Chapter 1:

Oh, lord, what did I do to deserve this?? Sasha asked herself as the whip
came down apron her again. Why did you have me battle Mcnair? Outside, where
Snape just walked by and snatched her up. He had taken her to this god-awful
place and forced her to be the slave? Why?? Oh yeah, because she was in the
wrong place at the wrong time.
It had all started about 3 weeks ago when Death Eaters had attacked
Hogwarts. She had been locked in a battle with Mcnair just outside of
Hagrid's hut when Snape walked up and grabbed her by the jacket.

"She'll do don't you think Draco?" Snape had asked. Then Snape had brought her here, to Little Hang Linton. She had been enslaved to the dark lord Voldemort.
At the moment she was being whipped by Mcnair for "giving him an evil look"
That's what Sasha found very odd about this place. The dark lord, the master
of evil, the most hated wizard in the world, never touched them. He never
hit them, whipped them, or even hurt them. All he ever did was order them
around. Mean while his death eaters were horrible, so far (in 3 weeks) Sasha
had been whipped, beaten, and taunted to no end by the death eaters.

Sasha thought back to before this awful time in her life, it was something
she did during the more painful times. Think of… Hermione. Yes, Hermione,
her best friend. She didn't't hang out with Hermione much though because of
Harry. Harry was the boy she crushed on since first year. She had been fine
to be near him and talk to him until last year when he started to date Ginny
Weasley. Not only was it torture to see the guy you loved kissing someone
else, but also Ginny happened to be her cousin. Ginny even knew that Sasha
liked Harry when they started dating!!

She had also been in love one other time. With Cedric Diggory, but no one knew. They kept it a secret because at the time it just seemed to make sense. The first time he told her he loved her was right before he went into the maze, and came out a corpse. Sasha was crushed. Love just seemed to be against her.

She stopped thinking about that. Okay there was also…Lily. Her twin sister. Lily was a lot like Sasha: smart, pretty, kind, and noticed a lot by boys. Lily was unfairly put in Ravenclaw while Sasha was in Gryffindor. Her thoughts were interrupted by a gruff
voice.

"Okay, I think you learned your lesson." Said Mcnair rolling up his whip.
Sasha looked at her back and saw blood had slightly seeped through her
nightgown. She wobbled up to her room that she shared with Judy. Judy was
sitting on her bed waiting for Sasha. She brushed her brown hair out of her
eyes.
"Was it one of the more painful ones??" Judy asked.
"Well, It bled." replied Sasha.
"Ahh, well, Draco managed to steal some gauze from the bathroom." Judy said
holding up some fluffy paper.
As Judy soaked up some of the blood with the gauze Sasha got thinking again.
Draco, Judy and herself, what an odd friendship it started as but they were
the reasons she was still here. Every single thought of, suicide, physical
pain, and escape they pushed out of her mind. At first she hated Draco with
every bone in her body. At school he seemed stuck up, spoiled and a proud
want to be know it all. But when she got to know him better he was really
nice.

You just have to get to know him; it was the way he was brought up.
Stuck up, strong, and a very proud, pureblood. He was trying to change though.
Since his father had escaped from Azkaban prison, he had felt certain resentment towards evil stuff. It was an odd thing but Draco understood and that's what was important to him. They had tried to get more out of him but he had not been willing to talk.
Sasha had prayed every morning and night that someone would come and
rescue her. Her biggest hope had been dashed within a minute of getting to
this hellhole though.

"Is it done?" asked Voldemort

"Yes, he's gone," replied Severus Snape.

"Who??" Asked a couple of confused death eaters.
He looked at Sasha as he said "Your precious Dumbledore!"

"Liar!" she had shouted. Unable to think about Dumbledore being gone,
unable to accept it.
"It's true." Snape said with a triumphant sneer on his pale face. "I had
the pleasure of performing the deed myself."

"You dirty traitor!!!" she said loud enough for only him to hear. "You
dirty, filthy, horrible son of a-" Snape brought up his hand up to strike
her, but Voldemort stopped him for some reason.

"You will not touch her, just as you cannot touch the rest of them. None of
you can" Voldemort had said. The death eaters didn't listen. Judy's voice
brought her back to reality.

"Apparently Voldy has some sort of surprise for us. We have no idea what it
is but it's supposed to change how we think about him in general.

Sasha knew whom he meant by "we". It wasn't all the workers, it wasn't just
the female workers, and it was she and Judy. Sasha and Judy were the only
real slaves. Forced to work there with no pay, no contact to the outside
world, no good points about. All the others had been afraid of him and
volunteered. In every other way they were just like the slaves, cut off from
the out side world and all. Only difference was the other slaves had a choice.

"But Sasha I must tell you something...There is a rumor. That involves us."
She paused for a second. "There is a rumor his next evil plan thingy will
involve one or both of us a lot. It's only a rumor but... it's best to be
prepared."

The door suddenly burst open and Draco walked in. "Hey guys. The master
wants to see you. He says it's important. Everyone will be there. Hurry!" he
said walking out the door again.

Sasha sighed and walked over and put on her "uniform." Which was one of the
worst parts of this. Her "uniform" was a very revealing outfit with a low
V-neck cut and a short skirt. She didn't't care too much about the skirt. But
the shirt made her feel embarrassed because some parts of her were large on
her short body. The shirt was not made for things like these her size and
they felt like they could come out at any time. She ran a brush quickly thru
her hair and checked to make sure she looked fine in her full-length mirror.
Once Judy was done they headed down to the dining hall for the big news.
Down the staircase and through they halls they walked, making small talk
but mostly thinking about the same thing. Was the rumor true? Would they
learn tonight? Was this whole meeting about them?? They walked through the
oak dining hall doors and saw almost everyone else was there. The meeting
hadn't started yet so they took the place at the back. Snape walked in after
them, he glared at them and said, and "You're late."

"So are you!" Sasha snapped. He grabbed them both by the arms and brought them to the front. "This will be your place for the night," he said letting go and sitting next to Draco,
who was sitting beside Sasha.
Once they sat down Voldemort decided to start the meeting. He was wearing dark
green robes and what's not green is black. He cleared his throat, and the
room went silent. "I have two announcements!" He said starting off. "The first!" He continued, "Is that I will be changing. I will be taking a potion that I invented." Everyone looked confused. He smiled mischievously and said. "You'll see!" as he pulled a purple bottle out of his robes and before anyone could say no he had downed it.
His face slowly began to change. His nose shortened, his eyes grew warmer
and his 5 o'clock shadow disappeared. He became. Young again? Young again?
Is that possible? Sasha thought confused. It was true though. He looked no
older than 21. There were oohs and awes and "Unbelievable!" from all over
the room.

"Yes! That's right! I am young again! It has worked perfectly." Voldemort
said proudly. "And on to my next bit of news." He said pausing for effect.
"Due to the success of the potion I have decided we will have a get
together, a ball of sorts, there will be music, dancing and drinks all
around" There were loud cheers from around the room. "It will be open to
everyone." Voldemort continued looking straight at Sasha and Judy.
" My last order of business. Being the host of our "Ball" Who will I be
attending with?" He left his chair, walked down the steps and offered his
hand to… Sasha. " I have thought long and hard about this and you were the
only fit choice." He said looking into her eyes. His eyes truly did look…
kind. A strange feeling came over Sasha, she wasn't sure what made her do it, but for some reason she reached out and took his hand. He walked her to where he had been sitting before and called out "This is my date!!!"

Sasha looked at all the people, death eaters, other slaves, Draco and Judy.
All sat there with their mouths open. Gaping at the look of young Voldemort holding hands with not only a slave. Also she was a Weasley to boot. "You will where the finest dress, which ever you want from the catalogue that will be brought to your room." He said quietly to her. "You all may go," He said addressing the rest of the room. He let go of her hand and said. "The ball is in two days, please be ready" He said it in an almost kind tone.
What and odd night this was turning out to be.