Circe Riddle (Book 3)

Chapter 8

TW: Daggers, blood, fighting

I went about my day as usual. I went to breakfast, then the library, then lunch, then I hung out with Theo on the Astronomy tower till it was dinner time. I didn't eat that much at dinner and I left for my dorm early.

I took a shower then did some homework for a bit. I grabbed one of the books off the shelf in my room and read for a bit on my bed. I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I knew, Thomas was waking me up. "We're leaving in 10 minutes" He informed me then left.

I got out of bed and changed, then grabbed my wand and dagger, packed an extra pair of clothes and a book, then met the boys in Mattheo's dorm.

Mattheo looked the most tired out of us all, he was still getting ready so I laid down on my bed while I waited for him. He was ready a couple minutes later. "So what's the task?" Mattheo asked

"There's a couple things" He explained everything that father wanted us to do. It was basically a task that two of us could do, find someone and get information from them. I didn't know why father wanted all four of us to do it, but he did.

We apparated to a small town, I didn't recognize it. It was still very early in the morning so the sky was dark and there were barely any people walking about. Thomas decided to split into two groups, he would be with Theo and then I would be with Mattheo. We started walking in opposite directions and I didn't really know what to do but Mattheo had an idea on where to find them so I just followed him. We talked while we were walking until we arrived at a small shop. "I have been here before, they should be able to help us out"

We went in and the room was filled with things that looked like they were spelled with dark magic. There was a guy at the desk that looked up at Mattheo as we entered. Someone grabbed me from behind and I turned around and held my dagger to their neck "Don't touch me" They backed away and I put my dagger away and turned back around to Mattheo, he was talking with the guy at the front desk. I went to stand next to him, he glanced sideways at me.

"And who might this be?" The guy asked

"My sister" Mattheo replied. I looked around the room more as Mattheo told him what we needed. Five minutes later he had some information about the person we were looking for, we left and Mattheo told Thomas what he found through the link.

We looked for him for the rest of the day then we went somewhere for the night. In the morning we continued looking for them and we found them in the afternoon. Thomas told me and Theo that we could go back to the school. I was getting a headache and wasn't feeling the best so I was fine with that.

Theo and I arrived just as lunch ended but I didn't want to go to classes so instead I went back to my dorm.

A couple weeks passed and it was soon going to be Halloween, the Slytherins were going to have a party on Halloween like the previous year. I decided to go to Hogsmeade and do some shopping. I ended up getting some clothing and jewelry then I picked up some sweets and headed back to Hogwarts.

I put my stuff in my room and then went for a walk around Hogwarts. Right as I turned the corner a hand covered my mouth and pulled me into the closest room. Without thinking I pushed them to the wall and pulled out my dagger. It took me a second to realize it was Enzo. I let him go and put my dagger away "Why did you do that?" I asked him

"I'm sorry, I need to ask you a question"

"You could've just asked me"

"Yeah, that's the thing, I couldn't of just asked in the middle of the hallway and I didn't want you to get suspicious"

"Oh, I'm still suspicious" Behind me I heard the door lock and I raised my eyebrows "So what do you want to ask me?"

"Did you lie to me?" He started

"Lie about what?"

"You becoming a Death Eater. You said you get the mark the summer going into your 5th year and yet I have reasons to believe you already got the mark"

"Oh, so this is what this is about"

"Yeah, now tell me, are you a Death Eater, did you lie to me?"

"Yes, no"

"What do you mean?" He tilted his head slightly

"I'm a Death Eater but I didn't lie to you"

"Explain?"

I rolled my eyes "My father thought I was ready, so he gave me the mark early"

"How long have you had it?"

"Since Easter break"

"And why didn't you tell me?"

"My father didn't want anyone to know, so you shouldn't tell anyone"

"Why are you even telling me then?"

"Because you asked and your a friend, you deserve to know but I wasn't going to tell you unless you asked"

"Why not?"

"Because Enzo, I didn't ask for this, so I try to ignore it as much as possible"

I unlocked the door and left. I continued my walk around the castle until I heard some people shouting. I walked until the courtyard was in view and I could see a Slytherin fighting a Gryffindor, I didn't know either of them. I watched from afar as the Gryffindor won, then looked up and caught my gaze "Hey, your Circe Riddle, right?" He shouted across the courtyard to me.

"So what if I am?"

"Your brother once put me in the hospital wing for three days"

"Ok...."

"And now that your brothers aren't around to protect you, I'm going to do the same to you"

He started walking towards me. Once he was in front of me I sat there. He tried to punch me but I sent him flying across the courtyard. I turned to leave but he called after me "You rely on your powers too much"

I walked up to him and he stared at me, practically daring me to punch him, so I did. He fell to the ground with a bloody nose. Then I turned around and walked away. As I was passing through the doorway Theo grabbed my wrist "What was that?" He asked

"He asked for it, plus I needed to get my anger out" I stared at him blankly

"You're becoming your brother," He murmured.

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