May 30, 1974
BELLATRIX: (coldly) Lucius. Enter.
LUCIUS, donning a tall black hood and a tick blindfold, enters a small and ill-lit room, guided by two Death Eaters. BELLATRIX stands at the center of the room, wearing an intense black dress. She gazes down at LUCIUS through her thick, heavily-lidded eyes.
BELLATRIX: Remove the blindfold.
LUCIUS removes his blindfold, and gazes around the room. Several masked Death Eaters stands around the walls, with BELLATRIX directly in front of him, standing by a chair that has been turned around so that its back was facing him.
BELLATRIX: Lucius Malfoy. Are you prepared to enter the ranks of the Dark Lord, to honor and serve him the rest of your days?
LUCIUS: I am.
BELLATRIX: Do you promise to fight for the Dark Lord to the best of your ability, through weather fair and foul?
LUCIUS: I do.
BELLATRIX: Do you vow to stand for the Dark Lord, no matter what, and to acknowledge his power, even in the face of imprisonment and death?
LUCIUS: (firmly) I do.
BELLATRIX: Offer your forearm.
LUCIUS removes the sleeve of his left forearm and holds it out in front of BELLATRIX. She removes her wand and rests the tip on his skin. She begins to speak an incantation, but suddenly a cold voice pierces the silence.
VOLDEMORT: Stop.
From the back-turned chair, VOLDEMORT arises and gazes at the scene in front of him. BELLATRIX bows her head and kneels before him.
BELLATRIX: My Lord.
VOLDEMORT: Stand, Bellatrix. Off to the side.
BELLATRIX humbly obeys her orders, retreating to the darkened side of the room.
VOLDEMORT: Lucius Malfoy. Are you ready to become a Death Eater?
LUCIUS stares directly into VOLDEMORT'S lifeless, red eyes for a moment. He takes a deep breath and raises his head.
LUCIUS: (firmly) I am.
VOLDEMORT presses the tip of his wand on LUCIUS'S arm.
VOLDEMORT: Morsmordre.
Immediately, the image of the skull-and-snake Mark is branded onto LUCIUS'S arm. VOLDEMORT releases his wand and LUCIUS gazes at the new Mark wondrously.
VOLDEMORT: You are now one of my most loyal followers. Serve me well, Lucius Malfoy.
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