Tale of a Black Soul
Chapter 10: Medication
BPOVPOV:
Flashback:
"What are we going to do Lucius?" Narcissa asked, looking into the room which held her restrained niece. She felt sorry for her, so technically the girl was not her niece, but her second cousin, but they still shared blood. She had been missing for so long now, almost six months, she disappeared from school and then it had been Draco to find her. When he brought her home it was obvious why she ran, she was at least nine months pregnant. Narcissa feared for her niece, and her nieces baby.
"The dark lord wants it removed and taken care of," Lucius sneered, a uncaring look on his face. Narcissa looked at her husband in horror.
"Lucius you can't be serious!" she cried.
"What would you have me do? Defy him?" Lucius asked.
"No, let me handle it, we can mod...
End Flashback:
I felt myself huddle against the stone wall. I did not remember what happened after that, I awoke bloody and sore, my stomach was flat and they told me they had taken care of it, my daughter. It had been Narcissa who told me it had been a girl, I suspected she was dead, what else could she be? Rocking back and forth I cried, reaching up and pulling at my hair, letting out small screams.
"my baby...sorry...couldn't save...Cedric...so so sorry, sorry, so sorry, sorry..." I began muttering to myself though I barely comprehended it.
"How dare you do this to her! Bella does not deserve that, after all she has been through!" She heard a female voice which she thought was familiar speak.
"She deserves everything she gets. She killed our son!"
"That is enough Amos! If anyone killed Cedric it was me, I was there, I was with him when he died and I couldn't save him!" a male voice yelled and there was growls in the room as well. I didn't acknowledge this only kept rocking, muttering and crying. Eventually I felt arms around me and I started screaming out, shutting my eyes, shaking back and forth and clawing as nothing and everything.
"shh..shh, mom please calm down!" I stopped for a moment. Mom? Was this her, my little Elizabeth? I looked and began crying, it couldn't be. She looked nothing like me, red hair, blue eyes...nothing like me.
"Came as soon as I heard!" another male voice said.
"It's about damn time Malfoy! She keeps muttering about her baby...she said the name Eliza a few times as well," the male voice who yelled, his voice lowering towards the end. She heard a sharp gasp and then a sigh.
"You have to tell them, Mr. Malfoy," A velvety voice spoke, his voice was a mix of disgust and urging. It was so familiar, where did I know it from?
"Tell us what Malfoy?" the male from before, I didn't know his name, but at the same time I did. Who was he!
"Eliza, it's short for Elizabeth. Elizabeth Isabelle Diggory – Caly's daughter," he said, and there was distinct gasp and I cried harder. My little girl, who would never grow up, never feel loved or have children. I screamed, and I felt magic snap out and then the body close to mine was gone and a crack was heard and running footsteps. I could have looked, I felt guilty but I couldn't see much except blurs as I cried and shook.
"Adara!" Voices yelled out and I snapped my head up and looked to the far wall, a girl was laying on the ground, blood was coming from her head, mixing with her red hair. I blinked, tears still fell but I began moving, crawling along the floor as I approached the red headed girl. I knew her, I knew her. She wasn't Eliza, she wasn't my baby girl, but she was at the same time. Who was she?
"Calypso?" the first male voice, the one who defended me against Amos spoke and I ignored it as I came to sit in front of the girl. I put my hand on her, and looked at her face for real this time. She was very pretty, though she didn't look anything like me. She slowly opened her eyes, pretty blue eyes and I felt mine widen. She smiled up at me, and winced.
"Mommy," she muttered and I gasped and fell onto my ass before scrambling to her and checking her head wound. It wasn't as bad as it looked but it was bad. I searched for a wand but did not find it. I looked at the others, finally noticing who they where, I screamed, tears kept falling in a whole new stream.
"Help her! Help!" I yelled and then I felt my eyes roll into the back of my head.
Edward's Pov:
Watching as my love became a screaming mess was one of the hardest things I ever done. Elizabeth had chewed Amos out good and Harry had almost attacked him in rage, a rage that could have put a vampire to shame. Amos had left after receiving so many glares, his tail between his legs. His thoughts though had disgusted me, he was happy to have caused Be..Caly so much distress. Watching as she rocked back and forth, words of mixed sentences coming out it hurt, like a knife to the heart. Her children were not doing to good either, James was holding Emmi and EJ was holding Lily as she cried for her aunt.
"Eliza...so sorry, sorry, couldn't save, my baby," she muttered crying. I felt my heart constrict. I, we all knew she had been pregnant in the last memory, Rosalie had wondered where the child was, if maybe she was away from home, married or something. Esme feared the worst, but now with the whispered words Esme's heart had shattered and her mind was filled with images of a faceless baby clutched to her heart, dead. I could only pray this was not the case for my love, but it did not seem to be any other answer. It was then a tall man, same age as Harry came in. He had white-blond hair much like Seraphina and Scorpius. His eyes were the same as well and his had the air of a aristocrat, a bit like Rosalie, only male.
"Came as soon as I heard!" he spoke, looking to Caly with a horrified and sad look on his face.
'Merlin, I'm going to kill Diggory, shove his wand all the way up his fat ass!' his thoughts raged and I fought back a smirk. The man had distinct imagery. Looking at him I noticed he favored Caly if only a little and then I realized this must be the twins' father, making him Calypso's cousin, Draco Malfoy. Looking at him I realized where I knew him, well knew of him. His father was none other then Lucius Malfoy, I had never liked him back in the day either. He was to marry Narcissa Black...if they were cousins then that meant Lucius had married the youngest Black daughter.
"It's about damn time Malfoy! She keeps muttering about her baby...she said the name Eliza a few times as well,"Harry muttered and Draco looked at him with wide eyes.
'Shit...I knew this would come back to bite my mother and father in the ass. I should have told her years ago...she is going hate me!' he thought as he blinked a few times as if to force back a tear or two. I looked at him as he began remembering a conversation with his mother.
'Remember Draco, Caly does not remember having the baby and it living. She will have to think Elizabeth is dead.'
'Are you sure this is necessary Mother? The Diggory's are a respectable family surely the Dark lord recognizes that,' a younger Draco asked.
'Maybe, but I think this has to do more with punishment. Someday she will be allowed to know but until then, you must be the only one with contact to Eliza,'
'I understand mother.' I pulled out of his mind and looked at him in shock, and some disgust. Who could do that to their cousin, make them think their flesh and blood, their child was dead?
"You have to tell them, Mr. Malfoy," I said, my voice was a mix of disgust and urging. Draco looked at me, looking me up and down as if wondering who I was, but he sighed. Harry looked to Draco, glaring slightly and crossing his arms.
"Tell us what Malfoy?" he asked. Draco bit his lip and ran a hand through his hair. He had no choice, he would have to tell them now, he seemed to realize that as well.
"Eliza, it's short for Elizabeth. Elizabeth Isabelle Diggory – Caly's daughter," he said, and there was distinct gasp and Caly cried harder. She started shaking more and then she screamed, and I felt magic snap out from her in a bright flash and then the body close to hers, Adara who was genuinely scared for her mother – adopted or not - was gone and a crack was heard as we saw her body snap into the wall. Her head hit hard and we all, my family and I that is smelled the blood. I watched as James and Malfoy ran for Adara, her cousins and other family were shocked and tears were falling from every female who was not a vampire.
'Poor Bella, did her daughter die?' Rosalie's thoughts shocked me but I was to busy watching as Caly reacted. She looked guilty, shaky and sad. She reminded me of mental patients or a paranoid schizophrenic. I felt ashamed for thinking that but it was simply the truth.
"Adara!" voices yelled out and I saw Caly snap her head up and looked to the far wall, at Adara who was laying on the ground, blood was coming from her head, mixing with her red hair. She blinked, tears still fell but she began moving, crawling along the floor as she approached the red headed girl. I was hesitant to do anything, as I saw Draco move forward to try and stop her I stopped him with a hand on his shoulder. I shook my head, Caly wouldn't hurt her daughter knowingly, even in this state I was sure of this.
"Calypso?" Harry spoke, and she ignored it as she came to sit in front of the younger girl. She put her hand on her, and looked at her face for real this time. We all saw Adara slowly opened her eyes, pretty blue eyes and saw Calypso's widen. She smiled up at Caly, and winced.
"Mommy," she muttered and Caly gasped and fell onto her bottom before scrambling to her knees and the girl in front of her, and checking her head wound. It wasn't as bad as it looked but it was bad enough that I was surprised Carlisle had not went into doctor mode immediately. Looking at him I assumed he was simply shocked. She began to search for a wand, I assume, but did not find it. I watched in silence a she looked at the others and me inadvertently, finally noticing who they we were, she screamed, tears kept falling in a whole new stream.
"Help her! Help!" Caly yelled and then her eyes began to roll into the back of her head. We watched in bated breath as she fell into a dead faint. Her mind simply could not process it. Like a elastic band snapping back into place motion began again. Carlisle ran to Adara and Caly and began trying to help them as did Elisabeth who was still shaking with tears. Her thought revolved around a granddaughter she would probably never get to see or spoil. They didn't realize Elizabeth was alive.
"Draco, Bella isn't going to wake up very sane, what are we going to do?" Harry suddenly asked. We all looked at him as Elisabeth finished her healing spell on Adara. Who's thoughts revolved around a killer headache.
"I'll...I'll need to bring Liz here," he whispered.
"She's alive? My granddaughter is alive?" Elisabeth asked, her voice raised. Draco looked at her in shame and nodded.
"Yes, my mother was the master mind behind the plan. No matter how evil my father was she would never allow him to kill a unborn or born baby. She might not have been able to have anymore after me but she'd be damned before she let father take the child away from Calypso forever," he said, clenching his fist.
"Where is she Daddy?" Seraphina asked. It was the first time the blonde girl had spoken.
"She is in Australia. She is married herself now, works as a healer and has a baby around a year old," Draco said and we all smiled knowing the baby was safe. We frowned though, would it be safe to bring Eliza here, now?
"We have no choice, Draco go and get her, by any means. If she isn't here when Caly awakens she might never be alright again," Harry said and Draco nodded, turning on his heal and apparating away.
"What did you mean by making newborn look like kitten? You sound as if you've met one before?" Jasper finally asked, no longer able to stop himself. Harry looked at him and chuckled.
"I have, Caly trained them in the last war to fight for us. Came up with a nifty little potion to stop the venom from spreading if bitten. With a time limit for administration of course. I worked beside her with them, so I know how they work. She was always better though, but like all wars we might have gone into it semi-innocent but we left it veterans of unnecessary bloodshed." We looked at Harry in respect, a new light. I never realized the second war had gotten so bad. To think my Be..no, Caly had went through that.
"Why was Caly arrested, why do they think she is evil?" Alice asked. I couldn't ask anything, my mouth felt dry and my tongue was like a dead weight. All I could do was be silent and take in information.
"Before the war, Caly didn't have the best life. She was raised by her cousins, Narcissa and her husband Lucius. Both were known dark supporters. Lucius was a Death Eater. It was expected of Cal to be one as well. Caly didn't mind she was raised to believe that muggles were beneath her, that blood purity was all that mattered. If a few muggles and blood traitors died in the way well that was their problem. She was Slytherine in school, she reigned as Slytherin Princess and Queen latter on. Everyone was either in love with her or afraid of her." Harry stopped to catch his breath. We were all in shock, this sounded nothing like the girl we knew.
"She became a Death Eater around my fourth year I believe, she was a few years older so she was a year or two above me in school. She left the school and didn't really come back and then for some reason she was spying for us, being a double agent, a member of the order. No one really trusted her except me and Dumbledore. She had killed so many people, many without remorse, she enjoyed it, only second to her cousin, Bellatrix LeStrange. Soon she was caught, tortured by the Death Eaters in her Uncle's house for being a traitor and Draco rescued her. This was a few years before you guys met her. She was Eighteen, I think," Harry finished.
"What happened after that?" I asked, my voice almost a whisper. Harry looked at me and sighed.
"She was sent to Azkaban for part of her punishment, the other was part of a temporary exile and her wand was snapped. She was sent to the muggle world where her Aunt Renee, a squib lived. She is a metamorpmagus so she can change her appearance to anything, older, younger, blond, red, green, blue, male, female, even animal parts. She simply made herself resemble her Aunt Renee more. She never came back thought until after you guys left her, she instantly began helping in the war front. Without her, I don't think we would have survived," Harry admitted. We nodded looking at the girl we thought we knew. I still loved her, I didn't care if she was a two hundred year old hag, she was my angel, my Calypso. I was coming to terms with that, if she wanted to be called Caly, or Calypso and not Bella then I would respect that. Bella Swan never existed, I would start over, we make it work I just had to convince her that my love was true.
It was then Draco popped back in with a young woman who held a baby in her arms. We gasped, she was stunning. She was around 5'6 give or take, with a face similar to Caly's only she was clearly her fathers daughter. So much so people would probably think she and I were related which we were, she would be my many great niece, I think. She had curly long hair which fell to her waist and was a lovely honey brown, a darker honey brown, with bronze highlights. Her eyes were her mothers, but they were the same green as mine had been, as Cedric Diggory's as Elizabeth's. She had on a long white dress which went with her slightly olived skin tone well. The baby her in her arms seemed to be a year old, with the same green eyes as herself but the baby had black hair, much like the color Caly kept her hair. I began to wounder what Calypso's true, honest god, appearance was? I knew she did not look like Bella Swan but what did she look like?
"My god?" Elizabeth muttered as she got the first look at her granddaughter, something she thought she'd never have after her son's death.
"Hello, your grams aren't you?" Eliza asked. Elisabeth smiled and opened her arms. Eliza looked down a the baby in her arms and passed him to Draco who rolled his eyes and we watched as the two women who shared the same name hugged. Elizabeth Sr. began to cry as and we all saw the Eliza begin to tear up.
"Where is mama?" Eliza asked as she pulled back. Draco sighed and nodded to the corner where Carlisle was placing Caly up against the wall. Eliza begin to sob as she stared at her mother, she noticed like us all that while she had become unconscious her appearance had changed slightly. She gained back a little color, her hair was now pitch black and long, a bit of gray was in the sides but it was hardly making her look old. It wasn't much different from the form she had when we met. She was beautiful, like a fallen angel.
"Oh god, mama?" Elizabeth spoke and rushed to her, running a hand through the older woman's hair and she looked back at us.
"She will be okay, right?" We sighed, each in turn and Carlisle nodded.
"She should be fine. I'm Carlisle Cullen, this is my family; Esme, Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice and Jasper," Carlisle said, pointing to us each. She smiled at us, Caly's smile, and nodded.
"I'm Elizabeth Rose Belmont nee Diggory. That's my daughter, Arabella Belmont," she told us and Esme and Rosalie were fast to smile at the young babe, who was Caly's granddaughter.
"You must be my siblings. Cousin Draco told me about you. EJ, Cedric and Adara right?" Eliza asked. The three kids in question nodded.
"It's Emmi actually, I don't like going by my first name," Adara told her new sister, but otherwise she smiled at the girl. Eliza smiled and nodded.
"Welcome to the family Lizzie," Cedric said, smiling. Eliza laughed and nodded just as we all heard Caly wake up. I watched a the most beautiful blue/green eyes stared at a pair of green ones and she began to whimper.
"My baby?" she asked. It broke my heart to see Calypso so unsure, broken. Her eyes began to turn gray by the minute and I wanted nothing more then to turn them back to the vibrant color as before.
"Hi mama, I'm Alive," Eliza said, smiling sheepishly.