This was it, Castelia thought to herself, as she lay in her dorm room. Fred and George had made their valiant escape only hours ago and already she could physically feel a difference. Things would never be the same, hell she probably wouldn't ever see George again. But it was for the best. It must not be long now, she thought, eyes glued to the ceiling . They were coming, her parents were coming. And when they do her life would completely change. She would no doubt become a death eater, a mindless toy soilder in The Dark Lords conquest. She almost cried at the thought of that, almost. Castelia wasn't one to cry, or smile, or show much emotion really. But he said he loved her, and she had said it back. That thought comforted her as she finally willed her eyelids to close.

The next few days were agonizing. Absolute torture. She had Lee but the pair were both in sort of a emotionless state. Almost like a Dementor had swooped in unnoticed and sucked all the happiness out of their lives.

Castelia and Lee sat in the library desperate trying to cram as much information into their brains before exams began the next day.

" I'm going to actually kill my self" Lee groaned, throwing his head down into his crossed arms.

"That's the forth time you've said that" frowned Castelia, eyes pealed to the pages of the book in front of her.

" I actually mean it this time, I hate this" he mumbled into his arms.

Castelia wasn't paying attention, she wasn't even reading. Truth be told she couldn't give a damn about her O.W.Ls. When she was finally branded as a death eater none of it would matter.

"I'm done" she all but shouted. "This doesn't matter, the twins don't matter, you certainly don't matter, none of it does"

She was up on her feet, scooping her books into her bag rather violently.

" w..what do you mean?" Asked Lee a look of confusion streatched across his features.

" Lee, I'm not sure if you're thick skull figured it out but I'm going to be a death eater" Castelia half whispered half yelled.

" yeah, so?" Lee argued back.

" the hell do you mean?" She spat. " we can not be friends Lee. They will try to kill you."

"Casi. There is a fucking war coming, we are all probably going to die" he was now standing, his eyes glaring at hers.

She stared back at him furiously. Lee was her best friend, he was always there for her, always. And she couldn't lose him, she simply wouldn't allow it. In that moment she made an impossible promise to her self one that she wasn't going to let herself break. Lee Jordan was not going to die in this war. And that is why she knew she had to put as much distance between the two of them as she possibly could, maybe forever.

" Lee, you are a pathetic excuse for a wizard" she willed herself to snarle. " I never want to see you again, you filthy half breed. Ever."

With that she tried her best not run away, instead she sauntered out of the library, leaving Lee staring after her absolute bewildered by what had just happened.

However as soon as Castelia knew Lee could no longer see her she ran. And she didn't stop running until she yanked the door to her dormitory open and threw herself face down onto her bed.

...

Exams came and went. Castelia pulled herself through the castle with absolutely no enthusiasm. To anyone who saw her she resembled a lifeless corpse. During her O.W.Ls Castelia couldn't consentrate. She couldn't stop thinking about what she had said to Lee. Those awful things. Last year Castelia wouldn't think twice about hurling insults like that around but now it was eating her alive. The guilt was almost unbearable, but she forced her self to shrug it off. She couldn't be weak, she was doing this to protect her friends.

Castelia sat alone at the slytherin table twirling a peice of toast in her hand. When she had initially entered the great hall she had instinctively headed towards the Gryffandor table. She had to double back, hoping no one had noticed. Lee wasn't at breakfast today, she wondered where he was. Term was almost over which meant she would most likely never see any of these people ever again. Castelia was so submerged in her thoughts that she almost didn't notice a large owl swoop down and drop a milky white envelope in front of her. She started at i a while before eventually picking it up and tarring it open.

Dear Cas,

This is your loving boyfriend writing to you from our brand new joke shop, Weaslys Wizard Weezes. We aren't quite ready to open yet, but you and Lee are welcome any time!

Anyway, how have you been? I'm so so sorry for having to leave you so abruptly, after we finally expressed or undying love to each other. It was not the best goodbye. But that kiss was the best one of my life.

Write back as soon as you can, and don't die. Please. I love you

-your favorite person ever, George

Castelia didn't even blink. She wanted to write back, she really did but she couldn't. This is where it had to start, she couldn't speak to him, it wasn't safe.

Not even 5 minutes after she had finished reading the first letter, another owl, a black one this time, dropped another letter in front of her. This one wasn't exactly a letter, it was a yellowing peice of parchment with only one sentence written on it, and she immediately knew who it was from.

We are coming.

Castelia didn't know what to do. She knew her parents were coming she just really didn't want them to.

She heard them before she saw them. Loud chrashing, and screams erupted from the hall. She knew this was it. She jumped out of her bed, still in her pajamas, and sprinted out of her dormitory wand in hand, ignoring the confused yells of her fellow Slytherins. As she ran the crashing grew louder. Castelia could feel her heart hammering in her chest. This was it. She rounded the corner and there they were. Three black figures, one taller then the rest. They hadn't seen her yet, so she approached cautiously.

" mother?" She asked, willing her voice to steady itself. The hooded figures turned to her. One of them reached up to pull away their hood and the others did the same. And so standing before Castelia was her mother, Alecto Carrow, her father Antonin Dolohov, and Bellatrix Lestrange. Alecto was beautiful in a evil way, her peircing green eyes lingered on Castelia for only a second before the witch turned to her husband. " this is her" she stated, her voice remained level.

Castelia father nodded, his dark hair falling slightly over his eyes.

" Castelia, come closer" Dolohov demanded. " let me look at you"

Castelia did as she was told. Every nerve in her body was screaming at her to turn around and run, to get away while she still could. But she ignored her intuition, willing herself to move forward at a steady pace.

"You were sorted into slytherin I presume ?" Alecto asked, eyes locked with Castelias.

" of course"

" excellent" her father said, grasping Castelias face and turning it side to side, as if looking for something.

" you will make a loyal death eater" he said, letting go of her chin.

Belltrix rolled her eyes. "The Dark Lord will have many uses for her" she laughed " however we have a little trip to the minasty scheduled, or have you forgotten?"

" We have not forgotten Bellatrix" Alecto spat "you'll do well to remember the Dark Lord sent us to retrieve Castelia"

Bellatrix was unamused. " let's get out of this hell hole so we can apparate then" she snarled, as she spun around and began walking Towards the entrance hall.

" what minasty appointment " asked Castelia, following her parents out of Hogwarts.

" Harry Potter is there with his little school friends, looking for the prophesy, we are going to kill them" Dolohov smiles darkly.

"What prophesy?" Castelia asked, genuinely curious.

" it need not concern you" her mother said calmly " we will kill them before they can get it, and you will kill as well. Or are you too weak?"

Castelia did not want to kill anyone, much less people she had once been friends with, but she had no choice. This was the plan, she reminded herself, you knew this would happen.

" I am not weak" Castelia spat. " you sure as hell don't know anything about me either. I will serve the Dark Lords wishes"

An sinister grin spread across Alecto Carrows face, clouding her beautiful features. " that's my girl"

And with that Castelias mother grabbed her arm and they vanished.