Betrothed
Chapter 1. Unexpected
A/N: my first fan-fic, please bear with me. Thanks a bunch!-Melendrop
In a lonely street in the middle of nowhere, with intimidating manors surrounded by towering hedges a lone oak leaf floats as though by invisible wings, the wind is scarce but has just enough strength the guide it to an unknown destination. A sudden crack and a booted foot lands directly on it, leaving the dried leaf in immovable shreds on the pavement,
Footsteps follow the sound as the cloaked figure hastily walks toward one of the larger homes on the street, it stopped at the wrought iron gate, whisper something that could only be heard if someone were standing embarrassingly close to the figure. The gate opened an inch in an instant and the figure stepped soundly into the yard, disappearing behind the overgrown hedges that guarded the manor just as the neighbors surrounding homes did.
After being led through the monstrous front door and into the entry room by a pathetic excuse of a house elf who looked as though one trip to the cellar might kill the poor thing, the figure at last removed it's cloak. It is led upstairs to a sitting room, a lone person sits lazily in a throne of a chair, unsurprised at the visitor's sudden entrance.
"My lord, please forgive me, I have no news, except for what I suspect my lord already knows…" the figure bows as this is said to another figure who sat silently with one elegant hand resting lazily on one hand of the royal like chair it sat on.
"Do not assume… that I know everything, what information you have obtained might get you out of punishment, or it will only anger me for your redundancy…"
"Yes my lord…"
"Well?" it said calmly
"He is on his way here, he thinks you have captured his so called 'best friend' she did not tell him about her…arrangement"
"…" the dark lord pondered for a moment, making the informant shiver in regret of the poor news he brought, he did not expect that he was the first person the idiot boy would tell, in fact it could possibly be a ploy.
"this is good news Finnegan, you will by no means be punished…now go see to my daughter, inform her that her betrothed is expecting her in the deigning room down stairs, dinner awaits…"
"yes, my lord" Finnegan leaves in a rush, giddy with relief and relish at his lords pleasure.
END
A/N: didn't expect that coming eh?.. Well, please review, and the next chapter will be up soon-Melendrop