With Darkness There Comes Light
Chapter 3
By: Painted Dragon
A/N: Sorry for the delay guys, but , unfortunately, someone gave me an early Christmas gift: A virus. Now, I gotta write everything from scratch. But have no fear, because I had a stroke of genius and now I'm certain thing's will go much more smoothly!
Disclaimer: They're not mine. They belong To Joanna Rowling (The lucky…..) and though I do wish I had Draco and Ron chained up in my closet for naughty things, I do not. But, I do own Maggie and Patricia! YAY!
Voldemort sat in a large armchair, next to a blazing fire in the Malfoy Mansion. His eyes were transfixed on the orange and red flames that shot up and danced around the logs. Even though it was a warm night out, he was still very, very cold. He was getting close to death, he may have only ten or so years left. That was simply not acceptable; if he was going to rule the world, he was going to do it for longer than ten years, damn it!
"Lucius," he called, still staring into the flames. The blonde haired man looked up from his writing and walked over to his master.
"Yes, my lord?" he asked greasily, kneeling before Voldemort.
"I wish to be young again," stated Voldemort, simply.
"Excuse me, my liege, but that is practically impossible! I mean to become young again you must-" Lucius was cut off.
"I know what I must do, Lucius," snapped Voldemort.
"But honestly your nobleness, do you think sacrificing two girls of the same purity is a good idea? And even at that, which two girls would you choose?" asked Lucius.
"O'Flannery, for one. That girl has been giving me trouble way before she was born. I speculate she is the reincarnation of her older sister," Voldemort tented his fingers, now feeling extremely evil.
"Her sister, my excellency?" asked Lucius. The name sounded so familiar, yet, he could not remember just as to why.
"Please Lucius, don't tell me that you do not remember the young Evelyn O'Flannery? Black hair, yellow-green eyes, short, very temperamental?" Voldemort smiled at her memory. Evelyn was one of the more beautiful women that he had encountered. She was the reason he tried to get the O'Flannerys to join his side, but they insisted on staying neutral. Unfortunately for him, she was in love with Serverus Snape.
"No, my master, I can't say that it rings a bell," Lucius answered.
"She was your best friend's girlfriend, Lucius," replied the Dark Lord. Lucius' eyes widened with remembrance. The one who had caused so much pain within the family.
"But my lord, why her sister? We know nothing of the girl!" Lucius exclaimed.
"That is what you think, Lucius. It just so happens that the girl's step-grandfather has been keeping an eye on her. A real trouble-maker, has an eye for the good side. Better off dead," Voldemort replied softly, staring into the wildly dancing flames.
"Why don't they use the killing curse on her?" asked the blonde man.
"She has proven to be of much use. She s quite like young Ginny Weasley, very powerful and very dangerous when irked," Replied his master. Lucius' lips curled up into a sinister smile.
"I take it that young Virginia is your second girl?" he asked.
"Very good, Watson," replied Voldemort sarcastically. Lucius frowned.
"Watson?" he asked. Voldemort rolled his red eyes.
"Of course you wouldn't understand, you insolent fool. It's a character from a muggle story, well, series of stories, called Sherlock Holmes. I suggest you read it, Lucius," replied his master coldly. Just then, Peter Petigrew, better know as Wormtail, burst in through the door.
"I…found…it…my…liege!" he wheezed, falling to his knees and crawling to the vacant side of the chair where his master was seated. Voldemort smiled as he snatched the roll of parchment from the wheezing man.
"Perfect," he muttered, eyes scanning the sheet. It was his final plan to rule the world. This was his year; he would finally kill Harry Potter.
"What is it, my lord?" asked Lucius.
"This, dear Malfoy, is the perfect and final, flawless plan! Hidden away in a chamber somewhere underneath Hogwarts is a painting of Dumbledore's late wife. Both the painting and the room are charmed. You see, nobody but Dumbledore may touch the painting. If they do, Dumbledore himself goes into a suspended animation,, practically good as dead. If the painting is somehow destroyed, he will be as well. Now the chamber and the tunnel to the chamber are charmed with a spell that causes the entire area to be enveloped into pitch black darkness. No source of light can penetrate it. The only way the spell can be lifted is if the spell caster lifts it off of the designated area. That, my dear followers, is our only hitch," Voldemort looked at each of his followers in turn.
"Who placed the spell on the chamber, my lord?" asked Wormtail.
"Professor Binns," said Voldemort quietly. Lucius and Wormtail looked at each other, both in amazement.
"Well, how do you propose going about this obstacle, my lord?" asked Lucius.
"Lucius, if you have forgotten, this year we have four Death eaters in Hogwarts. Two of them being professors themselves," Voldemort's thin lips curled into an evil smile. Lucius then followed his master's lead and gave a smirk to rival his son's.
"Lucius, go send an owl to Miss Zabani, Snape, and Miss McCarthy," the Dark Lord said gleefully.
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A/N: third chappie up! Yay! Um, I found out that my review thing won't work, so if u guys wanna review me, just e-mail me at desert_faerie@hotmail.com. Thanx guyz!
