Nagini sighed. She was pretty lost in the middle of the forbidden forest. Apparently, part of the test to see if she was worthy to join was wandering around the forest for a night. She passed only if she found them or survived the entire night without giving up.
Giving up seemed to be a good choice to her right now. It was extremely cold and completely dark. She could light her way, but she reasoned that they would probably be using some sort of light and it would be easier to notice them. She simply felt her way around, sending tendrils of magic out to "see". She didn't feel like seeing too far though, in case she got too tired and couldn't spend the entire night here. She also had the feeling that she may need to protect herself, especially if she did happen to find them.
Everything around her seemed to be alive and hunting her down. Luckily she didn't meet anything yet, but she felt sure that would change. She could see why he chose here to meet, not many could make it through a night in here.
Little did she know that Voldemort was following close behind, just in case something came by to harm her or she ran out of magic. He would not allow her in if that happened, but it didn't mean that he wanted such a powerful potential follower to die in here. He never bothered with this rubbish with any of his other followers.
She didn't realize how she was slowly expanding her line of sight, and neither did Voldemort. Finally, she reached where he stood and froze. She sensed that he had not felt her magic touch him, so she kept on moving, wondering whether she should try to take that information from him.
She prepared a small amount of energy, and spun around to illuminate where she believed he stood. He froze as she advanced on him.
"Fancy meeting you here," she said in a cold voice. "Two choices, you can either tell me where and what I'm supposed to find, or I levitate you to the topmost branches to see through your eyes and hope you don't fall."
He could tell that she could barely contain her giggles, but also that she was completely serious. "You don't feel like wrestling it from my brain?"
"You want to risk permanent brain damage?" She began giggling madly.
"Fine, you nearly found it anyways," he said, adding his own light and led her to a clearing a bit to her left.
"I thought you said you weren't going to help her," Mulciber said, smirking.
"I see how you respond to your superiors," Voldemort said coldly and raised his wand. "Crucio!"
The older boy started screaming and shaking violently. Nagini unconsciously took a step back, somewhat disturbed, unable to enjoy it like Voldemort obviously was. It didn't last long though, and he staggered back a few steps.
"It's not up to you what I do to my followers.
"Tonight, we welcome yet another to our dark order, Nagini Regin." He took a jeweled snake out of his pocket. "This is the blood tester. If you're blood isn't more than half pure, the venom will cause continuous pain for an entire twenty four hours. If your blood is mostly pure, you will experience very little pain. Dare to try it?"
For the second time today, he was doing her a favor. He had switched the venom to just regular water.
Nagini gulped, chewing on the inside of her cheek. This was the ultimate test to her, to see what her blood truly was like, and whether Voldemort would allow their friendship to continue.
He handed the snake to her and it glowed and came to life, slithering up her arm and bit halfway up her forearm.
Except for the small puncture, it barely hurt at all. She had to be pure; this had to mean she was worthy.
She smiled brightly at the crowd of boys standing across from her. A few clapped, but most seemed disappointed and grumbled. "What has this organization come to? Letting a beggar in," she heard one of them mutter.
Voldemort noticed the change immediately. Her fists clenched and he saw that black fire in her eyes again replacing the regular serene dark blue. Avery began choking over his own screams, collapsing onto the ground. He got dragged forward against the ground. "What did you say?" she asked sweetly.
"Nothing," he choked out.
"Good," she said, kicking him back. The forest was completely silent and no one dared to move until Voldemort finally said "meeting adjourned".