Hey guys! This is the second chapter. Hope you like it, you'll be meeting a few more familiar faces in this one. Thanks.
Disclaimer: I still don't own Harry Potter… damn.
Chapter two: Castor's POV
"Hermione Granger," A girl with mousy brown hair smiled at me. She looked to be only a bit older than me.
"Castor Black," I replied nervously.
"Oh I know who you are, caused quite a stir up there. Sirius Black is the only other Black to have been sorted into Gryffindor," I gulped, Sirius was one of my middle names, Sirius Black was also a mass murderer in Azkaban. From what my aunt and uncle had told me I had my first name when I was left on their doorstep but I had no middle names, as the birth had not yet been properly documented they gave me my middle names Sirius and Regulus as I was given my name before the truth about Sirius arose.
"Yeah... I... I guess I did," I wondered if I should ask her about what the hat said, about me being a Lestrange. I knew that the Lestrange family was a dark wizarding family but I didn't know much else. Would it hurt to ask her, he said I was one of them, part of yet another dark wizarding family, surely she wouldn't like me if she found out that I was part of that family... still she hadn't turned away at the name Black... then again the Blacks did still have good people like my aunt. Maybe she was muggleborn and wouldn't care as most muggleborns didn't but she did seem to know a lot about wizarding culture. Should I risk asking her... maybe it would help me find out who my parents were... I guess I could ask her indiscreetly... so that it didn't directly link me to them.
"Hey Hermione, what do you know about the Lestrange family?" I asked nervously.
"I thought you'd know about them... you being part of a very prominent pureblood family who have strong links to the Lestrange family?" She looked at me surprised. I winced, I knew this was a bad idea.
"I live with Ted and Andromeda Tonks, they don't tell me much about the purebloods," she looked confused as to why they wouldn't but left it at that.
"Rabastian and Rodolphus Lestrange, the two Lestrange brothers are in Azkaban, very close with he who must not be named, Rodolphus is married to Bellatrix Lestrange, the dark lords right hand woman and the most feared witch in Britain, they're one of the darkest families in Britain," she told me, "Why do you live with Ted and Andromeda Tonks?"
"I don't know who my parents are, Ted and Andromeda are my uncle and aunt," I smiled, then my eyes went wide as I realised my mistake. This could link me to the Lestranges in some way and after what she'd just told me I certainly didn't want to be linked to them.
"If... If... If... t-they're your aunt and uncle... that makes you... e-either Lucious Malfoys son or... by the fact you were asking after the Lestranges... and by the way you look... oh dear merlin...," she looked at me, not in fear but in pity, a grave look forming on her face.
I sadly couldn't say the same for the girl behind her. Some girl who looked like a fifth year was just about to destroy my life as she looked at me with horror and jumped out of her seat screaming, "YOUR BELLATRIX AND RODOLPHUS LESTRANGE'S CHILD!"
The hall went silent all eyes turned to look at me, most in fear, the sorting stopping, they were on a girl, one before Luna.
"Mr Black my office, the rest of your resume your seats and carry on," Professor McGonagall pulled me with her, fear shaking through me.
I gulped nervously, passing Fabian, he stopped me putting a hand on my shoulder, "Don't worry, we don't care. It'll be fine." Colin nodded, seeming slightly unsure as to what the fuss was about.
Although my aunt and uncle had never told me much about Rodolphus, Rabastian and Bellatrix I knew they were dark, as Hermione confirmed. They were in Azkaban for the torture of the Longbottoms. Hermione had only really confirmed what I already knew not giving me much more insight, although now I knew who my parents were but I just wished I didn't again.
The hope I had crushed, they were the worst of the worst. The Longbottoms son was in the year above me, I could only imagine what he must have felt as that girl screamed out my dirty secret, I'll now be condemned, shunned and outcast.
"Are you really the son of Rodolphus and Bellatrix Lestrange?" The Professor asked me.
"I...I don't know... I live with Uncle Ted and Aunt Andromeda... they never told me who my parents are...," I mumbled, tears forming in my eyes.
"Well... it seems like you most likely are their son... I'll have to floo powder your aunt and uncle to confirm this," she replied gravely, sticking her head in the fire place to call them.
They came after a few minutes of tense silence.
"What's this about McGonagall?" Uncle Ted looked at me, then at McGonagall, then back at me.
She took a deep breath as my aunt bundled me into her arms as I shook in fear, "Castor... is he the son of Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange?"
I felt my aunts hands tense up on my shoulders, my uncle's eyes going wide as my aunt bit her lip, "Y-Yes, yes... he is."
"Why did you never tell me?" I threw myself from her arms; tears running freely from my eyes, my parents were killers, monsters, just as I would surely be.
"We wanted to protect you, keep you safe, if people didn't know people wouldn't judge you and you wouldn't judge yourself. You know what a great person you are Castor and we didn't want a name to change that, or for death eaters to try and find you, although it's still believed that the dark lord is dead we don't know for sure after Harry Potter's experiences last year. We need to be careful," she whispered.
"I understand but there isn't much we can do now. Still, they're my parent's I had a right to know! No matter how evil they are!" I cried, anger overtaking me.
"She wasn't always evil," my aunt spoke in a sad voice, her eyes becoming misted over as my uncle put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"I know Andy, I know," my uncle spoke in a comforting voice that washed away some of my rage.
"Okay, now that we have that cleared up, Castor I'll take you to the common room, the feast should just be finishing now, the other students will be coming up soon," Professor McGonagall spoke in a clipped manner, I said my goodbyes to my family, wiping my eyes.
She cast a spell that gave me a few sandwiches on a plate before departing.
After I'd finished the door burst open and students came in, looking at me with a range of emotions.
"Castor!" Fabian and Colin spilled into me, their eyes looking at me expectantly.
"Is it true?" Fabian asked.
"Yeah... yeah it's true," I let out a sigh, wishing so badly that it wasn't true.
"It's okay, it'll be okay," Colin smiled comfortingly, I guessed Fabian had clued him in to who the Lestrange's were.
"Where's Luna?" I asked just wishing to forget the whole ordeal.
"She got sorted into RavenClaw," he replied.
"Really? Great now she'll be able to help us with our homework!" I grinned, Fabian and Colin erupting into laughs.
Fabian grabbed my hand, pulling me to a group of redheads in the corner who looked at me nervously.
"Guys, this is Castor Black," Fabian smiled.
"Castor this is the Weasly family, minus Ron... who's somewhere," he laughed wondering what his cousin could have gotten up to.
"Hi... I promise I'm nothing like my parents," I whispered nervously.
"Well, you got sorted into the best house didn't you, Gryffindor? Well that proves that you're not your parents," A tall ginger grinned at me, another tall lanky boy nodding his head next to him, the pair had infectious grins and I couldn't stop myself letting out a small smile.
"Yeah I guess so," I smiled back at them.
"This is Colin," Fabian introduced Colin who had no need to prove himself like I did.
"This is Ginny, she's in our year," Fabian pulled the only girl forward as she smiled nervously.
"Hi, nice to meet you," I replied, Colin doing the same.
Hermione appeared pulling me into a hug, "I'm so sorry I didn't mean for anyone to hear."
"It's fine, at least I know who my parents are now," I sighed, still wishing I didn't, "everyone would have found out sooner or later."
She gave me a comforting smile, "Spoken like a true Gryffindor."