Queen of Slytherin

CHAPTER 5

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After Tom brought me to the dining room I noticed that four people were sitting at the dining table. Two were familiar and the other two were strangers but since one of them seemed to be around my age and shared Luci's platinum blonde hair, I guessed that this was THE "My Father will hear about this!" Draco Malfoy. I wondered if he was slightly different from the cannon Draco Malfoy. Shifting my attention to the next male, my eyes widened slightly. Dark curls, almond shaped eyes and aristocratic features.

He sat there, talking to Luci very quietly while Cissy took the napkin from the table and started dabbling Draco's mouth. He scowled at his mother but you could see that they already had a strong and tight bond between mother and son. It almost made me jealous and it would have had I nog have lived a previous life. Speaking of past lives and present lives, I refuse to become a shy and quiet girl like how Dumblewhore wanted me to become. I needed to start speaking up. Maybe not towards some people like Cissy and Luci, but I still need to bring back Tessa's communication skills.

Tom looked at me in question before I shook my head and smiled at him. "I'm just a little out of it from the ritual at Gringotts." I told him softly. He just jerked his head slightly and pulled me, again, towards the table. Narcissa was the first to notice us, give me a gentle smile and standing up. I decided that this was my cue to act cute and unlatched my hand from Tom's and ran towards her, hugging her waist. She let out a small laugh.

"Good morning, Auntie Cissy and Uncle Luci!" I said, grinning. A choking sound came from the handsome stranger. "Uncle Luci?" He chortled while Lucius scowled at him.

"Shut up, Black. Sometimes I wonder if your brother was truly the worst in the family." He said before wincing as his wife stomped on his foot. She made it elegant somehow. I made a note in my head to ask her to teach me how to act like a proper wizarding Heiress.

Black? This wasn't Sirius since he was still in Azkaban-I really need to focus on getting him out. This can't be Regulus since Regulus died while destroying a horcrux. Then again, Tom was here with me. Alive.

I remembered a wise saying that I read when I was Tessa. The story is told by the victor and the truth is told by a perception. Maybe, the truth was warped in the books? Lucius didn't seem like a biggoted miscreant and Tom wasn't nose-less. This made me think back to my soulmates' initials. T.M.R., L.B., F.G.P-W., G.F.P-W., S.O.B. and R.A.B.

R.A.B. in the books stood for Regulus Arcturus Black... Wait- the initials of R.A.B. seemed similar to the initials before him but it couldn't be. I mean, what kind of fucked up fate would put me in a relationship with two brothers? I forgot for a second. I have the Potter luck.

Narcissa snapped me out of my thoughts and confirmed my thoughts about the identity of the stranger when she spoke. "Draco? Reg? I don't think you've met our little Rose yet. She will be staying with us as long as she wishes," she said before she turned completely to Draco with a stern expression. "You will treat her with the utmost respect. I won't have you causing stress to her. She has been through a terrible ordeal." She seemed to think that I was fragile. I can't blame her since she found me with the evidence of the abuse the Dursleys did to me.

Regulus finally turned his head to face me and as soon as our eyes connected, his steel grey orbs widened in shock. Suddenly, a hand gripped mine and I turned towards Tom who was looking at me curiously. I moved my hand to show him the initials that were right beside his own. He quirked a brow as if to ask "really?" While I mouthed a "wait" before turning to Regulus who was staring at us with a confused expression.

"I have six soulmates and Tom is one of them." I said and the room went quiet. You could hear the birds cawing from how quiet it was.

"It is unheard of to have six. Morgana had three and she was known to be the most powerful witch of her time." Lucius stated.

"It was in the inheritance test." Narcissa backed me up. Thank you, Cissy! You're the best!

Lucius seemed to be contemplating something. "This must mean that your core was more powerful than Morgana's. Soulmates are there to keep us balanced when our magic goes out of control. The more magic you have," he trailed off.

"The more soulmates you have." Tom finished and I stared at him. He didn't seem particularly angry or happy about it which doesn't reassure me much. Tom was known for his silver tongue and indifferent mask.

"I guess this means that I will de-age soon." Regulus said and I swiveled my head to pay attention to what he was saying.

"What is de-aging and how does de-aging work?" I asked.

"De-aging is a process that happens when an adult meets their soulmate while their other half is still in the adolescent stage. This is to make sure that there isn't too much of an age difference or that one soulmate doesn't die too early before the other. I met you the first time when you were a baby and Dumbledore wanted me to kill you. The moment I saw you, something in me screamed at me to fight the imperious but in the end, I still failed. Luckily, the curse backfired and I became a wraith. The reason why you didn't have my name on your wrist before was because of the block the old goat placed on you before he brought me to you. Nope that the body is gone, we are both feeling the effects of the Soulbonds. Regulus Will probably fall asleep tonight and wake up as a 10 year old again, just like you." Tom said and I suddenly gave him a hug. He tensed slightly before slowly hugging me back just as tight. Being hugged by him made me feel safer than I've felt before. I didn't hate it at all. He didn't seem to want to let go of me either which made me feel better about being clingy.

Even as a Potterhead, I was in over my head with the situation but I knew these four things.

1. Dumbledore's not the good guy.
2. Tom cares about me enough to fight the imperius curse.
3. I can trust the Malfoys and everyone in this room.
4. I need to get Sirius out, stat.

(A. N. Thank you for reading this chapter, I hope you enjoyed it. You will notice, in the future, that Roselia is softer and acts like the original Roselia more when she's around people she cares about. She will grow as a character and you will see the two souls slowly fully merge with her bit by bit. Even though the two souls merged, they still need time to merge all that it isn't one soul that is more dominant than the other.)