Hermione and Lucius spent hours upon hours working on the ritual and finally they were ready to test it on Derek.
"Remember the wand movement, pronunciations of the words, and don't forget to…"
"Enough Uncle Lucius… I can handle it," Hermione said.
"Right," Lucius said standing up straight. "Derek we need you down here," Derek stood in front of Hermione and knelt on the ground. Hermione took her wand out and swore him in.
"Do you swear to honour you're Dark Mistress?" she asked holding his arm with one hand and pointing her want at it with the other.
"Yes Mistress Darkness," he said. A beam of black light covered his arm.
"And do you swear to fulfil and honour everything you do under the Dark Mistress's ruling?"
"Yes Mistress Darkness," he said again as a red beam of light made his arm glow bright.
"And do you swear never to reveal the secrets or missions discussed during your dark mistress's meetings?"
"Yes Mistress Darkness," Derek said once more and a white beam pushed the other two aside.
Hermione now spoke in parseltongue, "Take this loyal servant and brand him with the mark of darkness!" she hissed and his arm burned before revealing the dark mark upon his arm. Derek hissed in pain but never once screamed out. Then it was complete.
"Perfect," Hermione said with an evil grin.
The others gathered around to look upon the mark.
"It worked perfectly," Lucius said satisfied.
"How do you feel Derek?" Mrs. Zabini asked.
"Better then ever," he smirked.
"Since I know what I'm doing, everyone is to receive the mark… with the exception of Aunt Cissy, and you two," she said to the parent Zabini's. "You are in the public eye too much."
"Agreed," Narcissa said.
"Draco… you next," Draco smirked and stepped forward. Hermione repeated the ritual with him. After it was complete she turned to Blaise.
"Blaise," Blaise also stepped forward. He didn't have such a high tolerance for pain and he screamed slightly during the process but it was completed in the end.
"You three must rest for a few hours," she said, "Uncle Lucius, use the Zabini Owls and write to the others. After everyone's marked we can start planning the big attack."
Lucius nodded and followed Mr. Zabini out to send the owls to the rest.
"We may want to get these three to lie down," Nacrissa suggested.
"Yes," Mrs. Zabini said so the three of them lay the three newly marked Death Eaters on the couches to rest.
"You're doing wonderfully," Mrs. Zabini said.
"I'm proud of you Hermione," Narcissa said.
"Thank you," Hermione replied.
A couple hours later, the boys were refreshed and Hermione was standing before all the unmarked Death Eaters.
"If you are truly loyal to me this will be nothing for you," Hermione said, "It's simple really… brand the mark and prove your willing to do everything asked of you."
"Everyone's to get the mark?" Chairleng asked.
"Everyone… with the exception of my Aunt Cissy and the Zabini's over there," she pointed to Mr. and Mrs. Zabini. "They are in the public too much. Is that a problem Chairleng?" she hissed angrily.
"Of course not Mistress, it's just that I have a job at the ministry… wouldn't go well if they saw the mark,"
"I don't give a bloody damn if you worked as the minister for magic himself, everyone gets the mark,"
Chairleng shook and nodded his head.
"Good, then line up one by one to receive it,"
All of them got in line and waited for Hermione to mark them. It took a few hours to get everyone done. There were a few problems during the process. Some were hesitant to accept all their orders. But in the end, they were all branded.
"I'm glad we were able to get this all out. Aren't you all happier now, knowing you are loyal?"
"Yes Mistress Darkness," they muttered.
"Good, now as you all know I have plans to attack Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic. I need those plans set into action soon or else nothing will go over well. We'll meet up tomorrow to start discussions." She said and they all nodded, "Now leave," she orders and they all disapparated.
"That went smoothly,"
"For now," Hermione said.
"Do you have any action plans set up yet?" Draco asked.
"A few in mind,"
"It will work Hermione," Derek said.
"It better," Hermione replied before leaving the room.
A/N: Alright so they are all death eaters now… so I have one more chapter written but I'm sort of stuck on what to do after that… I've been told by one of my very good reviewers that it seems as if I'm rushing to get to the battle… which I believe I was… so I'm going to sort of slow it down a bit and work some death eater drama into the story… if anyone has any idea's please let me know in a review or PM me… also what would you guys think of Derek and Hermione actually getting together? I know the new dark Hermione doesn't seem like a relationship person but I would like to hear your thoughts on it… cause I've been sort of thinking about it but I'd love to hear from you guys first so please let me know. I'm gonna stop babbling now lol. Please review!
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