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prelude. (a tale as old as time )
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To whom it may concern,
As my death looms closer and the inevitable cease to my life is more prominent, I fear it is time to reveal my darkest secret. I am a woman who has lived many lives in one, I have watched wars succeed and crumble, Dark Lords rise and fall and, yet, this is something that terrifies me the most. The discovery of my daughter.
Vega Narcissa Black. Born March fifteenth, 1980, under the gleaming, full moon. A beautiful girl with stars shooting through her veins and the legacy of Black blood filling her body, she is the start of the House of Black's rise to power once more.
Do not fail her. Vega has power that I have not foreseen in my lifetime before. Not even as I stood before the Dark Lord and pledged my allegiance, Vega is a girl that he is no match to. I am frightened for her. Because, in my own, twisted way, I love her. And I won't be there to protect her when she faces the wrath of what I have bestowed upon her. Being a Black isn't for the faint hearted, and as wicked as Vega may grow to be, I know in my rotting heart that she is not like me. She is a girl that is crafted from otherness and it concerns me as to what she could grow to be.
Sirius, Regulus, if you fall upon this, know that Vega came to be under your actions. I would not have birthed this girl if I had succeeded with the two of you. But, time and time again, you disappointed me. But if Vega comes to be in your grasp after my death, do not fail her like you did with me. Like I did with you. Let her shine. Allow her to rise to greatness. She is not a weak, feeble minded child that will succumb to manipulation. She is bright. With or without your help, I can foresee the future - Vega will arise in your clutches or not. Be on her side, not opposed to her.
My boys . . . I did love you once. But my maternal love did not outshine my desire for you to become what I yearned for you to be. And when you let me down, it fizzled away. Yet, as I take my final breaths, I only feel adoration for my daughter. Don't ruin what last memory I have of her. Love her like I do. Love her like I once used to love you.
Yours truly, Walburga Black.
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author's note, walburga black what a complex character u are i like to believe she DID have love for sirius and regulus (dare i say sirius was her favourite🫣) but she held conditional love for them. i feel like its totally in walburga's character to have another baby in replace of sirius and regulus, just like she made regulus the heir rather than sirius after he was disowned instead making up more male characters can we PLEASE focus on the women?? (lily evans, narcissa black, bellatrix black, alice longbottom - im looking at you)
