"It is done Mistress. It has been completed just as you asked it to be." Hermione smiled into her pillow, one more thread in place.

"Thank you Ben. You are irreplaceable." She replied standing gracefully. Watching as spiders scrambled around her feet, their clicking pincers singing to her. The sticky silken threads hung around her room, creating a forest of spider webs, poison glistening on the delicate strands.

The creatures swarmed her, crawling up her legs to each take a strand of hair and carefully coated it in glossy venom. Hermione's fingers petted each spider, her fingers lingering on the more poisonous ones.

"Well my pet's things are coming together, Arragog is dead, your brothers and sisters will soon join us. Those snakes will shiver in terror my dears, each and everyone will join or be consumed." Hermione said as the spiders formed a necklace about her throat.

"Master shall we proceed?" A shadow asked pooling in the middle of the floor.

"Of course remember give them the option first. If they refuse… obliterate them." Hermione said smiling as she walked out of her room.

"Mia, I may have found another person to add." Ginny said, grinning and playing with one dangling fang earring, "Luna Lovegood, you know she's a brilliant witch and lately Potter and Weaselbe have been less and less kind to her. Should you offer her the option of power and being important, I think she'll jump. Besides I think she has some seer blood."

"Ohhhh, Ginny, wonderful observations." Hermione said, "offer her sanctuary here, I'll confront her with the option." Hermione giggled slightly, and pulled Draco from the shadows. "Why are you hiding? I much prefer being able to see you so I can do this." Hermione said while she planted her lips on his.

Draco smiled beneath the kiss, and traced the outline of her lips with his tongue. As their tongue's battled in each others mouths, Ginny made her escape. As she walked down the corridor Ginny shuddered slightly, attempting to dislodge the image from her mind.

"Luna? Luna? Is that you?" Ginny asked knocking on one of the stalls of the girls toilets.

"Ginny? Why are you in here? Isn't class going on right now?" Luna asked opening the door to reveal her messy white blonde hair, puffy red eyes, and tear stained face.

"No, class is over Luna. I came because I couldn't find you anywhere, and then I remembered that people have been giving you a hard time lately." Ginny said, smiling sympathetically. "Just yesterday I found a safe haven, you want to join me there?" She asked and held out her hand for Luna to take.

"Sure, as long as there are no nargles." Luna said with a watery smile.

"I promise there are no nargles, I can't promise there are no demiries." Ginny said, remembering the eyes that seemed to peer out at you from the portrait.

"Really? You've seen demeiries?" Luna asked excitedly.

"Not seen felt, it's really creepy the first time." Ginny smiled, "but they're amazingly loyal if you give them a chance." The two girls walked in silence for a while, then Luna noticed the delicate black vines that seemed to be appearing on her friends body, climbing up her neck two tendrils almost circling her eye.

"Ginny? What's that?" Luna asked pointing to the vines, as suddenly as they had appeared the vines vanished.

"Here! This is the demerie, her name is Azzurra. Hello Azzurra, eternity." Ginny said, Luna not understanding the last word, merely looking at the black canvas and feeling Azzurra's eyes on her. Ginny grabbed Luna's hand and pulled her through the portrait.

"Luna." Hermione cooed sympathetically, before sweeping the younger girl into a hug and ushering her to sit on the new black couch. "Ginny told me you've bee n having some problems with people this year. Do you want to talk about it?" Hermione asked sitting in one of the chairs while Ginny joined Luna on the couch.

"Not really, its not different than it has been before. Making fun of me for believing in things they can't understand, like the Demirie that guards your common room, Azzurra." Luna sighed, she hated how they made fun of her, how they laughed at her beliefs.

"People can be stupid sometimes, can't they Luna. Take poor Ginny for example Harry's been playing with her heart, but she's all right now. Aren't you Ginny?" Ginny smiled the black vines reappearing.

"Much better." Ginny replied stroking the inside of her wrist. Luna's smile slid into a melancholy expression, she felt safe here, important. No one was laughing at her.

"Luna are you alright?" Hermione asked softly.

"Yes, I just don't want to return to reality after this, it's like the calm before the storm. I don't like the real world." Luna said sadness weighing her words down.

"But this can be your reality; power, knowledge. All of it is yours for the taking, I can give it to you, I will." Hermione held out her hand, inviting Luna just to take it, to leave everything else behind. Luna's eyes widened. Half of her argued that it was too good to be true, a deal with the devil. However, that side was intrigued as well, its arguments quiet and half hearted.

"She will Luna! All you have to do is say yes." Ginny encouraged the vines darkening and roses blooming along their length.

"Yes." Luna responded taking Hermione's hand. Hermione kissed the very tips of her fingers and gently pressed them to the inside of Luna's wrist. The black rose bloomed, circled by leaves that resembled eyes, the pupils of Luna's stunning blue eyes seemed to spin for a moment, and then they too took the shape of rose blooms. Tears given as sacrifice, unafraid of the Dark, Hel's all seeing.

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