eloquence | sirius black ✓

ACT TWO

       The three moved forward. Rodolphus maintained an unreadable expression on his face, and so did Dolohov. Bellatrix looked like she was more than glad to join the Death Eaters.

       "Black, Bellatrix." Tom called out.

       The black-haired Slytherin stepped forward eagerly, happiness seen through her brown eyes. It practically radiated from it. It wasn't happiness - it was satisfaction, a different emotion.

       The Dark Lord steppped forward, pointing his wand at Bellatrix's bare left arm. He let out a nreath and muttered a single word.

       "Morsmorde," he pointed as the Dark Mark formed on Bellatrix's left arm.

       Bellatrix watched gleefully - flinching every so often as the Dark Mark burned on her left arm, slowly marking it to a pitch black color, like her namesake. It faded to a lighter shade of Black as the spell ended.

       Antonin Dolohov was the next to be marked by the Dark Mark on his left arm.

       The same ceremony took place; the Dark Lord had noticed that Dolohov almost screamed when he burned the Dark Mark on his left arm, which resulted in Dolohov being hit by the Cruciatus Curse once, his screams echoing through the handsome and regal manor. Rodolphus Lestrange was the last one to be marked. Brother to Rabastan Lestrange - who was already marked by the Dark Lord himself.

       The Lestrange didn't flinch nor scream at the ceremony - which Cynosure Allister admired.

       When Jaime was marked, he didn't flinch or scream. I wasn't marked at all - pitied by the Dark Lord, thought Cynosure to herself, shuddering of the thought of her spouse when he was marked. The Dark Lord took interest in Diana. Poor Diana - with that curse of hers. Persuasive speaking and visions... dangerous visions that got clearer every night. And when Jaime gets marked in the future - and - Cynosure was quickly interrupted from her train of thoughts by the Dark Lord's speech.

       " - the Allister girl and the youngest Black will be recruited next year. Sixth years will be accepted next year," said the Dark Lord.

       Cynosure was scowling in the inside. The youngest Black being a Death Eater earlier than the others. He had been looking forward to it, after all. Regulus Arcturus Black was obsessed with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

       After the meeting ended, Cynosure Rosier-Allister was the first to get up, instantly headed to her private chambers.

       As soon as she arrived at her private chambers, a sky-blue envelope laid untouched on the mahogany table. It was from Diana - who was staying with the Potters.

       Cynosure opened the letter and read it silently.

Mother,

I'm not going to be staying for long. Right now I'm with the Potters and they're good to me, I guess. Good enough. This letter is longer than I intent it to be, though. I will go back home soon. Dont't worry, I don't have nightmares. The Potters are quite boring, though. This is getting worse than I imagined it would be. Bring me my owl. Also, I got more than everyone at my class at Potions, I hope that I made you proud. Results were good, I'm tied with Lily Evans for top of the grade, but it's alright, since I'm the top in Slytherin.

Love, Diana

       Some words were written with thicker and darker ink than others Cynosure quickly encrypted the odd message.

       It said: 'I'm going to be staying with the Potters longer than I intent to. Nightmares getting worse. Bring me more potions', which caused Cynosure to quickly panic. Cynosure grabbed some Potion bottles from her trunk and shoved it in a leather satchel. She tied the satchel to the family owl and whispered 'the Potters' as the owl flew off into the night sky - dotted with stars. She hoped that Diana would be fine with the Potters. She trusted Fleamont and Euphemia to treat her like their own. Cynosure took a deep breath and quickly changed into her nightwear, a light pink nightgown. After she did so, she laid down on her silky bed horizontally, staring at the ceiling; which had constellations on it, specifically requested for herself.

       She recognized most of them. Sirius, Regulus, Orion; the Hunter, Andromeda, Cassiopea, Scorpio, Capricorn... she practically knew them all. The Rosiers named some of their children by using constellations.

       Cynosure's name meant 'dog's tail'.

       And with that, Cynosure Rosier-Allister closed her eyes shut, drifting off into a sleep...

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this chapter is shorter than the others but it's a little filler, and ofc it was made so that you could see a bit of cynosure's point of view, and that scene where diana sent her mom that letter.

anyways i hope you enjoyed the double update, i might update again later on lmao

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