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The Importance of Names
Everyone has their secrets, I hide my darkest one well. I doubt even Lucius knows it despite our closeness. To put it simply I'm scared that my personality is flawed, inherently so. We purebloods put great stock in names, my family, the Blacks more so than some of the others. My siblings, my cousins, my ancestors, every single one of them were named after a star or constellation, not so I. We use a spell to determine the name of a newborn child. Narcissa. After Narcissus, the man who was unable to love another, unable to see any flaw in himself, he died young as a result.
When I was younger, I passed it off whilst harbouring a secret jealousy for my sisters. With Sirius having turned out to be dog animagus and my husband a Death Eater, sometimes I feel like my life is slipping away and eventually I will die the young, pointless death of my namesake. Other times I wonder if I am truly incapable of caring for anyone but myself, then I think of Lucius or Draco. The Dark Lord will get my family killed someday, if it is someday soon, then, perhaps, dying young won't be so bad. I don't know how I could live without them still the idea of dying scares me. I've been scared by my name for years now, and until I die, I think I always will be.