AN:- I'm really sorry I took so long to update, I just couldn't think of the perfect punishment for Alex. Anyways here's a long chapter for you guys that I hope you'll like and don't forget to review please :)
PREVIOUSLY
'How? You'll restart my nightmares?' Alex said in a taunting voice but it couldn't mask the fear in her voice.
'Oh no, if you weren't aware before let me tell you creating and giving new punishments is high on my hobby list,' he chuckled and added gleefully, 'And I know the perfect one for you.'
'What is it? She asked, 'You gonna make me spend a night with the Bloody Barn eh?' she mocked him but the panic hadn't died from her voice.
'Oh no no no, it's much more worse believe me, this one's gonna haunt you for your lifetime, ' he said as suddenly felt herself being sucked out of this world and into another.
NOW
'Where am I?' Alex gasped as she landed on a street which seemed vaguely familiar to her.
'Wondering where we are?' a voice inside Alex's head which seemed too malicious to belong to anyone but Voldemort said.
'What've you done?' she asked as he merely replied, 'Look to your right Alex.'
Alex's gaze turned towards a nearby restaurant. At first she was puzzled but very soon she recognized it. It was the Waverly Substation, only it seemed a bit different.
Before she could ask anything else she saw a very beautiful woman emerge from the shop along with an extremely good looking young man. He was cradling none other than a cute 1 year old Alex. Alex couldn't hold her surprise in as she gaped loudly and ran to them.
The beautiful woman was Alex's mother Sophia and the young man her dad Sirius Black.
'Mom! Dad!' Alex cried out in joy but they kept talking in low voices as if they couldn't hear her. Startled she tried to tap their shoulders but her hand passed right through their bodies just as a ghost's would.
She turned pale, 'What did you do? Is this some kinda freaky afterlife?'
The voice inside her head howled with laughter and said, 'Oh no no, I brought you back in time by draining Quirrell's energy and using just a bit of his magic, that too just in time for you to see your poor mother get murdered. I told you this scene would haunt you like anything. Watching your mom die as you just stand there, unable to do anything. Poor lil' Alex.'
Alex muttered something rude and turned her attention towards her parents and listened to their conversation.
'-believe me, it'll be better if I go along honey, you know you almost got killed the last time you went alone, ' Sirius was saying.
'C'mon, I'll be fine I just have to go down the street and back after picking up the cake dear, ' Sophia said.
'You don't understand-' he began.
'I do baby, I promise I'll take care of myself all the way down the street kay? I won't let myself be hurt by any monster or something, ' she sighed dramatically, 'so long before I see you but I promise I'll send letters every day.'
'Not funny, ' he muttered and finally gave up and said, 'Alright alright but seriously be careful,' and after a quick kiss Sirius went inside reluctantly.
Alex groaned loudly and shouted, 'No dad! Mom's gonna need you!'
'Do I need to remind you that your presence cannot be felt? Anyways Sophia isn't gonna need his help just now, ' the voice said irritably.
'There's no harm in trying, is there?' Alex shrugged a she followed her mother down the street. Sophia had just collected the cake and just as she turned, a young man who resembled Sirius a lot appeared in front of her, surprising her for a moment.
'Regulus?!' she cried in disbelief and surprise.
'Sophia listen I need you to-' he whimpered and then suddenly his expression hardened as he smirked, rolled up his sleeves and triumphantly touched his Dark Mark to summon Voldemort.
The next second he was back to whimpering, 'oh what've I done, he's gonna be here any minute, Sophia you- you must get away from here. Get Alex and Sirius and run, ' he pleaded hysterically as he stumbled nearly falling as Sophia caught him.
'No, ' she said defiantly, 'I'm not leaving you like this c'mon now.' He leaned on her heavily unable to stand without support.
'You don't understand, you have to go, you're in danger, he-he won't spare none of you, ' he said weakly.
'I'll go but then you're coming with me.'
'I'll only slow you down besides I'm fighting the Imperius curse, I can turn against you any second, '
'All the more reasons to take you along, you'd go crazy under the curse, we can help you, maybe take you to Dumbledore, ' Sophia said determined to bring Regulus along.
'If he catches us, he'll probably put me under the Crutacious curse but he'll kill you, all of you and especially poor Alex, ' he said desperately trying to reason with Sophia but he was no match for her headstrongness as she still refused to go without him, 'I don't care, anyways Crutacious curse is way more painful than death, '
'Please. Listen. To. Me.' He spoke in measured breaths. It was clear that he was trying hard not to lose control.
'I did inherit my gift of manipulation from my mom, ' Alex thought as her uncle Regulus finally had to agree and now Sophia and Regulus were walking toward the Waverly Substation slowly.
When they were almost there, Regulus fell down with a louder thud than Alex had.
'He's gaining control again- I can feel it- run Sophia! Run!' he cried panicking.
'C'mon you can do it, he won't be able to control you again, ' she encouraged and persuaded Regulus as she resumed walking along with a still pleading Regulus. Just when they'd reached the door of Waverly Substation, Sirius's head poked out.
'Regulus!' he gasped as he handed Alex to Sophia and ran to his weak brother who continued pleading in vain, 'Sirius please-please listen to me-you have to go- you're in danger-he's coming-to-to kill you, ' he spoke pausing every now and then to take deep breaths as if someone was trying to squeeze the hell out of him.
'You're coming with us then Reg, ' Sirius said as Sophia said, 'I said that too but no, he wouldn't listen, ' Sophia said cradling Alex who gurgled joyfully at the sight of her vaguely familiar uncle.
Suddenly Regulus wrenched away from Sirius's strong grip and grinned maniacally,' Aha! Got the bastard husband too! You both are coming with me, oh and don't forget the baby!'
Reading Sirius's confused face Sophia explained,' He's under the Imperius curse,' and after a pause she added,' He did this, so he could find and kill us.'
Sirius's face contorted in rage,'How dare he! My brother really! The nerve of that shitty hypocrite-'
'Knock knock!' roared a voice identical to the one in Alex's head who was saying, 'Ah young me, so flattering,'
'Who's there?' Regulus said gleefully clapping as Voldemort appeared out of nowhere.
'Cut the crap dad! Stop cracking that lame joke, you've been doing this every time you meet us, ' Sophia sighed as Voldemort shrugged.
'Really? A knock knock joke? That's the best you got?' Alex too shook her head.
'C'mon Regulus, together we'll take you to The Place, ' Sirius said trying to pull Regulus back but Regulus got away and snarled, 'Get away you insufferable idiot!' And then bowed down to Voldemort, 'My lord!'
Sirius now turned towards Sophia, 'Look go to The Place, I'll meet you there after I rescue Reg.'
'Don't be stupid, ' she argued.
'Ahem! So which of you gonna die first, love birds?' Voldemort said.
'Neither of course, ' Sirius snarled, his eyes radiating an angry light that matched Sophia's.
'I think I know the answer. It's that bitch in your arms, I'm gonna kill her first,' Voldemort said his hatred towards Alex quite clear. Strangely Alex did not feel hurt in the least possible way. It was Voldemort after all, what can you expect, Alex thought.
Sophia didn't understand this as well as Alex did as her face hardened with fury, 'How dare you! Alex is not a bitch, she's your granddaughter for goodness sake!' she screamed.
Voldemort looked even more stone faced and spiteful if it was possible and said, 'A. she's the daughter of that bloody traitor Sirius and B. I don't give a shit about it, she's gonna DIE!'
Before he could do anything Sophia handed Sirius Alex and after a short silent argument Sirius disapparated leaving Sophia with her wand out, ready to defend herself.
Instead of preventing Sirius from leaving Voldemort stood there along with Regulus at his side and said, 'Look at that, father daughter duo once again, ' Voldemort's lips curled into what hardly passed for a smile.
'Yeah, ' Sophia laughed harshly knowing she wasn't gonna be spared at any cost.
'Let's do this rather painfully shall we?' Voldemort said as Regulus sneered and handed him a knife sharp enough to slice trough Sophia's body like it was butter.
'I prefer to do this the mudblood way for once, ' Voldemort said.
Sophia stood there electrified. She couldn't hurt Regulus obviously and Voldemort would instantly kill her if she so much as moved her wand. She knew that she was no match for her almost immortal dad.
She looked at Regulus helplessly as his expression flickered for a while making him look guilty for just a second.
After a few minutes of futile thinking Sophia gradually accepted the fact that she was not gonna live to see Alex grow up and enter Hogwarts and carry forward Sophia's legacy of wreaking havoc there.
She smiled briefly at the thought and then after one more minute of considering her chances of being saved she spoke, ' Fine but at least fulfill my last wish will you? I wanna talk to Regulus.'
But Voldemort was in no mood of granting her any wish at all, 'Ha! Last wish! That kinda shit only happens in movies.' Voldemort bellowed as he mercilessly sent the knife flying towards Sophia while Regulus held her still, thought there was no need to do that as her mother was not struggling at all, she looked ready to embrace death with her eyes closed, ready for the knife which hit her in the stomach as she collapsed silently without any hints of pain.
The knife had been charmed as with one hit all the blood drained out of Sophia.
Still some life left, Sophia opened her warm brown eyes and grasped Regulus's hand and spoke what were her last words, 'I know you were faking it since the beginning. You're a good actor, you know but you can't fool me, ' she paused and smiled a sad smile.
'I didn't expect this from you though Reg, ' she spoke his nickname with so much affection that Regulus's heart burned with guilt and remorse, 'anyways at least tell Sirius I died and tell him I love him and Alex, and of course one thing still remains to be said; I always loved you Reggy, if not as a girlfriend then as a sister and friend, you were the one who always stood by me, or at least that's what I thought..'
She took a deep breath and Regulus watched her die peacefully leaving him feeling extremely rueful and ashamed of what he'd helped Voldemort do. He stood up feeling his eyes well up with tears.
Regulus wasn't the only one who was crying. One fat tear rolled down Alex's cheek as she crouched next to her mom's dead body unable to even touch it.
Alex's very own uncle had been the cause of her mom's death. Wow. What a messed up family she had.
She unwillingly walked away as Regulus lifted Sophia's body teary eyed while Voldemort did some sort of spell on it.
Suddenly she was pulled out of that world and back into hers.
'God, ' she breathed heavily massaging her temples as she faced and unconscious Quirrell lying on his stomach with the back of his bald head flaunting a grinning Voldemort.
'Liked the experience?' he asked.
'No, ' she replied quietly. She was still in shock, her face a ghastly white shade.
'Thought not, ' he smirked and then said, 'Hopefully you've learnt your lesson, oh and by the way your next task is finding out how to defeat that 3 headed dog of Hagrid's, and you better find it by tomorrow evening, ' his smirk widened, 'unless of course you wanna relive that scene.'
'Are you kidding? I'm just 11! How am I supposed to find out how to defeat a vicious 3 headed dog, that too in barely a day?' she protested.
'Well, you're not a poor child and I don't care, I want you here tomorrow evening with the information I asked you, now sod off.'
With that he shooed Alex away and somehow put Quirrell's turban back on his head.
