Circe Riddle (Book 3)

Chapter 1

(Part 1)

TW: Daggers

(Circe's pov)

Mattheo and Theodore got the mark a week ago. Mattheo didn't show any sign that it hurt and insisted he was fine when really he wasn't. Theodore showed more emotion while getting it and he accepted my help as well as Thomas's. Theodore had been here all summer and we hung out a lot, but he still hung out with Mattheo and had time to himself.

My mind had been all over the place over the course of the summer, I had been getting more nightmares. I had to keep my emotions hidden more because of the mark and my father.

I leave for Hogwarts tomorrow, I'm going to miss seeing Thomas every day. He said he would try to check in as much as possible but there were no guarantees because father has him doing a lot of things.

I heard a knock on my door, I opened it to reveal Theodore standing there "Hello Theo" I greeted

"Hi Circe. I don't mean to interrupt but your father wanted me to give this to your brothers but I just passed by their room and they were shouting at each other. I thought you might want to know, and could you possibly give this to them?" He held out a letter

"Sure, I will go give it to them" I apparated to Thomas's door and heard someone screaming in pain.

I opened the door and saw a man who I didn't know tied to a chair. Thomas had his wand pointed at him and Mattheo was casually leaning against the wall with a dagger in his hand, Mattheo glanced at me as I came in. Thomas started shouting at the guy and I quietly sat there for a little bit until I couldn't take it anymore. "If you shout any louder, I'm not even going to be able to hear you because my eardrums will be too damaged. You're already giving me a headache"

Thomas turned and glared at me "What do you want" he muttered

"Oh, torture duty got you angry huh?"

"No, I just would rather be doing other things right now"

"Just asking, what exactly are you doing... here?"

"I'm babysitting him until father needs him, he was getting to be annoying" Thomas explained

"Your father wants to kil-" The guy started

I took out my dagger and it flew across the room until it was hovering in front of the guy's throat. "Shush" I put my finger up to quiet him "Theodore wanted me to give you guys this, it's from father" I held the letter out and Thomas grabbed it.

"Why didn't he just give it to us himself?" Mattheo asked, pushing off the wall and coming over to look at the letter.

"He heard you shouting" I shrugged "He probably didn't want to die" My dagger came back to me and I put it away "Anyway, see you around"

"Your all going to be dead" The man threatened

I turned to face him "Don't bet on it" I waved my hand and the chair fell over, making him fall over onto his face then I left.

The next morning I woke up and got ready for the day. I made sure everything was packed then I changed into a black long sleeved collared shirt, a blue and black pleated skirt, black tights, and black heeled boots. I left my hair down and did some basic makeup.

I headed downstairs and met Mattheo and Theodore then we apparated to the station and Mattheo took my bags. I found the cabin Theo and Enzo were in and I opened the door "Hello Enzo" I greeted

"Circe! Long time no see" He smiled. I stepped into the cabin and closed the door behind me. I sat down across from Enzo, Theo was next to me. "How was your summer?" He asked

"Oh, you know, same old, same old, stuck inside my house for the most part"

Beside me I could feel something was up with Theo, when Enzo left to check something I turned to Theo "You ok?, you seem off"

"It still burns" He glanced down at his left arm, where his mark was

"It's annoying, isn't it?"

"Yeah"

"It goes away after a couple weeks, just put a cold towel on it when you get up to your dorm or whenever"

A little while later the train started moving and Enzo was back but Mattheo still wasn't here. I told them I was going to go look for him then left. I walked to the open area where most of the Slytherins sat "What are you doing here Ravenclaw?" One of the boys rudely asked

I glared at him "Don't be mean to her, that's Thomas's and Mattheo's sister" One of the girls sitting next to him whispered. I looked around but didn't see Mattheo so I went to check the cabins and I found him sitting alone in one. I went in and closed the door and sat across from him. He shifted his eyes from the window to me.

"What's up?" I asked

"Nothing, why?"

"Your sitting alone"

"Yeah, I want to be alone" He got up and left the cabin

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