A group of hooded figures stood in silence, waiting in front of an old abandoned house. At least everyone that lived in the village THOUGHT it was abandoned. But it wasn't. In fact it would soon be quite full. Two more figures appeared, seemingly from nowhere, and joined the small crowd. Then the door to the house opened, and they all stepped inside.
The room they entered was empty, except for the man stood in the centre. He to wore a hooded cloak, so his face was hidden. The door shut behind the Death Eaters. When they saw their master they all bowed to him. He addressed the group:
"I
have brought you here today because I have news. I have some….
business to take care of tomorrow, and there is something I need done
before I go." Lord Voldemort paused, waiting to see what effect his
words would have. The Death Eaters were silent, wondering what could
be so important.
He turned and walked out of the room. He
returned several minutes later with a large black shape in his hand.
He stopped in the middle of the room and placed the object on the
ground.
"This is my daughter, Savannah." The Death Eaters were shocked, some of them even gasped. "You are here tonight because I need someone to look after her, because naturally I don't have the time. When she is 11 you will teach her magic. She must learn everything you know, because one day, she will be as powerful as me."
More gasps were accompanied by this statement, they hadn't thought anyone could be as powerful as their master.
"She can have absolutely NO CONTACT with the outside world. She is to be raised alone. You will be the only people who know of her existence, and it will remain that way. She will be told who her father is, but not what she will become, that must be kept quiet. You six have been entrusted with a great secret, DO NOT let me down. You will have to stay in this house with her. It is a muggle village and they think no-one lives in this house. I would like to keep it that way. If you do…. well lets just say you wont be working for me anymore. Or anyone for that matter. You will be replaced by another servant who WILL obey me. Do not let me down!"
He passed the object into the group. They now realised that it was a baby seat, and the baby sat inside. She did not look anything like her father, and they all wondered who her mother was. He left them in the house to ponder the enormous task he had left them.
16 years later
Savannah Eliza Riddle was sat at the table of the huge house, playing with the food on her plate. She had no idea what it was, and so she wasn't sure it was safe to eat. She was too anxious anyway, because her father and her 'Guardians' had been gone for to long. They were at war with the 'good' wizards. She had never left the house but she had wanted to leave and fight alongside her dad. He had insisted she stayed behind though, and when she had tried to sneak out, she got beaten. The Guardians were the people who looked after her. There were six of them. Her dad was just too busy to care for her, so he brought in some extra help. At seventeen years old she didn't think she needed babysat, but her father….. well he was a little strict.
Savannah gave up with the food and went to sit in her bedroom. It wasn't anything special. Just a bed against one wall and a wardrobe that contained all of her belongings (which wasn't many). All she had were a few clothes, and everything else was her school stuff. Not that she actually WENT to school. He father would never allow that. She was home-school by the guardians, and they taught her everything they knew. She was accomplished in the darkest of the dark arts, and she wasn't afraid to use her magic of she had to. the day before her father and left for the war, he told her something that would change her life forever.
"Savannah, I have kept you cooped up in this house, not because you are my daughter, but because of something else. There is a prophecy that my child will one day rise and be the most powerful wizard ever. Together Savannah, we will tear apart the world we know today and make a new one. We will rule and everyone unworthy will fall before us. No-one will be able to stop us! Only one wizard stands in the way, but he will shortly be eradicated by my hand. I will be back soon, and then we can begin our plans, for it will not take long to win this war, I know Potter's weakness." With that her father walked out of the room. She had not seen him since that day.
Savannah was wrenched from her thoughts when she heard the front door open. She grabbed her wand off the table and proceeded down the stairs, the wand held in front of her. As soon as she arrived in the hall, she knew there was no danger. The voices were to familiar to be a threat. She ran into the room they were in but stopped as soon as she their faces.
"Wh….What's wrong?" Savannah asked nervously. She gazed into the face of the nearest guardian, Rowle.
"It's your father."
"What's wrong?" Savannah asked nervously but she had an idea of what was coming next.
"He's dead," sighed another guardian, Dretly, "Lord Voldemort is dead."
"He..he can't be dead. It's not true it can't be!," Savannah cried.
"I'm afraid it is"
"But we were going to take over!"
"I'm sorry Savannah. Now we know you know about the prophecy, but you must stay here. You can't leave this house." Rowle had seen that Savannah was heading toward the door.
"Just try and stop me," she hissed threateningly. Rowle steeped closer to her but she backed away. He drew his wand but Savannah saw the movement and drew hers at the same time.
"Stop being an idiot Savannah you cant go out there! You'll never last! Now put your wand down, be a good girl and come over here." Rowle said nervously. He had no idea how to stop her, she was younger than him but she knew all his magic and a lot more.
"You know, I tried the whole good girl thing, and it never really worked for me. So if you don't mind, I think I'm going to stick to the bad girl routine." With that she flicked her wand in the air and muttered;
"Avada Kedavra."
A flash of green light and Rowle dropped onto the floor, dead. Savannah looked up at the remaining guardian.
"So Death Eater." she snarled. Her aggressive temperament that she had inherited from her father was coming out. She was filled with anger, and her eyes changed from brown to jet black, you couldn't even see the pupil's anymore.
"Are you going to stand in the way too?"
"No… no.. Savannah please! I can help you, I swear!"
"What can filth like you help me with?"
"You've never been out of this house, you can't survive out there on your own. I can help you live in the real world! I'll help you find Harry Potter. Do you even know where he lives? Because I can help you find out. I can still teach you. Please, please let me help!!"
Savannah had had enough of the pleading.
"Oh fine fine fine. But any funny business and I'll kill you like I killed him." She gestured towards the body on the floor. Dretly glanced at the body of his companion and climbed to his feet, nodding vigorously. Savannah walked towards the door, Dretly following her like a puppy does to it's mother.
