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Cygnus had been summoned by the Dark Lord and when he got to the Dark Lord he requested that Cygnus bring Bellatrix to him.
Cygnus wanted to say no and that he wanted the Dark Lord to leave his daughter out of his plans to purify their world, but he did not do that; instead he went home. Made sure Bellatrix was presentable and took her to him.
The first thing Cygnus noticed about them being in the same room together was that his daughter was at complete ease and the Dark Lord was not.
Cygnus could not understand how his daughter could be at such ease with man who would kill you if he thought you were looking at him with disrespect.
Then again he did not understand his daughter anymore and that scared him. He knew he had to be wary of the Dark Lord, but his own flesh and blood he never thought he see the day.
It was barely two minutes before he was dismissed by the Dark Lord as if he was nothing.
That made Cygnus angry; his daughter should not be higher up in society than him and yet she was.
The thing that frustrated him the most was that he could not talk to daughter without the constant fear she would report back to the Dark Lord.
As Cygnus walked out the room he saw the Dark Lord smirking at him as if daring him to protest and yet knowing he would not at the same time.
It was at that moment that Cygnus wondered who and what he left his eldest daughter with.
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When Cygnus had left the Dark Lord and Bellatrix alone there was complete silence as if both was daring the other one to speak first.
It was Bellatrix who broke the silence,
"Why did you send for me?, I thought you did not want to draw attention to us until you had dealt with Abraxas and my father?" Bellatrix asked, her face a mask of puzzlement.
"I didn't know you and I was an us little one" Tom said in an amused tone.
"You know what I meant" Bellatrix said, feeling her face beginning to redden.
"Yes I did, but watching you get flustered is rather amusing" Tom told her smirking.
"Not to me it isn't" Bellatrix pouted.
"If you going to pout I won't tell you why your here" Tom said.
"Not pouting and please tell me" Bellatrix said, although she clearly was still pouting.
"Fine, Abraxas has been dealt with" Tom told her.
"How?" Bellatrix asked.
"That you will find out another a time, we have a more important issue to discuss. Your father and what his punishment should be" Tom said, causing Bellatrix face to take a serious expression.
"What ever it is it should be done in front of others" Bellatrix suggested.
"Why is that?" Tom asked, curious about why Bellatrix would start with that before anything else.
"Because that will be more embarrassing for him" Bellatrix explained, knowing image was everything to her father and to have torn to shreds would hurt him more than having a dagger slicing his skin open a million times.
"You would humiliate your own father, that is interesting" Tom said earning a curious glance from Bellatrix.
"Why is it?" Bellatrix asked.
"You do know if anyone else asked me this many questions they would be screaming in agony by now" Tom told her.
"But, I am not anyone else hence why I am not screaming in agony" Bellatrix said smirking.
"Well played Bella, now on to your fathers punishment" Tom said amused at how ease the girl was with him.
"Well you could begin training me now instead of when I'm older that'd be a fitting punishment and a reward for me to" Tom said.
"Explain to me how that would be a fitting punishment for your father and why you deserve a reward and I'll begin training you tomorrow" Tom said interested in train of thought.
"My father hates that you have more control over me than he does. Training me now would fuel that hatred, that feeling of failure as father that cannot control his own child and as for why I deserve a reward my loyalty to you is stronger than that for my family and have I not done everything you have asked of me?, did I not tell you right a way when I heard Abraxas and my father talking?" Bellatrix asked, eyes shining with hope that he would agree.
"Yes, you did those things, but it doesn't mean your worthy of reward" Tom said, wanting to see which tactic she would try next.
"Then don't think of it as reward, but more of an investment for yourself, train me now and by the time I am eighteen I shall be the strongest warrior you have. Your enemies would not stand a chance" Bellatrix said, knowing that his enemies were growing in numbers.
"Fine I will begin training you, but the moment you act like a whining child I stop" Tom told her.
Bellatrix could not help the smile that was on her face. She was getting what she wanted to be trained by Tom.
Her going back to Hogwarts was going to put halt on training for many months, but she did not care.
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