Her initial response was to start to kick and flail, in an attempt to shake off whoever was grabbing her. Not only did that not work but it seemed to make this attacker more determined. "Stop it!" he hissed in her ear. Raven immediately recognized her brother's voice and stopped her frantic escape. He let her go and they walked back to the Slytherin common room. He layed down on the couch and she sat down quietly on another chair. "You weren't supposed to see that." He said, his eyes closed. "What was it?" she asked, her voice a whisper. "I don't know yet. Dad promised to tell me in his letter to me. What did he say in yours?" Raven felt a a twinge of that same emotion she had felt last year, standing on that train platform, watching her father smile proudly at her brother. "Mother wrote mine. She said they had something important to discuss with me." Draco suddenly looked excited. " Really! That's what mine said last year too! I wonder if it's the same 'important matter' as it was for me!" Raven wasn't nearly as excited as her brother. She tucked a long strand of her black hair behind her ear. "I'll be back. I need to go to the bathroom." She stood up and walked out.

Raven looked at herself in the mirror. She knew what the "Important matter" was now. She had overheard her father and brother talking that night.

"Now, Draco. You know of lord Voldemort, correct?" Lucius asked his only son.

"Of course father." He responded.

"Now do you know what connection our family has to him?"

"You and mum were, no are, death eaters."

"Correct my boy, correct. Now do you know who Voldemort is looking for to… to carry on our positions as death eaters?"

"Children I would guess."

"That's right! Now, would you perhaps be interested in becoming one. Mind you, you will be part of the winning team my boy! And when Voldemort rises to power once again you will be there by his side in a position of power as well! What do you say Draco?"

"Would it make you proud father?"

"Prouder than I have ever been."

"Then I shall join you."

"That's my boy!" She heard her father yell. And in a plume of black smoke they were gone.

Raven shook her head violently, clearing her mind of the memory. She stared into her bright green eyes and sighed. Well weather she liked it or not, she was going to have to make the decision. And soon.