"You brought a known death eater. Who is supposed to be dead in the house? I know he's your brother but you two haven't been in the same room without fighting in years. Am I the only one who has thought this through?" Remus said while checking over Regulus injuries.

"Remus, Moony, baby we did think it through we just, I couldn't just leave him there. I left him once. I couldn't do it again not when I saw what our cousin was doing to him. Not after what she told him about me. Moony you didn't hear what he was saying before he passed out. She told him that they had captured me and that I could hear all of his screams and…" Sirius pleaded to Remus. "Help me out, James."

"Sirius is right, Remus. We couldn't leave him there. You didn't see Bellatrix literally peeling his skin off his arm. When we finally got to him he kept saying 'They have Sirius, how? Sirius was stronger and better. How could he have let himself get captured' he sounded so broken. It scared me how broken he sounded. It was like he had given up after he found out that his brother was captured. Plus it's pretty clear he is no longer a death eater by his arm. They literally cut away all the skin that would have even had the mark on it. They did it everyday. He practically has no skin left on his forearm."

"Do you think I can't see that? It is down to the bone. There are slivers of bone missing. But it is still dangerous to have him here. He was still a death eater even if he is not any longer, he still was one before and how do we know if he feels the same as them. How do we know that they won't come after him to get him back. Obviously they weren't finished with whatever they were trying to do. Also for all we know he could have turned against Voldamort but he could still feel the same. Furthermore, endangering all of our friends and those we care about. I still will help him but you have to understand my concerned"

"I fully get it but there is still a chance that he is different then what my parents want him to be. What they made him. What they tried to make. I have to take the chance that my little brother has changed, that he isn't like our parents." Sirius responded

Remus sighed knowing that he had to trust that Sirius will have it under control and a part of him understood why he did it. Maybe it would be good for Sirius and Regulus to have brotherly bonding.

The rest of the time till Remus was finished no one spoke, the only thing that could be heard was the sound of Remus trying to heal Regulus's injuries. Some injuries were easier to heal than others. Regulus's forearm injury was a whole nother story there isn't much that could be done about it. It was infected and there was some of the bone missing and some that was splintering off the bone that was there. There was a chance that his arm might have to be cut off which would not go over well on any party involved.

"I did everything I could. We are going to have to wait and see about his arm. He should wake up in about 12 hours. Till then both of you get some sleep. It's clear that you haven't slept in a while. You will be no good for Regulus if you are dead on your feet." Remus said once he finished doing everything he could do to heal all of Regulus's injuries, scaring both Jame and Sirius.

"But.." Both started to say that they have to stay and make sure Regulus was ok before being cut off by Remus.

"No buts. You both need sleep. Regulus will still be here when you wake up. He will probably still be asleep when you two wake up. If it makes you feel better I will wake you up if he wakes up."

"Fine. But you better wake me up the second my brother wakes up. Deal?"

"Deal"

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"Hey Sirius, you asleep?"

"No, I can't sleep. Not till Reggie is fine and safe. You know this James. Do you think Remus is right? That we shouldn't have brought him here."

"I think he is right in some aspects but he also didn't see and hear what we did when we were there. We couldn't have left him there even if what Remus said is true. No one should have to go through that."

Both just sat there until they heard a huge crash from over where Regulus was resting. Sirius was the first to react and was running toward the room before James even realized what was going on.

Sirius saw Regulus awake. His eyes had something that Sirius hadn't seen in his eye for the first time since he left 12 Grimmauld Place.

Fear.

"Sirius?"

"Yeah Reg. It's me."

"This isn't real. It can't be. It's just another illusion." As Regulus said that Sirius felt his heart shatter. Not knowing it would shatter even more by the next thing Regulus said."Sirius would never come and save me. Bella this is one sick way of torture it's low even for you. Sirius hates me. He wouldn't care if I was hurt or dying."

"No Reg it's truly me. I would never have left you to die. I don't want you to die. I could never want that no matter what I might have said. I have never wanted you dead." Sirius still saw the distrust in Regulus's eyes.

"Bella please stop this didn't work the last few times you did this do you really think I would fall for again. I know Sirius doesn't care."

"Reg. I read your note you left me before you left for the cave." When Sirius mentioned the cave Regulus looked even more scared. But the distrust in his eyes left because he knew Bella didn't know about the letter he wrote to sirius. "I'm sorry about mentioning the cave…" Sirius was cut off as Regulus ran up to him and wrapped his arms around Sirius's torso. Once Sirius released what Regulus was doing he hugged him back. "It's ok. Everything will be fine. I'm here."

"You know that's not true. I am never going to be safe again. Not after what I did. Not that I was ever safe, not a single minute in my life. But especially after you left. They got so much worse after you left. "

"I'm so sorry I left you behind. I never wanted to leave you behind. I planned to take you with me when I left but that night it got too much and I wasn't thinking. That is something I have regretted everyday since I left. If you don't mind me asking. What exactly did you do? Voldemort declared you died 4 months ago. But you are clearly alive. So he didn't want anyone to come look for you."

"I did what I said I was going to do in the note. I betrayed him. And he wanted me to get the locket back but to be honest I don't even know where it is anymore. Not that it matters."

"Reggie, why wouldn't it matter?"

"Because there is more than one. I was a fool to think that there couldn't be more than one. I should have known it was possible and more than likely, especially considering how much he wanted to be immortal and all powerful."