| | Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry | | Slytherin House | | Bartemius Crouch Jnr. , | | interpreted by kettu.
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** and to make things tad bit easier... Let's say Barty escaped McGonagall and Snape before Cornelius turned up with those kiss-starved dementors. Yes? Yes.
B A R T Y , – named after his father, Bartemius, is a very bright young man from the pure-blooded Crouch family. At age eleven, Barty becomes a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and is sorted into the Slytherin House.
Bartemius Jnr. does very well in school and studies a bit extra to get in the top of his classes. He even manages to get the best grades in his year. All this... in a desperate attempt to make his father acknowledge him and be proud. The older Bartemius is an incredibly strict and cold man who rarely spend time with his son, never congratulate– or show any sign of love and support. He is distant with his only child and no matter what young Barty does, it never seems to be enough.
In his first two years, Barty keeps to himself, as he is rather shy and inexperienced about friendships. However, in his third year, a boy a year older than him approaches him one day and they become friends. Regulus Black becomes a very important person in Barty's life and one of his favourite things is to watch his friend play Quidditch for their team, as Black is the Slytherin Seeker.
Barty is ( much to Bartemius' father's dislike ) invited over to the Black family for a couple of weeks during a summer break and he is instantly amazed and impressed by the noble family and their ways. They are welcoming, kind and seems genuinely interested in him and listens when he speaks. A lovely family, part from Regulus older brother... He find himself become very fond of Orion Black in particular. He certainly seemed like a true father, and Barty so wished he had someone like him at home.
The number of friends grow, and Barty is being brought along on their mayhem. They are cruel to other students and Barty begins to silently question his choices of friends, wishing he'd stayed behind with Regulus instead, who doesn't engage in such bullying of others. But the attention Barty has finally gotten is hard to let go off... And the dark arts pulled him in, bewitching him like a veala.
A few years later, he and Regulus are both invited to a very important and secretive gathering by Regulus parents. Both boys, very curious and intrigued, step inside and their lives are forever changed. He, the Dark Lord, is far greater than Bartemius could have ever imagined.
"We have heard the evidence against you. The four of you stand accused of capturing an Auror — Frank Longbottom — and subjecting him to the Cruciatus Curse, believing him to have knowledge of the present whereabouts of your exiled master, He Who-Must-Not-Be-Named —"
"Father, I didn't! I didn't, I swear it, Father, don't send me back to the Dementors... No! Mother, no! I didn't do it, I didn't do it, I didn't do it, I didn't know! Don't send me there, don't let him! I'm your son! I'm your son!"
"You are no son of mine! I have no son!"
...Fine.
Then he would become the worst of worst. He would become the most loyal, the most devoted follower to Lord Voldemort. He would become the very thing his father loathed. He would do anything his master asked of him. He would do all of it. He would give his very soul to the Dark Lord...
