[HP] Raven

Episode 36

Voldemort stood condescendingly in the basement of Malfoy Manor, a green fire was burning in the fireplace, and there was a rotten smell in the air. From time to time, he let out a few sullen low laughs, as if mocking mediocre people overreaching.

Lucius frowned fiercely, and led Regulus and Alex, who had disappeared for three days, to meet the Dark Lord.

Regulus and Alex knelt on the ground humbly.

"Master, I made a mistake when I disappeared, but there is a reason for it. I hope the master will listen to me."

Bellatrix wanted to kill them with Avada Kedavra as soon as they saw them, but Voldemort held up his hand and stopped Bella easily.

"Wait, Bellatrix, why don't you give them a chance to talk?"

Regulus said. "Master, I am still loyal to you. Although I have been away for three days, I don't want to run away from you. I am still your most loyal servant. I left for a reason."

Voldemort sneered. "Oh, Regulus. You left quietly, and now you want to come back...Since you have the courage to come to see me, I will reluctantly listen to what is the reason for you to leave."

"Master, I took Alex away because I wanted to marry her," Regulus paused for a moment, then said humbly, "I didn't tell anyone because I was afraid that the plan would be revealed. I know, My marriage with Alex will not be blessed by everyone, and my family does not accept her. But I can't wait... I can only play first. If you want to punish, please only punish me."

"No, it's my fault, master," said Alex suddenly, "it was all my idea."

"It's touching. What a wonderful, romantic story." Voldemort's dark eyes stared back and forth at them, and the corners of his mouth twitched derisively.

Regulus took a breath and continued. "Alex and I both think that instead of being nothing but dependent all day long, we want a chance to gain a worthy position among the Death Eaters with our own talents and talents. I hope the master can fulfill us .We will dedicate our sincerest loyalty to you, and your approval is very important to us... I have admired you since I was a child, and my parents and my cousins ​​are also your faithful believers. I will not Even if I betray my own family, I will not betray you either. If you don’t give us your blessings, I will be expelled from the Black family, and Alex and I will be poor and cast aside because of our elopement.”

Voldemort looked at him, then at Alex, who was kneeling motionless beside him.He is more satisfied with subordinates who have weaknesses than being obedient vassals all day long.Even if Voldemort was indifferent to the number, Regulus had heard about the fact that he was a mixed race and his family almost fell out. He didn't understand love, but he was unwilling to let go of any opportunity to control people.

A piercing scream came from the next room, and the familiar sound made Alex a little dizzy.

Voldemort considered for a moment in silence. "As long as you are really willing to honor your loyalty, I will make your dreams come true... Of course, the premise is that you have to show something."

Regulus lowered his head even lower. "Yes, master, I understand."

"I can see Regulus' determination and loyalty," Voldemort said as he walked to Alex's side, with a slow and cold tone, "What about you?"

Alex said respectfully and peacefully. "Master. Not only can I offer you my talents in potions, but I'm also an unregistered Animagus."

She transformed into a raven in front of them, then changed back, and knelt at his feet again. "I'm willing to inquire about information for you. Regulus and I are both your loyal servants. I beg... please forgive our previous impulsiveness and let us be fulfilled."

"Wormtail said you were an extremely talented wizard before, and he was right," Voldemort stared at her. "As long as you show your intelligence and loyalty, there are status and honors waiting for you... Alex Blake."

"Yes, Master."

Voldemort smiled contentedly and waved his hand. "Your marriage has been approved by me, and will also be blessed by the Death Eaters. I look forward to your equal performance."

As soon as Voldemort was gone, Bellatrix rushed in, pointing her wand at Alex. "I should have killed you straight away if I knew it at that time, the dirty and lowly mixed blood actually wanted to climb the high branch of the Black family—"

Regulus stood in front of Alex. "What else do you want? Alex and I are married and she's already a Black."

"Are you married?" Bellatrix was stunned, and so was Narcissa who came in with her. Narcissa took a closer look and found that both Regulus and Alex had a ring finger on their left hands. Platinum prime ring, they are indeed married.

Narcissa frowned, she guessed right before, her silly cousin eloped.

Regulus looked at Bellatrix warily. "We've sworn an oath before Merlin."

Alex hooked her lips and looked at Bellatrix without fear.

Bellatrix didn't care about Merlin or Merlin, she wanted to get angry again when she saw Alex's provocative eyes, Narcissa was afraid that they would get into trouble with Lucius if they had another quarrel in Malfoy Manor on the spot, so she hurried He grabbed his own sister and persuaded him politely. "Bella, she is already a loyal servant of the Dark Lord, forget it."

"Sisi! She's a mixed race, how can she be on the genealogy!"

Narcissa gave Alex a complicated look, then turned to Bella and said, "The Dark Lord has approved her, Bella, have you forgotten, this is what the master meant."

Bellatrix glared at Alex viciously, gave Regulus another look, and stormed out angrily.

They lived temporarily in Malfoy Manor for a while, and Mrs. Black sent piles of screaming letters. Lucius was very dissatisfied with this, and frowned and asked Dobby to pile up all the screaming letters in their Go to the room, lest the roaring letter suddenly explode and scare the pregnant Narcissa.Regulus took Alex back to No. 12 Grimmauld Place, but Mrs. Black was quiet. She didn't like Alex, but she had no reason to directly contradict her. No one dared to offend the powerful Dark Lord.But Mrs. Black still used her behavior to show her dislike for her. They lived under the same roof, but they never saw each other, and Mrs. Black did not eat with them.Although Mr. Black was also dissatisfied with her, he was not as violent as Mrs. Black, and lived like a mouthpiece between two generations.

On the family tapestry of No.12 Grimmauld Place, Alexandria Everly became the second Everly ever, her name is connected with the portrait of Regulus Black , as eternal as the old house.

"Why didn't the mysterious man take Legilimency to us that day?" Alex asked Regulus.

"I know he won't," Regulus shook his head, "He... won't understand us, so there's no need to check, but in the future..."

He took out a book with a ruined cover, and Alex flipped through it. It was full of weird transfigurations.She looked at Regulus suspiciously, and he tapped the title page with his wand.

"Isilcaluvatielyanna." (The moonlight shines on your path.)

The contents of the book became Occlumency.

Alex suddenly realized.He is ready.

Regulus turned his head and asked. "Guess, what is the counter-curse?"

Elvish.Alex tapped the title page with her wand and thought about it. "Artielyanna." (Also shine your way.)

Occlumency turned back into Transfiguration.

"Ten points in Slytherin?" Alex closed the book and gave Regulus a teasing look.

"At least twenty."

Alex gave a short laugh, Regulus bowed his head, and they kissed each other silently and reverently.

On the surface, they did not miss any meeting of the core members of the Death Eaters, they always showed loyalty in front of Voldemort, and they obeyed orders very much.

Regulus had always been very hesitant about whom to attack first.Many of the core Death Eaters were members of his family, but he hated Bellatrix's coldness and madness - he had seen her torture others with the Cruciatus Curse, so he listed her as The first target, but Alex shook her head, Bellatrix was too big of a target, they needed to take advantage of her loyalty to Voldemort first, so she whispered someone else's in his ear. name.

Regulus thought for a moment, then nodded.

A few days after living at No. 12 Grimmauld Place, Alex returned to the low house on St. Catherine Avenue. She was going to get some books and daily necessities, but when she was about to leave, she accidentally found the red letterbox on the mailbox. The label stood up, and someone stuffed something into it.

It stands to reason that no one will send her a letter.She opened the mailbox and found two envelopes.The one that was pressed down was sent out first. Lily sent her a wedding invitation, signed and dated in the summer of 1979. At that time, she had already stayed in the Malfoy Manor for several months, so naturally she did not receive it.The last one that arrived was also sent to her by Lily. She opened it and found that it was a Christmas card. It was sent on December 1979, 12. Lily seemed to have expected that she would not come to her wedding, and did not pay much attention to her absence. Instead, she told her that she was pregnant, and the due date was at the end of July 24. She didn't know the gender yet, but she had a strong premonition that her and James' first child would be a boy. They discussed for a long time and planned to call him Ha Leigh, if it's a girl, let's call her Harriet.

Alex hasn't received Lily's letter for a long time, but she knows that she can't have anything to do with them now, otherwise everyone will be in danger.So she read the letter several times, tried to imprint every punctuation mark in her mind, and then destroyed each of them with a charm.

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After graduation, Lily-Evans no longer lived in the original place after participating in the activities of the Order of the Phoenix. She went to the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix and lived there.It was also at the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix that she married James, Sirius was their best man, and now, Lily is pregnant, and she and James will welcome their first child this summer.

Because the moving and marriage were done in secret, she couldn't receive any letters from Alex. It was also expected that Alex did not attend her wedding. It was always inevitable to see Sirius at the wedding, and Alex did not write back to her afterwards. Although Lily was worried, there was nothing she could do. She guessed that Alex had gone into hiding, and maybe she had already returned to her hometown in Austria.But she never expected to find her name in the Daily Prophet.

Lily stared at the black and white words on the "Daily Prophet", as if those typefaces would dance in a circle in front of her.

Alex and Regulus Black are married.

In Lily's mind, Regulus Black was Sirius' younger brother, a Slytherin, and now a Death Eater.

James held the coffee cup, saw Lily froze in place, and leaned over. He scanned the contents of the newspaper, his hands trembled in fright, and the hot coffee spilled on the floor.

"James!" Lily clenched her hands into fists and thumped him, "What's wrong with you!"

"Oh, Lily, I'm sorry, I'm sorry I didn't mean to—" James scratched his head, quickly took out his wand and performed a "clean up", but his eyes quickly returned to the newspaper, and asked Lily in surprise, " This is not true, is it?"

Lily also suspected it wasn't true, but they got together and went over the paper from cover to cover to make sure that the one they had was not a hoax, and that no one would make a joke out of it.

James frowned and refilled his coffee. "It's all published in the newspaper, so it can't be fake."

"Merlin, Alex...how did she..." Seeing the movement on the stairs, Lily quickly folded up the newspaper and stuffed it into the trash bag, "James, Sirius must not see this. "

Sirius yawned and walked down from the second floor of the Order of the Phoenix headquarters. "What are you talking about?"

"Lily and I discussed where to go today, Padfoot, and finally we can have a day off," James laughed, "And you, do you have a plan?"

"I don't know." Sirius hasn't had a vacation for a long time, he pondered for a moment, "Maybe go to the Three Broomsticks for a drink."

"Oh, it's good to have a drink, more, drink more." James just finished speaking, when Lily stabbed his arm violently, grinning his teeth in pain, he couldn't make a sound.

Sirius thought the two of them were flirting again, so they wanted to go out without saying a word.As soon as he walked around the hall, he saw Nina Raymond enter the house with a pile of sundries.

In order to break the embarrassment, Lily greeted quickly: "Nina, are you going to help everyone buy things again?"

"Yeah," the beautiful Hufflepuff girl piled a big bag of food and another big bag of sundries on the kitchen counter, and two apples rolled out of the bag immediately, she exclaimed whoops With a sound, she quickly stuffed the two naughty apples back, then she looked up in Sirius' direction and asked earnestly, "What do you want to eat today?"

James finally remembered the coffee he had neglected for a long time, he picked it up and took a sip before speaking dryly. "Haha, it's fine, it's fine, Nina, your craftsmanship is the best."

Sirius nodded to Nina as a greeting, and went out to Hogsmeade without looking back.The owner of the Three Broomsticks sat at the counter smoking a pipe as usual, complaining to the guests lying on the bar early in the morning about the increasingly cold business in the bar and his own arthritis.

"Hey, Sirius, are you on vacation today?" The boss greeted him enthusiastically when he saw that he was an acquaintance, "What would you like to drink?"

"A glass of butterbeer," Sirius said, sitting on the bar counter, "it's a rare holiday, let's celebrate a little bit."

"It's so light, it's boring, I thought you could drink strong alcohol." The boss quickly brought out a full glass of butter beer and handed it to him.

Sirius took the butter beer lazily and took a sip with his head down. "You can't let your guard down during the holidays."

"Here, old rules, here's a newspaper for you." The boss took out a stack of "Daily Prophet" and handed it to him. "It's free to read, so you don't have to buy it again."

"Ha, thank you." Sirius took it, and was stunned as soon as he turned it over.

The news of the marriage of Regulus Black and Alex Everly took up half the paper.

In a gigantic photo, Alex Everly is wearing a black taffeta wedding dress with a floor-length skirt, high neck and long sleeves, a very traditional and conservative style, and a black veil covered with lace to the waist In reality, it enveloped her like a shadow. The complicated necklace was made of diamonds in the shape of vines, and the earrings were made of emeralds and diamonds. Drops of water fell on her cheeks, like tears that were about to fall. The black hair was combed into a neat bun, the eyebrows and eyes were very delicately drawn, and the bright red lips did not have a hint of a smile.

Regulus was wearing a grand black wizard robe and a necklace with the Black family crest around his neck, standing upright beside her.Alex took his arm.They were all very pale, raised their chins slightly, looked at the camera arrogantly, and looked at each other indifferently from time to time.

The reports were full of descriptions of the "always pure" Black family, and introduced that the bride came from an equally ancient European pure-blood family. The word is not mentioned.

In the latter paragraph, Regulus Black claimed that he had been infatuated with Alexandria Everly since he was a student, and that she was the love of his life.He is honored to be married to her and to serve "their common faith".Alex wasn't interviewed, and that bastard reporter whose name Sirius hadn't even heard spent a lot of time praising her for being elegant and well-spoken, and saying that the couple seemed a perfect match.

Sirius snapped the Daily Prophet shut.

In the evening, Nina cooked a table of delicious dishes. She is not a core member of the Order of the Phoenix, but she is indeed a good side helper. She has repaired many things damaged by black magic, and she is always rushing to do odd jobs.James and Lily were worrying why Sirius hadn't come back yet, when they found that he and Moody had entered the gate of the Order of the Phoenix as if nothing had happened.

"Where did you go, Padfoot?" James was sweating profusely when he saw them coming back, "Isn't it just a glass of wine, why have you been there all day?"

"Blake went with me to inspect, is there anything strange?" Moody sat at the dining table, unceremoniously scooping creamy mushroom mashed potatoes on the plate, "One more person is more work, Death Eater No one can be let go, and sooner or later they will all be caught in Azkaban."

Sirius didn't say a word, and sat at the dining table with Moody, and Nina quickly piled the last fried steak on the dining table.

Lily and James hurriedly told Nina not to work anymore. They and Nina also sat down at the table, but the two of them didn't touch the food on the table——Lily hadn't been pregnant for a long time, and her appetite was still poor. Tom is a good buddy who worries too much about himself.

Lily glanced at Sirius, trying to read something from his expression, but Sirius showed nothing unusual. "I remember you weren't on duty today, Sirius."

Sirius took the shared spoon and started filling the plate with food. "What else can you do?"

"Why don't you take a break and recharge your batteries," Kingsley suggested.

"What's there to rest for?" Sirius said in a tone as if Voldemort never died, and he couldn't sleep for a day.

James adjusted his glasses. "Fine. I'll go with you next time."

"Look at Lily more, just leave this kind of thing to us." Sirius laughed, "There are not many vacations."

Lupine came back after finishing his tasks. He hadn't returned to the headquarters for more than two months. When he came in, he sat next to James and looked around at everyone sitting at the dining table. "Where's Peter?"

Sirius ate a potato with a fork. "I don't know, probably where I hid it."

Lupine said "Oh" and the subject was over, and he turned to James. "By the way, have you decided, what is the child's name?"

As soon as he heard others mention his wife and children, James immediately blushed. "Of course it's decided. If it's a boy, it's Harry, and if it's a girl, it's Harriet."

"I dreamed once, it was a little boy with black hair and green eyes," Lily said, "but...it could be a girl, it's just a dream."

"I like it anyway, Harry, or Harriet, sounds great." James laughed, a little foolishly happy.

"Great, Harry," Sirius repeated, "how wonderful, I'm going to be godfather."

The author has something to say: Regulus, a witty boy, speaks impeccably, and can't fault him at all x

Regulus, Alex, Snape, Narcissa... Everyone has fooled Voldemort (the Death Eaters who don't lie to Voldemort are not good Slytherins?

The dog still needs to be pricked, just like an injection

The most bald part of this article is finally coming... Various unreasonable plot warnings (!)

I know I can't watch it at 35... (Show hands

btw Regulus and Alex's elven code comes from the Quenya language of "The Lord of the Rings", a branch of elven language, mainly used to record knowledge and important occasions