-1He sat on the edge of his bed, his face in his hands, seemingly crying. The room was so dark, even with the fire going, there seemed an impending gloom all around the room; more so around him. There was the occasional sniffle heard, but mostly choked sobs could be heard clearly. It seemed he spoke to someone, yet there was no one in the room but him.
"Dear Merlin, I hope I have done the right thing. Bloody prophecies better be damn right. If not that, then bloody Fate better have decided correctly. If not, she is going have half of the good Wizarding population pissed off and out for her nonexistent blood." He laughed a bitter laugh, " Not that it will make a difference."
"They say that talking to yourself is the first sign of insanity, you know." Someone spoke from the fireplace.
"Oh hello Rabastan. How are you this evening?" the man from the chair spoke.
"I'm doing quite well. Although you may not." He seemed to sigh, although the man in the chair wasn't to sure. "Greyback is once again questioning your loyalties. He saw you disappear after the battle."
"Well, you can tell our dear Greyback that I had some unfinished business to attend to. Like being forced to kill my greatest friend." He spoke angrily, though Rabastan knew the anger was not towards him.
"Ah! So you did the deed?"
"yes."
"Then that would explain why the Dark Lord cannot seem to find the last remaining leader of the Order."
"She was not the last one, but yes. You may go tell Voldermort his biggest obstacle for the moment is gone."
"I will report in your place, but you must appear. At least to abate Greyback's accusations." Rabastan replied. With those words, he face left the fireplace in a swirl of emerald flames.
"Hey Padfoot, I'm sure you can see and hear perfectly well. I wonder…is she back? Do you love her yet? I hope to the gods above that you find your peace within her. If everything goes along to Fate's plans, then I will be seeing you soon." He sighed and leaned back in chair. " For now though, I must face the one of my demons."
He got up to go change in order to make an appearance, when Lucius flooed in. "Tell me our efforts were not for naught! Tell me Remus!"
"Calm yourself, Lucius. The Order missions and systems will go on. We still have one leader, do not forget."
"Who?"
"You know very well who, Luc."
He snorted in a very un-Malfoy-ish way, "Who?? Sev?" He laughed. He literally laughed- between a bark and gut wrenching laugh- at the implication he himself made. "The man can barely hold himself properly at the moment. Do you honestly believe he will be able to head an organization that his girlfriend once did?!? Please Remus…don't insult me in that manner."
"As you so humorously put it. He cannot hold himself properly, therefore he is not the leader. Besides, he was never in line for leadership."
Lucius stopped chuckling, since his laughter receded to chuckles, and looked at Remus surprised. He stuttered, " Wh-wh-what? If he was never in line, then who?"
"Think about it. Only the inner order was told who was in line for leadership. Who was in the inner order?"
Lucius started pacing across the floor, furiously, "There was you, Hermione, Sirius, Severus, Dumbledore, Minny, and there is someone else I'm missing." He muttered more to himself than Remus, "Who…who…Merlin what's his name??? I know he held great power within Voldermort's ranks! Argh!!!!"
"you cannot remember his name can you?"
"No."
"Even though you are part of the inner order, now, you have not read the scrolls we gave, Lucius." Remus spoke in a manner someone reprimanding a child spoke. Without a word, he silently summoned those scrolls. He handed them to Lucius. "Read." he commanded.
"In the event that Bumblebee, is gone and no longer the leader, another member shall be inducted into the inner order. The inner order must always hold seven guardians, that hold a destiny to be fulfilled, that will help the greater good in the event of a war.
Each guardian is told the destiny of the other guardians, except their own by Fate herself. The first plan of destinyis launched when the first leader is gone. When they are gone, the last guardian will appear. This is you, Lucius Malfoy. You are the last guardian to be inducted into the inner order.
You know about the destiny of the remaining guardians. Copil, must send Pandora to fulfill her prophecy, to land at the crossroads of changing all destiny. ComebackKid's destiny was to protect the Potter child, and Pandora at all costs. The veil would send him back to a time where he would fulfill his destiny along with Pandora. Prince's destiny is hold evil at bay until a certain time in which Pandora has fulfilled hers. Bumblebee's was to push all guardians in the right direction and to be a temporary leader until the true leader appears. Kat's is to enforce the armies, and be the right hand of the order. Raven's would be to lead the armies to a victory and provide hope, safety. His is the path that will light the way in the years to come; he will welcome back our Pandora and ComebackKid to a world-rightfully theirs.
Fate"
"Why do I not know my own destiny?" Lucius asked him.
"For the simple reason that Fate, only tell us our destiny when it is time to fulfill it." Remus replied.
"Okay…so who is the leader of the order? Raven?"
"yes."
"who is that?" Lucius asked confused.
"Rabastan Lestrange."
A/N: Hey there sorry for the long delay on these past chapters. My mum was in the hospital and then I had to work extra hours. Oh well. Here you go. Enjoy…don't forget..I love your honest thoughts. Ciao. I also don't own anything but my own plot.