You are at the annual Black Ball - a ball organised by Regulus's family, where they invite all the refined pureblood witches and wizards. You sneak out of the huge, lavishly decorated and very crowded ballroom onto the balcony only to discover a man standing by the ballustrade, plunged deep in reverie and staring blankly into the dark velvety and starry night sky. The man is none other than Regulus, the second son of Orion and Valborga.