I couldn't believe my eyes.
It was Regulus Black. Sirius Black's twin brother. Fraternal twin, if I'm correct.
The fact that he was just showing up, made suspicion begin to bloom within Tom and me, within seconds of laying eyes on him.
"Reggie," Sirius said, unblinkingly. "Where have you been?" He asked carefully.
"I was with Professor Dippet," he replied, matter-of-factly.
Tom's eyes narrowed in concentration as he looked at Regulus, probably trying to read his mind to find out if he was stating the truth.
His eyes narrowing into slits as he dove deeper into his mind.
"Why would Headmaster Dippet ask you to come to Albania with him? To a Forrest, no less?" Tom asked, suspiciously.
"The Headmaster and I...we've been in contact since after the battle at Hogwarts, two years ago. You see, he and Professor Dumbledore formed a type of help with the Aurors. There was a group of us who were supposed to go to Albania, there we would meet two guides to help us look for some sort of object or plant." He quickly explained.
"As soon as we went deep into the forest...the guides turned on us... He wasn't supposed to be there, it was only supposed to be a few of us, but he insisted on being there." Reggie groaned, running a hand over his face, tiredly.
"Do you at least know where the hollowed tree the lost diadem is located?" Tom asked.
Reggie nodded, "I'm supposed to go with you two. I can't allow anything to happen to you two. You two are our last hope." He explained, seriously.
"Alright, so who is going where?" Bellatrix asked, eyeing everyone in the room.
I noticed everyone had suddenly appeared to have reached our location, and were tense as if preparing for battle.
"Grisha and Billy sent an owl sometime this morning. They've found it." Molly whispered, turning to look at me.
I nodded, sighing in relief.
Grisha and Billy had left to find the sword as soon as she recovered from Cormac's delivery.
It was to my knowledge that they were now somewhere near the property my grandparents lived on prior to their deaths.
"When do we all leave?" Lily asked.
"First thing Sunday morning," Tom said, looking at down at me with a hidden emotion in his eyes.
"Why not Saturday?" Sirius asked, raising an eyebrow, curiously.
"Well, Molly mentioned a few things to me the other day after dinner. We don't know when we'll be back. I-I know we agreed a month or so, but she's right. We don't really know when we'll be back together again, with all of us present like we are now," I stammered.
"We'd like to get married Saturday. Just before dusk," Tom announced, unblinking.
"Saturday?!" Everyone exclaimed.
"W-What's the hurry? Why Saturday?" Arthur asked.
"There is no hurry. We just want everyone who's of importance to us, to be there with us on an important occasion for us," Tom explained, grabbing my hand, giving it a soft squeeze, before smiling down at me.
An excited squeal suddenly resounded from the corner of the room, causing us all to flinch.
It was high-pitched, and it reverberated off the walls of the tiny room.
Bellatrix bounced over to us, throwing her arms around us both in a congratulatory hug before she pushed Tom out of the way and clung to me, hugging me tighter.
"I'm so excited for you! Ooh, do we have time to send out invitations? Or will it be just us?" She yapped.
I looked towards Tom alarmed, to find him watching us, amused.
I scowled at him before I lost sight of him as all the ladies in the room surrounded us.
Then proceeded to drag me into the dining room to talk details, while we began to cook breakfast, and discuss the wedding's details.
"Do you think we can get a wedding dress around here, so soon?" Bella asked, as she plopped down on one of the chairs around the table, and began munching on some of the chopped fruit.
"I— I don't need one..." I muttered, pretending to busy myself as I mixed a bowl of batter for the pancakes.
"What?! But every girl must be married in white dress!" Molly cried, turning towards me in shock.
I looked over at them before returning to stirring the batter, busing myself.
"I didn't say I wasn't going to wear one, I said I don't need one." I clarified, as I quickly began to put some batter on the hot large griddle on top of the stove.
Pretending to busy myself with the task as they all stared at me shocked.
"So when can we see this dress?" Bellatrix asked as she rocked back and forth on her on the hind legs of her chair from the table.
"When I go get it...its-its in my old trunk...back in the house of...South Wales." I murmured, blushing deeply.
"What? You can't be serious." Bellatrix tackled, amused.
"So where do you two want to be married?" Lily asked, bouncing her little bundle in her arms, from her seat at the table.
I shrugged, nonchalant, as I took out the last of the pancakes.
Molly made scrambled eggs, home fries and roasted some tomatoes. While I finished the pancakes sausages and bacon.
Bellatrix quickly set the table, adding an extension spell to expand the room and table before sitting back down.
The room was suddenly very quiet, as we all were lost in thought.
"There's a meadow, and a cliff nearby. It's-It's close to..." I stammer.
"We understand. We'll help you plan it." Andi promised with a smile.
We all focused on different tasks trying to finish everything for breakfast.
As soon as we realized that the food is ready, and already that everything was set on the table.
Bellatrix arranged the places around the table, just as everyone had begun to walk in.
Breakfast had begun.