Prologue
It was once foretold by the Sorceress Morgan le Fay, sister and rival of the Muggle King Arthur:
A prophet yet to foretell of a boy who will kill a Dark Lord…
Her prophecy will be void when the Dark Lord brings forth a child…
The rest of the prophecy was lost over time and soon forgotten and not one record of it was left by the middle of the Dark Ages.
But now…the prophecy—the whole prophecy—is about to come to pass…
Utter darkness.
Day in and day out, light did not exist for her world.
Light was a nuisance that came into her domain three times a day to deliver a meager meal to keep her alive.
Her name was Helena Therese Riddle, the daughter of Tom Marvolo Riddle—Lord Voldemort. Her title was "Beast."
She had been locked away after she had massacred not only Muggles and Muggle born wizards and witches, but also a number of her father's followers—the Death Eaters.
She had no idea how much time passed anymore.
The door opened a fourth time that day, blinding her with annoying light. Helena glanced up from her chain prison and glared at the person who had entered her domain. "What do you want now?" she murmured.
"It's almost time," the Death Eater told her. "Lord Voldemort is waiting."
Helena smirked. "So I'm finally going to be released? Why does Father want me now?"
"Your plan's been put into action," he said, unlocking her chains. "Everyone's ready to see the downfall of the Dark Lord. Pansy will clean you up, milady."
Helena smirked.
Twenty years ago, Hermione was adopted by a Muggle Family of the name Granger.
Her true Father, Lord Voldemort, had allowed the adoption simply because Hermione would be considered his weakness. And the Dark Lord was anything but weak.
Deep inside Hermione, his daughter—Helena—slept. He had sealed her true nature deep inside her.
For the days after his resurrection, he kept mentioning how he longed for his daughter to return.
No one would know what he meant until Hermione Granger turned seventeen years old.
Not even she knew her real name until she awoke…
Helena Therese Riddle.
She killed her best friends and her lover.
This act earned her the title of the Beast and was the turning point of the war against the Dark Lord Voldemort.
However…
Helena was more ruthless than her father could handle…
On New Year's Eve 1998, Voldemort ordered that Helena be locked away until she was needed again.
Helena walked into the meeting hall. The Death Eaters stood when she entered. The room stank with enough fear. The door closed and Helena smirked.
Voldemort did not rise, but stared at his daughter, hiding his shock.
"M-my Lord…we were not aware that you ordered Helena to be released."
"I did not," he said. "Tell me, Helena. Who released you?"
Helena began to laugh. "No," she said. "I don't think I will."
The younger Death Eaters stood and aimed their wands at their parents, aunts, uncles, even their grandparents.
"Your orders, Lady Helena?" Pandora Uriell asked.
"Kill them."
With a loud chorus of "Sectusempra," the young cleaned away the old.
Voldemort remained impassive to the massacre. Helena jumped onto the table and walked towards her father. "A new era, is dawning indeed, Daddy Dearest," she purred, unsheathing her wand. "Poor Daddy," she spat, "despite his quest for immortality, it doesn't change the fact that, at some time, everything withers. Everything must come to an end." Voldemort pulled his wand out. "Everything must die."
"AVADA KEDAVRA!!"
"SECTUSEMPRA!!"
But on the Eve of the Twenty-First Century...
Helena grabbed Voldemort's corpse and tossed it to join the rest of the bodies.
"What do we do with them now, my lady?" Vincent Crabbe asked her. Two black wolves were brought to Helena.
Helena smirked, petting the wolves. "Burn the bodies along with this house."
Laughing, they left the Riddle House and Helena sent the Mark of the Beast into the sky—an eye—over the house.
The one they called the Beast will be unleashed and a new era of Darkness will begin…
Diagon Alley was ransacked.
Buildings were caught on fire.
Young children, three to seven or eight at best, were ushered into carts; some were yanked from their screaming mothers and fathers who were then cut down before the children.
Some of the parents, and even others who may not have known the children, were able to rescue the young and apparated as quickly as they could before an anti-apparition shield was raised.
"My lady," Gregory Goyle said, pointing at a rising force of Aurors. "We should go."
"No." Helena said, smirking. She pulled out her wand. "Gather those who aren't taking the children and get them into the front line."
They gathered around her, wands ready.
"Use whatever killing spell comes to mind first, but kill them," Helena ordered, her mouth curling into a maddening smile. "NOW!!!"
"AVADA KEDAVRA!!!"
"SECTUSEMPRA!!!"
During the Ransack of Diagon Alley, just a few miles away at St. Mungo's Hospital…
"I was thinking Gaius."
"Gaius? Are you mad?"
"What's wrong with 'Gaius'?"
"Have some mercy on the poor boy, will you? Why not Jeremy? Jeremy Domitian sounds good. There's a Roman Emperor name there like traditional, and he won't have a bullying problem in the future."
"He won't be teased for a name like Gaius. It's a good Wizard name. I had a great-grandfather named Gaius."
"I'm still saying Jeremy. If we have another boy, then I'll let you name him Gaius…what's that grin?"
"Really, Love?"
"Oh shut it, that won't be for another year or two."
"Alright, alright; Jeremy it is." The man took his newborn son in his arms, cradling the babe.
…When the child of a spy is born, woe to the Beast…
Finally posting this! I know: many of my HP stories feature Hermione as an evil-doer. Don't ask me why. This chapter's just set up for the rest of the story.
"Sleep Not for the Beast Walks" is a futuristic HP story that ignores the events in book 7 and some events in book 6. In comparison to some of my other stories, its a bit heavier in content, just so you know.
But since I'm not sure what you're all going to think of it, please let me know if I should keep posting the story. If not, I'll take it off. I won't do anything regarding this story until the end of the month, based on your vote: keep or drop.
Thank you!
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