Memories
It was a calm and peaceful day at the big Black mansion,” C’mon Bella, we are gonna miss it if you don’t hurry!” shouted three-year-old Dorian “I’m coming, Dori!” shouted two-year-old Bellatrix.
The two of them were running down to the enormous mansion garden to see the sunset in their little tree house. They arrived at the tree house and watched the sunset together, which was like a tradition for them. “You know what Dori?” said Bella. “What?”, Dorian looked at her curiously.” I’m gonna be a big sista!”, she said”. B-but that means you won’t have time to play with me, you are gonna be so so busy taking care of the baby”, he says, a bit sad and jealous by the fact that someone was taking his place even though it was just his cousin.
Dorian loved Bellatrix as if she were his sister since he didn’t have any friends of his age.” Don’t worry, Dorian. I will have time for you too, and we can even play the three of us together!” she said, trying to comfort her cousin. “No!” shouted Dorian, running away from the tree house to his father’s little study.
”Father”.He looked at his father with tears in his eyes. “What is it Dorian?”, his father asked. Dorian ran to his father and rested his arms on his father's knees, hiding his head in them crying.
” Hey my boy, it's ok. What happened?”.
Dorian looks at him with his eyes all puffy and red from crying.” If you don’t want to tell me what happened, it's ok ". He patted his son’s hair and lifted him on his lap. He curled up holding on to his father's shirt, leaving it all wrinkled and wet from his tears.
”Orion dear, have you seen-, oh there you are my little prince, what happened?” she asked her husband”. I don’t know, he just came here crying without saying a single word,” he said looking at his son.
Dorian looked at his mother and made gravy hand so she could pick him up”. What happened baby? Why are you crying?” Dorian just hid his face in his mother's chest. He was a quiet kid and found it difficult to express himself and how he felt, so it was a bit of a challenge for his parents to know what he needed or what he wanted.
After a couple of months, his second cousin Andromeda was born. He and his mother went to visit his aunt, since they had moved to Grimmauld Place because it was closer to his father’s job. That same day he realised that having a sibling wasn’t that bad, so when he was back home, he asked his parents to have a little sibling so he could have someone to play with
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On December the 6th of 1961 his second baby brother Regulus Arcturus Black was born. He just looked like his mother, with pale skin, dark hair and glassy blue eyes.
On November 3rd 1959, his first little brother Sirius Orion Black was born. He looked a lot like his father but with his mother’s black hair and pale skin.
Dorian Frederick Black was born on October 31st 1954. He had brown wavy hair with beautiful light hazel eyes.
The only difference between the three of them was that Dorian had his father’s dark blonde hair and a dark greyish almost blueish eyes.
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Dorian, who was 5 at the time, was with his father waiting outside his mother’s room. “Father, why can’t I see mother? I want to see her”.he looked at his father. “Not now Dorian, go play or do something useful ”, his father said without looking at him. “Ok dad…” he looked down. “What did you just call me ?!”, his father snapped and hit him. Dorian looked at him terrified when suddenly the nurse came out of the room and told them that they could go in and see her. Dorian ran towards his mother tears drilling all over his face, and tried to sit next to her.
She looked at him and petted his hair “You miss me my little prince?”. He nodded and curled up next to her and looked at the baby in her arms. “Baby sibling?”, he said looking at his mother.” Yes, my little prince, he is your little brother”, she said, wiping his.ears away. “Love you mama”, he said smiling and then he looked down at his brother. “Hi! I’m Dorian , your elder brother, I will be the best brother and your best friend and I will take care of you”. Walburga looked at him and kissed his forehead.
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“Dori, why are we waiting here? "Why can’t we see mama? ”, asked two-year-old Sirius who was holding his brother's hand. “We are waiting because we will meet our baby brother Siri, and until the nurse says that we can go in, we have to wait here”, said seven-year-old Dorian looking at his brother smiling.
After a couple of hours, they were able to see their mother. Sirius ran toward ,her, excited to see his baby brother. “Dori up, up!”Sirius said with a gravy hand. His brother picked him up and sat next to his mother and let Sirius see his baby brother. “What’s his name, mama?”. He looked really excited to see his baby brother”. His name is Regulus, Regulus Arcturus Black”, said Walburga. “WO!! He is so cute and tiny!”, he poked his brother's face and Regulus started crying.
Orion entered and heard Regulus crying. “Dorian! come here right now!. Dorian went with his father “Yes dad?,, he said looking at him. “Do not call me that. W’vee talked about it a million times!”. He hits Dorian , and he stays still without moving, just some tears drooling over his cheek and then Orion grabs him by the back of his neck. “Boys don’t cry, so suck it up and wipe those useless tears off your goddamn face!” and he took him out of the room to keep shouting at him. “Dori…”, said Sirius, scared.
A couple of months passed and the three Black brothers were playing peacefully together. “My little prince, come here”, said their mother coming down the stairs. Dorian got up and went next to his mother”. Yes mama?” He had a bruised eye and he was shaking. Walburga rubbed her thumb carefully on the bruise on her son’s face and crouched down at his son’s height. “How are you feeling, my little prince?”, she said, noticing his son shaking, looking paler than what he usually looked. “I-I’m feeling fine mam-” he passed out on his mother's arms. She carried him in her arms, taking a piece of cloth and dipping it into hot water and putting it on his forehead trying to get some of his temperature back since he was freezing, sitting on the couch with Dorian resting on her lap.
”Mama is he ok?” Sirius said caring (well trying to) his little brother Regulus, “He just needs some rest, Sirius, go play with Regulus outside and don’t make a lot of noise, your father is working upstairs and your brother needs some rest” she said petting Dorian’s hair”Yes mama” said Sirius and went with his brother outside.
Orion came down after working and found his wife and his oldest son together on the couch, while Walburga was humming an old lullaby and caressing her son’s back and hair while he was sleeping,”Were are Sirius and Regulus and why is he sleeping?”he said looking at his wife and son”Sirius and Regulus are outside playing and Dorian is sick he passed out and he was shaking and he was freezing ”she said without looking at him.
Sirius came inside running with Regulus in his hands”Mama, father uncle and aunty are here!”Orion looked at Sirius and graved Regulus,”Go upstairs and tidy up your room now!”Sirius went upstairs and tidied his whole room.
Walburga tries to wake up Dorian ,” My little prince wake up”she moves him slightly “Your aunt and your uncle are here”, he woke up and looked at her all pale and shaking “O-Ok mama” he went to the bathroom and washed his face and went downstair with his brothers and his parents, wen Bellatrix saw him he grab him by the arm and hugged him tightly, “Bella calm down you're gonna choke him,” Cygnus said separating them a bit since he saw that Dorian wasn’t looking really good.
The whole family had lunch together and then the kids were playing altogether, Dorian approached his mother and taps her arm” Mama…” she looked at him and when she saw him she was scared, Dorian was looking really ,really pale and had a small black mark on his neck and eyes, she picks him up and again she put the warm cloth on his forehead and let him rest on her lap while she was talking with her husband, her brother and sister-in-law.
“Auntie Drue came to play with us,” said Sirius with Andromeda, and Bellatrix carrying Regulus and Narcissa. She smiled and went with them to play, then Orion went upstairs to his study to work again and Cygnus stayed with her sister and his nephew downstairs. “Is he alright?”
“No, he is not, he has been feeling like this since yesterday…and the doctor said that it is not any kind of illness...I don’t know what it could be…”
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Sirius and Dorian were playing outside when suddenly Dorian fell down on his knees and started coughing blood, and black like started appearing all over his neck and face, Sirius saw him and ran toward his mother “Mama! Dori is in danger!” he shouted, his mother got up and ran toward Dorian who was out of breath and almost passing out. She grabbed him and brought him inside and laid him on his bed.” Kreacher, call a doctor now!” she shouted, scared and trying to calm down her son.
The doctors arrived and in no time, Dorian’s room was full of doctors and nurses checking on him and helping him breathe and making him a bit more stable “Mama what is going on?” asked Sirius holding his mother’s hand, almost crying, she picks him up and went downstairs letting the doctors do their work, Orion was downstairs with regulus cuz he was crying “Where were you Walburga, Regulus was crying and-” he stopped talking when he saw his wife’s face with wet lines down her face and a crying Sirius on her arms” What happened?” he asked “I w-wa Dori …” said Sirius crying all curled up on her mother's arms, Walburga looked at him and rocked him trying to calm him down “I asked what happened!” he said looking at his wife and his crying son.
A doctor came downstairs and informed them that Dorian had black poppy, an illness that made the person who had it very fragile and very vulnerable and with health difficulties causing them to need the help of a cane or a wheelchair due that their bones went weak over time.