Venom~Prologue~Nagini
"Nagini!" Lucious Malfoy hissed. After the fire (see In the Dark of the Night) many Death Eaters had been lost, but the Dark Arts had not been abandoned. In his foul brain, Lucious was already concocting a plan for his grandchildren. The grandchildren who he had never seen face-to-face. When he had heard the news, he had been mortified that their mother was a mudblood. Draco had been unsatisfactory, (a huge understatement to Lucious) but STILL! Oh well. Everything would work out. He turned to Nagini, who had silently entered the room. "Nagini my sweet, transform." The horribly long snake glittered, shimmered and let out a blinding flash. In its place, stood a tall, slender woman wearing snake skin pants and cropped shirt. Night black hair spilled over her shoulders unevenly, but the most remarkable thing about the woman was her eyes. Glowing green, supernatural green, like glowing emerald coals. The light glanced off them, making them chartreuse in some places, forest green in others.
"Yessssssssss, Looooooooooshhhhhhhusssssssssss?" She hissed. Her slurred speech revealed long fangs in the place of canine teeth, making her s's drawn out.
"I have a plan, Nagini dearest, to capture my grandchildren. It may not be too late to train them in the dark arts, and make them my heirs."
"And how, massssssssssster, will you do thisss? Whenn whhhill I come inn?"
"Come here Nagini and I will tell you."
"Whhhhhhy Whhhhhhhisssssssssssper my lord, wallssssssss do not hhhhhhhhhave earsssssss."
"Yes, but rats do. And I think we both know a two-tailed rat. Among others who could be spying."
Nagini stepped closer, and Lucious bent over and whispered into her ear. Her ice cold smile grew as he continued. He finished his long monolouge with a kiss. Nagini whipped her head back in suprise. "Narrrrrrrrcccccccccccisssssssssssssssisssssssssssssaaaaaaa whhhhhilllll nnnot beeeeee hhhhhhhappy about thhhhhhhhissssssssss masssssssssssssssssssssssssster."
"Who cares about Narcissa, sweet? Carry out the plan!"
"Assssssssssss you wissssssssssssssssssssssssssh."
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Some hundred miles away a tall, thin, silver haired figure plummeted off a cliff, down toward the rocks below.
