Death is nothing to me; I am immortal…
Each man, woman, and child I kill makes me stronger…
Last of his chosen few...
Powerful beyond all comprehension...
Heir of Slytherin's throne…
I am child of The Dark Lord and The Dark Woman…
The Augurey.
Look upon me and despair.
I never knew my father nor my mother.
I was raised by Euphemia Rowle.
She would have been my first kill, if my master had not beaten me to it.
Raised in darkness for years and years, until I reached twenty-one years of age.
I only had one true comfort.
My hero.
Most little girls' heroes are their mothers or fathers.
However, I never knew my mother or father, they died when I was two years old.
And although Euphemia raised me, she is certainly no mother of MINE.
Do dead parents count as imaginary friends for orphans?
I was around six years old when I discovered my hero.
The year was 2003.
I was in Diagon Alley picking up a cookbook for Euphemia when I came across a section about Wizarding History.
Emblazoned on the cover was a sleek, almost metallic black cover with dozens of names coloured with reds and greens and blues and yellows.
It was entitled; "It All Ends: The First-Ever, In-Depth Analysis of The Battle of Hogwarts, By Eldred Worple."
Figuring I had about an hour before Euphemia began to grow suspicious, I seized this novel of considerable size, found an armchair in the corner and thumbed through the pages.
Battle strategies, key players, interviews, glossy pictures…
It was as though I was there, watching ragnarok itself unfold, the death of all the gods in a war to end all wars.
Whoever this "Colin Creevey" was, he sure did a good job of capturing on-the-scene footage.
If I remember correctly, he had stopped to get a good shot of giants fighting each other with his camera before being hoisted up by the robes by a member of a Death Eater sub-group known as "The Inquisitorial Squad" by the name of Vincent Crabbe and flung out of the window.
About thirty minutes later, I was very nearly done when I came across the final chapter, "Chapter XXXVII: The Fallen Fifty."
In it contained the one page that would change the course of my life forever.
Throughout were detailed biographies of every single person or beast who died fighting on behalf of either The Order of The Phoenix or Dumbledore's Army, organized alphabetically by surname (which was coloured depending on their Hogwarts House, gold ones for creatures such as Giants, House-Elves, Centaurs, and Thestrals), accompanied with beautiful glossy pictures and a series of anecdotes at the bottom about them.
Of course, there were occasional lapses in information which was understandable, for instance Hooch, Rolanda Eagrette (Ravenclaw)'s death was listed as undetermined with conflicting reports saying whether she was dead or not before the Acromantula began feasting on her after being knocked out of the air leading Hogwarts' aerial support.
I started at Brown, Lavender Jessica (Cause of Death: Died of Injuries Inflicted by Fenrir Greyback) and it occured to me that perhaps MY parents were in this book!
This is, of course, is before I was informed of my true heritage by Rodolphus, I don't imagine the author of this book intended to write in a section for all the children of Death Eaters who lost all their Mummies and Daddies.
I can see it as though it was yesterday, my little hands rushing through the pages, seeing face after face extinguished.
Ronan. Centaur. Cause of Death: Killing Curse Casted by Dolores Umbridge.
Sinistra, Aurora Dipper. Ravenclaw. Cause of Death: Decapitated by Walden MacNair.
Snape, Severus Tobias. Slytherin. Cause of Death: Bled To Death Brought On By Injuries Inflicted by Nagini on Orders of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
Spinnet, Alicia Sylvia. Gryffindor. Cause of Death: Neck Broken After Being Knocked Off Broomstick; Crashed Into The Remains of The Quidditch Pitch - Caster Unknown.
Thicknesse, Pius Lyle. Ravenclaw. Cause of Death: Killing Curse Casted by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named In A Fit of Rage.
The moment Thicknesse's page turned and I saw the next profile, I knew in that moment life would never be the same.
Tonks-Lupin, Nymphadora Annie. Hufflepuff. Cause of Death: Unknown.
TO BE CONTINUED!
A/N: Please Review, I Am Especially Excited To Hear Your Thoughts on Cursed Child In Regards To How I Write Delphi. I Got Me Some BIG Plans For Her. ;v)
