Chapter
3
Meeting with Voldemort
"Three more days," Kali said quietly to herself as she marked off another day on the calendar. Only three more days and she and Draco would be married. She couldn't wait. It was her biggest dream come true.
Kali turned to her curtains and opened them letting the sun shine in. Draco, who was still lying in bed, groaned as the light reached his eyes. "Kali it's too early."
Kali smiled at him as he slid under the covers to shield his eyes. "No it's not. We've already missed breakfast and I'm sure a house-elf will be coming up any time now to get us up."
"Then why didn't you just let him wake me up?" he asked in a whiny tone.
"Because, I just love to here you whine first thing in the morning," she said sarcastically.
Draco pulled the covers from his face and smiled at her. "And you get to listen to it every single morning after we're married."
"Yeah I guess I'll just have to get used to it," she said as she climbed up on the bed, inching towards him.
Draco smiled and pressed his lips against her. Kali let out a sigh when he let go and smiled. She loved his lips. They were absolutely perfect, especially when they were up against hers.
"Come on," she said standing up. "Get in a shower so we can go get our training done for today."
Draco let out a deep sigh pushed the covers off his body and pulled himself out of bed. He slowly made his way to the bathroom to take a shower and after he was out of sight Kali jumped on the bed and curled up under the covers. She didn't get a chance to get comfortable before an owl swooped in and dropped a letter in front of her. She immediately recognised the owl as Hedwig and quickly opened the letter.
Kali,
I want to talk with him before I make my final decision. Just
you, me and him. No death eaters or anything. Just the three of us.
If you can arrange that then I'll consider joining
him. Harry
Kali smiled at this and took off down the stairs of Riddle Manor with the letter. When she reached the bottom of the staircase she dashed into the living room to see Voldemort reading the Daily Prophet. She ran to stand in front of him and handed him the letter.
"What's this?" he asked looking up to see she was out of breath.
"Just read it," she said happily.
He looked over it and looked back up at her smiling. "Tell him we'll meet him in Hogsmeade tonight at Midnight. Send a portkey for him." Kali nodded taking the letter and started back to the staircase before she heard Voldemort start to say something. "And Kali, I'm proud of you."
Kali couldn't keep the smile off her face and she didn't want to either. He was proud of her. She nodded and headed back up the stairs to her and Draco's room. When she walked in Draco was pulling a black t-shirt over his head. "Hey, where did the owl come from?"
"That's Harry's owl, Hedwig," she said handing him the letter.
He read it and handed it back to her. "So what did Voldemort say?"
"We're meeting him at midnight in Hogmeades," she said smiling.
"Do you think he's going to join us?" Draco asked.
"I don't know," Kali said. "I can tell he's still a little worried that it's going to end up stabbing him in the back."
"Well we can't really blame him," Draco said. "After all, Voldemort did kill his parents."
Voldemort sat alone in his office looking at some papers on his desk when Lucius lightly knocked on the door.
"Come in," Voldemort said keeping his eyes on the papers in front of him. Lucius walked in and bowed low. "What is it Lucius?"
"I have gathered the men that I want to accompany me on the trip," Lucius said as he stood up. "We are awaiting your orders."
"Good," Voldemort said pushing the papers away from him. "Tonight I will convince Potter to join me and then he will come to our side and we'll be able to destroy Dumbledore and take over Hogwarts and the Ministry."
"So do you wish for us to hold back on the attack?" Voldemort said.
"For now, yes," Voldemort said letting out a sigh. "I need Potter to trust me before we place an attack on the Order."
Lucius nodded. "Do you think he will join us?"
Voldemort smirked. "Of course. As long as Kali doesn't find out the truth he will come and join us. He trusts her and before long he will trust me."
11:58pm
"Are you sure about this Harry?" Ginny asked as they stood alone in the kitchen of the Burrow. "Maybe I should come with you just in case."
"No, I have to do this alone," Harry said. "It'll be fine."
Ginny nodded and looked at her watch. "It's almost time."
"Yeah," Harry said noticing how worried she was. "I promise everything will be fine." He bent down and gave her a gentle kiss on the lips before taking the port key that Kali sent to him and feeling the familiar tug at his naval.
Harry landed in the streets of Hogsmeade and headed for the edge of the small town to meet with Kali and Voldemort. As he approached the outskirts he saw two figures standing together and they seemed to be talking. He gripped his wand and let out a sigh as he approached them. Sure enough it was Kali and Voldemort, although it didn't look like Voldemort at all. He looked normal, more human features than the snake-like ones he remembered seeing in his 4th and 5th year.
"Hey Harry," Kali said greeting him.
"Hello Harry," Voldemort said stepping closer. Harry tightened his grip around his wand at the sound of his voice, it was much the same as he remember it. Voldemort noticed this and let out a small laugh. Harry noticed that this laugh wasn't scary or creepy like he had heard escape for his mouth before. "If it makes you feel better," Voldemort said taking out his own wand. "Here, take it," and handed it to Harry.
Harry was a bit shocked by this and thought about taking it. Maybe it's a trick. Harry immediately shoved this thought into the back of his head and took the wand, putting it in his pocket next to his own wand.
"Now let's get down to business," Voldemort said as Kali summoned three chairs for them all to sit on. After they were seated Voldemort continued. "Now I'm guessing you want to know why you can trust me?"
Harry nodded. "Just because Dumbledore has changed what is to say that you have too?"
Voldemort started to explain how corrupt the ministry was. Harry had to agree with this after what had happened in his 5th year. He explained how power no longer mattered to him and that he just wanted to fix the Ministry, not control it. "To sum it up Harry, I'm tired of fighting the inevitable. The Ministry needs fixing and that is what I plan on doing. I'm sorry that our past is so unbelievably horrible and I admit that if it wasn't for me you would still have your parents today. It is my fault and I don't doubt you for blaming me. But there is also something else you need to know. Something that I'm sure Dumbledore hasn't told you and after all the events of last year I'm sure he will never tell you."
"What is it?" Harry asked.
"You know of the prophecy, right?"
"Yes," Harry said. "Dumbledore told me at the end of my 5th year."
"Did he tell you that he knows who leaked the information to me about the prophecy?" Voldemort asked knowing that Harry didn't know.
"No," Harry said. He had obviously thought about it but after the summer of his
fifth year the question seemed to just drift out of his mind thinking that he would never find out anyway.
"It was… Severus Snape," Voldemort said simply.
Harry and Kali's eyes both widened. Even Kali hadn't known this. "But-" Harry started to argue back but he couldn't. He didn't know what to say. It certainly made sense though.
"It was when he was loyal to me," Voldemort said. "I sent him to spy on Dumbledore and he came back with this information."
Harry continued to be speechless. He didn't know what to say to this. It only made him hate Snape more. Even to hate Dumbledore for not telling him and for trusting Snape after he leaked out information to Voldemort.
"There is one more thing Harry. I'm not sure if you've ever caught onto this little fact before but you need to think about it?"
"Think about what?"
"About the fact that Severus was in my inner circle for quite some time. That he knew for sure that Sirius Black was never a death eater. And knew him enough personally to know that he would never join. Yet, he allowed the ministry to throw him into Azkaban. He didn't utter a word. Not even to his beloved Dumbledore. All he had to do was go tell Dumbledore and Dumbledore would have talked to the Ministry and Black would have been a free man to take and raise you. It's his fault that you were raised by those muggles and it's his fault that Sirius had to suffer through twelve years in Azkaban."
Harry yet again was speechless. He was right. For once he truly and completely agreed with Voldemort. Sirius would probably still be alive and so would his parents if it wasn't for Snape. And he had proof that Dumbledore had changed. That he had only cared for power and would do anything to get it.
"I'm sure it's going to take a lot before you are able to trust me but I'm able to work for it," Voldemort said. "Any questions you have I'm happy to answer."
Harry thought about it for a minute. There was one question that was bothering him since he arrived. "How did you get your old body back?"
Voldemort smiled. "An ancient potion and spell that I discovered just last summer. It took quite some time to translate the runes and just as long to brew the potion. But here I am back into my old body," he said happily.
Harry had to admit it was very weird to see this side of Voldemort. It was like all the hate had been sucked out of him.
"Harry," Kali said snapping him back into reality. "As much as I hate it. You need to make a decision. We need you on our side but we get it if you choose to stay with Dumbledore."
Harry nodded. He had made a decision. "I…"
AN: nice cliffy… hehe… ok yeah I know this one took a while but you should be happy to know that I'm about 40 done with 4… my internet was out of a few days so I really didn't have a way to post this but it gave me time to get to work on it and ch. 4… so be happy… and PLEASE review as always.. oh yeah and i know its a short one but please don't bite my head off
