Rip Out The Wings

DaggersBloodPain

Chapter Eleven

Spellbound

The rest of the shopping trip passed without incident. All they had left to gather was things she would need for her training. Since she had very little idea what that training would include the elder witches took control of the situation. There was one thing that caught her interest in particular. They had to make a stop at Borgen and Burkes in Knockturn Alley, and the only purchase made was in a package so small it fit in the palm of a hand.

She was sharply reminded of the Sorcerer's Stone incident. Whatever was in that package was likely to be powerful and dangerous. She wasn't sure if she wanted to be involved with an object like that again, but knew she would have very little choice in the matter when everything was said and done.

Returning to Riddle manor was a welcome relief to all three witches. It had been a long day. Lilah had made sure she had pulled her hood up to shield her face once more and was glad she did. Her father was holding a small meeting. Only about twenty or so Death Eaters were in the room when she knew his forces had to be much larger. It was only after a few moments thought that she remembered the 'cleansing' he had promised to do within his ranks. It must be easier to read his follower's intentions if there was a smaller group.

She left the room quickly to return to her own before she could attract too much attention. Narcissa and Bellatrix had remained in the back of the meeting presumably to report to her father the success of their trip once the meeting was finished.

Just as she had lain down on her bed she felt the subtle presence at the back of her mind heat up sharply and than relax back into its normal state. That was enough to pull her into full wakefulness, the bond had made itself known, and she didn't know what to do. Her father was residing over the meeting and she didn't have a clue where her Sire was. She was only sure it was Hermione who had been in trouble.

Reaching out towards the warmth with her own mind, she tried to touch it. Just to see what the bond would do. Maybe she could get some kind of response or reassurance that her friend was all right now.

She did not get any of the reactions she thought she might. As soon as she got close to the bond she was pulled away from her body and through the bridge connecting her to Hermione. It was a weird sensation to feel everything Hermione was at the time, but at least she understood what had happened.

Hermione was angry, a pure white hot anger, and that was probably what triggered the bond to heat up. What Lilah wanted to know was what had made her angry.

Lilah could feel Hermione's magic retreating back to her core so she assumed Hermione had just hexed whatever was making her angry, and the spell had to be powerful for the magic to still be retreating. She remembered her Sire giving Hermione and Ginny permission to Obliviate Ron if necessary. Maybe that is what happened?

Her dizzying thoughts kept swirling around until they were finally interrupted by her Sire coming into the room after knocking.

"The meeting has finished, your father and I wish to speak with you about how we are going to work your training." He explained the sudden intrusion.

"Something has happened at Hogwarts, Hermione was in trouble for a very short time. Things have settled down, but I thought you should know." Lilah told him as she was escorted to where her father was waiting.

"I will check in on her when I return. It has been decided I shall continue to teach at Hogwarts to keep the children of our followers safe." Severus promised his worried daughter.

"Thanks Dad," she answered gratefully, then blushed when she realized what she had said.

He stopped in his tracks, "Did you just call me dad?"

"Yeah, if you don't want me to I will stop, but calling you Sire doesn't feel right." She responded meekly.

He sighed a bit before answering, "You may call me what you wish, but when in the presence of your father or in a formal setting you will still have to call me Sire."

"I can live with that," She agreed as they continued walking down the hall.

They ended up in her father's study. It surprised her that Bellatrix and Narcissa were still there. They were still unaware of who she used to be, and yet her father wanted them to help train her? She wasn't bad at lying but not good enough to fool them for as long as it had been implied she would be training. She had been promised it would be up to her to tell people so she assumed that sometime during her training she would get fed up with hiding and just tell them.

The possibility that hiding who she used to be for that long would erase the last traces of Harry from her mannerisms never crossed her mind, but it had to her fathers.

"Alright, we have found a way to get you the training you need, in a reasonable amount of time, without you pushing yourself to exhaustion every night." Her father immediately started to explain.

She watched him hold up the package Narcissa had gotten from Borgen and Burkes. "This is the solution, but it is risky, not too mention highly illegal."

"What do you want me to do?" She asked cautiously.

"Open it," He ordered. She complied with the order wondering what was in the package.

The brown paper came off quite easily, revealing a small golden hourglass attached to a long chain, a Time Turner. She recognized it from her third year. She suddenly had a good idea about what would happen to her.

"This is going to allow you to do multiple days of training at the same time. Your days will be split into four increments, at the end of each of those increments you are to use the Time Turner to return to the beginning of that increment. You will essentially be doing four days in the time it takes us to go one. There are risks but we are going to take precautions, any questions?" He further explained.

"What are the risks and how do I avoid them?" She asked the obvious question first.

"You can not be seen by yourself. To avoid thisat the end of every dayfor you do not turn back the time turner on the last increment. This will allowtime to passin the real worldwhich willenable you to avoid any of your past or future incarnations." He answered.

"What are the four increments for?" She asked.

"The first one is when you will be meeting with one of your four tutors. The second one is for you to complete assigned bookwork so you will better understand the practical lessons. The third is for personal recreation, you may do whatever you wish for that increment, but you must be careful to avoid bumping into yourself, alternate activities to avoid this. The fourth is for sleep, though you may wish to use part of your third to get a few more hours on hard days. Each increment will be six hours thus you will have a twenty-four hour day." Her father outlined succinctly.

"Who will be teaching me, and why only one lesson a day?" She asked still not quite grasping the time difference.

"Myself, your sire, Narcissa, and Bellatrix, will be teaching you. To you it will seem like one lesson a day but to us one of us will be with you constantly."

"Doesn't that mean one of you will be giving up sleep?"

"No, I sleep during the day as raids and such are best performed at night. I will be teaching you during those hours which the others will be asleep."

"What will each of you be teaching?"

"I will be teaching the Dark Arts, I want to make sure you are taught correctly. Your Sire is going to be maintaining your Hogwarts courses, plus a few extra. Narcissa has agreed to teach you both etiquette and politics. Bellatrix will be teaching you how to fight."

"That sounds like a good plan. When do we start?"

"Tomorrow morning will be your first lesson. Narcissa will be starting with you, Bellatrix the next day, your sire after her, and myself on the fourth day."

"What time should I be up and where are we meeting?" She finally addressed a question to someone else, Narcissa this time.

"Be up at six and get yourself breakfast, I will be here to collect you at six thirty and bring you back to Malfoy manor. It will be safer for you if you are not here for one of your lessons, because it reduces the risk of running into yourself." She explained.

Lilah was proud of herself for not flinching or making any move of protest because she had to spend time at Malfoy manor. So far people had been surprising her she didn't know what she would discover.

She did wonder why she had a specific time to wake up if she had a different time to meet Narcissa when she realized that Time Turners could only turn back complete hours. It would be easier on every one if her six-hour increment started on the hour, and that would make her tutoring sessions five and a half hours rather than the complete six.

"How long do you think the training will take?" She asked hesitantly.

"To you several years, but in real time I don't think we can take more than a single year. The Light side is going to strike hard and fast because of their lost savior. You need to be ready to fight by then." Severus decided to answer.

"Will I age in real time, or on my time line?" She asked curiously.

"You will be aging at your own pace. If your training takes a year real time you will come out twenty years old." He answered the odd question. "You will be a fully qualified adult, especially if we find a way for you to take your NEWTs."

"So I could waltz into Hogwarts right under Dumbledore's nose and he could do nothing, because I will be too old to be the heir of Voldemort he knows?" She asked almost cackling at the thought.

"Technically yes you probably could, but if we did there had better be a damn good reason, I lost you once it wont happen again." Voldemort said forcefully.

"I will be careful, if anything like that ever happens I will know how to handle myself seeing as how you will be training me." She reassured her father.

"When we are done with you, I doubt your best friends will recognize you." Bellatrix pointed out with confidence.

"My friends will always recognize me, everyone else barely knew me, we will see what happens." Lilah commented with more confidence than Bellatrix.