#276. Only child

Am I an only child? Yes, thank Merlin. I don't want to think of what my mother might have done to any sibling I had. Especially after she miscarried my brother or sister when Papa Zabini died. She swore then that she'd never go through that kind of pain again. And I'm glad she did. I suppose she had enough on her hands, just trying to remember on occasion that she had me. I don't think I was anything but a nuisance to her until I came of age and was able to be useful to her. Or so she thought. She tried to make me a proper little acolyte of the Baron, not thinking that her mother and great-aunt would have already subverted her in this manner, dedicating me to the service of Legba.

She ranted and raved for days when she realized that. By their quick thinking, I was protected, a younger sibling might not have been so lucky. My biological father told me later on, that his family also had a patron spirit that he'd always prayed to for me, even when he hadn't known of my existence. Praying for his potential children and the family he left back in his mother country.

So I was doubly blessed, by my Loa and my father's ancestral patron spirit. Anyone else in my family and my mother would have eaten them alive, sucking their minds and souls and eventually bodies to use in her black arts.

Instead she just had a useless son that she couldn't touch. A living reminder of her previous life.

Me.
Blaise Zabini
Harry Potter

171. TEN different things you want to say to ten different people

10. Potter. You were right. And thanks. Z.
9. Granger, my darling Gryffindor, that last Arithmantical proof of yours? Totally and utterly wrong. You forgot to balance the equation. All my love, Blaise (who did solve it correctly).
8. Mom? I hope you rot in Hell for a long damn time.
7. Papa Zabini? I miss you and I hope you're proud of the man I've become. I tried to follow in your example. You were the best part of my childhood. I wish we had had more time together.
6. Dad, I love you even when you cheat at pool.
5. No, Jamie, you can't have the grindylow, I know you think they're cool. They're also dangerous and untameable. Absolutely not.
4. Kimber, I want my painting back. Seriously, it took me ten years to find it. I want it back.
3. Dylan, for the love of everything holy, if you're going to show up bloody, come find me first and we'll patch you up before we send you home to Alana. I *was* a good hand at some of the battlefield mediwizardry during the war and she worries. So do I.
2. Luna, I'm sorry. I acted in what I thought was best. I...I never intended things to work out the way they did. I hope you and Neville are happy. I still love you even if you can't remember it.
1. You never deserved her, Dylan.

Blaise Zabini
Harry Potter