Death Eaters

Tom Riddle

I apparated back to Hogsmeade and walked up to the castle. A little frustration coursing through me from Violet not letting me just come with her, to keep her safe.

When I got to the common room, I saw Cassie and Abraxas sitting on the couch. Abraxas's head was laid in between her legs while she twirled his hair in between one of her fingers - a book in the other hand. Abraxas was fast asleep against her thighs, lips slightly parted as his breathing was heavy.

I stalk toward the two. Looking them up and down, Cassie refused to look up from her book and continued to twirl the icy blonde hair between her fingers. "Get up" I demand calmly, gently shaking Abraxas to wake him up. He groans, refusing to open his eyes as he grips onto Cassie's thigh with his pale hands.

"Tom, what?" Cassie questions as Brax starts sitting up, groaning and rubbing his eyes with his balled up fists, giving me a look of annoyance. Cassie unwraps her legs from around his torso and sits up straighter, setting her book down on the table in front of the fire place.

Her blonde hair was up in a messily tied bun with her wand holding it into place. Her mascara was slightly smeared under eyes and her lipstick was a little smudged as well, as if before her and Abraxas had been aggressively making out.

"I need to go to the manor" I say immediately as I press my lips into a tight line, both looking at me like I am insane. "Now Abraxas." I demand.

"The fuck are you on about Riddle?" Abraxas chirps as he begins to stand up, shoving his pale ringed hands into his pants suit and straighten out his sweater vest that was on over his white dress shirt. His tie missing, his long white blonde locks slightly a mess. Still looking like he had awoken from the dead.

"We need to talk to Cygnus and Druella, I will let you know why when we get there." I demand, beginning to walk up toward the boys dorms to get my stuff.

Cassie grips my wrist before I can walk any further. "Tom, we cant just leave Hogwarts..." She says with a questioning tone as she loosens her grip from around my wrist. I immediately pull it away from her and shove it into my pocket.

I had decided to just forget my things, it wasn't like I would need them anyway. Malfoy had plenty of clothes I could borrow surely.

"Uh - yeah we can all we have to do is walk out of the doors and down to Hogsmeade. Outside the apparation barriers." I say with a blank tone to my voice, looking Cassie up and down trying to see whether she thinks I'm insane or not.

She looks back and forth between Abraxas and I, trying to find any twinge of sanity in my tone as I quirk my brow at her and stand still, waiting for an answer from her or Abraxas.

Abraxas looks like he is still half asleep, barely registering what was going on around him. 

I wait a few more second before getting bored and rolling my eyes at the two. "Alright well... I'm going so -" I begin as I start to turn toward the common room entry. I start to walk away, ignoring the two blondes standing behind me speechless, no doubt trying to figure out what the sudden need to go to the manor was for.

As I begin to step out of the portrait hole I hear Cassie whine and abruptly grip Abraxas and dragging him with her, coming towards me. I stop and turn as I see the two standing in front of me. Cassie looking annoyed and Abraxas looking like he had no idea what was going on.

I quirk my brow and smirk at them, "Finally come to your senses have you?" 

Cassie huffs and rolls her eyes as we begin to each crawl out of the portrait and make our way through the dungeons and into the corridors before getting to the main hall and silently exited through the large wooden doors.

We made our way down to the carriages, each pulled by dark skeletal looking horses. I assumed they couldn't see them considering they showed no sign of surprise. I wondered if I was the only one who could see them. Or what they even were, if they were even horses at all.

We each hopped into a carriage, staying silent as it led us down to Hogsmeade village. 

We walked through the village until coming to the edge of the apparation wards and stepping over the barrier. Cassie gripped onto her boyfriends hand and they immediately disapparated. I soon after them.

We all landed in the Malfoy Manor yard, the huge dark mansion looming over the three of us as we walked up the cobblestone path that led to the front steps of the large familiar looking manor.

"Is your mum here Malfoy?" I ask subtly as I begin to raise my hand to the door to knock but realizing it was his own bloody house and I could just walk in. I twisted the nob and found it to be surprisingly already unlocked as I opened the door and stepped onto the marble floors. My shoes making clicking sounds as I walked down the foyer.

"Dont think so - but sure let yourself in why dont you Riddle." Abraxas croons as he follows behind me into his house.

Cassie was still clinging to Abraxas arm as they followed me into the living space to find Druella slumped on the couch, belly unusually large and a baby resting on her chest as her chest rose and fell the baby did as well. One of her arms was gently wrapped around the baby's back and the other was hanging off the couch, interlaced with Cygnus's

Cygnus was in the chair next to the couch his fingers gently interlaced with Druellas as they slept. His head was leaning against the back of the chair and his lips slightly parted until he heard our footsteps nearing them.

He shook awake, trying desperately not to wake the baby or Druella. He looked at the three of us with surprise as he began to stand, still trying to stay quiet.

"What the hell are you guys doing here? did something happen? Is my sister okay?" He whispered as he walked up to the three of us. 

"Violet is fine Cygnus - we - I - came here to talk to you guys - do you think you have time - could you wake Druella? Or should we just tell her later?" I ask, looking at the couch at Druellas sleeping body and then back to Cassie, Abraxas, and Cygnus.

"Come." Cygnus demands, leading us down the hall into an empty guest bedroom on the first floor, close to the kitchen.

The walls were painted a deep shade of dark navy blue, with a huge what looked like a family tree drawn or painted onto the right wall. A long line of Malfoy men's names were engraved onto the tree, including Abraxas at the very bottom. It had seemed the Malfoy's had always had always had boys, to carry on the Malfoy legacy.

Cygnus cleared his throat, "What's going on Riddle?" He asked st3ernly, adjusting his shirt that was tucked messily into his trousers and messing with his already messed up hair as he put his weight on his left foot and stared at me.

"I need your guys help with something." I start. "I need you guys to trust me - I will get you guys to trust me.."

"Mate - what are you on about?" Abraxas speaks finally, Cassie no longer holding onto his arm as he admires the wall where his named was engraved.

I shift my weight onto my other foot as I try to figure out how to tell them. "Cygnus - you know the mark I put on Violet. So we could find each other?" I ask as I begin slowly walking across the room towards him.

"yeah what about it?" He asks, curiousness etched in his tone. I had his full attention. Good.

"I want you all to have it." I say sternly, looking at the two boys and then at Cassie who's eyes were now wide with curiosity. I wasn't sure if she knew about the mark.

"What?" Cassie says, her jaw slightly agape as she kept looking back and forth between Cygnus and I. Looking for any sign of recognition of something Violet may have told her before she left about any mark or something I had given her. 

It was clear Violet had not told her or Abraxas.

"Brax? Do you know what hes talking about? What mark?"  She asked, a slight annoying tone to her voice.

"No babe" He said tiredly as he turned to face Cygnus and I, taking Cassie into his arms.

"Tom gave my sister some dumb tattoo that is supposed to keep them connected i'm just not sure why you would need us to have it too..." Cygnus says as he turned to face the two blonde Slytherins.

I cleared my throat and looked at them, "I need you guys to help me find your father Cygnus.. and I want to make sure that if we get split up we will be able to find each other." I say, trying to sound as casual as possible.

"My father? No - you aren't actually - going to try -" He began

"Cygnus I need to know if you guys are in..." I say starting to get impatient.

I wanted to kill him before he got to Violet and all we were doing was wasting time right now.

"I cant - Violet made me promise to stay with Druella. I am not going to leave her and my daughters." He says sternly, fiddling with the hem of his shirt. His gaze was hard and cold as if he believed he could over power me in this situation.

I was going to stop at nothing until Pollux Black was dead before he could hurt my Violet. Anyone who got in the way was just an unfortunate mistake, I wouldnt stop until I found him and kept her safe.

Even if that meant Imperiusing the three into doing what I need them to do, surely Violet would forgive me once she is safe. Right?

"Cygnus -"

"Riddle - I am not leaving her." He demanded, his face now turn a deep shade of red and he seemed as if he wanted to kill me right there. He knew he couldnt though.

"I will help you Riddle - me and Cass. We - we can help you." Abraxas says as he drops his gaze from the wall that he had been staring at for nearly 15 minuets while we had been talking. 

"Malfoy.." Cygnus started but Abraxas suddenly lifted his hand as if to silence him as he walked toward me.

"I will help you. Cass? you too?" He says with a calm tone, motion for Cassie to come with him toward me.

I smile devishly as I see her walking towards me.

"I suppose..." She says softly, avoiding my ice cold gaze as I stared at her small frame. She seemed to cower behind Abraxas as I stalked closer and took my wand from my back pocket.

"You have got to be kidding me-" Cygnus whines with a roll of his eyes. "Bloody hell - fine.. fine I will help - but Druella comes with us. I will keep her safe with me." 

"Brilliant!" I say with a wide smile on my face.

A little time passes as the three begin to grip the newly embedded mark on their left forearms. My own beginning to tingle under my shirt sleeve as they touched it.

I had started an allegiance. I decided to call them my death eaters.