*~Prologue~*

            A cloaked figure watched the students at Hogwarts talk as it stood in the shadows of the Forbidden Forest.  The trees and shadows hid it from the student's vision. Thoughts crossed its mind about the future, would Voldemort ever rise to power again? What would happen to her if he didn't? Where was Voldemort?  The wind suddenly picked up in the trees surrounding her, the tree tops swayed in the softly whistling wind, and a light flashed upon her from an opening in the trees; she quickly darted to a darker spot.

            She looked towards the students and studied their actions until she noticed one of the students approaching, obviously they had seen her.  She quickly turned around and began running; she weaved around tree trunks and snapped many branches that lay scattered on the ground.  She grabbed hold of a low branch and pulled herself up into the tree as fast as she could manage as she didn't have much upper body strength.  She climbed higher up and sat down on a branch that was quite dense with leaves.

            She watched the student slowly stumbling around as if blinded by the darkness.  She giggled a little to herself thinking that the kid had to have some guts to even enter or they were truly foolish. At least that was the way it was when she went to school, only the bravest or foolish entered.  She smirked, "Brave aren't we? Your life is in danger the moment you step foot in here, you know?"

            "Who and where are you?" The kid questioned.

            "My name is Cora, I'm known as Labyrinth though, and I'm up a tree."

            "Why are you here?"

            "To be honest I'm waiting for the best moment to find the Dark Lord himself, help him gain power again, and then I'll do his bidding."

            "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is dead though!"

            "You say that with what proof?"

            "With what proof do you say he is alive?"

            "A mere child couldn't kill him, it's that simple."

            "That's an opinion."

            "Look, kid, quite frankly I don't care, now, go back to school and be a good little prefect like you are, got it? Oh, wait, a good little prefect wouldn't come in here… perhaps you blackmailed one to get that shiny little badge of yours?"

            "How dare you suggest that!?"

            "I dare by my free will; you got a problem with that? Say yes and you're dead."

            "You wouldn't have the guts to kill me, and yes I have a problem with it!"

            "Your choices not mine…" Cora pulled out her wand. "Avada Kaderva!"

            The kid immediately fell to the ground, limp and lifeless.  Cora smirked she was proud of her work.  She always managed to pull off the job that easily.  Tell them the truth to their questions, if they try to strike the first blow let them.  Then you have an excuse to kill them, self-defense.  Then again, with who and what she was, there was no excuse because you would do it eventually anyway.

            It was risky the way she did it but she did it anyway.  There were several reasons why, one of them was not foolishness.  No, she liked the risk, it was her style, and they always reacted the same way.  They always grew scared but tried to hide it.  They were always over confident or just too naïve to believe she would or could kill them.

            She jumped down from her branch and eyed down the body, "Poor child." A slight sorrow washed over her like a wave washes over the sandy shore of a beach.  Perhaps that was why she was never one of the Dark Lord's top Death Eaters.  She wasn't cold and heartless like so many of the others.

            "Alex… Alexandria are you in there?" A voice called out from the edge of the forest.  This time Cora did not move, she just stared at the lifeless body as though she had been robbed of something, in fact, she had been.  Years ago when she had joined up with the Dark Lord, she had been robbed of what little humanity had laid inside of her.  Cora heard branches snap and footsteps grow closer.  She turned her head to look at the newcomer.

            The trees were thick and dense so she could not see the new comer yet, they hadn't proceeded very far into the dimly lit forest.  She turned her gaze back to the lifeless body; perhaps I should destroy the body? No let them find me.  She thought.  Let them know that there are still so many who will follow Lord Voldemort to the end. 

            She suddenly heard a blood-curdling scream and turned her head in the direction that it came from.  The new comer was staring at the lifeless body of her friend, hands cupped over her mouth and eyes wide with fear, she looked to Cora.  Cora pointed her wand at the new comer, "Go warn Dumbledore that soon, Lord Voldemort will rise to power once again, that the muggles and mud bloods will face the same terror that they had before. Go now before you end up like your friend here!"

            The kid turned around and ran through the forest, she stumbled nearly every step; she kept turning their head to look back at her predator, making sure she wouldn't be killed.  The moment the girl broke through the forest she ran through the mob of kids that gathered around the edge of the forest and proceeded to head for the castle steps, "Dumbledore, Dumbledore, help!" 

            Cora grew a maniacal smirk of enjoyment; Fear for your life Karkaroff and Snape, all traitors to him shall pay.  She then wandered around until she was out of the dimly lit, densely populated forest, of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

                                   

Author's Ravings: Wow, I've haven't posted a story in a long time! Hope ya liked this one, hopefully I'll finish this one too; let's see if I can make it a first!!