"Mister Potter, Mister Weasley. Mister Longbottom and Miss Granger too! Why are you four out this late!" Professor Black exclaimed, looking at his first year students in surprise.

"Do you have any idea what could have happened if I wasn't here. You could have been hurt. You could have killed. I expected better from you." Professor Black said putting down a bucket of what Harry hoped to be raw meat as his professor's worried voice started to become calm as he checked to make sure they have no injuries.

Harry and Ron looked stunned by there professors actions while Neville whimpered in shame and Hermione bursted into tears.

"I'm sorry, I tried to stop them but they didn't listen and I followed along so they wouldn't get hurt and and and," Hermione sniffled trying to talk through her crying.

"Your not in trouble Miss Granger. You children could have gotten into serious danger, you should be very lucky," Professor Black said passing Hermione a black silk handkerchief.

"Ah, so you caught the troublemakers Professor," Mr. Filch said come there way after hearing the ruckus they caused.

"It's fine Mr. Filch, I'll take care of the troublemakers but I am more worried as the how they managed to get so deep into the forbidden corridor. To be able to use such basic spells would be a fault in our abilities if I must say. If you could be so kind Mr. Filch, would you inform Dumbledore that extra precautions are in order?" Professor Black said in a soothing voice as Mr. Filch looked at him with a nod and grumbled off to the headmasters office.

"Now then children, come along." He said as he started to walk off to which they followed suite. Ron was a little beyond worried at the moment because this was becoming eerily similar to the times his mother would drag him off from public's eyes and then proceed to yell at him.

"Professor, all those trophies, awards, medals; why didn't you work for the ministry?" Hermione asked still sniffling as they walked through the halls.

"Didn't want to." He said not wanting to bring up the conversation although is was a couple moments later that Harry spoke out.

"Is it because of your brother?" Harry blurted out.

And at that moment, they saw his Professor flinched and pause for a moment.

"I suppose I did it to please my parents, and to drag attention to me instead of my brother. Of course they always found a way to be angry at him, not to mention he had a natural way of being in the spot light." Professor Black said hesitantly as they arrived to the Gryffindor entrance.

"Now then, detention is in order; I won't take house points if that's what your worried about Miss Granger and this won't be on you record either, there is no need for you to shed any more tears tonight, the Saturday after Halloween would do just fine. But if you get caught out of your dorms again, I will not save you from Mr. Filch again. Now off to bed with you four." Professor Black said as the four went into Gryffindor tower.

"Oh, and Harry." Professor Black spike out getting Harry's attention, "Congratulations on making the quidditch team, I'm sure you'll prove yourself well." He said in a small kind smile he seemed to always carry around.

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"Why did they even have that thing in a school," Ron said still unsure what they experienced.

"Did you see, it was guarding something, there was a hatch under its paw." Hermione said already working out thoughts in her head as clenched the handkerchief.

"I was a little to busy looking at it head, if you didn't notice, it had three." Ron retorted.

"Is not one else going to question that the Professor had a bucket of meat with him?" Neville asked trying to stay out of Ron and Hermione's firing range.

"Probably feeding that thing." Ron said.

"But the meat was purple....."

"What so concerning about purple meat! What we should be worried about is that we didn't become dog food or worse." Ron said think of just what kind of punishment he would get if his mother found out.

"You two better get your priorities straight, especially if your going to get us killed again. Or worse. Expelled. Come on Neville; let's go back to are rooms. Hermione stated as she went off to her room and dragging Neville to his.

"Mental that one, isn't that right Harry?"

Harry wasn't sure what to think of Hermione because he was busy thinking of something else at the moment, something he didn't notice before. Professor Black; for a moment, gave Harry a feeling of familiarity.

But that's impossible.

Harry could have not met Professor Black before. Right?

"El Gasp, what are you two doing up so late." George said coming into the common room with Fred as they held several bottles of different colors of liquids.

"Are you causing trouble Ron, I'm so proud you're getting into the family legacy," Fred said pretending to cry tears of joy.

"No I'm not! What are you two doing up so late; what are you carrying."  Ron said in bewilderment although Harry to was wondering just what the twins were doing.

"Oh you'll see."

"Isn't dangerous."

"Just causes a loud bang."

"I'll save you the trouble."

"Don't be the first to the Great Hall tomorrow."

"You can say it'll be a colorful day tomorrow," they said in unison as they let out a small laugh and went up to their room leaving Harry and Ron in concern.

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"You should have expelled them." Severus Snape said as he stepped out of the shadows were he lurked, having made his presence clear after Regulus had dropped of the kids.

"Anyone can make mistakes, this is their first, it's only right I go easy on them." Regulus told as he took notice Severus appear out of nowhere dramatically as what seems to be a natural ability for Slytherins.

"Your picking favorites."

"I'm not picking favorites Sev."

"Then why watch over him." Severus said; Dumbledore must have told him, although Regulus didn't tell Dumbledore either; Dumbledore knows everything.

"You and I both know that I will take every opportunity I have to messing with his Muggle caretakers. Not only are they ill mannered, wear the most hideous clothes ever! Who in Merlin thought wearing pastel clothes with black shoes was a good thing??!! Did you know they lock him in a closet. They don't even bother to clean it. Not to mention it's a crime on its own to not tell him who he is, they have told him nothing, and fight me if you want; that's just as bad as what my mother did to me," Regulus said as he thought of all the times he watch over Harry, and all the counts of him having to obliviate people that saw to much of Harry's accidents.

Regulus tried to stay away; but he just couldn't.

They were alike; both having family that didn't like different, both having been abandon by the one person that could have saved them.

"It isn't Harry that took my brother away and it wasn't Harry that took her away either."

Extra
•if you read Snape's voice as Alan Rickman then you are a gift and thank you for reading my story

•I've always had that thought that Regulus would do everything he can to be the perfect son so Sirius could just blend into the background and there mother would stop hurting Sirius (it didn't work though, Sirius can NEVER blend into the background)

•funny how when the person that need help the most, always are alone

•The Weasley Twins put color droplets in the kitchen ingredients that will make people's teeth into different colors.