Dragon's Promise

Chapter 38

EDITED

Albus' P.O.V

So she was calling herself Ilumina. Ironic seeing as it means 'illuminate' in Romanian. Yeah, I looked it up. It made sense she would use Romanian as her family was distantly from there. 

Scorpius had taken this whole situation extremely hard and I had decided it was time to go to bed. I took his hand and we started to head up to the room we had been given when we heard some of the girls come in, one of them was crying and the other two were doing their best to stay calm. I turned back and went to see what was going on.

"Hey... can you tell me what happened?" I asked the girls that weren't crying and they nodded slowly. One girl took a deep breath and spoke. "It's that- that Horned Serpent boy... Daniel? Yeah, he's- um... he's been killed." Scorpius' eyes widened and I gripped his hand tighter. 

"Merlin's beard. Okay. C'mon Scorp, we've got to talk to headmaster Longbottom." I said, tugging him along with me out of the common room and down towards the hall where the teachers were having a meeting. We ran into the hall, slamming the doors behind us.

"Mr. Potter, Mr. Wood, what can we do for you?" Headmaster Longbottom asked politely. "Uh- sorry to interrupt sir but we know who killed Daniel." All eyes were  on me now as I said this. 

"Well? Who was it?" 

"Delaney Hart. But she's calling herself Ilumina. She's a death eater and has complete control over the dementors. I would also like to bring another fact to your attention. She is extremely powerful and is beyond using her wand for magic, although when she did use it, sparks flew everywhere as the wand could sense her condition." 

Gasps filled the room and all of the teachers stood. "We will alert the congress and the ministries to be on the look out for her and warn them of her power." Headmaster Longbottom said and the teachers left to make certain that nobody was out after curfew. 

We were escorted back to the common room where we sat on the couch. 

"Albus?"

"What is it Scorp?" 

"I'm scared."

"She won't hurt you. I promise."

"Please don't make promises that you can't keep."

Ilumina's P.O.V

Ugh. I need to come up with a better symbol than the skull snake thingy. BORING. I mean seriously, of all the things you could have used you use a skull with a snake coming out of it? Plus, I looked like a bloody auror with my coat. I needed something to distance myself. I had already captured my new ride. An umbra inferni. To translate: A hell shadow. It was perfect. It was like a thestral. Black, bony and could turn invisible but it had a tail and could melt into the shadows. It was faster than anything this earth has ever seen and has white eyes with no pupil or iris. Long fangs jut out from its mouth and sharp teeth complete it. Spines push out from it's shoulder blades and neck. It's beautiful.

Her name is Caligo. 

I stroll out of my mansion and onto the grounds. Well, more like a palace but you get the idea. It had towering obsidian turrets gilded in silver and surrounding my new home was a dense ever-changing forest and tall mountains. A little bit of where I grew up. A roaring river flowed past the entrance, fed by a waterfall that fell from one of my towers. The water was mixed with mercury. A single mouthful and you would surely die. I realized that I should probably think up a new name for my followers I found that 'Death Eaters' was too classic. Unlike what people most likely thought, I wasn't planning on bringing Voldemort back to life. Again, BORING. I want to make a splash. 

I also wasn't about to get my hands dirty. I was going to be a symbol and fight to get a reaction or to give them a scare. I was a leader not a foot soldier. 

I continued to walk through the grounds until I reached the edge of the forest. I whistled and Caligo stepped from the shadows. I had recently discovered that umbra inferni could travel through darkness with relatively no effort. Perfect! Sometimes all you need is a little inspiration. My soldiers will be known as the Mortem Angeli. I just adore these little Latin names! They sound so dark and ominous. Now the tattoos will have to change... yup. Got it. A skeletal woman with wings and a spear. Of course it will be black. When I call them she will hold her spear over her head and spread her wings. I am a true genius. I press my wand to my dark mark and summon my followers.

"Queen Ilumina, you called for us?" One of the many asked. I nodded. 

"I have come to a decision. You will not be known as death eaters but as Mortem Angeli. Death Angels to translate for those of you too daft to do it yourselves. One by one I will call you up and change your tattoos. They are no longer dark marks they are an angel brand. Come on now, don't be shy!" I grinned evily and watched them flinch as I brought my wand out. This was not something I could use wandless magic for. One by one I changed their marks. Skull to skeleton, snake to spear. When I was finished I addressed them again.

"Wear these with pride! If I call you to me the woman on your tattoo will raise her spear over her head and spread her wings. The first couple of times it will hurt like hell as a side affect but other than that... enjoy yourselves! I expect at least ten new followers by the end of the week. You are dismissed." They let out a shout of 'Long live the queen' and vanished into the shadows. Another new thing. The smoke was to easy to spot. It would be so much more cool to just appear out of nowhere. I waltzed back inside only to be faced by an old friend. 

"Bella! How nice of you to join me! How are things with my favourite Lestrange?" 

That's right bitches! Bella's back! Not gonna lie, GREAT character, especially how Helena Bonham Carter portrayed her. One of my favourites. Sorry there hasn't been to much Scorbus lately but I need to have some dark magic in here and well, I couldn't make one of them go dark, I don't want to ruin my image of my smol cinnamon roll sons! Please recommend this book to your friend and followers and comment what you think! Also HAPPY MISHAPOCALYPSE!!! And happy birthday to Fred and George my favourite smol twins and Happy Birthday to the one and only JIM MORIARTY!!! The most bestest thing evr and literally my spirit animal! Am I right?! Of course I am.

~Orchestral Beats

UPDATE: I made a picture of Caligo for you guys! It's based off of some stuff from the internet: