REQUEST: SiRiUsLyInLuV718 wanted a chapter where James and Sirius are Death Eaters
Episode 52
Death Eaters
Summary: In which James and Sirius are Death Eaters; Hermione, Lily, and Remus aren't
The masks covered their faces, hiding their identities from the battling warriors of light. There was a time when they would have felt horrible for this, when they would have regretted what they were doing, but not now. No, this was in their blood, what they were meant to do. Their parents had followed this path, and now they were following them.
Hazel eyes turned to blue-grey, and the Death Eater nodded towards the band of three, battling on the grounds. The other nodded his agreement, and they separated, circling around the group to catch them by surprise.
"Avada Kedavra!" was heard, but it caught the trio's attention. Only because, out of all the other curses being thrown their way, it was closest to them. Hermione and Lily turned, just in time to see a green light hit Remus, shock written plainly on his face, but no fear. Never fear, because Remus Lupin didn't fear death.
The two girls turned towards their enemy, only to find two Death Eaters watching them with familiar eyes. Hermione gulped but squashed her fear to glare at the blue-grey eyed man, because she knew it was him, hatefully. Lily also swallowed her fear to glare at the hazel-eyed Death Eater in disgust.
"So, this is what it comes too?" Hermione spoke first, her voice carrying all the conviction and hatred she felt for the man across from her.
"Killing someone whose been your friend for years?" Lily laughed, the sound hollow and dark. She stopped and glared at her own opponent. "You're disgusting, Potter!"
The Death Eater with hazel eyes lifted his mask and hood to stare at the woman he had loved for so long. He still did love her actually, but it never would have worked out. Muggles were not meant for the wizarding world, and James finally understood that.
"Why don't you show your face too?" Hermione asked, slowly walking away, leading her opponent away from James and Lily. This was their battle, and she didn't want her own to get mixed up in theirs. "Or are you actually ashamed after all this time, Black?"
The Death Eater winced, though Hermione put it off to her imagination, at the malice in her tone. He slowly pulled off his own hood and mask, letting them drop to the ground with a soft clank.
"Hermione," he said simply, his voice devoid of all emotion. This was what he was now, a minion to the Dark Lord, a Death Eater. Followers to the divine, former Tom Riddle couldn't very well feel things like sympathy could they.
"Don't!" Hermione shrieked, glaring at Sirius. "Don't you dare say my name like that! You lost that right a long time ago!"
Sirius knew she was right, but he couldn't help feeling a twinge of pain at hearing those words. Replacing pain with anger was something he had learned earlier on, when he first joined Voldemort's ranks, and he had no problem doing so now. He wouldn't let Hermione see how much she hurt him, not when she was so below him.
"Hn, you're hardly worthy to be named, Mudblood!" Sirius sneered. A flash of pain shot across Hermione's face at his words, and Sirius smirked in triumph. Let her feel the same pain she had just caused him, even if what she had said was true.
"Well, then, why don't you finish me off?" Hermione growled. "Just like you did Remus! If you and James can follow Peter's footsteps, then why don't you just--"
"Don't you dare put me in the same regard as that traitor!" Sirius shouted angrily, remembering how Peter had sold them out to the Slytherins in school. Hermione snorted.
"What the bloody hell do you think you are?" she snapped. Sirius went to reply, but he was better than that. So, raising his wand, he instead decided to curse her for daring to put him in the same category as that bastard. Even though he really was just like him now.
"Crucio!" he shouted. Hermione dodged, but only barely, and she angrily pointed her wand in his direction.
"Expelliarmus!" she shouted in reply. Sirius jumped out of the way at the last moment.
"That's your problem," he mocked her tauntingly. The two circled each other, like jungle cats about to attack. "You never did have the guts to kill."
A wry smile pulled at Hermione's chapped lips, though there was no humor in her expression. "Maybe you're right," she muttered. "But somehow, that doesn't seem like an insult. Evanesco!"
Sirius ducked under the vanishing spell and pointed his wand at Hermione. "It ends now," he hissed, "AVADA KEDAVRA!"
A similar shout was heard not too far away, and two THUMPS replied to the shout. Sirius groaned and got to his feet, glancing at James to see Lily also lying on the ground. The two shared a look before going back to the women they had loved for most of their lives.
"You'll burn in hell, where Mudbloods belong," Sirius hissed darkly. Though Hermione was dead, he could have sworn her voice echoed in his mind.
I'll see you there, Traitor.
END
