Welcome to one of my ONC projects for 2024.

What fandom am I writing for?

Harry Potter

What prompt am I using?

I am using prompt one, "Sometimes words speak louder than actions."

How am I using this prompt?

I am using this prompt in multiple ways.
- Regulus doesn't often speak prior to The Hobgoblins forming, but when he does his words are louder than actions.
- Whereas Regulus' words sometimes speak louder than actions, his older brother Sirius' actions in contrast often speak louder than words and not in a good way.
- Regulus is given the advice from others that, "Sometimes words speak louder than actions," but because of his older brother he has a hard time believing this.
- Regulus learns to apply this advice through song writing.
-  Regulus' cousin-by-marriage (a Prewett) points out that Sirius doesn't want to listen because Regulus' words when he does use them speak louder than Sirius' actions.
- Positive use of words is contrasted against negative use of action.

Word Count

- Chapter 1 ~ 1,359
- Chapter 2 ~ 3,032  - The 2k milestone is somewhere in the first third to first half of the second chapter.
- Chapter 3 ~ 5,173
- Chapter 4 ~ 6,927
-- Chapter 5 ~ 8,424 - The 8k milestone is somewhere two-thirds of the way into chapter five. Also, I will be rewriting and replacing chapter four and five as I need to finish for the 8k milestone, so there may be before round 2 qualifers announce a few replacement chapter that will become the new chapter four and five once those rounds are announced, but it's being rewritten as I forgot some important plot elements.
- New Chapter 4 ~ 8,400
- New Chapter 5 ~ 8,726 (old chapters moved to being bonus content at the end)
- Chapter 6 ~ 10,456
- Chapter 7 ~ 11,797
- Chapter 8 ~ 13,623
- Chapter 9 ~ 15,308
- Chapter 10 ~ 17,061
- Chapter 11 ~ 19,140
- Chapter 12 ~ 20,977
- Chapter 13 ~ 23,083 FIN!