Curiosity Before Humanity
{Trigger Warning, Violence up ahead!}
I slowly got up from the bloodstained metal table, white hair shading my blood-red eyes as I twisted my wrists, allowing the long needed Blood to flows back to my pale hands, not making them any less pale. I Raised my eyes to the Death Eaters before me, a few platinum strands Falling in front of my face. They grinned down at me coldly, smiles splitting their faces, the female spoke up, looking down with me as if she were a proud mother.
"Kassian, my dear child, how are you feeling?", she questioned, tilting my delict chin up as she stared into my dull red eyes.
"Fine", Responded, face impassive as I looked at them with mild curiosity, why had they let me up?
"Good, good, tell me. What are humans to you?", She inquired, still holding up my bloodied face.
"Humans? Humans are nothing but tools, toys for me to play with! I miss having toys" I answered, a faint glow of impure excitement blossoming in my small chest.
"Yes, very Good Kassian, And what are other wizards?", she put down the whip, red with my blood, down she had been using it as a punishment for saying mommy and daddy weren't toys, saying they had cared, and would save me.
"Other wizards outside Death Eaters are bad, they want to take me away, and make me into a mindless robot", I scowled, but then, grinned wickedly, "so I can play with them too! Make them Obey me, like you did to me!", a close-eyed smile formed on my face, matted, bloody hair waving stiffly around as I Jumped up and down, innocent yet terrifying. Just thinking of their screams of pain and terror as their eyes become submissive made him giddy with excitement.
"Yes, very Good Kassian! Now, what are Death Eaters?", She questioned, her voice dripping with sickeningly sweet pleasure.
"Death Eaters are loyal wizards who serve the Mighty Dark Lord Voldemort!" , I gleefully clapped my hands as Bellatrix rubbed my locks with one scarlet stained hand.
"Yes, that's exactly right!", she clasped her hands together with twisted pride. "And what are you?", Bellatrix said, face showing this was the last question.
"Me?", I mused for a bit at the question, the other Death Eaters told me, I was to Help Lord Voldemort get stronger, I even had a title. A smile crept onto my face as I came up with the answer. I looked up at Mistress Bellatrix, "I am the Dark Lord's backup Vassal, and my name is Horror!"
Miss Bellatrix tilted her head at the last part, then smiled haughtily, "Yes, you are His Horror, The Dark Lord's Secondary Vessel. Now Here's your reward for being a good little boy for mommy.", she pulled out a sucker, handing it to me, I took it happily, but not too disrespectfully, and plopped it in my mouth. Miss Bellatrix and Mister Amaycus looked at me. I tilted my head, as a thought struck me.
"Miss Bellatrix? can I Ask you Something?", I looked at her, curiosity alight in my eyes.
"Of Course you can my Dear Kassian", She gave me a sickeningly sweet smile.
"You're a wizard Right?", She nodded her head, and looked at me inquisitively, "So, you can be my toy too!", I smiled with childish delight, as they stared at me in shock and terror as I quickly grabbed one of the knives, a dark aura surrounding my small form and a wicked grin split my childish face. They shrank back in fear, screaming, and dashed off teleporting away. How sad, I guess I'll just have to play with the other Death Eaters. I Skipped down the hall, humming an incoherent nursery rhyme as Death Eaters came rushing to me after hearing the screams of my Masters.
-3rd Person POV-Dumbledore is Currently in a meeting with the wizarding police-
A man wearing wizarding robs sat at a table with four other wizards. Three of them were standing stiffly beside the table, and one was sitting across from the bearded wizard with an investigation file.
"Albus", she nodded her head in recognition, which he returned politely. She continued, "I'm glad you accepted my request, this is very important. we received information about a Death Eater hideout, the informant wishes to remain anonymous, but he reported seeing suspicious peoples walking in and out of an old castle ruin out in the woods. He also reported hearing a child's screams for many days, but they stopped just recently", she continued as Albus Dumbledore grew more interested, "I sent a detective to spy on them, here's the file report."
She handed him the thin file to the esteemed headmaster. He flipped through the small amount of pages, eyes growing wide on one page.
-Missing Person's Report-
Name: Kassian Aubernthorn
Gender: male
Age Of Disappearance: 5 yrs
Description: Albino, white hair and deep red eyes, Womanly build with pale skin tone.
Status: Pureblood, Noble
Competence For Magic: High Potential
godfather/mother: U/A
Last Seen: In a Restaurant in England With his Family.
Parents: Aura Aubernthorn {-Age; 23 yrs-}~{-Mother-}~{-Deceased-}
Kannon Aubernthorn {-Age; 25 yrs-}~{-Father-}~{-Deceased-}
Siblings: Kira Aubernthorn {-Age; 10 yrs-}~{-Sister-}~{-Missing-}
Information From the Crime Scene:
The Aubernthorn family residence was found disturbed as if there had been a break-in. Aura Aubernthorn was found dead in her bed, Kannon Aubernthorn was found in the dining room, he looked as if he had been in a fight, there were three burn wounds and one stab wound in his chest, it looked as if he had been electrified. One body was unidentified, it had the Death Eater mark on it's wrist and was assumed on of the intruders.
Kira Aubernthorn was also found dead in what we assumed was her Brother, Kassian Aubernthorn's bedroom. There were signs of a struggle seen on his bed. We have come to the conclusion that the Aubernthorn residence was broken into by death eaters. The entire family was killed, along with some extended family, but, for reasons unknown, Kassian Aubernthorn was Kidnapped.
Assigned Investigator: Arron Thane
Case Status: Open
"You Say this is the Son of Aura and Kannon Aubernthorn? Two of the most prominent and powerful nobles in the Wizarding Society?", he said, shocked. The woman nodded in confirmation, "And he's been captured by Death Eaters for three years?", he shook his head in disbelief as she again, nodded solemnly, "this is bad Maria, very bad. So you're asking me to help you in retrieval of this young boy? he may have gone to their side by now", he warned cautiously.
"Yes, me and my squad are powerful, but you have more experience with these Death Eaters. Also, the head of the Ministry Police Force has decided he be protected by you and go to your school as you have with Harry Potter", she looked at him, worry clouding her grey eyes, "If he has been tainted by the Death Eater's, then you the most likely to drag him out of it. He is still just an impressionable kid, there is hope. If he continues showing signs of being loyal to He Who Must Not Be Named, then we have no other choice but to send him to Azkaban."
Dumbledore nodded gravely. The thought of sending a child to Azkaban because of the Death Eater's influence disgusted him, but the Ministry has to follow the punishments for Death Eater's, no matter the age, "I will take this poor child under my wing captain Maria", she nodded, and everyone filed out of the headmaster's office, as Maria called over her shoulder, "then get ready, we're leaving in an hour."
-Kassian's POV-
I ran through the castle, Mutilating any Death Eater in my way. Mistress Bellatrix and Master Amaycus had gotten away, I decided he would find them later, I was having too much fun with the other Death Eaters who were attacking me with their magic, desperation carved onto their ragged features. The Scent of blood drifted through out the old ruins as me, an 8-year-old child, destroyed the base I had been held captive in for so long. I stopped, a thought struck me, what makes living humans, alive? I decided to find out. Giggling, I disabled the poor victim in front of me after dodging his attacks, I had been hit a few times, but the pain was trivial compared to what I had gone through for three years, along with my gruesome training. I sat down on top of him, tracing one of my small fingers over the areas I would cut open. All that filled me now was a sense of curiosity, all previous 'playfulness' gone. Then, I began. I tilted one of the knives, that had been used against me for so long, at an angle. It was still sharp. I felt a smile curve my lips up ever so slightly while cutting the poor Death Eater. Miss Bellatrix would never leave a knife dull. I suddenly jerked up from the man bleeding out underneath me. My head tilted to the side as I heard footsteps echo down the moldy, brick halls, but these sounded different, more...worried, less aggressive.
I looked up as an old man with a long, white beard, a pointy hat, and starry robes turned the corner, along with six more professional-looking people following close behind. 'Wizards? Are they with our Death Eaters?', I thought, my wary but curious eyes turned to the new group. I glanced at their wrists, which were exposed as their arms were up in a defensive position, hands grasping wands of all types, with white knuckles. The signature Skull & Snake tattoo were nowhere to be seen. I looked up with a more hateful, guarded expression, but curiosity still laced my bloody eyes. I wondered how I must look, a little boy, covered in blood and grime, holding a knife in a man's exposed, bleeding torso as if doing some demented surgery. I began to giggle at the thought.
The wizards stood there, shocked, before a pretty lady wizard with long black hair and grey eyes leaned over to the old geezer wizard, whispering something inaudible to my ears. A flash of recognition washed over the old wizard's face his expression softened to one of pity. I never saw pity often in the Death eaters I was so used to. Every once in a while one of the new recruits looked at me that way, I never understood it. The man in the starry robes walked over, slow, and soft, as if I were a wary deer. I held my knife at ready, standing in a pose that Miss Bellatrix showed me during training. He paused and began to talk gently to me, to my utter confusion.
-Dumbledore's POV-
"It's ok child, we aren't here to hurt you", I said to the dumbfounded boy. His grip on the knife wavered, but his eyes grew wary again and interest flickered across the rich, scarlet color of them, "We only want to help you, we can get you out of here, you can see the outside world and sleep in a comfy bed", I tried to peak his curiosity, which seemed to be his strongest trait. The albino tilted his head, knife lowering as he considered the offer. We all waited silently for his response, Maria had insisted we bring sedatives and I had accepted the term, it was logical. After a few tense minutes the child lowered the knife completely and nodded. Everyone let out a breath and I waited for him to allow me to approach. He soon relaxed after seeing that they really weren't here to hurt him. I crept cautiously towards him, and gently grabbed the blood-covered knife from his hand throwing it away.
-Kassian's POV-
I let the man approach. He had peaked my interest; the offer was reasonable. I felt the Death Eater shudder and become unmoving. I made a disappointed sound and looked up as the man continued his offer after I was 'disarmed'.
"Since you accepted, I'll tell you the rest of the offer. I'm going to offer you shelter at my school, you'll attend after you get used to the new way of life. You'll get food, water, clothes, a bed, and a roof over your head", he said, gentle, but wary eyes resting on me. I nodded, it was more then I'd had since I was six.
"But", he continued, "You have to promise to be on your best behavior, refrain from following any orders or beliefs those god forsaken Death eaters have taught you. We don't want the other students to know your past. It would cause mass hysteria. That means, no killing, no torturing and no...dissecting of the students or teachers, or anyone", a Flash of disgust crossed his wrinkled features as he said the last part. I smirked at the reaction, and waited for him to continue, "you are still not allowed to kill unless absolutely necessary. Lastly, no trying to escape, we'll have a tracking spell on you so we know your whereabouts at all times."
"That seems reasonable", I said. everyone looked surprised that I had spoken, but it was quickly replaced with blank expressions from before.
"Then welcome to Hogwarts. When we get there, you'll have to clean up and put on a school uniform. You'll be allowed a week to adjust to the new environment. All school supplies have been paid for already with my money, which you'll be given access to for whatever you want. Though you can only take out so much of course. You don't have to pay for the necessary living supplements", He smiled warmly at me, "My name's Albus Dumbledore, I'm the headmaster at Hogwarts and your new guardian."
"We'll be escorting you two to Hogwarts", the pretty lady said with a commanding tone. I turned my attention to her, "But first", She continued, "I'll place a tracking spell on you."
I scowled lightly, "Fine." The pretty lady, Maria, I found out, tapped me lightly on the nose, muttering a spell. A pinkish glow shot into my skin, though there was no pain. She looked at my wrist, noticing something, "We should cover that up too", She again tapped me, on the wrist this time, and muttered a word for an illusion spell, and my Death Mark vanished from sight. "There, you're ready to go." She, Dumbledore, and the others, flanked me on each side.
We stepped outside of the castle and I looked up at aw of the night sky. the moon shone brightly, and stars were painted across the dark, indigo sky, as if someone spread glitter over a shadowy blanket. I was finally outside for the first time in three, tortuous years, I can see the endless sky. A Innocent grin spread across my face a faint glow of true happiness entered my shrunken heart. The adults around me also smiled down at me, they felt they had truly done something right for this small boy.
-Author's Note (A/N) -
HEY my fellow dark souls. Welcome to the First story of my Twisted, Little Carnival.
Please note, this is my first Fan fiction, the only writing I've done outside of this is usually in the form of school assignments.
Please be warned, updates will be slow. My phone is as glitchy as hell and I have limited time on my PC (Parents am I right?) So until I get my Laptop for next year, I won't be able to update as quick as other people, that, along with school and my part-time job, will slow me down.
Also, this story will not have romance, I'm not a romantic person, and romance is not necessary for a good story. I'll be sticking to the Harry Potter timeline with a dash of my own stuff here and there. I have no intention of directly impacting Harry and his Buddie's adventures, but Kassian will be included in the drama. I'm not sure where this story is going, so it's an adventure for both of us. More fun for us~
Comments are welcome, my parents will help me edit this (cause parents Right?) and my sister will make sure this little Fanfiction doesn't suck. But Suggestions to make the story better is great. I'll respond to the comments you send me as soon as I can. I might work on other stories if I'm bored, or an idea strikes me.
Thanks for listening to me blathering on and I hope you enjoy my stories.
{By my Dark-Hearted Guests. Enjoy the Carnival~ - P.M