#thechildrensking

The boy appeared to be seventeen in this memory and was once again thrown, however this time it was to the floor of a dungeon and his wrists were bound in pure golden chains.

"You’ve defied me for the last time!" Tobias roared.

"Since you wish to act a man, you’ll be punished as one… Bellatrix."

The wild hair and grey eyes of his father’s newest recruit and probably lover appeared in Severus’ vision.

"Thirty lashes."

"Isn’t this your son, Your Majesty?"

"Thirty lashes." the black-eyed man repeated leaning against the wall.

He heard jingling and rustling behind him as he growled and struggled against the metal. Suddenly he felt a force move his hands dragging him against the solitary pole in the room.

"Sorry dear." he heard in his ear before his back exploded into agonising pain so sharp he saw lights. The same thing happened twenty-nine more times and by the time Bellatrix had reached thirty strikes he was screaming for his father to show mercy.

There was none as golden blood split onto the ground by lash number twenty and Tobias watched in silence, his eyebrows raised in interest at the colour.

"You’re sleeping here tonight." he drawled as his son collapsed into the small puddle of his own blood.

The Third Raven

This memory was deeply buried in Hook’s subconscious because he couldn’t even remember it.

Large black eyes blinked in surprise as he made his way deep into the dungeons.

"Father?" he called hesitantly, ignoring the moans and pleas of the prisoners around him.

He tilted his head… There was a cage… Made of Dust. Well that’s what it seemed like anyway. He wandered towards it, forgetting his search for his father.

He couldn’t have been older than three or four judging by his height in the memory.

There was a pretty woman sleeping in the cage and her aura felt… Familiar.

"Hi." he said, pressing his face against the bars not sure why he wanted to talk to her.

Her eyes fluttered open and the woman began to cry.

He frowned deeply. Was this his fault? He started to cry too.

Tobias came storming down the stairs, stopping when he saw the crying pair, his eyes narrowing.