Running from the Law |1981
Being a rogue Death Eater, while incredible nerve-wracking, was also very thrilling. Regulus felt a certain feeling of pride every time he outsmarted Voldemort, even a little bit, and even if he was the only one who knew he had done it. He had almost died going after one of the Dark Lord’s horcruxes, but he was pretty sure it was his determination to put an end to the Dark Lord that kept him alive, and possibly that alone.
One of the things Regulus did whenever he could was free muggles and muggleborns who found themselves in the hands of Snatchers. The Snatchers were a somewhat dumb and disorganized lot, so it wasn’t hard. Regulus wore any old Death Eater mask and nothing else that could distinguish him from any other follower, and they couldnt trace anything back to him.
Regulus had been waiting for this particular group, when they apparated into the clearing where he was waiting, tucked away. They only had one poor kid with them, it seemed, which was good. The more prisoners, the more risky it was for Reg. He waited almost a half an hour before revealing himself as though he had naturally materialized out of thin air, mark pulled down tightly. “Only one? Slow night for you boys, I see,” Regulus said easily. “Hand her over, the Dark Lord wants to see her especially. Valuable, that one.”
One of the snatchers sneered at him. “Oh yeah? Why doesn’t he come get her himself?”
“The Dark Lord has many more pressing matters than to deal with you lot. Do you question his decisions?”
It looked like he may have more to say, but the snatcher snarled something unintelligible and motioned for his companions to hand the person in question over to Regulus. He nodded, grasping their arm and disapparating.
Reg did not apparate to the Dark Lord’s base. Instead he popped back into existence in his own campsite, in the woods of northern Ireland. He quickly released his new companion and simultaneously pulled out his wand, muttering “Lumos,” and stripping off his Death Eater mask. “Don’t freak out, you’re safe now.”
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