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Regulus felt an immense sense of dread and uncertainty as he turned around to face the other occupants of the room. There was an uncomfortable silence in the room. Orion gestured him to occupy the empty space beside him. Regulus quickly took his place and then fixed all his attention on the Dark Lord. But to his surprise, it was not the Dark Lord who broke the silence of the room but Cygnus who cleared his throat, before addressing the Dark Lord.

"It's an honor to host you in the Black Manor. Bellatrix tells me you have some important work for us."

"Yes Mr. Black, I have gathered from my sources that the Black Family funds the working of the ministry and thus I come here so that you can help me for the cause." Both the senior Blacks looked somewhat confused at this. This time it was Orion who addressed the Dark Lord.

"My Lord, I don't understand how our funding of the ministry will help the cause."

"It's nothing quite tedious Mr. Black. I just want both of you to use your influence over the ministry to further the propaganda of pureblood supremacy. The pro-muggle policies of the ministry are hurdles in my path. The ministry continues to protect those thieves of magic. We need more purebloods to help us. With Dumbledore at Hogwarts, it is impossible for us to prevent those mudbloods from attending the school but the least we can hope is that we will be able to get rid of these nuisances as soon as they finish their education. But to the dismay of all us purebloods, there has been a great mudblood infiltration in the ministry. I want you both to use your positions of being the benefactors of the ministry, to prevent more pro-muggle laws from passing. I also want to use the Daily Prophet to inform people about dangers that our society faces due to these mudbloods." The Dark Lord finished in a grave tone.

Regulus was absorbing all these information earnestly. He understood that this was what he was supposed to do in the future. He was to devote his life to the service of the Dark Lord as all the purebloods of the respected families were doing. He chanced a glance at Cygnus. He had been the talk of all the pureblood families. His daughter was the first female death eater. The proud look that all the family members had whenever they saw Bellatrix was what Regulus desired for himself in future.

While Regulus was daydreaming about his future and imagining his family being proud of him, both the senior Blacks were having a discussion amongst themselves with Rodolphus also giving his inputs. Bellatrix was having a hushed conversation with The Dark Lord. Regulus kept his eyes fixed on the Dark Lord. Suddenly the Dark Lord turned his face towards him and Regulus felt a tingling sensation run throughout his body. He averted his eyes from the Dark Lord and kept them firmly placed on the floor.

Soon his father addressed the Dark Lord again and said, "My Lord we will try all our best to help the cause. I don't want either of my sons mixing with the wrong sort and sooner the mudbloods are gone the safer they will be. Although we might face some resistance from the minister himself, we will use all our influences to surround him with people who are loyal to us. Rodolphus assures us that Mr. Lestrange will also help us and I am of no doubt that Mr. Malfoy will be keen to help us too."

The Dark Lord stood up from his place and seeing him standing the rest of people also stood up, Regulus a bit clumsily. He said, "I thank both of you for your help. I assure you that my plans to make a mudblood free society will start in full force soon. And after the success of it, your future generations will live in a great new world." After this, he left the room. Rodolphus and Bellatrix followed him hurriedly to escort him. Cygnus and Orion were discussing again and Regulus sat down, unsure of what to do next.

Soon Bellatrix returned. She informed Regulus that the Dark Lord had seen potential in him. He must behave himself and prove himself worthy enough to be a servant of the Dark Lord.

Orion was looking at him with an immense pride in his eyes. At that moment Regulus determined to do everything possible to serve the Dark Lord and thus make his family proud.

One month later

Regulus and his parents were having their breakfast in the dining room at the Grimmauld Place. Sirius had been grounded in his room for the rest of the summer break. He had placed a jelly legs jinx on Rodolphus during his marriage to Bellatrix. Although Regulus found it a bit funny, the rest of the Blacks were furious and had punished Sirius severely. He had been grounded in his room and was nursing his wounds there.

Regulus was waiting impatiently for the post to arrive. Since the day Daily Prophet had started publishing about The Dark Lord, Regulus had taken to the hobby of reading those articles and collecting them. He already had around fifty articles stacked neatly in a folder.

Soon the post arrived. His father was always the first one to read the newspaper. Regulus had to wait impatiently every day for his father to finish reading and hand him the newspaper. While going through rest of the post, Regulus found a letter addressed to him. He turned the envelope to see the name of the addressee. His breath hitched as he saw the Hogwarts Crest on the seal of the envelope. He could already the butterflies in his stomach.

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