Voldemort sat in his chair; he was racking his brains for a way to get Harry Potter. So far he couldn't come up with anything.
There was also the matter of Dumbledore's letter.
Voldemort had been very surprised when Dumbledore's owl came; he thought he wouldn't be contacted by this man, especially about Emberlynne.
Emberlynne was Voldemort's fourteen year old daughter, and most likely the only living person that Voldemort would show any mercy to.
The letter asked Voldemort to send Emberlynne to Hogwarts, where she would be placed in with all the other fourth years as Dumbledore knew she had been taught from home.
Voldemort was, at first, appalled, that Dumbledore would ask such a thing of him, surely it had to be a trap of some sort.
When he read on though he saw that Dumbledore had promised to keep everything a secret. Even though Voldemort hated Dumbledore with every fiber of his being, he knew that Albus Dumbledore was a man of his word.
No one would know that Emberlynne was Voldemort's daughter…
Then it hit him.
"Emberlynne!" Voldemort bellowed.
He had a new plan and he needed his daughter.
Emberlynne almost instantly, seemingly as though she had been waiting just outside the door.
"Yes father?" Emberlynne asked.
Voldemort examined his daughter. She was beautiful, intelligent, creative, and just what he needed to get Potter.
"As you know, I have been trying to come up with a plan to kill Harry Potter…" Voldemort started.
"Father, can't you just let it go? I mean, that was fourteen years ago." Emberlynne interrupted.
Voldemort sat there shocked. She had always been quiet while he was talking, and now this?
"Emberlynne, you know you shouldn't interrupt me." Voldemort stated.
"Yes, I know father, but you have been going on about nothing but this Potter boy and to be quite honest it's getting to be quite annoying." Emberlynne said.
Voldemort sat for a moment. Why was she being so outspoken?
"Well, if you only knew the entire story behind it all, then you would know why this is all so important. So shut up and listen." Voldemort hissed.
Emberlynne shut her mouth.
"Thank you. Now, I want you to go to Hogwarts and…" Voldemort started, but once again he was interrupted.
"You have to be kidding. I mean, you said that you would teach me everything you know and that you would sooner be slain by Harry Potter than let me walk into that place." Emberlynne said, recalling one of their many conversations together.
"First off, since when I have been joking about anything when it comes to Harry Potter?" Emberlynne had to admit that he had a point there.
"Also, let me finish." He hissed once again.
Emberlynne nodded her head and looked at her father.
"I want you to go to Hogwarts and meet up with Potter, become friends with him, follow him around, gather information, find a weakness." Voldemort finished.
Emberlynne looked at him as though he had just asked her to kill Harry Potter herself.
"Father, I'm sorry, but I can't. You know that I want nothing to do with this whole Potter situation." Emberlynne protested.
"It's not open for discussion. You will do as you're told, or else you could very suffer the same fate as the boy." Voldemort said, knowing that this would make her do it. He would never kill her, but she didn't know that, she saw him as cold and heartless as everyone else, only on a smaller level.
"You'll be going to Diagon Alley to get your school supplies, here is the list." Voldemort said, handing her a long piece of parchment.
"I'm going alone?" Emberlynne asked hopefully, taking the parchment.
"Of course not. Severus will be accompanying you." Voldemort told her.
A small blush swept across Emberlynne's face that Voldemort missed as he was looking over the other contents of Dumbledore's letter.
There was a small knock on the door and Voldemort looked up from the letter.
"Ah, that must be Severus now; he was always very good when it came to being on time." Voldemort said.
"Enter Severus." He commanded.
The black door at the end of the room swung open to reveal Severus Snape, as he walked farther into the room a smile flashed over Emberlynne's face, this Voldemort didn't miss it, but he didn't say anything either. He knew about Emberlynne's crush on Severus, and, in his opinion, she couldn't have better taste.
"Good day my lord." Snape said, bowing to Voldemort.
"Miss. Emberlynne." Snape said, bowing to her as well.
"Good day Severus." Emberlynne said.
"Severus, you know why you're here." Voldemort said.
"To escort Emberlynne to Diagon Alley for…" Snape began to relay his assignment but was interrupted.
"For Hogwarts school supplies." Voldemort finished for him.
Snape took on a face of confusion.
"But I thought…" Snape started.
"You were in the right state of mind, but I have changed my plans. Emberlynne will be attending Hogwarts this year." Voldemort explained.
Snape, who was still confused, nodded and kept quiet. He knew better than to question Voldemort's plans.
"Now, she has the list, so be off." Voldemort said.
"Yes my lord." Severus said, bowing once more, then he stood tall, turned on his heel and walked towards the door, Emberlynne in tow and at the same time summoning her bag.