Brie Riddle sat at the long table in the Malfoy manor once again in the middle of the night, the dark mark itching on her wrist, she was tempted to scratch it, but Voldemort had scolded her more then once when she did so.
Brie was emotionally drained and felt herself becoming more detached to her Dad, Voldemort, he was so busy thinking about Harry Potter these days and Brie was so busy worrying about not getting killed. How she even got here in the first place, much less how he got laid in the first place was unknown.
"Sweetie, why are you up?" Brie's Mum asked, with a quick mutter of "Lumos.", sitting beside her daughter.
Brie let out a sigh, "I just couldn't sleep." She said.
"Yes, after all this Harry Potter madness I can see why it's tough to sleep." Mum sighed and opened the fridge and poured two glasses of chocolate milk.
"Why can't he just let it go?" Brie asked, glancing up at her mother.
Her Mum just gave her a smile, "It's better we just let Voldy do his thing, shall we?"
"Or else he'll blast us out of his way." Brie quietly muttered.
"What was that, hon?" Mum asked.
"Nothing." Brie shook it off, "Mum, why are we at the Malfoy manor? What's so wrong with being at home? What is the whole situation anyways, Draco is still going to Hogwarts.." I asked.
"Our home isn't safe anymore, hon, I told you that." She said, setting a glass of milk in front of Brie, "Drink up, we've got another long day tomorrow. Death eater meeting."
Brie sighed and drank the chocolate milk, "Yeah, right.." She said, looking down at the dark mark on her wrist.
Brie woke up the next morning and slid on her lace up chuck taylors and slid on a black top with skulls on them and she put on some eyeliner.
She walked out of the room only to be meeted by Bellatrix, some crazy Voldy supporter that.. quite fancied him.
"Morning." Brie said, faking a smile, and trying to ignore the pit of disgust in her stomach as she stared at Bellatrix.
"Morning, kiddie." Bellatrix said, "Do you know where your dad is?"
Brie shrugged, "He might be in the library, that's where he typically is in the morning." And with that, Bellatrix walked off. It was just better to let Bellatrix do her own thing.
Brie walked down the spiral staircase and saw her Mum pouring herself a bowl of cereal, her hand was shaking.
"Is something wrong, Mum?" Brie asked, looking up at her mother.
Her Mum glanced up at her, her eyes wide and frightened, "Yes, desperately wrong. You must run." She rasped.
"Mum, tell me what's wrong." Brie said, placing a reassuring hand on her mother's arm.
Mum's eyes glanced wildly behind Brie before she grabbed her daughter roughly by the shoulders and pulled her close.
"I'll be leaving very soon. And when I leave, you need to escape." Her Mum whispered, glancing around as if someone was listening.
"Mum what are you talking about? Your scaring me.." Brie said, her heart racing, "Come with me!"
"I can't do that, it'd just be more dangerous for you." Mum said, then she hugged Brie tight to her, and Brie swore she felt tears colliding with her hair.
"Why would it be dangerous?" Brie asked, "What if I don't want to leave?"
Her Mum pulled away from Brie and kneeled down to her level.
"You will want to leave Brie, I promise you that. And when you leave." Mum glanced around and then pulled a long vanilla envelope out of her shirt and gave it to Brie, "Give this to him."
"Whose him?" Brie asked, about to open the envelope, but her mother quickly stopped her.
"No, you only open that when you know your safe, cast protective enchantments and such. You'll figure out who he is. But not your Dad, do not tell your Dad anything." Her Mum hugged her tighter.
"Mum, your scaring me." Brie said, putting the envelope in the waistband of her skinny jeans.
"Please, don't forget. I love you Brie, I really do, I love you so much. And if I could've I would've tooken you away from here a long time ago. You deserve so much better, my pretty girl." Mum brushed a piece of hair behind Brie's ear.
"I love you too Mum." Brie said, and then when her Mum began to walk away she clutched her Mum's shirt, "Mum, please tell me who 'he' is."
Mum considered this for a moment and then she quickly said, "Albus." She said.
Brie stood there for a moment and released her grip and her Mum gave her one last tight hug.
"Pack." Mum said quietly, and she walked away.
Brie was confused, her head was pounding and her Mother had just plain out told her to run. Run run run, and run to Albus Dumbledore.
Bellatrix came down a few minutes later, and Brie was sitting at the table eating cereal by that time.
"We're taking Draco out of Hogwarts finally." Bellatrix sighed and sat at the table.
"I was wondering why we were taking so long." Brie sighed and took a bite of honey nut cheerios.
Bellatrix shrugged, "It's only temporary though, the old man still lives and we need Draco to finish the deed."
Brie remained silent, she was thinking to herself. She had never made her 'first kill' as her father killed it, she had never felt the rush of adrenaline her father often talked about when killing. He always talked about how the first kill had to be the best kill.
"AVADA KEDARVA!" Brie heard her father shout, and she stood up, rocking the table when she did so.
"What was that?" She asked Bellatrix, her heart racing.
She heard her Mother's screams before Bellatrix could answer.
"Mum!" Brie shouted, racing up the staircase and bursting into the room to see Voldemort standing over her mother with a triumphant smile. Brie knelt down beside her Mother and propped her head up on her leg.
"Please don't die on me, Mum." Brie whispered, gently caressing her now pale face.
"Run." Her Mum rasped, clutching Brie closer to her, her lips barely moving, "Run."
The words were so quiet that Voldemort couldn't hear them, and Brie felt the presence of the envelope at her side. Brie finally glanced up at her father - who was running his fingers across his wand slowly before realizing Brie's eyes were trained on him, with a ice glare of hate.
Brie stood up and gently set her Mum's now dead head on the ground, Brie closed her Mother's eyes. No one would know she was dead, they would only think she was sleeping. She looked so at peace, that Brie herself almost believed it, but she knew she was gone, she knew it from the pit in her stomach.
"She was a burden and distraction." Voldemort said, setting his wand back in his robes.
Brie bit her tongue before she would say anything that would cause her to end up like her Mum. Brie nodded and quickly skidded out of the room, trying hard not to shake.
She opened the door and quickly walked out, and when she shut the door behind her, she ran, she made a mad dash for her room. Throwing her door open and clambering in, summoning her suitcase.
Chapter 2:
The Envelope and its contents are revealed.
