie? Or movie then brunch?"

She raised an eyebrow at him, "If I was anybody else you would just have popcorn for brunch."

He laughed heartily, he gazed at her with such warmth it caused her cheeks to flush, "I know you like your three meals a day."

Mary swatted Remus lightly and let out a laugh, throwing her head back. Remus's hazel eyes caught the smooth flesh of her neck and was overwhelmed with desire for her.

"Luckily for you, it's nearly that time of the month-"

He furrowed his brow, "That's not lucky for me."

"Hush you." she giggled and grabbed his arm, pulling him along the sidewalk towards the cinema down the road, "I'm craving popcorn right now."

"Hmmm well my wallet won't mind that." he laughed causing her to look back at him and raise her brow,

"Maybe we'll get some dinner tonight aye." she laughed causing him to stick his tongue out at her. She turned to him and pressed a chaste kiss to his lips, "What movie are we seeing?"

"I have no idea what is even on Mare," he whispered, pressing a kiss on her cheek, she looked up at him and flashed him a bright smile,

"Aw damn." she whispered as they neared the cinema, "Now we'll have to awkwardly stand around as we choose the movie."

"Nothing wrong with that." he whispered, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her against him, kissing her neck, "We'll just choose whatever starts next."

She turned to face him, her face screwed up, "What if it's bad?" she whined, her eyes wide,

"Well we'll never know unless we try it." he whispered then leaned closer, "I'm sure we'll be able to find other ways to occupy our time."

She let out a soft laugh and buried her head in the crevice of his chest.

"Times like these I get hit by the realization of how much I love you," she whispered, he looked down and brushed her blonde locks away from her face.

Remus did not think he could ever put into words the way she changed his life, the way she brought hope and light into a previously bleak future. She gave him hope that one day they would get married, and both would have successful jobs and kids. When he was with her he felt whole, and he could forget that lying beneath it all he was a werewolf.

After a moment of comfortable silence, Mary looked up at him and smiled, "Can we watch RockyII?"

He flushed slightly causing her to raise an eyebrow, "I've heard it's not that great." he muttered,

"Hmmm where from?" she looked into his eyes as he shuffled his feet on the concrete and placed his hands in his pockets.

"Oh here and there."

"We live in wizarding London, most people haven't even heard of movies." She bit her lip to hide her laughter. "Remus, did you watch it already?"

He looked down at her guiltily and flashed her a smile, "Okay yes, the boys and I came down last Thursday to watch it." he gave her a pleading look as he saw the expression on her face, "Mare, I will buy you the most healthy, most beautiful brunch afterwards."

Mary was stifling her laugh as she saw him stuttering and stumbling over his words and turning into a blushing schoolgirl. She flashed him a large toothy smile causing him to sigh in relief,

"I don't mind!" she laughed, "Merlin do your thing, as long as it's not criminal or going to get you killed or captured I'm happy, I'm not your mother." she bit her lip and looked up at him, wrapping her arms around his trim waist, slipping her hands under his shirt causing him to shudder against her. "I mean we can always watch the movie about cars in Australia."

He looked down at her, feeling guilty, "We can still watch it, I don't mind."

She winced and looked up pressing a kiss to his lips, "It's fine." she smiled against his lips, "I don't want to watch a boring movie." she spoke against his lips,

He raised an eyebrow and pulled her closer, her warm breath tickling his face, "Well I guess we'll never know if we don't try it."

She rolled her eyes as they separated with a laugh, "Come up with your own lines prat!"

He watched as she walked ahead to get the tickets, his heart beating rapidly in his chest and warm spreading through his veins...he was so lucky to love her and even luckier to have her love him back.

Elizabeth barely stumbled as she flew out of Mrs Longbottom's fireplace, having become accustomed to floo travel by now. She let out a cough; she hated floo, she hated how it always ruined her work clothes and she had to use cleaning charms, and then scent charms because she smelt like smoke, and fix her hair… She did not think there would be a day where she would say she preferred apparition, but she did, she truly did… unless she was to splinch herself, then she might prefer floo travel.

She scanned the room, Elizabeth smiled once she caught the eyes of her beloved, sitting next to James and Lily. He flashed her a smile, Elizabeth felt her stomach flutter as his eyes scanned her up and down, taking in her attire, which while simple, was alluring.

"Hey, I missed you this morning." He whispered as she leant down and pressed a kiss to his full lips, She gave him an apologetic smile, guilt gnawing at her insides, she couldn't help but compare the grey of his eyes to the grey of Regulus's, or the cheekbones, the deepness of their voices.

"Sorry." She muttered and sat down in the seat next to him, softly smiling "I had a few errands to run."

He let out a laugh and waved her off, "Don't worry about it."

James leant in, moving away from elderly members of the order, "He just really wanted to be the big spoon so he could rub-"

Lily let out a snort into her cup of water and Elizabeth giggled, as Sirius placed his hand over James's mouth, in which the former licked his palm in retaliation.

"You're so immature!" Dorcas laughed as she walked in and sat next to them. Her face glowing with joy.

"Whats got you so happy?" Lily retorted, chugging down her water,

"I don't know what you're talking about." She muttered with a smug smirk and levitated a cup of coffee towards herself. "Is being happy illegal now?"

Lily bit her lip and leant back in her chair, gazing at Dorcas suspiciously. Sirius let out a guffaw and leant forward, placing his elbows on his knees.

"How many orgasms did you have?" Dorcas spluttered and looked up, her cheeks dotting with pink,

"I-I did-n't!"

"You are sounding far too scandalised!" James winked, and nudged her slightly, "Is Marlene as good as they say?"

"I-I d-di-nt," Her mouth dropped open, she licked her lip and took a deep breath, composing herself, "Who is to say it was only Marlene?"

Elizabeth and Lily burst into laughter at the boy's expressions, which was that of shock.

"You're bluffing!" James exclaimed, shaking his head. A hoarse voice behind them spoke, their voice filled with mirth.

"Says who?" Marlene laughed, her red lips encased around an ever present cigarette. The group turned to face her, she raised an eyebrow and laughed, "And before you even ask Sirius, no I will not join you and Liz for a threesome, that's weird."

"Who are you and what have you become?" James muttered, shaking his head with wide eyes, Marlene winked at him and kissed him on the cheek,

"My names Marlene, but you can call me tonight."

The people surrounding them let out groans at the cheesy line,

"Are you serious?" Lily laughed, uncaring of Marlenes flirtations with her fiancé. They were half way married anyway, he didn't spend seven years chasing after her, only to lose her to Marlene McKinnon.

"No that's me!" Sirius barked out laughter as the group laughed. After a while they quietened down, earning glances of relief from the elders who were beginning to get headaches from their shenanigans.

Elizabeth leant back in her chair and studied their surroundings; It was unusually joyful in the room that day, there were smiles on members faces, laughter was shared between cliques, people were chugging on butterbeer as if there was an unlimited supply. Elizabeth couldn't help but smile, this is what their meetings should be like. Usually, you would walk into the room and immediately be affected by the miserable atmosphere, feel the shroud of darkness and pessimism.

This was what life should be like.

She couldn't help but wonder why they were having a meeting if everybody was so jovial, obviously nobody had died or there had been no attacks, if there had been at least one person would've known before Dumbledore arrives. She opened her mouth to ask the group the very question that had been plaguing her when the fireplace lit up once more and out came Dumbledore. The man serenely moved away from the fireplace which lit up once more, and a tall, broad figure walked out.

Elizabeths mind blanked as she caught the blue eyes of the man, her jaw and many others dropped as they caught sight of the figure. She couldn't believe that he was alive, that he was here.

Bradley…

"Long time no see." His deep voice reverberated around the room, many of the older members of the order looked at them quizzically, confused about how the youngsters knew the strange man.

"You bloody legend!" James exclaimed, jumping up and shaking his hand, a smile alight on his face

"Unbelievable! We thought you died!" Sirius followed his best friend, shaking man's hand.

Bradley let out a deep laugh, he pushed his shoulder length blonde hair away from his face and shook his head at them fondly.

"The way you lot are acting, you'd think I'd have defeated Voldemort!"

The group laughed at his statement, Bradley turned to the rest of the order having momentarily forgotten there were people there who did not know him. He raised a hand and waved at them, sending them a flirtatious grin.

"I'd be surprised if you didn't know who I was." He winked at McGonagall whose lips thinned at his flirtatious behaviour, "Johnathan Bradley, former and best defence against the dark arts professor, trained this lot up." He nodded towards their group, Moody let out a guffaw at the man's pompousness from the corner of the room.

Bradley made his rounds, and Dumbledore merely conversed with members. Obviously, the meeting was just a formality in order to introduce Bradley to the order. Once the man forcibly tolerated older members and their prying, he was able to make his way over to them, relief tattooed on his face.

Elizabeth stood up as he approached, she felt so glad that they were reunited, he had become one of those teachers that did so much without even realising they did, and she was so thankful for his guidance and wisdom. He was one of the teachers she knew she would look back at and thank for all he had done and all the effort he had put in.

"Johnathan." She cheekily retorted causing the man to roll his eyes and smirk,

"That'll be 10 points from Gryffindor for blatant disrespect Miss Gilmore." She flashed him a smile causing him to guffaw,

"Don't be such a sour puss, Johnathan!" Dorcas laughed, her cheeks tinged pink, "You're not our teacher anymore!"

He let out an exaggerated sigh and slumped into a chair. "Ah true, I guess I can let you get away with that."

Sirius leant forward, leaning on his elbows. "Where have you been?" he questioned the man, "You dropped off the face off the earth, we all thought you died!"

Bradley placed his hands behind his head and sighed, he shook his head and let out a soft laugh, "Here, there, everywhere."

Marlene rolled her eyes and let out a sarcastic sounding laugh, "That was irritatingly vague."

He raised an eyebrow at her, taking in her appearance, "Perhaps that was the point, Miss…" She looked at him and bit her lip,

"Marlene McKinnon."

Elizabeth leant over to Lily who was watching the exchange keenly, "And here I thought she was going to use that ridiculous line again!" Lily let out a laugh causing many of them to turn to her, she flashed them an innocent smile.

"I went to lay low for a while." Bradley sighed, "Voldemort knew who I was and my strengths and weaknesses so I disappeared for a while hoping for him to forget about me for a while, and it worked." He nodded, everyone was drawn into his conversation, "I went everywhere, From Italy to Tobago to Peru to Seychelles to Cambodia to Australia." He flashed them a smile.

Elizabeth couldn't help but be enthralled by his stories, from her peripheral vision she saw James glanced at her at the mention of travelling, remembering her secret desire. This man had travelled so much that he had even gone to Tobago! She leant forward, disbelieving of the tale he was weaving.

"I thought that if I was going to fight to the death, I was going to enjoy my life before it." He muttered stealing a butterbeer off the table. "And I did, I went to countries that had never heard Voldemorts name, avoided the wizarding community and lived as a muggle with some assistance. But then I had a reign check and decided it was time to come back, hence why I'm here." He gestured to himself.

"I went to Dumbledore who filled me in on everything that has been happening, he told me about you guys and your jobs, your commitments to the Order and to one another." At the last part, he glanced at Frank and Alice as well as James and Lily. "And I have to say that I am uncannily proud of you lot, you have accomplished much in the last nine months, and I am honoured to say that I played a part in preparing you and sculpting you into the people you are today."

They sat stunned into silence by his heartfelt words, nobody knew what to say so they just sat there gawking.

Elizabeth cracked a smile at the blonde man, speaking first, she couldn't help but feel laughter bubbling within her,

"Thanks, Professor Johnathan!"

The man shook his head as he let out a deep chain of laughter. "For a moment there I thought you were going to properly address me, alas I was disappointed."

She smiled, "Well life's not fair professor, you made it a point to tell us that every lesson."

The group was once more, sent into peals of laughter. Sirius leaned forward, his brow raised,

"You said you went to Australia, the home of our criminals, I must ask you if you saw a kangaroo."

Not that I'm complaining about eating food, but why aren't the house elves cooking for the wedding?" Sirius questioned as they tightened their cloaks around them, as the brisk spring air blown.

James rolled his eyes, "The house elves are cooking."

Sirius stopped in his path, absorbing James words, his face contorting with confusion. "Then why the hell are we trying food?"

"So the house elves know what to cook Sirius!" Lily laughed, the sound carrying through the breeze. James wrapped an arm around her as they were seated in the restaurant.

"Why are you complaining mate?" James laughed causing Sirius to nudge him in the side.

Elizabeth couldn't help but sigh with relief as her backside touched the plush leather chair, her legs were aching from the amount of walking she'd done, which was an abnormal amount considering she could apparate most places. She was hungry, and the only thing she'd consumed was a Butterbeer in the afternoon. She completlely blanked out at the introduction, ignoring the cute blonde waitor who was serving them.

"Madam, this is the Honey roast vegetable tart with a goats cheese glaze." Elizabeths mouth dropped open as she profusely thanked the waitor. She immeadiantly dug into it, moaning loudly at the explosion of flavour in her mouth. Sirus sniggered as he pulled the plate closer to him. Her eyes widened as she gazed at him,

"What the hell Sirius!" she whispered loudly, "Have your own."

"It's for both of us Lizzie." He kissed her cheek as he took a bite of the art, his eyes widening in surprise, "Besides sharing is caring!"

She rolled her eyes and reluctantly shared the meal with him,

"James, Lily, Jily, Lames, you two better have this on your menu otherwise I will strangle you both in your sleep!" she pointed at them with her fork to emphasise her point.

Lily snorted as she took a bite of the other entrée, Smoked duck breast with butternut squash and sage risotto, her eyes widened as she tasted it, she gestured towards it and spoke, "And this…definitely this." She snorted in amusement, "Petunias fat whale of a husband is going to spontaneously combust at how good this food is."

James snorted into his glass of wine, which he had ordered simply because, 'that's what all mature rich guys drink.' In which Lily had laughed so much they were sure she was going to choke on her saliva, and retorted back with, 'James you may be rich, but you are not mature.'

The group was salivating by the time the main courses were presented to them. And once again they were not disappointed.

Elizabeth raised her eyebrows at Lily who was biting her lip and glancing at the three meals placed before them.

"I'm not sure which ones to choose!"

Sirius snorted into the Slow cooked Sussex pork belly, crispy crackling, parsnip puree, Bramley apple & sage compote; his eyes filled with mirth, and with a full mouth he still spoke causing gasps and groans of disgust.

"You do realise that the house elves are making the food and that you don't really have to choose two meals, you have to choose your favourites."

She rolled her eyes, "Yeah but I want it to be set out like that, and I don't want to have gallons of left overs."

Elizabeth nodded in agreement, "No I agree." She turned to Lily, "The less choice there is the less debating and thought goes into the food they're consuming."

"Just listen to us ladies Sirius!" Lily laughed, taking a bite of the Salmon main dish. "We never go wrong!" she winked at Liz who laughed as she too took a bite out of the salmon.

Elizabeth chuckled and looked up, "So we've got the dresses planned and bought." Lily nodded in confirmation as Elizabeth paused,

"Yeah, we've just got the final fitting in a months time, shoes are bought, jewellery planned and we're taking care of hair and makeup ourselves. We've tasted cakes, we're tasting foods. Music is done, venue and ceremony planned."

"Merlin woman." Sirius interjected, "Whats left to plan?"

Lily raised an eyebrow venomously, "We have plenty of the laborious work left to do, we have to practice our first dance-"

"You have to practice that?" Sirius questioned, his eyebrows raised comically.

"Well no." she answered bashfully, "But that's not all, we have to decorate, discuss seating plans, get around to people who haven't RSVPed so we know if they're coming or not, create nametags, favours, write speeches- which you two have to do aswell!"

"We have to write speeches?" Sirius choked out his face paling rapidly.

"Of course, you're the best man! Its part of the deal." Sirius flashed him a smirk,

"Then perhaps you needed Moony as your best man because he wouldn't dare tell everyone about your most embarrassing moments."

Elizabeth and Lily laughed as James's face paled rapidly, obviously not having thought of that all those months ago.

Lily cleared her throat as they calmed down, moments later. She gestured for the waiter to bring the desserts out.

Their jaws dropped at the barrage of desserts brought out, Lily and James had decided they were not going to hold back on the desserts.

Elizabeth grabbed a hot churro and dipped it in chocolate and placed it In her mouth. Sirius smirked as he watched her and grabbed the other end of the churro and bit off the end. Elizabeths face contorted in annoyance as she placed it back on the plate.

"I was going to dip that end in the chocolate!" she exclaimed, "Now I can't."

Lily let out a laugh, "I don't know about you Liz, but I am double dipping."

Elizabeth winked at her best friend and turned to Sirius who was shamelessly dipping the churro into the white chocolate dip.

"Lizzie, today I lost my churro-inity."

She double took, "You've never had a churro before!"

His cheeks flushed slightly at her surprised expression,

"I can't believe that!" she gasped.

The table erupted into laughter at the line, and Elizabeth couldn't help but look around and beam at her group of friends. She couldn't believe that they were sitting here helping plan James and Lily's wedding, and for once, all was well.

But she did not realize that while she had been laughing and eating churros, Regulus Black was drinking a deadly poison that would lead him to an untimely death.

What did you think? Did anyone reckon that Bradley was the one returning! Only one person got it half right hehe! Let me know down below! The next chapter is definitely an erm...interesting one (prepare yourself with tissues!) Spoiler down below!

He was another lost life, another martyr in this godforsaken war.

Lady Elizabeth Gilmore Black...

Hmmmm i wonder what this could mean, I feel very sadistic right now, cackling behind my screem! Thank you once again for your constant support these previous 40 chapters! It means the world to me and hearing your feedback makes my heart grow. Please don't forget to follow, favorite and review! I send spoilers back hehe!

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