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1953 Black Manor- Cygnus POV
Entering the majestic bedroom that was barely illuminated with few candles, I could hear whimpering. The figure that was resting on the bed stirred and turned herself towards me, my wife, and in her arms wrapped protectively in a buddle of cloths was my newborn child.
"Well what is it?" I had no patience with niceties; she had already failed me once.
"Cygnus, please…." She was pleading with me, I already knew the answer to my question. Anger built up within me, I tensed up my shaking hands into fists before I seriously hurt somebody.
"I told you to tell me what it is!"
"It's a girl, Cygnus I'm so sorry…" I couldn't hold it in anymore, a sigh, which sounded more like a growl escaped from my mouth. I walked over to the wall and struck it as hard as I could manage, leaving a hand shaped dent in the plaster and pain shooting up my arm. Lifting my arm into the air I noticed blood seeping from my knuckles and running down my arm, I just stood there transfixed. "Name….?"
… "Andromeda"
With that I spun on my heel to head for the door to notice a young girl, with long black wavy hair and heavily lidded eyes stood in the doorway, my eldest child Bellatrix. Even at two years she was smart enough to get away from the nanny once again, I had to admit to myself I was impressed. I extended my uninjured arm out to her "Come child". She hesitantly made her way towards me, walking with a slight clumsiness to her step that only young children can manage. Grasping my hand tightly I led her towards my wife and the now sleeping baby. Druella flinched ever so slightly as I approached, but she lowered the baby to Bellatrix all the same. It was hard to decipher the look that spread across Bellatix's face but there was a definite hint of curiosity in her eyes as she extended her arm out to stroke the side of Andromeda's face.
"Look it's your baby sister" Druella cooed, soothingly at Bellatrix, "Now you must be gentle with her and always care for her".
As soon as Druella said that Bellatrix brought her nails slicing down the side of Andromeda's face, leaving an angry looking gash. Andromeda's piercing scream erupted and filled the room. The anger was yet again churning within me, as it shuddered down my nerves I advanced on Bellatrix and brought the back of my hand across her cheek hard, and it wasn't until she stared right back me that I realised I had struck her with my injured hand as a bloody streak was now across her face. I looked into her black eyes expecting them to be questioning and full of tears, instead I found myself looking at something brave and threatening and even breaching the realms of evil. No voice left her lips as she wiped the blood on her face with her hand, and stood there looking at it fascinated. She then slowly brought her hand to her mouth and began licking the blood from it.
I was mortified; I couldn't believe what I was witnessing. "You disgusting little troll!" I bellowed at her as I grabbed her by the collar of her dress and dragged her from the room. I launched her into the corridor and she quickly scurried off out of sight. "You're no daughter of mine!" I screamed after her.
That's when I turned back on Druella and the baby, "No mention of this to anyone, do you hear me! She is a disturbed child but she will grow out of it, if not I will beat it out of her you understand!" Druella quickly and sharply nodded her head. I took one more glance back at the now bleeding Andromeda, with tears streaking down her face, "what was the point of me marrying you if you cannot even give me one boy as heir?" I then turned and rapidly left the room. It would take me a long time for what I witnessed tonight to stop haunting me…
