HP in the name of Slytherin

Regulus woke up at this time, which was undoubtedly good news. With Sirius, the last heir of the Black family, in jail, the old house of the Black family had been completely sealed. The ancient magic prevented others from entering. The people living inside House elves are also out of reach.

Although Sirius was released from prison now, the follow-up procedures were still being completed. If he wanted to enter the old house, he had to go there himself. In comparison, it was much easier for Regulus.

He was only 18 years old when he died, and a strange magic locked his time. Now when he wakes up again, the color of his hair and eyes has become the same gray as Catherine, but the rest has not changed at all.

As soon as Harry saw Catherine and the others coming in, he whispered: "His hair changed in the blink of an eye! I thought I was wrong!"

His time has continued to flow since he woke up completely. It is normal for his hair color and eye color to change in an instant, and the same is true for Catherine.

She comforted Harry: "His health is fine."

"Severus checked, he's probably fine..."

Harry came to see Sirius and Regulus while Snape was going to class. At that time, he, Severus, and Tom were the only ones here. When Regulus woke up, they couldn't find Professor Snape, so Severus, who was the best at Potions, took the first look.

When Severus and Tom went to find Dumbledore and Catherine, Harry discovered a very important problem: "But he seems to have a problem with his throat and has been unable to speak."

Regulus was obviously still a little confused when he woke up, but sleeping on the bed opposite him was Sirius, his older brother who looked much older every time he closed his eyes and opened them again, plus three people wearing Hogwarts wizard robes. The little wizard was obviously very friendly to him, so Regulus didn't immediately want to get up and run away.

When he saw Dumbledore arriving soon, he felt even more at ease.

He opened his mouth, but no sound came out immediately. There was a hoarse noise in his throat.

"Regulus, just wake up. A lot of things happened outside during your absence. We will tell you slowly later. Don't worry." Dumbledore comforted Regulus gently. , taking the opportunity of patting his arm, he checked Regulus' body.

The returned magic power showed that there was nothing wrong with his body. Snape had been taking care of Regulus during this period. If there was really a problem, Snape should have discovered it long ago.

Why can't I speak?

"How does your throat feel?" Dumbledore wondered if there was something wrong with the body itself, similar to a Muggle's loss of speech due to physical and psychological reasons. "I asked Harry to get you a pen and paper."

Harry blinked and immediately wanted to run out.

"Wait Harry," Catherine stopped him and asked Regulus, "Are you thirsty, Regulus?"

Regulus frowned, felt it, and shook his head.

"But I see that you lick your lips and swallow saliva unconsciously. It feels like a symptom of thirst... In Harry's previous memory, I saw that people who drank that thing would be very thirsty." Catherine looked at Dumbledore.

Harry suddenly realized: "I will indeed be very thirsty at that time!"

Dumbledore probably knew: "Maybe it's the influence of the potions left in his body. He drank a lot of potions before."

Except in the cave a long time ago, Snape took care of him and gave him potions every day.

Severus said: "Drinking too much of some potions will indeed make the body thirsty and make it difficult to make sounds. However, it is a therapeutic potion after all. This side effect does not occupy a few words in the book. It is often mentioned. People ignore it.”

Snape never thought that Regulus would wake up today. This was not a problem at all to him.

Everyone looked at Severus who had seen this reminder. The little wizard subconsciously straightened his back and said seriously: "Drink more water and metabolize the remaining potion."

But this is just a place where Snape "takes care of patients". Apart from potions, there is really no water or food, not even decent containers.

"It doesn't matter, it's good to know what the problem is," Dumbledore said. "We can also tell you what happened during this time."

Harry ran to get water. With Regulus' experience, he had to prepare an extra portion for Sirius who had also been treated by Snape.

Dumbledore estimated that it was almost time for get out of class to end, so he asked Fawkes to bring a note to Snape to let him know that his patient was awake.

Afterwards, he simply and clearly told Regulus what happened after he sank into the water. Although he was only narrating it from his perspective, Regulus still listened with interest. Knowing that the Dark Lord was defeated, he smiled sincerely. .

But the fact that he is here now seems to mean that things may not be that simple.

Sure enough, in Dumbledore's later narration, the whole incident began to go astray. In addition to dealing with the comeback of Voldemort, they also had to deal with the more dangerous and terrifying "Voldemort" from another world. Regulus was stunned when he heard this. So he didn't even notice that Sirius on the bed next to him had also woken up.

It was only after Dumbledore's story came to an end that Catherine reminded them: "Sirius is awake."

Dumbledore had his back turned to that side before, and he also didn't notice anything strange about Sirius.

He lay there quietly, looking at Regulus with rare calmness.

So much time had passed that he thought that his younger brother had died of Voldemort's ambition long ago and his body could not be found.

Now that I heard about the things he did, I was shocked that he had the courage to challenge Voldemort under the circumstances at that time.

"When did Sirius wake up?" Dumbledore asked.

Sirius slowly sat up and opened his mouth, but no sound came out either.

Catherine said: "Harry just woke up when he went out."

Then Dumbledore began to tell what happened next. So, Sirius listened to it all.

"That's fine." Dumbledore also checked Sirius' body. "Sirius, you know, we have to face a more dangerous enemy now."

Sirius nodded silently. After everyone noticed him, he stopped looking at Regulus.

From Regulus' point of view, the two brothers hadn't been separated for too long at all. It seemed like yesterday that Sirius had left the Black family, met him in private, and thought he had chosen the wrong path, so he had a dispute with him.

Dumbledore talked about Sirius's wrongful imprisonment again. "You were in a very bad condition in Azkaban yesterday. For your safety and to prevent your whereabouts from being exposed, I used a Stunning Spell on you."

Later, Snape's treatment apparently used a similar sleep-aid potion, so Sirius can sleep peacefully until now.

Waking up at this time should not be because Snape failed to control the dose of the potion, but more like... He knew that Harry would probably come to take care of Sirius, so he simply controlled the dose so that he would wake up around this time.

At that time, the godfather and godson will chat slowly, so as not to waste time and let everyone watch their flirtation.

But Snape didn't expect that Regulus woke up a little earlier than Sirius, and Sirius listened to everything in the past.

He pursed his lips and was silent for a long time, and finally stretched out his hand. His dry and rough hands were clenched into fists, feeling vaguely weak... He had been in Azkaban for too long.

But Regulus remembered this action.

When they were young, their relationship was still very good. Whenever the two brothers did something together, they would do this...

Regulus stretched out his hand. His skin was unusually pale, but his body was very young. He and Sirius seemed to be two generations apart.

The two brothers bumped their fists and smiled alike, all without saying a word.