Graverobber arrived in America and was unexpectedly greeted at the airport by Mr. Tiny. He knew who Mr. Tiny was, Vancha had always told him about him and how he was not to be trusted after what he did to Darren Shan and Larten Crepsley and Graves had seen the man himself at Vampire Mountain. He frowned. "Hey, what are you doing here?" He asked, cocking an eyebrow suspiciously.
"Just here to wish you good luck." He smirked.
"No, you're fucking not." His eyes narrowed. A nagging little voice in Graves' head told him to be nicer to Mr. Destiny, but his personality simply wouldn't allow him to roll over and let Mr. Tiny walk all over him
"Alright, you're right. I'm just here to sit back and watch the fireworks." Mr. Tiny grinned, and with that he headed off.
Meanwhile Pavi and Luigi were growing up together; Luigi loved his little brother and took good care of him even though Pavi was born when Luigi was only five, Luigi behaved as the perfect big brother. He held his brother when he was crying, took care of him when he was sick and treated him like royalty. He didn't know that eventually their father's company would matter more to him than the little brother he loved.
At that time an old hag dressed all in ropes was training her apprentice, a four year old girl. "Lady Evanna, Lady Evanna, what do you look like?" The little girl asked, she was blind and could not tell for herself.
"How a person looks doesn't matter, little one." The woman said, taking the girl's hands in her own short stubby hairy ones. As she held the little girl's hands, Evanna's hands grew long and slender, hairless and smooth. "When you are like us, you can be the most beautiful woman in the world, or the ugliest hag who ever lived, it is up to you. Now, come tend the frogs with me." She smiled, leading the little girl over to where a veritable army of frogs sat staring at them. "Mind the frogs, Magdalene, if you're not careful they can hurt you, but they are our protectors. As long as we are protected by these frogs, no one can lay a hand on us."
Mag giggled. "They are slimy." She commented.
"It is so they can slip away from predators." Evanna smiled sadly, knowing that by the time the little girl before her reached adulthood she would deal with a predator of her own of a different kind. It was Evanna's burden that she could see the future and do nothing about it. She was almost tempted to break her rule just this once and save little Magdalene Defoe all the torment she'd experience later in life, but it wasn't Evanna's place to do so, so she put it from her mind for now. She decided to give Mag some good news. "Little one, you'll gain your sight when you've passed you nineteenth birthday." Evanna told her. "But you must promise to stay here as my apprentice until it is your time to go out into the world I will tell you when that is and you must trust me when I tell you, for your training will be over."
"But Lady Evanna, I don't want to leave you…my mother told me I'd be safe with you." Mag whimpered.
"You are safe with me, it is true, but remember, Mag, a sheltered rose needs a little room to bloom outside her bedroom." Evanna tapped Mag's nose playfully.
Mag giggled. "Okay, Lady Evanna, I trust you." She smiled brightly.
"She's certainly a cute one." A smooth, cold voice cut in as Mag played with the frogs.
Evanna sighed and without taking her watchful eyes off the child. "Hello, father." Evanna said equally icily.
"Such a shame how her life is going to turn out." Mr. Tiny shook his head. "Maybe you can do something about it, spice things up a little?" He smirked.
Evanna turned to him with tears in her eyes. "You know very well why I can't do that. The chaos it would unleash on the world if I interfered!" Evanna gasped.
"It was only a suggestion." Mr. Tiny smirked and with that, he turned and walked away.
Meanwhile, Rotti's empire was growing, he was now the richest man in the world and the most powerful, he'd lobbied a bill through congress with Mr. Tiny's help to make repossession of organs legal. His two sons, Pavi and Luigi were becoming spoiled even though Pavi was only a baby. Within a year, Rotti called on Mr. Tiny in a panic. He'd killed the wife Mr. Tiny had given him. She'd made him angry and he'd beaten her to death. He was terrified that Mr. Tiny would be angry, but instead of becoming angry, Mr. Tiny informed him another woman would come along in eight years and, true to Mr. Tiny's word, she did and within a year, a baby girl was born. Nine year old Pavi and fourteen year old Luigi were very happy to have a baby sister to take care of. Of course, Rotti again could not keep his temper and this wife died mysteriously too. Mr. Tiny decided to stop stepping in and let things take their course naturally. He knew the woman who would spark the true evil inside Rotti would come along soon enough. It would be five long years of waiting and six before Rotti's evil was fully awakened, but Desmond Tiny was a patient man. He could wait like no other.
