Snakes Beyond The Dark

Chapter 1| Hogwarts... Why?

       "Anubis! Get up! The evil wicked witch of the manor is back home, and called an important family meeting.", Thalia's voice broke through my dream, spooking me in the process, and sadly making me fall out of bed with a groan.

      "Bloody hell!", I hissed as I stood up from the cold floor rubbing the back of my head as my two fellow triplets laughed at me.

      "Never thought with how tough you are, you would get scared so easily, and I have to say that was worth the sight just now brother.", Denzel snickered between laughs earning a slight glare from me.

        "Shut it Denzel, why were we summoned so early? Our torture doesn't start for at least two more hours.", I questioned while looking for my glasses and some training clothes, knowing not to dress decent yet this morning.

        "Well she went to see Father with Mattheo, so it must have something to do with him, but we don't know for sure. So hurry up, we can't keep her waiting.", Thalia answered earning a groan from me as I went to the bathroom to change quickly, before following the two down to where Bellatrix was.

          I was so sick of this dark and gloomy manor, but the term starts in just a couple days at Dumstrang, which helped me get through this torture. Once I looked presentable enough, I walked out, and signaled my siblings to lead the way to the vile woman. As we walked through the vast halls of Lestrange Manor, all you could see was dark artifacts, or the occasional portraits of their ansesters. There was no light to be seen in our home, well except for Thalia, who radiates light wherever she walked. Meanwhile Denzel was nothing but dark aura all around, and I was their perfect Yin and Yang in a way you could say. I could hear in the distant Bellatrix fighting with her husband over her son and our half brother Mattheo Riddle, who was both his parents pride. From what I could hear was Mattheo did something he was not supposed to, and Rodolphus caught him in the act, yet we all knew no punishment awaited him in the end.

           We slowly came up to the dining rooms giant ebony doors, and with a deep breath I knocked for permission to enter for the three of us. Denzel huffed behind me, while Thalia tapped her foot restlessly, and I stood there as still as I could trying to look full of pride. After a few moments of waiting, the door swung open slowly to reveal the Lestranges all sitting at one of the head sides of the table, and leaving three chairs close to the other side. With a nod to each of my siblings behind me, we sat down at the other end, me being at the other head of the table with both of them at my sides.

         "You have summoned us, and here no less. So what is it that you needed this early in the day?", I greeted the four at the other end, waiting for them to respond to my question.

        "The Dark Lord sent me with orders, and a mission for you three. You should be honored, he finally trust you enough to something this important, and I implore you not to fuck it up.", Bellatrix answered earning our attention, being intrigue on what he assigned us.

      "I thought we were only disappointments, and a disgrace to his name. But.. now he gives us a mission to fulfill for him.", Thalia replied bitterly making the four glare at us from the other side of the room.

         "Well you proved him wrong.", Rodolpus stated earning a glare from his wife while his brother along with Mattheo snickered at the man before them.

        "Like I was saying, this is a very important mission, and you must not fail it. You will be attending Hogwarts from now on, and you must gain the trust of the Potter boy, along with his friends. If you fail to become an alley to the boy, and a spy for the Dark Lord... you will be punished severely by him personally. Do we make ourselves clear?", Bellatrix explained further with such annoyance in her tone that it could not be hidden easily.

         "What about Dumtrang, because it will be our third year there this year?", Denzel asked with anger laced into his tone earning a slap to the back of the head from me to tell him to shut up.

         "Brother, calm yourself! When do we go for our supplies, and to the platform? And will Mattheo be transferring with us also? We need to know this information this time around, to prepare for our long mission ahead. After all, you said we mustn't fail father.", I asked calmly looking straight into her soulless dark brown eyes hidden behind some of her curls strayed into her face.

         "Your things for this year were already retrieved for you, and we will be taking the three of you, with Mattheo to the platform at 9 a.m. to not get caught in the crowd. We would rather not get caught with your three there, and please look presentable when we go.", Rabastan Replied bitterly making us nod in response, knowing full well what we had to do in the morning.

        After being excused by them, I led my siblings out of the room, and to our conjoined room to pack for our travels. I was shocked that we were finally going to Hogwarts, because we never thought we would step foot into its walls until much later in life. We packed our finest clothes that were for casual wear, along with our new supplies, and the usual hygiene items. After those were all packed, I packed my quidditch gear, my Violin that can shrink on command, and my beautiful sketching supplies.  With that all done, we prepared ourselves for the journey ahead knowing full well it would be a difficult one.