Ch. 4

Lord Voldemort was sitting in his living room; he was thinking about one of the Granger girls that were lying in the next room, the one who has the hips. There was something about Lyra Granger that could not allow him to think of anything else; ever since he had heard that Potter's little muggle-born friend had a cousin who managed to be a witch as well, he had to look her up. For many weeks he had sent his men out to find Lyra Granger; who he had found that she went to Ireland's School of Witchcraft, where she mainly had gotten O's or A's. Her best subjects were Astronomy, Charms, and Transfiguration classes.

The man sat in his favorite chair next to the fireplace; where he could watch his bedroom door, where he could see if the girls would sneak out. Then he heard deep breathing of two people in the bedroom sleeping, he knew that they would not be waking up anytime soon. He glanced into the fire; hoping that the upcoming weddings would go well tomorrow. Then he heard a slithering of his snake coming into the room, from the main hallway; he could hear that she was not very happy with the changes in sleeping arrangements that night.

Then Nagini hissed, "What is wrong master? Why are there two females in our room, and why are you out here?"

Voldemort answered in Parseltongue, "Those females will be mated to me and another male from my people, Nagini. I am sleeping out here because we have not bonded yet, not until tomorrow night."

Nagini shook her head at her master, "Why do you want to be mated master, does that black hair wild female not enough for you?"

Voldemort glared at his beloved snake, "I no longer want that female, she is mated to her male and I need my own female, who I don't need to share with another male with. Plus it is time for me to have my own hatchlings."

Nagini came closer to her master, to where she was being petted by him, she hissed, "Master; which one is your female, or soon to be female?"

The snake man smiled, "The female with browed shoulders and wide hips. She is the one I will be bonding with. I also want to give her a snake of her own; that will be carried around by her, and am her little friend. Do you have an idea of what snake I could give her?"

"How about an Anaconda would be great for your female to have, and she would not be afraid of it wanting to kill her or anything."

Voldemort thought as he petted his snake; that made her way to lie upon his lap, as he thought about what she had told him about what snake to give his upcoming bride. He knew that they can get really long; anywhere from 20 feet to 150 feet, or even longer. He knew that they were not poisonous like Nagini or anything. He had to smile though; he would be getting a snake in the same area as where he had gotten his own snake, and she has been loyal to him since he had gotten her. Maybe he could get a male snake for his bride; who would be a mate to Nagini or something, and he would have a family through human and snake kind.

"Let's go Nagini; we will go to South America tonight, while my mate sleeps. I want to surprise her when she wakes up in the morning."

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Voldemort had just came back from his South America trip with Nagini; he brought back an Anaconda, a long gray-brown snake that is long enough to protect his wife-to-be while she was in Hogwarts with many other children. He was glad that she was in her seventh year, he could not imagine if he had to endure her being in school another year longer. He knew that he had made the Marriage Law; there for he had to follow that same law, he would have to get Lyra pregnant within the first year of marriage with a weekly bonding with each other if not nightly. If he could get her pregnant before the end of the school year, then he would have her sit in her tests before then.

When he walked into his chambers; he felt a presents in the rooms, he looked around and saw Severus Snape glancing into the bedroom door while the two Granger girls were sleeping. This caused the Dark Lord to growl at his Potions Master, Death Eater follower. When Severus had heard the growl, he turned around and fell upon his knees and brought out a vial of a potion that he was asked to make.

"What are you doing in my chamber's Severus? I did not call for you."

"I am sorry my Lord, but I wanted to get here early to give you a vial that I know that you would want to have before your own wedding, sir. Another reason why I was here is to make sure my bride was sleeping soundly before our own wedding."

Voldemort glared at the dark man; who had gotten onto his feet again, after he had given him the okay to stand again. He took the vial from the potions man, uncorked it and drank it down in one go. At first he felt nothing, then after a few seconds of nothing; he fell to his knees and glared up at Severus.

"What have you done?"

"Wait a few minutes my Lord."

Just a moment later; hair was growing out of the head of the known Dark Lord, who was upon his knees. His skin was a color of snowy pale; became healthier looking, and more sun kissed than before. The age upon his skin seemed to go back in age within moments.

Once the pain had gone; Voldemort stood back upon his own feet again, and went to the nearest mirror that was in his living room. There he found himself looking about nineteen years of age again; with his black wavy hair that came to his neck, and his ice blue eyes that he have not seen in many decades.

"You have done well Severus. I was hoping for as little pain as possible though."

Severus with his dark mask on; "I am sorry my Lord; but with all the damage that has been cast upon your body sir, it was hard telling how much pain you may have to go through with sending your body back through the ages sort of speak."

Severus could not believe seeing a young man before him, who once went by the name of Tom Riddle; standing before him, like he had not aged much through his years of living. He had heard stories from Albus Dumbledore; about Tom Riddle as a student, and what he believed was behind all the student killings or sent to the Hospital Wing, due to his dealings with the Dark Arts of the time. Severus almost feared his life; after seeing the young man before him, believing that he would punish him by making him young again.

Voldemort smiled, "Don't worry Severus; I will not punish you for making him into this young man again, but I will grant you a few days with your wife alone. Meaning I will not summon you for the grand total of four days or more. I know for sure that I won't call you until the sorting feast is over; I want you to either come to me, or write an owl stating which house Lyra will be sorting in."

"I will do so, my Lord." Then the Anaconda that Voldemort was going to give to Lyra came out of nowhere and wrapped itself around Severus Snape, who stuttered, "N-new pet, m-my Lord?"

The Dark Lord raised his eyebrow at his trusted potions master, "Severus? If I didn't know any better, I would say you don't like snakes, but that is hard to understand when you lived in a house full of snakes back when you were in Hogwarts. And to answer your question, he is Lyra's new pet, he will be watching over her while she is at Hogwarts. Plus I will be making sure that Lyra will be put in your chambers with her own bedroom that way I can visit her without having Dumbledore not knowing about it."

"Do you want me to make the arrangements, sir?" asked Severus. He really wanted to make sure everything will be alright with the Headmaster before school had started. He had already told Dumbledore of the marriage arrangements with himself and Hermione Granger, he also told him about her cousin marrying the Dark Lord.

The Anaconda slithered over to Voldemort, who petted the new snake as he said, "No that will be alright Severus. You have your wedding to get ready for and I must get the girls up and ready before the weddings. Then I will firecall to Dumbledore with the demands. Hopefully he will be in a giving mood today. Now off you go Severus."

With one finely bow from Severus to his Dark Master; he left the room, with the Dark Lord with is scheming mind.