Chapter 7

Visiting the Dark Lord

Kali woke up the next morning to the sun shining in her eyes. She smiled and sat up yawning. She noticed everyone in her dorm was gone so she got dressed and went down into the common room. Everyone was sitting around talking about the previous night, some about the feast, and some quietly about the ceremony. She saw Pansy across the room and grinned at her. Pansy looked at her in confusion. Kali started toward Draco sitting on the couch but Pansy noticed this and rushed over.

"Hello Draco," Pansy said smiling sitting on one side of him.

"Hi," he said flatly.

"I didn't see you at the feast last night," she stated.

Draco started to make an excuse but Kali cut it.

"Yeah we were hanging out," Kali said sitting next to him. He put his arm around her and kissed her.

Pansy frowned at this. "Oh…"

"Pansy, don't you have anything better to do then bother my boyfriend?" Kali asked holding back all the laughter that was filling her head.

Pansy shot her a dirty look. "I was just asking a question." She stated before stomping off.

Kali smiled at this. It was fun to make Pansy miserable. If she hadn't been so entirely rude to her in the beginning then Kali wouldn't have to make her miserable. Kali laughed at this thought.

Draco noticed this. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm just enjoying every minute of this," she said smiling.

Draco smiled back. "You and me both," he said kissing her forehead.

Kali stood up and stretched. "I think I'm gonna go see my dad and talk to him about last night."

Draco nodded. "Okay. I'll see you later," he stood up and gave her a deep passionate kiss.

"Hmm…" she said taking in the kiss. "Stop it."

"Why?" he asked in shock.

"If you keep kissing me like that then I'll never leave," she joked.

"Then I guess I should do it more often," he said teasing her.

"Bye," she said giving him another kiss. "I'll talk to you later."

Kali left the common room and headed down deeper into the dungeons to her father's office. She came to the door and knocked.

"Come in," a voice from within said. Severus was writing on a bottle filled with a green liquid content. "Hey," he said as he saw her walk in.

"Hi," she said taking a seat at the end of his desk. "I have a question."

"Sure," he said putting down the bottle smiling at her. "What is it?"

"What was that last night?"

Severus laughed. "Kali, a lot happened last night you're going to have to be a bit more specific."

Kali sighed. "You are my special child," she said quoting the Dark Lord.

Severus smiled. "Oh yes."

Kali waited for more but he didn't continue. "Well?"

Severus sighed. "It means you're his favorite. He will treat you as if you are his own daughter, his own blood."

"And that means…"

"Anytime you want to see him, you can call him by pressing your thumb to your Dark Mark and he'll meet you at the designated place, which is the forbidden forest. You can pop into Riddle house anytime and he'll see you. You can ask any favor of him, up to half of his Kingdom- as he puts it- and he will grant it for you. You need not bow to him, kiss the hem of his robes or even call him, 'my Lord.'"

"Okay," Kali said slowly. "So what do I call him?"

"You may call him Voldemort or… whatever you wish," Severus said. "In short, the Dark Lord treasures you above all else and has given you special privileges," he finished.

Kali didn't know what to think of this. It was a good thing… right? She wasn't for sure. It could definitely become useful but she wasn't sure if she liked that the Dark Lord liked her this much. It was weird that he liked anyone. He's supposed to be evil.

"So are you going to go see him?" Severus asked returning to his bottle.

"Now?"

Severus looked up at her. "Yes. Why not now?"

"I don't want to go alone."

Severus chuckled. "You have nothing to be scared of. Trust me."

Kali sighed. "Fine, I guess."

"Alright. Let me mark this bottle then I'll start up the fire," Severus said.

Kali nodded. "Hey what are we doing for Christmas this year?"

"We're spending it at home. Aunt Katherine is coming with Ava," he said finishing off his last bottle.

"Kewl. I haven't seen Ava in so long," she said her spirits rising. "Does the Dark Lord know about Aunt Katherine and Ava?"

"Yes," he said. "He knows that your aunt hasn't been the same since Evan died. That's the only reason he doesn't bother trying to get Katherine to join."

"What about Ava?" she asked curiously.

"He told me that if Ava wished to join she could but he isn't going to force her because he doesn't want to upset Katherine," Severus said. "Is that all?"

She sighed. "Yes."

He started the fire and handed her the satchel of floo powder. She took some and stepped into the fire. "Riddle House." She was whisked away in a whirlwind and before she knew it she was in Riddle House. She looked around and examined the old house.

It was very big. Although not as big as Malfoy Manor, which completely shocked her. The more she looked around the more she noticed it was about the size of Snape Manor, which made her a little more comfortable. She left the room where she had entered through the fireplace and entered what looked like to be the living room. She noticed a large throne like chair facing in the opposite direction of her. She saw a hand resting on the arm of the throne.

"Come in my dear," said a smooth voice she recognized as the Dark Lord. She did as told and came around to the other side to face him. He smiled and she returned a smile not knowing what to say or do. "Good morning."

"Good morning, my Lord," she said lowering her head slightly.

The Dark Lord chuckled. "Now I'm sure your father talked to you about that. You do not need to bow or call me by, 'my Lord.'"

She nodded knowing this. But she didn't feel comfortable calling him Voldemort. She didn't know why though. It's not like she's never said it. She says it all the time when her father isn't around. For some reason he refused to call him by Voldemort, even when he had lost all his power and wasn't around he still refused to say it or even hear it. She smiled at Voldemort as he motioned for her to sit in the chair a few feet in front of him.

"So how is school going?" he asked her. "Wormtail bring us some drinks."

She almost jumped as he yelled for Wormtail. Wormtail quickly came into the room with two drinks placed on a little tray and set it on the small table sitting between them. Wormtail quickly scurried into the kitchen and she didn't see him for the rest of her visit.

Kali returned her attention back to Voldemort. "It's going good. I really like the school, although I think the classes should be a bit more challenging."

Voldemort smiled at this. "Yes I always thought that they needed a harder curriculum. But unfortunately they won't do that considering there are some students there who have a hard enough time getting through the curriculum they have now. Hogwarts needs to be stricter on who they let in there. Hogwarts is a prestigious school and they need to be more selective."

Even though Kali didn't completely agree with this she nodded anyways to stay on his good side. Voldemort seemed to like that she agreed with him and smiled. They continued like this for a while. Him asking her about school and how she like being with Draco. Even though she tried to act subtle on this subject Voldemort could tell she had true feelings for him and overall he seemed to be okay with this.

After a few hours she asked to be excused to work on some homework. He happily allowed her to leave and she told him she would stop by that next Saturday. He seemed to be happy with this and as she stood up to leave he stood up and hugged her.

She smiled and went to the fireplace. "Severus Snape's office." She appeared in her father's empty office and put out the fire. She looked around a little to see if he was around but he wasn't so she returned to her common room to find Draco. As she walked through the dungeon she thought about her visit with Voldemort. It was so strange how he would hug her. He was supposed to be mean and evil. He was supposed to be a monster. It was supposed to be easy to hate him. But she didn't feel any of this from him. He was nice to her. He didn't seem like a monster, not even a little. And she was not finding it easy to hate him at all. She was actually starting to like him.

AN: yeah I know it's a short one… but I thought that would be a nice little cliffhanger till the next chapter… hehe… well I'm about to write the next chapter…PLEASE REVIEW!