Love and Black Magic

Chapter eight: Words

For a moment they were silent, it was obvious that Calynn's appearance said more than she would have liked. They looked for some part of the tree that would cover them enough of the constant rain, after all, Lily and Calynn were already completely soaked. They found just a place where it was kept as dry as possible and they sat together to talk about it.

Lily and Severus just watched Calynn, waiting for her to say something, to explain to them what had really happened, but the silence was deafening, it was only invaded by Calynn's laments that remained with many tears on her face.

"What happened?" Asked the redhead with some nervousness in her voice. Her face only reflected how scared she was about her friend's appearance and everything she had managed to hear from outside that house.

"Just I..." she began, she didn't know very well what to say, she had mixed feelings and many revelations she still couldn't assimilate. "I never thought they were able to do that to me, to torture me!" She said loudly, tears brightened as Lily hugged her to keep her from crying more, but it was impossible. "I am their daughter; I am their girl; shouldn't they love me?" She whispered, she wasn't sure if that question was for her or her friends. At least Lily and Severus hadn't heard that last sentence.

"How did they torture you?" Severus questioned quite worried, but without avoiding a slight tone of curiosity.

The girl tried to calm down a little, took a breath and tried to lower that anxiety and worry that had filled her body. She began to explain what happened, from the moment she arrived at her home until she had met Lily. She had trouble assimilating the cause of many things and how her life had taken a complete turn in a couple of days.

"You mean the Cruciatus curse?" Asked Severus when Calynn mentioned that they had used the "Crucio" spell against her and all the pain it had caused her. Calynn wasn't sure what to answer, she wasn't sure if they were both the same, so she preferred to remain silent and just shrug. "It is one of the three Unforgivable Curses, it causes immense pain in the whole body, as if you were burning from the inside, it is used to torture..." the boy finished while Calynn nodded, she knew it was that curse.

"That's why you were so pale when you left your home!" The redhead said aloud, had connected the ideas when remembering the first impression of her friend when she could escape, she could not even walk well. She would never have imagined that a spell could cause so many consequences on some people.

"And how is it that the magical world allows any magician to torture another?" Asked little Black with some annoyance, it seemed illogical that a world with so many possibilities allowed the existence and use of such curses.

"It is illegal to occupy that spell," the boy answered confidently. "It is generally used by Death Eaters or people from the ministry to end the followers of the Dark Lord."

The gesture of both girls after what the boy had just said was a mixture between confusion and worry.

"What is a Death Eater?" both girls asked in unison.

"They are magicians who practice black magic. It is a group that follows the orders of the Dark Lord," said Severus. "They will kill all those who are not on their side or resist being."

"That means my parents are Death Eaters," said the girl. "Today my father mentioned something about black magic and how I should use my powers now that I am a witch," she commented in a lower, sad voice. "Not because they are capable of torturing me means that I must follow in their footsteps," she mentioned with great reproach, she wanted to know the reason why they couldn't understand that.

Lily didn't know what to say to her friend, she just watched Severus looking for the boy to say something.

"They're going to force you to join them," the boy said seriously.