Prologue
It was a cool night. The wind was blowing softly. Inside Malfoy Manor, the inhabitants were comfortable. Voldemort sat next to the fire with Bellatrix sitting in the chair at his side. Lucius and his wife Narcissa sat across from them holding their one year old son Draco. Sitting on the floor playing with Nagini, was Voldemort's one year old daughter Emerald Lestrange. He had decided for the child's own safety, that the child would have her mother's last name. Emerald looked up at her father and smiled. Her bright green eyes shone brightly from the light from the fire. She lifted her arms for him to pick her up. He bent down and picked her up, put her in his lap and stroked her jet black hair. "Torchie, torchie" she said as she pointed at her mother. He smiled and pointed his wand at Bellatrix. "Crucio" Emerald giggled happily as her mother fell out of her chair and jerked around screaming in pain. Voldemort patted Emerald on the head and set her back on the floor. He stood up and looked back down at Emerald who was tugging at his robes. "Daddy has to go bye bye. I will be back when you wake up." She pouted as she watched him leave.
Voldemort stood outside of the Potter's home watching Lily and James Potter playing with their one year old son Harry. None of them knew that he was standing outside of their home at that moment. He walked up to their door and blasted the door open. James jumped up "LILY TAKE HARRY UPSTAIRS AND STAY THERE!" He yelled as he ran to the door with his wand out. Before he could do anything Voldemort had his wand pointed at him. "Avada Kedavra!" Voldemort stepped over James and headed upstairs. When he got to the room where Lily was hiding, he found the door locked. "Foolish girl, do you think you can lock me out" He then blasted the door open. He entered the room; seeing her standing in front of the crib. She said, "NO, kill me, kill me, don't kill Harry!" At that moment another jet of green light shot out of his wand and she layed dead on the floor. He walked over to the crib and looked down at Harry with his wand pointed at the boy's face. As soon as the words left his mouth everything went black.
Bellatrix sat in her chair next to the fire place holding Emerald and stroking her hair. Narcissa had taken Draco up to bed. "Bella, she looks as though she is about to fall a sleep." He watched the child fondly as she kept opening and closing her eyes tiredly. Bellatrix nodded and stood up. "I will go put her to bed." Bella smiled as Emerald snuggled up against her shoulder. Bella headed up the grand stairs to the third floor where the bedrooms were. As she reached the third floor the burning sensation in her dark mark was gone. She carefully hurried down to Emerald's room at the far end of the hall. Emerald's room was a large spacious room. The walls were of a dark rich wooden paneling. The floor was covered with medium green carpeting. A large crib with a beautiful velvet green canopy with silver trimmings sat in the middle of the room. On the far wall of the room were two large doors: one leading into the bathroom and the other in to a very spacious walk in closet. The bathroom was a quarter the size of the bed room. The walls were the same as the bed room but the floor was a rich of rich green marble. The counter which stretched the whole length of one wall was of silver marble. The large tub on the opposite wall was of the same marble. Bella quickly changed Emerald in to her night clothes and placed her in her crib. After kissing her daughters forehead, she quickly went back down stairs. She found Lucius pacing in the same room she had left him; He looked up when she entered and said, "The Order must have some idea of what happened." Bella's eyes grew big at his words. She turned, ran out of the room and out of the manor.